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    W7S and Heat?...

    Discussion in 'Asus' started by andrewt1187, Jun 18, 2007.

  1. andrewt1187

    andrewt1187 Notebook Consultant

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    I'm very close to buying a W7, but I am worried about the heat that it may generate. I have a G1S right now and it seems to run fairly hot. Does the W7 also heat up the case?

    Any other thoughts about the W7 would be nice as well.
     
    andrewt1187, Jun 18, 2007
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  2. mujtaba

    mujtaba ZzzZzz Super Moderator

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    I have I friend that has a W7J (It's not W7S but they are fairly similar AFAIK), the problem is that ASUS chose to go with a 2.5" HDD rather than a smaller one, so if there is a lot of HDD work going, it grows hot, though I think this effect can be reduced by a cooling pad.
     
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  3. Redline

    Redline Notebook Prophet NBR Reviewer

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    I doubt that its the hard drive thats the main issue here. Its more the dedicated nvidia GPU along with the C2D CPU in such a small notebook that raises heat so much.
     
    Redline, Jun 18, 2007
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  4. niGht kiD

    niGht kiD .. beach boy ♫

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    Just bought the W7S last week, pretty warm indeed...
     
    niGht kiD, Jun 18, 2007
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  5. andrewt1187

    andrewt1187 Notebook Consultant

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    do you like it in general?
     
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  6. niGht kiD

    niGht kiD .. beach boy ♫

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    yeah, just beside the heat problem... and the on-board 512mb RAM
     
    niGht kiD, Jun 18, 2007
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