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    3rd Part Review of Aorus X3 Plus

    Discussion in 'Gigabyte and Aorus' started by Oxford_Guy, Feb 3, 2015.

  1. Oxford_Guy

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    Oxford_Guy, Feb 3, 2015
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    BTW the title was meant to be "3rd Part y Review of Aorus X3 Plus"
     
    Oxford_Guy, Feb 3, 2015
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    It doesn't actually say "V3" so it might be last year's model.

    EDIT: While the date on the article says Feb. There's two comments from 5 months ago. Definitely the old model.
     
    LVNeptune, Feb 3, 2015
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    How misleading! I'm assuming that the 970m model should have less heat problems that the notoriously hot 870m GPU model. The CPU in the v3 is also a cooler one, I think
     
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    Have you read my review with temps? I just ordered some diamond thermal compound and will be repasting on Thursday and re-running.
     
    LVNeptune, Feb 3, 2015
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    Will that break the warranty?
     
    Oxford_Guy, Feb 3, 2015
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    The unit is meant to be opened. It has a spare SSD slot inside. Can't install the SSD without opening it :D
     
    LVNeptune, Feb 3, 2015
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    I know, but re-pasting the CPU falls outside of the usual "you can change the RAM and HDD/SDDs and clean the fans but not touch anything else" warranty that most laptops seem to come under these days...
     
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    HIDEvolution has an extra service to upgrade to diamond paste. No reason why I can't do it myself. Pretty sure my wall of Microsoft and CompTIA certs will cover me :p
     
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    yea i might do mine if there's any noticeable change let me know your findings Neptune
     
    daza100, Feb 3, 2015
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