It makes the machine heat up more slowly, but cool more slowly. No max/min temp difference.
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so maybe its not worth doing? it sounded pretty amazing in my head
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yea i couldn't see myself hard modding it, i could see just using a cooler, but i doubt that'd have much impact?
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I've only seen a single screenshot of the underneath of that machine, and it's the same one you've shown, and it doesn't appear to give good airflow to the fans in that instance, so I'm taking that with a little bit of salt. But if you can find more shots or if an owner can take pics for us, that'd be fantastic.
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Looking at the design of the fans it seems they could be intended to intake from the rear and exhaust out the sides but it may be hard to verify until you open it up and see the blade design and research the part. If it's not you can see why the side vents get the majority of airflow looking at the housing aerodynamics and design. I do see a value in less restriction of airflow in those locations of its possible somehow.
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Thanks for the confirm that's a very cool shot!
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Thoughts on -001 versus -009? I'm inclined to get the -001 using logic - the add'l CPU really doesn't do much for gaming at all...but it also seems a bit strange to get a "budget" (for lack of a better term) version of an extreme laptop.
I've been dreaming about this laptop (I literally did - last night - almost fell asleep with my MacBook Pro on my chest watching GenTechPC's video review on YouTube - and then dreamt about it LOL). As much as I love my G751 with i7-4710HQ and GTX 980M...this GT80 Titan SLI keeps calling to me.
On the other hand, the -001 is readily available (I'd buy from NewEgg) and the -009 annoys me with the 24GB memory install (3 dimms when it can take 4).
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Kitguru's very positive review is up. They reviewed the 4980hq version. Would have liked to have seen a similar in depth review of the i7-4720 model
I would get the Titan 009 from newegg but two questions:
Is the generic ram going to suffice it should I upgrade to the Kingston cl9 ram (which means not buying from newegg)
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EDIT: can someone that owns a GT80 Titan SLI post up the SPD info (from CPU-Z) to show the memory type that is installed? I know it is Hynix but I am wondering if it is the same as what was included in my ASUS G751 (so I can use the extra stick that I bought). -
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Thanks GT. i will have to research if the CL9 vs CL 11 ram would have any noticeable gaming benefit.
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Did you notice CPU-Z validation[2] does not report the VRAM correctly? It figures only 4GB.
[1] MSI GT80 Titan Review (2x GTX980m) (023UK) | KitGuru
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Anyone else had problems with the palm rest getting permanently dented after even short usage of resting fingers/arms?
Another question I had was with RAM compatibility.
The Hynix DDR3L 1600, are they compatible with the 1600 DDR3 from the GT70? Not sure if the GT70 ones were DDR3L or not, but they definitely are DDR3. All 8GB.
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GTEVO ran it (above) on his GT80 Titan SLI (thank you, btw!) and his is stocked with Hynix (a.k.a. Hyundai) HMT41GS6BFR8A-PB. My ASUS G751 has nearly the same - HMT41GS6AFR8A-PB. The most important thing (outside of generic compatibility) is to make sure you get 1.35v memory; NOT 1.50v. -
OK, so if the RAM in the GT70 is 1.35v, 1600 Mhz and DDR3 (no matter DDR3 or DDR3L), it should be compatible regardless of brand?
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Anyone used the Coolermaster SF-19 cooler? i think i might give it a shot, if anyone has another recommendation im listening!
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Hello, I'm a newbie but I've been reading all of this topic aswell as the gt72 and asus g751 lounges.
I watched many video reviews of the Titan from Xotic, Gentech etc.
In the end, I never considered the Titan as a possible purchase because of the price til when, today, I saw a new model gt80 Titan-047 which seems to run one single 980m for about 2500-2600$ and it should be released in early/mid February.
I like to play games but I don't require the top spec laptop (I couldn't afford it anyway). So here I have some questions:
1) From what you've been hearing and testing on your Titans, would you recommend the gt80 with single 980m over the gt72 and the g751 (both with 980m of course)? I am not planning to move it from my desk, so the weight is not a problem.
2) I'm a newbie so this could be a wrong/stupid question... from the video reviews it seemed that the CPU heat is being shared between both the fans... how do you think the cooling will change with one single 980m? Will they re-design the motherboard or they will just remove one of the graphic cards? I've been thinking on this because if they just remove one 980m then one fan will have to handle only "half" of the CPU heat... while the other fan will have to handle the 980m and the other "half" of the CPU heat... what do you think?
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I am interested if they will change the cooling in anyway. If I had to guess I would say everything stays the same except for the second GPU being installed in there. I don't think this will effect the CPU temps much if any though as they are right around the temps we see on other models with the same CPU already. -
Mine came looking brand new...and all of the initial quality horror reports that I heard were not present.
I went for the G751 over the GT72 due to the screen and reviews. I do not have a concern about GPU/CPU upgrade ability as I feel it is pointless (at ~$900 for a single MXM GTX 980M - better to sell laptop and buy a new one). I'm very happy with the G751.
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I just tried updating EC firmware to 1812EMS1.103 but neither the ecflash.bat nor the winflash.exe/winflash64.exe are working.
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Does any reseller other than Newegg have the 009 model in stock? Prostar seems to have the best deal on the 001 (in terms of pricing of upgrades), but they are not offering the 009.
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So my GT80 arrived yesterday. Unfortunatly my internet is down at the moment at home so I was unable to actually use it to to any extent.
So first thing, with the Australian edition, is that it doesn't come with a backpack at all. I was quite disapointed with the cost being $6299 AUD and that working out to $4,893.53 USD I was expecting to have it all packed in and then some.
The good news is that it is the 4980HQ cpu, with 32gb of ram and was pleasently surprises as I was told it would come with 2 x 128gb msata drives but it turns out to come with 4 x 256gb msata drives.
The only think I could really compare with my old 18" Toshiba laptop it that this thing sounds amazing. The speaker are awe inspiring for a laptop.
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Flashed 1812EMS1.103 just now (EC Update) by running winflash64.exe with the 1812EMS1.103 file in cmd window in Win8 and then shutting down.
On reboot (all unplugged), spamming DEL didn't bring up BIOS and booted to Win. Had to reboot and enter BIOS to then load optimized defaults and save+restart.
Noticed since this EC Update that my fans are sounding a bit different - right side always on, left side intermittent.
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According to Nvidia[1] Second Life does support SLI.
Are you sure the low performance is not caused by a third party viewer?
I can't help you further on that because I don't use Second Life.
[1] http://www.geforce.com/games-applications/pc-games/second-life
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