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Best Asus G75VW Model in USA??

Danieliyo
Level 7
I want to get a G75VW but I don't know what is the difference between this models. I took a look at this thread http://rog.asus.com/forum/showthread.php?14680-The-full-G55VW-G75VW-model-list!&country=&status=

But I'm still confused which is the best G75VW model in the USA. What do you guys recommend me?

Thanks
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john_from_ohio
Level 11
I recommend the Best Buy base model ... easy to customize and add an SSD and still stay under prices of other machines.

The difference between 660M and 670M graphics card is negligible. Processor differences between what the base model has and other more expensive options are also pretty insignificant.

Very few people need anything different or will be able to tell differences in day to day usage in my opinion.

About 45 or 50 bucks to add in 8 more gig of RAM to go up to 16 gb. Just a little more to add in a Blue Ray DVD burner if you want/need that.

Well he asked for the top model...the 3D one is the highest it goes...If 3D dont appeal to you Id suggest getting the one with the GTX 660m since its more efficient and runs cooler, better overclocking capability and not to mention better performance on battery...
-ASUS ROG G73SW-3DE-
-Intel Core i7-2630QM Mobile Quad Processor
-Intel HM65 Express Chipset +ICH10
-17.3" 1920x1080 120Hz Anti-Glare Matte Screen
-nVidia GeForce GTX 460m 1.5GB GDDR5 VRAM
-nVidia 3D Vision Active Shutter Glasses
-Creative EAX Advanced HD 5.0
-THX TruStudio
-8GB DDR3 1333MHz RAM (Max 32GB)
-2x500 Seagate Momentous XT Hybrid HDD
-Blu-Ray 4x Burner
-Logitech Performance MX Darkfield Laser Mice
-Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate

-XBOX360, PS3, Wii

jorlanm wrote:
Well he asked for the top model...the 3D one is the highest it goes...If 3D dont appeal to you Id suggest getting the one with the GTX 660m since its more efficient and runs cooler, better overclocking capability and not to mention better performance on battery...


Defintitely a good bit of advice, depends on whether the 670M's slightly increased performance is worth the heat increase and battery life hit (I for one would get the 660M if I were in the market for an ROG machine right now).
I am disturbed because I cannot break my system...found out there were others trying to cope! We have a support group on here, if your system will not break, please join!
http://rog.asus.com/forum/group.php?groupid=16
We now have 178 people whose systems will not break! Yippee! 🙂
LINUX Users, we have a group!
http://rog.asus.com/forum/group.php?groupid=23

Excalibur PC has a clear line up of all g75vw models, they list all of them!

here is the link: http://www.excaliberpc.com/products/products.html?ch=&search=g75vw

I LIKE MY O.C COLD wrote:
Excalibur PC has a clear line up of all g75vw models, they list all of them!

here is the link: http://www.excaliberpc.com/products/products.html?ch=&search=g75vw


Thank you! Excellent link, +1 for finding it. 🙂
I am disturbed because I cannot break my system...found out there were others trying to cope! We have a support group on here, if your system will not break, please join!
http://rog.asus.com/forum/group.php?groupid=16
We now have 178 people whose systems will not break! Yippee! 🙂
LINUX Users, we have a group!
http://rog.asus.com/forum/group.php?groupid=23

I LIKE MY O.C COLD wrote:
Excalibur PC has a clear line up of all g75vw models, they list all of them!

here is the link: http://www.excaliberpc.com/products/products.html?ch=&search=g75vw


Not sure they listed them all, looks like they got best buy's version and the DS and RS72 listed only.

They forgot the RS71,
Amazon's G75VW-AS71,
TigerDirect's G75VW-TS72 AND TS71,
BTOTech's G75VW-BT1,
of course newegg's G75VW-NS72....

Upon further research it appears second half of the naming scheme, in all the instances I have seen, refers to the vendor from which you are buying the laptop. G75VW-BBK5 comes from Best Buy, G75VW-BT1 comes from BTOTech, G75VW-TS72 comes from Tiger Direct, and so on, with G75VW-DS being the original model. I have yet to deduce the meaning behind the numbers.

In all likeliness, the base model G75VW is the same. Companies order the laptop from Asus with specific hardware (RAM, hard drive, processor, graphics card). Make sure to check the specifications to see what your vendor has included and what has been left out. For example, while most G75VW come with a hard drive spinning at 7200 RPM, Best Buy elected for a 5400 RPM one. Another example is BTOTECH's model comes with a 7 in 1 card reader as oppose to the 3 in 1 cardreader others have. They are all different so take some time to compare each.

On that note I just order the NS72.... because if what you guys say is true and the 670 will run hotter than the 660 anyways then I guess I shouldn't worry if the cpu will run hotter as well. plus to me after comparing the other models it seemed to have the best stuff for about $140 more than I was going to spend on the DS72 anyway.

GrandTheftAngel wrote:
On that note I just order the NS72.... because if what you guys say is true and the 670 will run hotter than the 660 anyways then I guess I shouldn't worry if the cpu will run hotter as well. plus to me after comparing the other models it seemed to have the best stuff for about $140 more than I was going to spend on the DS72 anyway.

Welcome to the club. The cooling isn't an issue. The CPU and video card might run a little hotter, but frankly, the cooling is so good on the laptop design that it doesn't matter. The fact that it has both the SSD and the 7200 rpm HD plus the 16GB of ram already makes it a no-hassle machine. The only thing that I plan on doing is picking up a Killer 1202 card to replace the crappy 1 stream wireless card that's in the machine already, which doesn't even support 5Ghz. (It bums me out because it has a tendency to interfere with the Bluetooth transmission every once in awhile.)

soulctcher wrote:
Welcome to the club. The cooling isn't an issue. The CPU and video card might run a little hotter, but frankly, the cooling is so good on the laptop design that it doesn't matter. The fact that it has both the SSD and the 7200 rpm HD plus the 16GB of ram already makes it a no-hassle machine. The only thing that I plan on doing is picking up a Killer 1202 card to replace the crappy 1 stream wireless card that's in the machine already, which doesn't even support 5Ghz. (It bums me out because it has a tendency to interfere with the Bluetooth transmission every once in awhile.)


Thanks, looking forward to getting it soon(opted for two-day shipping... so hopefully by Tuesday)! Thanks for that bit of info as well. I will be on the look out for a bigfoot networks killer on the cheaps soon then. Hopefully it will not be too difficult to do yourself because Im a super newbie at stuff like that. I also plan on doing a clean install of win7 ultimate as soon as I get it in hopes to not only remove the bloatware but also get rid of those 4 partitioned drives on each HDD I've been hearing about...

GrandTheftAngel wrote:
I will be on the look out for a bigfoot networks killer on the cheaps soon then. Hopefully it will not be too difficult to do yourself because Im a super newbie at stuff like that. I also plan on doing a clean install of win7 ultimate as soon as I get it in hopes to not only remove the bloatware but also get rid of those 4 partitioned drives on each HDD I've been hearing about...


In my opinion ... except for uninstalling the Asus live update ... no real need for clean Win 7 install ... ( unless you really know what you are doing ).

Along with making sure you do not have mcaffee installed ( replacement antivirus and firewall needed asap ) and uninstalling asus live update ... not a whole bunch of bloatware.

Replacing the wireless ... yes possible ... not easy to do for hardware newbs ...

xoticpc.com has the best asus g75vw, mostly because you can change anything you want CPU, screen, memory, all "À la carte"