ASUS K53SV-B1

• Oct 10, 2011

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loxety

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just bought this http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004YW6HP2 for $750

Trying to figure out if its got another hard drive bay in it. I have not had the chance to open it up yet. It replaces an ASUS G50VT laptop.

 

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• Oct 22, 2011

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loxety

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Found out its only got one hard drive bay. Upgraded the ram from one 4gb stick and a 2gb stick to this http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231342 G.SKILL 8GB (2 x 4GB) 204-Pin DDR3 SO-DIMM DDR3 1333 (PC3 10600) Laptop Memory Model F3-10600CL9D-8GBSQ

Works great!

According to Intel the i7 an hm65 chipset support up to 16GB ram total

 

• Oct 22, 2011

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Winrar benchmark 4.0.1 64bit 3,855 KB/s
Battlefield Bad Company 2, medium/1366x768, 30-55fps

 

• Oct 22, 2011

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Nice! For 750usd, a GT540m and i7 mobile quad are a deal indeed

 

• Dec 11, 2011

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CORSAIR 16GB (2 x 8G) 204-Pin DDR3 SO-DIMM DDR3 1333 Laptop Memory Model CMSO16GX3M2A1333C9

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820233217

16gb ram $199

Should work buying asap

 

• Dec 11, 2011

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http://www.laptopmag.com/review/laptop/asus-k53sv.aspx

Nice review of this laptop