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Asus Zephyrus G15 Blocks vents on AMD model and has them open on intel systems

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Some pretty weird things are happening, I wonder if this is just a mistake from Asus or something more deliberate, I see no real difference in the shells. Hope Asus can clarify this weird situation.

 

 

information from reddit: https://old.reddit.com/r/AyyMD/comments/hunbip/how_to_beat_ryzen_pay_asus_to_seal_vents_so_that/

 

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now this is definitely a scam. How much are they going to save by skipping this step (i.e. opening holes) that they've been doing on existing products already?

CPU: i7-2600K 4751MHz 1.44V (software) --> 1.47V at the back of the socket Motherboard: Asrock Z77 Extreme4 (BCLK: 103.3MHz) CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D15 RAM: Adata XPG 2x8GB DDR3 (XMP: 2133MHz 10-11-11-30 CR2, custom: 2203MHz 10-11-10-26 CR1 tRFC:230 tREFI:14000) GPU: Asus GTX 1070 Dual (Super Jetstream vbios, +70(2025-2088MHz)/+400(8.8Gbps)) SSD: Samsung 840 Pro 256GB (main boot drive), Transcend SSD370 128GB PSU: Seasonic X-660 80+ Gold Case: Antec P110 Silent, 5 intakes 1 exhaust Monitor: AOC G2460PF 1080p 144Hz (150Hz max w/ DP, 121Hz max w/ HDMI) TN panel Keyboard: Logitech G610 Orion (Cherry MX Blue) with SteelSeries Apex M260 keycaps Mouse: BenQ Zowie FK1

 

Model: HP Omen 17 17-an110ca CPU: i7-8750H (0.125V core & cache, 50mV SA undervolt) GPU: GTX 1060 6GB Mobile (+80/+450, 1650MHz~1750MHz 0.78V~0.85V) RAM: 8+8GB DDR4-2400 18-17-17-39 2T Storage: HP EX920 1TB PCIe x4 M.2 SSD + Crucial MX500 1TB 2.5" SATA SSD, 128GB Toshiba PCIe x2 M.2 SSD (KBG30ZMV128G) gone cooking externally, 1TB Seagate 7200RPM 2.5" HDD (ST1000LM049-2GH172) left outside Monitor: 1080p 126Hz IPS G-sync

 

Desktop benching:

Cinebench R15 Single thread:168 Multi-thread: 833 

SuperPi (v1.5 from Techpowerup, PI value output) 16K: 0.100s 1M: 8.255s 32M: 7m 45.93s

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It's been discussed extensively here:

 

It's worth checking Hardware Unboxed's back-and-forth with Asus over a similar model, and their test results:

It may be the case that some members of the family can't afford to distribute cooling with other components...

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Asus got pushed to cripple the G15's thermals so the M15 looks better. That's pretty much been confirmed. And there is only one reason why.

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5 minutes ago, Jurrunio said:

now this is definitely a scam. 

i think its Hanlon's razor, "Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity", some engineer probably screwed up, at least hope so. Why would you cripple a really good product. 

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4 minutes ago, BlueScope819 said:

If you check out the video they are blocked by paper attached with plastic rivets. This was a modification done on top of the regular design.

That is cheaper than molding two different chassis and manufacturing them in the right proportions, so it would make sense even if they never meant to have vents there.

I think it's worth to check HU's video to see what you lose and what you gain by doing so.

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13 minutes ago, BlueScope819 said:

If you check out the video they are blocked by paper attached with plastic rivets. This was a modification done on top of the regular design.

then it's even worse, they are spending extra material to block vents. 

 

8 minutes ago, SpaceGhostC2C said:

That is cheaper than molding two different chassis and manufacturing them in the right proportions, so it would make sense even if they never meant to have vents there.

I think it's worth to check HU's video to see what you lose and what you gain by doing so.

then that means other parts of the design isnt up to scratch then so they have to sacrifice cooling for CPU and GPU, not a good thing still.

CPU: i7-2600K 4751MHz 1.44V (software) --> 1.47V at the back of the socket Motherboard: Asrock Z77 Extreme4 (BCLK: 103.3MHz) CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D15 RAM: Adata XPG 2x8GB DDR3 (XMP: 2133MHz 10-11-11-30 CR2, custom: 2203MHz 10-11-10-26 CR1 tRFC:230 tREFI:14000) GPU: Asus GTX 1070 Dual (Super Jetstream vbios, +70(2025-2088MHz)/+400(8.8Gbps)) SSD: Samsung 840 Pro 256GB (main boot drive), Transcend SSD370 128GB PSU: Seasonic X-660 80+ Gold Case: Antec P110 Silent, 5 intakes 1 exhaust Monitor: AOC G2460PF 1080p 144Hz (150Hz max w/ DP, 121Hz max w/ HDMI) TN panel Keyboard: Logitech G610 Orion (Cherry MX Blue) with SteelSeries Apex M260 keycaps Mouse: BenQ Zowie FK1

 

Model: HP Omen 17 17-an110ca CPU: i7-8750H (0.125V core & cache, 50mV SA undervolt) GPU: GTX 1060 6GB Mobile (+80/+450, 1650MHz~1750MHz 0.78V~0.85V) RAM: 8+8GB DDR4-2400 18-17-17-39 2T Storage: HP EX920 1TB PCIe x4 M.2 SSD + Crucial MX500 1TB 2.5" SATA SSD, 128GB Toshiba PCIe x2 M.2 SSD (KBG30ZMV128G) gone cooking externally, 1TB Seagate 7200RPM 2.5" HDD (ST1000LM049-2GH172) left outside Monitor: 1080p 126Hz IPS G-sync

 

Desktop benching:

Cinebench R15 Single thread:168 Multi-thread: 833 

SuperPi (v1.5 from Techpowerup, PI value output) 16K: 0.100s 1M: 8.255s 32M: 7m 45.93s

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On 7/20/2020 at 2:16 PM, 5x5 said:

Asus got pushed to cripple the G15's thermals so the M15 looks better. That's pretty much been confirmed. And there is only one reason why.

So that Intel doesn't die more?

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