Earlier this week I received my 15.6" COSMOS IX laptop. After 7 years using my old PCS laptop, it was time for an upgrade and so far, I am absolutely chuffed.
The spec I ordered was:
So as a bit of a background in why i chose this: I work in SEO so use Google Chrome a lot along with other applications such as Screaming Frog which require a half decent spec, in particular a quick HDD and plenty of RAM. Gaming is not a big thing for me, although if I do fancy it, I would like something which won't run at 10fps
It took me a while configuring this because I wanted to make sure it will last for a good time. Looking on these forums was EXTREMELEY helpful and I cannot recommend it enough to help you build your spec. Some things which I found in particular:
Graphics card wise, for the extra money (which wasn't much), I just thought go for the Ti version. I'm not a huge gamer but If I do want to play, this laptop will handle it fine.
The keyboard is really nice but the touch pad does take getting used to, which isn't an issue as I mostly use an external wireless mouse anyway.
I took out the 120GB SSD and replaced it with my 500GB SSD and doing this was no problem. There are a lot of screws at the back, but once off, I just needed to first remove the M.2 hdd which gave me access to the SSD so that I could change it. No issues and it took literally 10 minutes.
I had a very strange issue with my wifi. At home, my router runs on 2 channels; 2g and 5g. When I connected to the 5g channel, it was really slow, unusually. And strangely it would be like this for about 5-10 minutes and then all of a sudden it sprung to life and ran at normal speeds. I tested on the 2g channel and weirdly that ran to normal speeds straight away. I updated drivers, made sure power settings were not affecting the wifi card and weirdly, I think it's fixed it. That was the only issue I had with this laptop but it doesn't seem an issue anymore.
Next, i'm going to buy a cooling stand for this as the fans are at the bottom, so not much room for the hot air to escape. Can anyone recommend a cooling stand? Seen a few on Amazon. I don't need the Rolls Royce of fans, just need something to keep this laptop extra cool when needed.
Cracking laptop!
The spec I ordered was:
| Chassis & Display | Cosmos Series: 15.6" Matte Full HD 144Hz 45% NTSC LED Widescreen (1920x1080) |
| Processor (CPU) | Intel® Core™ i7 Six Core Processor 10750H (2.6GHz, 5GHz Turbo) |
| Memory (RAM) | 16GB Corsair 2666MHz SODIMM DDR4 (2 x 8GB) |
| Graphics Card | NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 1650 - 4.0GB GDDR5 Video RAM - DirectX® 12.1
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| 1st Storage Drive | 120GB ADATA SU650 2.5" SSD, SATA 6 Gb (520MB/R, 320MB/W) |
| 1st M.2 SSD Drive | NONE
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| Memory Card Reader | Integrated 6 in 1 Card Reader (SD /Mini SD/ SDHC / SDXC / MMC / RSMMC) |
| AC Adaptor | 1 x 120W AC Adaptor |
| Power Cable | 1 x 1 Metre Cloverleaf UK Power Cable |
| Battery | Cosmos Series Integrated 4 Cell Lithium Ion Battery |
| Thermal Paste | ARCTIC MX-4 EXTREME THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY COMPOUND |
| Sound Card | 2 Channel High Def. Audio + SoundBlaster™ Cinema |
| Bluetooth & Wireless | GIGABIT LAN & KILLER™ Wi-Fi 6 AX1650 M.2 GAMING + BLUETOOTH 5.0 |
| USB/Thunderbolt Options | 1 x USB 3.2 PORT (Type C) + 1 x USB 3.2 PORT + 1 x USB 2.0 PORT |
So as a bit of a background in why i chose this: I work in SEO so use Google Chrome a lot along with other applications such as Screaming Frog which require a half decent spec, in particular a quick HDD and plenty of RAM. Gaming is not a big thing for me, although if I do fancy it, I would like something which won't run at 10fps
It took me a while configuring this because I wanted to make sure it will last for a good time. Looking on these forums was EXTREMELEY helpful and I cannot recommend it enough to help you build your spec. Some things which I found in particular:
- - Buying 2 ram slots as apposed to 1 of the same size
- - Using a M.2 NVMe hdd for an even quicker hard drive performance
Graphics card wise, for the extra money (which wasn't much), I just thought go for the Ti version. I'm not a huge gamer but If I do want to play, this laptop will handle it fine.
The keyboard is really nice but the touch pad does take getting used to, which isn't an issue as I mostly use an external wireless mouse anyway.
I took out the 120GB SSD and replaced it with my 500GB SSD and doing this was no problem. There are a lot of screws at the back, but once off, I just needed to first remove the M.2 hdd which gave me access to the SSD so that I could change it. No issues and it took literally 10 minutes.
I had a very strange issue with my wifi. At home, my router runs on 2 channels; 2g and 5g. When I connected to the 5g channel, it was really slow, unusually. And strangely it would be like this for about 5-10 minutes and then all of a sudden it sprung to life and ran at normal speeds. I tested on the 2g channel and weirdly that ran to normal speeds straight away. I updated drivers, made sure power settings were not affecting the wifi card and weirdly, I think it's fixed it. That was the only issue I had with this laptop but it doesn't seem an issue anymore.
Next, i'm going to buy a cooling stand for this as the fans are at the bottom, so not much room for the hot air to escape. Can anyone recommend a cooling stand? Seen a few on Amazon. I don't need the Rolls Royce of fans, just need something to keep this laptop extra cool when needed.
Cracking laptop!
