My New Octane IV Laptop Arrived

[makmcn]

Got my Octane IV Laptop delivered yesterday,

I stopped smoking recently and using the money to pay for this was a good incentive, so i was a little tense before it came and craving a bit, wondering what was gonna come out of the box, i was expecting a flimsy cheap looking and feeling chassis with a screen that would bend if closed with one hand.

Some people think they need fancy badges and lighting effects that certain (ahem) other brands are putting out the door, trust me, i have been fishing around checking out specs etc of other brands and they don't touch this when it comes to specs vs price....... and this out did them all, something had to be wrong here!........

I was wrong, its well built, solid feeling and doesn't bend like my last laptop, i had to test it to see if it had the goods under the bonnet so i set it up and ran some benchmarks........ all i can say is - Christ on a bike with a jetpack!!!!


Specs:-
Chassis & Display Octane Series: 17.3" Matte Full HD 120Hz 90% NTSC LED Widescreen (1920x1080)
Processor (CPU) Intel® Core™i7 Six Core Processor i7-8700k (3.7GHz) 12MB Cache
Memory (RAM) 16GB Corsair VENGEANCE 2400MHz SODIMM DDR4 (2 x 8GB)
Graphics Card NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 1080 - 8.0GB GDDR5 Video RAM - DirectX® 12.1
1st Hard Disk 2TB SEAGATE FIRECUDA 2.5" SSHD - UP TO 5X FASTER THAN HDD!
M.2 SSD Drive 500GB SAMSUNG 960 EVO M.2, PCIe NVMe (up to 3200MB/R, 1900MB/W)
Memory Card Reader Integrated 6 in 1 Card Reader (SD /Mini SD/ SDHC / SDXC / MMC / RSMMC)
AC Adaptor 1 x 330W AC Adaptor
Power Cable 1 x 1 Metre UK Power Cable (Kettle Lead)
Thermal Paste EK-TIM ECTOTHERM THERMAL COMPOUND
Sound Card Intel 2 Channel High Definition Audio + MIC/Headphone Jack
Bluetooth & Wireless GIGABIT LAN & WIRELESS INTEL® AC-8265 M.2 (867Mbps, 802.11AC) +BT 4.0
USB Options 4 x USB 3.0 Ports + 2 x USB 3.1 Type C Ports
Battery Octane Series 8 Cell Lithium Ion Battery (82WH)
Keyboard Language OCTANE SERIES BACKLIT UK KEYBOARD WITH NUMBER PAD
Operating System Genuine Windows 10 Home 64 Bit - inc DVD & Single Licence
Operating System Language United Kingdom - English Language
DVD Recovery Media Windows 10 (64-bit) DVD with paper sleeve
Office Software NO OFFICE SOFTWARE
Anti-Virus NO ANTI-VIRUS SOFTWARE
Browser Microsoft® Edge (Windows 10 Only)
Notebook Mouse INTEGRATED 2 BUTTON TOUCHPAD MOUSE
Webcam INTEGRATED 2.0 MP FULL HD WEBCAM
Warranty 3 Year Silver Warranty (1 Year Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour)
Dead Pixel Guarantee 1 Year Dead Pixel Guarantee Inc. Labour & Carriage Costs
Delivery SCOTTISH HIGHLANDS & UK OFFSHORE ISLANDS / N IRELAND
Build Time FAST TRACK 5 WORKING DAY DISPATCH

The picture below is actually showing it on my laptop cooler - which i always use now as it gives a little height as well as giving a little cool air too!




Firestrike Benchmark


3DMark11


Just want to say a massive THANK YOU for this beast!
I work away 3 weeks at a time on a rig and this will defo keep me more than happy!

Mako

 

[SpyderTracks]

Firstly, big congrats on quitting smoking and can't think of a better way to invest the rewards, second, good review and thanks for posting benchmarks, really helps people out.

 

[ubuysa]

Ditto to the above, and very glad you're happy!

 

[makmcn]

Firstly, big congrats on quitting smoking and can't think of a better way to invest the rewards, second, good review and thanks for posting benchmarks, really helps people out.

Thanks for the encouragement with my ex drug habit! :yes:

Yeah i had to post the benchmarks because i had been looking around for some and there isn't any anywhere - even on US sites under the other Clevo ranges, probably because there arent many of these around yet with the 6 core i7 8700K - in Laptops anyway!

I hope it does help potential buyers because i can't say a bad thing about it so far unless sound is an issue to some people as the fans can be a little loud on full blast but descent headset sorts that, and you gotta expect a little fan noise with something this powerful and fast!

It did make me laugh though seeing it score so high on benchmarks designed for Desktop PC's

I haven't had alot of time to play with it so far - well, not as much as i'd like, but i've managed to install about 12 very demanding games like BF1, Crysis 3, GTA V, Dying Light etc, and they all look spectacular on it with 100+ fps on Ultra Settings

I've just got out to my rig for work the next 3 weeks but on my hours off i have a feeling i'm gonna be up pretty late :yawn:

 

[ClarkF1]

Congrats on kicking the habit and found a good incentive.

Christ on a bike with a jetpack!!!!

Hope you don't mind if I nick this for future use

 

[makmcn]

Congrats on kicking the habit and found a good incentive.



Hope you don't mind if I nick this for future use

Haha - No Probs bud! sometimes its the only way to describe something that fast that should come with a crash helmet and epilepsy warning!

 

[jamesbarton988]

Looks to be a great buy.
Almost exactly the spec I've recently saved, apart from 1060 rather than 1080.due to the heat generation.
I like the idea of all those ports to give some future proofing. My current laptop is over 6 and showing its age, though a fast processor and 2x USB 3 ports at the outset, with an SSD upgrade a couple of years ago, have helped extend it. . The latest version of Adobe lightroom doesn't work with the nvidia graphics card, hence the search for a replacement.
My 2005 pcspecialist desktop is still working but only acting as backup.

 

[mikeo678]

With regards to temps, they aren't too bad. My new Octane IV with an i7-8700K and the GTX1070 OC option and the highest temps i have seen so far are around 60c-65c for CPU (idle around 40) and 70c for the GPU. The fans only seem to ramp up to around 80% on automatic setting.

 

[jamesbarton988]

Thanks for the reply.

Do you ever find it running without the fans - eg when not gaming and just browsing? Or do they basically start up pretty much as soon as the laptop gets going?

 

[makmcn]

it runs pretty quiet when just browsing etc, but when i start a game it ramps up fan speed and can be audible - i've been pressing alt+1 to do max fan speed as i was hitting 90C on Auto fan speed with my GPU on ultra settings with some games like BF1 and COD and that is loud and the fans blow out the back like a hairdryer - no exaggeration!
I just bought a Havit cooler pad for it but im not home to try it for another week

 

[Mtgscouser]

Nice post i've just bought the same spec model near enough. Except I got the 850 evo and the 1 stick of 16gb. how long from order to delivery was it, thanks.

 

[jamesbarton988]

Thanks

 

[mikeo678]

With just general usage (internet browsing, using Word etc) the laptop is virtually silent. The fans will ramp up every now and then for a little while because of background processes like anti-virus, etc using more CPU power, but thats it. Even during gaming sessions, with the fans set to automatic (which is maximum 80%, I believe), the fan sound is obviously clearly notable but is still quieter than my old MSI gaming laptop and will be easily drowned out with a high volume setting.

If you set the fans to 100% (either through Clevo Control Center or Fn+1), however, the thing sounds like a jet engine and is extremely loud (but also extremely powerful) and you would definitely need headphones to escape the fan drone.

I don't use a cooling pad but I'm sure that would help further, have heard of people downvolting their CPU/GPU etc to reduce temps even further but as mine doesn't seem to be exceeding 75c at the moment I see no reason to.

 

[pkroks]

Got my Octane IV Laptop delivered yesterday,

I stopped smoking recently and using the money to pay for this was a good incentive, so i was a little tense before it came and craving a bit, wondering what was gonna come out of the box, i was expecting a flimsy cheap looking and feeling chassis with a screen that would bend if closed with one hand.

Some people think they need fancy badges and lighting effects that certain (ahem) other brands are putting out the door, trust me, i have been fishing around checking out specs etc of other brands and they don't touch this when it comes to specs vs price....... and this out did them all, something had to be wrong here!........

I was wrong, its well built, solid feeling and doesn't bend like my last laptop, i had to test it to see if it had the goods under the bonnet so i set it up and ran some benchmarks........ all i can say is - Christ on a bike with a jetpack!!!!


Specs:-
Chassis & Display Octane Series: 17.3" Matte Full HD 120Hz 90% NTSC LED Widescreen (1920x1080)
Processor (CPU) Intel® Core™i7 Six Core Processor i7-8700k (3.7GHz) 12MB Cache
Memory (RAM) 16GB Corsair VENGEANCE 2400MHz SODIMM DDR4 (2 x 8GB)
Graphics Card NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 1080 - 8.0GB GDDR5 Video RAM - DirectX® 12.1
1st Hard Disk 2TB SEAGATE FIRECUDA 2.5" SSHD - UP TO 5X FASTER THAN HDD!
M.2 SSD Drive 500GB SAMSUNG 960 EVO M.2, PCIe NVMe (up to 3200MB/R, 1900MB/W)
Memory Card Reader Integrated 6 in 1 Card Reader (SD /Mini SD/ SDHC / SDXC / MMC / RSMMC)
AC Adaptor 1 x 330W AC Adaptor
Power Cable 1 x 1 Metre UK Power Cable (Kettle Lead)
Thermal Paste EK-TIM ECTOTHERM THERMAL COMPOUND
Sound Card Intel 2 Channel High Definition Audio + MIC/Headphone Jack
Bluetooth & Wireless GIGABIT LAN & WIRELESS INTEL® AC-8265 M.2 (867Mbps, 802.11AC) +BT 4.0
USB Options 4 x USB 3.0 Ports + 2 x USB 3.1 Type C Ports
Battery Octane Series 8 Cell Lithium Ion Battery (82WH)
Keyboard Language OCTANE SERIES BACKLIT UK KEYBOARD WITH NUMBER PAD
Operating System Genuine Windows 10 Home 64 Bit - inc DVD & Single Licence
Operating System Language United Kingdom - English Language
DVD Recovery Media Windows 10 (64-bit) DVD with paper sleeve
Office Software NO OFFICE SOFTWARE
Anti-Virus NO ANTI-VIRUS SOFTWARE
Browser Microsoft® Edge (Windows 10 Only)
Notebook Mouse INTEGRATED 2 BUTTON TOUCHPAD MOUSE
Webcam INTEGRATED 2.0 MP FULL HD WEBCAM
Warranty 3 Year Silver Warranty (1 Year Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour)
Dead Pixel Guarantee 1 Year Dead Pixel Guarantee Inc. Labour & Carriage Costs
Delivery SCOTTISH HIGHLANDS & UK OFFSHORE ISLANDS / N IRELAND
Build Time FAST TRACK 5 WORKING DAY DISPATCH

The picture below is actually showing it on my laptop cooler - which i always use now as it gives a little height as well as giving a little cool air too!


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Firestrike Benchmark
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3DMark11
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Just want to say a massive THANK YOU for this beast!
I work away 3 weeks at a time on a rig and this will defo keep me more than happy!

Mako

What did you pay for the system? Seems like a serious smoking habit there lol.

I'm looking at a very similar system, but I would like 64gb of Ram. Just trying to decide between a 1070 or a 1080.

I do a lot of image processing and video editing.

 

[makmcn]

What did you pay for the system? Seems like a serious smoking habit there lol.

I'm looking at a very similar system, but I would like 64gb of Ram. Just trying to decide between a 1070 or a 1080.

I do a lot of image processing and video editing.

I paid just under £2500 for it but looking at the finance option it was working out at £67 p/m, although i didnt pay that as i used savings for it but it helped sweeten the wife haha

 

[JohnSmith2018]

I paid just under £2500 for it but looking at the finance option it was working out at £67 p/m, although i didnt pay that as i used savings for it but it helped sweeten the wife haha

hi, i'm thinking of getting the same laptop as you - when you ordered yours did it Gsync on the page? Because i noticed you mentioned G-Sync in your signature when i check the Octane IV page it doesn't mention G-Sync at all....

 

[Mtgscouser]

hi mate just received my octane iv. what did you do first I'm updating windows, what about the gfx drivers I have an update on the gforce experience are they the correct ones. also for gameplay is there anything I need to turn off for better performance thx in advance.

 

[JohnSmith2018]

hi mate just received my octane iv. what did you do first I'm updating windows, what about the gfx drivers I have an update on the gforce experience are they the correct ones. also for gameplay is there anything I need to turn off for better performance thx in advance.

windows updates,
then go to nvidia and download the latest drivers
install AV if it doesn't come with one

also whats the model of your display? you can find the information by installing https://www.hwinfo.com also it will tell you the temp. of the cpu/gpu

any chance you can post some numbers?

 

[Mtgscouser]

windows updates,
then go to nvidia and download the latest drivers
install AV if it doesn't come with one

also whats the model of your display?

Hi mate I got the 120hz model not sure if it's gsync I just assumed it was and that's why I never bought the 4k one.

 

[Mtgscouser]

I read an article about a gtx1080 laptop the other day. The guy said it was running slower than he thought but then he disabled something and it ran much faster. Can't find the article any idea what it could be ?