Greenman
Enthusiast
Watch this space for a review. Great service by PCS, 1 working day to dispatch.
Chassis & Display
Optimus II: 17.3" Glossy Full HD LED Widescreen (1920x1080)
Processor (CPU)
Intel® Core™i7 Quad Core Mobile Processor i7-2670QM (2.20GHz) 6MB
Memory (RAM)
4GB SAMSUNG 1333MHz SODIMM DDR3 MEMORY (2 x 2GB)
Graphics Card
nVIDIA® GeForce® GT 555M - 2GB DDR3 Video RAM - DirectX® 11
Memory - 1st Hard Disk
500GB WD SCORPIO BLACK WD5000BPKT, SATA 3 Gb/s, 16MB CACHE (7200 rpm)
1st DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
8x SATA DVD±R/RW/Dual Layer (+ 24x CD-RW)
Thermal Paste
ARCTIC MX-4 EXTREME THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY COMPOUND (£9)
Sound Card
Intel 2 Channel High Definition Audio + MIC/Headphone Jack
Network Facilities
GIGABIT LAN & WIRELESS INTEL® ULTIMATE-N 6300 (450Mbps)
Battery
Optimus Series 6 Cell Lithium-ION Battery (48.84WH)
Power Lead & Adaptor
1 x UK Power Lead & 90W Adaptor (GT 540M) / 120W Adaptor (GT 555M)
Operating System
Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium 64 Bit - inc DVD & Licence (£79)
Keyboard & Mouse
INTEGRATED UK KEYBOARD WITH NUMBER PAD
Mouse
INTEGRATED 2 BUTTON TOUCHPAD MOUSE
Webcam
INTEGRATED 1.3 MEGAPIXEL WEBCAM
Warranty
3 Year Silver Warranty (1 Year Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour) (£5)
Delivery
STANDARD INSURED DELIVERY TO UK MAINLAND (MON-FRI)
Build Time
Standard Build - Approximately 5 to 7 working days
Don't think I missed anything with the spec.
Edit:
Recieved my laptop in double quick time yesterday. 1 working day to dispatch.
Processed Date 08-12-2011
Build Date 09-12-2011
Test Date 09-12-2011
Awaiting Dispatch Date 09-12-2011
Dispatch Date 09-12-2011
Built By Liam Ramsden
Tested By Carl Auckland
QC'd By
Carl Auckland
Packed By Adnaan Marban
Had some time to try it out today (14/12/11) so here's my initial review, hoping to update it with game performance etc at a later date.
Firstly, the chassis is very sturdy and the laptop is surprisingly light. The screen is also fantastic, picture is brilliant. Steam chat windows and the like are a little hard to read though because of the high resolution, can anyone suggest anything for this?
Didn't have the best of starts, laptop shut itself off after a bit of internet browsing. Installed all the drivers off the disc since so hoping I won't have that problem.
The keyboard is good, comfortable to use. The touchpad has this textured surface which will take a bit of getting used to but it seems ok. Speakers aren't that good, quality is fine but they're a little on the quiet side. When using earphones the volume still seems a bit low, would like to know if anyone can comment on this.
So I just tried some gaming, the 555m is a good card. Metro runs on High (Not Very High) at 720p on DX9, Normal on DX11 (Thought I can't see any difference)
Portal 2 doesn't drop a frame maxed out, capped at 60fps.
S.T.A.L.K.E.R also runs on high with dynamic lighting plus the excellent complete mod.
All in all, very pleased. The cooling system is also fantastic, the GPU was the hottest component after an hour of metro at 64C (Speedfan). I an using the laptop on a tray with a Zalman cooler which is no doubt helping it.
Chassis & Display
Optimus II: 17.3" Glossy Full HD LED Widescreen (1920x1080)
Processor (CPU)
Intel® Core™i7 Quad Core Mobile Processor i7-2670QM (2.20GHz) 6MB
Memory (RAM)
4GB SAMSUNG 1333MHz SODIMM DDR3 MEMORY (2 x 2GB)
Graphics Card
nVIDIA® GeForce® GT 555M - 2GB DDR3 Video RAM - DirectX® 11
Memory - 1st Hard Disk
500GB WD SCORPIO BLACK WD5000BPKT, SATA 3 Gb/s, 16MB CACHE (7200 rpm)
1st DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
8x SATA DVD±R/RW/Dual Layer (+ 24x CD-RW)
Thermal Paste
ARCTIC MX-4 EXTREME THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY COMPOUND (£9)
Sound Card
Intel 2 Channel High Definition Audio + MIC/Headphone Jack
Network Facilities
GIGABIT LAN & WIRELESS INTEL® ULTIMATE-N 6300 (450Mbps)
Battery
Optimus Series 6 Cell Lithium-ION Battery (48.84WH)
Power Lead & Adaptor
1 x UK Power Lead & 90W Adaptor (GT 540M) / 120W Adaptor (GT 555M)
Operating System
Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium 64 Bit - inc DVD & Licence (£79)
Keyboard & Mouse
INTEGRATED UK KEYBOARD WITH NUMBER PAD
Mouse
INTEGRATED 2 BUTTON TOUCHPAD MOUSE
Webcam
INTEGRATED 1.3 MEGAPIXEL WEBCAM
Warranty
3 Year Silver Warranty (1 Year Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour) (£5)
Delivery
STANDARD INSURED DELIVERY TO UK MAINLAND (MON-FRI)
Build Time
Standard Build - Approximately 5 to 7 working days
Don't think I missed anything with the spec.
Edit:
Recieved my laptop in double quick time yesterday. 1 working day to dispatch.
Processed Date 08-12-2011
Build Date 09-12-2011
Test Date 09-12-2011
Awaiting Dispatch Date 09-12-2011
Dispatch Date 09-12-2011
Built By Liam Ramsden
Tested By Carl Auckland
QC'd By
Carl Auckland
Packed By Adnaan Marban
Had some time to try it out today (14/12/11) so here's my initial review, hoping to update it with game performance etc at a later date.
Firstly, the chassis is very sturdy and the laptop is surprisingly light. The screen is also fantastic, picture is brilliant. Steam chat windows and the like are a little hard to read though because of the high resolution, can anyone suggest anything for this?
Didn't have the best of starts, laptop shut itself off after a bit of internet browsing. Installed all the drivers off the disc since so hoping I won't have that problem.
The keyboard is good, comfortable to use. The touchpad has this textured surface which will take a bit of getting used to but it seems ok. Speakers aren't that good, quality is fine but they're a little on the quiet side. When using earphones the volume still seems a bit low, would like to know if anyone can comment on this.
So I just tried some gaming, the 555m is a good card. Metro runs on High (Not Very High) at 720p on DX9, Normal on DX11 (Thought I can't see any difference)
Portal 2 doesn't drop a frame maxed out, capped at 60fps.
S.T.A.L.K.E.R also runs on high with dynamic lighting plus the excellent complete mod.
All in all, very pleased. The cooling system is also fantastic, the GPU was the hottest component after an hour of metro at 64C (Speedfan). I an using the laptop on a tray with a Zalman cooler which is no doubt helping it.
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