ShutterBug365
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Optimus Pro XI Review
Specification, the important bits:
As usual for PCS this was without issue and very straightforward with no problems and kept well informed throughout the build process which flew. Arrived with PCS into stock at the start of the week and with me by the end of the week.
Delivery:
Delivered by our local DPD guy who is excellent, appreciate this is out of PCS control but it does reflect to a degree. Packaging was clean and undamaged on arrival – I did wonder if anything was in the box as it was noticeably light. The packaging around the laptop box does not actually fill the outer box so it had a couple of inches each side to move around. But being double boxed and with the protection inside I do not see it as an issue.
Laptop:
Now the bit everyone is interested.
The laptop looks clean and sleek in appearance with a solid feel to the keyboard section. The screen whilst solid does flex a little but I think that is the way with laptops these days. Good sized bezels around the screen to give some protection.
Am still setting up etc but everything is so responsive and quick. From turning on to Windows is a few seconds.
WiFi is sitting on full signal and 866Mhz on 5ghz and never lags once, distance from router is about 4m through the floor and wall. Laptop downstairs, router upstairs. Got to say its good to be back on WiFi after several months of being on a homeplug.
Screen is excellent, crisp and consistent brightness throughout with no dead pixels. Have colour calibrated the screen which cycles through 460 different full colour tones. Luminance for photographers is great it will set brightness at 119 (the software aims for 120).
Keyboard is quiet and comfortable to type on, takes a bit of getting used to as it is slightly more cramped than my old one.
Fan noise, laptop is set to max fan but so far have not heard a single fan from the laptop. Having previously got an image on the underneath I did have a laptop cooler delivered the same day as the laptop which has fans directly under the vents. Not tried any games on it yet, still setting up and installing all the software etc and so far, the temperatures on 100% power plan bounce between the high 30’s to the high 50’s.
Photoshop and Lightroom are very responsive and both report that they are using the RTX 2060 for acceleration.
Some images attached of the box opening , not the best as I am not used to taking photographs on my mobile. The slight discolouration on the chassis is down to the fact it was very cold outside and this was a few minutes after bringing it in the house.
Using the Samsung NVME drivers have run a benchmark in Samsung Magician. Specs suggest up to 3500MB/R, 3300MB/W and the benchmark came out at up to 3541MB/R, 3320MB/W. The benchmark lasted 2 minutes and put the drive temp up from 40 degrees to 46 degrees.
Buy again:
Would I recommend this laptop – yes
Would I buy PCS again – yes, in fact desktop is currently on order. Only ever had laptops from PCS before so am looking forward to the desktop side of things.
Specification, the important bits:
- Ryzen 7 4800H
- 32Gb 2666MHz RAM (2 x 16GB)
- RTX 2060
- 1TB Samsung 970 Evo Plus
As usual for PCS this was without issue and very straightforward with no problems and kept well informed throughout the build process which flew. Arrived with PCS into stock at the start of the week and with me by the end of the week.
Delivery:
Delivered by our local DPD guy who is excellent, appreciate this is out of PCS control but it does reflect to a degree. Packaging was clean and undamaged on arrival – I did wonder if anything was in the box as it was noticeably light. The packaging around the laptop box does not actually fill the outer box so it had a couple of inches each side to move around. But being double boxed and with the protection inside I do not see it as an issue.
Laptop:
Now the bit everyone is interested.
The laptop looks clean and sleek in appearance with a solid feel to the keyboard section. The screen whilst solid does flex a little but I think that is the way with laptops these days. Good sized bezels around the screen to give some protection.
Am still setting up etc but everything is so responsive and quick. From turning on to Windows is a few seconds.
WiFi is sitting on full signal and 866Mhz on 5ghz and never lags once, distance from router is about 4m through the floor and wall. Laptop downstairs, router upstairs. Got to say its good to be back on WiFi after several months of being on a homeplug.
Screen is excellent, crisp and consistent brightness throughout with no dead pixels. Have colour calibrated the screen which cycles through 460 different full colour tones. Luminance for photographers is great it will set brightness at 119 (the software aims for 120).
Keyboard is quiet and comfortable to type on, takes a bit of getting used to as it is slightly more cramped than my old one.
Fan noise, laptop is set to max fan but so far have not heard a single fan from the laptop. Having previously got an image on the underneath I did have a laptop cooler delivered the same day as the laptop which has fans directly under the vents. Not tried any games on it yet, still setting up and installing all the software etc and so far, the temperatures on 100% power plan bounce between the high 30’s to the high 50’s.
Photoshop and Lightroom are very responsive and both report that they are using the RTX 2060 for acceleration.
Some images attached of the box opening , not the best as I am not used to taking photographs on my mobile. The slight discolouration on the chassis is down to the fact it was very cold outside and this was a few minutes after bringing it in the house.
Using the Samsung NVME drivers have run a benchmark in Samsung Magician. Specs suggest up to 3500MB/R, 3300MB/W and the benchmark came out at up to 3541MB/R, 3320MB/W. The benchmark lasted 2 minutes and put the drive temp up from 40 degrees to 46 degrees.
Buy again:
Would I recommend this laptop – yes
Would I buy PCS again – yes, in fact desktop is currently on order. Only ever had laptops from PCS before so am looking forward to the desktop side of things.
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