Gigabyte P34W V5-CF2

nobody_230

nobody_230

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Has anyone taken the plunge and bought one of these. Was after any user reviews on battery life and temps compared to the older models?

Due to get back on land next week so was thinking of ordering one. But still have concern over temps of the unit.
 
Davidkwan, thanks for the reply.A quick report would be awesome since there's very little online about the new model. It will probably not put me off buying one since there isn't many other alternative that has everything I want. But with the change in the processor was wondering how much this changes temps and battery life at all.
Ive read reports that the i7-6700 processor actually see a 5-6 degree drop in overall temps compared the previous ones. Sure its not going to fix the apparent heating issues with the p34W ( I say apparent as some people say its run hot and other say it isn't to bad). I plan to put an order in towards the end of next week for Saturday delivery as that when I get back on land. So trying to soak up as much info about this beast as possible before i jump in
 
Cheers I'd seen the first link and translated it before. Even though it was very detailed there was nothing about temps in it. Ill take a look at the second link. But nothing beats hands on user experience. Either way I doubt ill be disappointed with my purchase in the end its either this or a Razer and they're stupidly expensive and you can open them with out voiding the warranty
 
I do notice on the second link the internal cooling system is slightly different to previous models still using the dual heating pipes but one of them is extra wide that could be a good sign on trying to reduce temps in the machine :)
 
Awesome, I was going to place an order today I look forward to reading what you find with performance benchmark, heat test etc and any other positive / negatives. Although i doubt it will stop me from buying one unless its terrible.
 
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I Just ordered this last night and now today i log on and see the price has dropped by 3%! I know its only 3% but every little helps WTF! If only I'd held out for another day hmmmm
 
Atom80,

Thanks for your reply / advice and kind gesture wasn't my intention to get freebiews but I'm certainly not going to say no to that :).
My order hasn't processed yet as I went for Saturday delivery. So technically I could cancel the order and redo it and gain the -3% reduction in price. But thought better not confuse the order with multiple orders and cancellations etc

I drop you guys a trusted message shortly with a delivery address as it will be different from the OCUK address used as I fly back to the UK today and then am only home for 5 days before jetting off again.

Many thanks again and i enjoy reading your posts im super excited to receive my P34W after many hours of research on various makers and model this seem to suit all my needs. Just have to hope OCUK Process and ship it today now for me to receive it tomorrow :).Otherwise it will be several months before Im back in the UK and can get it.
 
Bailey,
Awesome much appreciated great customer service I must say and this is my first time using you guys. Just have to hope the courier keeps up their side of the bargain and deliveres it on time :)
 
Atom80,

The address I sent you are for some friends of mine and they'll be around to receive the package on my behalf while I'm away.

Thanks for both your help much appreciated from myself and I look forward to my first Gigabyte product. From what I have read I dont think I will be disappointed.

Cheers
 
Well my P34w arrived and I'm overall was very happy with it. And then I used it in the dark and turned on the backlight on my keyboard. So my 0 key on the keyboard flickers. All other keys are fine just this one. Also when the backlight in on the keyboard is on and I'm using the trackpad with two fingers to scroll up and down the screen will go blank for a second and then restart. So yeah minor things but if your paying 1300 pounds you want it to be perfect not almost perfect so not overly happy. problem is I'm away for the next 20 days in the USA and then I only get back to the Uk for 5 days before I have to go to Brazil for 8 weeks offshore so returning the unit is impossible so yeah I'm extremely annoyed I wont be able to return this unit now.

The Laptop itself is great though apart from the flickering keyboard and screen :(
 
Atom,

Thanks for the quick response. I love the little beast and its perfect in every other way. its a minor thing really where the LED for this little key has a bad connection or something. It just flickers which is annoying id rather it would jus die hahaha.

I'm not due back from Brazil in till the 21st of April ish is this a problem? Who do I contact to get this replaced in April.

Thanks for your help and I've been extremely please with the gigabyte support and product its only a minor issue and these things happen but if I could get it fixed that would be awesome.
 
Atom,

Will do ill put a reminder in my calendar to drop you guys a message when I'm due back.

No worries about the inconvenience these things happen after all. And its a bit of a pain but the Laptop is still functional. The screen issues I was originally seeing seem to have stopped after a Windows 10 update yesterday so its only the flickering 0 key that's the problem and this is only a visual issue (probably a bad LED or connection) but would be great the get fixed. Thanks again for all your help and I've been extremely impressed by you guys and would buy and recommend Gigabyte to anyone.

I have some free time in the next few days so I'll be playing with the little beast in the next few days but I don't expect any further issue cropping up.

I don't suppose you will know what the outcome of a return will be? Are you guys likely to replace the entire unit or just fix the bad LED or is it hard to tell in till your technical support team has looked at it. I only ask as I was wondering how much of my own software and work I should put on the laptop in the next few weeks only to have to reinstall/download/copy data back over on a fresh machine.

Atom80 Thanks again your the best!
 
Atom80,

I just tried to send you a reply to your email you send me with picture of my serial number and a video of the Keyboard back light flickering issue for you to see.

If you could send me a replacement keyboard that would be awesome. I haven't changed a laptop keyboard myself before but I'm no armature in taking electrical equipment apart and repairing/soldering/replacing them as it used to be part of my job to do such things.

So with some instructions from your tech support I'm sure I would be able to mange that myself.

As for sending it to Brazil its a little more complicated than that. I am currently in Florida visiting my girlfriend for the next 20 days and due to depart back to the UK on the 18th. When I get back to the UK i'll be there for 5 days and then I'll be heading off to Brazil. In Brazil I will only be in the country for 24hrs. After this part I board a Survey vessel and will be offshore at sea for 8 weeks. If your tech support agree it is possible to send me a replacement keyboard with some instructions and in the knoweldge I'm not an armature at some repair work myself, then the ideal option would be to send it to Florida while I am here for 20 days if its possible.

As for the flickering screen it seems to have gone after the windows updated and for good measure i reinstalled the track pad drivers and bios update and since then I have been unable to replicate the issue. It was only occurring when the Keyboard backlight was on and when I was using the two finger scroll on the track pad the browse a website. But as I said have been unable to replicate the issue after yesterday.

Thanks again for your continued help on this matter much appreciated from my end. its nice to see a company care about its customers for a change.

Cheers
 
Atom80,

Thanks for your response. I have now received and replied the Jane's email.

Instructions seem simple enough although not overly detailed but I'm sure it will become more apparent when I open the back case.

Only Concern I have is this statement in the email - "We can send you the keyboard to you directly but if any damage happened , the unit will void the global warranty."

Just to clarify if I damage or break something while replacing the keyboard I void the warranty on the product. However if the keyboard swap goes successful then the warranty remains in effect and any future problems I may have with any other components or even the keyboard again is still valid under the 2 yr warranty?

Thanks again for your help and as I keep saying I am continually impressed but Gigabytes support. I had an Alienware man many years ago and it was riddle with problems and customer support was terrible and 80% of the time I owned it, it was with them for repair. So I appreciate Gigabyte trying to resolve this issue with out sending it back to you guys on simple jobs like this.
 
Atom80,

Thanks for the reply. From the instructions it looks fairly straight forward and I'm confident enough there should be any issue with the swap. I'll just take my time with it and be careful.

Thanks again for your help and hopefully I wont have to bother you again in the future.

Cheers

nobody_230
 
Atom80,

You guys rock Jane shipped my replacement from Taiwan Yesterday and I just got a notification from fedex that's it out for delivery today wow that's fast!
 
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