How noisy is the P170EM?

Genoma · 27 Jan 2013 at 13:27

Thinking this might be my next purchase, how noisy is this laptop? This is really important to me as I will be gaming in the living room next to the missus. My Samsung Gamer is whisper quiet, when under load it's just a very quiet wooosh.

What is your experience with the P170EM?

CEUOTC · 27 Jan 2013 at 14:38

While gaming my Clevo can become audible and the missus has given me the dagger look, so shifted it back into the dining room lol.

This was while she was watching the TV and l was sitting about 9-10ft away, however she was changing channel so the TV was silent at the time.

Don't get me wrong it is not a screamer and after a while she never really noticed

iv-tecman · 28 Jan 2013 at 13:23

Well I can't answer the noise question as I've got a M17x r4 and not the Clevo chassis..

but I can tell you, as I had a Samsung Gamer and the upgrade from a 6990M - 7970m is night and day.

I thought the 6990m was a capable GPU but the 7970m simply blew it away. If you opt for the 7970m be ready for near on desktop GPU performance, the 680m is meant to be slightly quicker but costs a few quid more.

danielanthony · 28 Jan 2013 at 13:41

I have the P170EM, got it last week with a 3840 and 680M, and I've had an Alienware M18x R2. I would say it's quiet when on my lap and browsing the web but the cooling fans are audible when gaming, my missus doesn't complain but I think its quite subjective. Overall though, the P170EM is not as loud as the m18x under heavy load, that thing was as bad as a server but then it did have 2 gfx cards in it though...