Monster gaming laptop

Tobeornottobe · 4 Oct 2011 at 13:44

Just about to pull the trigger on this....

Chassis & Display
15.6" Matte 95% Gamut LED Widescreen (1920x1080)
Processor (CPU)
Intel® Core™i7 Quad Core Mobile Processor i7-2760QM (2.40GHz) 6MB
Memory (RAM)
8GB KINGSTON HYPER-X GENESIS 1600MHz SODIMM DDR3 (2 x 4GB)
Graphics Card
2.0GB nVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 580M - DirectX® 11 (15.6" Vortex II)
Memory - 1st Hard Disk
120GB INTEL® 510 SERIES SSD, SATA 6 Gb/s (upto 450MB/sR | 210MB/sW)
2nd Hard Disk
750GB WD SCORPIO BLACK WD7500BPKT, SATA 3 Gb/s, 16MB CACHE (7200 rpm)
Memory Card Reader
Internal 9 in 1 Card Reader (MMC/RSMMC/SD: Mini, XC & HC/MS: Pro & Duo)
Thermal Paste
ARCTIC COOLING MX-3 HIGH THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY COMPOUND
Sound Card
Intel 2 Channel High Definition Audio + MIC/Headphone Jack
Network Facilities
GIGABIT LAN & INTEL® CENTRINO® ADVANCED-N 6230 inc BLUETOOTH
USB Options
2 x USB 3.0 PORTS + 2 x USB 2.0 PORTS AS STANDARD
Battery
Vortex Series 8 Cell Lithium Ion Battery (3,800 mAh)
Power Lead & Adaptor
1 x UK Power Lead & 180W AC Adaptor
Operating System
Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium 64 Bit - inc DVD & Licence
Office Software
Microsoft® Office Home & Student 2010 (1 License Product Key Card)
Webcam
INTEGRATED 2.0 MEGAPIXEL WEBCAM

Scrutinize · 4 Oct 2011 at 14:19

Thanks for that, is this tweet of your laptop purchase or did you want some useful input?

Not a bad way to spend £2k but you may want to upgrade the standard warranty to at least the silver (£5) which offers 1 year collect and return rather than just 1 month.

Are you financing this or buying outright.

You could get an alienware MX17 for the same money or less with comparable spec esp as there is a 15% off code at the moment. You can get one for much less on the outlet.

Tobeornottobe · 4 Oct 2011 at 14:54

Just a tweet actually. I don't want a 17", or a dell/alien ware. Buying outright it is my second Clevo, the first (W860CU) has been great. You are right about the warranty.

Scrutinize · 4 Oct 2011 at 16:34

Thanks for the info then lol

Could you do a review and put some pics up when it arrives as it is pretty hard to find decent recent reviews of these systems?

Tobeornottobe · 4 Oct 2011 at 17:05

david_129 · 4 Oct 2011 at 17:15

I may get lambasted for suggesting it, but the new razer 'blade' is nice

Tobeornottobe · 4 Oct 2011 at 17:34

GT 555M in Blade versus GTX 580M in Clevo = no comparison. Looks nice though.

dobby200 · 24 Oct 2011 at 22:31

I was looking into buying the exact same build of this laptop, just wondering what your impressions were after owning it for a while?

Fallen god · 24 Oct 2011 at 23:22

I thinking of getting one of those aswell off a reseller (Think its the same one from naming). Never really heard of them so wondering how you found them and the laptop.

Tobeornottobe · 7 Jan 2012 at 09:45

I have had this laptop for a couple of months now, and it is everything I hoped it would be.
Without doing a detailed review I can say that I am 100% happy with it.

A few observations:
The 95% gamut matt screen is much better than the glossy screen in my old laptop. Colours are stunning.
The 580M GTX can handle just about anything on high details. Presently playing Crysis 2 with everything on Ultra (but not DX11). Metro 2033 not quite max details, but not far short.
The Intel 510 SSD was lightening fast, but i have already swapped it for a 512 M4 because I wanted more space (and I couldn't resist the OCUK deal!).

Would recommend this Clevo P150HM thoroughly. The reseller I bought it from was hassle-free.

Fallen god · 8 Jan 2012 at 15:34

I got the same laptop with a 6990m from the same re-seller, have to say the laptop is amazing, and for the price cant really go wrong at all. Only real let down for this laptop is no back-lit keybord apart from that its great. Also even thou its only 15" the power brick means you wont be taking it around.