Notebook 1500 Pound.

iluvatar · 31 Jul 2013 at 14:43

Hallo Guys, this is my last Post before order my laptop tomorrow.

Im thinking to buy OcUK Hardcore Gamer P157SM
or the OcUK Hardcore Gamer P170SM 17.3".

i think 17.3 its gonna be to big. but i prefer 15.6 " laptop but iF THE P170 SM with gt770 is better that 8970 ati i would go for p170. any suggestions or anyother notebook to suggest for this budget???? I will place the order tomorrow. THANKS!!

tereu5 · 31 Jul 2013 at 16:24

770 its not better then 8970

If you go small (15.6) always could hook up to a bigger screen. If portability not so desirable go for 17"

scotsdragon · 31 Jul 2013 at 17:47

Why a note book is it for work or higher learning?

roughavoc · 1 Aug 2013 at 11:12

780M > 8970M/7970M > 770M > 765M and so on

iluvatar · 8 Aug 2013 at 02:27

Just an upgrade! i got the p 177 sm (256 ssd 500 gb hybrid, 8970 Ati, intel haswell 4700mq, 8 gb ram) im really happy!!

thanks overclockers.

tereu5 · 8 Aug 2013 at 06:57

First thoughts? What about the noise level/speed and build quality?

JamesM · 8 Aug 2013 at 09:05

Should receive mine today, 4700mq, 17" and 780m. To say i'm a bit excited is a understatement ha

iluvatar · 8 Aug 2013 at 13:24

The build quality is decent. The noisy is not that much basicly I dont have any problen with this. Very very fast

iluvatar · 12 Aug 2013 at 19:32

i've got this score running 3dmark. http://www.3dmark.com/3dm/1053962

iluvatar · 12 Aug 2013 at 19:33

is that good?

tereu5 · 12 Aug 2013 at 20:30

iluvatar said:
i've got this score running 3dmark. http://www.3dmark.com/3dm/1053962

JamesM run and put a link so there will some comparison ---ish

iluvatar · 12 Aug 2013 at 21:58

780 is much better. however more expensive though. the think is do i have to overclock my laptop?? idk :d

JamesM · 13 Aug 2013 at 10:17

Will run it now for you.

This thing runs everything I throw at it, even BF3 at 1080 on high settings and it's still smooth and fluid. Even Arma3 Beta runs well.

Very impressed. Although I don't game that much anymore this thing is ideal for me.

JamesM · 13 Aug 2013 at 11:01

These are mine, everything stock and vysnc off

http://www.3dmark.com/3dm/1073380?

tereu5 · 13 Aug 2013 at 11:16

Is that basic edition performance? If yest I will have to download and see how that compare to midrange 7850 I have

JamesM · 13 Aug 2013 at 11:34

I paid for the full edition a while back but it doesn't matter, the results should still reflect system performance.

Have been playing around with overclocking the 780m and it seems to vary quite a bit. Upping the core +130 and memory +50 I get this - http://www.3dmark.com/3dm/1073419? - but then upping the memory further the score goes down to 18252?!

I've settled on +100 core and +100 memory for the time being and it shows a decent improvement on Fire Strike - http://www.3dmark.com/3dm/1073481?

Temps are very stable too, CPU doesn't go above 77 degrees and GPU hits a maximum of 67 degrees.

Hopefully they will release a custom bios at some point allowing you to overclock the CPU too as they do with other models.