***Gigabyte P34W v3 "Phantasus" owner's lounge***

The Gigabyte P34W v3 Owner's Lounge : The Phantasus !

Greetings! This is the thread for all who own, want to own, or would just like to discuss the P34W v3 from Gigabyte. Everyone is welcome! http://ift.tt/1FjypwP

Specifications :
OS: Windows or Linux
CPI: 4th Gen Intel® Core™ i7-4720HQ (2.6GHz-3.6GHz)
Display: 14" Full HD 1920x1080 hi-Viewing angle LCD
Memory: 8GB DDRIIIL 1600, 2 slots(Max 16GB)
Chipset: Intel® HM87
Display Adapter: Intel® HD Graphics 4600
NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 970M GDDR5 3GB Discrete Graphics, NVIDIA® Optimus™ supported
Storage: 1 mSATA SSD + 1 Hdd 2,5
Keyboard: 2-stage back-lit keyboard
Optical Drive: None
I/O: USB(3.0)*4, HDMI, D-sub, RJ45, Headphone/Microphone jack, SD card reader, A/C in
Sound: 1.5 W Speaker*2, Integrated Dual mic, Dolby Digital Plus™ Home Theater
LAN: 10/100/1000 Ethernet
WLAN: 802.11ac/b/g/n
Bluetooth: Integrated V4.0
Camera: HD Camera
Security: Kensington Lock
Battery: Li-polymer, 15.2V, 61.25Wh
Dimensions: 340(W) x 239(D) x 20.9(H) mm
Weight: ~1.80kg (w/ Battery, m-SSD, HDD)

Review from Notebookcheck.net : http://ift.tt/1enqTc0

Review from @fanchiuho here : http://ift.tt/2ax3zde

Korean review with lot of pics and numbers : http://ift.tt/2aitBUK

Main topics :

- Heat : As the P34w V3 is one of the slimmest and strongest laptop, the i7-4720 and the gtx 970m with 3gb make it a reliable heater while performing heavy tasks.
The CPU is the one getting the hottest for now, with a 91°c cap from the orginal bios. FB04 /F002 bios allows 95°C (and 96°C on my laptop at highest).
The GPU seems like it doesn't goes over 90°C (86°C for me).
Some greats people have already performed repasting and lowered pretty well those temps (@fanchiuho and @bkvamme ). It doesn't seems like it void warranty as the heat sink can be removed without touching the "void warranty" stickers. No direct answer from Gigabyte as been provided on this forum for now.

- Throttling : Seems like it happens for two main reasons ! heat limit, and power supply limit.

- Noise : Fans are doing their best to keep the Phantasus cool, but it can sounds a bit too much from time to time. P34W v3 is equipped with a quick fan speed management button (in smart manager) which allows you 4 different mods : Stealth mode (very quiet with a cpu cap) auto-low (quiet but no cpu cap) auto high (easily audible, no cpu cap) Max fan speed (full speed of the fan, really audible). only the latter doesn't have an adaptive speed depending on the laptop needs). thanks to @Micaiah

Work in progress :

- Repasting test with different paste (AC5, IC7 and liquid pro)
- XTU profils modding

I am not a tester but I will try to aggregate all informations that are shared on this forum from those lovely testers ! So if you have anything to ad just share it (or pm for corrections). The first thread for this laptop (with real test on real machines) started here : http://ift.tt/2ax3zde

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***Gigabyte P34W v3 "Phantasus" owner's lounge***