Notebook Review: juillet 2017

lundi 31 juillet 2017

Kaby Lake Precision pre-release discussion (5520 / 7520 / 7720)

Dell blog post: http://ift.tt/2sgcFp6

What we know so far...

The Precision 5520 has a page up a Dell with pictures and the full specs. ~~It is not yet available for sale.~~
http://ift.tt/2sPlfbj
(Not sure why the picture at the top doesn't match up with the pictures further down the page.)

It is very...

Kaby Lake Precision pre-release discussion (5520 / 7520 / 7720)

Kaby Lake Precision pre-release discussion (5520 / 7520 / 7720)

HP ZBook G3 (Studio, 15u) Owner's Lounge

My sales rep at HP SMB said I was the first purchaser of a ZBook Studio G3. Ask for Joe T at HP SMB, he has personally owned a series of HP Z towers and mobile WS and needed nothing repeated or explained. He was hip to the jive. He sold me a preconfigured i7-6700HQ, 16GB RAM, 512GB Zdrive, plain UHD panel (T6E17UT#ABA) for $2349. I am replacing an 8740w with DC. The DC panel has spoiled me. I was very clear with Joe T. that when the Dreamcolor 4K panel preconfigured or CTO came online,...

HP ZBook G3 (Studio, 15u) Owner's Lounge

HP ZBook G3 (Studio, 15u) Owner's Lounge

Swapped Ugly QHD To An Awesome UHD Display Alienware R4 Tutorial

I couldn't do it anymore. Looking at my shiny new $3000 laptop and the screen that I look at 99% of the time was ahh killing me so softly. The horizontal striping line debacle is a real issue for my eyes and to many others. Dell is in the midst of addressing the issue but I couldn't wait any longer and took it upon myself and bought my own screen.

AUO B173ZAN01 IPS UHD
One of the best displays on the market. Quoted from one of the reviews "Not only does the screen cover all the sRGB...

Swapped Ugly QHD To An Awesome UHD Display Alienware R4 Tutorial

Swapped Ugly QHD To An Awesome UHD Display Alienware R4 Tutorial

NEW "What is bothering you right now?" Thread. Bonus: Now with 20% more bother!

NEW! Now with 20% more bother, FREE!
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NEW "What is bothering you right now?" Thread. Bonus: Now with 20% more bother!

NEW "What is bothering you right now?" Thread. Bonus: Now with 20% more bother!

Introducing the EUROCOM 780W Notebook AC Adapter (Clevo & MSI Ready)

If you have been around high performance notebooks for a while, then you are no stranger to the classic 330W AC adapter that has been used for a long time by Clevo, Alienware, and more recently, MSI. If you are among the crazy dual-GPU monsterbook lovers, you have even been using two of those for a while now. Using a dual 330W AC adapter has always been kind of cool because it is unique and carries a shock value to it. The first-time looks on the faces of the uninitiated...

Introducing the EUROCOM 780W Notebook AC Adapter (Clevo & MSI Ready)

Introducing the EUROCOM 780W Notebook AC Adapter (Clevo & MSI Ready)

Windows 10 and nVidia 980M GTX upgrades for Alienware (M17X-R4, without Optimus: Working Great!)

Currently, the working windows 10 previews I have tested and have worked are Windows 10130 and now with Windows 10159 , Windows 10162, and now 10166

WARNING do not install EVGA Precision, it increases chances for EDID vulnerability and can lead to unrecoverable LCD failure in Windows 10.

I saw a thread on T|I thanks to a friend, and J95 there posted a modified Driver for...

Windows 10 and nVidia 980M GTX upgrades for Alienware (M17X-R4, without Optimus: Working Great!)

Windows 10 and nVidia 980M GTX upgrades for Alienware (M17X-R4, without Optimus: Working Great!)

MSI GS63VR Stealth Pro Owner's Lounge

Time to get this thread going!

Cross posting from another thread my thoughts so far:

I picked up the GS63VR from Best Buy tonight and the first thing I noticed is the high pitched sound coming from the CPU fan (right side when looking at the notebook).. That's pretty much a deal breaker for me. If they aren't supposed to be like this, I may exchange this one.. Because I do a lot of video encoding which will peg the cpu to 100% for hours at a time and I can't deal with this high pitched...

MSI GS63VR Stealth Pro Owner's Lounge

MSI GS63VR Stealth Pro Owner's Lounge

NEW Aero 14 w/ GTX1060

Seems like the Aero 14 is getting its GTX 1060 update with 6gb vram. quite good it seems.

Color available: Black/Green/Orange
NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 1060 GDDR5 6GB
6th Generation Intel® Core™ i7 Processor
94.24Wh Huge Battery Capacity for Full-Day Productivity
Only 19.9mm slim, 1.89kg Lightweight
Unique Aesthetics with all aluminum robust body
Slim and light Adapter with USB Charging Port
QHD IPS Display with Wide Viewing Angle
Blazing-fast M.2 PCIe Gen3 X4...

NEW Aero 14 w/ GTX1060

NEW Aero 14 w/ GTX1060

[Official] Questions for the MSI Rep! #2

Hey Guys!

I am the community specialist over here at MSI, and I wanted to let everyone know I will be on the boards here at Notebookreview from now on!

I will use this thread as an official thread for any questions, comments, concerns, suggestions, etc regarding MSI for the NBR community!

Please note: Any info under NDA/Embargo, unfortunately, will not be discussed by me. All I will respond with is a polite "i don't know what you are talking about" :hi2:

Hopefully a Mod can...

[Official] Questions for the MSI Rep! #2

[Official] Questions for the MSI Rep! #2

Clevo Resellers in the European Union -V1

>> Introduction

(LINKS TO USER ACCOUNTS DO NOT WORK AS I USE OLD LINKS FROM BEFORE THE FORUM UPDATE, JUST SEARCH FOR THE USERNAME IF YOU'D LIKE TO FIND THEIR ACCOUNT)

Thanks to @Mr_Mysterious and his Clevo Guide V3....

Clevo Resellers in the European Union -V1

Clevo Resellers in the European Union -V1

Getting a 17R4 as replacement from R2

Hi all,

After having my 17R2 (4720HQ/980m) with severe CPU throttling issues for 2 years I was told that I'm being sent a replacement laptop with the following specs:

- Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-7700HQ (Quad-Core, 6MB Cache, up to 3.8GHz w/ Turbo Boost)
- 17.3 inch FHD (1920 x 1080) IPS Anti-Glare 300-nits, Enabled
- 16GB, DDR4, 2400MHz; up to 32GB
- 256GB PCIe SSD (Boot) + 1TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s (Storage)
- 240W AC Adapter
- Lithium Ion (99 Wh) Battery
- NVIDIA(R) GeForce(R) GTX 1070 with 8GB...

Getting a 17R4 as replacement from R2

Getting a 17R4 as replacement from R2

MSI GT73VR 7RF TITAN PRO Drivers

Below are the links and their recommended installation order.

Note 1: Go to Control Panel > Administrative Tools then right click on Services and send it to the desktop as a shortcut. Reason being, it is best to have the Windows Driver Foundation set to Automatic rather than manual during the drivers installation.

What I recommend you to do is after every restart, double click on that Services shortcut that we created on the desktop and double check that...

MSI GT73VR 7RF TITAN PRO Drivers

MSI GT73VR 7RF TITAN PRO Drivers

* MSI 16L13 (Eurocom Tornado F5)/EVOC 16L-G-1080 15.6" Owner's Lounge *

Hi everyone! Welcome to the Official MSI 16L13 (Late 2016) Barebones Eurocom Tornado F5 Owners and Discussion thread.

This is NOT a discussion for the GT62VR. If you wish to discuss the GT62VR, please visit the high information thread for that model here: http://ift.tt/2rE6uKk

This is the new home to discuss all things MSI 16L13.

The MSI 16L13 is a MSI...

*** MSI 16L13 (Eurocom Tornado F5)/EVOC 16L-G-1080 15.6" Owner's Lounge ***

*** MSI 16L13 (Eurocom Tornado F5)/EVOC 16L-G-1080 15.6" Owner's Lounge ***

MSI GS43VR Phantom Pro's Owner's Lounge

Welcome to the MSI GS43VR Phantom Pro Owner's Lounge!

This thread is for current owners, potential owners, and others to discuss the MSI GS43VR Phantom Pro.

Official description from MSI: Click here!

Review with pictures and benchmarks: Click here!

Picture of internal...

MSI GS43VR Phantom Pro's Owner's Lounge

MSI GS43VR Phantom Pro's Owner's Lounge

Phoenix Software Updates

As I am one of the assistant editors at Major Geeks, I thought I would create a thread here with the most popular program updates for ease of access.

I only support software with no PUPs as I am against PUPs no matter how great a program might be.

Sometimes I may post updates to paid programs only if I think they are really worth it.

Note: If an app has a setup file or a portable (.ZIP) version, I usually link to the portable version as it's easier to manage and doesn't need to be...

Phoenix Software Updates

Phoenix Software Updates

Thinkpad x1 carbon 5th (2017) Owner's Lounge

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Finally, it's here.
i5, 8G, 256PCIe, 1080FHD, 3yrs.

Thinkpad x1 carbon 5th (2017) Owner's Lounge

* OFFICIAL GIGABYTE AERO 15 OWNERS LOUNGE *

Just figured I'd start this. Mine comes tomorrow and I have a Samsung EVO960 coming the next day to swap out the m.2 SATA drive.

Aside from removing the unneeded bloatware what other performance mods would everyone recommend?

Thanks!

Also, anyone that has received this already. Do you know if the drive has a recovery partition? If it does what is the best way to clone that drive over to the new SSD I'm putting in? Samsung's data migration software supposedly won't work if there's a...

*** OFFICIAL GIGABYTE AERO 15 OWNERS LOUNGE ***

*** OFFICIAL GIGABYTE AERO 15 OWNERS LOUNGE ***

Clevo BIOS Thread

THIS THREAD IS FOR CLEVO MODELS WHICH ARE CURRENTLY IN PRODUCTION.

Current supported models in this thread:
- P870DM (Sager NP9870) / P870DM-G (Sager NP9870-S)
- P750DM (Sager NP9758) / P750DM-G / P770DM (Sager NP9778) / P770DM-G / P751DM / P771DM
- P775DM
- P670RG (Sager NP8678) / P670RE (Sager NP8677) / P650RG (Sager NP 8658) / P650RE (Sager NP8657)

FOR OLDER CLEVO MODELS (RELEASED BETWEEN 2014-2015) WHICH HAVE BEEN DISCONTINUED AND THUS NO...

Clevo BIOS Thread

Clevo BIOS Thread

Computex: New ge73vr and gs73vr

I'd love to know more about the ge73vr and the gs73vr. When is the expected release date? Will it be using optimus or g-sync? Will it be the regular 1070s or the new Max-q cards? Are there any other comps with similar components and size coming out?

Computex: New ge73vr and gs73vr

Help with notebook reliability

I am looking for some reliable information on notebook reliability.
I know there is this research done in 2009 by square trade, but that's a bit outdated if you ask me: http://ift.tt/2e7aDPf

Basically someone who has a repair shop or experience with laptop reliability could be really really helpful right now.

Thank you!

Help with notebook reliability

The Official MSI GT80S Titan (w/desktop 980 GPU's) Owner's Lounge

***Welcome fellow notebook enthusiast! This Owner’s Lounge is exclusively dedicated to MSI’s latest flagship, the GT80S SKU’s with Intel 6th generation technologies, and NVidia SLI 980 desktop GPU’s. Uniquely configured, these notebooks are an innovative first, and promise performance levels exceeding all others. As such, these SKU’s will be in a class of their own, and deserve to be set apart from the pack...... The next great SUPER POWER, and sure to be the envy of all!***...

***The Official MSI GT80S Titan (w/desktop 980 GPU's) Owner's Lounge***

***The Official MSI GT80S Titan (w/desktop 980 GPU's) Owner's Lounge***

The Happy Thread :D

So i havent seen a thread like this, and i have seen the "whats bothering you?" thread so i though we needed a counter part

In this thread you can post good things that happened or if you acheived something cool and wanted to share it or just about any good thing that happened

So im gonna start. I just finished my final exams and got decent to good grades

and i have vacation now so i sleep till around 11 o clock every day, and i just realized how great the city i live in actually is...

The Happy Thread

The Happy Thread :D

Alienware M18xR2 New/Updated BIOS Mods - NOW WITH MAXWELL LEGACY SUPPORT - Testers Needed

Hey Everyone,
Post Updated On April 5th, 2016 @ 1:06PM (EST)

*** APRIL ****
TECH-INFERNO HAS RELEASED MY MOD!
IT IS IN THE DOWNLOAD SECTION!
ENJOY!
(Please donate if you use this!)
I am now working on Legacy Mode for the M17xR4 CPUs, and a few people have asked if I can update the m17xR3-R2-and R1 (I THINK). If there is another bios you'd like to have UPDATED, let me know. I can do ALL the updates that i've done to this (or ALMOST all the updated / enhancements /...

Alienware M18xR2 New/Updated BIOS Mods - NOW WITH MAXWELL LEGACY SUPPORT - Testers Needed

Alienware M18xR2 New/Updated BIOS Mods - NOW WITH MAXWELL LEGACY SUPPORT - Testers Needed

NEW "What is bothering you right now?" Thread. Bonus: Now with 20% more bother!

NEW! Now with 20% more bother, FREE!
...

NEW "What is bothering you right now?" Thread. Bonus: Now with 20% more bother!

NEW "What is bothering you right now?" Thread. Bonus: Now with 20% more bother!

What game are you playing now?

Post whatever game you're currently playing. Maybe it will spawn some curiosity from other users who find it interesting.

Currently I'm playing... nothing.

Well, actually planning on the new Tomb Raider game. Downloading now.

What game are you playing now?

Space News - Live and Recorded Video, Articles, etc

Launch of Soyuz Rocket with Manned Soyuz MS-04 and Two New Crew Members

NASA TV: ISS Expedition 51-52/Soyuz MS-04 Launch Coverage
NASA deleted this video
Launch Starting at 14:00

NASA Replacement Video
Expedition 51-52 Launches to the International Space Station

NASA TV Live Coverage of Soyuz MS-04 Docking With The ISS
...

Space News - Live and Recorded Video, Articles, etc

Space News - Live and Recorded Video, Articles, etc

Official Clevo P37xSM-A/Sager NP9377 owner's lounge

We don't have a lounge for this machine yet and we should so I figured I'd start one.

I just got the machine yesterday and I'm loving it. I don't have any real issues with it other than the gimped vbios that we already know about.

Who else has this machine besides me? Planning to get it? Have questions?

**Official Clevo P37xSM-A/Sager NP9377 owner's lounge**

Dell Precision M4800 - Can GPU be upgraded?

Hello everyone,

I am using my M4800 for nearly 2 years now since it was released.

However, back then, I didn't know the graphics card was meant for 3D and video editing. I only got it because of its high processing power and high RAM.

Anyway, is it possible to upgrade the GPU?

I've read in different forums and posts somewhere stating that it is impossible due to gpu size issues, TOP, and so on.

Any one can share their insights here? Like does that mean I cannot really upgrade? And if...

Dell Precision M4800 - Can GPU be upgraded?

Dell Precision M4800 - Can GPU be upgraded?

Planes Thread

Just as OT has a thread for automobiles, maybe OT should have a thread for aircraft as well.

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You're welcome, KK1

Planes Thread

Kaby Lake Precision pre-release discussion (5520 / 7520 / 7720)

The random picture thread

True story:
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The random picture thread

New Clevos with Max-Q?

At Computex, Nvidia just announced a new technology to pack 1060, 70 and 80 cards in slim laptops:

http://ift.tt/2sDTCC9

this other article shows a demo clevo with it:

http://ift.tt/2sDVeMa

Maybe (maybe not) this nvidia move is a consequence of AMD coming to...

New Clevos with Max-Q?

New Clevos with Max-Q?

HP Zbook 17 Owner's Lounge

Could not find an owner's lounge for this system, so I'll start it.

Just did a CTO Zbook 17. I am upgrading from an HP 8760w with Dreamcolor.

I am a working photographer and 3D animator using this for Lightroom and Maya.

Here are the main specs:

i7-4900MQ
Dreamcolor
Quadro K5100M 8GB
Bluray BDR/RE

I ordered the lowest RAM and storage, and will upgrade to two Samsung 840EV 1TB SSDs and 1 Samsung 840EV 1TB MSATA as well as 32GB SODIMM Ripjaws. Was wondering if this will work with the...

*HP Zbook 17 Owner's Lounge*

*HP Zbook 17 Owner's Lounge*

ASUS ROG G752VS Owners Lounge

Welcome to the G752VS Lounge. I thought I would start this thread since no one else had gotten around to it yet.

I'll start posting first because I was blessed to receive my unit from http://ift.tt/16qEVAU.
This unit should also be made available at your favorite boutique seller as well.

Here are some specs...

Display ::ASUS ROG G752VS-XB72K OC Edition, 17.3" G-SYNC FHD, Anti-Glare 1920x1080
Processor ::Intel® Core™ i7-6820HK Mobile Processor (4x 2.7GHz/8MB L3 Cache)...

ASUS ROG G752VS Owners Lounge

ASUS ROG G752VS Owners Lounge

Phoenix Software Updates

8560w GPU upgrade - use empty DVD slot to fit MXM 3.0b (higher spec) video cards

Hi all - I'm creating a new thread to consolidate the discussion that has been going on in the 8760w and 8560w owner's lounge threads.

Basically, we're looking at removing the DVD drive and using this extra space to install a higher-spec MXM 3.0 type b card. Originally, only type A cards were meant to fit in this notebook, but, perhaps with some tweaks, the higher spec cards could be used.

The comments from the other threads are reposted here for background as we continue this...

8560w GPU upgrade - use empty DVD slot to fit MXM 3.0b (higher spec) video cards

8560w GPU upgrade - use empty DVD slot to fit MXM 3.0b (higher spec) video cards

[Alienware 17R4 / 15R3] - Disassembly + Repaste Guide + Results

[Alienware 17R4 / 15R3] - Disassembly + Repaste Guide + Results

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And here it is! Pictures are a thousand words so I did my best to let it speak for itself. Hope this helps!

*** I'll be adding comments ...still under construction ***

Below are the conductivity numbers for the top Liquid Metals and Traditional Paste:
(As we know the numbers don't mean everything, however, from all my tests done...

[Alienware 17R4 / 15R3] - Disassembly + Repaste Guide + Results

[Alienware 17R4 / 15R3] - Disassembly + Repaste Guide + Results

XPS 9550 + Win 10 Creators Update (random freezes)

I have been on the creators update for a short while and am experiencing random freezes (1-3 times a day), requiring forced reboots.

The symptoms are strange (and get progressively worse):
* Happens while activly working on PC as well as when I am away.
* Start button stops working
* Ctrl+Alt+Del does not work
* On off button doesn't do anything (cant trigger a sleep mode)
* "Universal Apps" continue to work and you can hover / click the [x] to close them (they continue to work in the...

XPS 9550 + Win 10 Creators Update (random freezes)

XPS 9550 + Win 10 Creators Update (random freezes)

How to FIX AW17R4/15R3/13R3 CPU Core Temperature Differential Issue

Hi all, i'm starting a new discussion and as the title suggest, this is a place to discuss ways and methods used to fix CPU core differential problem on all new alienware models.

Background of the issue.
New system shipped from factory, even as recent as May 2017 are suffering from extreme core differential problem even at stock speed. True the problem is a little bit better now with the Kaby lake models, but it is still there and wide spread. I must say, over 80% of the...

How to FIX AW17R4/15R3/13R3 CPU Core Temperature Differential Issue

How to FIX AW17R4/15R3/13R3 CPU Core Temperature Differential Issue

XPS 15 9560 owners thread.

My turn to start one. I am holding out for the fingerprint reader before I order one but I expect them to start showing up at peoples doors within the next few days.

Please post when you have one or if you have a confirmed order.

I will have an XPS 9550 to compare the XPS 9560 so I will see what parts can be swapped over and supply the usual pictures.
I hope they fixed the screen flicker issue in this one as no fix to date has fully worked on the...

XPS 15 9560 owners thread.

XPS 15 9560 owners thread.

dimanche 30 juillet 2017

Official Clevo P65xHS(-G), P65xHPx(-G) / Sager NP8155, NP8156, NP8157 Owner's Lounge

NOTE: I'll do my best to keep this OP updated with useful links as much as I can. If I seem to miss any please mention me.

Otherwise identical to the previous-gen P65xRx(-G) models, this generation comes with the refreshed Kaby Lake series of CPUs, including the i7-7700HQ and i7-7820HK. These are the 15" models.

Useful Links

Reviews

**Official Clevo P65xHS(-G), P65xHPx(-G) / Sager NP8155, NP8156, NP8157 Owner's Lounge**

**Official Clevo P65xHS(-G), P65xHPx(-G) / Sager NP8155, NP8156, NP8157 Owner's Lounge**

* MSI 16L13 (Eurocom Tornado F5)/EVOC 16L-G-1080 15.6" Owner's Lounge *

Official nVidia GTX 10xx Series notebook discussion thread

This showed up at Amazon
http://ift.tt/2qQomP0

ASUS G752VS
3k tho

*Official* nVidia GTX 10xx Series notebook discussion thread

[CPU + GPU Temperatures + Benchmarks] - XPS 15 [9560] Kaby Lake

Greetings all,

This thread is to focus on the CPU and GPU temps, along with Benchmarks with certain apps that will provide a consistent platform we can all work off of.

(3DMark - Fire Strike, Time Spy + wPrime v1.55 etc...)

-

Download Links:

HWiNFO64: Click here.

CPU Test (wPrime v1.55)
Make sure to: Advance Settings ->...

[CPU + GPU Temperatures + Benchmarks] - XPS 15 [9560] Kaby Lake

[CPU + GPU Temperatures + Benchmarks] - XPS 15 [9560] Kaby Lake

MSI GT73VR 7RF TITAN PRO Drivers

E6440 Owners Thread

Today, I placed an order for a Latitude E6440. I took advantage of the $100 Black Friday coupon.

I have not found any reviews for the E6440, but based on the positive reviews for the E6430, I expect this machine to be equally, if not more, satisfactory. I noticed that new Latitude has a few cosmetic changes (i.e. cover color and volume button placement) in addition to the new Haswell processors.

Specs:
Intel® Core™ i5-4300M Processor (2.7 GHz, 3M cache, Upgradable to Intel®...

E6440 Owners Thread

E6440 Owners Thread

Aorus X5 V7, X7 V7, DT X7 all estimated for June release in USA

X7 v7: Mid June 2017
X7 DT v7: Mid June 2017
X5 v7: Early June 2017

Source: Aorus rep on their forums

Aorus X5 V7, X7 V7, DT X7 all estimated for June release in USA

Rate the last movie you saw ...

I was The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (2003) tonight. I think it was not bad at all, but it had better potential according to me.

I would go for a 6/10

Rate the last movie you saw ...