Chassis & Display Octane Series: 17.3" Matte Full HD IPS LED Widescreen (1920x1080)
Processor (CPU) Intel® Core™i7 Quad Core Processor i7-6700k (4.0GHz) 8MB Cache
Memory (RAM) 24GB HyperX IMPACT 2133MHz SODIMM DDR4 (4 x 8GB)
Graphics Card NVIDIA® GeForce GTX 980 DESKTOP - 8.0GB DDR5, G-SYNC - Geforce GTX VR Ready
Memory Hard Disk 1TB SEAGATE HYBRID 2.5" SSHD Drive, SATA 6 Gb/s, 64MB CACHE (5400 rpm)
M.2 SSD Drive 256GB SAMSUNG SM951 M.2, PCIe NVMe (up to 2150MB/R, 1260MB/W)
Memory Card Reader Integrated 6 in 1 Card Reader (SD /Mini SD/ SDHC / SDXC / MMC / RSMMC)
Thermal Paste ARCTIC MX-4 EXTREME THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY COMPOUND
Sound Card Intel 2 Channel High Definition Audio + MIC/Headphone Jack
Bluetooth & Wireless GIGABIT LAN & KILLER™ 1535-AC M.2 WIRELESS GAMING 802.11AC + BLUETOOTH 4.0
USB Options 4 x USB 3.0 Ports + 1 x USB 3.1 Port with Thunderbolt
Battery: Octane Series 8 Cell Lithium Ion Battery (82WH)
Power Lead & Adaptor 1 x UK Power Lead & 330W AC Adaptor
Keyboard Language OCTANE SERIES BACKLIT UK KEYBOARD WITH NUMBER PAD
Operating System NO OPERATING SYSTEM REQUIRED
Notebook Mouse INTEGRATED 2 BUTTON TOUCHPAD MOUSE
Webcam INTEGRATED 2.0 MP FULL HD WEBCAM
Warranty 3 Year Silver Warranty (1 Year Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour)
Dead Pixel Guarantee: 1 Year Dead Pixel Guarantee Inc. Labour & Carriage Costs
Delivery STANDARD INSURED DELIVERY TO UK MAINLAND (MON-FRI)
Build Time Standard Build - Approximately 9 to 11 working days
Production Dates
Processed Date 20-02-2016
Pre-Production Date 01-03-2016
Build Date 09-03-2016
Test Date 09-03-2016
QC Date 10-03-2016
Awaiting Dispatch Date 10-03-2016
Dispatch Date 10-03-2016
Who Worked on This Order?
Built By Lorne Griffin
Tested By Carl Auckland
QC'd By Carl Auckland
Packed By Ian Rose
The Good
Laptop looks great. Very understated and on first impressions appears very sturdy too. Keyboard feels OK as far as laptops go, I have large hands and can manage it well. Fully customisable back-light to produce any colour you fancy. As others have pointed out, this has a touchpad and is easy to use but it's best to disable this when gaming as it is all too easy to wrest on it when using WASD for games.
The 980 Desktop graphics card is excellent and can handle anything I throw at it with ease. So far Battlefield 4 on Ultra at 75+FPS and Tom Clancy's, The Division on Ultra are a visual delight. The Samsung SM951 booting into Windows 10 only takes around 18 seconds from power on and around 8 seconds from POST. I do have games and applications installed on the hybrid ssd/hdd to save space on the M.2 for serious applications.
The Onkyo speakers are of good quality and rather loud when on full volume.
The Maybe
The MATT screen is OK, not much to write home about. Colours are more vibrant than my previous laptop. Just wish this was 144hz.
The noise is a little loud when running games, but if you wear headphones for the full immersive effect then who cares.
The Bad
Weight. Don't expect to be lugging this around with you. LAN parties would be the exception.
No 144hz
I love the stealth look and de-badged aspect of it. Fantastic speed. Really impressed so far.
This laptop is to replace my custom built watercooled Corsair Obsidian 800D... Needless to say, that is up for sale now and this is my new gaming/work rig. .
Processor (CPU) Intel® Core™i7 Quad Core Processor i7-6700k (4.0GHz) 8MB Cache
Memory (RAM) 24GB HyperX IMPACT 2133MHz SODIMM DDR4 (4 x 8GB)
Graphics Card NVIDIA® GeForce GTX 980 DESKTOP - 8.0GB DDR5, G-SYNC - Geforce GTX VR Ready
Memory Hard Disk 1TB SEAGATE HYBRID 2.5" SSHD Drive, SATA 6 Gb/s, 64MB CACHE (5400 rpm)
M.2 SSD Drive 256GB SAMSUNG SM951 M.2, PCIe NVMe (up to 2150MB/R, 1260MB/W)
Memory Card Reader Integrated 6 in 1 Card Reader (SD /Mini SD/ SDHC / SDXC / MMC / RSMMC)
Thermal Paste ARCTIC MX-4 EXTREME THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY COMPOUND
Sound Card Intel 2 Channel High Definition Audio + MIC/Headphone Jack
Bluetooth & Wireless GIGABIT LAN & KILLER™ 1535-AC M.2 WIRELESS GAMING 802.11AC + BLUETOOTH 4.0
USB Options 4 x USB 3.0 Ports + 1 x USB 3.1 Port with Thunderbolt
Battery: Octane Series 8 Cell Lithium Ion Battery (82WH)
Power Lead & Adaptor 1 x UK Power Lead & 330W AC Adaptor
Keyboard Language OCTANE SERIES BACKLIT UK KEYBOARD WITH NUMBER PAD
Operating System NO OPERATING SYSTEM REQUIRED
Notebook Mouse INTEGRATED 2 BUTTON TOUCHPAD MOUSE
Webcam INTEGRATED 2.0 MP FULL HD WEBCAM
Warranty 3 Year Silver Warranty (1 Year Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour)
Dead Pixel Guarantee: 1 Year Dead Pixel Guarantee Inc. Labour & Carriage Costs
Delivery STANDARD INSURED DELIVERY TO UK MAINLAND (MON-FRI)
Build Time Standard Build - Approximately 9 to 11 working days
Production Dates
Processed Date 20-02-2016
Pre-Production Date 01-03-2016
Build Date 09-03-2016
Test Date 09-03-2016
QC Date 10-03-2016
Awaiting Dispatch Date 10-03-2016
Dispatch Date 10-03-2016
Who Worked on This Order?
Built By Lorne Griffin
Tested By Carl Auckland
QC'd By Carl Auckland
Packed By Ian Rose
The Good
Laptop looks great. Very understated and on first impressions appears very sturdy too. Keyboard feels OK as far as laptops go, I have large hands and can manage it well. Fully customisable back-light to produce any colour you fancy. As others have pointed out, this has a touchpad and is easy to use but it's best to disable this when gaming as it is all too easy to wrest on it when using WASD for games.
The 980 Desktop graphics card is excellent and can handle anything I throw at it with ease. So far Battlefield 4 on Ultra at 75+FPS and Tom Clancy's, The Division on Ultra are a visual delight. The Samsung SM951 booting into Windows 10 only takes around 18 seconds from power on and around 8 seconds from POST. I do have games and applications installed on the hybrid ssd/hdd to save space on the M.2 for serious applications.
The Onkyo speakers are of good quality and rather loud when on full volume.
The Maybe
The MATT screen is OK, not much to write home about. Colours are more vibrant than my previous laptop. Just wish this was 144hz.
The noise is a little loud when running games, but if you wear headphones for the full immersive effect then who cares.
The Bad
Weight. Don't expect to be lugging this around with you. LAN parties would be the exception.
No 144hz
I love the stealth look and de-badged aspect of it. Fantastic speed. Really impressed so far.
This laptop is to replace my custom built watercooled Corsair Obsidian 800D... Needless to say, that is up for sale now and this is my new gaming/work rig. .
