Gigabyte P35g V2 News

Wow really? Just when I thought I could settle down with this laptop a new problem I never would've thought comes up. They must be using some bad screws or something for you to need to keep rescrewing.

 

They never said about keeping to rescrew, they just said they needed to once. I'm not surprised, the only laptop companies with seemingly great quality control are Asus, Razer and Apple.

 

Hmm, I'd imagine if you have to rescrew once, you'd have to do it again over time. Unless the factory workers are seriously under trained and are assembling them all wrong.

 

If something isn't screwd down tight enough it'll come loose, I had that problem with the side panel screws when transporting my old computer tower from university dorms to home and back, if they weren't screwed down super tightly the rhythmic vibrations of the road would loosen them. I imagine something similar could have to any device with screws, just gotta tighten them once properly and it'll be fine.

 

There are lots of screws on the bottom. I can easily see forgetting to tighten one on the final pass.

Also, it wasn't a factory worker who didn't tighten the screws properly in this case. It was the re-seller.

 

you only have to tighten them once only. i did that the first day i bought it and after 6 months they are still super tight. and besides t4 screws dont come out by themselves haha. the holes they go in are steel and once they are in, nothing will take them out.
its from the gigabyte factory, they don't hand screw them with normal tools... they have mechanical screw drivers that work on sensors. as soon as the machine senses its screwed deep enough it stops. i guess the machine is programmed to stop as soon as it feels it getting tight so it doesn't damage it. but i guess the machines dont tighten them enough... but as we all know... hand made is always better. just like Lamborghini and Ferrari
the factory marks every screw with a marker to show its been placed. so no screw goes missing. what i did is when i tightened the screw when i bought it i used a marker to label it again to make sure i didn't forget any. same thing for wiring. i rechecked all the wires and put in properly. stable electric current and good connection is important too and after 6 months the markers are still on the same line and the screws are tight as hell. so guys dont worry about screws coming out, take my word for it.
here is my old p35k from the inside.
look at where the screws are and how they are labled

 

Can I get some base battery life stats on this particular model I'm considering getting the P35W so it's fairly important especially since they have the same battery.

 

honestly battery is a hit and miss.... its like the gpu... some people can overclock to certain numbers while others cant..
with me i got a good unit. for example i can use it for 5-6.5 hours with backlit off and medium brightness.
3.5 hours with full brightness
if you set power saving mode. it says 7 hours. cause the power mode gigabyte implemented in it is it lowers the power consumption the cpu.
if you game, then youre looking at 2 hours maybe.... depends on the game. but im honestly satisfied with the battery life. like it lasts me a full day at college with no problem

i sold my p35k-cf2 last week for $1300 which i got lucky with considering the fact that i had it for 6 months and got it for $1563
i pre ordered my p35w cause honestly i like how gigabyte does things. and they have good products. i recommend it plus if you buy it from gentech they have amazing customer support.
i just got super greedy when i saw the gtx 870m with 6gb lol so i sold mine right away lol
but i kept my 8gb ram upgrade and wd black upgrade and the other msata that i bought. cause the p35w uses the same hardware for those components from the p35k

 

here is something really funny haha.....

its on gigabyte facebook haha

 

That's perfect cause I'm considering it for college, also can I get some real life pictures of the laptop so I know what it looks like in a classroom setting/real life environment.

 

here look at the page i posted to sell it on the NBR Market

http://forum.notebookreview.com/notebooks-desktops-sale/751854-fs-gigabyte-p35k-cf2.html

 

This is super helpful, I'm definitely gonna wait it out for the P35w v2 now

 

man buy it with your eyes closed.... you will not get any better deal than this..... and its good for recording games and performance.
here is what i did. i had 2 msata and raid 0 them and just installed windows on it and important start up programs. then had two hardrives installed and one of them is just for games and the other for multimedia like movies music photos and especially fraps recording. literally you don't lose any fraps when the game is running from one harddrive and recording on another and even better the windows is on its own hardrive lol

i had good experience with it. so i totally recommend it. and you said youre a student so you can buy it from gentech and get the 2% student discount

 

Dude you hooked me up. What's Gentech's service like? It'll be 1,530+ on release so that'd be even better for me

 

Does anyone know how the screen on this machine is? I know it's an IPS (main reason I want it over Y50), but I have a Retina MBP and an IPS Glossy Touch Samsung Chronos 7. The MBP is great, and so is the Samsung, however the Samsung is really grainy. I'm curious if the P35G v2 will be too, or if the matte finish will make a difference.

 

The screen is amazing but it's not 100% matte, it has a tiny bit of deflection in light but not noticeable, but yeah it's not 100% matte. It's almost 85% matte

 

Oh it's device is amazing, they help you out and they have accurate Info, and they always open one box of each shipment to make sure nothing is damaged, they are on top of things. Totally recommended

 

Awesome! Is it grainy at all?

 

Nope it's as clear as high quality laser printed paper. So awesome and literally any angle doesn't lose any colour

 

Very few companies make their own laptops. The vast majority (something like 95%) of laptops are designed and built by ODMs. The name they're sold under is just the company which commissioned the design. Macbooks are made by Quanta. Quanta also makes most of HP's and a good portion of Dell's laptops. Most Asus laptops are made by Pegatron (which used to be a part of Asus until companies complained about them competing with their own customers, so they spun off their ODM division).

List of laptop brands and manufacturers - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

From the objective measures of build quality (e.g. stats from companies which do repair work or sell extended warranties), Asus has the best quality. Apple is actually only slightly above average. They have a really good program on the customer end though (just bring it in and they'll fix or replace it), which accounts for their high satisfaction.

An owner earlier in this thread said device manager reports it as a LGD040E. It seems to be a new LG screen, so I wasn't able to find out much about it. If you believe the Gigabyte website, it's 170 degrees viewing angle (typical LG IPS) and 72% NTSC, which is screen manufacturer code speak for 100% sRGB color gamut.

In practice that seems to vary between95%-105% sRGB on a unit-by-unit basis. From the CIE charts on notebookcheck, the 72% NTSC screens cover enough area for 100% sRGB, but the coverage triangle is usually shifted slightly so it's missing a slice at one edge or another. Apple caters mostly to graphics and photo/video people, so they make sure to calibrate their screens before they're boxed. So any screen with too much deviation gets filtered out before it reaches the customer. With other manufacturers it's a bit of a lottery.

 

If I were to keep this laptop for 4-6 years would you recommend I go for it or get something else like an Asus which may have better build quality?

 

Honestly if I were dead set on getting a 15 incher I would get the p35w v2 over this. 200 dollars more for 870m over 860m is worth it IMO. Itd be a different story if it were maxwell, but both the 860 and 870 are Kepler in this model, so IMO its worth it to spend a Lil more for the 870m.

If you can't afford the 1750 of the p35w v2, I would go with the p34g v2 honestly. But at the end of the day, to me it only makes sense to get this laptop if you NEED the 15 inch screen AND you can't afford the jump from 1550 to 1750 cost. If you can afford it, the p35w v2 is worth the premium, and if you are okay with a 14 in screen, the p34g v2 is a better option

To me, this particular model just seems to be a little too expensive in comparison to what's out there

Edit: if you don't need the optical drive, the gs60 ghost with the 870m is only 1800 with the small form factor, though I've heard of issues with the gs60
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For the same reason I'm also considering the P35W v2 and the GS60 Ghost Pro. Both are the same price on amazon.

• Amazon.com: MSI Computer Corp. GS Series GS60 GHOST PRO-052;9S7-16H212-052 15.6-Inch Laptop: Computers & Accessories
• Amazon.com: Gigabyte P series P35Wv2-CF1 15.6-Inch Laptop: Computers & Accessories

 

I'm with king yb on this one for sure, it's 100% worth it and plus you won't have any regrets because it's an investment at the end of the day. Next thing you know you're getting the 860m and you're wishing you didn't cause of how it Is compared to 870m. Plus 6gb ram will be sufficient for 4 k if you ever wanna get a monitor. I just don't like the design of the Msi ghost cause it shows it's a gaming laptop... I wouldn't wanna take it to work or public places and have this crazy looking gaming laptop that draws attention.

 

I guess I'm not the only one. The biggest thing that puts me off about the GS60 is how flashy it is. I don't need everyone to know I have a gaming laptop.

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Who cares and who knows it is a gaming laptop? Most people don't even know what a gaming laptop is xD

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But they can read what is written on logos...
In a working environment it simply is'n appropriate.

 

The problem with 870M is that it's more powerful and produces more heat, and temp will stay in 90s during gaming. The manufacturers put 870M in this chassis so it's probably safe, but there are also some people uncomfortable with this temp. There was a lengthy discussion in the GS60 thread on this issue.

 

my boss for the construction company i work for doesn't really know much about computers nor does he own any computers but he can sure read gaming laptop at the back so he would probably assume im gaming at work lol

and plus the whole different colors keyboard isn't my thing.... not a fan. i like everything classic. that's why the p35w and p35k caught my attention and made me want it. classic but powerfull.

 

This laptop is somewhat more bulkier than the gs60 so it'll likely handle the 870m better. But still, the tdp difference between the Kepler 860m and the 870m is only 75 compared to 100--not that big of a difference. Like I said, if this 860 was a maxwell version, then there would be more merit in getting the 860 version. (45-50 tdp for maxwell compared to 100 for Kepler 870m)

The jump from 860m to 870m is significant enough to warrant the extra if you are specifically looking at this laptop model. Its about a 30% performance increase. 870m is about the highest you can go before its not worth it IMO. 870m vs 880m difference is less than 860m vs 870m and the price gap is larger. 870m really is the sweet spot for highest end GPU while not breaking the bank. The maxwell 860m is arguably also in this category, but alas, tis Kepler in here.

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From what I can tell (this thread & internet) the general non-gaming battery life is around 4? Has anyone experienced any extremes (much higher/lower) to this?

 

Can someone with this laptop please tell me if they can easily read the text in this picture

imgur: the simple image sharer

And also which blacks boxes they can't see on this page, if any.

Black level - Lagom LCD test

thanks!

 

That being said you think I can run the MMORPG Black Desert When it comes out without hitch?

 

I'm a bit crazy and like to experiment with . So apparently the gtx 870m and 880m are the same build but... 870m has one disabled smx shader on it. And each smx I think has 192 shaders or around that I forgot lol. So now I'm trying to find a way if I could enable that last smx..... Hmmm probably make my 870 to an 880
But I hope nvidia doesn't laser cut that last smx then I can't enable it....

 

I can just barely read the text in the first picture. And in the second, the first black box I can see is #6.

 

With brightness at 100 ?

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Does anyone know what RAM modules are used in the p35g v2?
The p35k used Transcend modules: http://faq.gigabyte.com/FileUpload/FAQ/1/2726/file/P35K-ENG.pdf

I need 16GB of RAM for my work so need an 8GB stick that is compatible with the one that comes in the laptop as standard.

 

So, going back to post 206 from whiteboy, which screws are we supposed to retighten?

 

Yes, and in a well-lit room.

The part number for the RAM in mine is TS1GSK64W6H.

All the ones on the bottom.

 

Literally all the ones when you take the back off.
And guys!! One more thing when you take the back of make sure you take of all the screws first and unplug the subwoofer from the ram area and always start from the right bottom corner. It's clips and screws so don't break clips and just start from the bottom right corner.
I'll post a pic soon showing where all the clips are and what screws you need to tighten with special instructions

 

this so cool the keyboard rubber!

 

Keyboard protector on a non mac? Neat.

 

The extra $200 also gets you a blu-ray writer, instead of DVD. I'm sorely tempted. But I'm trying to get an idea of the fan noise compared to the P34G v2. From what I gather, the original chassis (P35K v1) was quite a screamer.

 

ok guys i had mine shipped today from gentech and will be getting it tomorow which is friday evening .p35w v2 here i come! ill post an unboxing and review of heat and so on

 

Sorry guys I recieved it but didn't have the time to actually do my review but will do it soon!

 

Hi,

as I am considering buying a P35G v2 or P34G v2 I had had some questions towards Gigabyte. Gigabyte answered them within a few days. Maybe the answers by Gigabyte are of interest to some of you and since I always like reading the notebookreview threads i thougth it's time to contribute.

1. Question: Do the P35G v2 and P34G v2 have a Maxwell or Kepler GPU?
Answer by Gigabyte: The P35G v2 will have a Kepler GPU and the P34G v2 a Maxwell GPU

2. Question: Which SATA Versions are available for HDD/SDD and optical drive slots?
Answer by Gigabyte:
P35G v2:
2 x mSATA 6GB/s
1 x SATA3 6GB/s
1 x SATA3 3GB/s (if optical drive is replaced)

P34G v2
1 x mSATA 6GB/s
1 x SATA3 6GB/s

3. Question: Which WLAN NIC will be used for the German / European Version?
WiFi Card: Intel 7260 AC

Original Correspondence in German:
Email-ID: XXXXX-1
Frage: Hallo Gigabyte-Team, da die Notebooks vom Typ P35G v2 und P34G v2 "im Zulauf" sind bzw. vorraussichtlich ab Juni verfügbar sind würde mich interessieren, ob in den beiden Notebooks Keppler oder Maxwell Varianten der Nvidia GeForce GTX 860M Grafikkarte verwendet werden. Außerdem würde mich interessieren, welche SATA Versionen für die verschiedenen Festplatten und SSD Slots zum Einsatz kommen. Als letztes würde mich interessieren, welche WLAN-NIC (für Geräte in Deutschland / EU) zum Einsatz kommt. Viele Grüße Schlenzka 18.05.2014 18:21
Antwort:

Sehr geehrter Herr Schlenzka,

Vielen Dank für Ihre Anfrage.

Wir freuen uns über Ihr Interesse an Produkten von GIGABYTE.

da die Notebooks vom Typ P35G v2 und P34G v2 "im Zulauf" sind bzw. vorraussichtlich ab Juni verfügbar sind würde mich interessieren, ob in den beiden Notebooks Keppler oder Maxwell Varianten der Nvidia GeForce GTX 860M Grafikkarte verwendet werden.

Im P35G v2 wird die Kepple-Variante verwendet, im P34G v2 ist ein Maxwell verbaut.

Außerdem würde mich interessieren, welche SATA Versionen für die verschiedenen Festplatten und SSD Slots zum Einsatz kommen.

P35G v2:

2 x mSATA 6GB/s

1 x SATA3 6GB/s

1 x SATA3 3GB/s (beim Austauschbaren optischen Laufwerk)

P34G v2

1 x mSATA 6GB/s

1 x SATA3 6GB/s

Als letztes würde mich interessieren, welche WLAN-NIC (für Geräte in Deutschland / EU) zum Einsatz kommt.

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How long does it take for GenTech PC to ship? They say five to ten days to build and test the laptop. The only thing I have that's added extra is the thermal past and an extra 4 GB of RAM.

 

Send them an Email or call there number, they are always quick to answer.

 

As long as it doesn't break my laptop, cause I wouldn't OC, I mean...come on..on such a thin chasis, that is ill-advised.

 

I'm really interested in this laptop and so, I would very much appreciate if you could answer the following questions:
What are the temperatures of the keyboard? Had CPU and GPU already reached 100C ? (with dust or high room temp)
How long does the battery last with wifi, movies and full load?
Is the fan noise like the p35k or is it quieter?