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    new Gigabyte P35K

    Discussion in 'Gigabyte and Aorus' started by [-Mac-], Jun 2, 2013.

  1. volati1e

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    You should go back and get them to write the 256GB SSD where it says "Other" (其他 ;) at the bottom so you don't get screwed later. The gap in pricing is reasonable when you see that the U2442F w/ Ivy Bridge is still selling for $1200 online with just a GT650M video card. That's why I didn't understand how the original quotes had the range of the P35K as $1300-1800 when this comes with the GT765M.
     
    volati1e, Aug 12, 2013
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  2. QuickSkope

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    When is your pre-order for? Damn it, I want to see this damn thing in action. Hoping battery life would be on par with the Blade at least :(.
     
    QuickSkope, Aug 12, 2013
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  3. Chyl

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    Anyone know any resellers that will ship to Canada?
     
    Chyl, Aug 12, 2013
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  4. Retroceded

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    I'm sorry guys but Gigabyte can't place the bid to high on these laptops (price wise). They are late to the party on this.

    Gigabyte has competition, Razer, MSI, Clevo, Asus, Acer. They have to work with the prices currently in the market. From the $1800 Razer Blade that set the highest market point to the $1200 MSI GE60 at the bottom of affordability in this category. The blade claims to be the slimmest gaming laptop, and the Gigabyte is far from being the second thinnest gaming laptop in the market.

    The only thing that Gigabyte has the P35K is its overall sleekness and its ability to house 2 mSATA SSD's and 2 2.5" HDD's + the fact that it has a Bluray/DVD reader.
    I'll give it another plus for being pretty thin + good looks + GTX765m.

    The battery is quite sad as it is a Li-Polymer (The battery will loose its charge over the years much faster than regular Lithium batteries)
    It's also very sad to hear that the THUNDERBOLT connector has been tossed to the ditch in the latest revision. (This was a major selling point to me and I was ready throw $1500+ just for this)


    I hope for my wallets sake and Gigabytes sake that the bare P35K (no ssd + IPS) will cost roughly around $1200- $1350*.

    I'm pretty excited for this laptop if the price is going to be around $1300, I just hate the lack of news on this laptop. But at least Gigabyte responds to almost every Facebook post it receives with proper answer.


    Any one know if this laptop has being released in korea or taiwan yet?
    *If the person who pre-ordered his P35K for $1500 managed to get a 256GB SSD bundled in im guessing my price estimate to be pretty damn accurate. (SSD's are expensive $200ish just for a 256GB SSD)
     
    Retroceded, Aug 13, 2013
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  5. zufir

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    Yeahh...exactly what he said. I would rather drop 1800 $ on the razer blade because it's so slick looking.. I was looking at the gigabyte P35K as alternate but it's the same price then there's no point..
     
    zufir, Aug 13, 2013
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  6. Chyl

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    You mentioned the P35K being "far from being the second thinnest". What other thin gaming laptops are we talking about here? :O
     
    Chyl, Aug 13, 2013
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  7. zufir

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    the razer blade at 0.66 inches thin
     
    zufir, Aug 13, 2013
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  8. Chyl

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    Well, that's the thinnest... but what else comes close lol
     
    Chyl, Aug 13, 2013
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  9. ArcticMonkeys

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    If I'm not misread it somewhere, I think xoticpc going to carry P35K. And I'm really sure that you can customize the specification accordingly based on your budget.
     
    ArcticMonkeys, Aug 13, 2013
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  10. omghi2u

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    The release date is officially pushed back to End-August in Taiwan.

    Might not be around in-person to pick up the laptop the day it arrives.

    I want to support Gigabyte's notebooks, I really do, but a m-ITX desktop looks more attractive each passing day.

    ($1500 could get me the screen and performance I want, and my U2442N / future digitizer tablet could take care of school down the road)
     
    omghi2u, Aug 13, 2013
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  11. spicypixel

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    Thunderbolt confirmed ditched again?
     
    spicypixel, Aug 13, 2013
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  12. Retroceded

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    Hi Gigabyte, I am wondering will the P35K still be released with the thunderbolt port? from the pictures of the official site it seems the thunderbolt is removed....that is an important buying factor for me...
    Like · · Yesterday at 5:52am near Taipei, Taiwan
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    GIGABYTE NB Hi Hank. Just confirmed this. The Thunderbolt has been removed from the P35K.

    This is from GIGABYTES NB facebook page.
     
    Retroceded, Aug 13, 2013
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  13. screech113

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  14. Retroceded

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    I found a Chinese review of the laptop, pretty good news if true.
    GIGABYTE P35K

    - Battery lasts about FOUR hours and 18 minutes while watching 720p video, 1.5 more hours than the P2542G

    -The Thunder Bolt port will still be there, but with a rubber stopper.

    Game Benches?
    P35K in 1920 x 1080 resolutions, "to 197.2 and 110.03 medals complete Street Fighter IV with Biohazard 5 test, if all effects to the highest, and on high-quality CASS 16x, there 96.3 and 57.07 of the performance, and the performance is quite good."

    -Temperature wont affect keyboard

    The biggest con is the keyboard due to flexing, but they also said "but fortunately commercial aircraft manufacturers said the problem will be corrected for bending". So whatever that means... (fixed?)

    And whatever this means...
    " real speakers are measured in the fuselage beneath the front left and right, especially that, P35K laptop also has a generally uncommon buzzer."

    TLDR
    Pros: excellent storage expandability
    Cons: Keyboard feel bad

    *I just googled translated it, feel free to chime in if you actually can read chinese.
     
    Retroceded, Aug 13, 2013
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  15. zalcorus

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    Nice find!

    It's probably an early version, with the same keyboard flexing that some previewers noticed at Computex.

    I'm guessing the "uncommon buzzer" is actually supposed to be the subwoofer, which is uncommon in notebooks?
     
    zalcorus, Aug 13, 2013
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  16. Retroceded

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    I had my friend translate that part for me personally.

    He said "It means that it doesn't have the buzzing sound of normal speakers", aka they aren't crappy speakers.
     
    Retroceded, Aug 14, 2013
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  17. denshaSai

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    From the review it says the 'thunderbolt is optional, but currently have a rubber in place because it is a prototype'

    so it may mean that there is still a possibility of thunderbolt, but don't know if available with the initial release
     
    denshaSai, Aug 14, 2013
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  18. TheHeinz

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    Hi there,
    I'm very interested in the P35K. Just wanted to buy an Ativ Book 7 (not only of the huge 90 WHr battery and the resulting 10hrs of office work).
    But then I saw the Gigabyte and... well... this is way cooler ;)
    As I heard so far, there are to mSATA slots available. Does anybody know whether RAID is possible or not?
    The chinese review is nice, as far as google translator managed to get it right (to translate into german). I didn't find a thing whether the P35K could be upgraded easy or not. I saw the picture with the RAM slots which seems to be accessable quite easy. But what about the mSATA and the HDD slots? Anybody can find something about that?

    Thanks
     
    TheHeinz, Aug 14, 2013
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  19. denshaSai

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    raid 0 on the two mSata is definitely doable as said in the product specification page.
    From the article it seems tosay you need take the whole back cover off to access th msata slots
     
    denshaSai, Aug 14, 2013
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  20. TheHeinz

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    Thanks a lot,
    you are right. After you told me I found the specs on their product page... sorry.
    I hope taking the backcover off isn't difficult as it is with the Samsung Ativ Book 7. Heard creepy things about people ripped apart their backcover, trying to change the HDD with a SSD :D
     
    TheHeinz, Aug 15, 2013
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  21. hypersonic

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    It's a Taiwanese review...

    The biggest con is the keyboard due to flexing, but they also said "but fortunately commercial aircraft manufacturers said the problem will be corrected for bending". So whatever that means... (fixed?)
    Yes, it said the retail version of this laptop will have this problem fixed.

    And whatever this means...
    " real speakers are measured in the fuselage beneath the front left and right, especially that, P35K laptop also has a generally uncommon buzzer."
    The writer was referring to the vent (coz the vent beside the power button looks like speakers), the actual speakers are located at the front of the body (under the wrist rests) And the p35K is equiped with a buzzer, which is rarely seen in other laptops (Does it mean it will have the "bios beep" whenever you turn it on or something goes wrong? lol)

    LOL are you sure your friend can actually understand Chinese? no offense, but I'm 100% sure the author of the review said the laptop has a buzzer. The word he used is a technical term, so it can't mean something else
     
    hypersonic, Aug 16, 2013
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  22. jraven

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    It's a subwoofer (From the product page at gigabyte.com)
     
    jraven, Aug 16, 2013
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  23. Lizarrdo

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    So any official word on the pricing?
     
    Lizarrdo, Aug 17, 2013
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    a108239, Aug 19, 2013
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  25. cybernick01

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    cybernick01, Aug 19, 2013
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  26. Chyl

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    The most expensive config is 1250 Euro? What's the least expensive config? :)
     
    Chyl, Aug 19, 2013
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  27. derpsauce

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    ^ this. I might get this over an Acer v5

    Sent from my HTC Desire HD using Tapatalk 4
     
    derpsauce, Aug 19, 2013
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  28. OC-Freak

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    Will most likely be double the price of an acer v5 though :(

    Still very interesting machine.
     
    OC-Freak, Aug 19, 2013
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  29. cybernick01

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    See for yourself here, I don't understand absolutely anything more than the number. I convert it with korean won to eur/usd in google.
     
    cybernick01, Aug 19, 2013
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  30. Chyl

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    Unforuntately that's the P34G.

    The P35K looks to be about $1800 USD :(!
     
    Chyl, Aug 19, 2013
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  31. cybernick01

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    My bad! sorry to keep hopes up :(

    edit: Gigabyte just confirmed it should be available in September.
     
    cybernick01, Aug 20, 2013
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    Does anyone know what the materials used for the case are? is it 100% plastic or are there some aluminum parts as well?

    Sincerely Henrik
     
    HammondH, Aug 20, 2013
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    It was announced with brushed aluminium, I would assume they didn't change that with the rest of the design changes that delayed the launch but I haven't seen any confirmation. It would be good to know!
     
    milkmansrevenge, Aug 20, 2013
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    HammondH, Aug 21, 2013
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  35. David7

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    Does this mean that we won't see a US release date till October? I remember Gigabyte saying UK release date was around mid September around a week ago. Sigh.. the release date keep being pushed back.
     
    David7, Aug 21, 2013
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  36. rhx123

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    I wish GB would stop doing this bunga bunga with the Thunderbolt port.

    You know, given we've never seen any real pictures of one with anything but a rubber stopper, I can't help thinking there was never one, and they only say they will for marketing buzz.
    This is twice now they've said they will put a TB port on a machine and it didn't happen.
     
    rhx123, Aug 22, 2013
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  37. darth_poopie

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    Good news? Or are we just being led around in circles again.

    Capture.PNG

    YOU DECIDE, FOLKS :hi2: I'm Dean Cain, and this is Ripley's Believe It or Not
     
    darth_poopie, Aug 22, 2013
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  38. David7

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    Gonna assume October so that I won't be disappointed again =(
     
    David7, Aug 22, 2013
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  39. BlkKnight

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    GIGABYTE P35K, Notebook

    Interesting. . . . .



     
    BlkKnight, Aug 22, 2013
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  40. BlkKnight

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  41. Chyl

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    What gives with the extremely high price?
     
    Chyl, Aug 22, 2013
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  42. denshaSai

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    I was disappointed with the removal of thunderbolt port as well. I was there at the computex and actually talked to the product research/development manager, and he said they already implemented the thunderbolt all ready to go (and can change to the TB 2.0 as well if it is just changing the chip). But at the last minute GB redesigned and removed it....I think somehow the marketing team must say not much peripheral devices for TB crap...I mean the people who needs it already have usage for it...
     
    denshaSai, Aug 22, 2013
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  43. David7

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    Ya, I don't get why the P35K is around 1599 euro ($2134 USD) for 16 gb of ram, 128 gb ssd, and 1 tb HDD. The GS70 managed to have about the same config but only charges $1699 USD. This price point for the P35k doesn't even include an IPS display and it is already $2100+.

    The thunderbolt port and the ips panel was a selling point for me but now with no thunderbolt I have to see how good their IPS panel is. If it is not up to par then I have waited for nothing =(
     
    David7, Aug 23, 2013
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  44. cybernick01

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    I don't know german, but are you sure it is not the IPS version? Ram and storage are maxed out.

    It's supposed to be 15.6 IPS (not AHVA). And given it is GB flagship, I'd say a good one?
     
    cybernick01, Aug 23, 2013
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  45. wnuku

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    Protip: never translate laptop prices from € (EU market) into $ (US market) directly. Examples:
    Lenovo Thinkpad W530:
    EU price: 1900€ (2500$)
    US price: 1600$
    Apple Mac Book retina:
    EU price: 1900€ (2500$)
    US price: 1999$
    Ativ book plus
    EU price: 1450€ (1930$)
    US price: 1300$
    MSI GS70
    EU price: 1700€ (2270$)
    US price: 1699$
    and i only used compare.eu (compares offers from EU shops) and bestbuy.com to compare prices.
     
    wnuku, Aug 23, 2013
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  46. TheHeinz

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    Yes, wnuku is right. Prices for PCs and Laptops are very high here in Germany. GS70 Stealth 1700€ (cheapest!)
    GS70 in the US costs 1300€...
    P35K with max. spec. 1600€ at alternate.de, doubtful if you will get it for this price because its on preorder status right now.
    Nevertheless the P35K is for german circumstances a bargain. A MacBook Pro Retina (also max spec) would cost us over $3700 :eek:

    EDIT
    Just called computeruniverse.net
    The P35K is NOT available until end of September. The stated availability is wrong!
     
    TheHeinz, Aug 23, 2013
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  47. B'midbar

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    Maxed out RAM would be 32GB, no?
     
    B'midbar, Aug 23, 2013
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  48. cybernick01

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    it would be 16
     
    cybernick01, Aug 23, 2013
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  49. Chyl

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    Thanks for that :)
    I feel much more comfortable waiting for it if it is potentially under $1600.
     
    Chyl, Aug 23, 2013
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    Anybody know which US retailers will be carrying this notebook?

    Also has anybody seen any reviews of this (besides the Taiwanese one)?
     
    o_jake, Aug 23, 2013
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