About to order P670HS-G from HIDevolution

Hi all! Been a long time lurker (thanks for all the reviews/info @Galm and eveyone) and am about to buy a gaming/work laptop now due to having to travel a lot now. My budget is about $1800 and this seems the best bang for the buck. I've owned numerous craptops between school and work but this is the first gaming laptop I'll be purchasing. So please chime in with any advice in general (is extended warranty worth it?) or for this model. I've also seen @Phoenix recommend sending a message to do a pixel / light bleed check as well. I'm planning to install my own SSD's. Thanks!

EVOC High Performance Systems P670HS-G 17.3" Custom Built Gaming Laptop w/ nVIDIA GTX 1070 w/ G-Sync
Display Warranty
None - up to 3 lit pixels considered OK

Video Card
nVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 w/ 8GB GDDR5 - NVIDIA G-Sync Enabled w/ Unlocked Prema vBIOS - Latest Updated Version once available - Contact us for details

Prema BIOS
Prema Custom BIOS - Latest Updated Version once available - Contact us for details

Processor
7th Generation Intel® Core™ Core i7-7700HQ Quad Core Processor, 2.8 GHz (Max Turbo Frequency 3.8GHz), 6MB Smart Cache

Thermal Paste
FREE IC Diamond on CPU + GPU

Memory
16GB (2 x 8GB) Dual Channel DDR4/2400MHz - $50.00

RAID Options
no RAID (1st drive as primary boot drive, 2nd drive as storage drive)

M.2 PCIe NVMe or SATA SSD Slot 1
None - OS installed on primary drive

M.2 SSD Slot 2 (supports M.2 SATA - does NOT support M.2 PCIe SSD)
None

1st 2.5" HDD/SSD Bay
1TB 7200 RPM 9.5mm SATA 6Gb/s Hard Drive

2nd 2.5" SSD Bay
Empty HDD bay (with caddy/adapter)

Wireless Cards
Killer™ Wireless-AC 1535 ac/a/g/n 2x2 NGFF w/ Bluetooth 4.1 - $20.00

Operating System
NONE - No Operating System Installed

Office Software
None

Power Adapter
Full Range 230W AC Adapter AC-in 100~240V, 50~60Hz

Internal Battery
1 x 4 cell battery - 60Wh (Internal)

Audio
Onkyo Speakers x 2

Back-lit Gaming Keyboard
Customizable Gaming Macro Back-lit Keyboard

Keyboard Language
U.S. English

Branding
EVOC Logo on LCD Cover and Bezel

Warranty and Service
1 Year HIDevolution Limited U.S. Warranty + LIFETIME HIDevolution Technical Support

 

Great choice, although it seems that evading light bleed is not a realistic option for every screen. I noticed HIDevolution has an option for 100USD to minimize light bleed so you may wanna add that to your build....

Can't remember where I saw that option email [email protected] for more info about this

 

Thanks for the heads up!

 

Wat. I would have probably gotten that if I knew about it.

I should also make a PSA, HID is offering the P650RS units remaining with quite a hefty discount. Anyone looking for a 15" 1070 laptop would be hard pressed to beat a P650RS with a 6820hk starting at like 1540.

@Donald@HIDevolution is there a technical reason there is no option for the 120Hz display on the P650RS models remaining?

 

Alright, email sent to Donald asking if minimizing the light bleed is a 'hidden' option that we can pay for upon request.

 

Just got the word from Donald that a quality check and panel with minimal backlight bleed (+$100) is an option to enter in the special requests box at checkout.

 

Alright, just ordered! Thanks for the backlight tip @Phoenix . I also found your windows 10 tips thread, any other threads I should take a look at to get the most out of this beast?

 

just tag me when you get your laptop so I can tweak it for you

Also have a look at this thread and grab all the software that you think is useful:

Phoenix Software Updates

 

Yes, because there are only a couple of units left, and neither have the 120Hz screen.