Clevo P870DM3 from HIDevolution

Good day everyone, I just placed my order for my new laptop from HIDevolution after reading a lot of threads and reviews from NBR. And I would like to take this opportunity to thank Donald@HIDevolution for all the support in the process specially regarding payment and delivery since I opted for the rush to have the unit before the year end during my short stay in the US.


EVOC P870DM3 17.3" Custom Built VR Ready Gaming Laptop with 1x 1080
Free Game Bundle
Watch Dogs 2 GeForce GTX Bundle, Gears of War 4 GeForce GTX Bundle
LCD Panel
17.3" 3K QHD (2560x1440) AUO 120Hz - 5ms - LED Matte Type Display - with nVIDIA® G-SYNC™ Technology
Video Card
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 8GB GDDR5 X (Desktop version), 200W - NVIDIA G-Sync Enabled w/ Unlocked Prema vBIOS
Prema Custom BIOS
Prema Custom BIOS - Latest Updated Version once available
Processor
HIDevolution Delidded - Unlocked and Overclockable 6th Generation Intel Core i7-6700K Quad Core Processor, 4.0 GHz (Max Turbo Frequency 4.2GHz), 8MB Smart Cache (Coollaboratory Liquid Ultra Included)
Coollaboratory Liquid Ultra + IC Diamond for Delidded CPU
Coollaboratory Liquid Ultra 100% Metal Thermal Interface + IC Diamond on CPU, IC Diamond on GPU
Memory
32GB (2 x 16GB) G.SKILL Ripjaws Series Dual Channel DDR4/2800MHz
RAID Options
no RAID (1st drive as primary boot drive, 2nd drive as storage drive)
M.2 SSD Slot 1 (supports PCIe or SATA)
HIDevolution Approved 512GB M.2 SATA 6Gb/s SSD
M.2 SSD Slot 2 (supports PCIe and SATA)
None
1st 2.5" HDD/SSD Bay
1TB 7200 RPM SATA 6Gb/s Hard Drive
2nd 2.5" HDD/SSD Bay
Empty HDD bay (with caddy/adapter)
Wireless Cards
Killer™ Wireless-AC N1535 ac/a/g/n 2x2 NGFF w/ Bluetooth 4.1
Operating System
Genuine Windows® 10 Home, 64bit, English
Operating System Reinstallation Media
OS Reinstallation + Drivers USB Flash Drive
Office Software
None
Power Adapter
330W AC Power Adapter (supports 100-240V)
Audio
Foster Audio Speakers x 2
Back-lit Gaming Keyboard
Anti-Ghosting, Custom Macro Back-lit Gaming Keyboard
Keyboard Language
U.S. English
Branding
No Logo on LCD Cover and Bezel
Warranty and Service
1 Year HIDevolution Limited U.S. Warranty + LIFETIME HIDevolution Technical Support
Gaming Accessories
Cooler Master NotePal U3 Cooling Pad with 3 Movable Fan

EDITED: From 1x16GB to 2x16GB Taking into account the comments. Thank you.
Order Placed: Dec.15, 2016
Payment: Dec.16, 2016
Pre-Production: Dec.23, 2016
Delivered: Dec.29, 2016

 

Congrats! Very nice specs especially that delidded CPU!

Let me know once you get it if you need any help. I can TeamViewer into your machine and help you with anything, starting from tweaking Windows to your liking, removing all the privacy invasion stuff in Windows 10, to undervolting and overclocking your CPU.

 

Thank you Pheonix sir. Will do that once I receive the item.

 

It's not an item, it's a beast

Meanwhile, pls use my signature and edit it to your system model and specs. you can use the logos as well

 

Done. A beast it is. Glad to join the team.

 

Any particular reason for going for a single stick of RAM? You will be limited by single channel so if you just need 16GB, ask for 2 8GB sticks so you get dual channel performance... You can loose up to 20% performance in some games because of single channel!

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I was trying to limit the total amount when I made the purchase since I'll be paying with cash. I'm a seafarer going from port to port in the US until the year end. And that's the only payment option I can do. Which is a good thing since when I made the cash deposit, I didn't know there was a limit to the amount you can deposit per day. Good thing Donald@HIDevolution helped me and gave me the option to split the amount and made 2 deposit one from Moneygram and the other Walmart2Walmart on the same day. And I thank him for that.

Edited: I'm a little bit confuse the 1 x 16GB G.SKILL Ripjaws Series Dual Channel DDR4/3000MHz has the word Dual Channel in it. So does it perform similar to 2x8GB? BTW thank you for noticing.

 

Brilliant! Do that ASAP to prevent any performance loss lol

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you need 2 sticks of matching pairs to run in Dual Channel. Thus, always buy or upgrade in pairs of matching RAM sticks. you never wanna run in a single channel mode.

 

Its all clear now after doing some research. I'm gonna ask Donald if its still possible to make an update of my order. If not no problem, i'll just buy the other 16GB online and install it. Thank you.

 

I got a warning today that my signature is too long / big

pls use the new sig template from mine and edit it to your specs, we have to leave out a few details as you see now in order to stay in compliance with the forum rules

 

Hello everyone,
I have been playing with the beast for more than a week now and I am loving it. I thought of writing the whole experience of purchasing and using the laptop to help newbies like me but decided to just write a short one here.

I think the pictures online does not do the laptop justice compare to actually seeing it. I love its simplicity. The screen looks great specially for gaming and I don't notice line issue mentioned on the other threads. Performance? I am like HUWOW! These being my first gaming laptop and comparing it to when I used my friends AW17. So far I have played games like Fallout 4, Quantum Break and NBA2k16 all in the max setting and I experience no problem at all. The max temp I got is around 70degC only after playing for 5hrs straight of Quantum Break. The loudness of the fan while gaming does not bother me. I already took the beast at a coffee shop for browsing and other basic application and the beast was quite tamed/quiet. Sadly I could not do more with the beast since I have limited resources on the ship because of our crappy internet connection. All I can do now is bookmark the pages here on NBR and try it once my contract end and go home.

All of these experience and joy would be impossible without the help of Donald@HIDevolution. He helped me decide on the specs and other things. I asked if they can have it delivered to me on a specific date at our last port in the US and he assured me they could and they did. He also guided me on how and where to pay with cash once I am in the US. Having said all of that, it is the best customer service I experienced ever! Again thank you and kudos to sir Donald@HIDevolution. God Bless you.

To end, for newbies like me, I highly recommend getting it from a re-seller like HIDevolution and opt for the option they are offering like delidding. Why? because base upon what I have read in the forum getting a new laptop is like a lottery of either getting a good or bad unit. And purchasing from a re-seller would increase your chance of having a good unit. If I am correct, having them install the OS will be better, again for newbies like me, since they will test the system first (do some benchmark) before they send the laptop out.

 

Congratulations! and yes, options like factory delidding in order to keep the warranty in tact, and Silicon Lottery CPU options for those who have a bit more to spend are very nice.


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