Finally ordered a Evoc P650HS-G from HID

After much lurking on the forums and pestering of Donald with HID I decided on finally placing an order. Order placing was smooth, Donald was patient, informative and quick with responses.

Going back and forth between a few models I decided upon this one because of keyboard reviews, weight, and price. Adding Ram and an SSD myself upon receiving the unit. Now I play the waiting game.




EVOC P650HS-G 15.6" Custom Built Gaming Laptop w/ nVIDIA GTX 1070 w/ G-Sync
Free Game Bundles
Watch Dogs 2 GeForce GTX Bundle Includes A Full-Game Download For PC
LCD Panel
15.6" 120Hz - 5ms Full HD (1920x1080) TN Antiglare Matte Type Display - with nVIDIA® G-SYNC™ Technology - $75.00
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 Unlocked and Overclockable Intel® Core™ Core i7-7820HK Quad Core Processor, 2.9 GHz (Max Turbo Frequency 3.9GHz), 8MB Smart Cache - $125.00
Thermal Paste
Coollaboratory Liquid Ultra 100% Metal Thermal Interface on CPU, IC Diamond on GPU - BEST PERFORMANCE - $30.00
Memory
no RAM - -$25.00
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
Intel® Wireless-AC 8265 802.11 ac/a/b/g/n 2x2 NGFF w/ Bluetooth 4.2
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
No Logo on LCD Cover and Bezel
Warranty and Service
1 Year HIDevolution Limited U.S. Warranty + LIFETIME HIDevolution Technical Support



Order Placed: 1-20-2017
Processing Phase from: 1-20 to 1-27
Pre-production Phase from: 1-27 to 1-30
Production(!): 1-30 to 2-1
Shipped: 2-1
Received:2-8

 

Congratulations and welcome to the EVOC Bandwagon. Should you have any questions or need to tweak your OS for max performance and remove all the Windows 10 privacy invasion stuff, you have my free assistance over TeamViewer should you ever need it.

Now a few comments about your order:

1) Great screen choice

2) Awesome WLAN Card choice, you will be very happy with the Intel AC 8265 = Just upgraded to an Intel Dual Band Wireless-AC 8265

3) The P6XX series have a much better keyboard than their bigger P870DM/P770DM brothers so you will love that as they have well spaced out keys if that's a concern to you.

4) My only concern is that you are going to install your own SSD/RAM. I know that may be a bit cheaper unless you already have them lying around, but I have seen many people do this in the past then start complaining about this or that not working. If it were my money, I'd rather get everything from the system builder ESPECIALLY the RAM as this is a very sensitive matter on these Clevo laptops. By getting most of the components if not all, you know that everything has been tested 100% and you shall receive a 100% working laptop as that's how they tested it in various scenarios, be it synthetic benchmarks, stress tests, or actual gaming sessions. That is your choice obviously but just sharing my experience on this.

Good luck and hope you enjoy your new beast.

Once the Prema BIOS is out for your model, you will feel like you got a new laptop again with the myriad of improvements / customization options.

See:

Benefits of Prema BIOS:

• Fixes the biggest issue with these Clevo laptops where they would throttle the CPU as low as 2.5 GHz the moment both the CPU & GPU are under load due to current issues with the Clevo Stock BIOS/EC Firmware.
• The ability to disable other drives connected to your system without physically removing them from your laptop, this comes in handy when installing Windows as you never want to have more than one drive connected at the time you are installing Windows otherwise the Windows setup will place the boot files on the 2nd drive it sees which hurts performance and makes it a headache when creating system images or restoring since the boot files are not on the main drive.
• The ability to overclock, increase Turbo Power Limits and System IA/Core Current Limits
• The ability to enable Intel Speed Shift Technology (it is disabled in the stock BIOS)
• The ability to run RAM with speeds higher than the standard 2133 MHz. I am not talking about overclocking here, I am talking about actual RAM sticks that are rated to run at 2800 MHz for example like the G.Skill 64GB 2800 MHz kit I have. With the stock BIOS, they will not run above 2400 MHz. In the case of the P870DM3, the stock BIOS now supports up to 2666 MHz. I believe but not more, so the Prema BIOS is a must again
• Fixes the instability with the G.Skill 3000 MHz. RAM using XMP Profile 1 with timings of 16-18-18-18 where in the stock BIOS you would have constant crashes or not be able to boot altogether so you’re forced to use XMP Profile 2 which is slower with 18-18-18-18 timings.
• The ability to enable CSM for those who want to install other OSes like Windows 7
• The ability to undervolt the CPU as the stock voltage is way too high which causes the CPU to overheat much quicker and thus throttle under load.
• The ability to enable or disable CPU AES instructions or Virtualization
• The ability to disable hibernation from the BIOS
• Sets the default keyboard lights from blue to white which suits more tastes

Benefits of Prema VBIOS:

• Power throttle disabled
• Over-voltage slider enabled and adjusted (up to a maximum of 1.2v)
• Activated and adjusted thermal slider (to keep it cooler if desired)
• Core overclock slider limit raised
• Power consumption meter activated
• Fixed 3D voltage base-line in order to stabilize OCs and voltage-match both cards in SLI systems (based on average ASIC)
• Thermal protection @ 92c (once*91c are breached the system throttles volts and clocks in order to protect it)
• Protection against Furmark and Kombustor GPU burnout (AVOID those software even with stock vBIOS)!

 

Welcome!

I'm also a P650 owner, happy to answer any questions!

Great config, I think you'll enjoy it.

You can let Donald see like this: @Donald@HIDevolution (Hey Donald! )

I also installed my own stuff on the P650. Saved me a couple hundred bucks. Easy peasy @Phoenix is just a chicken .

Let me know if you need any help with the installs though.

 

You know I'm just messin' bro.

 

I know man, you are my friend

 

Thanks guys. I guess the storage upgrade is just a habit. Done it with every laptop I have ever bought. Their price on RAM is actually pretty close to what I bought it for. Hopefully everything goes smoothly with me installing it. I will update when the process moves along.

Thanks again!

 

Trust me it's a good habit.

 

Hey, how r the temps on the i7 7700hq ??

Enviado desde mi SM-G930F mediante Tapatalk

 

Have not received the laptop yet but, when I do I will run some stuff and let you know.

Sent from my SM-N910P using Tapatalk

 

Cool, let us know what the battery life is on this laptop for basic work and leisure activites (web, youtube, netflix, etc.). Thanks