Ordered P775DM3-G 17.3" from HIDevolution

Hi everyone,

I finally took that jump and ordered the P775DM3-G 17.3" from HIDevolution. As many of you perhaps have seen me lurking through the forums, I have been searching for a laptop to replace my 2011 Macbook pro which I have been gaming on for past 6 years.. RIP (fortunately I was able to sell the laptop to make way towards this beast). During these past months I have looked through multiple reviews of all sorts of laptops and I came across these forum, which undoubtedly become my main source of information to help me make my decision. For the past week or so I have had the pleasure of speaking to @Donald@HIDevolution, and he has been a tremendous help throughout the whole process. We went through every option of the build it self and what my needs as a customer as well as helping me remove unessisary things. So far my experience overall has been amazing and I am looking forward to updating you through my journey.

In addition I would like to mention for these tremendous people that have given me invaluable advice: @Mr. Fox @Phoenix @Mobius 1 @ThatOldGuy @sicily428 @bloodhawk etc

Specifications:
CPU: HIDevolution Delidded - Unlocked, Under Volted and Overclocked 7th Generation Intel Core i7-7700K Quad Core Processor, 4.2 GHz (HIDevolution Overclocked to 4.7GHz)
Memory: 16GB (2 x 8GB) Dual Channel DDR4/2400MHz
GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 w/ 8GB GDDR5 X - NVIDIA G-Sync Enabled w/ Unlocked Prema vBIOS
Thermal Paste: Coollaboratory Liquid Ultra + IC Diamond for Delidded CPU Coollaboratory Liquid Ultra 100% Metal Thermal Interface + IC Diamond on CPU, IC Diamond on GPU
Screen: 17.3" 3K QHD (2560x1440) AUO 120Hz - 5ms - LED Matte Type Display - with nVIDIA® GSYNC™ Technology
Prema Custom BIOS
Wireless: Killer™ Wireless-AC N1535 ac/a/g/n 2x2 NGFF w/ Bluetooth 4.1
Storage: HIDevolution Approved 256GB M.2 SATA 6Gb/s SSD, 1TB 7200 RPM SATA 6Gb/s Hard Drive
Power: 330W AC Power Adapter
Operating System: Genuine Windows® 10 Pro, 64bit, English
Warranty and Service: 3 Year HIDevolution Limited U.S. Warranty + LIFETIME HIDevolution Technical
Minimize LCD Backlight Bleed: Yes, quality check and give me a panel with minimal backlight bleed
Display Warranty: 30 Days Zero Defective Pixel Warranty (perfect panel guarantee)
Rush Build: 1-5 Business Days
Shipping: International Priority (1-3 Business Days)


Status: (Will Updated Accordingly)
-31.07.17-Ordered
-01.08.17-Pre-Production

 

Awesome! Congratulations, brother. I can hardly wait to see and hear more.

 

If you live outside the United States, you need to make sure to select the global warranty or else you'll be on the hook for shipping back to HID in the event your machine needs service.

 

@saturnotaku In that aspect I agree but, when opting for the 3 years local warranty it would will cover the laptop for a longer period rather then just 1 year global which is almost the same price. Yes I have to pay for shipping occasionally, but down the line it is economical imo. I believe 2 years global warranty is $550 where as 3 year local warranty is $300.

 

Sweet...thank you for your kind comments.

You might want to edit that order date though, this is 31-07-17

 

Update: 01.08.17 Pre-Production

 

Update: 09.08.17 Pre Production Status

Hey everyone just want to update you with the progress with my order with HidEvolution. I just want to point out that I am very happy with HIDEvolution and how they have gone about assuring that they are doing there best to get this beast of a laptop to me and by no means I am trying to put them down. Like many others, my self This is my first “real purchase of a beastly gaming laptop” I would like to point out that I have never laptop online before as well as from another country and from a vendor I know little about. Since recently joining NBR, I have decided that HIDEvolution is the right choice for me from the praise they have received from this great community.

I have been speaking to Donald for the past few days just to check up on my laptop as it is still in Pre-Production Status. Which was a bit confusing as I opted for the rush build 1-5 days with the 1-3 shipping in hopes to get this beast of a laptop around the 11th (as I have planned to go on holiday on the 18th which being my deadline). Due to a little misunderstanding (perhaps my part as I assumed that all the parts were in stock, so I opted for the rush build when Donald gave me a rough date of delivery when i placed an order on the 31.07.17). I have been told that the 3k QHD cable for my laptop spec was out of stock and they had ordered last week and unfortunately has not been received yet.

I checked back with them today to check on the cable, and had a lovely chat with Ted (Donald dealing with another customer at the time) and he assured me that HIDEvolution will do their best to reach my deadline which i deeply appercaite. Later in the evening Donald rang me up apologizing that he was on the line with another customer, which was totally understandable (I am not the only customer out there ). He explained that there distributor for the 3k QHD cable have been experiencing trouble shipping over from Taiwan to HIDEvolution due to the Typhoon in Asia. I would also like to point out that Donald mentioned to me on the phone call that the laptop is all built but just waiting on the cable to begin the QC.

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/31/world/asia/taiwan-typhoon-nesat.html

In conclusion HIDEvolution have been very professional going about with my order and have been 100% honest when I asked about my orders status. I can honestly say with confidence that they are the real deal and for my self feel like a kid in a candy store waiting to try all the sweets

Thanks again @Donald@HIDevolution @Ted@HIDevolution

 

The enjoy with customized build. Not something you get thrown from Big OEMs like Dell!! And have to return back due mass production. Aka zero QC.

 

Update: 21.08.17 In Production
Hey everyone I haven't had a chance to post anything as I have been busy on holiday and have recently gotten back. Donald has mentioned to me that they have received the cable for the 3k display screen and working on sorting everything out for me to be sent on the 25th of August. I checked in with Donald on the 24th to see if everything was good to go, but unfortunately Donald could not give me an answer as he had to wait for hear from Production on my status. After our conversation some time after Donald came back to me with an email saying " I found out that we got a new Perma BIOS version for your P775 (version 2.2) with a new ME and CPU code. We are also just starting to use a better cool-laboratory liquid ultra application process therefore Production pulled yours back to add these things, and its in Final testing now and ship on the 25th if they are stratified with everything." I had a chance to chat with Donald yesterday and they are trying to achieve better temps with my unit to see if they can get them lower before shipping out. I would like to point out that very impressed with how @Donald@HIDevolution and his team at HIDEvolution have put into building my laptop and looking forward to getting this beast of a laptop when its all sorted.

PS.. The wait is almost over!

Cheers

 

Update 30.08.17
Hey Everyone!
For the ones that have been following my journey with HIDevolution, yesterday after chatting with a few people on the fourms as well as Donald. I have decided to change my order to opt for the EVOC P870KM1 17.3. I feel that this would overall be a better choice for myself for future proofing, as well as getting better performance, temps etc. Overall the extra cost for this amounted to $470 including 1-5 rush build. I will be creating another thread for this system.

http://forum.notebookreview.com/threads/ordered-p870km1-from-hidevolution.808513/#post-10592704

Cheers

 

WOOT! Smart choice, bro. You're going to be truly amazed with the machine and HIDevolution. @Donald@HIDevolution @Ted@HIDevolution @thattechgirl_viv and @Zoltan@HIDevolution and @Prema are a dynamite team... The Mod Squad...

 

Nice or shall we say smart yoo followed my advice +rep

 

Thanks @Mr. Fox @Papusan appreciate what you and everyone else has done for me on the fourms. Without you guys I would of probably bought a BGA laptop without knowing any better. I can't wait to have this beast of a laptop in my hands