ENVY 17-32XX Intel Ivy Bridge (AMD 7850M)

yeha im not doing taht... might run some emulators but not at the moment.. and this isnt a performance hog where i would wanna OC the crap outa everything to get the best scores in the world haha. its just a good multimedia comp

 

HP Envy 17 with AMD Radeon HD 7850m Street Fighter X Tekken - YouTube
Here is Gameplay of Street Fighter X Tekken. Ingame settings were on High. 60FPS the whole time. Game ran very smooth...

 

Awesome Videos Adamdoom89.Repped.
What abour Ultra on Tekken..?

 

What do you guys think of the msi g series?

MSI G Series Intel Core i7 Quad-Core 2.3GHz Ivy Bridge 1080p 17.3in Laptop w/ GTX670m $1399.99AR

i7-3610qm
12gb ram
750gb 7200rpm
gtx670m
Plus free xbox 360

All for $1399

 

What kind of battery life are you guys getting on this in surf mode? Also, how is the WiFi? I've heard same card as Samsung Series 7, but with different antenna placement.

 

If by "surf mode" you are referring to power saver, then about 4 hours with my 3D

Also, WiFi is ridiculously fast/good. Its fine.


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The power draw is less than 125 watts then, power bricks are not 100% efficient. So the power draw of the laptop is always less than what is coming out of the wall. Now if someone was measuring the power from the plug to the jack that would be a different story. Does that meter have also read DC? You could jury rig a test system.

 

Well after waiting for over a month after my order, my laptop is finally on the Fedex truck out for delivery... Feel like a kid at christmas... Now if only this truck would get here!!

Good to hear your getting 4 hrs on the 3d -- That's pretty acceptable in my opinion.

 

Mine just got delivered.. To bad i am at work and can't mess with it.. Atleast knowing the box is sitting right next to me is comforting .

 

What? you're at work? It's Friday and you have a new toy next to you... that's grounds for taking the afternoon off.

 

i agree. go home and play with your new toy.

 

Anyone having stability issues with the 12.7 beta's? I keep getting BSOD's when the laptop switches from the 7850m back to the integrated.

 

I was referring to just internet browsing mainly or a few applications open. Nice to hear the WiFi is good. What kind of battery life are you getting when it's on "High performance"?

More inputs from others on battery life for non-3D models would be nice too before I pull the trigger on buying this.

 

Wish i could.. the boss is on vacation and i have things i have to do all the way up to the end of the day.. Any other week i could sneak out early.. But also next week i am starting vacation on thursday and not coming back until the next monday . So i am taking an extra day .. So don't want to press my luck

 

Hi Everyone,

Assuming all goes well with the unboxing, I wish to add an SSD Drive. I would appreciate recommendations for the best deals for a high quality drive. Im willing to sacrifice a bit on price for a good drive. Also, I thought another member mentioned a video on how to do this, and what steps to take. Can you please direct me to *easy to understand* instructions ?

Also, do I need to purchase a bracket for the SSD Drive ?

FYI, I'm a serious newbie at opening a Laptop, so I need step by step instructions. On another note, do you suggest letting a professional do this, or should I do it myself ? I'm pretty good with computers in general.

Thanks very much for any advice/assistance !

 

just got my envy 17, everything seems great to me. Windows button was a bit "tight" but i just pushed it down and it clicked into place and all is well. I am about to upgrade to windows 7 utimate, i normally never make recovery dvd's, is it really worse to just do a clean install?

 

also, does anyone envy 17 A,S,Q,W keys make a different "click" noise than the rest. Mine sound like a hollow click where the others you barely hear them...

 

I don't believe their is a Ultra Setting...

 

Buy this:
Hard Drive Caddy & Cable for HP Envy 17 -3000 series (3xxx) [HP-ENVY-17-3000] - $27.95 : NewmodeUS, Hard Drive Caddys for Notebooks

and one of these:

Newegg.com - Kingston HyperX 3K SH103S3/240G 2.5" 240GB SATA III MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) (Stand-Alone Drive)

OR

Newegg.com - SAMSUNG 830 Series MZ-7PC256B/WW 2.5" 256GB SATA III MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD)

OR

Newegg.com - Mushkin Enhanced Atlas Series MKNSSDAT120GB-DX mSATA 120GB SATA III MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD)


then be

 

Its very simple to do. You can order the caddy or use double sided tape. Both will work. Here is an easy to understand video. Good luck.

Add a 2nd Hard Drive to a HP Envy 17 -3000 series laptop (3xxx) - YouTube

 

Wouldn't it be easier if he gets an intel one? Then he could use the data migration tool if he chooses?

 

HP Envy 17 with AMD Radeon HD 7850m Battlefield 3 Ultra - YouTube
Here's a video of Battlefield 3 on Ultra. Game ran very smooth. The Graphics looked amazing. FPS were around 35-45...

 

All keys on mine the same. A little different flex in the keyboard depending on key but all sounds the same.

 

BINGO!
We have a winner!




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The WIFI is freakin awesome. The range on the 2.4 GHz is outstanding and I'm getting 20 Mbps down, on the 5GHz the range seems to be a little better than average and I'm getting 15-16 Mbps down (expected it to be faster than the 2.4 GHz as it is more congested on my network). Either way these are great numbers for my WIFI network which is fairly decent and range is great.

 

Hi to everybody!

New to the forum and just got my Envy 17 3200 CTO laptop.

I was following this forum for the time I was waiting for my Envy, and I have to say I was lucky to have fast production and shipping, everything took less then two weeks, got it with no cosmetic or any other issues (actualy I just noticed that I have squeaky backspace, damn it!

Anyhow, after Asus G74, which was soooo unfinished product, this little flaw is no big deal.

I installed SSD drive, did clean OS install and found out that some things are missing and couldnt be found on hp website, like HP Media Smart which gives you that cool beats logo animation when using volume knob.

I was to lazy to make recovery discs (actualy I had only 3 empty dvd's, and that thing requires 5), so I killed everything that had to do with HP, meaning recovery and system partitions...... now I am kind of sorry....

So, do anybody have disc image of recovery disc's, or maybe a list of things missing comparing to retail OS and links to download them?

PS: Yes I know, the last one is a long shot

Thanks

 

Anyone notice that the fans get very VERY loud when gaming?

 

Place an order and have them shipped to you, that way you will not need to make them yourself.
The Quality of the disks will be the highest possible.

 

I was hoping for quick download and install, I have to wait 5 days for recovery disc's.

EDIT:

I just ordered it...

 

And what is we do 1st thing AFTER we load our OS, and BEFORE we do our updates?
Recovery disks???

OOPS,,,,,we all learn somehow, at some time,,,don't we?!

Its still good to have them on hand.

 

I thought I wont need it

 

Cool..planning to buy that game..

 

Hey has anyone tried to install Windows 8 RP on this thing yet? Any impressions? I'm contemplating loading it on up. Also for those that hate the terrible log in screen wallpaper I found a neat little tool that can swap it out for any 1080p wallpaper you prefer. It's called "win7 logon screen background changer", not a very creative name I know but, works like a charm!

 

And again, that's what he said

 

Don't know if this has been mentioned but if you hit F2 on boot HP has a bunch of diagnostic tools & other HP fun.

 

I have not been able to get it to work, but that's because I'm using TrueCrypt to protect my data in case of theft. If you are not doing encryption then you can use bootloaders. You will need to install the bootloader on the mSATA, then have it boot the main drive. You can use EasyBCD, I think.

 

little help guys, when i use the volume control or the brightness buttons, it doesn't show me the little icon that appears normally in the middle of the screen. suggestions?

 

you probably disabled hp on screen display somehow. i did that accidentally when i was trying to cut down on the startup items lol. check out msconfig under the startup tab. is it there?

 

The 3xxx series is very aggressive with notebook cooling. I'd much rather have loud fans when gaming and longer notebook life than a silent burning furnace under my fingers and palms.

 

I am pretty sure I havent installed the software/driver for it to be honest.

Also, do your Q,W,E,A,S,Z buttons have a louder more hollow press to them?

 

well i just did the min install which got rid of the 3rd party crap but kept hp.

and no hollow noises for me. only key with me is spacebar which is sticky sometimes

 

finally my 17t 3d shipped, i should have it thursday ... thanks to the CSR who had my order expedited, i really didnt want to wait until the 11th for it to leave the warehouse.

 

Can someone help me, been trying to uninstall office 12 for about 3 ing hours, but keeps saying some about need to uninstall legacy groove or microsoft groove server software, cannot find it to uninstall. Before i smash this new envy, please help

 

Mine was labeled as shipped today! I'll be getting it next Thursday. SO EXCITED!

 

Thanks! Can't wait to get mine. I'm glad I pulled the trigger on this one. It has good graphics performance and I can still do my editing on it!

 

Yeah I was pretty surprised on how well it played. Maybe with a little OC with some new Drivers you'll see FPS around the 50s. The Laptop does have a great cooling system for it...

 

Love my envy 17 so far, really glad I went with it. Everything was perfect build quality wise except for 1 dead pixel on the lower right corner. Pretty sure I'm going to send it back for a new one. Hope I'm not being too picky, but when you spend this much on a product you expect it to be perfect right?

 

HP Envy 17 With AMD Radeon HD 7850m Modern Warfare 3 Max Settings - YouTube
Here's a video of Modern Warfare 3 Maxed Out. Gameplay and Graphics were amazing. FPS never dropped below 60.

 

yo adam when u say the fps, is that with or without fraps (or w.e ur recording with) cause that makes a difference

 

Recording with Fraps the FPS was recording in the 50s. Without Fraps the FPS never dipped below 60. Even Multiplayer I got 60FPS... When I say on the videos I post, I'm saying the FPS without Fraps recording...