HP Envy 15 1st gen questions

Hi guys,

I've got a great offer for buying a used 1st generation Envy 15, dirt cheap.

However, I was wondering if heat management and battery life has improved with driver- and BIOS updates over time.

In short, has any of the points of criticism that the Envy originally received been improved with driver and BIOS updates?

Thanks in advance

David

 

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10char

 

Hello there and welcome to the NBR Forums!

I am a 1st Gen Envy owner, having one from the first batch. I am a happy owner.

Heat depends a lot where you live (weather temps), the usage you are giving the laptop and where it is placed.

If managed properly and cleaned the laptop runs at good normal temps, hovering in the mid to high 40s or low 50s. Under load expect a 60-70 temp and under full 100% load over time, 90 is the max I've reached, being core 0 the only one to reach 91C (doing a render).

Performance is incredible, but battery life is not. Don't get me wrong, if I run it with no WiFi, screen fully dimmed and light usage as in word, I can get 3 hours and listening to music with iTunes. More than that out of the 6 cell is impossible IMHO. But considering the i7, the GPU and the WUXGA display it is not bad at all, paired with a 7200RPM drive. If IGP and SSD were in my laptop, it would last longer, but no complaints here.

The latest F19 BIOS has the fan running at lower RPMs therefore it might rise a little the temp, but at least you cant even feel it is there most of the time. At boot up the fans used to turn at full speed and the lower, now it doesnt, therefore you dont get a taking off plane each time you fire the Envy up.

Hope this helps!

Let me know if I can help you with anything else, and don't hesitate to visit the Owners Lounge for the Envy.

 

I live in Denmark and temperatures rarely exceeds 30 degrees celcius/86 degrees fahrenheit in the summertime.

I'm coming from a MacBook Pro 13", which attains 7-8 hours of battery life, so adjusting to carrying the power brick around all the time won't be easy.

I've had my MBP go +90 degrees celcius plenty of times while gaming, stupid thing only has one fan and it runs ALL THE TIME as soon as you put a little load on it.

 

Battery life is nowhere near a MBP, sorry, a little price to pay for all that power we had inside.

When gaming I have seen my 4830HD reach only 78-80C and the CPU sub 70C, thats all funs (the three of them) running when the laptop is lying on top of my stomach. lol quite comfortable sometimes.