I'm pulling the trigger... wish me luck..

I've heard a lot of horror stories and things not working, being too hot, etc, on this HP Envy 15 series (2nd Gen)... I'm hoping that most of them are just unlucky errors because HP is such a large company... because I just ordered my Envy 15.

Well.. by ordered I mean bought through Ebay from a power seller but... Same difference.

I'll be sure to post a lengthy "unboxing" video when it is received and perhaps a lengthy review of my first impressions when it arrives.

Cheers!
(Please HP gods... let it work perfectly)

 

If what people told me on this forum is correct, the hp envy 15 only gets too hot with the core i7 cpu, while the one with the i5 cpu should run just fine.

 

I recently got mine and could not be happier. No problems one week in and is absolutely a monster for just about anything I throw at it.

 

Oh good... specs are listed below:

i5-540M Processor (3.06Ghz Turbo I believe)
1080P Screen (1920x1080 Resolution) Antiglare
4GB Ram
ATI 5830 1GB GPU
320GB 5400RPM drive (This will likely be replaced by a SSD eventually)

Also will likely purchase the Slim battery through HP, perhaps with some sort of coupon/special in the future. Does the 9 cell slim fit the 1st and 2nd generations the same? So I could buy one for the 1st and it'd fit my 2nd generation?

Gahhh... I'm nervous. Great price though, got it for $1400 CAD after total with shipping. Might be a charge at border ($100~) to get it into country too. Depends.

*crosses fingers*

 

Yes, the cases for the machines are identical, as are the batteries.

Good luck I've been very happy with mine so far. Only issue I had was the dang GPU heatsink wasn't properly mated, so I was getting 80-90C temperatures while gaming. Reseated it with an appropriate amount of thermal grease (instead of WAY too much) and now I'm getting 60-70C, 73 max while overclocked to 550/1000 (max clocks I get in the "very stable" region)

 

Mines coming with

i5-430M
4GB mem
2x Intel 160GB SSD (320GB)
1920x1080 glossy

Due May 10. I'm in the same boat, good luck to both of us.


My first tasks will be performance and power testing of the i5-430M, clean install, swap to i5-540M, same set of performance and power tests (in addition, stability) then play with it.

Then I will do long term performance testing of the 2x 160gb intel SSD setup, to compare/contrast having them as separate disks for TRIM support.

 

Congrats. Good specs.

I definitely recommend the SSD upgrade - it's well worth it. I really like my Envy (and I liked my first one with the Matte screen ... just got a better deal with that $450 coupon, and got G2s instead of G1s).

 

Ahh Dave you finally caved
Good luck on your purchase. If you really don't mind the average battery life, it really is an exceptional laptop. Congrats.