I read that the Audio Driver ( IDT High-Definition (HD) Audio Driver HP ENVY 17-3277nr Notebook PC - HP Customer Care (United States - English)) contains the beats audio software, so it should work.
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Anyone's laptop ship yet? I did order until the 6th and I was wondering if anyone is getting their laptop shipped out early.
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i ordered mine on monday? or was it sunday, the day it came out and its still in production estimated ship time is june 12
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For those of you looking to get a SSD and install it yourself, here is a pretty good deal on a 240gb drive
Sandisk Extreme III SSD & Memory Sale: 240GB SSD $180, 32GB 45MB/s SDHC Memory $45, 32GB 30MB/s microSDHC Memory $28, 64GB 30MB/s microSDXC Memory $60 & More + Free shipping - Amazon.com Deals, Coupons and Promos
Per Sorid on SD Forum:
While you may not notice it in everyday use, this drive is faster than the Crucial m4. The Sandisk is the so-called "Tier 1" with Toggle NAND:
http://www.tomshardware.com/revie...194-6.html
The Crucial's been around longer and has a strong track record (except for OS X usage). This drive, not as long but so far it's been great (some people have sworn off Sandforce controllers and this one has one, but Sandisk seems to have the solid firmware in it). Personally, I think this drive at $180 kills the m4 at $180 as far as value goes.
The Samsung has been around longer than the Sandisk, shorter than the m4, and experiences have it as very stable. Samsung makes its own NAND and controller. Its overall performance is similar to the Sandisk -- you probably wouldn't notice an advantage unless you transcode a lot of video on it (Samsung is slower at some tasks, but very fast with incompressible data). With yesterday's 830 benchmark at $200 minus $10 w/Visa or $12 with Mr. Rebates, I think it's a a matter or preference. -
One questions, when you say drivers, does that means it install all the drivers for the extra goodies, like the proximity sensor, blutooth, hybrid hardrive etc. -
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This is probably the very first thing I'll do when I turn it on. I don't care for Norton, Photoshop or any other programs they pre-install.
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Thanks!
P.S. To those going for the deal you mentioned, if you're willing to go through a small hassle, you can follow the directions here: ( SanDisk Extreme SSD 120gb at $74.99 and 240gb at $149.99 on Staples AC PM to Amazon - Slickdeals.net) to get it for ~$149.99 from staples. You do have to buy a $25 off $100 staples coupon from a place like e-junkie though and get them to PM the Amazon deal. For me, tax spoils that deal so I'm not going to go through that hassel, but I'd thought I'd let you guys who have low sales tax rates and are willing to pursue a deal know. -
How easy is it to do a clean install with these laptops? It was a nightmare with Sony.
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Anybody know if the HDD/SSD interface is Sata 1,2 or 3? I intend to upgrade to an SSD when I get my laptop but if the interface doesnt support the speeds, no real point in getting the fastest possible SSD drive.
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Also, for anyone looking for an SSD recommendation, I don't think there's a better drive on the market for the money than this:
Newegg.com - Corsair Force Series GT CSSD-F240GBGT-BK 2.5" 240GB SATA III MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD)
If you can get away with only a 240GB boot drive, that's an amazing SSD. Much higher performance than any other MLC SSD I've seen. Even those Samsung SSDs. I don't know the quality of the SandForce controllers, but the reviews are great.
Also, open question to the forum: I'm probably going to install that SSD in place of the optical drive. I don't really use CDs much anyway. Anyone know if the optical drive can be taken out and put in a USB caddy to be made external? If not, no problem. I can make ISOs of everything on my old VAIO.
Also, I ordered my ENVY 15 on the 6th, and its estimated ship date is the 15th. It's in production right now. -
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ssds are dropping in price rapidly, just 4 months ago, they were abve 1$/gb, i think its down to .8$/gb? idk there was a good 512 ssd for $400 just the other week. I think ima wait till back to school times hopefully by then its like .6-.7$/gb
. btw guys im thinking about the new dell xps, its a slimmer machine with not htat much performance lsot
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Hello all, like Krugoh mentioned earlier I was wondering if the Ivy Bridge i5 3210 vs i7 3610 will run cooler? Also, will I take a hit on gaming because of going with the i5? Thanks all.
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They actually are identical as far as the plugs and cables look. However, the cables and motherboard port should be clearly marked which type they are. It'll be obvious. The reason I said not to mix them up is because they are physically identical, so it's easy to mix up if you aren't being careful. -
This may see like a stupid question but would it be better to match up the size of the memory sticks for dual channel if it even takes advantage of that? I ordered the 6gb version and was planning on upgrading the memory but not sure what would be a good amount of memory. I already ordered the sandisk ssd. So trying to find a sweetspot for memory size. I have 16gb on my desktop i7 but never come anywhere near using that much memory. Should i look for ddr3 sodimm 1600 in any particular brand or just go with corsair, kingston, etc.
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Hi everyone,
I'm going to buy the Envy 15 and was wondering whether I really needed the i7-3610QM. I will be gaming (Skyrim, max payne etc.) and was thinking of going for the dual core i5 instead and using the saved money on the Hybrid Hard Drive. Will the i5 be sufficient for most games and not be a bottleneck? Also, will the Hybrid Hard Drive give a noticeable speed boost?
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My Envy 15-32xx has shipped
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The 13th June.
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My estimated ship date was June 12th!
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Anyone have a clean install guide for these laptops?
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Well, my tracking number is active now! Estimated delivery on June 14th!
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Delivery on the 14th here as well.
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da hell?!?!?! what did u guys order (specwise) that its shipped already
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Mine's scheduled for the 13th
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Good point. It probably does come with a driver disk.
But more importantly, your motherboard assigns ONE voltage rating to ALL of your RAM. Which means, if the two modules are different voltages, the motherboard would put the rating of the lower speed RAM on both. This could mean under-rating the higher speed module (if it is, in fact, higher voltage) which could cause that RAM to underperform (or even malfunction). Even worse (if for some reason the slower RAM has a higher voltage), you could overrate your higher speed RAM and burn it out.
In short, I wouldn't recommend doing that. The above explanation is why.
In fact, I'm waiting to get my ENVY in before I buy another module, just so I can be 100% certain that I'm matching voltages properly. Modern RAM is probably all the same voltage, but I'm going to be safe. The RAM can probably vary .1V and not malfunction, but I'm playing it safe nonetheless. -
For those curious, I'm shopping for RAM right now. I'm looking at this Corsair module:
Newegg.com - CORSAIR Vengeance 8GB 204-Pin DDR3 SO-DIMM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Laptop Memory Model CMSX8GX3M1A1600C10
It has two reviews--one good and one bad. The one bad came from a Mac user, so he probably didn't put it in correctly. I'll disregard his review. Otherwise, the other review had fantastic things to say about it.
That's an 8GB module, so I'll replace the 2GB one with this, granted they are the same timing and power rating. 10-10-10-27 is a fairly common timing for 1600 Mhz, as is a 1.5V rating. We'll see when the laptop comes in. If anyone gets it sooner and feels like cracking theirs open to see the RAM, feel free to post the link to the stock RAM HP uses here. I'd be interested for matching purposes.
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anyone with this same config whose has already shipped??? (i ordered 6/3 btw)
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Another person claiming 1333Mhz RAM. You guys must have ordered it before they took that down as an option. Right now, the only RAM option is 1600Mhz. I would recommend calling HP and telling them to upgrade you (assuming it's free). Who wouldn't want faster RAM?
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, idk why i try to attempt to communicate through sales reps... the moron just opened up my order listing and copy pasted
"You will be getting an • 8GB 1333MHz DDR3 System Memory (2 Dimm) with your order"
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well i contacted tech support and they said i would be getting the 1333 mhz, i could "upgrade it to 1600" but that would have to go through sales and I would have to cancel the current order (cause mine is already in production) and place a new one... the price would also prolly go up. I decided not to do that because 8 gb should be fine for me right now, I plan on upgrading to 16/32 gb in the future so it would be pointless in me putting more in.
I did ask her about the screen. she said "its a new panel so it prolly wont have the same color issues" so then i asked for the model number and she like oh we dont got that we just got specs, so i asked for that and she read me "15.6-inch diagonal Radiance Full HD Infinity LED-backlit Display (1920 x 1080)" so again prolly more than likely the old panel, she said i could get the fix for it online from their website and they did have the 21 day return policy if i didnt like it.....
seriously hp, thats suppose to be tech support? LOL im wondering whether i should just return the warranty i got lol, i would prolly be better off troubleshooting my problems than handing it to the "techs"
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