**OFFICIAL W860CU/NP8690 Owners Lounge**

Dayum, 330? that's Apple quality.

 

I never knew it was 330 nits, that's impressive. What brand is the display?

 

WOOT!
My laptop could arrive within 24 hours!
It will arrive within 24-34 hours

 

haha so you might get it on Tuesday? Dude you paid overnight shipping and I did standard ground, that's hilarious.

 

Nah, 24hours would be 9AM monday, 34 would be 7PM monday
I almost went to pick it up today, but then forgot which area it was in and couldnt be bothered.

 

I thought you were super excited? If it was near by you should have made the drive to get it. Well mine gets here on Wednesday, I've already got some copper blocks that just got here today that I plan on adding to the i7 heatsink to help cool it even more.

 

Lock and load, boys and girls. T-minus 72 hours until the Asus/Clevo war begins.

 

Yea super excited but since it's coming within 24 hours, not worth driving back 20 minutes(after a funeral I was at) getting the location, then driving there with the possibility of not being able to pick it up as it is only pickupable by my friend, as it is being delivered to him.
Also I mean 12-22 hours, lol
I think Im going to head off to sleep, I really cant wait anymore, sleep may help!
I swear today I spent a lot of the day just looking at pics, and reading over the kobalt benchmarks 50times. If I read correctly the 820qm is more powerful then the qx9300, good

 

If I play my cards right, I may just get my hands on a 820QM for $200. Any one of you fine gentlemen want one?

 

See that could've saved me $
If I can return my cpu ill take it
If its free Ill take it
If my CPU breaks from attempting to overclock Ill take it
-----edit-----
If I can sell it on Ebay Ill take it

 

I'm not 100% sure if I can land it yet. But right now, the possibility of me getting it is greatly in my favor. If I do buy it, I'll resell it to one of you guys.

You won't be able to overclock any CPU outside of the Turbo Boost range on the W860CU.

 

Soviet I said attempt
Also, you think xoticpc will accept the CPU only in the 30day moneyback?
Thatd be great.
Also, you think youll get a connection for the gtx380? id use it for sure, and give you 10% commision

 

I'm pretty sure that the 30 day no questions asked warranty means you would need to return the entire notebook to them. Also, XoticPC or any Sager reseller will not configure a Clevo notebook without the CPU.

 

K.
Is it ok with you if I sold it on ebay
I assume no.
Looks like I have little purpose, is it possible(laughing while typing this) to hook a mobile cpu up to a computer? Thats a good price for the power for a desktop cpu

 

Is it okay with me if you sold the CPU or the notebook on eBay?

No, it is not possible.

 

The CPU that I buy from you

 

After I sell the CPU, I would have no attachment to it. You can do whatever you want with it.

 

Do you think I will be able to sell it for more than $200 soviet?

------edit------
Could I sell it first, then you just ship it to them? Then I give you the $200. Ebay does allow that.

 

An OEM 820QM sells for around $600. An ES 820QM sells for around $400. You would make a good deal if you can sell it again for over $300.

I don't dropship. My reason is because I would be responsible for any problems that would arise during transit.

 

Then for me it doesnt make much sense, as shipping it to canada insured would most likley cost $100(for canada you need to use express shipping, or they charge brokerage fees).
Is this a ES or a OEM?

 

OEM. 10char

 

Ill have to think about it, as I already have the cpu if you end up getting it for $200 it may just make more sense for you to sell it to someone else who needs it.Any decision on the thermal paste yet?

 

If I do get the 820QM, I will be selling it for $300.

I posted an update on the COG announcements. You are first in line as you never handled thermal paste before, which I find somewhat surprising. You will most likely be the recipient when I ship it out on Thursday.

 

I've never handled it as I've never needed to.
I'll take that as a compliment

 

I actually meant that as an insult.

I think you mean to say you never "wanted" to. Thermal paste is an essential factor in efficient component cooling. Yes, a component can operate just fine without changing the thermal paste, but it is better to take the step and properly reapply quality paste.

You will be finding yourself changing the thermal paste frequently during your first few weeks of owning your first performance notebook as I can tell you are a benchmarker about to be born. Many of us started out this way when we first owned our first performance notebook, including myself six years ago.

 

Can I take that as a compliment?
Also my laptop before stayed below 50c at all times, really amazing.

 

You can take it as a compliment, but you'll look retarded doing so, haha.

I'll spare you the request for details regarding your previous notebook.

 

Wed evening would be great. I'll have my Clevo setup by then. I got dibs on killing Sach.

 

Whats happening in asus/clevo wars?
I'll pull out my hacks while doing so! (joking... or am I?)
It was a HP somethingnc6230.
I have no idea how it stayed so cool, but it did.

 

watcha mean killing sach? uve already masacred me, my notebook and my dignity...

 

The reason why your HP/Compaq NC6230 stayed cool is because it is from my M38AW's generation. The Pentium M's back in the day ran a whole lot cooler than the Core and Core 2 CPU's. Also, you had an ATi X300 in that notebook and that thing barely produced any heat.

 

We didn't do that. You did that to yourself.

 

YES, I would love one, that's REALLY cheap. I get paid next week too!

 

I've had three of them for various duties over the past 3 years, 1 has got Chi Mei Optoelectronics which I got just after launch. But also had a Toshiba and Samsung in the others. Samsung was the better screen but brightness wise they were all the same.

 

CONCORD, ON, CA 11/09/2009 6:49 A.M. OUT FOR DELIVERY
WOOT!
Im going to call my friend now

 

Sov Sun, won't you have any chance of getting an OEM 920XM again?

 

yay Im typing on it as we speak
Windows 7 took 20 minutes to install, no dead pixels
One problem, seem to have gotten the wrong disaply
Any way to double check? When I go to set my resolution highest available is 1600x900.

 

Download Everest and check.. Here's an example.

http://www.lonestardigital.com/LCD_Panels/Everest_screenshot_showing_maximum_resolution.gif

Download - http://www.lavalys.com/products.php?lang=en&page=11

 

Nvidia control panel allowed me to set it to 1920x1080
I havn't used a windows laptop in around a year, whats the new best temp monitor?
Ive noticed where you keep your hand to type its a bit warm, but nothing uncomforutuble.
CSS-120fps everything maxed out filter AA
Launches in aproximatley .5 seconds

 

Unable to view game info, nothing shows in the windows that opens. Steam resolution seems slightly messed up.
I cant launch games as the window that opens is a tiny cube, any advice?
So far extremely happy with this laptop

 

Awesome! Glad you got your display worked out. I use SpeedFan to monitor temps, not sure if it's the "best", but it works for me.

SpeedFan - http://www.almico.com/speedfan439.exe

 

Any suggestion for my game problem? Will take screenshot

 

Screenshot will help. I'd try different drivers, which version did you install? Not the beta ones that were recently posted, I would hope...

 

Pics, pics, pics. Even though we know what it looks like do some pics..

 

Forgot to install nvidia updated drivers, just installed the ones from the disk
Ill do that now and yes will post pics babyhemi soon enough

 

Anyone want specific tests done before I do my review?

^^^
Idle temps, intersted that it reads the cpu with 8 cores

 

Nope. One time favors are only one time favors. I just had the pleasure of breaking the language barrier with shirleyfu1117 on eBay. I don't think we are going to see any ES 920XM's anytime soon. My original expectation of it showing up near the end of November is bust. As of now, I haven't the slightest idea of when it will show up. And if it does, there will be a whole lot of people bidding on it because of the really high demand for it right now.

Goddamn, I come on for a few minutes to check on my email and spybenj already has his notebook this early in the morning? Incredible.

 

Well, if you turn HT off in the bios, that'll make it show only four cores, but with HT enabled, even device manager is going to show 8 cpu's.

 

Turning of hyperthreading, will it add battery life?
And soviet I paid for express shipping, I got the laptop around 11AM

 

I seriously doubt it. If it did, it would probably be measurable only in seconds.