Review of My Qosmio X505-Q892

This is a review that I did back over on Overclock.net a while back. Been trying to find it for a while. I've started a fair number of threads over there and I'm fairly active (points to post count), so you can understand how it took me a month for find it.

The current specs are as follows: (Specs are different in the review.)

Toshiba Qosmio X505-Q892 (As of Thursday, March 8th, 2012)
- Intel Core i5-460 @ 2.53Ghz - Boosts up to 2.8Ghz in games.
- 8GB G.Skill (2x4GB) DDR3 1066
- 1.5GB GTX 460M - Overclocked @ 750/1500/3200 ( Vantage GPU score: 8528)
- 120GB OCZ Vertex 2 SSD - Boot drive + 2 games. (WoT and Tribes: Ascend)
- 500GB Samsung 7200RPM HDD - Entirely Data and Games.
- 18.4" Glossy LED Screen @ 1680x945
-Thermal Paste replaced with IC7 + mesh vent covers removed.
-Swapped out regular keyboard and installed a backlit one from Ebay.

And I'll be making an ending review of the machine as I part from the Qosmio line with an honest yet sad smile, I'm going to cry when I part with this thing. Things have come up and I am forced to find a buyer. Thankfully a friend of mine is more than willing to purchase it from me in about a month. Can't get much better for $600.

This machine was amazing. It still is. But nonetheless, here's the review in all it's glory!

Toshiba Qosmio Line - X505-Q892

Make sure you have a decent connection. Fair number of pics.

 

Great Review!!!

Keep up the good work

 

-Swapped out regular keyboard and installed a backlit one from Ebay.
Hey, buddy, how you did this? I have a Toshiba Qosmio X505 Q892 too and I really want a Backlit keyboard but I was afraid it was impossible! How can I make it possible? ;P

Thanks and nice review!

 

They make keyboards for the Q892 and I just had to search around on ebay to find one. There's a little connector that's unused on the motherboard, right next to the connector for the keyboard itself.