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This is a new experience. I've had this Vortex laptop 4.5 years now but about 6 months ago I stopped using it. I resurrected it today and at the end of the day put it to 'sleep'. After entering sleep mode and seeing the keyboard illumination go off and the mouse-led turn off and the fans stop...

For example on the Enigma VIII the top CPU currently is the i7-7Y75 rather than the new Amber Lake i7-8500Y. As I'm considering buying an Enigma I wanted to know if/when the new processors are due. I believe they only came out in September.

I'm considering getting one of these but am feeling a bit unsure due to my past experience of PCS laptops and their relationship between heat and fan noise. My current PCS laptop will exceed 100°C core temp in a few seconds if I let the CPU go into turbo mode and the fans sound like a 747. So...

In an attempt to keep my laptop quiet, I'm willing to sacrifice power massively so I'm wondering how low I can go in terms of CPU that will still fit in the same chipset/MB that I currently have with my i7-4910MQ. I'm assuming that a really low-stressed slow CPU will not need to trigger the...

Obviously the keyboard keypress and/or mouse click can wake it up, but what other things? Mouse movement definitely doesn't wake it up. I prefer to make it sleep rather than hibernate (hibernation is disabled, to save having a 32GB file saved each time). After choosing Win 7 Start menu then...

I was under the impression it had four slots, but opening the little panel on the bottom, and I only see two slots. However, when I look in CPU-Z, I see 4 slots. Maybe that's just because the program is designed to always have 4 in the dropdown menu. So the two memory cards I have in there are...

My Vortex currently has Kingston HyperX "Impact" memory in it, but they don't do 4x8GB kits. They don't seem to think any laptops in the world have more than two slots or want more than 16GB of memory. Their other "PC" memory (Fury, Savage, Predator) all do, but not the Impact. I don't want to...

When I run the Windows 7 Experience Index I get mid-to-high 7's for all benchmarks, but for graphics I get 5.9. It's been suggested to me that I shouldn't worry, it's just "using the onboard graphics for its tests". But recently I was using Adobe Lightroom 6 and had serious performance issues...

I got my Vortex IV July 2014 and ordered the 2.9GHz i7-4910QM. Looking in CPU-Z, the CPU identifies itself as exactly that. But the clocks core speed identifies as 3790.95MHz and shows a multiplier of 38 against a bus speed of 99.86MHz. That sure looks overclocked to me. I've looked in the BIOS...

I'm wondering if anyone has replaced the loud fan(s) in their Vortex laptop and had success? I'm really getting sick of how loud they are, and the fact that they come on when I'm seeing 85-90% CPU idle in the task manager. It's not like I'm even challenging it to do much. Not only that, I've got...

Hi, I'm not reporting a problem, just a bit of a query. I've noticed that when I leave my laptop alone and its CPU usage goes down to nearly zero, the fan isn't running. As soon as I start doing anything like a virus scan or copying a few Gig of data to/from different drives (basically enough...

Loving my new laptop, important bits of the spec: One question though, I wonder why my new 4th gen i7 laptop's Windows Aero performance is slower than my 2nd gen i7 desktop. The new laptop has a faster/newer-gen processor running on faster memory with a much much better graphics card (GTX870M...

I was going to go for 16GB but decided I'd limit to 8GB. It's using a single 1x8GB so I'll have the spare slots. Note: is there any way I can make 100% sure they really stick to that order promise and don't use up slots with 2 x 4GB or even worse 4 x 2GB, limiting my future expansion...

I've been running Samsung 830's for a few years and very pleased with them. I'm about to buy a Vortex IV with two 1TB Samsung 840's. Looking at benchmarks I see that the 840's are around a third better in performance tests, so I'm expecting to be pretty happy with them. Looking at the benchmark...

When I built my current PC in March 2011, I went for the most powerful SSD's I could get (Samsung 830's) and the most powerful (but sensibly priced) processor I could get, an i7-2600K. It's now 3 years and 4 months later, and the SSD's don't seem to have moved on. The configurator here at PCS...

Sadly not. You get to choose which type of additional gpu you want, but not whether you want one.

Here are the specs, the Optimus V against the Vortex IV. For my extra €700 (about £550) I get: - An extra graphics card, which I don't need if the Optimus V can already do dual monitor. - Intel 5.1 audio, which I don't care about, basic stereo is fine for me. - An extra USB 3.0 port (OK, that's...

I'm hoping some kind person here can tell me what I want. I configured both an Optimus V and a Vortex IV and the Vortex is about 500 quid more expensive for as near identical spec as is possible. I'll happily pay 500 quid more if I'm getting that in value, but I'm not sure where that value is...

Is it possible to order a laptop from PCS with UK VAT not applied to it ? I'm in Germany, and self-employed (German VAT registered). I understand (from others) that trying to claim back UK VAT is a considerable pain in the backside. Personally, when I was issuing invoices to a UK company for...

1. I've read here about a silent/fanless version of the Mini PC, what do I have to do to get that? Is there a max processor speed allowed? 2. Do any of the graphics cards available in the mini pc offer dual monitor output ? 3. Is there any way I can get an i7-2600K-3.4GHz processor rather than...