stunewland
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This is the first laptop I've bought from PC Specialist, and I'm really pleased with it.
Here's the headline specs:
Chassis & Display Octane Series: 15.6" Matte Full HD IPS LED Widescreen (1920x1080)
Processor (CPU) Intel® Core™i7 Quad Core Processor i7-6700k (4.0GHz) 8MB Cache
Memory (RAM) 16GB HyperX IMPACT 2133MHz SODI
MM DDR4 (2 x 8GB)
Graphics Card NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 1060 - 6.0GB GDDR5 Video RAM - DirectX® 12.1, G-SYNC
Memory - Hard Disk NOT REQUIRED
M.2 SSD Drive 128GB SAMSUNG SM951 M.2, PCIe NVMe (up to 2000MB/R, 650MB/W)
Good spec components mean the machine flies - it boots fast, and works well even under heavy load with Office, Lightroom, PS and a game open.
Having only had Dell laptop's before, I was a bit concerned about what the quality of the chassis - but I've been presently surprised. It feel very solid, the key board is great to type on and the track pad responds really well. The speakers produce a good quality of sound (but aren't very loud).
Itis big and heavy - but that's ok, I was expecting that, and it's a something I'm willing to put up with for these internals.
My only one area of concern is that the screen back light is fairly uneven - with some bright patches extending from the screen edge into the screen, especially near the corners (see photo - a black powerpoint slide, with screen set to 50% brightness, taken on my phone with no editing). I'm going to contact PC Specialist about this.
Overall I'm really happy with this machine.
Here's the headline specs:
Chassis & Display Octane Series: 15.6" Matte Full HD IPS LED Widescreen (1920x1080)
Processor (CPU) Intel® Core™i7 Quad Core Processor i7-6700k (4.0GHz) 8MB Cache
Memory (RAM) 16GB HyperX IMPACT 2133MHz SODI
MM DDR4 (2 x 8GB)Graphics Card NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 1060 - 6.0GB GDDR5 Video RAM - DirectX® 12.1, G-SYNC
Memory - Hard Disk NOT REQUIRED
M.2 SSD Drive 128GB SAMSUNG SM951 M.2, PCIe NVMe (up to 2000MB/R, 650MB/W)
Good spec components mean the machine flies - it boots fast, and works well even under heavy load with Office, Lightroom, PS and a game open.
Having only had Dell laptop's before, I was a bit concerned about what the quality of the chassis - but I've been presently surprised. It feel very solid, the key board is great to type on and the track pad responds really well. The speakers produce a good quality of sound (but aren't very loud).
Itis big and heavy - but that's ok, I was expecting that, and it's a something I'm willing to put up with for these internals.
My only one area of concern is that the screen back light is fairly uneven - with some bright patches extending from the screen edge into the screen, especially near the corners (see photo - a black powerpoint slide, with screen set to 50% brightness, taken on my phone with no editing). I'm going to contact PC Specialist about this.
Overall I'm really happy with this machine.