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Chassis & Display
SkyFire: 14" Matte HD+ LED Widescreen (1600x900)
Processor (CPU)
Intel® Core™i5 Dual Core Mobile Processor i5-4210M (2.60GHz) 3MB
Memory (RAM)
8GB KINGSTON HYPER-X IMPACT 1600MHz SODIMM DDR3 (1 x 8GB)
Graphics Card
NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 850M - 2.0GB DDR5 Video RAM - DirectX® 11
1st Hard Disk
500GB SERIAL ATA II 2.5" HARD DRIVE WITH 8MB CACHE (5,400rpm)
Memory Card Reader
Integrated 2 in 1 Memory Card Reader (SD, MMC)
Thermal Paste
STANDARD THERMAL PASTE FOR SUFFICIENT COOLING
Sound Card
Intel 2 Channel High Definition Audio + MIC/Headphone Jack
Wireless/Wired Networking
GIGABIT LAN & WIRELESS 802.11N CARD INC. BLUETOOTH 3.0
USB Options
2 x USB 3.0 PORTS + 1 x USB 2.0 PORT AS STANDARD
Battery
SkyFire 14" Series 6 Cell Lithium Ion Battery
Power Cable
1 x UK Power Lead & 90W AC Adaptor
Keyboard Language
INTEGRATED 11.6"/14" MSI UK KEYBOARD
Operating System
NO OPERATING SYSTEM REQUIRED
DVD Recovery Media
NO DVD RECOVERY MEDIA REQUIRED
Office Software
NO OFFICE SOFTWARE
Anti-Virus
NO ANTI-VIRUS SOFTWARE
Browser
Google Chrome™
Mouse
INTEGRATED 2 BUTTON TOUCHPAD MOUSE
Webcam
INTEGRATED 3.0 MEGAPIXEL WEBCAM
Warranty
3 Year Silver Warranty (1 Year Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour)
Delivery
STANDARD INSURED DELIVERY TO UK MAINLAND (MON-FRI)
Build Time
Standard Build - Approximately 7 to 9 working days
Quantity
1
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Processed Date 14-11-2014
Pre-Production Date 18-11-2014
Build Date 20-11-2014
Test Date 24-11-2014
QC Date 25-11-2014
Awaiting Dispatch Date 25-11-2014
Dispatch Date 25-11-2014
Thought it would be standard practice to do a quick run down of my experience, so here goes:
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PC Specialist Service:
No complaints. i heard about the infamous pre-production stage, but I think I may have been extremely lucky as this was over very quickly, everything was snappy and sharpish.
The Laptop itself:
Chassis;
Build quality seems acceptable overall, the panel which the keyboard sits in feels pretty flimsy though, the screen can flex with not much effort, which actually worries me a little, im not actually how strong the screen is to pokes (its been A HELL OF ALOT OF TIMES BY IGNORANT FRIENDS). The speakers arent great, which is to be expected; the 900p screen is nice and displays colours nicely imo. Keyboard is good, i like it alot, its no premium keyboard ofcourse but its good. Mousepad sucks, theres much worse out there dont get me wrong but this isnt good by a long shot, use a mouse. Airflow i'd say is above average but when gaming it gets LOOUD, but loud is better than hot for me. 14" screen makes portability very feasible.
Performance;
Performance is....... EXEMPLARY; every game ive tried so far runs at least on 900p, high settings with 30fps, general windows performance is good (only held back by my 5400rpm hdd which will be replaced by this time next year), the 850m is truly a capable card, performs like 750 Ti, the i5 4210M is no slouch either, ive only ever hit full cpu load once and that was when i was compiling lighting in unreal engine 4; and ive played AC:U on it.
Overall for £553 i got one hell of a bargain, no way i'd get this kind of performance for that price elsewhere, i think its a good buy and im hoping it will keep in games until 2018, not neccesarilly 900p 60fps, but it will hold for a while
question to other skyfire iv owners: how strong is the 900p screen? my friends keep poking it no matter how much i b*tch at them, thanks
SkyFire: 14" Matte HD+ LED Widescreen (1600x900)
Processor (CPU)
Intel® Core™i5 Dual Core Mobile Processor i5-4210M (2.60GHz) 3MB
Memory (RAM)
8GB KINGSTON HYPER-X IMPACT 1600MHz SODIMM DDR3 (1 x 8GB)
Graphics Card
NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 850M - 2.0GB DDR5 Video RAM - DirectX® 11
1st Hard Disk
500GB SERIAL ATA II 2.5" HARD DRIVE WITH 8MB CACHE (5,400rpm)
Memory Card Reader
Integrated 2 in 1 Memory Card Reader (SD, MMC)
Thermal Paste
STANDARD THERMAL PASTE FOR SUFFICIENT COOLING
Sound Card
Intel 2 Channel High Definition Audio + MIC/Headphone Jack
Wireless/Wired Networking
GIGABIT LAN & WIRELESS 802.11N CARD INC. BLUETOOTH 3.0
USB Options
2 x USB 3.0 PORTS + 1 x USB 2.0 PORT AS STANDARD
Battery
SkyFire 14" Series 6 Cell Lithium Ion Battery
Power Cable
1 x UK Power Lead & 90W AC Adaptor
Keyboard Language
INTEGRATED 11.6"/14" MSI UK KEYBOARD
Operating System
NO OPERATING SYSTEM REQUIRED
DVD Recovery Media
NO DVD RECOVERY MEDIA REQUIRED
Office Software
NO OFFICE SOFTWARE
Anti-Virus
NO ANTI-VIRUS SOFTWARE
Browser
Google Chrome™
Mouse
INTEGRATED 2 BUTTON TOUCHPAD MOUSE
Webcam
INTEGRATED 3.0 MEGAPIXEL WEBCAM
Warranty
3 Year Silver Warranty (1 Year Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour)
Delivery
STANDARD INSURED DELIVERY TO UK MAINLAND (MON-FRI)
Build Time
Standard Build - Approximately 7 to 9 working days
Quantity
1
-
Processed Date 14-11-2014
Pre-Production Date 18-11-2014
Build Date 20-11-2014
Test Date 24-11-2014
QC Date 25-11-2014
Awaiting Dispatch Date 25-11-2014
Dispatch Date 25-11-2014
Thought it would be standard practice to do a quick run down of my experience, so here goes:
-
PC Specialist Service:
No complaints. i heard about the infamous pre-production stage, but I think I may have been extremely lucky as this was over very quickly, everything was snappy and sharpish.
The Laptop itself:
Chassis;
Build quality seems acceptable overall, the panel which the keyboard sits in feels pretty flimsy though, the screen can flex with not much effort, which actually worries me a little, im not actually how strong the screen is to pokes (its been A HELL OF ALOT OF TIMES BY IGNORANT FRIENDS). The speakers arent great, which is to be expected; the 900p screen is nice and displays colours nicely imo. Keyboard is good, i like it alot, its no premium keyboard ofcourse but its good. Mousepad sucks, theres much worse out there dont get me wrong but this isnt good by a long shot, use a mouse. Airflow i'd say is above average but when gaming it gets LOOUD, but loud is better than hot for me. 14" screen makes portability very feasible.
Performance;
Performance is....... EXEMPLARY; every game ive tried so far runs at least on 900p, high settings with 30fps, general windows performance is good (only held back by my 5400rpm hdd which will be replaced by this time next year), the 850m is truly a capable card, performs like 750 Ti, the i5 4210M is no slouch either, ive only ever hit full cpu load once and that was when i was compiling lighting in unreal engine 4; and ive played AC:U on it.
Overall for £553 i got one hell of a bargain, no way i'd get this kind of performance for that price elsewhere, i think its a good buy and im hoping it will keep in games until 2018, not neccesarilly 900p 60fps, but it will hold for a while
question to other skyfire iv owners: how strong is the 900p screen? my friends keep poking it no matter how much i b*tch at them, thanks