*HP ENVY 17 & 17 3D (2XXX series) Owners Lounge*

[MagusDraco]

there aren't many (or any? I'm not sure) 1TB 7200 rpm hard-drives, so that's why they aren't being offered

there IS an option for a SSD and 640 GB 7200rpm hdd but that's like $600 more.

[frankieo11]

Well that right there is the reason I cant order one now. No 7200rpm hard drive. HP you have to be kidding me.

[dlleno]

I think its a supply problem. the 7200 is available with the SSD but they are not offering singles.

[SpartanJet]

Some quick 3DMark scores and basic temps for you guys. I'm really impressed with this notebook.

Idle temps (for about 30 minutes) before I run anything:


By spartanjet at 2011-03-22

3DMark06:


By spartanjet at 2011-03-22


3DMark Vantage:


By spartanjet at 2011-03-22

3DMark11:


By spartanjet at 2011-03-22

Here are the temps after completing all the previous 3DMark benchmarks:


By spartanjet at 2011-03-22

Just for fun since a poster said they were going to Apple for ""Superior Cooling"" here is a screenshot from an Apple user in the thread : 2011 17" MBP gaming benchmarks - MacRumors Forums. This thread has lots of benchmarks for the MBP 17" 2011 and you can clearly see the Envy simply outclasses it.


By spartanjet at 2011-03-22

Finally just for fun I decided to overclock the AMD 6850 just a bit to see how it would handle it. Here is the overclock


By spartanjet at 2011-03-22

And a quick 3DMark06 to see the results:


By spartanjet at 2011-03-22

Thats all I have for now. I hope I didn't go overboard on pics if I did I will make them thumbnails.

[dlleno]

holy herefords harriat those are some great temps. +1 rep for awesomeness.

[mcchea]

Mine idles at around 51-52 degrees C. However, I live in Florida :/.

[dlleno]

SpartanJet: what was the ambient temp and relative humidity during these tests?

[MagusDraco]

Florida's ambient temps screw everything up.

...and it's damn hot out today too

[SpartanJet]

SpartanJet: what was the ambient temp and relative humidity during these tests?

Its 70 Degrees in my office and according to weather.com the relative humidity is 52%. I should note I do own a Zalman NC2000 cooling pad as well, but to be honest I don't think it has much effect (was great for my old Dell XPS 1730 since it had vents directly under the cooling pad fans).

[mcchea]

It's 75 degrees in my room with a relative humidity of 38%. I too am running on a cooling pad (Zalman NC3000U) but I disabled "Fans always on" in the BIOS. That probably contributes a bit to the temperature differences.