*HP ENVY 15 (3XXX series) Owners Lounge*

[hizzaah]

I have decided to definitely order a 128gb SSD and put it in the main drive bay, and move my 750gb HDD to the optical drive slot, and get an external DVD-R for copying movies over to the lappy, and writing cd/dvds

I had this set up in another laptop, and I couldn't find a happy medium for storing stuff. I don't have a ton of stuff I need space for so I found myself trying to cram everything in the ssd. I'm due to order a new laptop in a week or two and it'll most likely be an Envy 17 3D, at which point i'll sell my 128gb M4 ssd and buy a 256Gb ssd so I dont have to choose where to store stuff

I do realize that many people have hundreds of gigs of music and movies, so a larger ssd probably isn't a viable option. just my thoughts on that.

p.s.: I'd pick up an Envy 15, but I'll be using it for some gaming, so I wanted the better gpu.

[Lvivkse]

that's what i said when I bought my 256gb ssd

...and now had to buy a 512gb M4

[forcer99]

If I want to put SSD/HDD insted of CD-ROM am I need to buy something additional like caddy or another special things?

[gameface25]

that's what i said when I bought my 256gb ssd

...and now had to buy a 512gb M4

Thats why Im keeping hte HDD for mass storage, ie movies (there will be quite a few) pics (again a good bit) and music, other misc things like games and such

Im prob overspending on the 128gb SSD as it is, since Im only putting Windows on there and a few other everyday programs. I bet I could do with just 60gb

[gameface25]

If I want to put SSD/HDD insted of CD-ROM am I need to buy something additional like caddy or another special things?

from what Im gathering on the net, you SHOULD, but you dont have to. I personally am going to go ahead and get a caddy, they arent that expensive and its prob worth it in a laptop like this, just to be safe.

I have been told you need a SATA to Slimline SATA adapter too, since most optical drives come in slimline sata.

again, dont take my word, Im asking questions too and havent done it yet.... but I will keep you posted (and may make a separate thread for this)

[BLOCKMONSTER]

I already sold my other notebook (with GTX570M) to get a smaller laptop. So i'm deciding between this and the Samsung Series 7. They're almost identical in specs. But the one thing that bothered me about the SS7 is the fixed gfx switching. Some ppl had problems with it staying fixed on ATI or Intel gfx.

Does the ENVY15 have this issue?

[gameface25]

I already sold my other notebook (with GTX570M) to get a smaller laptop. So i'm deciding between this and the Samsung Series 7. They're almost identical in specs. But the one thing that bothered me about the SS7 is the fixed gfx switching. Some ppl had problems with it staying fixed on ATI or Intel gfx.

Does the ENVY15 have this issue?

no you can do Fixed on the Envy in the Bios, which is one of the major reason I picked this over a SS7 myself. I was torn between the two as well

[BLOCKMONSTER]

Thanks gameface25! Need to do this soon b4 the coupon runs out.

[forcer99]

I already sold my other notebook (with GTX570M) to get a smaller laptop. So i'm deciding between this and the Samsung Series 7. They're almost identical in specs.

Samsung has bad screen compared with Envy As far as I know

[quik_killer]

Hi guys, been reading this topic since the beginning and just wanted to say I'll be getting my envy on Thursday. Just have a couple of questions for you: These are the specs I got

Envy 15
• Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit
• 2nd generation Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-2670QM (2.2 GHz, 6MB L3 Cache) with Turbo Boost up to 3.1 GHz
• 1GB Discrete Graphics AMD Radeon(TM) [HDMI, DP]
• 8GB 1333MHz DDR3 System Memory (2 Dimm)
• 750GB 7200 rpm Hard Drive
• 15.6-inch diagonal Radiance Full HD Infinity LED-backlit Display (1920 x 1080)

1. I read the part where the graphics card is just rebranded as an old one just smaller but is the graphics card that bad? I'd like to play starcraft 2 and I'm hoping to play it on ultra.

2. How is the battery life? I'm in college and my 08 dv5 only lasts like 2 hours max. With wifi off and power saver mode on. I'd like to use wifi while in class so I'm hoping I can get at least 4-5.

3. This question isn't about the envy buy about my internal HDD on my old laptop. The motherboard died and I'd like to keep the internal HDD. Where on Amazon can I make it into an external HDD? It's a SATA 250 gb 5400rpm.

Thanks.

Please answer about hdd.

My laptop comes today!