NOW AVAILABLE: ENVY 15-32XX Intel Ivy Bridge (AMD 7750M)

[DavidElias]

Ok so my laptop shipped on the 18th, and it says the estimated arrival date is August 23 around 4:30pm, although I'm leaving on the 24th. The latest update on the shipment is: Aug 21, 2012 3:00 AM
At local FedEx facility
SHANGHAI CN

Based on your experiences with shipping times, do you guys think the laptop would make it from Shanghai to New Jersey by Thursday? I'm not sure if FedEx is even taking into account customs. It just seems like their estimated arrival date is too optimistic.

[NickTheGamer]

After much debate and research, I've decided to take a chance on an Envy 15. I haven't had a chance to read the whole thread so I don't know if these two questions have been answered.
1. Is there much difference in gaming and regular use between 6 and 8 GB of RAM? I'd rather save the 40 bucks in upgrade and put that toward 16GB at a later date if there's a need.
2. Is the hybrid drive worth the 40 dollar upgrade? I've read a review on Anandtech for the Seagate Momentus XT and it seems to be a decent upgrade. Is this the same or a similar drive?

Thanks to PaKii94 for the great review on youtube. It was one of the reasons that convinced me to try the Envy. Hopefully I don't get a bad one.

I bought someone's custom HP Envy 15-3200 US model (I didn't get to choose the components). It came with 6GB of 1600mhz ram and I have never found it lacking. I have played Napoleon Total War at 1080p, high settings, large armies in addition to having google chrome, windows media player, word and powerpoint all open at the same time, my total ram usage averaged only 4GB. I have done the same thing with Crysis and have never gone above 5GB of ram. I would say save your money and buy an SSD. Much better performance than 16GB ram and a hybrid hard drive.

[JunkStory]

I just ordered a 15t-3200. I was debating between this and the dv6t-7000, which only had a $175 coupon. Since the 15t had a 33% off coupon (equiv. to $495 coupon), the price came out to be lower than the dv6t so it was a no-brainer decision.

[PaKii94]

After much debate and research, I've decided to take a chance on an Envy 15. I haven't had a chance to read the whole thread so I don't know if these two questions have been answered.
1. Is there much difference in gaming and regular use between 6 and 8 GB of RAM? I'd rather save the 40 bucks in upgrade and put that toward 16GB at a later date if there's a need.
2. Is the hybrid drive worth the 40 dollar upgrade? I've read a review on Anandtech for the Seagate Momentus XT and it seems to be a decent upgrade. Is this the same or a similar drive?

Thanks to PaKii94 for the great review on youtube. It was one of the reasons that convinced me to try the Envy. Hopefully I don't get a bad one.

haha no problem and good luck! there will be minimal difference between 6 and 8 gb and since they are both 2 dimm, ur gonna have to remove both. if u plan on upgrading to 16 gb anytime soon then don't go for the 8 gbs. follow Mr.Nick's advice ^ and get an ssd right now if u can, that would make the biggest difference. If you cant budget it, or if u need extra space right now, or if u want the prices to lower, then yeah go for the hybrid drive. I find it boots/resumes in seconds, and it does load things faster. Also, when u do upgrade to ssd, it has a nice resale value atleast 75$+ so u will be getting back more than the "upgrade" price

[blsbball]

The first page of this thread suggests that HP is still shipping out 15t-3000 series even though we are clicking on the 15t-3200 link. Is this still true? Placed an order today and want to be sure I will receive a 3200 model. Thanks.

[PaKii94]

The first page of this thread suggests that HP is still shipping out 15t-3000 series even though we are clicking on the 15t-3200 link. Is this still true? Placed an order today and want to be sure I will receive a 3200 model. Thanks.

when the site was first updating, hp forgot to change 3000 to 3200, u will still get the 3200 model

[shepdawg]

Just ordered my Envy. i7-3610QM, 16GB RAM, 256 GB SSD.

I want to removed the optical drive and install a 500GB SSD. How difficult to do this? Which caddy looks best with the Envy?

[HorondoRumbuckler]

Thanks for the advice, Nick and PaKii. I got one with a hybrid hard drive and 6GB after I did a little bit more research. I might add a SSD at a later date, don't have much use for the optical drive. Now the long wait begins...

[Dill72]

The only real problem I am having is a constant clicking/rapid, intermittent grinding (not loud but irritating like a fly buzzing) which I think is coming from the fan. Someone else mentioned it, any idea for a fix? I'm not really comfortable with pulling apart my laptop and I can't return it to HP as I live in Australia (this is a US model).

This! ^^ I don't live in Australia but I would like to avoid ripping my lappy apart.

[randomlaptopuser]

I am thinking of buying one of the Envy 32XX laptops. I have seen on the web that previous versions had 4 dimm slots (2 "user accessible"). can anyone tell me if the 15t has 4 dimms? thanks.