NOW AVAILABLE: ENVY 17-32XX Intel Ivy Bridge (AMD 7850M)

[Kopes]

Buy this:
Hard Drive Caddy & Cable for HP Envy 17 -3000 series (3xxx) [HP-ENVY-17-3000] - $27.95 : NewmodeUS, Hard Drive Caddys for Notebooks

and one of these:

Newegg.com - Kingston HyperX 3K SH103S3/240G 2.5" 240GB SATA III MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) (Stand-Alone Drive)

OR

Newegg.com - SAMSUNG 830 Series MZ-7PC256B/WW 2.5" 256GB SATA III MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD)

OR

Newegg.com - Mushkin Enhanced Atlas Series MKNSSDAT120GB-DX mSATA 120GB SATA III MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD)


then be

Wouldn't it be easier if he gets an intel one? Then he could use the data migration tool if he chooses?

[adamdoom89]

HP Envy 17 with AMD Radeon HD 7850m Battlefield 3 Ultra - YouTube
Here's a video of Battlefield 3 on Ultra. Game ran very smooth. The Graphics looked amazing. FPS were around 35-45...

[mraufait]

also, does anyone envy 17 A,S,Q,W keys make a different "click" noise than the rest. Mine sound like a hollow click where the others you barely hear them...

All keys on mine the same. A little different flex in the keyboard depending on key but all sounds the same.

[AU4U]

Wouldn't it be easier if he gets an intel one? Then he could use the data migration tool if he chooses?

BINGO!
We have a winner!




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[mraufait]

What kind of battery life are you guys getting on this in surf mode? Also, how is the WiFi? I've heard same card as Samsung Series 7, but with different antenna placement.

The WIFI is freakin awesome. The range on the 2.4 GHz is outstanding and I'm getting 20 Mbps down, on the 5GHz the range seems to be a little better than average and I'm getting 15-16 Mbps down (expected it to be faster than the 2.4 GHz as it is more congested on my network). Either way these are great numbers for my WIFI network which is fairly decent and range is great.

[Arko]

Hi to everybody!

New to the forum and just got my Envy 17 3200 CTO laptop.

I was following this forum for the time I was waiting for my Envy, and I have to say I was lucky to have fast production and shipping, everything took less then two weeks, got it with no cosmetic or any other issues (actualy I just noticed that I have squeaky backspace, damn it!

Anyhow, after Asus G74, which was soooo unfinished product, this little flaw is no big deal.

I installed SSD drive, did clean OS install and found out that some things are missing and couldnt be found on hp website, like HP Media Smart which gives you that cool beats logo animation when using volume knob.

I was to lazy to make recovery discs (actualy I had only 3 empty dvd's, and that thing requires 5), so I killed everything that had to do with HP, meaning recovery and system partitions...... now I am kind of sorry....

So, do anybody have disc image of recovery disc's, or maybe a list of things missing comparing to retail OS and links to download them?

PS: Yes I know, the last one is a long shot

Thanks

[Kema97]

Anyone notice that the fans get very VERY loud when gaming?

[AU4U]

Hi to everybody!

New to the forum and just got my Envy 17 3200 CTO laptop.

I was following this forum for the time I was waiting for my Envy, and I have to say I was lucky to have fast production and shipping, everything took less then two weeks, got it with no cosmetic or any other issues (actualy I just noticed that I have squeaky backspace, damn it!

Anyhow, after Asus G74, which was soooo unfinished product, this little flaw is no big deal.

I installed SSD drive, did clean OS install and found out that some things are missing and couldnt be found on hp website, like HP Media Smart which gives you that cool beats logo animation when using volume knob.

I was to lazy to make recovery discs (actualy I had only 3 empty dvd's, and that thing requires 5), so I killed everything that had to do with HP, meaning recovery and system partitions...... now I am kind of sorry....

So, do anybody have disc image of recovery disc's, or maybe a list of things missing comparing to retail OS and links to download them?

PS: Yes I know, the last one is a long shot

Thanks

Place an order and have them shipped to you, that way you will not need to make them yourself.
The Quality of the disks will be the highest possible.

[Arko]

Place an order and have them shipped to you, that way you will not need to make them yourself.
The Quality of the disks will be the highest possible.

I was hoping for quick download and install, I have to wait 5 days for recovery disc's.

EDIT:

I just ordered it...

[AU4U]

I was hoping for quick download and install, I have to wait 5 days for recovery disc's.

And what is we do 1st thing AFTER we load our OS, and BEFORE we do our updates?
Recovery disks???

OOPS,,,,,we all learn somehow, at some time,,,don't we?!

Its still good to have them on hand.