*HP dv6t & dv7t (70XX / 71XX series) IVY BRIDGE Owners Lounge*

[williamcv]

I was thinking about buying a shipping address in US and have it sent here but then I remembered that in US the power voltage is 110v while in my country it's 220v

All laptops power bricks have been able to switch voltage for years, just check the label on it, and it will say "110v/220v" somewhere. I took my Dell to Europe last year, and the only thing I needed was a cheap plug adapter. I had no issues, and it worked great in 8 different EU countries.

Almost forgot, I ordered my new dv6t yesterday. It has an estimated ship date of May 15.

my specs:
• 3rd generation Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-3820QM Processor (2.7 GHz, 8MB L3 Cache)
• NVIDIA(R) GeForce(R) GT 650M Graphics with 2GB GDDR5 memory [HDMI, VGA]
• FREE Upgrade to 8GB DDR3 System Memory (2 Dimm)
• 750GB 7200 rpm Hard Drive with HP ProtectSmart Hard Drive Protection
• 32GB mSSD Hard Drive Acceleration Cache
• 9 Cell Lithium Ion Battery
• 15.6-inch diagonal Full HD Anti-glare LED-backlit Display (1920 x 1080)
• Backlit Keyboard

[Aquitaine]

Ordered a dv7t on Sunday, if I like it I'll be looking to add an SSD....after somebody else does and figures out what the choices are. I don't mind replacing the ODD but want to be sure it's an SATA III port -- or else I'll go the mSSD route but as I didn't get the mSSD with mine I assume I'll need an overpriced HP part to install one as in previous laptops?

HP Pavilion dv7t Quad Edition customizable Notebook PC

• Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit
• 3rd generation Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-3720QM Processor (2.6 GHz, 6MB L3 Cache)
• NVIDIA(R) GeForce(R) GT 650M Graphics with 2GB GDDR5 memory [HDMI, VGA]
• FREE UPGRADE to 8GB DDR3 System Memory (2 Dimm)
• 750GB 7200 rpm Hybrid Hard Drive with HP ProtectSmart Hard Drive Protection
• NO mSSD Hard Drive Acceleration Cache
• Microsoft(R) Office Starter: reduced-functionality Word/Excel(R) only, No PowerPoint(R)/Outlook(R)
• No additional security software
• One 6-Cell and One 9-Cell Lithium-Ion Battery
• 17.3-inch diagonal Full HD Anti-glare LED-backlit Display (1920 x 1080)
• FREE Upgrade to Blu-ray player & SuperMulti DVD burner
• 720p HD video streaming webcam supports Skype + FingerPrint Reader
• Intel 802.11b/g/n WLAN and Bluetooth(R)
• Backlit Keyboard
• Included 2 Year Warranty
• HP Home & Home Office Store in-box envelope

Estimated ship date: May 8, 2012

[lawyer_tr]

Hi guys,

I would like to see some reviews about Dv6.

Anyone using it? Or everyone waiting for the shipment? (idk about the shipping dates)

Thanks for the responses.

Regards from Istanbul/Turkey

[audiodope]

Okay, so this will be my very first laptop I purchase and before I make a final decision, I need some suggestions.

I hear that putting Windows OS on SSD makes boot times, applications, etc run faster. If I were to get the mSSD, how would I know if the OS in on there or the HDD? And wouldn't the OS already be installed? So how would we be able to transfer the OS? And is 32 GB enough?

Between the i7-3610QM and the i7-3720QM, is there a significant difference performance wise? Is it worth the extra $170? I am in college and am primarily going to use the laptop for assignments, editing videos and making beats, not necessarily for gaming.

How are these specs?

Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit
3rd generation Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-3610QM Processor (2.3 GHz, 6MB L3 Cache)
NVIDIA(R) GeForce(R) GT 630M Graphics with 1GB GDDR3 memory [HDMI, VGA]
FREE Upgrade to 8GB DDR3 System Memory (2 Dimm)
750GB 7200 rpm Hard Drive with HP ProtectSmart Hard Drive Protection
32GB mSSD Hard Drive Acceleration Cache
Microsoft(R) Office Starter: reduced-functionality Word/Excel(R) only, No PowerPoint(R)/Outlook(R)
FREE Upgrade to Norton Internet Security(TM) 2012 - 15 Months Subscription (activation required)
6 Cell Lithium Ion Battery - Up to 6.0 hours of battery life +++
15.6-inch diagonal Full HD Anti-glare LED-backlit Display (1920 x 1080)
FREE Upgrade to Blu-ray player & SuperMulti DVD burner
HP TrueVision HD Webcam
Intel 802.11b/g/n WLAN and Bluetooth(R)
Backlit Keyboard
HP Home & Home Office Store in-box envelope

I'm going to make a purchase within the next 3 weeks.

[rorkas]

Can anyone comment on performance and pros/cons of
750Gb 7200 rpm + 32Gb mSSD cache vs
750Gb 7200 rpm Hybrid w/ 8Gb.
Price wise they are about the same (hybrid is slightly cheaper, I think)

[Unblinded]

Aquitaine, since you have an dv7t like I said in my previous post you don't need to replace the odd nor bother with MSSD. You have a second slot so you can just get pretty much get any 2.5" SSD and put it in. I mean why spend 50 bucks on a 32gb MSSD, when you can get this. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820148441

It has 5 Star reviews for a reason, there very reliable and also a great value. The 128gb ssd version or higher gives you even faster write speeds. But all of them give you 500mb/sec sequential read speeds at SATA III.

audidope, please go back a few pages to see the answer to your question about SSDs. It seems we all just keep answering the same question over and over. It's getting counterproductive and cluttering the forums from finding more useful information.

For gaming any of these processors will do, but since your not gaming. Video editing and encoding is where processor speeds can help. But only to shave down production times for the most part. So you will just have to wait a less amount for encodings to be completed. So you have to decide what that means to you. Since ivy's are new benchmarks are not all there yet. But I am sure you will save a few minutes if you get the better processor. If it's worth it depends on you. But as far capability there the same. Check these benchmarks as they are finally listed here. PassMark Intel vs AMD CPU Benchmarks - High End

Rorkas, - Check out my last post as I compared those items. Though I will add that since we don't know how the cache drive will be configured we don't know how effective it will be compared to a hybrid drive. As the hybrid drives intelligently track what data you use most and only put the more frequent data on the 8gb ssd. I am not sure how the 32gb mssd cache will be optimized nor do we know what Model or speeds will be getting from it. So as of now it's up in the air there until someone gets it.

[DirtyBob]

my specs:
• 3rd generation Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-3820QM Processor (2.7 GHz, 8MB L3 Cache)
...

AKA the trump card.

[audiodope]

audidope, please go back a few pages to see the answer to your question about SSDs. It seems we all just keep answering the same question over and over. It's getting counterproductive and cluttering the forums from finding more useful information.

For gaming any of these processors will do, but since your not gaming. Video editing and encoding is where processor speeds can help. But only to shave down production times for the most part. So you will just have to wait a less amount for encodings to be completed. So you have to decide what that means to you. Since ivy's are new benchmarks are not all there yet. But I am sure you will save a few minutes if you get the better processor. If it's worth it depends on you. But as far capability there the same. Check these benchmarks as they are finally listed here. PassMark Intel vs AMD CPU Benchmarks - High End

Sorry about the SSD part, I still didn't understand the posts in the previous pages. I don't think 32 GB would be enough for the OS and the drivers. And does the dv6t even have dual drivers? Thanks for explaining about the CPU's also.

[DirtyBob]

Check these benchmarks as they are finally listed here. PassMark Intel vs AMD CPU Benchmarks - High End

Thanks for the link updated today.

Passmark - CPU Mark

i7-3720QM@2.6 - 9,644
i7-3610QM@2.3 - 8,079

I didn't see the 3820QM.

[Ice H4wk]

So you guys know cnet tested the gaming power of this system, it can game at 1080p. they got 36 average fps with medium settings in battlefield 3, which from what i have read is extremly demanding in 1080p