My Mythlogic Experience

[Exmortis]

Ok just ordered my new laptop from MYthlogic.

Mythlogic Back to School Special:
SLAPPA Ballistix PTAC Matrix Laptop Sleeve with Shoulder Strap BTS FREEBIE (Nyx 1712)
Mobile Chassis:
MYTHLOGIC Nyx 1712 Chassis (Clevo P170EM) with backlit keyboard
Mobile Display:17.3" Full HD (1920x1080) Matte 72% NTSC Color Gamut LED Backlit LCD
Monitor Calibration:Free MYTH Professional Monitor Color Calibration
CPU:Intel Core i7-3610QM 2.3GHz, 6M L3 Cache, 22nm, DDR3-1600MHz, Quad-Core Processor BTS Special
Thermal Compound:Free IC Diamond Thermal Compound
System Memory:16GB (2 x 8GB) , PC3-12800, 1600MHz SODIMM (Patriot)
Video Adapter:AMD 7970M 2048MB GDDR5 DX11 GPU with Enduro Technology / Embedded Intel HD Graphics
Optical:Notebook Black 6X BD-ROM/5X DVD-RAM Blu-Ray Combo Drive
Hard Drive:Crucial 512GB M4 Series SATA III 6GB/sec Solid State Drive
Keyboard:Standard Backlit Keyboard - NON Chiclet
Network Card:Onboard Gigabit (10/100/1000 Mbits/sec) LAN subsystem
Wireless Card:KILLER WirelessN 1202 - Designed for the best wireless gaming, HD video and audio experience
Bluetooth:Integrated Bluetooth 4.0 Only With Intel 2230/6235 AND Killer 1202 Wireless
Operating System:Windows 7 Home Premium - BTS Special FREE Upgrade to Windows 8 Pro when available
Anti-Virus Software:Microsoft Security Essentials
Extra AC Adapter:Extra AC Adapter (Nyx 1712)
MYTHLOGIC Assurance:MYTH Lifetime Assurance with Lifetime Labor + 1 Year Parts Warranty, 1 Yr 2-Way Shipping Canada
Phoenix Upgrade Plan:Lifetime Phoenix Upgrade Plan


August 20th - I submitted for review my coinfig based on feedback here and some discussion with friends. Within a few hours Josh had sent me an email and we exchanged Q and A.
August 21st - I submitted my final build seen above, with a few hours I had an email from Josh with the bank wire information.

STATUS - I am awaiting the transfer process to complete, this is of course out of Mythlogic's control and is entirely up to the banks involved. I cannot wait!.

*** Update 22/08/2012 *** Status is now shell allocated. Bankwire in less then 24hrs, impressive.
*** Update 25/08/2012 *** Status is still shell allocated, I was warned it was a big queue due to BTS, but jeez I so hate waiting.
*** Update 30/08/2012 *** Status has gone to Hardware Build.
*** Update 05/09/2012 *** Status changed to Burn in and Test.
*** Update 11/09/2012 *** Status is now Ready to Ship
*** Update 11/09/2012 *** Status is SHIPPED!!! I have tracking email from UPS
*** Update 12/09/2012 *** Status is Awaitring customs clearance eta 13/09/2012

[Exmortis]

LAPTOP HAS ARRIVED!!!

Full review to follow in a few days. Since it is the weekend, I can take some time and install/run some benchmarks and applications.

[mythlogic]

LAPTOP HAS ARRIVED!!!

Full review to follow in a few days. Since it is the weekend, I can take some time and install/run some benchmarks and applications.

Psst.. we did that for you already (benchmarks) they are on the desktop in the MYTH Bench folder, we suggest gaming and lots of it

[sdavies86]

WOW talk about above and beyond

[mythlogic]

WOW talk about above and beyond

We do that for EVERY machine (The benchmarks etc), not that he isn't special lol :P

[Exmortis]

Just ran into a snag, review delayed. I went to intsall my 500GB 7200.12 HD and there is no drive bay caddy. I have emailed Mythlogic support to see if this was just an omission. Pretty big deal though, as I now have no way to install a second drive. I was going to run some FRAPS gameplay vids and I wont do that on my SSD, far to hard on it.

I have got my auto ticket back, but their not even open yet so time for some desktop gaming before my RL duties take over.

[tommytomatoe]

Just ran into a snag, review delayed. I went to intsall my 500GB 7200.12 HD and there is no drive bay caddy. I have emailed Mythlogic support to see if this was just an omission. Pretty big deal though, as I now have no way to install a second drive. I was going to run some FRAPS gameplay vids and I wont do that on my SSD, far to hard on it.

I have got my auto ticket back, but their not even open yet so time for some desktop gaming before my RL duties take over.

SSDs are tougher than the general public thinks :-) Don't even worry about it. Look at this way. The middle of the line SSDs from 2010 were rated for 8 years of use with 10gb worth of writes a day. That was when controllers and the overall tech was still growing. I don't have any numbers for todays drives but I would imagine they have a good amount of writes before they go bye bye.

Just think about how long you expect to use your SSD. 8-10 years? I would doubt that. Most people, especially enthusiasts, move on pretty fast. My point is to use your hardware to its potential now cause when its uses are surpassed, you're either already upgraded or its time to upgrade. :-) Just my cents.

On the other hand, you can always write to a ramdisk. I dont know what Windows has in this area but Linux supports tmpfs. I assume you have plenty enough ram, 8b+. :-) I dont store large files or media on my SSD either hehe. But for the simple reason that I don't have the room, not because its "far too hard on it".

I find too often that people baby their SSD too much and don't use it for its potential. I'm not saying that you are particularly so in the FRAPs situation, but its not too hard on it to do so :-)

Short version: enjoy the SSD! SSD+HDD setup is awesome. That's what I do :-)


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[mythlogic]

Just ran into a snag, review delayed. I went to intsall my 500GB 7200.12 HD and there is no drive bay caddy. I have emailed Mythlogic support to see if this was just an omission. Pretty big deal though, as I now have no way to install a second drive. I was going to run some FRAPS gameplay vids and I wont do that on my SSD, far to hard on it.

I have got my auto ticket back, but their not even open yet so time for some desktop gaming before my RL duties take over.

Hey

We are mobile today due to some family obligations (The normal Saturday guy had to take care of his kid), however, I did respond to your email directly to get to the bottom of this.

thanks!

[Exmortis]

Hey

We are mobile today due to some family obligations (The normal Saturday guy had to take care of his kid), however, I did respond to your email directly to get to the bottom of this.

thanks!

Well the omission was me!!! Thanks so much Josh for your fast response, and I really hope your Saturday guy was off for "happy" family reasons, not sick child reasons.

A first for me, a caddyless HD bay on a laptop, who knew!!!

BTW sure would like a cool Gargoyle for my sig <hint>

[Exmortis]

SSDs are tougher than the general public thinks :-) Don't even worry about it. Look at this way. The middle of the line SSDs from 2010 were rated for 8 years of use with 10gb worth of writes a day. That was when controllers and the overall tech was still growing. I don't have any numbers for todays drives but I would imagine they have a good amount of writes before they go bye bye.

Just think about how long you expect to use your SSD. 8-10 years? I would doubt that. Most people, especially enthusiasts, move on pretty fast. My point is to use your hardware to its potential now cause when its uses are surpassed, you're either already upgraded or its time to upgrade. :-) Just my cents.

On the other hand, you can always write to a ramdisk. I dont know what Windows has in this area but Linux supports tmpfs. I assume you have plenty enough ram, 8b+. :-) I dont store large files or media on my SSD either hehe. But for the simple reason that I don't have the room, not because its "far too hard on it".

I find too often that people baby their SSD too much and don't use it for its potential. I'm not saying that you are particularly so in the FRAPs situation, but its not too hard on it to do so :-)

Short version: enjoy the SSD! SSD+HDD setup is awesome. That's what I do :-)


Sent from my EVO using Tapatalk 2

Yes true but remember SSDs actually have shorter life now with 20nm then with older 25nm NAND flash memory. It is still a long time, I don't baby my SSD's I care for them.

My first gen Agility 1 128GB is still going strong, a little care goes a long ways.

However FRAPS is needless writes, and with video creation it is a whole lot more, so I do not want to do it on my SSD, as well it just dirties blocks needlessly.

I run SSD+HD in desktop and my new Nyx1712 (as of now I installed HD hehe). I relocate user files to HD, again those are heavy write not big or in need of fast reads, so they are fine on my HD.