Ordered a Clevo P870KM1-G from Obsidian PC, Portugal

Finally, ordered my laptop after countless days of waiting to decide what and where to buy from !

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01-Feb-2017 = Order placed, pending
01-Feb-2017 = Order in process (again John's response and support is so awesome! I just sent them the screenshot of my transfer and they already moved the order status to processing, even though the money will only arrive in their account tomorrow)
06-Feb-2017 = In Production (expected completion of build today and then move to testing)
07-Feb-2017= In Extreme Testing
13-Feb-2017= Shipped - free expedited !
14-Feb-2017= Delivered by DHL !
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To summarize everything below in one line - Obsidian PC, Portugal is simply The Best Clevo reseller in Europe ! When it comes to performance + price + features + support, they are simply unbeatable.

It was a real pleasure talking to @John@OBSIDIAN-PC about my new build since day one I landed on this forum. No wonder he comes highly recommended by the senior members and his customers on this forum. I have never been more confident to pay for such a high-end system without second thoughts.

Special thanks to @Phoenix @jaybee83 @Prema @XMG and other members of this forum who provided me with valuable information for my queries.

What I liked about them !

• Online chat support - John and Ricardo have always been there to answer my questions and updating me about the progress of the build from Day 1 of placing the order to the day the laptop was delivered. They are very helpful and most of the times instantly available to support you.
• Technical know-how - These guys know what they are doing ! See below for more details.
• Price - Of all the resellers that I had contacted, I got the 2nd best offer here. Combining this with their excellent support and reliability, it was a clear choice for me.
• Professional CPU delidding, thermal paste and heat sink modding - The benchmarks in the pictures below speak for themselves.
• Obsidian Driver Update Tool - Getting drivers directly from Clevo's website is near to impossible. The tool is very intuitive and makes it easy to update everything from drivers to BIOS update with few clicks.
• Custom BIOS with unlocked and more advanced features - Exclusively for Obsidian customers ! Go here for more details - https://forum.obsidian-pc.com/discussion/69/p870km1-g

Spoiler: Clevo P870KM1-G Specs - as configured

Model
P870KM1-G

Chipset
Intel Z270 Express Chipset

Display
FHD 1080p 17.3" 75Hz IPS G-SYNC Matte Display

CPU
Intel i7-7700K UNLOCKED (Delided for optimal thermal values, now with Grizzly Conductonaut liquid metal and high temperature seal)

GPU
2x NVIDIA GTX 1080 SLI with 8GB each

RAM
32GB [2x16GB] G.SKILL Ripjaws Dual Channel DDR4/3000MHz

SSD
M.2 - 512 GB SAMSUNG 960 PRO NVME R/W 3500/2100 MB/S

Wireless
INTEL DUAL BAND WIRELESS-AC 8265

1 x Zero Dead/Stuck Pixel - 1 Month (Free)

1 x Free Lifetime Labor Warranty

1 x 16GB Install USB PEN (A bootable Windows 10 Install USB Pen + Latest Drivers with one click Install) (Free)

1 x Report and Benchmark Archive (Archive with all the benchmarks and tests we did to your unit. Including MEMTEST report, 3D Mark Benchmark, AIDA Extreme Stability Test, Heaven4, Max Temperatures CPU and GPU prints screen.) (Free)

See below for benchmark reports

https://www.obsidian-pc.com/en/clevo-p870km-g-laptop.html

Benchmark Reports









Obsidian Driver Update Tool



Obsidian YouTube channel

 

Thanks for your kind words, although this post should probably be in the Reseller Feedback Forum

 

Hehe, detailed reseller feedback will come later in the feedback forum for sure I will also do a review of the P870KM in the owners forum in the future.

P.S.: If this post makes more sense already in the reseller feedback forum then @mods please kindly move this post. Thanks.

 

Care to share why you went with a FHD panel in combo with 1080 SLI?
It's a bit of wasted power for your graphic cards. How good overclockable are IPS panels?

Gesendet von meinem ONEPLUS A3003 mit Tapatalk

 

Good question.

So, there are 3 options for the panel:

1. Full HD 75HZ IPS Matte with G-Sync - I went with this screen simply because at the moment this is the only option Obsidian PC has for this model. You will see in my detailed reseller feedback later why I did not go for another reseller who has the 4K screen available that I would have preferred.
This does not matter much to me anyways because I will be most of the time on my external 34-inch screens. Later in few weeks/months if I feel I need a 4K panel for the laptop, I will just get the panel/cables from Obsidian PC and replace it.
2. QHD 120HZ TN Matte with G-Sync - TN is a big no for me. IPS all the way.
3. UHD 60HZ IPS Matte with G-Sync - This was my first choice.

P.S.: I read in another post that this FHD screen can be overclocked upto 100HZ. Although, I wouldn't be doing it as I said I would be using my external monitors mostly.

 

Our QHD 120hz

We always run our screens with OC
I actually cant wait for the QHD 120hz, that will be my personal choice

 

W00t ! Status changed to "We finished setting up your order, we are now doing some extreme testing!"

 

I was too busy at work and was also not well in the past days. I have updated my review !

 

Wow man thank you a lot for such kind words.

So you are running at 4.8 on 4 cores without throttle? :O
Nice... How much UV you using for those values?