[gaming ultrabook] P34Gv2, I7-4710HQ, GTX 860M 4GB, 1080p AHVA display, SSD + 1TB HDD

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stateofmind

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For $1050 Open Box or $1150 new - Deal description on GLJ Both the open box and new come with 2 year warranty,so I'd go with the open box.

If you are looking for a lightweight small gaming laptop, you won't find better competitors currently for such a price. The others, W230SS and AW13 won't be as fast or will cost more if you include OS or SSD, and ofcourse if you'll include both.
 

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Wow, that thing's scary. Impossibly thin and light, yet with a fast quad-core and nVidia GPU. No wonder thermals and noise are a problem. Very tempting, I'm in the market for exactly these specs.
 

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I was seriously considering this laptop but the thermals kept me away. Instead I went with the Lenovo Y50, which had 4gb of vram and 16gb of system ram for a lower price. It's still pretty thin and under 5 lbs., but the best part was that the thermals are WAAAAAY better than the gigabyte P34Gv2. The screen wasn't as good on the Lenovo, but it was an easy replacement.
 

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This is not an ultrabook, it is an ultraportable with an SSD but it does not meat the requirements for Ultrabook version 1 (Huron River aka Sandy), version 2 (Chief River aka Ivy) , or version 3 (Shark Bay aka Haswell)

First Haswell skus have to be U processors for the U processors have some mandatory security features.

Second it does not have a touchscreen which version 3 requires.

Third it does not meat anywhere close to the battery life that intel requires via internal testing done by Intel (you do not get the ability to market it unless, it passes Intel's inspection). The battery life needs to be 9 hours on idle, and 6 hours for video playback.




Of course this is an awesome computer regardless if its an official ultrabook or not.
 

Roland00Address

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true, but the ultrabook spirit, you know (-: that's a very nice deal for such a price

Agreed, I was just pointing it out for battery life wise it is not close to an ultrabook, but then again it is a gaming computer. Some people care about battery life for they are students or something. Other people just want a gaming computer that they can take with them. They rather get something like the Asus T100 for school or the Asus $200 netbook (that is on sale on BF for $100) for papers and this for fun.
 

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I was seriously considering this laptop but the thermals kept me away. Instead I went with the Lenovo Y50, which had 4gb of vram and 16gb of system ram for a lower price. It's still pretty thin and under 5 lbs., but the best part was that the thermals are WAAAAAY better than the gigabyte P34Gv2. The screen wasn't as good on the Lenovo, but it was an easy replacement.

Tell me more about replacing the screen
 

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Tell me more about replacing the screen

Super easy. Literally takes less than 5 minutes. Use a rewards key-chain card or some type of thin credit card and start from the corners of the bezel. Gently pry the bezel, it pops off really easy. The screen is held in place by 4 easy-to-access screws and the monitor connector is also easy to connect to. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7BqVuCKew1E

There is a rather large thread over at forum.notebookreview.com in the Lenovo subforums dedicated to replacing the Y50 screen, listing a few compatible screen types. The screen I bought cost $106 shipped and looks light years better than what the Y50 comes standard with.
 
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