CyberPowerPC - Unleash The Power

Hi i forgot to ask a few questions when i made the order just wondered if someone could help.

For starters does the laptop have a recovery system as i have bought the laptop with Windows 7.

Will this baby run BF3 at 1366x768 well.

Is there a way to control the fan as the laptop will be used 24x7 like the one i have got now which is on last legs hence buying new laptop.

Bios updates is the next one. How often is there updates for the BIOS?

Is the Bios a pure BIOS or is it UEFI ?

Would my warranty be voided if i install linux to another drive ?

Hopefully when i get the laptop from CPUK its not going to be a nightmare reading all the bad reviews like doesn't help i know. Most of them are from .com and not .co.uk.

Whats the Tech support line like and build quality of CP Products.

Once i get the laptop i will make a review based on how well its gone or how unwell its gone as well.

Thanks for the reply.

As for number 5 answer you don't know what your missing LOL.

one more question the HM67 chipset is it the B3 rev as B2 suffered issues with the SATA controller.

?? WTF to the first bit. Thank god its a B3.

Oh i get the first bit Linux, Well Linux is better depending on what you use the OS for. In my case Linux is for Rom making on Android based phones.

One last question hopefully. Turn around is 14 days from order. Just wondering if you could break that down from the time it takes from order to be shippped from USA to UK then from that the rest.

As i am causing high traffic on your website just hitting the tracking order button LOL

ok thanks for heads up. I don't do DDOS sorry but thats left to script kiddies.

Once again thanks for your reply, glad to see a company with staff that has a good sense of humor.

Is it me or is support around here slow?
For something so urgent i haven't even got a reply, not looking good here.

If your question was urgent you should always ring up! they wont bite! well i dont know about cyber_tech...

It was Saturday and CP don't work weekends. Monday always seems a little slow on the forum ... must be catching up with all the weekend orders

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Thanks for the reply, anyhow i have a review for this laptop.

Review:

So had it now a few days done some game playing on it and i can not fault the power and build quality the only thing i can fault are the following.

Sales Stating that the OS was OEM, With SLIC'd bios which was so say a normal BIOS when infact the OS is a Retail Copy and there is no slic. The bios is UEFI.

Also the builder of the laptop way to much thermal grease on the GPU as the fans was running like a leaf blower, Not only was the GPU Die covered thickly in Grease but the GPU package was also covered. That person needs to know when applying Grease compound that less is more.

Since then i have replaced both the CPU and GPU's thermal paste with IC Diamond i would suggest that if your buying this laptop to get this done.

Temps on CPU have now dropped from 80-90c under slight load to just slightly over 70c on full and idles temps are 38c-42c which is tons better, also Turbo boost stays on 2.8GHZ to 3.1GHZ more often without throttling back.

The GPU now is a healthy 72c under load and idles at 27c.

Overall Cyberpowersystems.co.uk have done well and tech support when it was open was great its just ashame the sales team fell short.

All games i have played are on 1900x1200 Ultra and in MW2 i get a whopping 125fps no drops. BFBC2 i get 80-90FPS. Flight Simulator X i get 100fps and in GuildWars a mega 525fps.

Hope this helps others decide to buy this laptop.

One last thing, The packaging on delivery was great. It was pass the parcel. One big box which a desktop could fit in with two boxes after before getting to the laptop.


Edited by hacktrix2006 - 27/Oct/2011 at 23:52

Thanks for the feed back on the thermal paste, I have passed it on to the build team.

For starters Retail is worse then OEM for reasons of activation limits. Windows 7 has a activation limit of just ten per serial, OEM has unlimited which is why when i was told it would be OEM i was happy. UEFI and BIOS two different things. BIOS is easy to DSDT patch into a file on linux should there be a buggy firmware UEFI is a pain in the arse at times UEFI also is none SLIC'd.

Correctly so it will not effect the use of the laptop apart from my 2 month BFR (Backup Format Reinstall), this is where Windows 7 HP OEM would of been better 10 activation limit will soon die.

Also to be told one thing and get something different could be clause break of the Miss Sells Of Goods Act, I am not that way inclinde but some one might be.

So if someone asks the same questions i did about the laptop.

BIOS is UEFI and Operating System is RETAIL. its worth a mention.

Also BF3 which i just got today 1900x1080 Ultra rock steady at 60FPS with VSYNC ON!

GPU was 62c CPU was AVG 79c.

Bare in mind them temps are with the CPU in Turbo mode as the CPU Paste has been replaced and the CPU is happy with the temps and its hitting 2.8-2.9GHZ without heat or Leaf blowing!

Thanks for you replies!

How do i put my testimonial on site.

Right i think i owe cyberpowersystems UK an appology.

It seems when i was told that Windows 7 was OEM it was. I used a PID Checker which said retail in return but when i infact checked the Key was infact OEM:NONSLP or proper term OEM_COA_NSLP which is the same as OEM:SLP but requires online activation still and has the same no activation limit like OEM:SLP.

So i hold my hands out and with a can of DUFF, say Sorry for me being a Tool!

The UEFI issue stands but other then that the system is working great. Although i wonder if i'd break warrenty if i want to upgrade the ram from 8GB to 12GB so i can get rid of the pagefile on C:.

As for the testimonial i will be fair in my right up.

Once again sorry for being a dam tool. (Its the first time i have put my hands up as well feel honoured)

Thanks cyber tech, just that i have the same speed ram in my old laptop to which this laptop replaced which are 2 x 2GB DD3 at the same speed, why waste them and 16GB is way to much.

I wouldn't damage any laptop so your trust is well founded on that score. If the person with a laptop can not strip it and rebuild it they don't deserve to have one. Thats how i look at it hence why i know i can stripe this down completely and rebuild it like i have done with all my other laptops in the past the only difference with this one is i will not stripe it as i know i can and that is all i need to know.

Yes we all make mistakes, but thats life.

I can give is a whirl, i will make sure i run memtest as well. ones in my other laptop are also the same make. just not the same batch.

I hope so, how easy is it to remove the top power bar and then keyboard as thats where slot 3 and 4 is.

Thanks for the information bud.

Will give it a try later.

Probably quicker sourcing one from an etailer, no harm in trying sales.