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Review: Chuck232's Thorough Z71V Review (56K beware)

post #1 of 68
6/24/05 at 5:14pm
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I've done some updating to the review and moved everything to a new host. I've sectioned the review into pages so it's a little easier to read and slightly less daunting when first glancing at it.

Z71V Review
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post #2 of 68
6/24/05 at 5:33pm
outstanding review with lots of pictures and a lot of indepth info about cooling..
congrad on your 2.13ghz overclock..
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post #3 of 68
6/24/05 at 5:52pm
Is it possible to undervolt and overclock the z70v? Good review, makes me think if I should sway towards the z71v instead.
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post #4 of 68
6/24/05 at 6:07pm
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Yep it should be possible to undervolt and overclock with any of these new Alviso chipset based laptops as long as you use a 7x5 series processor. Undervolting and overclocking depends mostly on the CPU. Some respond better than others. I've seen some people overclock to 2.26 or 2.4GHz and still able to undervolt much lower than my 2.13GHz voltage. It's really luck of the draw.
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post #5 of 68
6/24/05 at 6:07pm
Wow, this is in fact one of the best review I've read so far. Nicely done!
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post #6 of 68
6/24/05 at 6:53pm
Great review!

BTW I think you could have gotten a better deal from this site, www.lucomputers.com. Its Canadian and it will allow you to customize ur z71v the way you like it!
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post #7 of 68
6/24/05 at 7:03pm
Thanks for this informative and objective review. It's true that people overreact to the little nuances of the Z71V, and they fail to look at its attractive features. Kudos for putting it in perspective.
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post #8 of 68
6/26/05 at 9:26am
Thank you very much for this! A lot of your pre buying concerns were very similar to my apprehensions about it. This definitely gave me some new insights.
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post #9 of 68
6/26/05 at 9:26am
Wow, qute possibly the best review of the Z71V I have read.
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post #10 of 68
6/26/05 at 9:54am
Okay, I'm officially impressed. Great review! I see a bright future for you in the electronics field.
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post #11 of 68
6/26/05 at 11:05am
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Thanks for all the kind words everyone. Just a little update on gaming, I've been playing Far Cry quite a bit recently (picked it up for $20 at Futureshop) and I can play it at the LCD's native resolution of 1680x1050 with medium-high details. Now for you guys that have played Far Cry, you'd know that Far Cry is a pretty demanding game, so I'm very impressed. And that was at 250/500 cause I reformatted (first install was crappy, I didn't know what utilities and programs to install so I installed all of them) and didn't yet change the overclock again.

On the other hand, I was using a pair of headphones in the mic jack and I think I can hear some weird whirring sound in the background. I'll look into that more.
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post #12 of 68
6/26/05 at 8:18pm
hey chuck, just to tell you, you don't have to fully boot to use the audio dj, u see the switch at the far right to the dj? that loads a music player without it needing to run on the OS
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post #13 of 68
6/26/05 at 8:37pm
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Yes, I do realize that, but the thing is, why would I use my laptop to listen to music when I have this MP3 player beside me. And you can only listen to CDs with it no?
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post #14 of 68
6/27/05 at 12:08am
ya i think you can only listen to cds
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post #15 of 68
6/27/05 at 12:11am
Quote:
Originally Posted by Djembe_Rob
Okay, I'm officially impressed. Great review! I see a bright future for you in the electronics field.
yes I'm officially impressed aswell
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post #16 of 68
6/27/05 at 12:14am
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Originally Posted by chuck232
TSST (Toshiba/Samsung Storage Tech) DVD+-RW DL
this isn't the normal z71v drive is it?
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post #17 of 68
6/27/05 at 1:16am
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Errr, not entirely sure. I ordered it as they said it was the one that fits with the Z71A/V so I'm not really sure if it's any different from the ones others have been getting.
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post #18 of 68
6/27/05 at 1:27am
Excellent review. You make me wish I'd bought a 1.6/400 CPU as well. Of course, then I'd want no extended warranty, and probably try making my own GPU/Chipset heatsink replacement so overall, probably I'm better off with just stock stuff and not tweaking.

One thing to add to the discussion here. I got my 71v last week and the other night decided to try Everquest at native resolution. Unbelievable! Flawless performance and the best I've seen the game look ever. Full raids with zero video lag. This is better than I imagined.
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post #19 of 68
6/27/05 at 2:44am
Great, thank you for the review, you just convinced me to order a Z71V

Just wanna know something before: Do you think I will have to apply any thermal grease if I go with the 1.6Ghz DIP Switch trick or will the thermal pads supplied be enough to get it going? (I just hate applying thermal grease :P)

Man, I wanna thank you again for this review, this is one hell of a deal now!
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post #20 of 68
6/27/05 at 3:27am
Wow, this is definitely a well constructed review. Props to you chuck
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