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    PCSPECIALIST Recoil V 17" Queries

    Yeah the Recoil 17 is very heavy, and wouldn't be comfortable (nor good for it's cooling) having it on your lap. It definitely needs both power bricks plugged in to get good performance from it. DTR laptops are ultimately for a specific bit of the market - eg my case, I don't have room for a...
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    PCSPECIALIST Recoil Returns...with 3000 series GPUs.

    I’ve just checked back on the chat log, the 3070 is 125W for anyone else interested in that card.
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    PCSPECIALIST Recoil Returns...with 3000 series GPUs.

    I can confirm it’s a 150W standard according to PCS (confirmed this on live chat before I ordered) and I have seen it draw up to 165W on stress testing and tuning whilst monitoring it on the Nvidia panel.
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    PCSPECIALIST Recoil V 17" Queries

    I can answer some of your queries.. I have one myself that arrived last week. - this YouTube video isn’t a PCS build, but it’s the same Clevo chassis, so all the cooling system/internals are the same. The GPU is wired straight to the display, so no, there’s no Mux switch or Optimus. No need...
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    PCSPECIALIST Recoil V 17" Chassiz?

    I can't exactly recall, but once in the BIOS go through the sub menus until you find CPU editing or similar, and there's a tick box within that menu to "allow overclocking". It's not clear on the front page, but checking through the menus you should then find the tick box. Once that is ticked...
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    PCSPECIALIST Recoil V 17" Chassiz?

    Fixed the issue with a PCS response! It is capable in the current BIOS, it was just switched off from factory and hidden in a BIOS submenu!
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    PCSPECIALIST Recoil V 17" Chassiz?

    I'm using the standard PCS BIOS - everything I'd read is don't touch the BIOS as it can mess with the warranty. Also, on the Clevo site, there is no obvious BIOS download for the X170KM-G, there's only one for the X170KS-G.
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    PCSPECIALIST Recoil V 17" Chassiz?

    It's also locked in Throttlestop, and in Intel XTU. The standard Clevo Command Centre should at least have access for overclocking, but it doesn't provide any access for the CPU at all. Having a browse online it seems it's a Clevo BIOS package potentially?
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    PCSPECIALIST Recoil V 17" Chassiz?

    Hi mate, I've just had delivery of one of these with an i7-11700k and a 3080. The cooling in it is pretty hefty (plenty of youtube videos if you search the chassis you found!). The GPU runs extremely cool, usually around 50 under load, so I'm sure there's plenty more performance that can come...
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    PCSPECIALIST Real Users' Benchmarks - Rank of PCS Laptops

    Hi mate, here's my stock results for a new 17 inch recoil machine, with an i7-11700k and a 3080. https://www.3dmark.com/3dm/60596366?
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