Octane 15'6 Laptop

Hewhoist

Enthusiast
Hi all,

I ordered my laptop last Friday, it's been dispatched today so I've got my fingers crossed it will arrive tomorrow due to it dispatching so early in the day. I've ordered the following;
Chassis & Display
Octane Series: 15.6" Matte Full HD IPS LED Widescreen (1920x1080)
Processor (CPU)
Intel® Core™i7 Quad Core Processor i7-4790S (3.2GHz) 8MB Cache
Memory (RAM)
4GB KINGSTON SODIMM DDR3 1600MHz (1 x 4GB)
Graphics Card
NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 970M - 6.0GB DDR5 Video RAM - DirectX® 11
1st Hard Disk
500GB SERIAL ATA II 2.5" HARD DRIVE WITH 8MB CACHE (5,400rpm)
Memory Card Reader
Integrated 6 in 1 Card Reader (SD /Mini SD/ SDHC / SDXC / MMC / RSMMC)
Thermal Paste
ARCTIC MX-4 EXTREME THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY COMPOUND
Sound Card
Intel 2 Channel High Definition Audio + MIC/Headphone Jack
Wireless/Wired Networking
GIGABIT LAN & WIRELESS INTEL® AC-7265 M.2 (867Mbps, 802.11AC) + BLUETOOTH
USB Options
4 x USB 3.0 PORTS (1 x POWERED) + 1 e-SATA/USB 3.0 PORT COMBINED
Battery
Octane Series 8 Cell Lithium Ion Battery (82WH)
Power Cable
1 x UK Power Lead & 230W AC Adaptor
Keyboard Language
OCTANE SERIES BACKLIT UK KEYBOARD WITH NUMBER PAD
Operating System
NO OPERATING SYSTEM REQUIRED
DVD Recovery Media
NO DVD RECOVERY MEDIA REQUIRED
Office Software
NO OFFICE SOFTWARE
Anti-Virus
NO ANTI-VIRUS SOFTWARE
Mouse
INTEGRATED 2 BUTTON TOUCHPAD MOUSE
Webcam
INTEGRATED 2.0 MP FULL HD WEBCAM
Warranty
3 Year Silver Warranty (1 Year Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour)

I can't wait to get my hands on it. I've been following the forums since before I planned to buy this laptop and for the price I really can't believe I'm getting so much for so little money. I'm excited to see how the desktop CPU's perform in the laptop. I'll update this thread when it arrives with some pics and stats to see how it performs.
 

Hewhoist

Enthusiast
my laptop has arrived, currently creating a system image to copy the HDD to the SSD so I can have my OS on the SSD and the HDD as storage. Already got the 16GB of RAM in it and it all started up beautifully. Once I've got the SSD as the primary and my drivers installed (they came on a disc but the octane has no dvdrom lol) I'll throw some pics up and benchmarks
 

moheli

Silver Level Poster
Do you have the Octane 15.6" yet? I would appreciate some pictures or a video. Main questions are about its chassis. How does it feel? It looks like it's made out composite plastic, possibly alloy. How well does it conduct heat under intensive and/or during elongated use? Are the fans particularly intrusive? Thanks in advance.
 
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