Origin EON 17-S - heavy, powerful and expensive laptop for gamers
Origin PC company released an updated version of last year's geymerskogo computer under the symbol EON 17-S. Model turned, as usual, bulky, but specifications are worth. Laptop boasts a processor Core i7-4940 Extreme Edition and GeForce GTX 780M graphics card with 8GB memory.
Appearance
computer weighs 4.9 kg, and add another 1 kg power supply resembling brick. Shell thickness with the lid closed is 5 cm It is quite usual parameters in this class. The casing is made mostly from plastics. Build quality on the level, but the feeling of special reliability it does not matter. When pressing the upper lid flexes noticeably. If you drop a laptop with a raised screen hinges are likely not survive. Structural strength is not so actual figure for a device that is not designed for use on the road, but aluminum and alloys still felt more reliable. Legs raised above the surface of the body section of more than an inch for better cooling. The lower part has a lid for easy access to the battery compartment and the hard disk.
The keyboard and touchpad
EON 17-S has a keyboard layout with a full and not too small keys. There was a place even for the digital block. Ergonomics is quite satisfactory, the key travel is smooth, there is a built-in lights. But to the touchpad have a comment - it does not work very stable, false positives occur when dragging objects.
Display
Screen size is 17.3 inches. It has a matrix of 1920x1080 pixels, which has good viewing angles and a surprisingly weak flares, but the colors look a little pale. No touch interface.
Speakers
Speakers occupy a large part of the panel, which is on the bottom near the hinges of the display. Playback quality can not compete with decent headphones, but still very worthy. There is a surround sound effect. very solid set of interfaces - DisplayPort, HDMI, mini DisplayPort, FireWire, Gigabit Ethernet, two USB 3.0, card reader SD, USB 2.0 and USB 2.0/eSATA. Besides, there are as many as four 3.5mm audio jacks (headphone, microphone, digital audio output, analog audio output). To connect to WiFi networks have built Dual Band Wireless-AC 7260 adapter, and there is a module Bluetooth.
Technical equipment and performance
computer components can be matched to order. In this review, we are talking about this configuration: Processor: Core i7-4940 Extreme Edition Graphics Card: GeForce GTX 780M 8 GB RAM: 16 GB Corsair Vengeance DDR3/1600 Permanent memory: two 120 GB SSD-drive and 750 GB hard drive 7200ob / min Optical Drive: Blu-Ray Operating system: Windows 8, SSD RAID 0 is used for greater speed. razresheii At home screen (1920 x 1080) PC provides up to 106 frames per second in Battlefield 4 at maximum settings, and BioShock Infinite - to 125 frames per second (in the 2013 model-year gets only 63 frames / second). 9 WorldBench test showed one of the highest score - 119 points. When connecting an external 30-inch Dell UltraSharp 3008WFP 2560x1600 resolution also did not have any problems and lag. The headphones sound great. Such power entails tremendous heat, but the cooling system copes well with him. At idle, the temperature inside the casing is 40 degrees, and under the load - 42 degrees Celsius. Noise Level - 39.2 and 52.5 dB, respectively. Autonomy Like all gaming laptops, no external power EON 17-S short-lived - 2.5 hours. If required to work away from the outlets can take a spare battery. His replacement will not take much time and does not require tools.
Pros
- good design
- a great set of interfaces
- Big keyboard
- excellent performance
- great sound
- easy access components Cons - bulky and heavy - low autonomy - not too strong cover design - problems with touchpad Verdict In Origin managed to create a very powerful and generally good gaming laptop, but for $ 3480 I would like to see a more expensive materials and thoughtful design. Besides, Origin has a serious rival Alienware and Dell
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