Specifications / Chassis
Test Model / Avialable Models
|
Digitec (Test model) |
CPU |
Intel Core i7-4710HQ,
2.50 GHz Standard, 3.50 GHz Turbo |
Operating System |
Windows 8.1 Multi-Language |
Chipset |
Intel HM87 Express
Chipset |
Memory |
DDR3 1600 MHz, 1 x
SODIMM, 16 GB (1 x 8 GB) |
Display |
15.6'' Full HD, Touch,
1920 x 1080 (Samsung SDC3544) IPS |
Graphics card |
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 860M,
4 GByte GDDR5, 1029 MHz Core, 5000 MHz Memory |
Hard drive |
Samsung XP941 (MZHPU512HCGL-000H1) - 512 GB SSD |
Network |
1 x WLAN 802.11ac |
Video Camera |
HD Web Camera |
Connectors |
1 x 3.5mm Jack
4 x USB 3.0
1 x mini DisplayPort
1 x HDMI Type A
1 x Reader SD/SDHC/SDXC |
Audio |
Built-in Speakers incl.
Microphone |
Battery |
58 Wh, 4 Cells, Lithium-Polymer |
Dimensions |
383 x 246 x 20 mm (W x D x H) |
Weight |
2.1 kg |
Price |
CHF 1919.20 |
Châssis / Design / Build Quality
As soon as you take the OMEN 15.6
out of the box you will notice, that this is a great looking gaming notebook. Weighing 2.10 kilogram it is unusually light for a gaming unit but nevertheless there is a lot of performance slumbering under the bonnet. The M.2 solid state drive for example is seriously quick and the discrete GPU, the quad core CPU with eight threads and 16 GByte memory have been combined with a 15.6 inch FullHD IPS
touch display. Apart from that also the cooling is adequate for the rouglhly 100 watts heat that can be produced by this notebook. The cooling solution
is capable of removing the heat under normal circumstances but, when running Furmark, which puts insane load on the GPU, we see that there is thermal throttling and GPU clock frequency is being reduced. On the other hand if you do gaming there is no throttling and the GPU remains at it's stock frequencies. Regarding noise levels we can say, that under load the unit is noisy but in idle it's subjectively speaking very silent.