Specifications / Chassis

CPU	Intel Core i7-3610QM
Operating System	Windows 7 Home Premium
Chipset	Intel HM77 Express Chipset
Memory	DDR3 1333 MHz, 4 x SODIMM, 16 GB (4 x 4 GB)
Display	17.3'' Full HD, 1920 x 1080
Graphics card	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670M (Fermi), 2 GByte GDDR5
Hard drive	80 GB SSD (2.5'') 750 GB HDD (2.5'')
Network	1 x Gigabit LAN 1 x WLAN 802.11n
Video Camera	HD Web Camera
Connectors	1 x Microphone-in jack 1 x Headphone-out jack 3 x USB 3.0 2 x USB 2.0 1 x eSATA 1 x RJ45 LAN jack 1 x SPDIF out 1 x HDMI 1 x VGA
Audio	Built-in Speakers with Subwoofer and Microphone
Battery	7800 mAh, 86.58 Whrs
Dimensions	428 x 288 x 55 mm (W x D x H)
Weight	3.82 kg

Châssis / Design / Build Quality

As soon as you take the Erazer X7817 out of the box you'll see that this is one hell of a gaming notebook. No wonder it weighs 3.82 kilogram and it therefore leaves lasting impressions. Nevertheless one solid state drive and an additional hard drive, a high-end mobile GPU, a quad core CPU, 16 GByte memory, a 17.3 inch FullHD dispaly and a powerful cooling solution do need some space and therefore cause some additional weight. As a matter of fact the Erazer X7817 can produce way more than 100 Watts of dissipation power power and therefore the cooling is very important. Medion decided to put GPU and CPU underneath the speakers close to the display. The CPU can be found on the left side and the GPU has been placed in the middle of the device. Furthermore there is one radial fan which blows hot air out of the case. The entire cooling solution is very efficient and keeps the temperatures low and even the noise level is on a reasonable level.

A closer look at the materials show that this notebook is made from plastic entirely. As a display couver you'll find a metal imitation. A rather cool feature are the two V-shaped bars which come with a blue backlight. Except for the writings the Erazier X7817 is kept in black completely which suits a gaming notebook well.

Page 1 - Introduction	Page 8 - Web browsing / Data decryption / Windows Defender
Page 2 - Preview	Page 9 - Cinebench / WinRAR
Page 3 - Specifications / Chassis	Page 10 - 3D Mark 11 / Unigine Heaven
Page 4 - Display / Keyboard	Page 10 - Battery Eater / Power Consumption
Page 5 - Test Setup	Page 11 - Noise Level
Page 6 - Video Playback / Downscaling Transcoding / Storage	Page 12 - Conclusion
Page 7 - DirectX 9 / Image Manipulation / Importing Pictures

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