Ordered an Envy 17 2 days ago, good value?

[sabot00]

I found a coupon for the Envy 17, and after looking at the specs (CPU, GPU, etc) and build quality (screen, audio, build) I decided to buy one. Now I'm having a bit of buyer's anxiety, :lol: .

So I got the following:
i7-3610QM (quad core, 2.3GHz base, Ivy Bridge)
Radeon 7850m
6GB RAM (2 dimms, 1600MHz)
750 GB Hybrid hard drive (sounds like Seagate Momentus XT)

for $1092



Think it's a good deal?

 

[Komomu]

Yes that is a very nice deal. There is no need to worry

 

[WR2]

AMD Radeon HD 7850M review:
http://www.notebookcheck.net/AMD-Radeon-HD-7850M.74148.0.html

Envy 17 has the slightly slower clocked version of the card. Still a very potent graphics card on par with GTX 560M / GT 650M.


It's direct competitor would be a ASUS N76VZ-DS71 which looks like (depending on full configuration options) might be $200-250 more.

That works out to be a good value on the Envy 17 for a premium notebook.

 

[GI_JONES]

A friend of mine just had an envy 17 delivered yesterday. Its pretty sweet. The hybrid drive makes for fast boots, and the display is awesome!

 

[sabot00]

I see, can you elaborate on the 7850M's performance a bit more? Notebookcheck is giving me some weird percentages in performance.

 

[GI_JONES]

All I can say is blueray movies look great. He didnt have any games loaded yet