Hi,
I have a Eurocom M3 (aka clevo w230st) with i7-4700mq, 12gb ram, 1x 128gb msata ssd, 1x 7200rpm 500gb hdd, 1080p 13.3" screen, GTX 765m. Looking up numerous reviews for other laptops, I realized that my laptop's battery life is horrible compared to similar spec laptops like the Razer Blade 2013 or the lenovo y50. I was thinking that it was the cpu, but they all have i7-4700mq (or 4702).
Batterybar tells me that my battery is at 12% wear, with current capacity of ~54,700 mwh (from original 64mw battery), so it currently holds more than a brand new y50. I get below 2 hr 15 mins of battery life at lowest brightness, on power saver running chrome with 8 tabs. I'm even lowering the dynamic voltage offset in intel XTU. However, the reviews of other laptops say that they get over 4 or 5 hours of battery life on simple wifi web browsing use.
Usually I don't need much power (for working), just battery life, so how can I extend battery life? Why does my laptop in particular last so short?
Thanks in advance.
I have a Eurocom M3 (aka clevo w230st) with i7-4700mq, 12gb ram, 1x 128gb msata ssd, 1x 7200rpm 500gb hdd, 1080p 13.3" screen, GTX 765m. Looking up numerous reviews for other laptops, I realized that my laptop's battery life is horrible compared to similar spec laptops like the Razer Blade 2013 or the lenovo y50. I was thinking that it was the cpu, but they all have i7-4700mq (or 4702).
Batterybar tells me that my battery is at 12% wear, with current capacity of ~54,700 mwh (from original 64mw battery), so it currently holds more than a brand new y50. I get below 2 hr 15 mins of battery life at lowest brightness, on power saver running chrome with 8 tabs. I'm even lowering the dynamic voltage offset in intel XTU. However, the reviews of other laptops say that they get over 4 or 5 hours of battery life on simple wifi web browsing use.
Usually I don't need much power (for working), just battery life, so how can I extend battery life? Why does my laptop in particular last so short?
Thanks in advance.