New 15.6" Proteus VII review

[jackpeters129]

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Chassis & Display
Proteus Series: 15.6" Matte Full HD 144Hz 72% NTSC LED Widescreen (1920x1080)
Processor (CPU)
Intel® Core™ i7 Six Core Processor 9750H (2.6GHz, 4.5GHz Turbo)
Memory (RAM)
32GB Corsair 2666MHz SODIMM DDR4 (2 x 16GB)
Graphics Card
NVIDIA® GeForce® RTX 2070 - 8.0GB GDDR6 Video RAM - DirectX® 12.1
1st Storage Drive
2TB SEAGATE 7mm SERIAL ATA III 2.5" HARD DRIVE WITH 128MB CACHE (5,400rpm)
Memory Card Reader
Integrated SD Memory Card Reader
AC Adaptor
1 x Proteus Series 230W AC Adaptor
Power Cable
1 x 1 Metre UK Power Cable (Kettle Lead)
Battery
Proteus VII Series Lithium Ion Battery, 47WH
Thermal Paste
COOLER MASTER MASTERGEL MAKER THERMAL COMPOUND
Sound Card
Intel 2 Channel High Definition Audio + MIC/Headphone Jack
Bluetooth & Wireless
GIGABIT LAN & WIRELESS INTEL® Wi-Fi 6 AX200 (2.4 Gbps) + BT 5.0
USB/Thunderbolt Options
3 x USB 3.0 PORTS + 1 x USB 3.1 Type C PORT AS STANDARD
Keyboard Language
PROTEUS SERIES RGB BACKLIT UK KEYBOARD WITH NUMBER PAD
Operating System
Windows 10 Home 64 Bit - inc. Single Licence [KUK-00001]
Operating System Language
United Kingdom - English Language
Windows Recovery Media
Windows 10 Multi-Language Recovery Image - Unlimited Downloads from Online Account
Office Software
FREE 30 Day Trial of Microsoft® Office® 365 (Operating System Required)
Anti-Virus
NO ANTI-VIRUS SOFTWARE
Browser
Microsoft® Edge (Windows 10 Only)
Notebook Mouse
INTEGRATED 2 BUTTON TOUCHPAD MOUSE
Webcam
INTEGRATED 720P 30 FPS HD WEBCAM
Warranty
3 Year Gold Warranty (2 Year Collect & Return, 2 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour)
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30 Day Dead Pixel Guarantee Inc. Labour & Carriage Costs
Delivery
STANDARD INSURED DELIVERY TO UK MAINLAND (MON-FRI)
Build Time
Standard Build - Approximately 6 to 8 working days
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Order Total
£1524.00

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Video Review:
PC Specialist Proteus VII - Laptop Review & Benchmarks

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i7-9750H
Cinebench R20 (-140mV undervolt)
35W Game mode - single 426, multi 2292 | Clock average 3.00GHz
70W High Performance - single 413, multi 2843 | Clock average 3.73GHz

RTX 2070 8GB (max perf.)
3DMark Timespy
Stock overall 6961; graphics 7209; cpu 5826
+150MHz overall 7291; graphics 7599; cpu 5990

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare (2019)
Digital Foundry optimised settings (noRTX) - avg 105fps, 1% low 59fps, 0.1% low 10fps
Lowest settings offer ~+10% performance and look bad, RTX on costs about ~10-30% and doesn't look much different.

CSGO
Lowest - avg 290, 1% low 70fps, 0.1% low 58fps
Highest - avg 226, 1% low 57fps, 0.1% low 47fps
tl;dr Smoke tanks performance

Crysis
DX10 Very High GPU bench - avg 86, 1% low 44, 0.1% low 12
DX10 Very High CPU2 bench - avg 42, 1% low 9, 0.1% low 4
tl;dr Physics is single threaded and 1 thread is maxed at 100%.

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GTAV
1080p 2xMSAA+TXAA High - avg 132, 1% low 43, 0.1% low 6

Rise of the Tomb Raider
DX12 1080p smaa high - avg 102, 1% low 41, 0.1% low 22
tl;dr - all 12 cpu threads are maxed at 100%.

_________________________________ tl;dr __________________________

* Build quality is great.

* Great performance.

* Screen is a bit too tight... but can be opened with one hand.

* No G-Sync is no problem as long as you have 85FPS+ and stable frametimes.

* Seagate 2TB 5400rpm is noisy - Much more so then a 1TB 5400rpm or 7200rpm one would be. Can be heard clearly using on board microphone and to a degree with external ones.

* Control Center breaks if it's set to auto start with Windows.

* CPU/GPU temps average around 85C under load and can reach 90C in some cases while in Game Mode.

 

[Rich49]

Hey I too just bought one of these but with the RTX 2060, 32gb Corsair 2400 RAM and a 1TB SSD, great laptop so far. Do you know how to get the case off im trying to fit another drive? im still awaiting pc specialist to respond after I sent them a photo of the underside which they asked for.

cheers

richard

 

[jackpeters129]

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richard

Yeah, I had some trouble with the back cover the first time I tried to remove it.

I found that by removing the 11 screws on the back cover (10 around the edges and one in the middle), and using a suction cup on the lower flat surface, I was able to pull the backcover off enough to get a pry tool in. It doesn't seem to damage the clips holding the backcover doing this but it might not be the best option. Would be interested in seeing what PCS recommend if they get back to you.

Also, adding some images of the internals.

 

[Rich49]

Hi Jack, thanks for your reply. PC Specialist did come back to me and circled 10 screws forgetting one of the corner screws. Im sure it was just an error on their part but they didnt advise anything else but to remove the screws, so no farther forward with their advice. Have emailed them again to see what they say next.

cheers

richard