lonewolfchua: welcome to the club. do feedback us, especially the fan loud level.

This one is a S series SB16FG? ok.. looks easy enough, but how do you transfer the hidden partitions that contain the VAIO Recovery files?
Thanks ya!


Fan arr.. Ok loh, cos i used to own an Acer Travelmate 4000 (with 64mb 9700Radeon - can play Half Life 2 and Fear!!)
Compared to that it is ok lor. Fan sounds like a jet engine, and I like jets, so ok for me. And I play games with Seinhesser earphones so cannot hear outside sounds lah, but not try it yet.
It kinda build up slowly if you are doing HDD strenuous activities like streaming video while copying files and installing PS CS5 then becomes like zzzznng zzzng zzzng like a jet, not too distracting to me.

Oh, while at it, the vents are all on the right of user, so the aluminium of keyboard and trackpad feels little bit warm on right and veli cool on left. Nvr had heat issues yet cos still trying to get Crysis 2 to try. I hope I can run it and not waste my money.

Actually that touchpad not as nice as the one on my gf's CW series (hers more exp than mine!!). But my gf says maybe after it sucks more of my "oil" from my fingers it glide better.

I bought this model cos got offer for My Sony members on that SonyStyle online shop (free SOny bluetooth mouse and that expensive Sony bag)= that's about RM600 worth of goods, and u know Sony never give any free stuff when u buy from its Shops!! The promo ending soon and u guys better hurry if wan..

I cannot give full review cos I still uninstalling those trials software and installing mine, setting up my image editing tools, transferring my data from my acer. BTW, I am still writing this on my Acer, leaving the sweet baby at home.. will give my views again later lah, got work..

Not sure about transferring the Recovery partition, you could try use imaging software to image the recovery and restore it to the new HDD. But not sure if that would work..

Thanks. Better I wait then, maybe later SSD price drop further then I change.

Make sure you burn ur recovery data DVD bro. Then change the hard disk and insert that recovery DVD then it will guide u to install OS and application like factory option bro. You can select any size of partition that u want. Quite easy afterall. I've did in on my old SZ when replace the hard disk.

bro, can you please record and post in youtube for fan noise?

Like that kah? Good to know. I did already burn the recovery disk.

I'll get get some videos as soon as I finish setting it up the way I like.

@lonewolfchua gartz on ur SB16, can u post Windows Index score for ur SB?

btw i woundnt hope so much on Crysis2 with SB16's HD6470

^ maybe do at low - mid combination would do? crytek engine resource hunger anyway.

guys.. these are my new vaio sb16 temp snapshot,
and windows performance index..

Idle Temp :



A bit Busy Temp :



Windows Performance Index (using intel graphic) :




.. later, will try to run some games/heavy programs and see how it is performing.

great

zze121 > welcome to the club. looks normal on busy temp. hope to see more test done.

new user of VPCSB18GG/B....
wooohoo....
so far...acceptable heat and fan noise.
running more on applications rather than gaming

This post has been edited by calvinhpk: Apr 3 2011, 01:03 AM

Wow, many same kaki on SB series.. But much more powerful ya.. haha..
I just tried Crysis 2 (with a fan-made detail graphic settings mod). Everything almost lowest settings (which is "high" in Crysis 2 terminology), ran pretty smooth and gorgeous. But cannot compare to extreme settings on better PCs lah.. Still better looking than Fallout3.

I played till 4th chapter, only thing choppy is the in-between mini movie cut-scenes, not the in game cut-scenes.. Firefight is smooth once u get a better gun with better scope, initial is crap, hard to aim..

I played with earphones, but when i take them off, Wow! the fan is quite loud, but in a nice way. Like I said previously, sounds like a jet engine.. The back and right upper end of keyboard is quite warm->hot.. But it cools super quick when I exit the game, the fan almost start to wind down immediately after u stop those CPU+RAM+Graphic+HDD intensive things.

So my overall perspective is, fan is not a problem. U have to listen to an Acer's fan then u can appreciate Sony's fan is better..

And my Windows Exp Index: was better than zze121, dunno y..




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lonewolfchua, i run the test using Intel Graphics. maybe u test using the 6470M.
bcos the significant differences are in graphics test result.

btw, i wonder does our laptop affected by Cougar point bugs?
bcos it is still utilizing the mobo with B2 revision.

correct me if i am wrong. i think it should be ok, bcos
when checked in device manager, HDD is using port 0, ODD port 1.

Should be okay...

That explains it! And BTW, first time i played Crysis 2 i forgot to change back to ATI from Intel graphics, damn the game was slightly choppy.

and sorry i hav no idea what's a Cougar, except as a mountain lion in US and an older woman who wants younger men.

Nothing weird with my comp, I tried HDMI to TV, burning DVDs, games, PS CS5, Lightroom, MS Office 2007, streaming videos, watching videos on VLC, no prob yet.. Is it you mean hardware conflicts? I thought those are a past problem with Windows 98?

Cheers, and enjoy ur VAIO!

Update:
Oh, I googled the cougars.. Hai.. that problem detected in Macbooks about sandy bridge? It affects multiple SATA users. Laptop mana boleh guna multiple SATA device? at most is dual SATA SSD raid 0 and a DVD drive. I heard it affects only when paired up to 4 or 5 SATA drives only got problem under heavy load..

This post has been edited by lonewolfchua: Apr 4 2011, 10:31 AM

^there is a flaw with the old B2 revision (sata port 2 and above is affected), the fixed is B3 revision..

a question.. even though ports 2-5 are idle, any chances that it will
cause problem to the whole system?
both short term or long term..

Shouldn't have problem...