Size comparison to Acer Aspire V3-471G (Acer 14 inch laptop)

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Added on January 4, 2013, 3:55 pmGood thing about this laptop

- Compared to ultrabook (which get rid of many of the ports), I find this illegear R-11 (Clevo W110ER) has all the ports that I need and the area where the ports are located is just nice. You got 2 USB 3.0 ports, 1 USB 2.0 port (for power off mode charging your handphone perhaps), VGA port (to connect to projector to conduct presentation), HDMI port, headphone jack and microphone jack.

- First of all, do not compare this to an ultrabook as ultrabook is meant to sacrifice performance (at least gaming performance) for portability where probably you don't get any fans or vent on the ultrabook. Believe me, you won't be able to find much choices for laptop with this size (11.6 inch). Perfect for bringing it around while able to enjoy some gaming.

- Customizable, that is why I got the matte screen.


Bad part (Like I said, I'm quite genuine when I'm giving review)

- Small right shift key (I think I need some time to get used to it XD). Suppose the laptop still have more space to accomodate the keyboard so that the buttons won't need to be shrinked that much. Look at the 12 inch Thinkpad and Alienware M11X, you will know what I mean.

- No backlit keyboard (Well, might be something particular to someone but to me, size of the laptop still comes first)

Something which I personally don't consider it as bad feature
- Plain design. I think for business traveller like me who doesn't want to seek attention, this is a pronton running on ferrari engine.


That's all folks. Hopefully you have an idea how small this laptop is.
Personally and overall I'm quite satisfied with the laptop because it offers both portability and gaming capability

This post has been edited by jimmykvt: Jan 4 2013, 04:23 PM

Thanks for the review man
The R-11 looks almost as large as the M11x (chassis around 13")

And I like the plain design, especially without the logo~~

This post has been edited by [PF] T.J.: Jan 13 2013, 11:22 AM

The size looks like a 13 inch laptop from your photos.
Outlook is kinda plain but class.

haha quite big also. the frame beside keyboard is too big also. wow but 13 inch, might as well get 14 or 15

If you don't tell people its an R-11 uber gaming monster... most would've mistaken it for a professional entry 12.1" Fujitsu business model yo (There are 2 units in my research institute)
Nice~~

Strange, I already posted quite a lot, seems like all my posts didn't stack :\
Some kind of limitation in LYN forum, especially on uploading pictures :[

Waiting games begin

haha yeah mostly due to the design. plain n simple, just like the business laptop. haha

I'm so in love with my illegear R-11. Up to my expectation and never disappoint me till now. No problem on 24/7 download, gaming, heavy duty graphic and video rendering. Simply Perfection

This post has been edited by doremon: Jan 4 2013, 05:00 PM

Size comparison to Sager NP8170 (Similar to Sager NP9170/Clevo P170EM or illegear RS-17)







Power adapter comparison

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Added on January 4, 2013, 4:27 pmTexture

The rubberized texture which is quite nice as you can see from the following pictures:
- LCD backcover


- LCD backcover (closer look to see the rubberized texture)


- palm rest area


- touch pad area


- LED indicator lights panel


This post has been edited by jimmykvt: Jan 4 2013, 04:27 PM

hey man~
Y u no post photos and review?
Anyway, glad to hear that your NP6110 (or is it R-11) is serving you well ~

Thumbs up for first ILLEGEAR laptop review

For those are wondering the dimensions and weight:

1.8kg with Battery Pack
11.30″ (w) x 8.15″ (d) x 0.50″~1.46″ (h)

Specifications:

11.6" HD LED Backlit Display
Intel® HM76 Express Chipset
Intel® Core™ Ivy Bridge i7 Processor
2GB Nvidia GeForce GT 650M
16GB Dual Channel DDR3 RAM
1 X Storage Drive Bay (Max. 1TB HDD or SSD)
Killerâ„¢ Wireless-N Technology
THX TruStudio Pro Sound System
Onkyo Speakers

Will post some photos on our Facebook page soon. Sorry for that I have been busy recently

This post has been edited by Prince J: Jan 4 2013, 04:38 PM

Hi Bro .
Photos are the same . No point re-posting it. The different is only I already removed all the stickers. So basically just plain old note book. My brother call it portable garbage LOL. I don't care. It beat my previous M11x R3 on so many levels. Surprisingly is not that hot after almost 2 months downloading without turn it off. Glad to bump into you bro. Thanks again and again for recommending me this lethal and deadly weapon

Haha, help Prince J out ma haha, he seems to be lacking of real photos of Illegear products
Can take some more artistic shots
There are no real competitors to the R-11 now that the M11x is discontinued

u take 1 or 2 or 3 years warranty bro?

Possible for this monster to come with touchscreen?

PM Prince J or ask him in this thread http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/2613184, and see what he can do

This post has been edited by nexus2238: Jan 4 2013, 10:27 PM

I opt for the 2 years warranty package.

13" Gaming notebook??

Just got my R-11 too haven't tested it out yet hehe

Time to upgrade bro Amal

Could it be a new version of the current W130?

There are 2 current version of the W130 series :
W130EV - 13.3", Dua Core, no GPU, 1.78kg
W130EW - 13.3", Quad Core, no GPU, 1.78kg

W130ER(just like the TS laptop model but 11 inch, W110ER) perhaps?

Btw, sorry TS for hijacking.
Nice review man!
Hope you could also include benchmark results and temperature results for more poison.

Comparisons of R-11 and M11X

ILLEGEAR R-11

1.8kg
11.30″ (w) x 8.15″ (d) x 0.50″~1.46″ (h)


Alienware M11x

1.99kg
11.25″ (w) x 9.19″ (d) x 1.29″ (h)

This post has been edited by Prince J: Jan 5 2013, 08:06 PM

but okay la...
but the GFx is using what??
tehehe... anyways thanks for sharing

@AC_ryan94

It's 2GB version of GT650M

thanks a lot bro... will intro to my fren

Ask ur fren fast abit. Promo left 10 days. Haha

nice mini gaming laptop review, jimmy.

are the keyboards very hard to register the keys?

i find it quite nice actually. No problem in typing.

To be honest, compare to 13 and 14 inch, I would rather spare the extra 1 inch for an additional optical bay for 2nd HDD or a 2nd GPU just like the lenovo Y400 or Y500.

So, being compact, I think 11.6 inch does fine and basically I can carry it around without much hassle.

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Added on January 6, 2013, 3:50 pm@Amal
Sorry Amal, might not be doing any review on benchmark. I find it quite easy to look for benchmark result and such for illegear R-11 or Clevo W110ER on the internet.
The only thing lacking is the pictures to show size difference. I think laptop size between 14 and 17 inch are kinda common these days. But size 11.6 inch gaming laptop is still very rare and I have too been wondering how small can it be. So, those pictures of mine show you how small this beast can be

This post has been edited by jimmykvt: Jan 6 2013, 03:50 PM

Guess, you're right then. It should be identical if nothing is change.
Congrats on your purchase bro!

Thank you for your support sir

We are shooting some pictures and videos for our products, stay tuned!

Prince J, are you going to be the VJ?

Wah, looking forward to it~

Pretty sure its going to be something awesome considering how good the Illegear website looked

jelly~ ><

Nope I won't be=.=...
Perhaps my colleague will do it.

This post has been edited by Prince J: Jan 7 2013, 07:52 PM

Will be a simple review to show the benchmark and cosmetic outlook rather than an advertising video.

just made payment for my R11 today. hoping to get it before weekend.

total damage = RM3407.

still thinking either to extend warranty or not. hmm

It attacked the wallet.. It is not effective..

??

Welcome to the R-11 team, mate.
Hope you can receive this small beast soon.

More and more people are getting R11, i guess most of the gamers nowadays prefer portability rather than performance

true story. but for me, the bigger the laptop the more i want except 18" models. i cant bear the weight of an 18" laptop.

IMO if a real gamer or enthusiast, should just get PC. If not, a normal gamer like me, gt650m should suffice.

those that bought this little beast did you go for the i5 version or the i7 CPU?

Most of the users picked i7-3630QM, some games nowadays are optimizing quad core advantage like BF3 etc.
The i5-3210M does a great job too in gaming though.

This post has been edited by Prince J: Jan 8 2013, 05:53 PM

Not really. If that's the case we would not have RS-17/ RX-17 customers.
The unique point of R-11 is the size and weight. How many ultrabooks/ netbooks out there can actually handle games handily?

I think its because of the price as well
The price gap between the R1-11 and the RS-15/17 is pretty big

from the pictures of R11, it looks similar to this clevo http://www.cyberpowerpc.com/system/Xplorer...Gaming_Notebook notebook. is it the same and just some rebranding or another thing?

sorry if i'm being a slowpoke here.. ^__^

Yes, a lot of customised laptops are using Clevo barebone.
http://www.illegear.com/about/
A bit of Illegear background.
You can PM Prince J to find out more

This post has been edited by nexus2238: Jan 9 2013, 09:25 AM

@erszebeth

Clevo is OEM manufacturer.
Illegear using Clevo barebone and sell it under Illegear's brand.

Sneak peak! Haha no peak actually. Cannot open until reach home. Eta 7 hours. Lol

Congratz bro
I guess you can't wait to get back home

Even without the laptop I can't wait to get home. Now with this? Haha

Wow, that's fast. The day before yesterday you made your payment. Today you got it lol

Well, there is no compromise here on either power or performance!

I'm like one of those oddballs with the i5-3210M.

I got mine from this site. Lovely upgrades and accessories they give for free if you buy at the right times. I got a 128GB Corsair Force GT SSD and a Creative soundcard and gaming headset for free with my X1M.

yup very fast indeed. they post it by yesterday morning. 1 day to arrive

those that have theirs already hows it handle overheating and such, I want to hear a few more postive reviews before I place my order for one, but the size, weight and the power packed into one of these, definitely has me very close to ordering one

Overheating? Mine doesn't go above 85C at all at full tilt and I can barely hear the fan.

I guess I better open my wallet then and order one, only problem I can even think of is no backlit keyboard on the smaller model

Whats the battery life when doing tiny tasks like office/web etc and then battery life when gaming or watching a film, I think those are the last questions I need to know about

I get about 3 hours just using it for office work and web while streaming music. Gaming on the other hand just drains it in like an hour and a half or so.

I think that's about right.
Anitelu, remember this is not an ultrabook
If you want to improve battery performance, the easiest is to opt for SSD instead of HDD. This will help a lot in all those disc activity intensive apps. If you decide to stay with HDD, 7200 rpm drain more power compared with 5400 rpm HDD.
Anyway, quite an upgrade from your Samsung N130

This post has been edited by nexus2238: Jan 9 2013, 03:38 PM

Oh yeah fully aware its not an ultra book, tho atm I do alot of my work on my mac mini desktop that I travelled with me, but its a pain to do that, so want to combine the productivity of using my adobe stuff and be able to have a laptop since my N130 died, and for the price this seems like a very good option. I would love to get a SSD in it, but I just dont think I can afford it at the moment. I guess i could go for the 128 GB SSD option and just get the i5 version, but I know very little bout this new SSD technology...

if programming / rendering is not very important to u, just get the i5, use less power and ssd. i dont know ssd prolong the battery for how many hours/minutes. haha

When you guys saying Rendering Im guessing your talking maya and stuff right? I mainly just use photoshop, dreamworks, and some primere pro for editing stuff, Im looking at getting a ssd for the OS and a 500 gb inside for storage + my own external should work quite nicely

Can only fit 1 SSD/HDD...

aww that makes me a sad panda then

i got all confused because on the website it says "We offer a variety of storage options with the ability to store up to three individual hard drives and one Mini PCIe mSATA SSD drive. "

This post has been edited by Anitelu: Jan 9 2013, 06:03 PM

I remember I read somewhere, some MBP users test 5400 rpm HDD vs SSD. Battery performance was about 4.5hr vs 6 hr.
Don't expect this much from Illegear, but I think 30-45 min is reasonable expectation.

I think a 128G SSD for OS, apps, and video files that you are working on. Then 2TB external HDD should be ample
Anyway, looking at illegear site, it is charging RM599 extra to replace the 500G HDD to 256G Crucial M4 SSD. That is very reasonable

Yes R-11 and X1M are the same and from the same manufaturer ^^

Remember to post some photos yo!

The R-11's cooling system is actually quite nice although there is only one air vent servicing both CPU & GPU.


This post has been edited by Prince J: Jan 9 2013, 07:54 PM

I getting very very jelly >< so many got illegear laptop.. T^T

after you got your alienware laptop, we are getting jelly at you.

Won't la... Not sure about the PC store yet.. Maybe can get illegear.. Still awaiting for news.. I only know can get AW only.. T-T

if you can get AW, make sure to give her a big hug. not like me, buy alienware and celebrate my 16th birthday using my own money.

Lol.. If I am not wrong.. You're a 1994 kid, right?

Lol.. If I am not wrong.. You're a 1994 kid, right?

yes. my username define my age very well.

This fit the description for those 17" monsters

hmmm, last time i wanted to get the illegear rx17...but had a bad experience talking with the online chat which turn down my mood of buying it. The whole websites are quite confusing. When they meant free western digital hdd, it should be free. Not like a free upgrade or wat. I adviced them to change but they replied quite impatient. So end up i lost confidence on their service and did not buy the rx 17.

This post has been edited by kTs09: Jan 10 2013, 08:03 AM

feel bad for this but i believe most business minded peoples never do a 'buy this free 1' promotion, especially in computer products. they will only allow FREE upgrades. also, illegear's site is not confusing at all.

It is confusing...They lack of HCI which is not a good idea for the website..."business minded peoples" is used as an excuse. It is a bout professional or non- professional thingy. A professional company will state their things clearly to avoid any chances of being complained by customers. And another thing is when the first time i got into tat websites, i look at the spec and the price. i thought it was that spec with that price. They did not put a "Starting from" or a "++" sign but at the bottom is all chosen with the lowest spec. Tat is not confusing huh?...hmmm...if u wan i can recommend u some websites which are not confusing and stated clearly...

Yet when i asked them why is it so confusing...they replied me "Follow the options"...i was like..."ok...if i understand ur options why would i be asking u?"...but no offense to you bro...it is juz a feedback to improve their service

This post has been edited by kTs09: Jan 10 2013, 09:16 AM

^ you can ask Prince J about it. he is better than other staffs.

Installed win7 ultimate. Already 34gb. Left 90+ gb only for my M4. Think need to change already. Any suggestion?

Home premium?

I think I understand what you mean.
This is a valid comment.
Reflect to Prince J. He always welcome feed back
http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/2613184

This post has been edited by nexus2238: Jan 10 2013, 11:21 AM

gosh, so jelly. wish I had the money to buy one, considering this time is a good time to buy with so much promotion from illegear, lol

thanks for the review and size comparison pic, not that small but still, given its size, it is such a beast

yeah combine with ssd so nice. i feel the difference with my previous hp dm1. haha

hope can sell my scorpio black around 250 later. then buy warranty extension.

This post has been edited by fixgd: Jan 10 2013, 11:57 AM

sad. see after recent price, can only sell for about 200. if want get rid fast must sell 180-190.

This post has been edited by fixgd: Jan 10 2013, 12:08 PM

Hi,

Thank you for your feedback.

However, I just looked through our chat history from December to January and could not find any related chat, maybe I just missed it out. Can you roughly advise your chat request date for us to look through the performance of staff?

Thank you


Hi sir,

I believe "starting from" is already in the first post.
http://forum.lowyat.net/index.php?showtopic=2613184&hl=

Not trying to give excuse here but there were reasons when we designed the webpage.
http://store.illegear.com/illegear-noteboo...gear-rx-17.html

Unfortunately the price tag RM7599 is changed according to the specification changes, if you meant putting a "starting from" in front of the RM7599, that sounds good but it can be confusing too when the price variable changes. E.g. When upgrading the screen the price tag becomes "starting from RM7998" which will end up confusion of base price. Do let me know if you have better suggestion on the custom configuration page

Hope to have your understanding that illegear.com is a beta site (just on cloud since December) and we welcome any feedback to improve our website, apologies for all the inconveniences caused

If anyone feels confusing when using our website, please submit your feedback/suggestion to webmaster@illegear.com .
Appreciate

This post has been edited by Prince J: Jan 10 2013, 01:03 PM

Prince J, I think he meant this, for example:

There is a list of specs, then there is a price.
The list of specs is fixed, but the price is dynamic based on the specs client select at the bottom


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If you mean the bottom specs, it's dynamic too.

17.3" Full HD (1920x1080) LED Backlit Display
Intel® HM77 Express Chipset
Up to 3rd Generation Intel® Core™ i7 Processor
4GB Nvidia GeForce GTX 680M with Optimus or 2GB AMD Radeon HD 7970M with Enduro
Up to 32GB Dual Channel DDR3 SDRAM at 1600MHz
2 X Storage Drive Bays, 1 X Optical Drive Bay, 1 X mSATA SSD Connector
Killerâ„¢ Wireless-N Technology capable
Color Programmable Illuminated Keyboard
THX TruStudio Pro Sound System with Onkyo Speakers and Subwoofer
Ships in 3 to 5 business days

The chat date is bout 15th to 25th dec...im not sure when was it...but should be around there... you should c me asking bout 680sli...and i did advice the free hdd change to free upgrade hdd...

Ask your webmaster to hide the word "starting from" when the value is bigger than 7599(or change the specs...)...(one option)...or remove the specifications on top...put them in the product page with the word starting from...
Second option...find any other website as references...(eg:aftershockpc.com or dell customizing page)...

This post has been edited by kTs09: Jan 10 2013, 01:21 PM

FYI, that is not called as dynamic...it doesnt even change when i choose other specs...