Why you didn't get the haswell 970 one? Only RM400+- different

I initially wanted to get Haswell 960M only. Then stretch to Skylake 960M. Before I place my order, Prince J told me the Haswell 970M promo which torn my mind apart of which one to choose from. After that I settle with Skylake 960M as I barely got time for game now, the game I played mostly will be online game. So I guess 960M should suffice enough.

Guys,need some help.. Looking for something future proof here, maybe at least 5 years..

Z5 Haswell GTX970m or Z5 Skylake GTX970m

Please help me choose..

The answer is pretty straightforward. Z5 Skylake GTX970M for future proof.

Neomax3
y??
no usb 3.1 afaik, or type C
and with skylake dependence on Mobo VRM.. theres a higher chance of mobo degradation than haswell when long term expose to heat etc.

clock to clock 4720hq and 6700hq performs about the same with the former beating the later frequently.

So to be frank the gain is

1. CPU temps lower by 10C since theres no more integrated VRM
2. PCIE NVME SSD ( if u can afford a 512gb.. since anything lower doesnt make sense for a dedicated gaming laptop.. cheaper to get two msata ssd and raid them)
3. Support for 16gb single density dimm ram.

nothing is set for the future atm dude. The only gain ppl are talking about is temps.

So my advice choose based on ure budget with gpu u want first. 960m or 970m and then see whether it falls into haswell or skylake.

There is no such thing as future proofing. Just the Now

This post has been edited by cstkl1: Jan 2 2016, 07:07 PM

Fallout 4 Ultra settings on D9X

Thanks for your insight, which mean Haswell i7 4700HQ 970M vs Skylake i7 6700hq 970M performance are about the same? Except temperature and battery life utilisation is better?

yup
thats the only difference atm that counts.

pcie nvme ssd currently is not in the affordable range to count as a advantage

According to our gaming benchmark test, i7-4700HQ 970M vs i7-6700HQ 970M performance are about the same.

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‪ILLEGEAR‬ ‪Z5‬ ‪Skylake‬ comes with one-click drivers installer

Hello everyone.

Need some guide here. Is anyone here ever try to remove the keyboard on D5 or D7)?
Want to put extra RAM on my D5 & since another extra RAM slot is underneath the keyboard, so I need to remove it 1st.

Thanks

This post has been edited by hayrol: Jan 10 2016, 09:53 PM

wrong section, my bad

This post has been edited by Nursh: Jan 11 2016, 01:40 AM

Remove two KB screws at the back and use a thin screwdriver to push the KB out from top. Beware of the ribbon connector.

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Hi peeps. I'm using the old RE-15 with win8.1.
I notice there are 4 partitions in my ssd.
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2. Efi system partition
3. Msr partition
4. Windows 8.1

I wanna do a clean install of windows 10.
Can I delete all the partitions? Or just delete partition 4?
And also where can. I get the drivers for the laptop (fan management, the hot keys, etc)?

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