I just collected my Aftershock S-17 (GTX 980m) from TechArmory
Out of the box, the laptop was dirty ( finger prints, body fluids on laptop cover and keyboard and dandruff on keyboard ). The people servicing me notice the issue and was quick to resolved it...
Then proceeded to test the hardware. Couldn't run any graphic benchmark coz they forgot to install the graphic card driver, lol. Ratified the issue there eventually.
The guy servicing me claimed that they do test it with Furmark , funny is I wonder how they test cause first boot, need to key in the Windows CD key to proceed ... So i doubt they even tested it ... Anyway, doesn't matter la, as long it works, syukur la ...
Ran Heavy 4.0 benchmark for 10 minutes, GPU max temperature is 75 Celsius (ambient temperature 23 Celsius) and maintains around there, falling a bit. Acceptable.. Noise generated by fan is lesser then GT70 , quiet good in my opinion for a slim laptop. Yeah, I do "feel" that the power brick is slimmer (the depth) compare to MSI's GT70 and above series..
Came back, just realize the screen bottom padding also falling off , not glued properly.. but ok la, very small issue, I just push it back and when it drops off in the future, I glue it back..
Overall, customer service was very good. They allowed me to do the necessary stuff like benchmark , temperature testing and etc on the spot. They also ratified the issue with the graphic card on the spot.
To me, this all are very small issues la and overall, I am very happy to own this unit.
I think they do test your laptop with benchmark.. They're using their own OS.. ILLEGEAR is doing the same also..
They can install OS in your laptop and after that deactivate it and remove it from the HDD/SSD though