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Which Omen to buy?

Romeo Loh — Wed, 27 Jun 2018 10:29:46 +0800

OK guys, so basically I'm ready to make payment and get this laptop from USA,

but which is better based on your opinion, kindly advise?

Both are HP Omen: Omen X and Omen 17

Omen X _ USD 2155 RM8700+-
Intel® Core™ i7-7700HQ (2.8 GHz, up to 3.8 GHz, 6 MB cache, 4 cores)
NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 1080 (8 GB GDDR5X dedicated)
16 GB DDR4-2800 SDRAM (1 x 16 GB) supporting Intel® XMP
17.3" diagonal FHD 144 Hz IPS anti-glare WLED-backlit (1920 x 1080) with NVIDIA G-SYNC™ technology
1 TB 7200 rpm SATA; 256 GB PCIe® NVMe™ M.2 SSD

goodies:
Mechanic keyboard, Macro Keys, 2.5mm travel distance
Individual customizable RGB lighting keypad
2 Thunderbolt™ 3
https://store.hp.com/us/en/pdp/omen-x-lapto...value-2rj65av-1

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Omen 17 _ USD 1800 RM7250+-
Intel® Core™ i7-8750H (2.2 GHz base frequency, up to 4.1 GHz with Intel® Turbo Boost Technology, 9 MB cache, 6 cores)
NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 1070 (8 GB GDDR5 dedicated)
32 GB DDR4-2666 SDRAM (2 x 16 GB)
17.3" diagonal 4K 120Hz IPS eDP anti-glare WLED-backlit (3840 x 2160) with NVIDIA G-SYNC™ technology too..
2 TB 5400 rpm SATA; 256 GB PCIe® NVMe™ M.2 SSD

goodies:
1 Thunderbolt™ 3
https://store.hp.com/us/en/pdp/omen-by-hp-17-an188nr

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The only purpose I getting Omen gaming laptop are just for gaming, no professional photo or video editing, thus 8th Gen CPU are not my need, prefer GTX1080 for the gaming purpose.
The 4K panel with 120Hz for latter option are killing too, and it comes with 32GB of RAM, while the former option are FHD panel with 144Hz, and 16GB Ram with XMP..

The main reason that struggling me between this 2 laptop are, I love the RGB lighting feature, Mechanic Keyboard, and premium looking of Omen X,
other wise the 8th Gen CPU Omen 17 would be just good..

it's only RM1400 price gap

What do you guys think?

Omen X 17 - Amazon

Romeo Loh — Thu, 15 Mar 2018 15:22:42 +0800

Hi Lowyatian,

I'm about to get the Omen X laptop from Amazon US, specs as below:

OMEN X by HP
17-inch Gaming Laptop
Intel Core i7-7820HK
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080
16GB RAM
1TB HDD, 256GB SSD
Windows 10
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There are two variant:

A. Intel Core i7-7820HK
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080

selling at USD 2299

https://www.amazon.com/HP-17-inch-i7-7820HK...keywords=Omen+X

B. Intel Core i7-7700HQ
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070

selling at USD1799

https://www.amazon.com/HP-17-inch-i7-7700HQ...keywords=Omen+X

What do you guys recommend, which spec to choose, another USD500 for GTX1080 and i7-7820HK?

And has anyone want to buy it together and ship to MY?

ASUS ROG SCAR

Romeo Loh — Fri, 12 Jan 2018 15:41:41 +0800

Hi guys,

Just now I found out the NEW ASUS ROG, SCAR edition 17'

in Amazon.

Have a peek below:

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The price is USD1539.
Good that USD are dropped, so approx MYR6150+-
Good buy?

Anyone interested, and would like to group buy?

Would love to get in before CNY la~~~

Link:

https://www.amazon.com/Strix-GL503VS-Gaming...ASUS%2BROG&th=1

Standard Chartered Worldmiles Card

Romeo Loh — Mon, 31 Jul 2017 23:22:45 +0800

Hi guys, who owning the SC Worldmiles card and been charged their Annual Fees of RM636(GST inclusive)?
Anyway to waive it, without spending 100k/month?
Or contact CSS to...

Recommend to buy laptop from Amazon?

Romeo Loh — Tue, 25 Jul 2017 03:13:43 +0800

Hi Tech Fanatic out there,

I'm using my ASUS N56V for 5 years, it's i5 with GT650M 8GB Ram, I bought it in 2012, from Low Yat Plaza 3 days right after its new launching. It's pretty cool lappy I got, my very first laptop, never bring me any problem in these 5 years time of using, zero manufacturing problem, wonderful audio quality, not to say when plug in the Sonic bass, the ambience in-room are fantastic. Bought it for watching movie and some gaming were my first intent.

I'm FPS offline gamer most of the time, playing DOTA2 as well, got no problem for the Dota2 in my ASUS baby so far, can play Crysis2, FarCry2, Battlefield2, COD 11-Bad Company(Amazing isn't), and etc...

However I'm going to buy myself a new laptop since it's 5y/o, and I'm eager into Crysis3, COD 12 and so on...

So now into the main topic, I'm fancy only for ASUS ROG, not into MSi because of its bulky, bold-black 仙草块 look, ILLEGEAR... maybe, the Illegear S5X looks acceptable with the GTX1070(MAX-Q, ETA in mid Aug).

I searched for so many dealer i.e. Laz*d*, jalan11 and the price are crazy, over RM10k, so I wander into Amazon.us and found out the ROG G752-series are couple thousands ringgit cheaper than us in MY, some open-box unit not even over RM8k. (USD1399-1599)

My wonder is, ASUS bought from Amazon got Global Warranty or not? Stupid question it is because as far I know-- No.

Some G752VS might about the same price as we are here, range RM10,600 to RM11,000, however its specs are marvelous: https://www.amazon.com/ASUS-ROG-G752VS-XB78...ywords=ASUS+ROG

So what do you guys thinking about this? Few problem came into my thinking are:
1. Is ROG G752-series worth it?
2. What do you guys think to buy from Amazon and get it deliver to MY or SG? Some said just use EziPos, however EziPos consist of numerous charges not to say the 6% GST
3. Is the vapor chamber cooler's performance are solid in the G752, or it's just a gimmick?
4. Why is there STRIX version in ROG family, should I get a slimmer STRIX?
5. Warranty and peace-of-mind issue if buy from Amazon?

What I love about the ROG G-7 series:
1. I love its copper aluminium and space design, the red-fire butts...AMBOI! (it is really that stunning red? Because I saw the real model and it's just orange, or any setting to turn on the red)
2. The side lining on the dashboard part, the spaceship design, the edge of the ROG logo on the right side
3. The customizable key(M1-M5) on the top-left make over looks pro

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Any criticize are acceptable as it may brought me stop thinking about the pricey stuff and save my money.

Sorry guys, I'm just a wonder-baby , when I go shop, stars are just came into my consideration and calculation, and this pricy laptop... will cost me 2-3 months of my saving.

Many thanks!