May 17, 2010
Paul Lilly

AVADirect Clevo X8100 Core i7 Gaming Notebook Review

With all the high end hardware AVADirect threw into the Clevo X8100, it would be hard to imagine performance being anything but top notch, so we're not surprised with how easily the test system sliced through our benchmarks. We are, however, summarily impressed, if for no other reason than this being the fastest notebook we've yet laid our hands on.

CONFIGURATION

Core™ i7-740QM 4-Core 1.73 - 2.93GHz Turbo, PGA988, 45W TDP, Processor
Socket G1 Core i7 Mobile Processors
INTEL Core™ i7-740QM 4-Core 1.73 - 2.93GHz Turbo, PGA988, 45W TDP, Processor
Dual ATI® Radeon™ HD 5870 1GB GDDR5 Mobile Graphics Card for X8100, CrossFire Configuration
Clevo Notebook Graphics Modules
Dual ATI® Radeon™ HD 5870 1GB GDDR5 Mobile Graphics Card for X8100, CrossFire Configuration
8GB Kit (2 x 4GB) DDR3 1333MHz, PC3-10600, CL9 (9-9-9-24) 1.5V, Non-ECC, SO-DIMM Memory
DDR3-1333 SODIMM Memory
CORSAIR 8GB Kit (2 x 4GB) DDR3 1333MHz, PC3-10600, CL9 (9-9-9-24) 1.5V, Non-ECC, SO-DIMM Memory
750GB Momentus ST9750420AS, 7200 RPM, SATA 3Gb/s, 16MB cache, 2.5" HDD
SATA Notebook Hard Drives
SEAGATE 750GB Momentus ST9750420AS, 7200 RPM, SATA 3Gb/s, 16MB cache, 2.5" HDD