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The PCSpecialist Optimus V X13 uses the 1TB Seagate Hybrid GEN3 SSHD Drive. I have already looked at this drive – when fitted into the Playstation 4 console. I don't expect wonderful synthetic test results in Windows.
Synthetic performance results from the drive were never that impressive. From Run 1 to Run 5 the results fluctuated between 50 MB/s and 70 MB/s in the sequential read test. The sequential write test was more stable, staying close to 100 MB/s.
Similar performance characteristics in the ATTO Disk Benchmark. No real noticeable or steady performance differences between various runs. We still believe a larger NAND cache would help improve performance of this particular drive.
What about the ‘Real world' performance characteristics? We don't feel the Seagate Hybrid GEN3 SSHD is a viable alternative to a fully fledged Solid State Drive – that said we appreciate that PCSpecialist are working to a specific, and quite tight price point with this Optimus V X13 laptop.
well, had a look at it, and it seems that price is a load of crap.. thats the price for the base unit with the dual core pentium CPU, nnd the basic ram/HDD setup. -_- was about to put in an order.
Click the reviews tag at the top of the pcspecialist page and you will find this exact spec for £749. I’ve used this company several times and have always been very happy with the service and the product. Hope this helps
I’ve had this laptop (but a higher end config) since 2014 now. The chassis is garbage. PC specialist have been nice enough to change it for me twice now but, basically, you get a lot of cracks from the very sharp corners around the screen and keyboard as they are stress concentrators. The internal hardware is real good, however and PC Specialists have been quite good with customer care.
I’ve also got this laptop. Yep I had the chassis changed too, funnily enough I also bought in 2014. I am having continuing problems with overheating, have swapped the thermal paste no end of times, think the heat pipes might be busted or something.