Origin EON17-SLX

Origin EON17-SLX (2014) new powerful gaming laptop

If you want to go over the top, Origin will gladly take you there. The boutique vendor's EON17-SLX is the laptop equivalent of the monstrous

 

 

With the right tools anything is possible which is why the EON17-SLX features up to two NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980M video cards in SLI, a Super Multi Blu-Ray Burner Combo drive and high-definition audio. At ORIGIN PC we know the tools are only as good as the team behind them, which is why we offer world class support for the life of your gaming laptop.

 

Origin EON17-SLX is a 17.3-inch gaming laptop, full HD display with Intel's fourth-gen (a.k.a. "Haswell") Core i7-4930MX Extreme Edition CPU and two 4GB Nvidia GeForce GTX 780M graphics adapters. Sixteen gigabytes of Corsair Vengeance 1600MHz DDR3 filled all four available memory slots. As for storage devices, it came with two 120GB mSATA solid-state drives; a 750GB, 7,200-rpm hard drive; and a combo Blu-ray reader/CD and DVD writer.

 

 

It also tipped the scales at a ponderous 9.2 pounds and measured a slab-of-fat 2.2 by 16.5 by 11.5 inches. Our initial reaction, upon taking delivery of a hefty wooden crate with the Origin label on its side (a $30 option to protect against the slings and arrows of shipping), was to wonder what we were in for. And while the driver who delivered it described the crate as relatively light, that may have been the only time anyone has ever used that word to describe the EON17-SLX

 

 

While its weight is something to keep in mind, especially if you have any plans to actually carry the rig from room to room or from home to the occasional LAN party—anyone using it as a daily commuter would be insane—it's important to remember that this is a top-end gaming machine with gaming specs, not a slimline notebook meant for e-mail and spreadsheets.

 

And if that doesn't make it worth the toll it takes on your back and your wallet, you might not be in its target audience. But for those who are, it's pretty much a rave review from here on (with the common gaming-laptop exception of lackluster battery life).

 

The keyboard features a backlight with seven colors to choose from and three distinct lighting zones. The touchpad glows and changes colors to match the keyboard, but it's a bit different than others we've seen. Not only does the pad have a separate button bar for right and left clicking—most systems these days have shifted to clickpads which combine the buttons with a clickable touch surface—but the EON17-SLX takes it a step further. 

 

Origin EON17-SLX

2014-12-30

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Origin EON17-SLX (2014) new powerful gaming laptop