the HP dv6-6017tx, 6121tx, 6140tx and dv6-6165tx thread

[NoBodyAtAll]

hello everyone!

my brother is going to purchase a laptop, most probably today. he went to a shop y'day and after viewing a few dell, vaoi, and hp ones, he's fixed to hp, particularly the one he saw - G6-2004TX (if you need to know more, i already have a thread here, but am writing it in this thread because its particular to the model i wish my brother to purchase).

he isn't much interested in gaming & wants the laptop more for multimedia & study-purposes, as well as running professional civil engg softwares, although i want him to have a laptop with a good GPU, as a good GPU makes a good all-rounder home-use laptop is what i believe. he hasn't disagreed to that. budget is about 50k for now, but he may stretch too.

now i have suggested to him the following:

1. 6165TX - avail for 58.5k at thane & mumbai (where i live). he lives at nagpur, where this model is not available. but i can ship the laptop to him. though this is the least probable choice due to the price.

2. 7012TX - a replacement for the above model. features are very good for the price, since fits well in the budget. though my only bone of contention is its GPU, which is slightly worse than 6770M / 7670M in other laptops. not that he would care so much for it, but I CARE

3. G6-2004/2005TX - all other features are inferior to above models, but GPU isa good one (7670M).

now am thoroughly confused. the 1st option will get cancelled if there's no chance of him extending the budget, which i will get to know by today evening. suppose if it gets cancelled, then between G6-2004/2005TX & 7012TX, which one would you suggest?! am getting a feeling that the unanimous reply would be 7012TX

thanks for reading!

like you mentioned your brother isn't much interested in gaming so why a heavy duty gpu the deal breaker for you.a 1GB gpu will just suffice your brother's needs. No doubt if you got the budget go for 6165...its awesome. But be sure to buy him a decent cooling pad with it if you want just to be on the safer side and want your pc to last long.

Otherwise
7012tx is the one for you!

PS=in the Sony Vaio C series (not sure about the model) there is a model available for under 55k,...I am mentioning it because it has got a FULL HD (Not found even in notebooks ranged aound 60k+) Display awesome multimedia experience (you mentioned Multimedia as the chief purpose) backlit keyboard better webcam, (1.3 MP against 0.3 of 6165, 7012 has 1.3MP too) Only a biggest downside is the graphics department...it has got just 512 MB discrete graphics or in few 1GB...but if gaming isnt much a requirement 512MB will be sufficient for you.


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HP Pavilion dv6-6165tx/Intel Core i7-2670QM CPU @2.20GHz/AMD Radeon 6770M 2GB DDR5/ 4GB RAM/
SONY Xperia S and Sony Ericsson X10 mini pro

 

[rider]

Guys why has hp stopped selling the 6165tx?????
i just bought it on 16th april and its notthere on their web site!!!

and was there any better laptop than 6165tx under 70k both in performance and looks????

If gaming is your priority buy 6165tx,don't think for a second. It is currently available in market of metro cities, and if you prefer online shopping buy it from here. And there is no other laptop model below 70k that has such powerful gaming performance.
But, If you are not much in gaming, want a well performing laptop, get the new dv6-7010tx powered with 3rd generation core-i7 and a mini sub-woofer in the bottom.

hello everyone!

my brother is going to purchase a laptop, most probably today. he went to a shop y'day and after viewing a few dell, vaoi, and hp ones, he's fixed to hp, particularly the one he saw - G6-2004TX (if you need to know more, i already have a thread here, but am writing it in this thread because its particular to the model i wish my brother to purchase).

he isn't much interested in gaming & wants the laptop more for multimedia & study-purposes, as well as running professional civil engg softwares, although i want him to have a laptop with a good GPU, as a good GPU makes a good all-rounder home-use laptop is what i believe. he hasn't disagreed to that. budget is about 50k for now, but he may stretch too.

now i have suggested to him the following:

1. 6165TX - avail for 58.5k at thane & mumbai (where i live). he lives at nagpur, where this model is not available. but i can ship the laptop to him. though this is the least probable choice due to the price.

2. 7012TX - a replacement for the above model. features are very good for the price, since fits well in the budget. though my only bone of contention is its GPU, which is slightly worse than 6770M / 7670M in other laptops. not that he would care so much for it, but I CARE

3. G6-2004/2005TX - all other features are inferior to above models, but GPU isa good one (7670M).

now am thoroughly confused. the 1st option will get cancelled if there's no chance of him extending the budget, which i will get to know by today evening. suppose if it gets cancelled, then between G6-2004/2005TX & 7012TX, which one would you suggest?! am getting a feeling that the unanimous reply would be 7012TX

thanks for reading!

In my opinion, as he is not much in gaming but you want some all-round laptop with decent graphic performance, let him get 7012tx. LINK
Though, gaming machine 6165tx is available online for 57.9k LINK

 

[GhorMaanas]

Of course if gaming is no priority then 7012tx would be the ideal choice

like you mentioned your brother isn't much interested in gaming so why a heavy duty gpu the deal breaker for you.a 1GB gpu will just suffice your brother's needs. No doubt if you got the budget go for 6165...its awesome. But be sure to buy him a decent cooling pad with it if you want just to be on the safer side and want your pc to last long.

Otherwise
7012tx is the one for you!

PS=in the Sony Vaio C series (not sure about the model) there is a model available for under 55k,...I am mentioning it because it has got a FULL HD (Not found even in notebooks ranged aound 60k+) Display awesome multimedia experience (you mentioned Multimedia as the chief purpose) backlit keyboard better webcam, (1.3 MP against 0.3 of 6165, 7012 has 1.3MP too) Only a biggest downside is the graphics department...it has got just 512 MB discrete graphics or in few 1GB...but if gaming isnt much a requirement 512MB will be sufficient for you.

In my opinion, as he is not much in gaming but you want some all-round laptop with decent graphic performance, let him get 7012tx. LINK
Though, gaming machine 6165tx is available online for 57.9k LINK

Thanks everyone! i have asked him to get the 7012TX. at his place he's getting it for 52k at one of the shops, but am sure that can be brought down to 50k.

@ NobodyAtAll - i think the vaio model you mentioned is CB45. its also a recommended model. i would ask him to take a look at that too.

 

[maddy1205]

Want to buy a cooling pad for 6165tx ...i checked for cooler master U2 and U3 on flipkart and letsbuy..it was out of stock!!...any other site where i can get one???....alternatively can you any other cooling pad that perhaps you guys are using??

 

[samudragupta]

Thanks everyone! i have asked him to get the 7012TX. at his place he's getting it for 52k at one of the shops, but am sure that can be brought down to 50k.

@ NobodyAtAll - i think the vaio model you mentioned is CB45. its also a recommended model. i would ask him to take a look at that too.

thats right he is referring to the sony CB45

 

[GhorMaanas]

Want to buy a cooling pad for 6165tx ...i checked for cooler master U2 and U3 on flipkart and letsbuy..it was out of stock!!...any other site where i can get one???....alternatively can you any other cooling pad that perhaps you guys are using??

check with primeabgb. call them up since they might not have updated the listing on their website. they usually keep a good stock of coolermaster & other laptop coolers. they can ship it to you too.

thats right he is referring to the sony CB45

My brother has finally bought the DV6-7012TX for 51.5k, with an HP laptop-bag, from a local shop. he wasn't willing to demo the CB45 as his eyes were already set on HP, and CB45 was retailing for 56k. i hope he takes good care of the laptop now, and the laptop returns the gesture with a good performance & keeps him bound to itself & well-satisfied. Amen

 

[rider]

My brother has finally bought the DV6-7012TX for 51.5k, with an HP laptop-bag, from a local shop. he wasn't willing to demo the CB45 as his eyes were already set on HP, and CB45 was retailing for 56k. i hope he takes good care of the laptop now, and the laptop returns the gesture with a good performance & keeps him bound to itself & well-satisfied. Amen

He made the right choice, hp dv6-7012tx is with latest nvidia GT 630M 2GB which is much powerful than HD 6630M 512MB of vaio cb45 graphics. Please tell me about the sound quality of the laptop.

like you mentioned your brother isn't much interested in gaming so why a heavy duty gpu the deal breaker for you.a 1GB gpu will just suffice your brother's needs. No doubt if you got the budget go for 6165...its awesome. But be sure to buy him a decent cooling pad with it if you want just to be on the safer side and want your pc to last long.

Otherwise
7012tx is the one for you!

PS=in the Sony Vaio C series (not sure about the model) there is a model available for under 55k,...I am mentioning it because it has got a FULL HD (Not found even in notebooks ranged aound 60k+) Display awesome multimedia experience (you mentioned Multimedia as the chief purpose) backlit keyboard better webcam, (1.3 MP against 0.3 of 6165, 7012 has 1.3MP too) Only a biggest downside is the graphics department...it has got just 512 MB discrete graphics or in few 1GB...but if gaming isnt much a requirement 512MB will be sufficient for you.


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HP Pavilion dv6-6165tx/Intel Core i7-2670QM CPU @2.20GHz/AMD Radeon 6770M 2GB DDR5/ 4GB RAM/
SONY Xperia S and Sony Ericsson X10 mini pro

dude, you are wrong, 6165tx has 1.3 MP HD webcam

 

[NoBodyAtAll]

guys my 6165 is constantly hitting 78+ 'C that reaches to 90 on extended gaming ...I ve read previous posts mainly suggesting U2 or U3 some suggesting Belkin.....I just want to know how effective they really are?

Yesterday I played for around 12 hrs and this morning when I turned on my pc it said the windows cant boot coz the fan is not working :eeksign:....rebooted and everything was normal...but for a moment it choked me

Can you suggest some s/w to increase fan speed? I would be buying a cooling pad but my budget right now is tight.

And like some have mentioned in earlier posts..my 6165 does freez at times...while normal operation...the blame rests on Windows 7....have already reinstalled Windows but no improvement....although the frequency of such "arrests" is very low...but still they are annoying specially when you have one of the best h/w platform around..(and not some P4 128MB RAM machine)

Like people have mentioned the same old trick is very effective- pressing the DVD Drive hard button...and amazingly the system comes back to senses

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HP Pavilion dv6-6165tx/Intel Core i7-2670QM CPU @2.20GHz/AMD Radeon 6770M 2GB DDR5/ 4GB RAM/
SONY Xperia S and Sony Ericsson X10 mini pro

 

[GhorMaanas]

He made the right choice, hp dv6-7012tx is with latest nvidia GT 630M 2GB which is much powerful than HD 6630M 512MB of vaio cb45 graphics. Please tell me about the sound quality of the laptop.

Vaio CB45 has another variant with a 1GB version of the HD6630M, as per flipkart. i will ask my brother how is the sound quality.

 

[dashing.sujay]

He made the right choice, hp dv6-7012tx is with latest nvidia GT 630M 2GB which is much powerful than HD 6630M 512MB of vaio cb45 graphics. Please tell me about the sound quality of the laptop.

Vaio CB45 has another variant with a 1GB version of the HD6630M, as per flipkart. i will ask my brother how is the sound quality.

It has only 1 variant of 1 GB.

 

[rider]

Vaio CB45 has another variant with a 1GB version of the HD6630M, as per flipkart. i will ask my brother how is the sound quality.

Whatever, 512MB or 1 GB the chipset remains same it is much much less powerful than nvidia GT 630M.
Generally, all mid range vaio laptops are for non-gamers, eye catching for girls with bright colours like orange, neon green, pink, red etc

 

[samudragupta]

Whatever, 512MB or 1 GB the chipset remains same it is much much less powerful than nvidia GT 630M.
Generally, all mid range vaio laptops are for non-gamers, eye catching for girls with bright colours like orange, neon green, pink, red etc

lol dont start a war here guys....

 

[rider]

lol dont start a war here guys....

LOL why you are expecting war here
I'm not saying vaio is bad or anything. It depend upon the user who uses PC. It's your choice to like to play video games or not. Vaio is good for watching full HD videos, backlit keyboard.. in that point of view Vaio wins. It true that its girly.. ask any young girl, vaio would be definitely would be her first choice as it is with so many colours.

 

[Prongs298]

guys my 6165 is constantly hitting 78+ 'C that reaches to 90 on extended gaming ...I ve read previous posts mainly suggesting U2 or U3 some suggesting Belkin.....I just want to know how effective they really are?

Yesterday I played for around 12 hrs and this morning when I turned on my pc it said the windows cant boot coz the fan is not working :eeksign:....rebooted and everything was normal...but for a moment it choked me

Can you suggest some s/w to increase fan speed? I would be buying a cooling pad but my budget right now is tight.

And like some have mentioned in earlier posts..my 6165 does freez at times...while normal operation...the blame rests on Windows 7....have already reinstalled Windows but no improvement....although the frequency of such "arrests" is very low...but still they are annoying specially when you have one of the best h/w platform around..(and not some P4 128MB RAM machine)

Like people have mentioned the same old trick is very effective- pressing the DVD Drive hard button...and amazingly the system comes back to senses

______________________________________________________________
HP Pavilion dv6-6165tx/Intel Core i7-2670QM CPU @2.20GHz/AMD Radeon 6770M 2GB DDR5/ 4GB RAM/
SONY Xperia S and Sony Ericsson X10 mini pro

what you should do is set hp coolsense to the coolest mode and then use msi afterburner to set the fan speed of the gfx card to 60% or more.

 

[rider]

guys my 6165 is constantly hitting 78+ 'C that reaches to 90 on extended gaming ...I ve read previous posts mainly suggesting U2 or U3 some suggesting Belkin.....I just want to know how effective they really are?

Yesterday I played for around 12 hrs and this morning when I turned on my pc it said the windows cant boot coz the fan is not working :eeksign:....rebooted and everything was normal...but for a moment it choked me

Can you suggest some s/w to increase fan speed? I would be buying a cooling pad but my budget right now is tight.

And like some have mentioned in earlier posts..my 6165 does freez at times...while normal operation...the blame rests on Windows 7....have already reinstalled Windows but no improvement....although the frequency of such "arrests" is very low...but still they are annoying specially when you have one of the best h/w platform around..(and not some P4 128MB RAM machine)

Like people have mentioned the same old trick is very effective- pressing the DVD Drive hard button...and amazingly the system comes back to senses

______________________________________________________________
HP Pavilion dv6-6165tx/Intel Core i7-2670QM CPU @2.20GHz/AMD Radeon 6770M 2GB DDR5/ 4GB RAM/
SONY Xperia S and Sony Ericsson X10 mini pro

My laptop never reached to 90*C. Put Hp CoolSense to coolest mode and its better to play in an AC room. Coolpads doesn't make much difference.

 

[samudragupta]

My laptop never reached to 90*C. Put Hp CoolSense to coolest mode and its better to play in an AC room. Coolpads doesn't make much difference.

i agree the cool pad does not make much difference, rather its the cool sense mode in hp that reduces temps...

 

[NoBodyAtAll]

what you should do is set hp coolsense to the coolest mode and then use msi afterburner to set the fan speed of the gfx card to 60% or more.

bro my coolsense always remains at the coolest mode....these are the temperatures despite it


and need some info regarding msi afterburner....i downloaded it 3-4 days ago...it showed the fan speed adjustment curve..but it was labelled as the gpu fan and not as the cpu fan.....increasing the values also didnt present any significant difference
Enlighten me.

My laptop never reached to 90*C. Put Hp CoolSense to coolest mode and its better to play in an AC room. Coolpads doesn't make much difference.

bro i dont have an ac as i am in hostel
and the temp of my system has reached 90+ only twice despite coolsense being on the coolest mode

bro my coolsense always remains at the coolest mode....these are the temperatures despite it


and need some info regarding msi afterburner....i downloaded it 3-4 days ago...it showed the fan speed adjustment curve..but it was labelled as the gpu fan and not as the cpu fan.....increasing the values also didnt present any significant difference
Enlighten me.



bro i dont have an ac as i am in hostel
and the temp of my system has reached 90+ only twice despite coolsense being on the coolest mode

i agree the cool pad does not make much difference, rather its the cool sense mode in hp that reduces temps...

bro even 5 degrees will make significant difference.....a bit of research and it appears that every high spec notebook has this problem these days...even the alienwares and not just HPs...manufacturers pack them with huge firepower but less efficient cooling systems. Have to rely on external cooling solutions.

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HP Pavilion dv6-6165tx/Intel Core i7-2670QM CPU @2.20GHz/AMD Radeon 6770M 2GB DDR5/ 4GB RAM/
SONY Xperia S and Sony Ericsson X10 mini pro

 

[GhorMaanas]

Got a BELKIN COOLING 'LOUNGE' for 1100/-
The best thing about it is the soft cushioning at the back which make it super comfy upon keeping up on the lap.
Also reduced the overall temperature of the system by upto 5-6 degrees.

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This was posted today in the 'latest purchases' thread. Don't know how much relevant would it be in the scenario discussed above. though one could certainly give it a try. right-clicking on the unseen image's thumbnail & selecting 'open image in new tab' will help in viewing the pad's pic.

 

[swiftshashi]

Did a bit of experimentation yesterday with my laptop.Got every bit of dust cleaned from svc and asked him to apply artic silver 5 thermal paste on processor.And guess what,even under stressful gaming the maxm I recorded was 81'C.And my defn of stress testing includes conditions like-coolsense in performance mode,non ac room without fan.I only used a good cooling pad(notepal e1).
A cooling pad doesnt lower temperature,but only prevents rapid heat build up.

 

[rider]

Did a bit of experimentation yesterday with my laptop.Got every bit of dust cleaned from svc and asked him to apply artic silver 5 thermal paste on processor.And guess what,even under stressful gaming the maxm I recorded was 81'C.And my defn of stress testing includes conditions like-coolsense in performance mode,non ac room without fan.I only used a good cooling pad(notepal e1).
A cooling pad doesnt lower temperature,but only prevents rapid heat build up.

what do you mean by svc? What is the price of arctic silver 5 thermal paste and how much cooling last for?

Cooler Master Thermal Fusion 400 Cooling Compound Paste is for 654 bucks on ebay.in, how is it?
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