Cyberpower Xplorer X6 Series
Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo T9600, Intel Core i5 2410M, Intel Core i7 2630QM, Intel Core i7 3610QM, Intel Core i7 720QMGraphics Adapter: ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4650, ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5650, Intel HD Graphics 3000, NVIDIA GeForce GT 640M, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460M
Display: 15.60 inch
Weight: 2.7kg, 2.8kg
Price: 800, 900, 1000, 1100 euro
Average of 4 scores (from 6 reviews)
Cyberpower Xplorer X6-7900
Specifications
Notebook: Cyberpower Xplorer X6-7900Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo T9600
Graphics Adapter: ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4650
Display: 15.60 inch, 16:9, 1366 x 768 pixels
Weight: 2.8kg
Price: 800 euro
Sold in: Anglo-America
Links: Cyberpower homepage Xplorer X6-7900 (Model)
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Reviews
Source: Comp Reviews
Archive.org versionCyberpower's Xplorer X6-7900 is a 15-inch laptop for those looking for a gaming platform that doesn't cost much. To this goal, it does the job admirably with the ability to play most modern games at moderate detail levels but with a price tag just over $1100. Users will sacrifice battery life for the performance as well as some ports that are more common in other 15-inch laptops. The company also offers a wide range of customizations if you need to adjust price or features.
Single Review, online available, Short, Date: 11/06/2009
Rating: Total score: 60%
Cyberpower Xplorer X6-8800
Specifications
Notebook: Cyberpower Xplorer X6-8800Processor: Intel Core i7 720QM
Graphics Adapter: ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5650
Display: 15.60 inch, 16:9, 1920 x 1080 pixels
Weight: 2.8kg
Price: 1000 euro
Sold in: Anglo-America
Links: Cyberpower homepage
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Source: Comp Reviews
Archive.org versionCyberpower's Xplorer X6-8800 has a surprising set of features with its just over $1100 base price tag. It has a very nice high resolution display that is uncommon in this price range. Performance is also quite good as is the wide range of customization options. The problem is the base chassis just doesn't have the same level of finish as the competition and the battery life is shorter than many people would probably like.
Single Review, online available, Short, Date: 05/06/2010
Rating: Total score: 60%
Cyberpower Xplorer X6-9100
Specifications
Notebook: Cyberpower Xplorer X6-9100Processor: Intel Core i5 2410M
Graphics Adapter: Intel HD Graphics 3000
Display: 15.60 inch, 16:9, 1920 x 1080 pixels
Weight: 2.7kg
Price: 1100 euro
Sold in: Anglo-America
Links: Cyberpower homepage Xplorer X6-9100 (Model)
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Reviews
Source: AnandTech
Archive.org versionPart of the frustration when I have to close a review like this is knowing that I'm going to recommend going to a major vendor instead of the smaller boutique where you're more liable to receive better customer service and care along with a vastly superior selection of parts to build from. While boutiques have plenty of opportunities to distinguish themselves from the competition when it comes to desktop builds, with notebooks they're really stuck with whatever the ODM provides.
Single Review, online available, Long, Date: 05/04/2011
Cyberpower Xplorer X6-9300
Specifications
Notebook: Cyberpower Xplorer X6-9300Processor: Intel Core i7 2630QM
Graphics Adapter: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460M
Display: 15.60 inch, 16:9, 1920 x 1080 pixels
Weight: 2.7kg
Price: 1000 euro
Sold in: Anglo-America
Links: Cyberpower homepage Xplorer X6-9300 (Model)
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Reviews
Source: AnandTech
Archive.org versionI really wish I could come out with a highly positive review for one of these notebooks; unfortunately, too many areas come up short. If you can deal with some of the quirks, both offerings allow you to get a well-equipped gaming notebook for around $1300. That’s a great price point to hit, and it puts these notebooks in the same company as Gateway’s old FX line.
Single Review, online available, Long, Date: 05/13/2011
Cyberpower Xplorer X6-9120
Specifications
Notebook: Cyberpower Xplorer X6-9120Processor: Intel Core i7 3610QM
Graphics Adapter: NVIDIA GeForce GT 640M
Display: 15.60 inch, 16:9, 1920 x 1080 pixels
Weight: 2.8kg
Price: 900 euro
Sold in: Anglo-America
Links: Cyberpower homepage Xplorer X6-9120 (Model)
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Source: PC Mag
Archive.org versionFor gamers on a budget who are content with playing in medium-quality settings, the Cyberpower Xplorer X6-9120 is a decent system whose affordable price tag and great display overshadow its ho-hum design, small hard drive, and less than stellar battery life. As the old saying goes, you get what you pay for. Still, users willing to shell out an extra $200 would be far better served by the Editors' Choice-winning Lenovo IdeaPad Y580 which, despite its designation as a media laptop, actually exhibits better gaming chops while packing the same processor, a comparable graphics card, and a Blu-ray drive.
Single Review, online available, Very Short, Date: 11/19/2012
Rating: Total score: 60%
Source: Computer Shopper
Archive.org versionIn the world of gaming laptops, graphics performance is everything, which is why the very best rigs are equipped with a speedy processor and a graphics engine capable of delivering fast frame rates. The Cyberpower Xplorer X6-9120 is a bare-bones 15.6-inch notebook featuring the latest Core i7 technology, a nice display, and an affordable price for a machine with dedicated graphics, but its gaming performance comes up short.
Single Review, online available, Long, Date: 09/25/2012
Rating: Total score: 60%
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Cyberpower: CyberPower, Inc. is (as they assert theirselves) one of the nation-wide leading computer system manufacturers. As published in the Los Angeles Business Journal in 2003, they were the fastest growing private company in Los Angeles.
Non demanding games should be playable with these graphics cards.
ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4650: The Mobility HD 4650 is based on the Desktop 4650 architecture, but features a lower clock rate of memory and core. Depending on the core clock (450-550MHz possible) and the used memory (DDR2, DDR3, GDDR3 with 600-800 MHz possible) the mobile 4650 can show a different performance. The current consumption of the chip alone ranges from 15-25W. Features Avivo HD video features.
ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5650: Middle class DirectX 11 capable graphics card with a power consumption of about 15-20 Watt. Supports Eyevision (up to 6 monitors)
Only some 3D games with very low demands are playable with these cards.
Intel HD Graphics 3000: Integrated graphics card in the Intel Sandy Bridge processors (Core ix-2xxx). The HD 3000 is the faster (internally GT2 called) version with 12 Execution Units (EUs).
Modern games should be playable with these graphics cards at low settings and resolutions. Casual gamers may be happy with these cards.
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460M:
High-end DirectX 11 graphics card based on the GF106 chip using GDDR5 graphics memory (up to 1.5 GB).
NVIDIA GeForce GT 640M: Middle class graphics card of the 600M series based on the 28nm GK107 chip (Kepler architecture).
» Further information can be found in our Comparison of Mobile Graphics Cards and the corresponding Benchmark List.
Intel Core 2 Duo: This is the Core Duo and Core Solo successor with a longer pipeline and 5-20% more speed without more power consumption. As an addition to the Core Duo design there exists a fourth decoder, an amplified SSE-unit and an additional arithmetical logical unit (ALU).
The Core 2 Duo for laptops is identical to the desktop Core 2 Duo processors but the notebook-processors work with lower voltages (0.95 to 1188 Volt) and a lower Frontside bus clock (1066 vs 667 MHz). The performance of equally clocked notebooks is 20-25% lower than Desktop PCs because of the lower Frontside bus clock and the slower hard disks.
T9600:
High-end dual core CPU and similar to the Core 2 Duo P9700 but with a higher power consumption (35 W versus 28 W). Should be sufficient for all games of 2009.
Intel Core i7: The Intel Core i7 for laptops is based on the LG1156 Core i5/i7 CPU for desktops. The base clock speed of the CPUs is relatively low, but because of a huge Turbo mode, the cores can dynamically overclock to up to 3.2 GHz (920XM). Therefore, the CPU can be as fast as high clocked dual-core CPUs (using single threaded applications) but still offer the advantage of 4 cores. Because of the large TDP of 45 W / 55 W, the CPU is only intended for large laptops.
720QM: The Core i7-720QM is the slowes Core i7 Quad Core in 2009 and clocks between 1.6 and 2.8 GHz (due to the Turbo Mode). Therefore, it combines the advantages of a slow quad core CPU with a fast single core one. Compared to the faster Core i7 mobile CPUs, the 720QM only features 6MB L3 Cache.
2630QM: Fast Quad-core processor based on the Sandy Bridge architecture with an integrated graphics card and dual-channel DDR3 memory controller.
3610QM:
An Ivy Bridge-based quad-core processor clocked at 2.3 GHz with Turbo Boost support up to 3.3 GHz. Offers an integrated HD Graphics 4000 GPU running at 650-1100 MHz on a dual channel DDR3 memory controller.
Intel Core i5:
2410M:
Dual-core processor based on the Sandy Bridge architecture with an integrated graphics card and dual-channel DDR3 memory controller. The CPU is clocked at 2.3 GHz (Turbo Boost 2.6-2.9 GHz) and the GPU at 650 (1200 MHz Turbo).
» Further information can be found in our Comparison of Mobile Processsors.
» To find out how fine a display is, see our DPI List.
2.7 kg:
With this weight, a laptop is rather heavier than average. Devices in this range shine more with screen size and performance than with mobility.
2.8 kg:
60%: Such a poor rating is rare. There are only a few notebooks that were rated even worse. The rating websites do not give a purchase recommendation here.
» Further information can be found in our Notebook Purchase Guide.
