Eurocom Launches Unlocked High-Performance Tornado F5 Laptop

Eurocom launches an unlocked BIOS option in the 15.6” Tornado F5 high-performance, fully upgradeable laptop giving customer’s complete control over their system that supports NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 graphics, Intel Core i7-7700K processor, 64 GB DDR4 memory and up to 8 TB of solid-state storage.

“By providing an out of the box unlocked laptop experience we are creating a new generation of overclockers, not just appealing to current ones,” said Mark Bialic, President, Eurocom.‎ “We are providing another reason for desktop PC gamers to move to laptops and experience gaming on the go.”

The EUROCOM Tornado F5 utilizes a highly advanced thermal solution that enables it to support a desktop Intel Core i7-7700K processor, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 graphics while allowing for further overclocking of the components without overheating. The heavy duty copper heatsinks and dual fan design create a perfect environment for high performance overclocking and supercomputing.

Customers can choose to have the unlocked BIOS when configuring their new laptop. The unlocked BIOS in the EUROCOM Tornado F5 will be offered for free until the middle of April. The optional unlocked BIOS gives users access to all of the settings necessary to overclock the CPU, adjust memory timings, and the ability to choose between UEFI or Legacy mode among other features.

“We are turning the entire industry upside down by unlocking our flagship product, the EUROCOM Tornado F5, the world’s most powerful 15.6″ laptop ever‎. We are making laptop history by providing more power to the people so they can overclock and push the current limits of their hardware. We are democratizing power by unlocking the BIOS and allowing people to overclock and have complete control over their laptop,” said Mark Bialic, Eurocom President.

Eurocom believes our customers should be free to choose the exact laptop and components they want. We want to take that a step further by giving our customers the ability to control their laptop with an unlocked BIOS. Heavy-duty cooling enables it to support high-performance components that are also overclockable.

Brenner Fox, a Technology Tester, Reviewer and Overclocker, has been testing the unlocked BIOS on his Tornado F5 and using it to push its limits and improve performance. According to Brenner, “The unlocked BIOS Eurocom has provided for the Tornado F5 transforms it from a nice 15-inch laptop, without all of the disappointing performance deficits one might expect to find in a laptop, into a holy terror. How many laptops out there can run 4.7GHz all day long, run benchmarks at 5.0GHz and the memory at 3000 MHz memory?”

The EUROCOM Tornado F5 is equipped to take full advantage of the overclock-ability of the desktop Kaby Lake processors due to their high-quality copper heatsinks, high-speed fans, and use of Innovation Cooling Diamond 24 carat diamond thermal compound to manage the temperature of the desktop processor. Achieve unsurpassed performance by gaining control over the finest details of the CPU, memory, and GPU.

“Having access to all of the settings necessary to overclock the CPU, adjust memory timings, and the ability to decide on something as ridiculously simple as the ability to choose between UEFI or Legacy mode—things most of us used to take for granted—is a really big deal. All of these user controls and configuration options should be a basic right of ownership, but their absence is a massive failure that the industry should be ashamed of. The Tornado F5 is a superior product at a hardware level, and with the unlocked BIOS it can actually perform like a superior product. Kudos to Eurocom righting these wrongs and having the boldness to do the right thing for their customers” stated Brenner Fox, Technology Tester, Reviewer and Overclocker.

The EURPCOM Tornado F5 is one of the few laptops with a Z170 chipset, LGA 1151 CPU socket, and MXM 3.0 graphics slot for a wide range of customization options. Two M.2 SSD PCIe x2/x4 or SATA SSD and one 9.5mm SATA3 6 Gb/s storage drive are also supported to offer a great combination of capacity and speed. Four memory slots are available to support up to 64 GB of DDR4 SODIMM. Customers have a 15.6” FHD matte display and a 4K matte display to choose from as well.

The internal components of the EUROCOM Tornado F5 are easily accessible to allow users the ability to upgrade chosen components to increase performance, capacity, and lifespan.

EUROCOM Tornado F5 Specifications:

Display: 15.6-inch FHD 1920-by-1080 pixels or 4K UltraHD 3840-by-2160 pixels; eDP
Chassis: Aluminum Alloy (Back Cover and Top Case) and German manufactured resins (Front Cover and Bottom Case)
Chipset: Intel Z170 Express Chipset
Processor: Socket based; LGA1151; up to 91W TDP; choice of Core i7, i5, i3 up to 6700K/7700K
VGA Technology: upgradeable MXM 3.0; NVIDIA GeForce: GTX 1080, 1070, 1060, 980M, 970M or 965M; up to 150W TDP; discrete GPU only (no Optimus)
Memory: Four 260-pin SODIMM sockets; DDR4-2133/2400/3000/3200; up to 64GB
Storage: up to 3 physical drives: 2x M.2 2280 PCIe x2/x4 or SATA SSD and 1x HDD/SSD (9.5mm) SATA3 6Gb/s; RAID 0/1 with 2x NVMe SSDs
Card Reader: 6-in-1: UHS-II interface; MMC/RSMMC/SD/mini SD/SDHC/SDXC; Push-Push
Keyboard and Touchpad: Anti-ghosting backlit multi-colour 7-colour keyboard with numeric keypad; TouchPad with multi-gesture and scrolling; W/A/S/D Gaming key
Ports: 3x USB 3.0; 1x USB 3.1 type C (Thunderbolt 3); 1x DP 1.2; 1x HDMI 2.0; 1x Headphone; 1x Microphone-in; 1x S/PDIF (digital); 1x Line-in; 1x RJ-45 LAN; 1x DC-in
Audio: High Definition Audio; S/PDIF Digital Output; Built in microphone; Built in two 2W speakers; Sound Blaster X-FI MB3; External 7.1CH output (headphone, mic, line-in and S/PDIF)
Display Support: Supports up to 4 active displays including internal LCD; up to 3840×2160 @ 60Hz
Battery: 8cells; 14.4V 5225mAh/75.24Wh Li-Ion; up to 130 minutes
Weight: 2.92kg/6.45 lbs w/battery
Dimensions: 390x266x39.8mm/15.6×10.64×1.59-inch