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    who know this laptop: AMILO Xi 3585 (QX9300,9800GS)

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by WANGJINFU, Jul 13, 2009.

  1. WANGJINFU

    WANGJINFU Notebook Guru

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    People said it never been published, it belongs to FUJITSU SIEMENS. It was been showed on some exhibitions, but never been put on market.
    Now I find some re-sellers are selling this beast in my country. Just have no idea shoudl I buy or not buy.
    Price in USD is approx $1500. All the components are ES (engineering edition) components, including CPU, GPU and others.

    Processor: Mobile QuadCoreIntelCore 2 Extreme, 2233 MHz (8.5 x 263),
    the re-seller told me it is QX9300 ES
    laptop name: FUJITSU SIEMENS AMILO Xi 3585
    mother board: Intel Cantiga PM45
    memory: 4096 MB (DDR3-1066 DDR3 SDRAM)
    Video card: NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GTS (1024 MB)
    Audio Card Creative SB X-Fi Audio Controller
    Drive controller: Intel(R) ICH8M-E/ICH9M-E SATA RAID Controller
    hard drive 320G SATA/ 7,200RPM w/ Free Fall Protection
    Optiarc DVD RW AD-7590S (DVD+R9:6x, DVD-R9:6x, DVD+RW:8x/8x,
    :cool:
     

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  2. The_Moo™

    The_Moo™ Here we go again.....

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    nice looking notebook

    As far as everything being ES that would make me stay away ....
     
    The_Moo™, Jul 13, 2009
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  3. MrButterBiscuits

    MrButterBiscuits ~Veritas Y Aequitas~

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    Probably all ES becuase this looks like a pre-release laptop. At first I thought it was a rebranded D900F... but now I realize I have never seen this laptop before
     
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  4. WANGJINFU

    WANGJINFU Notebook Guru

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    fine, thanks for your opinion Moo.!
    And, there is a Chinese guy who just bought it, he said the BIOS is a piece of s**t, he can not overlock the CPU, and now it is working at 2.4g.
    As for other compenents, they just working just well so far.
     
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  5. moral hazard

    moral hazard Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    You could probably overclock it with setfsb.

    It looks great, powerfull and the only problem is the risk of failing ES components.
     
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  6. The_Moo™

    The_Moo™ Here we go again.....

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    well you could still overclock the CPU using SetFSB but you have to take it apart and find the PLL


    ES parts are usually fine .... the m1730 will still be better IMO ;)
     
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    moral hazard Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    If you could get the price down a bit then I would say go for it :)
     
    moral hazard, Jul 13, 2009
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  8. WANGJINFU

    WANGJINFU Notebook Guru

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    Thanks Moo. Let me tell you idea about the PLL to that guy, and let him have a try.
    yes, anyway I think Dual 8800GTX is better than 9800MGTS in games……
     
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  9. WANGJINFU

    WANGJINFU Notebook Guru

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    yes, think I can get some discount if I make a call to that re-seller : )
     
    WANGJINFU, Jul 13, 2009
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  10. The_Moo™

    The_Moo™ Here we go again.....

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    It will stomp them ;)

    8800m gtx is actually a 9800m gt
     
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  11. WANGJINFU

    WANGJINFU Notebook Guru

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    yes, you are right. Most important thing is the video card so……
     
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    davidkneiber Notebook Consultant

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    no i havent...
     
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