9750/d900k where?

does anyone know where the best place is to buy a barebone unit of them is?
i know configs start at around 1800-2000 but im looking for a barebone unit. that i can install the parts in want myself. i.e. HD, Ram, wireless card, cpu, cd/dvd. anyone know of a place? maybe just a off the boat d900k version?

thank you

 

I have no idea, I didn't think you, as a consumer, could purchase a barebone. I would think, if it's even possible, you would have to get it through clevo, but I'm really not sure.

 

Try www.ISTNC.com, that's the only place I know of to get a barebone. Not sure if you have to order a CPU or not. You can order it without everything else though. ISTNC.com is excellent.

Chaz

 

There are several places you can get barebones chassis. Check www.discountlaptops.com and www.rjtech.com

And when you get the price on the Chassis... check out my Build vs Buy post to figure what you save. It may not be that much.

 

Hey man, I was just like you looking for a barebones for the Clevo D900K.... Successfully I found it and built my notebook saving approx $400-$800. And in fact I am actually using it now to reply to your post.

You have a few good options (from my 2-month research):
1) www.rjtech.com -
-is one of the only sites out there that truly sells the Clevo barebones of any high-end notebook. With free shipping.

2) PC Club ( www.pcclub.com) -OR-
Club It! ( www.clubit.com) (mirror online store to go against NewEgg)

-is a store with a website thats more special over every other computer store (such as Fried Electronics, Cr@pUSA, etc). Although you won't see the parts of the Clevo notebook on the site, I recommend you to see if you live in the area of one, because they have Asian connections... namely Taiwan (the main manufacturers of the world's notebooks, such as Clevo). PC Club, if you do not know it yet, is a wholesale (OEM) computer store which is pretty competitive in pricing with other stores, that has a specialty that most computer consumers don't know about... which is that they will special order any type of computer hardware for ANYONE (regardless if its a big item or not), just give them the item's description, the manufacturer, and the model #. They will get back to you about the price and availablity directly from the manufacturer within 1-2 business days (email or phone).
I actually got my barebones through PC Club, although I would have gone with RJtech.com, but I thought it would be nice to deal with such a purchase locally. Now technically, since I special ordered the Clevo D900K barebaones from them, it now has its own item # in their system for future orders from others that might want the same item... such as yourself.

3) www.discountlaptops.com - Sager rebadging the Clevo's
-nice site with very competitive pricing for fully configured notebooks.

FYI: If you are wondering about the price of my notebook barebones:

Price: $2,379.00

---->ItemNo:A4065222--NON-REFUNDABLE LABOR FEE NEW SYSTEM Qty: 1
---->ItemNo:A5409068--Clevo 17"WUXGA,7800GTX256MB,9068,D900K Qty: 1
---->ItemNo:A5590681--NB TV TUNER CARD FOR 9068,9098,Clevo Qty: 1
---->ItemNo:A5506845--9068,9098 NB 8XDVD±R/RW D-LAYER BURNER Qty: 1
---->ItemNo:A5506844--9068,9098 NB CDRW COMBO DRIVE Qty: 1

Note: This was my price at PC Club, pretty d@mn nice price for being able to pick it up at a store. It was about $40-50 more expensive than getting it from www.rjtech.com , but it was worth it to me to have local support. And those are the item #'s that you would want to use at a PC Club if you want the same rig.

Then I added my own:
2gig (2x1gig) Kingston DDR400 SoDIMM ($85 each stick)
AMD Athlon 64 3500+ Socket 939 ($100)
120 gig (SATA) Seagate Momentus HDD ($150)

Note: I got the 3500+ for temporary reasons until I can afford to get a Dual-Core Opteron 165 or 170 in there (and.. yes this is the only notebook that supports Dual Core Opterons) & another HDD.

Hope that helps, because it was mind-numbing trying to find anwers to getting a bad- notebook for a better price.

-Gophn

P.S. This notebook is coming with me to E3 2006 for some serious mobile gaming, and own most of the desktops out there. It's solid, its fast, its a Clevo.