About to order Np5165

Currently making the final decisions on the configuration. But before I hit the purchase button I was wondering if anything could be improved or is unnecessary.

Sager NP5165 / Clevo W150HR Sager NP5165 / Clevo W150HR
- 15.6" FHD 16:9 "Matte Type" Super Clear Ultra Bright LED Anti-Glare Screen w/ 95% NTSC Color Gamut (1920x1080) (New Sager Option)
- Standard Dead Pixel Policy
- - 2nd Generation Intel® Core™ i7-2630QM, 2.0-2.8GHz, (32nm, 6MB L3 cache)
- - IC Diamond Thermal Compound - CPU + GPU
- nVidia GT 555M 2048MB PCI-Express GDDR3 DX11 with Optimus™ Technology
- No Video Adapter
- ~ 8,192MB DDR3 1333MHz Dual Channel Memory (2 SODIMMS)- Special
- Standard Finish
- ~ 80GB Intel 320 Series Solid State Drive (SSD Serial-ATA II)
- ~ Combo Dual Layer SuperMulti DVDRW/CDRW Drive w/ Software (When selecting a Hard Drive in the Optical Bay, No Optical Drive is Included)
- No Extra Optical Bay Hard Drive Caddy
- No Back Up Hard Drive
- NO External USB Optical Drive
- No Floppy Drive
- Internal 4-in-1 Card Reader (SD/MMC/MS/MS PRO)
- No Back Up Software
- None Standard--
- Intel® Ultimate-N 6300 - 802.11A/B/G/N Wireless LAN Module
- No Network Accessory
- Built in 2.0 Megapixel Camera
- No TV Tuner
- Sound Blaster Compatible 3D Audio - Included
- No Carrying Case
- NO Spare Battery
- No Car Adapter
- None Standard*
- No Dock/Hub/Adapter
- Integrated Fingerprint Reader
- No External Keyboard or Mouse
- No Notebook Cooler
- ~Windows 7 Home Premium 64-Bit Installed (64&32-Bit CD Included) w/ Drivers & Utilities CD's + Microsoft Office Starter 2010 - Included with OS Purchase
- No Office Software
- No Software Bundle
- 3 Year Labor 1 Year Parts, Lifetime XOTIC PC 24/7 Toll Free Telephone Tech Support
- No Xotic PC Gear

 

The IC Diamond is much, much cheaper to do yourself if you are paying the extra $40 for it. If it comes included, then it's great.

I'm not sure how you feel about no optical drive, but that was my biggest regret in ordering my laptop. I put a 160gb ssd in my main bay and it turned out to not be enough space. So, I ended up ordering an optical drive caddy and putting a 750gb hdd in it. But, that's more a personal preference thing.

The ultimate-n nic is unnecessary. I personally got that exact same one and don't notice much difference from the stock. Although, if I'm not mistaken, it's not too much of a price bumper for future proofing.

Good call on the Matte

What is your total price?

 

What were you planning to use it for? For a decent and portable gaming machine, looks good to me

The only suggestion I'd make is that if you think you may ever have a need for bluetooth, to go with the 6230 wifi (unless of course, you don't mind an external USB adapter if it came to that)

Also, will 80GB be enough storage for you? Switching out the optical drive for a hard drive caddy + extra hard drive will let you do the optimal SSD main drive + mechanical data drive a lot of others go for.

 

Looks like a good overall configuration. 80GB is not much space but if you don't plan on storing much on it or have a external Hard Drive taking care of your needs you will be fine.

You can save a little as Nascentes by removing IC Diamond but can be a hassle if you have not done it before. In my opinion I would keep the IC Diamond on there.

 

Hey thanks for responding, this machine is going to be my portable gaming/school machine so I picked the nicest gpu with optimus for battery life. I do have a external hard drive so I figured the 80gb ssd would be good for just documents and whatnot. As for the wireless card I decided on the 6300 to get the most out of my wireless and a little future proof couldnt hurt. Ive never done the ic diamond myself so I'm going to buy it pre installed. And i'm going to keep the dvd drive, just in case. Thanks for all the responses.

The whole laptop comes out to be 1400 usd.

 

^^I can almost guarantee that your router can't take full advantage of 450 MB/second, and even if it can, your ISP certainly can't (and won't in the foreseeable future )

IF anything, the ability to use blutooth is future-proofing, as more and more blutooth products are coming into existence.

 

Ok that makes sense, I'll bump it down to the 6230.

Thanks for the input everyone, I'm hitting that order button!

 

for that price you could get a decent np8130/p151hm, but they would have the battery life. also do you really need an ssd?

heres a mock config

Model: lotus p151hm
Screen: 95% ntsc gamut matte display if you go for the glossy 95% its $95 less
CPU: core i7 2630
HDD: 500gb 7200rpm hard drive you could add the 80gb ssd for $135 more
Graphics Card: gtx 560m, a major step up from the gt 555m around 50% more fps in bfbc2
Disk drive: stock disk drive
Thermal Compound: IC Diamond
Wireless Card: Intel ultimate n 6300
Operating System: windows 7 64 bit home premium
cost: $1400.68
http://www.malibal.com/boutique/pc/configurePrd.asp?idProduct=285

 

If you're going to be doing any serious gaming, I would strongly advise against purchasing any system with Optimus. The technology has been around a while, and when it works, it's great. When it doesn't you'll be pulling your hair out. If you're going to be doing any sort of design work or playing games with OpenGL, the graphics switching doesn't work very well or even at all. Yes, the battery life is better with Optimus, but you have to decide if that's a tradeoff you're willing to make for the potential bugginess that awaits you.

It's not a good idea to run games off the external hard drive. I would add a traditional hard drive to your configuration and have it put in the optical bay. You can then add an external DVD burner pretty cheaply ($30 or less from Amaon, Newegg, etc).

In this regard, I would agree with you. The 6300 card comes with 3 antennas, the 6230 only 2. If you're going to be roaming a campus, the extra boost will help with flaky public WiFi connections. Now if you think you'll ever use a Bluetooth device, then of course get the 6230. In all the years I've been using notebooks, the only Bluetooth devices I've ever used all ended up being returned. It's totally up to you.