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    Best retailers for NP8690 in US

    Discussion in 'Sager and Clevo' started by wahad, Jul 4, 2010.

  1. wahad

    wahad Notebook Consultant

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    So Im planing to order it for like one month or so and I was wondering who's the best retailer in US for this laptop, and cheapest ofc :).

    And one more question, is there any chance that in one month or so, price for components like ram or CPU could go down a little bit?

    As far as i saw, with 4gb ram, i7 620qm (coz its faster and less heat than i7 720 i think) 500gb hdd, price is around 1350 or 1390, cant remember...
     
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  2. Shane@DARK.

    Shane@DARK. Company Representative

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    There's always a chance, but I don't see prices changing anytime soon.

    Edit: The i7-620QM does not exist. Only the i7-620M, which is higher clocked than an i7-720QM but is not quad core.
     
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    XoticPC....
     
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  4. wahad

    wahad Notebook Consultant

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    I made a mistake, i know :/. Anyways from what i saw, i7 620M have two cores but it execute four threats, right? Its kinda like it have 4 cores, but every core is executing 2 threats each? Is that mean that it works like quad in some cases or not?
     
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    Yes. But think about it. If the dual core i7 has 4 threads and two cores, then how many threads and cores does the quad core i7 have?
     
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    wahad Notebook Consultant

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    i know i know :) 8 :) but i7 620m have better results in benchmarks than i7 720qm :/ which i find very strange for some reason, apart 620m have 200mhz more...
     
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    Here are some Clevo/Sager vendors in alphabetical order that you can review at:

    Store Ratings & Reviews - ResellerRatings.com - Find Trusted Stores

    • Digital Storm
    • PC Torque
    • Powernotebook
    • XoticPC

    HINT: I always sort the results by Low to read about the latest complaints, the number of most recent complaints, within the past year or two, and how the vendor responded to the complaints.
     
    Websurfer, Jul 5, 2010
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