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    Burn out?

    Discussion in 'Sager and Clevo' started by g3kko, Jul 17, 2007.

  1. g3kko

    g3kko Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hi everyone,

    First time posting here, and I was wondering how long the Sager NP2090 would last me. Not necessarily gaming-wise, but my friend tells me that the Intel PM965 chipset was originally clocked at around...533MHz (I think?), not the 800MHz that it is shipping with. Long story short, he says that it'll "burn-out" after a year? True? False? Thanks in advance for the help, since I don't know much about computers.
     
    g3kko, Jul 17, 2007
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  2. sesshomaru

    sesshomaru Suspended Disbelief!

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    Welcome to Notebookreview.com

    Your friend doesn't know what he's talking about.... At least you admit that your knowledge is limited...
     
    sesshomaru, Jul 17, 2007
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  3. Gophn

    Gophn NBR Resident Assistant

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    That is a very ignorant statement. Anyone that says that... probably has little to no experience in notebooks.... or computers in general.

    You must always keep up-to-date to give informed advice... not dumb statements with nothing to back it up with.
     
    Gophn, Jul 17, 2007
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    expo25kr Notebook Evangelist

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    That makes no sense.. if the chipset was originally designed for Santa Rosa...which its main standpoint was the 800mhz fsb...then why wouldnt be made for it??

    From the Intel 965 Datasheet:
    Intel Core 2 Duo Mobile Processor for Mobile Intel 965 Express Chipset Family
    533-MHz and 800-MHz FSB support.
     
    expo25kr, Jul 17, 2007
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  5. SideSwipe

    SideSwipe Notebook Virtuoso

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    your friend is an idiot and probably jealous that ur getting a new toy. if he is not green with envy then he has no idea about anything. people are using laptops over 5 years old without issues and sager is a well established company that supplies laptops to other well reputed providers.

    the new chipset is a new chipset for a new platform with new CPUs, not overclocked so burning out is an ignorant comment.
     
    SideSwipe, Jul 17, 2007
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    g3kko Notebook Enthusiast

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    thanks for the help everyone. Yea, my friend is a little...overbearing. Now that's cleared up, I'm going to order this sexy beast of a laptop (^_^). Oh btw, can anybody point me to a good discussion on RAM? I want to know if I should get 1GB and upgrade later, or just shoot for the 4GB RAM. Thanks.
     
    g3kko, Jul 17, 2007
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  7. Kdawgca

    Kdawgca rotaredoM repudrepuS RBN

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    Look at the hot ram deals thread. But you probably want atleast 2gb with Vista.
     
    Kdawgca, Jul 17, 2007
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    Gophn NBR Resident Assistant

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    go to Hardware Components sub-forum for the discussion of RAM.

    go to RAM Deals thread for the best prices on memory (updated daily)
     
    Gophn, Jul 17, 2007
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