The Notebook Review forums were hosted by TechTarget, who shut down them down on January 31, 2022. This static read-only archive was pulled by NBR forum users between January 20 and January 31, 2022, in an effort to make sure that the valuable technical information that had been posted on the forums is preserved. For current discussions, many NBR forum users moved over to NotebookTalk.net after the shutdown.
Problems? See this thread at archive.org.

    Buying a New NP9262...Have a question

    Discussion in 'Sager and Clevo' started by Crow28277, Jul 17, 2008.

  1. Crow28277

    Crow28277 Notebook Geek

    Reputations:
    26
    Messages:
    97
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    15
    Getting ready to purchase a nearly maxed out 9262 and would like your input.

    Which Processor should I go for? The E8500 3.16GHz or the Q9550 2.83 GHz?
     
    Crow28277, Jul 17, 2008
    #1
  2. boypogi

    boypogi Man Beast

    Reputations:
    239
    Messages:
    2,037
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    55
    q9450. best bang for the buck
     
    boypogi, Jul 17, 2008
    #2
  3. X2P

    X2P COOLING | NBR Super Mod

    Reputations:
    3,179
    Messages:
    5,361
    Likes Received:
    4
    Trophy Points:
    206
    q9450, more future proof ;) , but if you dont have the money the E8500
     
    X2P, Jul 17, 2008
    #3
  4. ettornio

    ettornio Notebook Deity

    Reputations:
    331
    Messages:
    945
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    30
    The quad core would provide some future proofing, and take advantage of apps that use more than two cores (like photoshop, 3d studio max). PC games are only starting to utilize all four cores of a quad core processor, so it will become more and more common as time passes.
     
    ettornio, Jul 17, 2008
    #4
  5. filza

    filza Notebook Evangelist

    Reputations:
    4
    Messages:
    308
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    30
    i saw sagers site too the Q9450 is cheaper and its great works well
     
    filza, Jul 17, 2008
    #5
  6. tsuzukab

    tsuzukab Notebook Guru

    Reputations:
    33
    Messages:
    73
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    15
    EDIT:

    BUY FROM XOTIC PC


    go with the q9540
     
    tsuzukab, Jul 17, 2008
    #6
  7. dit_xi

    dit_xi Notebook Evangelist

    Reputations:
    86
    Messages:
    527
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    30
    Yes, the Quad Core Q9450 is the best bang for the bucks. It's only $150 more than the E8500 at PNB. The Q9550 is $375 more. Q9450 @ 2.66GHz vs. the Q9550 @ 2.83GHz, not a whole lot of gain, IMHO.
     
    dit_xi, Jul 17, 2008
    #7
  8. Crow28277

    Crow28277 Notebook Geek

    Reputations:
    26
    Messages:
    97
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    15
    Great.
    Hopefully AW will have my money back in my account today and I'll be placing an order for a really sick 9262...
    Got tired of waiting on the m17x.

    I'll come out less expensive, with a beefier system, delivered quicker.
    How can you go wrong?

    :D
     
    Crow28277, Jul 17, 2008
    #8
  9. haquocdung

    haquocdung Notebook Virtuoso

    Reputations:
    207
    Messages:
    2,049
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    55
    you make the right choice.
    you may wanna upgrade the ram your self to 6gb. I would go further that, a 4gb ram stick is pretty expensive though.
     
    haquocdung, Jul 17, 2008
    #9
  10. Crow28277

    Crow28277 Notebook Geek

    Reputations:
    26
    Messages:
    97
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    15
    NEXT QUESTION:
    I am not that familiar with RAID and there are different variations:
    RAID 0
    RAID 1
    RAID 5

    I think I'm going to go with 3 HDD 320GB @ 7200 RPM

    I had picked out RAID 5 (My order is ready to go on xoticpc.com)
    Tell me if this was the best choice for performance.

    THANKS!
     
    Crow28277, Jul 17, 2008
    #10
  11. WhapAChow

    WhapAChow Notebook Geek

    Reputations:
    46
    Messages:
    77
    Likes Received:
    3
    Trophy Points:
    16
    RAID 0 or striping, pairs up two drives for an overall total (ie, 2 x 320 GB = 640 GB of HD space) - great for performance

    RAID 1 or mirroring, is used for back up and data redundancy (drive 0 is mirrored on drive 1), so if either drive fails, you have a back up

    RAID 5 I believe is a mix of both - performance and redundancy - I'm not exactly sure how that operates as I've been too lazy lately to research it.

    Hope it helps...
     
    WhapAChow, Jul 17, 2008
    #11
  12. WhapAChow

    WhapAChow Notebook Geek

    Reputations:
    46
    Messages:
    77
    Likes Received:
    3
    Trophy Points:
    16
    WhapAChow, Jul 17, 2008
    #12
  13. tsuzukab

    tsuzukab Notebook Guru

    Reputations:
    33
    Messages:
    73
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    15
    Actually, RAID 0 can pair up 3 drives as well........ I have 3 X 320 GB = 960 GB of hard drive space.
     
    tsuzukab, Jul 17, 2008
    #13
  14. stuff525

    stuff525 Newbie

    Reputations:
    0
    Messages:
    6
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    5
    Nice system. I went all out too as I'm doing some vitualization too. Typically you "lose" some capacity when you build a RAID 5 array. This means typically you have 3x320 GB drives and you "lose" one for redundancy/parity/striping. This would give you a total is 640 GB. I got the 3 drives but didn't put them in RAID for that reason. RAID 5 also provides fault tolerance so if one drive fails, you don't lose your data. You just swap out the drive and the data is rebuilt across the new one.
     
    stuff525, Jul 17, 2008
    #14
  15. ettornio

    ettornio Notebook Deity

    Reputations:
    331
    Messages:
    945
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    30
    You could probably e-mail the reseller and tell them that you would like to have 2 HDDs in your system, but that you would like to configure the RAID setup yourself. I don't think they would have any trouble with that.
     
    ettornio, Jul 17, 2008
    #15
  16. leonyeo1001

    leonyeo1001 Notebook Evangelist

    Reputations:
    33
    Messages:
    336
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    30
    well, I see quite a lot of people going with quad.. but I chose the E8400 (E8500 wasn't available at the time I made my order..) because of price and mainly preference.. I think that while games are still being created with multi-threaded designs, the majority of apps are still on dual threads (correct me if I'm wrong) and the E8400 would be able to last pretty long, and with a higher clock speed for slightly better performance in majority of apps and games.. buck wise, I'm financially squeezed and would rather take that money to buy other accessories like a notebook cooler and a proper protective bag.. :) hope I helped..
     
    leonyeo1001, Jul 17, 2008
    #16
  17. abstravel

    abstravel Notebook Consultant

    Reputations:
    57
    Messages:
    124
    Likes Received:
    1
    Trophy Points:
    31
    Hi,

    What type of RAID depends on what you want to do with it.
    Raid 3 or 5 are for speed.
    Raid 1 is for redundancy (CYA).

    It's just a personal flavor, really.
    I prefer RAID 1 because of what I do on my laptop. I don't like to loose information and don't like backing up stuff every day.
    RAID one clones your hard drives into one. If one goes bad, you still have the same information on the other one. So just change the bad one, boot up and you're good as new.

    With RAID 3 you may loose some information if one HD goes bad. On RAID 5 you would loose less information (usually none, but I don't want to be the one to test it 9 out of 10 times.

    Many here have gone with RAID 3 or 5 for the life of the laptop without any problems. Others, just do a new install and get back on the horse.

    Again, what type of RAID you want is in what you can afford, safely, to loose in information without bothering you too much.

    Hope it helps.
     
    abstravel, Jul 17, 2008
    #17
  18. Alfonz

    Alfonz Notebook Consultant

    Reputations:
    2
    Messages:
    176
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    30
    i will be ordering a maxed out 9262 soon.
    I am thinking if Blu-ray is worth it, and if it can be better in standard burning CDs.

    The only issue i have is the graphics..should i wait for a 9800 GTX in sli or what ???? :(
     
    Alfonz, Jul 18, 2008
    #18
  19. Crow28277

    Crow28277 Notebook Geek

    Reputations:
    26
    Messages:
    97
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    15
    If you can wait, definitely wait...I CAN'T!!!! lol
    I just placed my order this morning.
    I went for performance...RAID 0 with 3....count 'em 3 "128GB OCZ Core Series SSD"

    I am so freakin' pumped right now...can't wait
     
    Crow28277, Jul 19, 2008
    #19
  20. Gophn

    Gophn NBR Resident Assistant

    Reputations:
    4,843
    Messages:
    15,707
    Likes Received:
    3
    Trophy Points:
    456
    Wow, thats sick... its going to scream. :)
     
    Gophn, Jul 19, 2008
    #20
  21. ronaldheld

    ronaldheld Notebook Deity

    Reputations:
    182
    Messages:
    820
    Likes Received:
    50
    Trophy Points:
    41
    I wish I could afford 1 ssd in my next system, much less 3 ssd!
     
    ronaldheld, Jul 19, 2008
    #21