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    Choosing between 2 Sager laptops, need feedback.

    Discussion in 'Sager and Clevo' started by KillerFlea, Oct 9, 2012.

  1. KillerFlea

    KillerFlea Newbie

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    Hi! I've posted already in the general "What Laptop Should I Buy?" forum, but I'm mostly settled on getting a Sager, and I've more or less narrowed it down to 2 laptops via LPC-Digital's configurator.

    The laptops I put together are fairly close in price, but they vary fairly widely on exact specs:

    Sager NP6350 (Clevo W350ETQ)

    15.6” Full HD 16:9 LED-Backlit MATTE 95% NTSC Color Gamut Ultra Bright

    NVIDIA® GeForce™ GTX 660M with 2GB GDDR5 Video Memory

    NEW! 3rd Generation Intel® Core™ i7-3630QM Processor (6M Cache, up to 3.40 GHz)
    w/
    Stock Standard Thermal Compound

    8GB Dual Channel DDR3 SDRAM at 1600MHz - 2 X 4GB

    Remove All Branding
    500GB Seagate Momentus XT 7200RPM 500GB (w/ 4GB SSD Memory)

    8X DVD±R/RW/4X +DL Super-Multi Drive & Software

    Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6235 - 802.11A/B/G/N Wireless LAN + Bluetooth Combo Module

    Removable 8 cell smart Lithium-Ion battery pack 76.96Wh

    LIFETIME Limited Labor and 1 Year Premium** Parts Warranty

    Cost: $1,179.00

    Sager NP9130 (Clevo P151EM)

    15.6” Full HD 16:9 LED-Backlit MATTE 95% NTSC Color Gamut Ultra Bright

    NVIDIA® GeForce™ GTX 670M 1.5GB GDDR5

    NEW! 3rd Generation Intel® Core™ i7-3630QM Processor (6M Cache, up to 3.40 GHz)
    w/
    Stock OEM Thermal Compound

    16GB Dual Channel DDR3 at 1600MHz - 4 X 4GB

    500GB Seagate Momentus XT 7200RPM 500GB (w/ 4GB SSD Memory)

    8X DVD±R/RW/4X +DL Super-Multi Drive & Software

    Killer™ Wireless-N 1202 with Bluetooth 4.0 (Dual Band)

    8 cells smart Lithium-Ion battery pack 76.96Wh

    LIFETIME Limited Labor and 1 Year Premium** Parts Warranty

    Cost: $1,214.00

    I've heard good things about the P151EM keyboard and slightly better things about it's overall build quality. It comes with 8GB of additional RAM, and ~10% more raw GPU horsepower.

    Conversely, the W350ETQ is lighter, has more VRAM (extra 1/2 GB) and a cooler running, less power consumptive graphics card, and was the machine I intended to get before seeing the Columbus day deal (it's normally a couple hundred less than the P151EM at the specs above).

    Are there pros or cons I'm missing? Does anyone have personal experience with both laptops that they can share?

    I plan to use the laptop for a fair amount of Photoshop work and 3D modelling as well as the normal gaming uses, and I'm also curious if the extra VRAM is worth more for those tasks (or for 1080p texture modded skyrim) than the extra processing power.

    Thanks for any advice you can give.
     
    KillerFlea, Oct 9, 2012
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  2. Support.1@XOTIC PC

    Support.1@XOTIC PC Company Representative

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    I personally would go with the 9130 over the 6350. You're right about everything you say, but unless you're into OC'ing you're going to want to take advantage of the extra power the 9130 has. The Vram won't make much of a difference between the two.
     
    Support.1@XOTIC PC, Oct 9, 2012
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