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    Clevo P157SM/P177SM/P375SM in details

    Discussion in 'Sager and Clevo' started by Cloudfire, May 17, 2013.

  1. philfromhell

    philfromhell Notebook Enthusiast

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    Well MSI actually has a problem......their warranty sticker has to be broken if you want to remove the back panel......so I'll have to ship it back if I just need to remove the dust on the fan???
     
    philfromhell, Jun 8, 2013
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  2. DaCM

    DaCM Notebook Evangelist

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    That's just to scare off inexperienced people, but it has nothing to do with the warranty (only if something is broken inside when you send it in for repairs and the sticker is damaged too).
     
    DaCM, Jun 9, 2013
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  3. jaybee83

    jaybee83 Biotech-Doc

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    um....u just said the same thing just in different wording :p so it actually DOES affect warranty

    Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using Tapatalk 2
     
    jaybee83, Jun 9, 2013
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  4. Meaker@Sager

    Meaker@Sager Company Representative

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    Yes, but not if you are careful and dont physically break something. Since clevos all start off barebones they have a bit more freedom.
     
    Meaker@Sager, Jun 9, 2013
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  5. philfromhell

    philfromhell Notebook Enthusiast

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    Well whatever...has anyone tested GT70 and P177SM? Is GT70 really that quiet?
     
    philfromhell, Jun 9, 2013
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  6. juventas

    juventas Notebook Consultant

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    Er... why would you send something in if it weren't broken on the inside?
     
    juventas, Jun 9, 2013
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  7. Meaker@Sager

    Meaker@Sager Company Representative

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    Physically broken like a cap torn off or bent pins.
     
    Meaker@Sager, Jun 9, 2013
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  8. PredatoR_TR

    PredatoR_TR Notebook Evangelist

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    It is important how much louder these new laptops. I think as ALWAYS, it is like AIRBUS A320 minimum.
     
    PredatoR_TR, Jun 9, 2013
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  9. juventas

    juventas Notebook Consultant

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    Eh, I wouldn't risk it on such nuanced terms of a warranty.

    Is it much louder than the previous generation?
     
    juventas, Jun 10, 2013
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  10. jaug1337

    jaug1337 de_dust2

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    The new Clevo are getting a bit too flashy.. annoys me tbh..
     
    jaug1337, Jun 10, 2013
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  11. Meaker@Sager

    Meaker@Sager Company Representative

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    The plainer models should become more readily available as time goes on.
     
    Meaker@Sager, Jun 11, 2013
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  12. Kevin

    Kevin Egregious

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    Plain models are up on Sager sites now.
     
    Kevin, Jun 12, 2013
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  13. Support.3@XOTIC PC

    Support.3@XOTIC PC Company Representative

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    Just the P170SM I believe (NP8270)
     
    Support.3@XOTIC PC, Jun 12, 2013
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  14. bullet2300

    bullet2300 Notebook Consultant

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    Does anyone think the Super Raid from MSI is worth it, or is 2 SSDs with RAID 0 in the sager would be worth it? I'm in the market for a 15 or 17 inch haswell laptop and I must have a gtx 780... MSIs seem interesting, but my current machine is Sager and it's been pretty good to me..
     
    bullet2300, Jun 13, 2013
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  15. Support.3@XOTIC PC

    Support.3@XOTIC PC Company Representative

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    The SuperRAID and 2 SSD's in RAID 0 are basically the same thing. However MSI's new SuperRAID 2 that uses 3 mSATA drives is going to be faster because of that extra drive.
     
    Support.3@XOTIC PC, Jun 13, 2013
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  16. bullet2300

    bullet2300 Notebook Consultant

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    Thanks Hutsady!

    One follow-up - which models support the SuperRAID 2? -- woo nevermind, I see them. Veeeerry tempting.
     
    bullet2300, Jun 13, 2013
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  17. Support.3@XOTIC PC

    Support.3@XOTIC PC Company Representative

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    While the numbers are great with Super RAID 2 its tough to see a difference in actual use. But no doubt its tough to beat those speeds.
     
    Support.3@XOTIC PC, Jun 13, 2013
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  18. jaybee83

    jaybee83 Biotech-Doc

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    make sure to have a backup of ur data at the ready with that 3 msata raid system! the more drives involved the more redundancy needed to be on the safe side ;)

    Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using Tapatalk 2
     
    jaybee83, Jun 13, 2013
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  19. Meaker@Sager

    Meaker@Sager Company Representative

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    This is true of any important data anyway.

    Also with an unlocked bios you could make it raid5.
     
    Meaker@Sager, Jun 14, 2013
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  20. kondor999

    kondor999 Notebook Consultant

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    Any idea if the P157SM can boot in "Discrete-GPU-only" mode?

    I really don't want to bother with Enduro for the time being (problems with DX9, and many of the games I like - flight sims, etc - are DX9).
     
    kondor999, Jul 16, 2013
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  21. Meaker@Sager

    Meaker@Sager Company Representative

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    No, all the display outputs are routed to the intel.
     
    Meaker@Sager, Jul 16, 2013
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