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    Considering a Sager NP8170 from PowerNotebooks.com

    Discussion in 'Sager and Clevo' started by NeverlastingRose, Dec 29, 2011.

  1. NeverlastingRose

    NeverlastingRose Notebook Enthusiast

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    Sager NP8170
    17.3" Full HD (1920x1080) Super Clear Glossy LED-Backlit Display AMD
    Radeon HD 6990M 256bit w/2GB GDDR5 IntelR CoreT i7-2670QM
    (2.2~3.1GHz,
    45W) w/6M L3 Cache - 4 Cores 16GB (4x4GB SODIMMS) DDR3/1600 Dual
    Channel Memory 500GB SATA II 3GB/s 7,200RPM Hard Drive (16MB Cache
    Buffer) Combo Dual Layer DVD ±R/RW CD-R/RW Drive w/Softwares
    7-in-1 Memory Card Reader (All versions of MS + SD/MMC) Integrated
    802.11 b/g/n wireless LAN + BluetoothT V3.0 Combo Card
     
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    CSlacks Notebook Guru

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    It's the same CPU/GPU that I picked up from Mailbal, but I upgraded to a matte display and SSD for a second drive. I've only had it for about a week, but I'm very happy with it's performance and assembly so far. I'll post a review shortly.
     
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    MALIBAL #3 Company Representative

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    For a lot of people, 16GB of RAM is overkill. Will you be doing something other than gaming that will make full use of all that RAM? Other upgrades instead of the RAM that you could look into are screen upgrades and HDD upgrades.

    If you don't plan on applying it yourself, I would definitely get the upgraded cooling compound.

    Other than that, everything looks good. :)
     
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