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    HDD and Ram brands used by the top resellers?

    Discussion in 'Sager and Clevo' started by smood, May 22, 2008.

  1. smood

    smood Notebook Evangelist

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    What brands of RAM and HDD's are used by Xotic, PNB and Sager themselves? When it comes to HDD's I only really trust western digital but I would be happy knowing that they at least put some decent brand in. Anyone know specifically what brands they use?
     
    smood, May 22, 2008
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  2. eleron911

    eleron911 HighSpeedFreak

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    Generic ones, so whatever they have around.
    XoticPC and PNB are Sager resellers,so what ever Sager uses,that`s what comes with the system.
    HDDs are Fujitsus and Seagates mostly.
     
    eleron911, May 22, 2008
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  3. sabregen

    sabregen Notebook Consultant

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    ram is apacer, hdd's are seagate for 7200rpm, and fujitsu for 5400rpm
     
    sabregen, May 22, 2008
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  4. theriko

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    Nice to know I have OCZ RAM (as standard) and a Seagate HDD. Oh, and an ES CPU
     
    theriko, May 22, 2008
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  5. Justin@XoticPC

    Justin@XoticPC Company Representative

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    The RAM is what RAM Sager has certified/tested for the machine. They use major brand chips. The hard drives are usually Seagate or Hitachi. :)
     
    Justin@XoticPC, May 22, 2008
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  6. eleron911

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    Don`t forget Fujitsu, it`s what I`ve got :)
     
    eleron911, May 22, 2008
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  7. clintre

    clintre Notebook Evangelist

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    Certification is the key. Not all RAM is created equal and it does not have to do with raw speed. On that note RAM is also much like the world of notebooks. There are a handful of true memory chip makers, then there are many who put their stamp on them.

    Hard drives are a bit different, but most of the major brands are actually pretty close in quality and performance test for "like" models.
     
    clintre, May 22, 2008
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  8. Justin@XoticPC

    Justin@XoticPC Company Representative

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    Well put clintre regarding ram :)

    @Eleron, you are correct. Overall most drives presently are Hitachi/Seagate.
     
    Justin@XoticPC, May 22, 2008
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  9. eleron911

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    To my best knowledge, OCZ, Micron, A-data, Kingston, Corsair,Patriot,Transcend ,Kingmax and Mushkin all work in the 579x according to various users on the forums.Only requirement : 200 pin module.
    Hdds also work if they`re in the 2.5inch casing.
     
    eleron911, May 22, 2008
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  10. Prasad

    Prasad NBR Reviewer 1337 NBR Reviewer

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    Well I got a WD drive.. ain't that cool ? :D
     
    Prasad, May 22, 2008
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  11. smood

    smood Notebook Evangelist

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    Oh you lucky bastard! Wait so does Sager assemble the complete system and then send to the resellers? Or do they send a barebones system that the resellers than assemble with the final parts (video card, ram, hdd)? The latter sounds more likely.

    Maybe in that case we can make special requests for the brands. :) I would love a WD HDD.
     
    smood, May 22, 2008
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  12. clintre

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    It may be due to the size of the drive you purchased.
     
    clintre, May 22, 2008
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  13. theriko

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    The resellers only take the order and pass it on to sager. The only time (eg) exoticpc see your laptop is if you order custom paint jobs
     
    theriko, May 22, 2008
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  14. Audigy

    Audigy Notebook Evangelist

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    True... on RAM modules the PCB is always the quality key component.

    They all use chips from Micron, Elpida, Quimonda, Samsung, Hynix, but the component that will give stability and compability will be the PCB(plus registers) wich the chips are solded on. That will make an diference on voltage stability, less transmition errors, lower latencies...

    Thats what differs Value RAM modules from High Performance RAM modules, on cases that the chips used are from the same model...

    On mine I have Trancend 667Mhz 5-5-5-15 modules with Micron D9HNL chips. They can hold 800Mhz 4-4-4-12 stock 1.8V with no problems... very good quality Micron chips and PCB here...

    ;)
     
    Audigy, May 23, 2008
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  15. eleron911

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    Does it really make a noticeable difference from 5-5-5-15 to 4-4-4-12 ,Audigy ?
     
    eleron911, May 23, 2008
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  17. zfactor

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    my patriot use d9nhl also.. i have not tried changing the settings though hmm maybe ill give that a go..
     
    zfactor, May 23, 2008
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  18. AETSolutions

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    Here are the different drives used by Sager:

    Seagate: 320GB 7200RPM, 200GB 7200RPM
    Toshiba: 200GB 7200RPM
    Hitachi: 320GB 7200RPM, 320GB 5400RPM, 250GB 5400RPM
    Fujitsu: 160GB 5400RPM
    Samsung: 500GB 5400RPM

    For RAM, they use Apacer and Transcend.
     
    AETSolutions, Oct 3, 2008
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