Help me choose my Clevo!

Narrowed my search down to just 3 resellers.

I'm very tempted to go with Scan 3XS but the lack of a dead pixel guarantee and Arctic Silver thermal paste worries me a lot - I am not the kind of person who will tolerate a single dead pixel and I want best cooling possible. PC Specialist lacks an option for the Samsung 840 Pro (so I would have to choose 2x Kingston Hyper-X 3K 240GB drives instead) while Utopia Computers only has a 256GB capacity available and Scan 3XS has 512GB capacity available. Utopia computers also has no Killer 1202 available so I would have to go for the Intel Ultimate-N 6300 instead. Utopia additionally lacks an option to extend warranty period unlike PC Specialist which can be easily upgraded for just £5 whereas Scan already has a decent length warranty as standard. Scan has Creative soundcard while the others have standard Intel audio. I have gone for the fastest build times offered where available.



Thoughts and opinions please! I intend to order it tomorrow morning so I get it next week. Cheers!

 

I've never heard of Utopia before this post. Not to say they aren't a decent company.

I bought my P150SM from PWNPCS and can't recommend them enough. Check them out. If you get in touch with them, I'm sure they can tailor make your order how you want.

 

dont fall for the crap warranty from pcs. just read how this customer is being treated http://forum.notebookreview.com/sager-clevo/726619-red-marks-p150em-screen.html

 

Ouch. Thanks for warnings.

PWNPCs unfortunately lack an express build time option and I'm an impatient guy also they are slightly more expensive for the same components. Also no Samsung 840 Pro. Overclocking options look great though.

I'm leaning towards Scan 3XS. But the lack of dead pixel guarantee is really worrying. What to do if I have dead pixel? I don't know if I want to risk that scenario

 

have you specked on mysn or are they more expensive even though you do get a FULL two years standard warranty covering everything except battery which i think is a year like everyone. most important bit of the warranty is the parts.

 

That's because we do 5 days as standard. Email me if you want a different drive and I'll sort it out

 

Oh I see. Excellent! Would the price and build time be significantly increased by having a Samsung 840 Pro 512GB compared to currently available options in configuration tool?

MYSN have unfortunately ran out of stock on GTX 780M and there's no way I'm settling for 770M!

 

Won't be increased by more than a day. I also do the Killer 1202 card if you select 1102 - I really should update that.

 

Fantastic! You have just earned a sale methinks

What is your email? Or is it the one under 'Contact Us' on the website?

 

Amazing, I'm happy I could help! You'll get me on [email protected] or use the contact us part on the website. I'll get it either way.

 

For the sake of your mind, do not get a killer wireless product. 70% of them have signal problems. Just google "killer wireless disconnect".
I have personally experienced these problems and I am replacing mine with an intel 6300.

 

there was lots of problems reported months ago and these were driver problems for the killers but the reports have fizzled out so im guessing the newer drivers have fixed the problems.

Cakefish has decided so can all replys be posted in the wnsib thread http://forum.notebookreview.com/wha...726730-speak-now-forever-hold-your-peace.html

 

Intel's wifi cards are awesome. Cheaper than bigfoot, great reception, no issues, rock-solid performance.
I'd vote for intel as well. They have options:
1.) pure drivers (let windows configure your wifi settings)
2.) intel's wifi software suite + drivers

Go intel, it will give you a peace of mind.

 

Go anything BUT Clevo. Their support is non-existent. I'm running 680M in my machine "illegally".

 

utter crock.
it depends who your supplier was.
and how are you running it illegally. the 8150 comes with a 680 in the first place doesnt it.

 

^ nope. it doesn't. we got lucky that 1 certain vbios worked in P1*0HMs.

 

Does upgrades to GPU depend on BIOS? If so, does the fact that PWN PCs (who I have ended up buying from) include a custom Prema mod BIOS in all of their laptops change anything regarding upgrade prospects?

Even if it turns out it won't be upgradeable next year for NVIDIA Maxwell, it wouldn't be the end of the world. I'd probably just try to muster enough moolah to get the barebones GTX 880M model laptop and carry over my RAM, SSD etc.

 

One other issue to consider is the mSATA slots.

You are getting a Clevo but:

http://forum.notebookreview.com/sager-clevo/724827-so-whats-deal-second-msata-sager-vs-clevo-listing.html
Make sure you get the new version.