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    My new order with Malibal + other upgrades I need

    Discussion in 'Sager and Clevo' started by acroedd, Nov 25, 2011.

  1. acroedd

    acroedd Notebook Evangelist

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    Check my signature for the specs

    1 I got a really good deal with Malibal. Mathew helped me out with the order, he was really good. He explained everything about dead pixels and we were just chatting, eventhough it was black friday and they were crazy busy, he still did not rush my order.

    2 let me know what you guys think of the specs. Do you think I should have gone with 2.2 quad core and HD 6990M? I had to spend $145 to jump for HD 6970M to HD 6990M. Also I did not want to spend $50 on the processor upgrade

    I invested $89 for 500gb hybrid (yes its on sale on newegg and amazon.com, go get one)

    3 I am looking at getting a cooler (zalman nc3000u) and surge protector ( monster digital mdp 500 ) let me know if you guys think I need it and if the models are good or I need something else.

    4 any good blu ray media ?

    once again thank you Malibal you guys are awesome and any of you guys looking to buy this weekend, please take advantage of their crazy black friday offers!! :)
    any thoughts are comments ?
     
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    supersonic13 Notebook Guru

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    Specs are nice, you probably got a great price too. The upgraded CPU wouldn't really have made a difference, at least in gaming, but I probably would have gone for the 6990M, especially if you don't plan on upgrading your graphics card in the future. Again depends on your individual needs and budget though.

    IMO coolers are very overrated and not necessary at all, but that choice is up to you. A surge protector isn't a bad idea, but Monster products tend to be very overpriced for what you get so you may wanna look around.
     
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    acroedd Notebook Evangelist

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    thanks man, yes I got a great price :)
    $145 jump for 15- 20% I did not want to do it. since I will replace the laptop probably holidays 2012. I had a GTX 460M and I figured that was a good upgrade , about 75% better.

    coolers ,hmm yes and no Ive used lots of them b4. cryo lx being the best , reduced my temps by around 10C avg, thats good enough for me , since sagers have really good exhaust, i am expecting 5C drop with these

    i found monsters on amazon for $15 no kidding! :)
     
    acroedd, Nov 25, 2011
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