NP8150 ordered!!

Today my order was processed, paid for and expedited for confi/testing.burn-in stages at XoticPC. Here's what I snagged:
1x Sager NP8170 / Clevo P170HM
- Free Shipping: FREE!! Continental (U.S. Lower 48 - UPS Ground Only) Ground Shipping on ALL Sager Laptops (Enter Coupon Code: "SAGERFREESHIP" during order process)
- Sager Winter Sale: SAGER Sale!!! - $100 OFF When you spend $1500* or more! (*excludes non-sager parts, accessories, shipping, & taxes)
Confirmation of discount will be provided after Order Processing.
- Current Promotion: FREE Digital Copy of Battlefield 3 w/ Any Intel 120GB SSD or Higher Hard Drive Upgrade
- Display: 17.3" FHD 16:9 "Glare Type" Super Clear Ultra Bright LED Glossy Screen (1920x1080) (SKU - S1R506)
- Monitor Calibration: NO Professional Monitor Color Calibration
- nVIDIA Wireless 3D Vision Glasses (For 3D Screens): No Spare 3D Glasses
- Dead Pixel Warranty: Standard Dead Pixel Policy
- Processor: 2nd Generation Intel® Core™ i7-2670QM, 2.2-3.1GHz, (32nm, 6MB L3 cache) (SKU - S2N224)
- Thermal Compound: -Stock OEM Thermal Compound
- Graphics Video Card: ATI Mobility Radeon™ HD 6990M 2048MB PCI-Express GDDR5 DX11 $100 OFF (SKU - S3R151)
- External Display Video Adapters: No Video Adapter
- Ram: 8GB - DDR3 1600MHz Dual Channel Memory (2 SODIMMS) (SKU - S4R371)
- Branding: Remove All Branding
- Exterior Finish: Standard Finish
- Primary Hard Drive: 500GB 7200RPM (Serial-ATA II 300 - 16MB Cache) - Default (SKU - S5R207)
- Second Hard Drive: None Standard
- Raid: HDD Raid Settings - OFF
- Optical Drive Bay: Combo Dual Layer SuperMulti DVDRW/CDRW Drive w/ Software (When selecting a Hard Drive in the Optical Bay, No Optical Drive is Included) (SKU - S7R455)
- Optical Drive Bay Hard Drive Caddy: No Extra Optical Bay Hard Drive Caddy
- External Hard Drive (Back Up): No Back Up Hard Drive
- External USB Optical Drive: NO External USB Optical Drive
- Floppy Drive: No Floppy Drive
- Memory Card Reader: Internal 7-in-1 Card Reader (MS/MS Pro/MS Duo/MS Pro Duo/SD/Mini-SD/MMC/RS)
- Back Up Software: No Back Up Software
- Bluetooth: None Standard--
- Wireless Network: Intel® Advanced-N 6230 - 802.11A/B/G/N Wireless LAN Module + Bluetooth (SKU - S8R111)
- Wireless Network Accessories: No Network Accessory
- Camera: Built in 2.0 Megapixel Camera
- TV Tuner: No TV Tuner

I have a 120gb Intel SSD waiting as well as a tube of Noctua NT-H1 to do my own re-paste. My next step is to find some sort of 'lap platform' to keep the laptop on while using it on my lap...something that can be packed along with the laptop, in my bag.
Those of you that have them with glossy screens, if you could go back and re-order, would you stick with glossy or switch to matte?

 

Gratz on your purchase!

as for the screen I have the stock glossy screen on my 8170, pretty happy with it and wouldn't switch, although I keep it on the dimmest settings when I'm browsing because it kinda hurts my eyes at full lol.

 

Id go with matte but in either case at least go with a higher gamut screen, not the stock. The difference is huge...

 

Thanks guys. The system has already been ordered, paid for and in the process of construction. I couldn't justify spending an extra 200 dollars on a screen upgrade, but if the difference is really that great, and I'm absolutely unhappy with the stock screen, I'll see what I can do about buying the matte screen and changing it myself.

 

It's not that you won't be unhappy with the screen upgrade. It's the fact that the higher gamut screen makes everything so vibrant and real, it's insane, one of my friends just go the gamut and one of my classmates has the stock and the difference is INSANE, but ofc 200$ is still a lot of cash

 

thining of pulling trigger on the same one... let us know how it goes !

 

Anyone know where to purchase stand-alone LCD screens for these, in the event that I do decide to change it later on?

 

Ebay, sellers like screenintaipei.