NP9150 Ordered! Some questions.

Alright, I finally chose the NP9150 with the 675 upgrade and the 1333 Hz to save money. I'm very excited and can't wait to try this beast out, it'll be my first high end computer.

I have a couple questions though:
1. Without upgraded thermal paste and no copper cooling, how much can i expect to OC my card if i choose to do so?
2. Does anyone know how they partition the drives if it comes without the OS? I'd like to put my OS, MS Office, etc on its own partition.

Any help would be awesome!

 

1. You can do the paste yourself. There are plenty of guides on how to do this.
The copper cooling has marginal benefit, and much cheaper if you do it yourself, the tape mod is probably worth doing if you want to OC.

2. You can easily partition the drives when you install

 

Ok thanks a lot! Have you run into any problems with your P150HM or is it as good as everyone says? haha

 

This has been the most reliable laptop I'v ever had. The EMs have some changes, but are pretty much the same. That's not to say it's perfect, but certainly much better than the ASUS I had before.

 

Awesome, does yours run hot? I'm getting a notebook cooler to use with mine just in case. with the 675 it doesn't seem like i'll need to OC to run games on max anyways. What are some of the downfalls you've noticed?

 

My idle is around low 40s, and highest I'v seen is 85. The mods help keeping it cooler, but aren't essential in my case. I just like tinkering. I'm also happy with the performance as it is for the moment, although might consider a 7970m.
Downfalls I'd say are sound with headphones isn't brilliant, the rubberised trackpad, and the locked down bios.
Some may complain about the fan noise, weight, heat, but that's just what you get with powerful laptop.
Very happy with it overall.

 

yeah im not worried about noise to much, and i avoid using the trackpad anyways, i have a nostromo and mouse. But thanks for the info! Can't wait for it to come in the mail