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    NP9150 build opinions

    Discussion in 'Sager and Clevo' started by valion99, May 5, 2012.

  1. valion99

    valion99 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Opinions on the following build. Laptop will be mainly used for gaming and work.

    Display: 15.6" 1920 x 1080 FHD LED AUO B156HW01 V.4 95% NTSC Matte
    Processor: Intel® Core™ i7-3610QM, 6MB L3 Cache, 2.3-3.3GHz
    Memory: (8GB) 8192MB, PC3-12800/1600MHz DDR3 - 2 SO-DIMM
    Graphics Card: AMD® Radeon HD 7970M 2GB GDDR5
    Hard Drive: 240GB SSD (I'm installing)
    Optical Drive Bay: 500GB SATA2 (I'm installing)
    $15.00
    Operating System: Win7/Linux
    Wireless: Intel 6300 (I'm installing)
    Cooling: Stock OEM Thermal Compound, CPU & GPU
    Keyboard: English: US & Canada
    Power Cord: US & Canada
    Branding: None
    Build Time: 5-7 Business Days (Estimated Time)
    Warranty: LIFETIME Ltd. Labor and 1 Year Parts Warranty with 24/7 Support (CA)
    Extras: Full Size Backlit Keyboard (7 User Switchable Colors)
    Extras: Integrated 2.0 Megapixel Web Camera
    Extras: Integrated 9 in 1 Card Reader
    Extras: Integrated Fingerprint Reader

    Prices out to be roughly $1600. I was tempted to go NP9170, but I already have a gaming rig with crossfire, so I'm looking for some portability.
     
    valion99, May 5, 2012
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  2. DaCM

    DaCM Notebook Evangelist

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    Looks great to me. If you need (that much) portability you might want to consider the GTX675m though, as it has Optimus and Enduro hasn't been confirmed in Clevo laptops yet.
     
    DaCM, May 5, 2012
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  3. s2odin

    s2odin Merrica!

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    No reason to have 1600mhz RAM as it provides no real world difference between 1333 or 1866 unless it comes stock (I know on Xotic you can downgrade to 1333 for -$50).

    Other than that looks good.
     
    s2odin, May 5, 2012
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