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    Discussion in 'Sager and Clevo' started by Thaenatos, Mar 31, 2014.

  1. Thaenatos

    Thaenatos Zero Cool

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    Just did an unboxing video, installed the crucial ram and 256gb msata. Reformatting and hopefully will have a mini review this weekend.

    Sent from my SPH-L900 using Tapatalk
     
    Thaenatos, Apr 11, 2014
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  2. JoeGamer

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    I ordered a 7358 as well. Doesn't seem to be a whole lot of us on NBR, with most folks going for Sagers like the 7338 or one of the beefier systems with a 870 or 880m. Bit surprising since it seems like one of the best bang for your buck 15" laptops in the $1000-$1200 range. Anyways, hope I don't have to wait much longer than 2 weeks to get mine.
     
    JoeGamer, Apr 11, 2014
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  3. Immudzen

    Immudzen Notebook Guru

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    I was torn between the 7358 and the 7378 and ended up going with the 7378. I know it is larger and heavier but the 17.3 inch screen should be a little easier for me to read. I like the 860m maxwell card.
     
    Immudzen, Apr 12, 2014
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    I looked at the 7378 pretty hard. It's a nice machine. Lighter than my 8278.

    Sent from my SPH-L720 using Tapatalk
     
    deadsmiley, Apr 12, 2014
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  5. davefromca

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    I was originally looking at 14" laptops but the 7358 had had the specs that i wanted. I could never own a 17" laptop, 15" laptops are big for me, 17" laptops are huge.
     
    davefromca, Apr 12, 2014
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  6. Thaenatos

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    The difference from my 15in dell precision and my sager is very small. Less than half an inch all around and the sager is a bit thicker. As far as weight goes the sager is surprisingly light for a 17in.

    Sent from my SPH-L900 using Tapatalk
     
    Thaenatos, Apr 13, 2014
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    divideoverflow, Apr 13, 2014
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  8. Ashen-Shugar

    Ashen-Shugar Notebook Evangelist

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    Saw your post. You can trick out the touchpad with the mouse->touchpad config tool. Set the mouse pointer to level 10 (I think defaults at 3?) and set the pages to 3 (I think defaults to 6). that mimic's pretty well the msi and asus trackpads.

    Also, the pinch to zoom in/out gestures get tedius as it's easy to hit when you do the two finger scrolling.. so those can be disabled as well if you hit it accidentally like I always did.

    Glad to see I wasn't the only one to think 'what fan noise? what weak speakers? what ghosting keyboard?' with the 8258 :)
     
    Ashen-Shugar, Apr 13, 2014
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  9. Thaenatos

    Thaenatos Zero Cool

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    The zoom is way too easy to enable when doing two finger scroll so I had to turn it off. The touch pad itself 8snt bad once you play with it. Had to turn up the sensitivity, enable precision and adjust scrolling a hair and now it is definitely usable. It's no thinkpad but I have yet to use anything that comes remotely close to that level of performance.

    Sent from my SPH-L900 using Tapatalk
     
    Thaenatos, Apr 14, 2014
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  10. Ashen-Shugar

    Ashen-Shugar Notebook Evangelist

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    Agreed. Funny enough, with the tweaking, the touchpad feels and behaves similar to the macbook pro multi-touch touchpad.

    I think that's about as close as a comparison as I can think of.
     
    Ashen-Shugar, Apr 15, 2014
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  11. Immudzen

    Immudzen Notebook Guru

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    Yeah my laptop arrived! Actually it got here yesterday afternoon but I was too busy setting it up to post. So far it is FAR faster than my old laptop.

    NP7378, 4810MQ, 24G of ram, 1 TB 7200 rpm hard drive, 1 TB 5400 RPM hard drive (already had this one)
     
    Immudzen, Apr 16, 2014
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  12. pukemon

    pukemon are you unplugged?

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    It'll get faster with a ssd.

    Sent from my XT1053 using HoFo app.
     
    pukemon, Apr 16, 2014
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  13. Immudzen

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    Of course it will be faster with an SSD but I need to get the money for an SSD first. :)

    Thankfully I get out of school in 3 weeks and I start working pretty much immediately and I will make enough to get some SSDs for it before I go to Germany.
     
    Immudzen, Apr 16, 2014
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  14. divideoverflow

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    Nice! Congrats. I'm gonna upgrade my ram from 16gb to 32,in a few months after my wife forgets that I just spent a bunch of money. :) I'm not bumping against the limit yet, but I haven't loaded any of my BIG projects either.
     
    divideoverflow, Apr 16, 2014
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  15. davefromca

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    Mine should be here tomorrow, having ups hold it for me. Ordered it on March 21...has it been that long?
     
    davefromca, Apr 16, 2014
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    My 7358 just entered Phase 1 today and it already feels like such a long wait (Amazon Prime has spoiled me too much for online orders). But I understand it takes time for Sager to put these together, and I'm sure it'll be worth the wait once it finally gets here. I was hoping to have it by the end of next week, but with the email saying 7-12 business days (assuming there are no production delays), I guess that's a bit optimistic.
     
    JoeGamer, Apr 16, 2014
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  17. matt11197

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    Just ordered mine!
    Sager NP8298 (Clevo P177SM-A)

    i7-4810
    GTX 870m
    8gb ram
    120gb msata ssd
    1tb 7200rpm hdd
    intel ac card
    windows 8.1

    Now the waiting begins, hopefully it wont take too long
     
    matt11197, Apr 16, 2014
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  18. EgoTrip26

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    My NP8268 was just updated to phase 2 today.... had 2 minor hiccups. Back order on the chasiss and then the 95% gamut screen was no longer offered so i had to opt for the lower one... now just more waiting

    Same specs as yours though. im excited about the power this thing is going to have especially after coming from an Nvidia GT540m HAHAHA
     
    EgoTrip26, Apr 17, 2014
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  19. matt11197

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    I'm coming from an AMD 6490m with a broken cooling fan, to say this is an upgrade is an understatement
     
    matt11197, Apr 17, 2014
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    What's the difference between the NP8298 and the NP8278?
     
    Katagon, Apr 17, 2014
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    Just looks. The 98 has a rubberized matte finish while the 78 has a boxier aluminum / glossy plastic finish
     
    matt11197, Apr 17, 2014
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    The 98 has what looks like tail lights as well.

    Sent with love from my Galaxy S4
     
    deadsmiley, Apr 17, 2014
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  23. pukemon

    pukemon are you unplugged?

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    Boxier? Should I assume that was meant to be faux aluminum because I don't remember any clevo's being metal though that would be nice if it was an option or few models offered.

    Sent from my XT1053 using HoFo app.
     
    pukemon, Apr 17, 2014
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  24. matt11197

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    The 98 is a bit more angular, sort of like an msi, while the 78 has a more traditional design
    Parts of it are real aluminum
     
    matt11197, Apr 17, 2014
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  25. pukemon

    pukemon are you unplugged?

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    What parts? I might look into this. I don't mind plastic one bit, but metal does have the advantage of transferring heat better. Did not know that.

    Sent from my SM-N9005
     
    pukemon, Apr 17, 2014
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  26. matt11197

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    Just the palm rest and lid iirc
     
    matt11197, Apr 18, 2014
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    Yep. I think it looks really nice. I've received compliments from coworkers.
     
    divideoverflow, Apr 18, 2014
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    I went with the NP8278 for this as well, i prefer the look of the 8278 vs the rubber look and logo in the trackpad of the other.
     
    MrGuvernment, Apr 19, 2014
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    Do you know if its possible to order the 98 without the logo on the touchpad? Other than that I prefer the 98.
     
    Katagon, Apr 19, 2014
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  30. deadsmiley

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    I have no idea what happened to my post. Disregard.
     
    deadsmiley, Apr 19, 2014
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  31. matt11197

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    I think mythlogic has the option, but I went with xoticpc and they didn't. I don't think prostar does either
     
    matt11197, Apr 19, 2014
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    There is a mod ti turn off the light of the logo on the trackpad, Xotic needs to add the option if it is possible, it is one of the reasons i did not get the 98, looks "cheap"
     
    MrGuvernment, Apr 19, 2014
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  33. Larry@LPC-Digital

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    The Sager NP8298 / Clevo P177SM-A model comes with that touchpad logo design when the chassis is received from Clevo for retailers all over the world.

    There is no provision for a plain touchpad with no logo for this model at this time. Sorry.
     
    Larry@LPC-Digital, Apr 19, 2014
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    I don't know for the 98, but the 8258 has as part of the keyboard customization light application to turn off the trackpad light.

    I don't see why the 98 wouldn't have similar.
     
    Ashen-Shugar, Apr 20, 2014
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  35. Larry@LPC-Digital

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    Yes it DOES have this feature to turn the lights off on the touchpad. Even though you can do that, some do not like the design of the logo even with the light on it off... :)
     
    Larry@LPC-Digital, Apr 20, 2014
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  36. n=1

    n=1 YEAH SCIENCE!

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    That logo is the primary reason I stayed away from the P375SM/NP9390.
     
    n=1, Apr 20, 2014
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    If you have the back light, er, black, you don't even see the logo though? *scratches head*
     
    Ashen-Shugar, Apr 20, 2014
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    I didn't know you could turn the light off, that was the one thing I didn't like about the design of the 98 and now I'm 100% satisfied with my order :D
     
    matt11197, Apr 20, 2014
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  39. Ashen-Shugar

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    Oh come on, you want to set it a bright pink, you know you do :p
     
    Ashen-Shugar, Apr 20, 2014
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  40. pukemon

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    Can you turn off the touchpad independently from keyboard?

    Sent from my SM-N9005
     
    pukemon, Apr 20, 2014
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    Yes.

    It's part of the multi-keyboard color option.

    When you select that, you have 3 keyboard colors to choose (all the same if you want) and the final being (drum roll)... the touchpad :)

    You can independently turn off any of the portions.
     
    Ashen-Shugar, Apr 20, 2014
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    I didnt find the touchpad to be too bothersome, but I did turn it off for the sake of battery life. My alienware on the other hand has a full backlit touchpad thats quite noticeable, but the shade of green makes it quite pleasing.
     
    Thaenatos, Apr 21, 2014
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    Man I can't wait to see an order status update email. Been in Stage 1 for almost a week now. Haven't gotten any notice about production delays so I can only hope everything's progressing as expected. I don't mind the wait so long as that time is going towards excellent QA. :)
     
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    Stage 1 will last the longest. Sager has been estimating 7-12 business days so a week sounds about right. You can PM me your order number and I can see if I can find any additional info.
     
    Support.3@XOTIC PC, Apr 22, 2014
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    Well Monday, I ordered from ReflexNotebook a Sager NP8258 S with an i7-4910MQ , 32Gb of RAM, a 880M, 120Gb mSATA (for the OS), a 1TB for storage and no optical drive (plan to add a SSD).
    The Sager will replace my old M15x (i7-840QM/8Gb/Radeon 5850), too heavy, noisy and slow.

    Now the wait begin, zzzzz..........
     
    MSGalileo, Apr 23, 2014
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  46. EgoTrip26

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    WELP! After all the waiting my 8268-S is finally here and i love it so far, quick system specs:

    i7 4810mq
    GTX 870m
    8 GB ram (later upgrade)
    120 GB mSATA Crucial OS Drive
    1 TB 7200 RPM data

    System is very fast and responsive and I am currently DL'ing drivers and games but i can update with a Amatuer level review/benchmarks and pics later if anyone is interested. Overall I am fairly impressed with the build quality and non obtrusive look and feel of this laptop and have no complaints as of yet.
     
    EgoTrip26, Apr 23, 2014
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    Pics for sure and definitely your thoughts on fan noise and heat...
     
    MrGuvernment, Apr 23, 2014
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  48. EgoTrip26

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    quick update: Just wanted to say this little piece since you specifically asked for it and because i see all the posts about clevo fan noise and heat. I only had it last night for a few hours, DLing games and drivers so nothing extensive, but i did run a stress test and benchmark through intel XTU after i was done undervolting (60mW) and the CPU never went above 68C with idle/light web usage around 43C (average).heat generated on my lap was barely noticiable and fan noise was virtually NONEXISTANT even during XTU stress. It suprised and impressed me after reading about previous models. that being said i havent played any games or ran
    3Dmark yet (ill post benches/amature review/pics here by the weekend) but overall runs super quiet and cool so far.
     
    EgoTrip26, Apr 24, 2014
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    where to undervolt?
     
    littlecx, Apr 24, 2014
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  50. EgoTrip26

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    like which program? intel's XTU (exteme tuning utility) can be found here http://downloadcenter.intel.com/SearchResult.aspx?keyword=""extreme+tuning+utility"". Im still learning the ins and outs and please use at your own risk, i undervolted the core @ 60mV on an i7 4810. helped bring down temps by about 3C and has been perfectly stable so far. there is a thread on this forum for general info and people who are by far more knowledgable than me though :thumbsup:
     
    EgoTrip26, Apr 24, 2014
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