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    Potential purchase...

    Discussion in 'Sager and Clevo' started by Phoenix51, Nov 18, 2011.

  1. Phoenix51

    Phoenix51 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Promotions: $100 Off Configurations Over $1500
    Display: 17.3" 1920 x 1080 FHD LED Backlit 120Hz 3D 72% NTSC Matte Display
    Display Upgrades: Spyder 3 Elite Professional Color Calibration
    Processor: Intel® Core™ i7-2670QM, 6MB L3 Cache, 2.2-3.1GHz
    Memory: (8GB) 8192MB, PC3-10660/1333MHz DDR3 - 4 SO-DIMM
    Graphics Card: AMD® Radeon HD 6990M 2GB GDDR5
    Hard Drive: 120GB Intel® (510) SATA III 6Gb/s SSD2 Drive
    Hard Drive 2: 500GB 7200rpm 2.5" SATA-300
    Optical Drive Bay: 8X Multi DVD+/-R/RW RAM Dual-Layer Drive
    Wireless: Intel® 6230 Advanced-N 802.11A/B/G/N LAN and Bluetooth Card
    Cooling: Stock OEM Thermal Compound, CPU & GPU
    Keyboard: English: US & Canada
    Power Cord: US & Canada
    Branding: MALIBAL
    Extras: Standard Black Carrying Case
    Extras: Integrated 2.0 Megapixel Web Camera
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    I am a hardcore 10 year Linux desktop user, and although the specs are high for that OS I would like to leave my options open for gaming on a Windows partition. Also, I have only used NVidia cards so I have reservations regarding AMD cards...but the price is reasonable. I don't NEED to buy a laptop this year and unless I am misunderstanding the next generation specs, I really don't want illuminated keyboards or power saving if I have to use a lesser graphics card. I would like to see all USB3 ports, HDMI-IN and a full-size keyboard though. Any suggestions welcome, as I am still fine-tuning, such as potentially leaving out the DVD player (savings ???), as I mostly use flash sticks, and a 80 gb SSD drive would be sufficient, IF it has Sata 3.
     
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    æro Notebook Guru

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    I know you can't use the 120hz screen with the 6990m.
     
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    Thanks, that's why I needed input... :) Narrows it down to NVIdia card selections.
     
    Phoenix51, Nov 18, 2011
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