Resellers and upgrading

Currently looking into buying a laptop and leaning a bit towards a sager. However I have a question, how flexible are the resellers with doing your own upgrades down the line. Will the laptops still be covered by warranty(I know the upgrades would not be)? So far been impressed by each of the resellers xoticpc, powernotebooks, lpc and others with video reviews, etc. I have built my own desktops and done various upgrades for friends and family.

 

What I've recently discovered here is that doing your own work on the device (replacing a part, reapplying thermal paste etc) won't void your warranty unless it can be proven that you caused the problem.

That being said, buying a replacement CPU or GPU is a fair bit more expensive than paying the premium for a higher model in the first place. Buying a new high end CPU and GPU could cost as much as buying a new model of laptop. Sager/Clevo are still a great bargain for the price, but if you were to decide to upgrade your fixed disk, CPU and GPU (to high end units) you almost certainly would be spending as much as a complete new machine. The option is there - and it isn't with other laptops - but it may not be worth it.

 

What hubris says is true. Getting a higher-end CPU and GPU initially is definitely less expensive than buying it later on down the road. Usually the most popular user-upgradeable parts we see are HDD, optical drive, and RAM. Sager/Clevo laptops are a lot easier to upgrade in comparison to ASUS or MSI, for instance. Not so many screws

If you haven't seen it yet, the user theriko has service manuals for a majority of Clevo laptops: Free File Hosting Made Simple - MediaFire

Check out the disassembly guide for the one you're interested in and you'll get an idea of how to upgrade the thing

 

I just looked through the manual, these look easy to take a part/repair/upgrade. Last time I tried to open up a laptop it seemed like the screws had screws and I had to remove everything to do the simplest things.

 

Upgrading the parts yourself won't void the warranty with the exception of the motherboard itself. These machines are made to be easy to disassemble and repair on your own.

That said, as others have pointed out- while it's relatively easy to do it yourself, the actual cost and availability of upgrade parts may make it less desirable versus ordering the best you can afford up front.

 

Yes how true it is that working on and upgrading these machines is an outstanding feature of these Clevo / Sager systems!

Since 1996 this is the reason I for one have leaned toward these models.
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