Sager (7280) Clevo (X7200) Power Supply Issues.

That may well be true.

But for my work, having these cut my simulation and rendering times from 2-3 hours to about 40-50 minutes so they are worth the money to me.

 

Time is money eh? True.

 

That, and you have no idea how frustrating it can be to complete a simulation and find out that you have made a small error and have to run all over again.

 

Well I have an idea about how frustrating it is to finish recoding a song only to find out I messed up and have to start over again. lol and when you mess up once you keep messing up for hours.

 

Hi everyone.
I've been toying around in DevilTech with the configuration of a Hellmachine DTX and looking for feedback here I stumbled upon this topic. I've read almost the 56 pages of this topic, and also some info regarding the differences between a 460M SLI and a 480M SLI build and I was wondering what would be better in terms of stability and performance (for high end gaming):

1.- 480M SLI + i7 950 and 6GB RAM

2.- 460M SLI + i7 970/980Extreme + 6 GB RAM

3.- 460M SLI + i7 950/960 + 12 GB RAM

In Deviltech all of them cost almost the same (2500-2800 € so that's not a problem (in Spain we get 2500 € from the goverment when having a child, so my newlyborn son is buying a laptop for his father ).

Thanks in advance for the comments.

 

Read these reviews:

GeForce GTX 460M SLI: Mobile Gaming Value From AVADirect? : A Little More ?Less Is More?

Test mySN XMG U700 ULTRA Notebook - Notebookcheck.com Tests

Based on these, I ordered the GTX460M SLI, Core i7-950 configuration a few days ago (also taking into account the pricing and power issues with the GTX480's...).

IMO option 3 is the best value for money for stable, serious gaming on a laptop

 

I found this post after ordering my 7280 from Xotic PC, and figured I should have no issues since I planned no overclock, etc. However the PSU has tripped twice so far. The first time, I cannot for the life of me remember what I was doing, so forget that. The second time I was playing Crysis with Chrome running in the background. I will test more when I get the chance.

EDIT: Forgot, 980X with SLI GTX 480M, OCZ Vertex 2 SSD, and 2x Samsung 7200 RPM 500GB SpinPoint F4s

 

I've read all of the posts in this thread but it seems like there's not really a consensus on whether or not the x7200 is a good buy. It seems as if the i7 950 and SLI 460m's are good for the PSU but does that means we are stuck at that configuration for future upgrades? But at the end the desktop i7 makes me drool which is making me consider getting the x7200 with the dual 460m's. But I'm not sure if I should do that or get the 8760 with the 470m; and is the screen on the x7200 better or worse than the 8760?

 

Same screen on both machines your speaking of so it really boils down to wanting 2/1 GPUs and a Desktop/Mobile CPU..

Future upgrades like GPUs are always sketchy so never buy a machine with the intention of being able to upgrade even if you think the machine can handle it .. Sometimes companies change one little thing and you can be left out of the upgrade loop because of it ..

 

Thanks for the quick reply! Well how about the configuration with the 460m's, do we have anyone here to confirm it?

 

Speedy Gonzalez loves his machine and i speak to him on the phone all time.. If he were unhappy i would know about it ..

So yes in the end the 460SLI machine is a very solid choice and should serve you well for quite sometime ..

You might be able to throw in some new GPUs down the road but yeah i would not buy it with that in mind and frankly the 460s will be enough for awhile...

You could start with the 470s but i believe the 460s are certainly the best bang for the buck period...

 

Just want to make you guys aware of this post from mySN (German clevo-reseller) about a "special" PSU in SLI (440W total) :

440W PSU in SLI

 

Two power adaptorss in parallel with just a cable. Simpler than I thought and easy to do at home.

 

lol this SLI fails at scaling then..

 

They are using only 220 power adapters, not the 300 W ones which are sold with the x7200.

 

Here is a update from Sager:

Sager has been working closely with Clevo for some time now in testing the Power Converter Box to bring more power to the Sager NP7280 (Clevo X7200) model, making sure that we eliminate any safety concerns when combining dual adapters together.

We are announcing that the box has finally reach Mass production stage at Clevo, and we will be reciving our first shipment of the device shortly.

More details will be provided once we have receive the mass prodution parts and run it throught our testing once more.

Attached: is a picture of the latece sample we have tested, we finlized on this version therefore the mass production product should look identical.


Thanks for all your patience and understanding.



Sager also just provided this info:

Starting tomorrow 12/28/2010, any additional NP7280 300Watt PSU orders shipped will have a NP7280 Power Converter Box included with the PSU at no additional charge.

Any users that has purchased additional NP7280 300Watt PSU may contact Sager Techsupport with your Sager Invoice number, and Sager will send a Power Convert Box for only shipping charges.

 

A solution at least, but 2 huge psu's? " serious roll of the eyes"

 

It's two huge psu's plus a huge adapter.
Honestly though, I would still rather take a bigger psu (both power and size) than two..
Anyway, what is the power rating on two psu's in sli?

 

What would you expect for so high power requirements?

 

This may be not a solution for everybody but at least clevo come up with something to wash their hands and any way the 480 is not going to be offered any more but i agree with other comments this and the second PSU should be free for 480 owners

 

Because some were interested on how this would look with the new power convertor box....

 

Glad to see a adapter being available. I hope they can just give them with the package of the laptop though.

 

Current owners don't get the second PSU + Converter for free?

Not right or fair.

 

Well one PSU is almost two hundred dollars, makes sense they don't want to give it out for free.

 

Not really, if people paid top dollar for 480M SLi + 980 configurations, then Clevo/Sager should be obligated to provide the 2nd PSU + adapter for free. The reason this device was created is because those purchasers were given inadequate power supplies to cover the power required by those components. In another words, they were not sold a fully functioning system.

 

yes they should offer it for free. or if not possible at least with a tolerable value, hopefully.

 

I bet if you get a lawyer to send them a letter they will send you a second PSU & adapter for free. Far, far less expensive for them to send you the PSU than any legal action, even small claims.

 

One huge psu