Sager 9170

Sager NP9170 / Clevo P170EM
- No Outside of US Shipping Coverage
- LIFETIME Ltd Labor* 1 Year Parts Warranty Lifetime -24/7 DOMESTIC Based- Toll Free Telephone Tech Support (Labor Warranty through Xotic PC)
Includes FREE Shipping Both Ways for Warranty Repairs (SKU - X9R009)
- No Xotic PC Gear
- No Software Bundle
- No Office Software
- No Operating System Standard - Drivers & Utility Software Only
- No Operating System Redline Boost
- No Thanks, Please do not Overclock my system (Overclocking will add 3-6 business days to build time)
- No Notebook Cooler
- No External Mouse
- No External Keyboard
- No Headset
- Integrated Fingerprint Reader
- No Dock/Hub/Adapter
- No Spare AC Adapter
- No Car Adapter
- Smart Li-ion Battery (8-Cell)
- Basic Black Business Case - Included
- Sound Blaster Compatible 3D Audio - Included
- No TV Tuner
- Built in 2.0 Megapixel Camera
- No Network Accessory
- Sager - Bigfoot Networks Killer™ Wireless-N 1103 (3x3) (SKU - S8R056)
- Bluetooth Included (See “Wireless Network” Section Below)
- No Back Up Software
- Internal 9-in-1 Card Reader (MMC/RSMMC/SD/Mini SD/SDHC/SDXC/MS/MS Pro/MS Duo)
- NO External USB Optical Drive
- No Back Up Hard Drive
- No Extra Optical Bay Hard Drive Caddy
- Combo Dual Layer SuperMulti DVDRW/CDRW Drive w/ Software (When selecting a Hard Drive in the Optical Bay, No Optical Drive is Included) (SKU - S7R455)
- HDD Raid Settings - OFF
- None Standard
- 500GB 7200RPM (Serial-ATA II 300 - 16MB Cache) - Default (SKU - S5R207)
- No mSATA SSD
- Standard Finish
- Sager Branding
- 8GB - DDR3 1333MHz Dual Channel Memory (2 SODIMMS) - SPECIAL! (SKU - S4P369)
- No Video Adapter
- nVidia GeForce GTX 675M 2,048MB PCI-Express GDDR5 DX11 with Optimus™ Technology (SKU – S3R518)
- -Stock OEM Thermal Compound
- Sager - 2nd Generation Intel® Core™ i7-2670QM, 2.2-3.1GHz, (32nm, 6MB L3 cache) (Supports 3rd Generation Intel® Core™ Processors) (SKU – S2R174)
- Standard Dead Pixel Policy
- NO Professional Monitor Color Calibration
- 17.3" FHD 16:9 "Glare Type" Super Clear Ultra Bright LED Glossy Screen (1920x1080) (SKU - S1R506)
- FREE!! Continental (U.S. Lower 48 - UPS Ground Only) Ground Shipping on ALL Sager Laptops (Enter Coupon Code: "SAGERFREESHIP" during order process)



Hi, I want to ask you all whether this spec looks good. A few modifications are GTX 675m, Bigfoot networks killer, 1333mhz ram. I wonder whether I should wait until when the Ivy CPU and new Kepler or 7000 series graphic cards come out. What do you think?

 

The build looks good. Consider an SSD as the primary drive and the 500GB for a second drive for storage. The Intel 520 120GB drives are great and will really increase how snappy your computer feels. Also if you dont have a copy of Windows ready to install you'll want to add that as well.

You could wait for IB or the new video cards but the video cards could be a wait. IB is supposed to be available on the 29th so with it being just a couple weeks out it wouldnt hurt too much to wait for those.

 

new graphics are coming out? I thought that 675 is new one.

 

The 675M is just a re-branded 580M (still on fermi). Not really a *new* card.

The new cards will be the ATI 7970M and the Nvidia 680M. Rumours of around 30% increase from the current ATI 6990M and the Nvidia 580/675M.

 

I didn't wait.. I pulled the trigger last week. 2 reasons.

1) The 675M is an absolute steel right now. For $100 more you can get what was a $450 upgrade and the best card on the market. The "new" cards" 680M kepler cards won't arrive anytime soon I don't think.

2) I get Intel chips super cheap so the upgrade to the IB won't be a big $ issue.

All of the new Sager/Clevo comps come with the HM77 Chipset that supports both SB and IB chips. So you would be able to upgrade your chip at anytime.

I'm pretty comfortable with the 675M choice and will upgrade next year when the cards are actual serious upgrades and not a bunch of rebrands