Specs for my Sager NP8150-S1

I'm thinking about purchasing one of these great machines. Can you guys let me know if these specs are viable and worth the cost?

Display:
15.6" Full HD LED-Backlit Display features 95% NTSC Color Gamut in Matte Finished Surface (1920 x 1080)

GPU:
AMD Radeon HD 6970M GPU with 2GB GDDR5 Video Memory

CPU:
2nd Generation Intel® Core™ i7-2630QM Processor ( 6MB L3 Cache, 2.00GHz)

OS:
Genuine MS Windows® 7 Home Premium 32/64-Bit Edition ( 64-Bit Preloaded )

Memory:
8GB Dual Channel DDR3 SDRAM at 1333MHz - 2 X 4GB

HD:
120GB Intel 510 Series SATA3 Solid State Disk Drive

Optical Drive:
6X Blu-ray Reader/8X DVD±R/2.4X +DL Super-Multi Drive & Software

Wirless Card:
Intel Centrino Ultimate-N 6300 - 802.11A/B/G/N Wireless LAN Module

With Microsoft Office this configuration is priced from Sager's website at $2,258.00.

My biggest questions are about the memory and the wireless card. Is it worht it to upgrade the memory? and is the Intel wireless card a better option than the available Bigfoot Networks Killer™ Wireless-N 1102 - 802.11A/B/G/N Wireless LAN Module? Thanks

 

Let's see.

Firstly you can cut the cost for OS, if you have a copy of the OS already.

Next is Blu-ray Reader, do you watch blu-ray? If no, opt for 8x Multi.

Next, Memory. You won't need more than 8GB if you not running memory-intensive apps like rendering, VMs etc.

I think alot of us dun see the need for that Bigfoot NIC.
Get Intel 6230 should be pretty sufficient. 6230 has built in Bluetooth whereas 6300 doesn't.

That is pretty much I can advice.

 

Your setup is similar to mine, although I got the Seagate Momentus XT hybdrid drive and Intel 6230 Wireless Lan.

8GB is plenty, no need to upgrade anymore. It's going to be overkill unless you can actually use the extra memory. Also, I noticed they also have an option for 1600mhz memory, only get those if you plan to OC, other than that 1333mhz is fine.

Not too familiar with network cards, so can' help here. :/

 

Looks awesome man!

I got the Momentus XT, just wanted to try out what it was all about, although i do plan to buy an SSD in the near future.

About the intel wireless, i got the bigfoot one, dont know if i was just wasting money or if its worth it but seems that they are pretty much the same, just that the bigfoot has custom software to control bandwidth distribution and active network huggers.

 

your HD is probably on the small side (unless you know for sure that you don't need more), if you are planning to expand that in the optical bay, then the bluray doesn't make sense. Ditch the OS and MS office if at all possible.

btw select what is best for *your* needs
good luck!

 

Wireless card: 6230 beats the killer, and the 6300 is great overall at everything including range. If you live in dorms and or are a university/college student I'd suggest 6300. Most sager notebooks have 4 usb slots and you can easily use one for those tiny bluetooth dongles if you need it.

 

Well...

1. Drop the OS if you can; I bought a family pack back when 7 came out so no need for yet another license (tied to hardware, at that).
2. 8GB is fine; I run Ubuntu and XP in virtual machines on my rig (not at the same time; mostly for programming and testing things, plus some of my older DMX hardware only works on XP) and still have memory to spare.
3. I would stick with the Intel card; I did go with the BigFoot card and to be honest I'm not thrilled with it. The bundled software is not all that great; I'm sure there's alternatives out there that do the same thing (monitor the TCP/IP stack for active processes, filter access to stack based on a priority profile, etc).
4. I like the Blu-Ray and I use it; if you don't really watch Blu-Ray movies or don't mind the quality drop with regular DVDs, save the money and go with the regular DVD drive.