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    Upgrade or Replace P170EM

    Discussion in 'Sager and Clevo' started by tanek19, Mar 9, 2015.

  1. tanek19

    tanek19 Notebook Guru

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    So as my signature states I have a Clevo/Sager P170EM | Intel Core i7 2630QM | AMD 8970M | 8GB 1333MHz | 250GB Corsair SSD | 500GB HDD | 6X Blu-ray Burner

    I am trying to consider whether the best option is to replace it or update it... I have had some issues with is as originally I purchased a P170HM but right after the 1 year mark the Motherboard died. I bought a P170EM Case/MB off of RJtech and attempted to get everything going, that worked well for about a year with modded video drivers as it had a 485M, but then the modded drivers stopped working. At this point I purchased the CD that I am using now AMD 8970M, and though it works decently now I am thinking that my initial $2000 investment in 2011, then the new case/MB in 2012 and the new GC in 2013 it is about time to do something else.

    So I have a post in the what machine should I buy section of the forums but wanted to reach out the the CLEVO/SAGER people and see what you guys think would be the best bet... update the laptop or buy a new one and attempt to sell the one I have...

    Any thoughts would be helpful.
     
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  2. Support.3@XOTIC PC

    Support.3@XOTIC PC Company Representative

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    With the hardware issues you had and fixed aside. How is the performance of your computer now? Is it playing the games you want and overall still a fast computer? If so you may want to hold off a little on it since you have a 8970M in there you wont get a night and day performance change.

    But if you can sell your current notebook for a decent price and its not too much out of pocket for a new one..... then yah :)
     
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    tanek19 Notebook Guru

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    It does play games really well, just the only major problem I have is that it randomly freezes and I have to restart the machine. I am not sure why it does that but with everything I have dealt with this machine so far I am thinking of hanging up my hat on Clevo... Yet as you mentioned selling this for a decent price, I am not sure what I could get for it. Everything works fine, but just randomly freezes that once i restart it, there is no problems and it isnt regular it happens maybe twice a week but it is frustrating,
     
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