Upgradeability of lower priced Sager laptops to higher priced equivalents

Hi I'm thinking about getting a lower priced 17' laptop and then overtime upgrading it so that it will be as if I got one of the higher priced ones. For example if I got something like a


Sager NP7270 (Clevo N170RD) $999


Sager NP8677 (Clevo P670RE3) $1269


could I upgrade it to be equivalent in power to the more expensive 17ers like the


Sager NP9778 (Clevo P770-DM) $1769


Sager NP8678-S (Clevo P670-RG) $1819


later on?


I know that attempting to upgrade to something like the

NP9870


probably wouldn't work since that uses a desktop processor but since the others use laptop components would they work or is there going to be issues such as heat when swapping out higher end graphics cards etc?

 

On those ones (NP7270/NP8677) all the hardware pretty much (CPU and GPU) are soldered to the motherboard so there would be no way to easily upgrade them to that in the future.

The NP9778 has a MXM GPU and CPU so it would be able to upgrade if you started with the lowest you could get there.

 

Due to the different demands of different segments they all use different chassis types and parts. As mentioned above the lowest spec desktop cpu models are the most upgradable.

 

And IMO, paying the bit extra for the desktop CPU versions is the best choice ... Upgradability and if your warranty runs out and something dies, it should be cheaper to replace unlike in the soldered ones since there the whole motherboard needs replacing!

 

More like you could get a P7xxDM (or equivalent) and potentially upgrade it to be of similar caliber to a later model. The other systems you mentioned don't have modular parts, so you're left with being able to upgrade RAM (within reason) and storage only on those - still good systems in their own right, just no removable CPU or GPU, unlike the P7xxDM.

 

What are you using the computer for primarily? Is it more of a work computer or for gaming?

If you are using it for a work station, and need something with more CPU power, then go for the best CPU you can now, without maybe as much ram or storage, and round it out later. Same thing with the GPU, if you are gaming, then get the best graphics and add in the rest later. I'd say if the NP9778 is in budget, maybe go with a stock system, and over time add in parts. I'd recommend taking a stock NP8677 over a NP7270 with some ram and SSD upgrades, just because it would be better over the long term most likely.

 

So is the Clevo P770-DM (default $1769) the cheapest model you offer with upgradeable nonsoldered CPU or GPU?


On another note why is there a huge 6x jump in the 3D score of the Sager NP7270 to the Sager NP8640? Is the 970M so much better than the 960M? And why does the Intel HD graphics have an even higher score than the 970M?

 

Yes the 970M uses a MUCH larger core and so is 60-80% more powerful than the 960M, the two chips are in totally different classes.

 

The 3d scores on xotic show that the 970m is 6 times as powerful as the 960m but slightly less powerful than Intel HD graphics? Is that accurate?

 

Nope, not even close. The 970m is probably 90 times as powerful as any Intel HD graphics.