W350SS/NP7358 Question

I'm thinking of buying the NP7358 soon... can anyone with this model confirm that it can run FurMark and Intel Burn Test (or Prime95, but IBT is more intensive) at the same time at stock GPU clock speeds and CPU clocked at 2.4 GHz (that is, at the speed of a 4700MQ without turbo) without overheating or throttling (this is my litmus test; my old Lenovo Y580 whose screen recently went out barely passed)? I read a review of the NP7338 which implied it could only pass the FM/P95 test in a cool room, and am assuming the NP7358 would be better due to the larger size, but can anyone run tests and confirm? I'd definitely be doing the factory repaste, if that matters for the results.

Also, how reliable are Sagers as a whole? I haven't read too many reviews of them; I understand they are closely tied to a direct supplier of some sort so maybe that's why they aren't as well known as other brands... I am a computer science major and would prefer something that won't break down in just a year or two. Another question, how easy is it to upgrade parts? Ideally I could just swap in a new GPU and more RAM in a couple of years without much hassle (at least not more than a BIOS reflash and some quick assembly time)... though upgradeability is not the highest priority I have. Thanks.

 

They are reliable but won't take things like repeated drops.

The original company is clevo.

The w series do not use replaceable GPUs. Only the p series (eg p150sm) do.

 

Even in the P series, there's no promise that future hardware releases will be compatible. Clevo/Sager laptops are as reliable as anything else out there (and in some cases, more so). It really boils down to how well you treat it.

 

heh, why do you need your notebook to pass this FM/P95 test? that's an insane amount of workload that you will unlikely to reproduce with your daily usage. besides using furmark for stress-testing mobile gpus is not recommended as it can be harmful.

 

I would prefer that it pass this test because if it does then I'm sure there will be plenty of cushion in real-world applications (as opposed to some games and/or programming applications running at 95C). That being said, I'm actually looking at the NP8268-S with 870M now... can anyone who has it comment on the heat? I have read the review with the 880M; I'm just curious as to how much better the 870M fares in it.

 

The 870M is still of the Kepler architecture at the moment, so it won't run quite as cool as the new Maxwell 860M (and below) chips. Still, it's a good card. You'll probably see temps in the 80s under stress, and as long as the ambient temp isn't sweltering, the laptop is slightly elevated on a hard and flat surface, and you perform regular maintenance on it, the laptop should stay relatively cool.

By comparison to the 880M, it's difficult to say as it's relative to how it's used. The 870M is more likely to heat up faster due to it needing to work harder than the 880M so that it can keep up with the demand.

 

What are you really going to use it for? I ordered the 7358 because the price point was right for me. It was the most powerful laptop for what I wanted to spend. Although there are more powerful laptops, I cant see myself spending two grand on one.