What do the Clevo model numbers mean?

Hi,

I already have a Clevo and I'm looking to upgrade sometime next year unlike the last time I was looking there doesn't seem to be a clear "winner" in terms of specs in the available Clevo laptops. Could someone walk me through what the model numbers mean? What does the starting letter mean (I know W is for Widescreen but the resolution given for some of the Ps seem to indicate they are wide screen as well) ? Whats the difference between a eg P377 and a P177 ? Also What do the various suffixes mean ?

Thanks

 

It's not exactly... meant to mean anything. I suppose you could call the "P" the "performance" lines? I couldn't say. As for the suffixes, it's basically the revision of the systems based (usually) on both a CPU and GPU update. For example, the HM series used sandy bridge and the 500M chips; the EM series used ivy bridge and the 600M series, the SM series used haswell and 700M series and the SM-A series used the haswell refresh (required a BIOS update apparently) as well as the 800M series. Technically, the SM-A series did not need to be released, but Clevo was probably trying to fix up the flashier line (and they did, at least a little with the aesthetics, as far as I know).

I can't give you much of a full generic line. I can say that for the EM, SM and SM-A lines, the 1st number after the P was single (1) or SLI (3). The 2nd number denoted the screen size; 15.6" (5) and 17.3" (7). The third number was always a "0" until the SM and SM-A series. the "5" (only in P375SM as far as I remember) and "7" (P157SM, P177SM, P377SM-A, etc) denotes the "flashy" model. The "0" in the line means it's similar to the business-like models of earlier, and won't have the lights at the sides toward the back or the lit trackpad or the lightbar under the screen for audio etc. I prefer those, because people don't like to steal them.

The W series (W230ST, W230SS, W350SSQ, W370SS, etc) I haven't looked enough to notice any trend with. There's also a P6xxSE series now, which have integrated CPUs and possible integrated GPUs, but are a bit thinner/lighter and have a kind of "curved" aesthetic, as opposed to the square-edge aesthetic of the Pxx0xMx series. Also, a "3" after the PxxxxM line, like my P370SM3, denotes that it's a 3D vision model and will carry a 120Hz screen and a 3D emitter. Those are supposedly discontinued though, to my great dismay.

 

Thanks. That was exactly the information I was looking for. So, to confirm my understanding, the P377SM-A is currently the high end mobile (not using a Desktop CPU) gaming laptop ?

 

This is correct. The P370SM-A and P377SM-A are the high end SLI enabled laptop-CPU models

 

The p series will have the highest end gpus like the 970m and 980m, while the w series will focus on value and/or portability.

The p 6xx series will be a slight mix of the two but closer to the p series name which it gets. It does it by ditching the optical drive.

 

This information should be added to the FAQ of this subforum.

 

Haha I would like a whole lot more detail in those few paragraphs before I'd want it pinned anywhere. You should see my information guides for the level of thoroughness I strive for XD.

 

I'm all about details.

One thing I notice (which is obvious) is that when you're shopping for machines like this, you are greatly rewarded for your researches. This applies to both knowing your needs/finding the right machine for your needs.. but also to finding a better deal or simply finding the right brand.

A brand like Sager/Clevo is super confusing and most likely appear to be sketchy for most people due to the lack of documentation and marketing around it.

For example I'm looking for the difference between the NP8258, NP8268 and NP8268-S. As far as I know, 58 vs 68 only means the next gen of the same model. Yet the information is hard to find. If the manufacturers and reseller won't document better. This forum seems like the place for it. You seem to know a lot the brand because I assume you spent the time to find this information. I assume your "Mythlogic Nyx-3713" is a clevo of some kind? If I understand correctly, Sager is simply the most known Clevo rebranding?

Anyway.. The FAQ was a great start but I feel like much information is missing.

edit: I just realized the 8268 is the p150sm-a and the 8258 is the p157sm-a. So the 8257 has more lights but same chasis/build quality. I think I pretty less light as well.

 

The p157sm also has an extra 7mm drive bay.

 

Pretty correct. The best thing to do is to look at the clevo model numbers; I don't bother learning the sager numbers anymore haha.

Also my Nyx is a P370SM3

 

I'm gonna go with SS = super sexy. Ditto on it not being extremely clear about the model encodings seeing as how they change their scheme so frequently. Research on the product specs will tell you more, but unfortunately that takes time too.