Which Clevo Reseller

Okay, I'm sure this has been asked 7683455 times before but I couldn't find the answer. Where should I buy a Clevo from? Right now, I'm leaning toward Xotic PC.

 

hi and welcome to nbr
depends what part of the world you are from.
if you are in america then i dont think you will get any better than XoticPC

 

Yes, I am from the US, I forgot to include that, my bad.

 

Thers not really one that is better, all four have different options, the four top resellers from America are:
XoticPC
Malibal
LPC-Digital
Mythlogic

all three have different benefits, for example Malibal gives you an option of a hard drive caddy, Mythlogic gives you more options when configuring your respected chassis. XoticPc gives you the option for them to overclock your laptop for you, for optimum performance, and LPC-Digital gives you the most detail about what they offer. All four pricematch as far as I am aware and all have respective members on the NBR forums. It mainly depends on what you want and who you want to talk to.

 

PowerNotebooks is missing from the list
Their rep on the forums, Paladin44, has been very helpful here as well.

@ scar:
I order through LPC-Digital myself, because I felt Larry/babyhemi provided better customer service. However, I also checked out other resellers like XoticPC, and Malibal as well.

I'd hate to sound like I'm shortchanging Xotic by swaying you from them, but like many here will say, don't limit yourself to just one reseller at the initial stages. Speak to a number of them, as that will help you make a better decision.

Happy shopping

 

Well I can tell you where you shouldn't buy a Clevo from. I think most of us know where that is.

Good places to buy from are:

In the US: Xotic PC, Powernotebooks.com, Malibal are a few.

In Canada: Fortnax and Reflex Notebook.

 

We sell Clevo notebooks, please feel free to PM us if you have any questions.

 

+1 ^ I've heard many good things about Malibal. Also pretty cool sounding name.

 

You can PM me too if you have any questions. My contact info is in my sig as well.

 

Let's see there's a sticky and about 3-4 other active threads where you'll find multiple NBR Members doing the same thing they are doing here. We've concluded that because none of us have been scorned or dejected yet, that we will continue to sing the praises of our own resellers. No one wants to think they made a bad purchasing decision. Only through your own personal research, phone calls and e-mails will you be able to weight the pro's and con's. The mostly balanced mix of pre-orders from resellers in this forum is a testament to that.

Also remember that in any business, a representative being friendly or prompt does not mean that they're not still trying to get one over on you (relatively speaking). People have kids to feed and bills to pay. The resellers being present on this forum is part of a business strategy, not a valiant effort to make the world a better place.

A more complete list of US Resellers is:

RJTech
Malibal
PowerNotebooks
MYTHLOGIC
CyberPowerPC
OriginPC
Falcon Northwest
LPC-Digital
XoticPC
AVADirect

These are all of the reseller brands that I looked at in my research process. Also please note that a Sager is the same thing as a Clevo but with a Sager sticker on it. Sager is an importer of Clevo's and the supplier for most of these resellers. Some of the resellers simply are the go between for you and Sager and never touch the laptop while others receive barebones shells from Sager and assemble the laptop themselves using parts sourced from other locations. Even more, some receive completely assembled laptops from Sager and can give it a coat of paint or slap their own sticker on it instead of the Sager one. Sager is often erroneously given credit for Clevo designs and innovations mostly because people don't completely understand what it is they do.

 

I vouch for these guys.

...not that I'm in any way biased.

 

If only Malibal sold the W150HNQ :/

 

Oooo another thread where all the resellers pile on "the gathering"

No I'm just kidding :tongue:

Any of us would be more than happy to answer any questions.

thanks!

 

Thanks for the responses. I'm still trying to decide!

 

Mythlogic seems to be the cheapest that offers a Matte screen, which I want, but how is their customer service?

 

superb!

they are very friendly, prompt in replying to emails, and offer unmatched customization options for their systems. their prices really aren't that high (like a lot of people say). they, like the others, will price match for configurations and have a bit of wiggle room for haggling

 

I can't speak to the long term customer service but so far they have been great. I have been working with Josh and he's been very prompt with emails and answering my question. Got a great deal and I also like that they build in house. So far so good.

 

Hi guys,

I'm looking for a reseller that does not have the sager logos on their laptops and also ships to canada (toronto, specifically). Anyone know some?

 

The Sager logo's are easy to remove if needed, they are just a sticker.

 

really? oh hehe I always thought they were part of the screen, like the dell ones, since in the screenshots they looked very shiny and dented in.

and this applies to all the sager notebooks with the logo right?

 

Yes you can request that you have no Sager logo on all of the models...
_

 

We ship to Canada and can get you a Clevo laptop without any logos on it.

 

Yea, we can ship to canada, and none of our stuff comes with sager logos on it =)

 

Do you ship yours with just the Malibal logo? The malibal logo under the screen is great, especially if it means the back of the screen is blank. (and it looks less tacky than the Sager logo)

 

It depends on the model. On the P150/51HM we put the MALIBAL logo below the screen and on the back as well. However, we can put it just on the front, or just on the back or leave it off altogether.

By default, it will be on the front and back on the P150/51HM.

 

If I buy from xotic, can they ship it without the sager logo? thanks

 

Probably best to ask them directly.

 

Yes we can do it upon request Just ask this to any of our Sales Staff.

 

I'd love to see anyone remove the "sticker" from my np7280 though...

 

I'm surprised not more people are mentioning AVADirect. Their prices and customization appears to be better than ALL the competition, at least with Clevo/Sager notebooks like the x7200. Why are they not more popular?

I haven't worked with them yet but I plan on purchasing the refresh of the x7200, the P180HM, from them unless someone else has a reason I shouldn't.

 

Hmm... I just tried rebuilding my x7200 at Ava Direct website - and their price for my configuration seems noticeably higher than the price offered by Xotic PC at the moment when I got my laptop from them. What makes you think that Ava's price is better than ALL the competition, then?

 

basically all the price differences are negligible. all the resellers with match prices if asked to.. as far as customization, they seem to offer less options vs like xotic (for example) or Mythlogic..

 

Whoa that was fast!!! Your magic crystal ball is impressive, AVADirect

 

$6,203 for the high end spec on exotic PC.

$6,564 for the high end spec on AVADirect.

However, the difference at AVA Direct is I specced 2 Crucial 256gb SSD's in raid 0.
Dropping the AVA Spec down to the highest SSD's Xotic offers, the AVA price is $6,072. That's $200 less.

The AVA site also gave me far more customization, even including the thermal compound which I upgraded in the AVA build.

Perhaps for lower specs Xotic PC is a better deal but for the high end specs of the x7200 AVA is def the better source from what I'm seeing.

ExoticPC x7200:
- 17.3" FHD 16:9 "Matte Type" Super Clear Ultra Bright LED Anti-Glare Screen w/ 72% NTSC Color Gamut (1920x1080) (Will add 4-7 business days to build time) - Back Ordererd
- 30 Day 0 Dead Pixel Guarantee - Special
- Intel® Core™ i7-990X Exreme Edition (3.46-3.73GHz) 12MB L3 Cache, 6.4GT/sec QPI, LGA 1366 6 Cores/12 Threads
- - IC Diamond Thermal Compound - CPU + GPU
- SLi ENABLED DUAL (2) 2048MB PCI-Express nVIDIA GTX 485M's (4096MB Total) w/GDDR5 DX11 Video Cards (User Upgradeable) + Extra AC Adapter & Power Converter Box
- ~ 12,288MB DDR3 1333MHz Memory (3 SODIMMS)
- Standard Finish
- ~ 6X Blue-Ray Burner/Reader / 8X DVDRW Super Multi Combo Drive
- ~ 160GB Intel X25-M Solid State Drive (SSD2 Serial-ATA II)
- ~ 160GB Intel X25-M Solid State Drive (SSD2 Serial-ATA II)
- Raid 0 Stripe Enabled (Requires 2 or 3 Hard Drives. Combines Hard Drives for performance)
- Internal 3-in-1 Card Reader (SD/MMC/MS)
- Internal Bluetooth + EDR
- Intel® Ultimate-N 6300 - 802.11A/B/G/N Wireless LAN Module
- Sound Blaster Compatible 3D Audio - Included
- Basic Black Business Case - Included
- Primary Smart Li-ION Battery Pack - Included
- ~Windows 7 Ultimate 64-Bit Installed (64&32-Bit CD Included) w/ Drivers & Utilities CD's + Microsoft Office Starter 2010 -
- 3 Year Parts/Labor Warranty 24/7 Tech Support w/ LCD Accidental Damage Protection


AVADirect x7200:
CLEVO X7200/GF100/FHD Core i7 Notebook Barebone, Intel® X58, 17.3" Full HD LED Glossy, PCIe x16 MXM-III Discrete Graphics
INTEL Core™ i7-990X Extreme Six-Core, 3.46GHz, LGA1366, 6.4 GT/s QPI, 12MB L3 Cache, HT EM64T EIST TB VT XD, 32nm, 130W, Retail
COOLLABORATORY Liquid MetalPad Conduction Pad, Metal
NVIDIA Dual GeForce® GTX 485M 2GB GDDR5 Mobile Graphics Card for X7200, SLI Configuration
KINGSTON 12GB (3 x 4GB) PC3-10666 DDR3 1333MHz SDRAM SODIMM, CL9, 1.5V, Non-ECC
CRUCIAL 256GB M225 SSD, MLC Indilinx Barefoot, 250/200 MB/s, 2.5-Inch, SATA 3 Gb/s, Retail
CRUCIAL 256GB M225 SSD, MLC Indilinx Barefoot, 250/200 MB/s, 2.5-Inch, SATA 3 Gb/s, Retail
RAID RAID 0 (striping), min 2 hard drives required
CLEVO Blu-Ray Burner and Super-Multi DVD±RW Optical Drive for Clevo X7200
NETWORK Built-in 10/100/1000 Mbps Ethernet LAN Card
INTEL Centrino® Ultimate-N 6300 Wireless Card, IEEE 802.11a/b/g/n, 11/54/450 Mbps, Internal PCIe Half Mini Card
CLEVO Extra 300W AC Adapter for Clevo X7200 Series Notebook
MICROSOFT Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit Edition, OEM
SERVICE OEM System Recovery (bootable CD/DVD only)
SERVICE System Binder
WARRANTY Extended 3 Year Warranty for D900F / X8100 / X7200 Clevo Notebooks

 

I don't have any idea how you could come to that conclusion. AVA Direct clearly has significantly more customization options than xotic PC. There is not even room for confusion there. Now, I'm only looking at the laptop I've been researching the hell out of.. the x7200.. but still. What am I missing that you're referring to as having less customization than xotic?

I'm not a rabid fan boy but I've been looking into this a lot lately to find the best spot to order my Clevo from and after a lot of comparison decided on AVADirect, which is why I'm surprised by this response.

 

i may have mis spoken.. i just took a quick glance through it for my laptop and saw they didnt offer the upgraded screens. nor very many options for hd's (mainly ssd's).

they do however have many more options for thermal compounds and ram which is nice..

 

i'm not tryin to put them down just noting what i see

the reason i went with mythlogic was for the configuration options. if they dont have it as an option, they'll get it for you. you find a great deal on one? you can buy it, ship it to em, an they'll put it in for you.

 

Yea, we can quote out that machine too if you want, just PM us for more info.

thanks

 

Is your guys logo also just a sticker? I was looking at some image of a laptop and the back logo looked a little crooked >_>.

I'd prefer with the logo though, because it's a pretty cool font.

 

No, it's not a sticker. It's an electroform nameplate. Also, if you're talking about the image from the CS review, that was damaged.

 

I have purchased 2 Sagers( current NP8120, and M570RU Orange) from PCTorque.com. Excellent service via email and on-time delivery.

 

FYI Price is on point.