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    i joined the dark side

    Discussion in 'Sager and Clevo' started by Haff, Nov 5, 2011.

  1. Haff

    Haff Notebook Enthusiast

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    after weeks of self-debate, and a last minute push from my suicidal other laptop i pulled the trigger on a new rig. Now I get to wait patiently for the thing to arrive.

    Ordered from MALIBAL.

    specs are:

    Display: 17.3" 1920 x 1080 FHD LED Backlit 120Hz 3D 72% NTSC Matte Display
    Processor: Intel® Core™ i7-2760QM, 6MB L3 Cache, 2.4-3.5GHz
    Memory: (16GB) 16384MB, PC3-10660/1333MHz DDR3 - 4 SO-DIMM
    Graphics Card: NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 580M 2GB GDDR5
    Hard Drive: 750GB 7200rpm 2.5" SATA 300
    Hard Drive 2: 750GB 7200rpm 2.5" SATA 300
    Optical Drive Bay: 6X Blu-ray Reader 8X DVD+/-R DL Super-Multi Drive
    Operating System: Microsoft® Windows® 7 Professional; 64-bit
    Wireless: Intel® 6230 Advanced-N 802.11A/B/G/N LAN and Bluetooth Card
     
    Haff, Nov 5, 2011
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  2. zakazak

    zakazak www.whymacsucks.com

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    SSD is missing in my opinion.. but nice setup :)
     
    zakazak, Nov 5, 2011
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  3. BIGSx420

    BIGSx420 Notebook Enthusiast

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    I recommend Crucial M4. I'm lovin' the ssd. I'm so impressed by this laptop. I played BF3 last night, and could not believe how nice it looked. I haven't played a PC game in 10 years. I had way more fun than I have on my xbox version lol.
     
    BIGSx420, Nov 5, 2011
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  4. Mr_Mysterious

    Mr_Mysterious Like...duuuuuude

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    Welcome, Haff! :) Just FYI, the "Dark Side" is Alienware :p

    Mr. Mysterious
     
    Mr_Mysterious, Nov 5, 2011
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  5. MALIBAL

    MALIBAL Company Representative

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    Quite the opposite. When you purchased from us, you joined humanity - my friend.
     
    MALIBAL, Nov 5, 2011
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  6. Haff

    Haff Notebook Enthusiast

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    I picked it up from UPS last night (wasnt home for attempted delivery)
    So far all I've donewith it is load RAGE and play for about 30 minutes. But all looks good so far.

    I'll post up more details and opinions when I've taxed it more.
     
    Haff, Nov 11, 2011
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  7. DruePhoenix

    DruePhoenix Notebook Consultant

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    You ordered it on the 5th and got it on the 10th? Was this standard delivery/build or rush?
     
    DruePhoenix, Nov 11, 2011
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  8. TechnoWhore

    TechnoWhore Notebook Evangelist

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    I guess the dark side could refer to no backlit keyboard, lols :)
     
    TechnoWhore, Nov 11, 2011
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  9. Kingpinzero

    Kingpinzero ROUND ONE,FIGHT! You Win!

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    I joined the dark side as well!
    Mine arrived yesterday.

    Ordered and paid on the 3-11-11 and received it on 10-11-11.
    I didnt had a rush build option, as mySN doesnt provide one. They however assured me 2 days for building and test it. That sounded like a build rush option.
    They were faithful to what they said. Laptop was already on its way to italy on monday. :)
    Heres the spec:

    i7 2760qm
    8gb ddr3
    GTX485m 2gb
    1080p matte LG-Philips RGB Screen
    Wireless Intel centrino N6300
    DVD-RW combo
    Bluetooth
    stock 320gb HDD as im waiting my bigger hdd to ship
    And stock stuff.

    Heres some initial benchmarks i made:

    [​IMG]

    Clocks 680-1600
    NVIDIA GeForce GTX 485M video card benchmark result - Intel Core i7-2760QM Processor,CLEVO P150HMx score: P3809 3DMarks

    Clocks 700-1600
    NVIDIA GeForce GTX 485M video card benchmark result - Intel Core i7-2760QM Processor,CLEVO P150HMx score: P3899 3DMarks

    How it does look like to you guys? GPU aint overvolted. With autofan, it stays below 83c. With max fan, hardly it hits 80c.
     
    Kingpinzero, Nov 11, 2011
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  10. Kingpinzero

    Kingpinzero ROUND ONE,FIGHT! You Win!

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    LOL thats the kind of thing i miss from my g53 tbh, but who cares :D
     
    Kingpinzero, Nov 11, 2011
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  11. Kevin

    Kevin Egregious

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    I came in to say this.
     
    Kevin, Nov 11, 2011
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  12. Haff

    Haff Notebook Enthusiast

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    Ordered on the 4th, recived on 10th, was a rush.
     
    Haff, Nov 11, 2011
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