*** OFFICIAL Sager NP8760 / Clevo W870CU Owners Lounge ***

Malibal isn't a Sager reseller (they sell Clevo's). For that reason XoticPC will not price match them.

 

Nice! I just couldn't make it worthwhile going bare bones.. I even have a 320GB 7200 drive I could use, but with shipping, etc.. the barebones route would be about the same as pre-config prices.

JRTech W870CU + wNic = 1,459.00
+RAM (4GB DDR3/1333) = $73.00
+CPU (720QM) = $400 (after shipping)
+my own 320GB HD = $0
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$1932 + S/H from JRTech

Malibal config - W870CU wNic/4GB/250GB/720QM
+my own 320GB HD (total of 670GB) = $0
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$1906 (cash price) + S/H

Now if I could find a non-ES 720QM for $300 we might have something..

 

Good to know, though I'd just order from Malibal in the first place instead of dealing with the price matching.

 

RJTech's component prices are mediocre and it's best for the buyer to buy the parts seperately. The CPU I'm going to pick off of eBay for cheap, the RAM I will buy from Kingston with a 15% off coupon I have lying around, the HDD will be from my M570TU, the Intel 5350 I can also get for cheap, and I already have the retail version of Seven infront of me. S&H is also free and since they are in the same shipping zone as I am, it probably takes no more than two or three days via ground to get to my front door.

 

I will give my take on it hopefully soon. I will find out today I hope when to expect it. I will be putting my memory the Kingston HyperX 4GB DDR3 1333, a CORSAIR SSD 256GB and my 500GB Seagate 7200 in this so it should do well. I just had to sell my M17x after the i7's came out. Maybe next year I'll get a SLI i7 notebook if the economics are right.

 

Are these machines even shipping yet.. The sites i have looked at dont state pre order anymore so i assumed they were already going out the door ?...

 

Yes, they are shipping now. RJTech is always the first to have them out of all the other North American resellers.

 

Well Soviet, let us know how it goes when you get it. Looking forward to your future posts about it.

 

Looking forward to your impressions and testing Sovie. I envy the W870, but I can't swallow a loss selling this notebook right now.

 

I second this. Absolutely the place to go for barebones. Good, quick communication and know their stuff.

They made my D900F barebones purchase purchase a sheer joy.

I did the same thing and cherry picked each component over the course of a few weeks.

 

It's out for delivery right now!!! But I may not be able to do much or anything with it till Saturday, maybe Friday late, also I have to install my Win 7 Ultimate, etc...

10/22/2009 6:42 A.M. OUT FOR DELIVERY

 

Alright!! If you have the patience, do some unboxing pics! Always love to see those.

 

Will do that at least hopefully by Friday eve!

 

Very cool, babyhemi. I will be watching you from my poor M38AW.

 

Wow! That's a Classic!

 

That's nothing. My first Clevo, my precious D400V, is a classic.

 

Cool! I wish sometimes I would have kept some of my older Clevo/Kapoks from 1996 on...

 

Well BabyHemi,

Looks like I will be getting one, order processing. Wanted a more portable 860, but timing is everything and 870 is not delayed. Moreover, the OC ability in the 870 makes sense for a 920xm, my rig will be similar to yours, but with one or 2 OCZ Agility EX 60gb SDDs in Raid 0, a bit pricy but one only lives once....

mid 2s on 4 cores to 3.73 will be fine for me...until we can figure a way to bump it w/o frying the core.....sizzle....

 

Congrats!

 

What about the below statement regarding Ntune (aka Nturd)? Anyone think it will work on the I7? Probably not...but is there similar software to help overclock, or do we have to do it all manual... buying my rig via Factor Gaming (Sager reseller), which comes with OC CD tools.



Ntune does work... It's the user who blindly makes a dozen changes all at once, and then the system won't work? I use it all the time, for diagnostics, quick tuning changes, and once the system is stable, transfer the settings into bios. Go for the newest version, and don't change too much at one time. There is really no manual... nvidia assumes the user of ntune knows what RCD, for example, means? I like the ability to make bios changes on the fly... IMHO, there is nothing 'wrong' with the ntune software, rather the problem lies with users who try to 'do it all at once', or push too far too fast. ANYONE who has ever done any successful overclocking has had to do a hard bios reset, and it doesn't matter if OC'g with ntune or in the bios!

 

Just had a few minutes to open the box and take a few quick poor quality pics. This thing is not big at all!! It feels to me almost like a netbook! It is the lightest, nicely streamlined 17' laptop I have ever used, you can pick it up and move it so easy. The bios DEFINITLY HAS FULL OVERCLOCKING under advanced. Back to work now for me, can't do anything with it till latter.

 

Great pics babyhemi. Your system is a beast.

 

Niiiiiiice!! :d

 

How about LCD screen on this beast?

 

My question is how high is the overclock with 4x multipliers unlocked and turbo mode on four cores and one core. I'm guessing 2.53GHz and 3.73GHz is as far as it will go since I don't think Turbo Boost will kick in after a manual overclock.

 

Specifically, how black are the blacks on this LCD screen? I like really deep blacks.

 

+1 for the share, Nice system. Enjoy it!!

 

+1 but no button to click...argh

oops, there it is now that I'm logged on. Thanks for the pics

 

Dag..........

That is nice. Can't wait to see:

Max OC via BIOS (It has been reported to be 2.53ghz / 3.73ghz)

Size/weight of the AC adapter

LCD Panel ID/Maker

Temps under load (OCCT / Prime95)

Temps at Idle

Noise level under load and normal (IE gaming).

I'm sensing a serious influx of rep coming your way man.

 

LCD panel is posted already
temps are posted
Max OC is posted
temps @ idle i think


Xoticpc had a review of it and justin came here and told us the LCD id

 

The Chimei 1920x1080 panels on the W870CU are gorgeous.

I need to find a 920XM soon. It's about time to make some Soviet Magic. High temps will be a thing of the past with a Siberian built machine.

 

You're pretty on point Soviet, so I'll take your word for it on the panel. I'm thinking of going with one now since Dell is irking me to no end.

 

Does the W860CU have the same screen type as the W870CU?

 

What? 10char

 

I meant are the quality of both laptops fairly the same?

 

Sager is carrying AUO WUXGA panels for the W860CU and Chimei WUXGA panels for the W870CU. XoticPC says both look nice, so I'd say that's a yes.

 

There is no think.. only order (the W870CU) or do not order..

Dooo itt!!!

 

There is no spoon.

 

When you have time, can you take some HQ photos (of the laptop, I assume the boxes have already been put way)? Not that I'm complaining about the one's you already took, they're great!

It's just.. see.. these photos have to last me until ~Dec 13-14th when I can order my own. It's like being stationed 3,000 miles from your girlfriend or wife. You need the photos to keep you going.

Do it for the troops.

 

When OC to 3.7ghz, is it using all four cores, or just one?

 

I think that's for a single core only. 3.7GHz for all four cores is just impossible for a 120W PSU.

 

3.7GHz is the max after it goes down to 1 core. (With Intel Turbo Mode Technology)

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I am seriously considering purchasing this beast, but want to make sure of a couple of things. Can the 280gtx be upgraded with a dx11 video card down the line? Also, can the chipset in the np8760 support the upcoming 35 nm i7 processors? Thanks!

 

Is it possible to get this one in UK? The only place I could find it is down - https://www.kobaltcomputers.co.uk/

 

Yes, the video card can be upgraded.

No, it will not support the upcoming 32nm i7 CPUs, but those will be 2 core CPUs and what you get now is a 4 core CPU so there is no reason to upgrade.

 

I get a feeling we'll have a Mid-year revision for this ala the M860 where it will support Arrandale (too?)

Another topic that comes up too much because no-one uses the search button. Try Novatech though they are more expensive.

Too bad about OCUK no longer selling them. They were the cheapest of the three.

Oh and then there's Rock... ...and they're lowest on the list for a good reason.

 

Most likely. January - February 2010, I am 75% sure the P57 for Arrandale is backwards compatible with the CPUs for P55.

 

I looked up a 17'' Clevo clone at http://www.novatech.co.uk/novatech/l...x80ca17.3.html and... max RAM 4GB? Have they noticed it's a 21st century already? This is looking bad...

 

Many places do not list the support for 8GB RAM, even if it indeed is supported. Partly due to the sheer price of single 4gb ddr3 stick.

 

The chipset does support 8GB RAM, but Clevo has had some problems with the testing. Thats the reason Clevo says max ram are only 4gb on their website. However, they are trying to fix it.