*** Official Sager NP8150/Clevo P150HM Owners Lounge ***

Yeah the 485M is pure ownage. It's the GPU I've been waiting for all this time. Hopefully Clevo obliges with an SB refresh of the x7200 asap so I can go dual 485M asap.

 

i dont think clevo will do i7 2600k or i5 2500k you have to wait for q4 2k11 or q1 2k12 for lga 2011 socket release

 

Man clevo. you almost did it right this time!
now stop making room for those useless ODD! for gods sake, its 2011. nobody uses the odd more than three times a year, and an external one is just fine. get dedicated media keys and a proper back lit keyboard. only thing missing then is a HQ matte screen and switchable graphic option for decent battery life.

what does this sound like? a freaking AWESOME 13" gayman "netbook" that EVERYONE would want.

also, do the same to the 15-16" department with 2 hdd slots and/or sli gpus.

then i will hail you, clevo.

 

Would any of you potential owners of the Sager NP8150-Clevo P150HM, Sager NP8170-Clevo P170HM and the Sager NP8130-Clevo P151HM1, create official owners lounges for these individually?
This will help as to posting for each model specifically. Thanks...
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Now your dreaming. But the other day I was actually thinking about a 3 SLi option for a 18,4" model, sadly no mobile GPU supports 3-Way SLi, but it would kick .

 

Guys Discuss the P170hm here

http://forum.notebookreview.com/sag...-sager-np8170-clevo-p170hm-owners-lounge.html

 

Can you please explain why?
I think I have a reason for 2 GPUs in 15' laptop: heat??
but why not 2 HDD

 

I agree, remove the ODD and 2 HDD is definitely feasible.
I've had an Envy 15 for a year without an ODD and have had zero need for it.

 

I wish someone like a Notebook retailer would back this up. I'm willing to wait until the end of February, but not until the end of q4. I mean the hex-core and oct-core versions of the i7 chips will be out by then. :\

I guess we'll see tonight right? Also I'm amazed no information about if these support optimus is being released.

 

It's more like space. Even without an ODD, where to put the 2nd GPU? There is simply no space for it if you want adequate cooling. You could go 16", but if you go 16" you might as well just buy a 17" laptop.

 

And that's why people are saying then. The current platform is the enthusiast/extreme chips, so it makes sense the new one will be too. It also doesn't make sense to have to refresh your laptop with a whole new chipset in a mere 6 months.

 

Yeah ok, I was right about the GPU, what about the HDD, is it possible to put 2 in a 15'?

 

Some pictures posted by Justin@XoticPC:
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available graphics card options: 460M & 485M

Release date 9th Jan 12:01 AM (first link), I don't know what time zone though

 

Its been done before so I don't see why it couldn't be done in the future.
Keep in mind that the ODD is larger than a 2.5" HDD.

These caddies have been around for a long time: Optical Bay HDD : NewmodeUS, Hard Drive Caddys for Notebooks

 

Plan on getting one of these as soon as their released! Getting mine from Malibal though. This is going to be my first Clevo laptop I am very anxious

 

Thanks for the thread! A lot more goodies tonight here...

 

Although it will be close I provided a 3D Mark Vantage screen shot from the 8170. Here is a LINK

 

I don't know if this has been mentioned in the thread already, but it doesn't look like this new model includes a Firewire port like the W8xCU series. That's one of the main reasons I chose the 8690 for my recent purchase over the ASUS G53x. Is there also no ExpressCard port either or did I just miss it in the screenshots? If so, that can be used to add a F.W and other ports if needed.

This trend is lame for those of us who like to work with higher end HD video editing, b/c there are a LOT of nice prosumer video cameras out there, even brand new ones, that still depend on F.W for DV data transfer (which by the way cannot automatically be emulated with a simple FireWire-->USB adapter cable).

But I suppose since most laptops are moving away from F.W the cameras will change too (which will be yet another investment to make).

Good thing I won't need to buy this new model!

 

Tonight Tonight Tonight. For me (GMT) it's less than two hours till midnight, so can someone confirm the time zone so I could set my alarm

 

They do have firewire just like the older models.

 

1/9/2011 12:01AM Pacific Time Zone for many of us...

 

Stock or overclocked? If o/c, what settings?

Thanks.

 

That was a stock score. We have only received stock scores up to now...

 

Can anyone confirm that there will be some form of optimus implementation with the sandy bridge igp and the Nvidia gtx485? It was brought up a few times in this topic but nobody has given an answer yet. I have a feeling there won't be anything of the sorts but it would be pretty cool if there was.

 

It does include a firewire port.

 

This ambiguity is caused by the (early) planned release of Ivy bridge and what new things will it bring over Sandy Bridge. I hope there is an implementation since it will boost battery life.

 

Wow. Thanks, BH.

 

Yeah that 485 is a GIGANTIC leap from previous cards...

 

Anything on the new laptops yet? Pricing? Id like to see pricing and get mine ordered ASAP. Thanks!

 

Actually it should be possible to make such powerful laptops thin in the first place, if you would open up W860CU, you will see that there are so much empty spaces you can fit a netbook in or something.

 

Couple more hours .......

 

The empty space is there to help the cooling.

 

I just want a quality laptop with i7-2630QM, GT460m / HD 5870 or better, switchable graphics, 1080p, dual drive bays, a good keyboard, and preferably blu-ray for $1500. I don't give a rat about memory or SSD. I have something already I can use for the time being.

I hope that "couple more hours" is truly a couple hours, because I need to go to bed, and am too stupid to just wait for tomorrow morning.

 

Gettin' that old familiar feeling, Quad. LOL.

 

except for the dual drive you will probably get your wish in a couple more hours. look to the 8130

 

As excited as I am about the nVidia 485m, it will probably be out of my price range. I'll probably be looking for a similar laptop configuration as you have listed and probably upgrade if need be in the future.

How long is the MXM 3.0b expected to last? Is it reasonable to expect next year's mobile video card releases to work with MXM 3.0b?

 

I'd prefer an HD 6000 series GPU, but I don't think I'll get one in the price range and it will most likely take a few months longer to get them. Who knows how long an MXM 3.0b will last. I don't care to be honest. Seems like every time I try to plan for decent CPU or GPU upgrade options it rarely pans out.

 

Thats how I felt about it (just getting a 460m) and upgrading later but the price difference may not be worth it. The mxm store is selling the 5870 for 350 euros so I might as well as just have upgrade now and get the premium product instead of buying a card in the future.

 

xoticpc has the new lappys up

 

oh wow, Intel® Core™ i7-2630QM and 485m for $1748.

damn damn damn

 

They're waaaay cheaper than I expected.

The notebooks are out, and can be had well within your price range.

Base P150HM = $1270

Base P170HM= $1347

With cash discounts that is.

 

I like these prices. My next notebook will definitely be one of the new Clevo/Sager models (currently a Sony F). I think I might wait one month and see the overclocking people achieve with the 2920XM.

Anyone knows the difference between the Sager standard vs S1 models on XoticPC?

 

Their S1 models come configured at a higher base kit than the a la carte basic ones.

 

Stupid question if I were to get the NP8170 with a 460M would I be able to upgrade it to a 485m later myself?

 

hope they release a review soon.
i want to see how that modified aluminum heatsink/piping will affect temps.
other than that i think its a fair price for what your getting.
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and of course if optimus is implemented

 

Yes, provided you purchase the 8170 heatsink with it, I'm assuming. Justin can confirm if they use the same heatsink or not, which would avoid needing that part of the equation.

 

Yes, I had noticed that. But they eventually became the same price with the same components, so I was wondering why the distinction (it's not like someone buying a Sager wouldn't know how to choose the components). But now I noticed that the S1s sometimes have discounts associated with them that the standard ones don't. I suppose that's how XoticPC guarantees that the discounts are only applied to the higher end kits..

 

i believe that if you do purchase it (485m) from a retailer/reseller it will come with a heatsink.

 

Yea prices look good. Gonna be ordering one of this shortly.

 

I see the S1's, but where's the base units?

Edit: NM, I see it, I'm blind.