Solved! Asus or Sager?

[sunglail]

Hey guys im thinking of buying a new notebook soon, mostly for gaming and doing CADD work and a few image/video rendering.

Ive been searching around reading reviews about Sager Products, and majority of the people are saying its a very good firm product, and they are the few saying its trash, so im very puzzeld

Nwayz this is what im prolly aiming for, and just want your suggestions on it, if there is something better and cheaper or of equivalent price please tell me!

Sager NP8170-S1 / Clevo P170HM
- 17.3" FHD 16:9 "Glare Type" Super Clear Ultra Bright LED Glossy Screen (1920x1080) (SKU - X1R502)
- 3 Year Labor* 1 Year Parts Warranty Lifetime -24/7 DOMESTIC Based- Toll Free Telephone Tech Support (Labor Warranty through Xotic PC)
Includes FREE Shipping Both Ways for Warranty Repairs (SKU - X9R009)
- Integrated Fingerprint Reader
- Smart Li-ion Battery (8-Cell)
- Basic Black Business Case - Included
- Sound Blaster Compatible 3D Audio - Included
- Built in 2.0 Megapixel Camera
- Intel® Advanced-N 6230 - 802.11A/B/G/N Wireless LAN Module + Bluetooth (SKU - S8R111)
- Internal 7-in-1 Card Reader (MS/MS Pro/MS Duo/MS Pro Duo/SD/Mini-SD/MMC/RS)
- 750GB 7200RPM (Serial-ATA II 300 - 16MB Cache) in Optical Bay (SKU - S7R302)
- Raid 0 Stripe Enabled (Requires 2 or 3 Hard Drives. Combines Hard Drives for performance)
- 750GB 7200RPM (Serial-ATA II 300 - 16MB Cache) (SKU - S5R306)
- 80GB Intel 320 Series Solid State Drive (SSD Serial-ATA II) (SKU - S5R060)
- Standard Finish
- 16GB - DDR3 1333MHz Dual Channel Memory (4 SODIMMS) (SKU - S4R759)
- ATI Mobility Radeon™ HD6990 2048MB PCI-Express GDDR5 DX11 (SKU - S3R154)
- - IC Diamond Thermal Compound - CPU + GPU
- 2nd Generation Intel® Core™ i7-2630QM, 2.0-2.8GHz, (32nm, 6MB L3 cache) (SKU - S2R201)
- Standard Dead Pixel Policy
- Included nVIDIA Wireless 3D Glasses (Bundled with 3D Screen)
- 3% Cash Discount & We GUARANTEE we have the lowest price for the same configuration!!!
All this for $2024 USD.

For those that wanna check the website out its http/www.xoticpc.com/custom-gaming-laptops-notebooks-gaming-laptops-ct-118_96_98.html

Cheers.

 

[farrengottu]

i hate glare screens they arent just annoying outside. they suck inside too. unless you are really paranoid and want to see everything thats going on behind you. cuz you will see everything behind you.

quite odd that you have nvidias 3d glasses thrown in with AMDs graphics card. i dont know if they are compatable but i doubt it.

be sure to look up your config on newegg.com you might be able to save a few hundred dollars.

 

[sunglail]

I dont care about the 3D, it just came with it so yea LOL! Highly doubt im gonna be watching/playing 3D movies/games so the glasses im prolly gonna throw away or sell =]

As for the screen, what do you mean by they suck inside? meh aslong as I can see the screen, guess ill be fine =].
Im also going to hook it up to 2 asus/benq 24" LED screen and multi task on it

 

[Maziar]

NP8170 is overall a great laptop,it doesn't have backlit keyboard though and it maybe heavy for some users.
Here's a review
http/www.notebookreview.com/default.asp?newsID=6242&review=sager+np8170+clevo+p170hm+xotic+pc

 

[sunglail]

Cheers

 

[mklgee]

I bought a 2000$ sager notebook 4 and a half years ago. I just bought a new laptop because the video card is starting to go downhill (but it still runs bioshock 2 quite well considering its age). I never shut off my laptop during those years EVER, don't ask me why, it was for no reason except maybe extreme laziness. I was a hardcore gamer for 2 of those years and played every new game that came out. To sum up, I had an extremely good experience with Sager and it lived through all the torture it received.