Official Sager NP8170/Clevo P170HM Owners Lounge

[Nibert]

In the end... Well, I decided not to go with 8170. I've been debating between it and the M17X R3 for some time now, and I decided to go with Alienware instead.

I'd like to thank all the resellers; Justin, Larry, Donald, Malibal, Mythlogic, and anyone else I'm forgetting for the help and coverage during the whole Intel fiasco.

And I'd like to thank Merraki, HT, and Forerunner for graciously providing their input on the models.

Thanks guys. Peace.

I looked at the alienware it was just a bit expensive for the features I was looking for. The only bonus is the lighting effects and what not but that is not really a huge concern for me. I hope you like the laptop and regardless we shall all be gaming together.

[James832001]

I can confirm that the 8170 / P170HM & 8150 / P150HM models do support SATA III.

Thanks for confirming.

[decayedmatter]

I just hope the np8170 will be compatible with my logitech z-5500 speaker system in 5.1 audio, i know it does 7.1 audio but i haven't heard if it can downconvert to 5.1 through a spdif to toslink adapter.

[Madkid]

I just hope the np8170 will be compatible with my logitech z-5500 speaker system in 5.1 audio, i know it does 7.1 audio but i haven't heard if it can downconvert to 5.1 through a spdif to toslink adapter.

I think you should be able to select your speaker set up through the Sounds and Audio Devices manager. Also, if you don't have an a mini-toslink adapter,you can get a toslink to mini-toslink cable.

[decayedmatter]

I think you should be able to select your speaker set up through the Sounds and Audio Devices manager. Also, if you don't have an a mini-toslink adapter,you can get a toslink to mini-toslink cable.

I do have the adapter so hopefully i'm all set! Can't wait to play Crysis on my HDTV with 5.1 audio (hopefully!)

[Dragoon354]

Im looking at buying the NP8170 and i was wondering how it handles running Windows Server 2008R2. Anyone out there can give me any info on the subject?
This would be either a dual boot or a 2008R2 Workstation conversion.

[Bevil]

I want the purchase price as low as possible.
Should I go for the i7 2740qm or q2630qm?
SSD or hybrid HD?
Nvidia GTX470m or GTX485m?

What I expect from this notebook is not too mush "annoying" noise, good performance in VM-ware and at least 3 years of gaming fun.

All advice is welcome..

[Kevin]

1. 2630QM, because $160 more for just a 10% increase in clockspeed is not going to do you any good.

2. Depends on your budget. The hybrids still can't touch a real SSD.

3. The GTX 485M is leaps above what the 470M can reach. Between the two, I'd take the 485M without a second thought.

[Partizan]

The site that someone else suggested, mxm-upgrade.com looks decent as long as we can get some NBR users (or other certified sources) to confirm their legitimacy.

That is always my concern with upgrading a laptop GPU. It sounds great in theory, but sourcing an affordable, legitimate, reliable part can be troublesome. If it were something that was fairly common like a desktop GPU, I wouldn't be vacillating back and forth. I can buy the 8170 with 485m but can't really afford it if you know what I mean. The money spent on the GPU should really be allocated elsewhere (like house updates, kid stuff, etc), otherwise, with 460m well within my budget.

I had a very postive experience with mxm-upgrade.com: I had quite a lot of troubles installing drivers, overclocking, downclocking, updating my bios, etc when I recieved my ati hd4670 (upgraded my acer 5920g which had a standard nvidia 8600m gt). The guy who owns the mxm-upgrade company kept answering all of my mails (and I send him a lot of mails, cuz I had a lot of errors), and he even offered to come by and install/fix the gpu himself (we r both from Belgium). Anyway after a week (or maybe two weeks) of searching for a solution together (well he searched, and I tried his solutions xD) I came by and there we tried fixing my problems for 2-3 hours long, and eventually we solved everything by a simple bios update.

So you can see that eventhough I had problems with upgrading my gpu, the guy helped me a lot (he is not someone who ditches you once you've payed, but helps finding the problem because he wants to know the solution) untill we resolved the issue.

[decayedmatter]

Lol, i got banned from the Toshiba forums for saying they took too long to announce when SB qosmios were coming back so i bought a superior sager. Angry much? LOL!