Official Sager NP8130/Clevo P151HM1 Owners Lounge

[Dthorny2010]

this is the 8150 i dont think it has a matte screen just anti glare.. although every thing on that review is in German so im not sure i have been trying to translate it with google and so far i been reading it and everything with the 8150 seams good, but the fans are loud under load, this is what a translation came out too... However, the maximum fan speed is stressful. With 51.6 dB (A) of fans acknowledged the concern about the too hot running hardware. During a 3D game or after one hour stress test, the fan rumble but still clearly audible, but with 45.1 dB (A) much more cautious. In office operation, the cooling system makes with 34.6 dB (A) and can be felt in battery mode even up to 31.5 dB reduction (A).

[CajunCARTFan]

Just ordered mine today from Xoticpc. Those guys are so cool. Can't wait for it to arrive.

[Bhima]

With 51.6 dB (A) of fans acknowledged the concern about the too hot running hardware. During a 3D game or after one hour stress test, the fan rumble but still clearly audible, but with 45.1 dB (A) much more cautious. In office operation, the cooling system makes with 34.6 dB (A) and can be felt in battery mode even up to 31.5 dB reduction (A).

I thought it was th 8130, they were reviewing. Either way, I am a bit suspect of Nvidia mid- to high-end cards since my 8600GT died on me after 3 years. I'd rather have a lower powered optimus card that would guarantee longer life than a powerhouse 3D card. Sure the fans run loud but did they take any temps to see if the hardware was actually running hot? Guess we'll just have to wait for someone in the notebookreview community to enlighten us.

[HTWingNut]

I thought it was th 8130, they were reviewing. Either way, I am a bit suspect of Nvidia mid- to high-end cards since my 8600GT died on me after 3 years. I'd rather have a lower powered optimus card that would guarantee longer life than a powerhouse 3D card. Sure the fans run loud but did they take any temps to see if the hardware was actually running hot? Guess we'll just have to wait for someone in the notebookreview community to enlighten us.

Your 8600 GT died because of a manufacturing defect (bad solder) not because of the card. That was abundandtly clear here a couple years back, I still wouldn't doubt if a class action lawsuit comes of it.

[Velho]

Anytime I have a green flag about cooling performance and viewing angles I'll pull the trigger and order one from xotic. At first glance it's a killing machine at a more than affordable price. Can't wait for a review! Will be this, the G53JW-A1 or the MSI GX660-060 US. It depends mainly on cooling, a job that G53 and GX660 do admirably.

[hispeed4567]

Hey everyone,

I am truly considering getting this laptop, provided that the 5160 being released isn't considerably better for my needs. The only games I plan on playing on this laptop are SC2 and Diablo 3. Is the 460m an overkill? Maybe, but I don't care at this point. I've been going back and forth between ASUS, HP, Dell, Sony, and now this Sager for the past 4 months and I'm getting tired of this waiting game haha With the specs that I want the price ends up around 1300 anyways, so the better GPU is just a perk
Like most, I've waited for SB in hopes that a quad-core CPU w/ an IGP and a decent GPU that would allow optimus to be enabled, but sadly this isn't the case. Battery life would be a bonus since I will be at college, but 2-3hrs should be enough to get me back to an outlet.
The main reasons I'm strongly considering this laptop is because the 1080p screen is standard, there is a number pad on a 15in screen, the plethora of ports (USB 3.0 mostly), real dedicated left/right buttons on the mouse pad (none of that integrated buttons crap), 2630QM standard, and finally the 460m. Only thing to make this laptop perfect would be a backlit keyboard, but I'm nitpicking to find faults with this laptop
My question is would the laptop run cooler if I set the graphics to medium/high (in SC2 and Diablo 3)? In my mind this theory sounds good, but I'm a novice when it comes to these things. Being my second laptop ever, first one that is actually good, I want this to last a few years. Wouldn't running cooler would help in that regard? Thanks for reading and responding.

[HTWingNut]

I don't think the 460m is overkill to be honest. SC2 can be quite demanding at higher detail. You should at least be able to run with high detail at 1080p. Who knows for Diablo 3 but I wouldn't expect the specs to be much more demanding than SC2.

[JBossch]

Agreed. According to NotebookCheck its a pretty good card but by no means is it overkill. It should be able to handle SC2 on top settings but only just barely.

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460M - Notebookcheck.net Tech

[hispeed4567]

Interesting. Thanks for that link. I've been playing on low on a friends computer so anything is better than that
With regards to the other question, would the laptop run cooler if I just play on medium? I'm sure that the sager can handle the heat, but to be honest for me its more about making the computer last longer rather than extreme gaming performance. Thanks.

[Stelio]

Hey guys anyone know what kind of performance increase I will see from a i7-2630QM to a 2720QM ? Debating if its worth the extra cash.
May instead grab a 80gb or 120gb SSD. Is it even worth getting an SSD for playing battlefield badcompany2 (bf3 when its out), mmo's, and sc2 (d3 too when its released) ?