Official Sager NP8130/Clevo P151HM1 Owners Lounge

[Larry@LPC-Digital]

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) ?

An upgrade to an SSD will help you more than a i7-2630QM to a 2720QM jump I think most would say...

[paladin44]

Agreed...spend your money on an SSD for the greater performance gain.

[burninh2o]

An upgrade to an SSD will help you more than a i7-2630QM to a 2720QM jump I think most would say...

Can you post a link to latest SSD drives' comparison test?

[Stelio]

Just to make sure, will the i7-2630QM be good enough for gaming for the next 3years with the games I mentioned on high settings?

Also does anyone know when those new NP51x0 are gona be released? I thought on the 14th

[Bhima]

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.

Speaking of class action lawsuit regarding Nvidia:
The NVIDIA GPU Litigation - Home Page

Too bad its limited to only Dell, HP and Apple. What a joke! In their list of qualified symptoms, mine is on that list: Computer turns on but the monitor doesn't. Well, I hope someone gets a fixed laptop out of this at least.

[Larry@LPC-Digital]

Can you post a link to latest SSD drives' comparison test?

Below is one link that has some comparisons...

http://www.notebookreview.com/defaul...+vs+hard+drive

[HTWingNut]

Can you post a link to latest SSD drives' comparison test?

These are a little older but still relevant to current tech:

Spring 2010 Solid State Drive Roundup, Part 1 : SSD Roundup, Part 1: Getting Ready For SATA 6Gb/s
Spring 2010 Solid State Drive Roundup, Part 2 : SSD Roundup, Part 2: Crucial's SATA 6Gb/s, WD's First SSD

[Stelio]

Below is one link that has some comparisons...

http://www.notebookreview.com/defaul...+vs+hard+drive

In this review it states that SSD's improve battery life...is this true? How much battery life difference can one expect compared to a 7200rpm harddrive?

Also is it easy to format SSD's?

[HTWingNut]

In this review it states that SSD's improve battery life...is this true? How much battery life difference can one expect compared to a 7200rpm harddrive?

Also is it easy to format SSD's?

Check out here:

Benchmark Results: Power Consumption : Roundup: The Best SSDs For Enthusiasts

With my Intel SSD in my Hannspree netbook I went from 4hrs to over 5 hrs, and from 6.5 hrs to almost 9 hrs on my M11x. Not all SSD's are the same power wise though. Although note that this was with power sipping netbooks. A regular notebook with a dedicated GPU though will consume considerably more power when idle will see little improvement in battery life because the hdd/sdd consumes little power compared to the rest of the system.

SSD's format just like any other drive. Just don't run disk defragmenter is about the only advice I can give for someone new to SSD's. Install Windows 7 fresh on an SSD and it will set it up appropriately.

[burninh2o]

first, thanks for the links guys.

second, I have made a configuration for my next laptop.

Sager 8130 w/ 1080P matte display.
Intel 2720QM
Kingston KHX1600C9S3K2/4GX (8GB)
Crucial C400 ~128GB (coming soon)
AMD 6970 ~2GB (coming soon)
Intel 6300N

only 1 problem..I can spend 1500 USD and don't want to wait another year to wait for the price to come down..


therefor, back to square 1...hehe