**Official Clevo W150ERQ / Sager NP6165 Owner's Lounge**

[extide]

So, it appears that the Geforce 650m does indeed come with GDDR5 and not DDR3? Has everyone's been that way?

[Gnick]

This one does come with GDDR5, yes. I'm not sure how to check, but that's what the spec says. And considering the game performance I've seen so far (extremely impressive) it would seem to confirm very high quality ram is in this machine.

For someone asking for temps, I ran a chart of me opening up the laptop, and then browsing the internet while plugged in (screen full brightness, no power saving settings on).

http://i.imgur.com/XqqSK.png

The fan is kicking on an off and it's a little annoying I have to say. I'm going to see whether I can get it to be a bit more stable.

[autobulb]

Thanks for that chart Gnick and your impressions on fan noise. I prefer more when the fan is constantly on but very low instead of turning on and off when it needs to. If you are able to change that, let us know.

[plancy]

I assume it's to keep quiet during light use.

Does the W110ER and W150ER have the same fan or is the W150ER's bigger?

[extide]

You can check with the GPU-Z utility.

Almost all of the websites that list this machine show GDDR5, except avadirect, which is where I want to buy it. They list DDR3 but I am hoping it is just a mistake.

(The Geforce 650m IS available with both kinds of ram.)

[Supranium]

W150ERQ GT650M is only 1GB GDDR5. Thats according to Clevo homepage.

[extide]

W150ERQ GT650M is only 1GB GDDR5. Thats according to Clevo homepage.

Ok, good, that's what I wanted to hear! Glad to see they didn't cheap out with DDR3

[Gnick]

You can check with the GPU-Z utility.

Almost all of the websites that list this machine show GDDR5, except avadirect, which is where I want to buy it. They list DDR3 but I am hoping it is just a mistake.

(The Geforce 650m IS available with both kinds of ram.)

Thanks for the tip! Just confirmed, GDDR5 it is (http://i.imgur.com/FErRq.png). Can I ask why you want to buy from AVA Direct? It seems to me that they're just selling an overpriced version of the same laptop.
AVA: Gaming Laptop Clevo W150ERQ Core™ i7 Gaming Notebook, 15.6" Full HD Glossy / Matte LED LCD, Intel® GMA HD / NVIDIA® GeForce® GT 650M 1GB Graphics by AVADirect
Xotic: Sager NP6165 / Clevo W150ER - XOTIC PC - Sager 15.6" Laptop

I've bought from Xotic twice now and great experiences both times. There are other resellers out there as well that offer comparable pricing, if you want to look elsewhere.

[Gnick]

Ok quick update, this one is definitely not a master of longevity, but it does okay. I had my computer unplugged on balanced power settings at about 50% brightness while downloading games on steam. Also had about... 20 firefox tabs open, with some flash, facebook, and gmail running. Point is it was always a little busy, jumping between 3-10% of cpu usage frequently. Was also web browsing.

Anyway, this brought it from 100% to about 15% battery life over the course of (almost exactly) 2 hours, at which point I moved back into being plugged in, because I didn't want to get caught off guard and lose my open files.

Surprisingly the fan never turned on once during this entire time (or if I did I couldn't here it), and I never had the impression that the machine was getting hot, despite it sitting in my lap most of the time.

So, while a little short lived, it kept cool and quiet and was comfortable to use. And loving the matte screen, especially as I was sitting facing away from an open window

If anyone is interested I'm using the lowest end quad core Ivy Bridge chip (3610QM) paired with a Crucial m4 512gb ssd.

[extide]

Thanks for the tip! Just confirmed, GDDR5 it is (http://i.imgur.com/FErRq.png). Can I ask why you want to buy from AVA Direct? It seems to me that they're just selling an overpriced version of the same laptop.
AVA: Gaming Laptop Clevo W150ERQ Core™ i7 Gaming Notebook, 15.6" Full HD Glossy / Matte LED LCD, Intel® GMA HD / NVIDIA® GeForce® GT 650M 1GB Graphics by AVADirect
Xotic: Sager NP6165 / Clevo W150ER - XOTIC PC - Sager 15.6" Laptop

I've bought from Xotic twice now and great experiences both times. There are other resellers out there as well that offer comparable pricing, if you want to look elsewhere.

A few reasons, they offer the most customizability, and at the config I want they are the cheapest way to get it. Anyone else who sells the laptop doesnt offer the exact stuff I want, and thus I'd have to buy parts from newegg too, and I have added it all up at several places (including xotic) and ava will get it to me the cheapest.


Here is the config I want:

CLEVO W150ERQ Core™ i7 Notebook Barebone, Intel® HM76, 15.6" Full HD LED Matt 95% NTSC Color Gamut, Intel® GMA HD / NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 650M 1GB Graphics
INTEL Core™ i7-3820QM Quad-Core 2.7 - 3.7GHz TB, HD Graphics 4000, 8MB L3 Cache, 22nm, 45W, EM64T EIST HT VT-d VT-x XD, Retail
NVIDIA GeForce® GT 650M 1GB GDDR3 Mobile Graphics Card for W150ERQ
CORSAIR 16GB (2 x 8GB) Vengeance® PC3-12800 DDR3 1600MHz SDRAM SODIMM, CL10, 1.5V, Non-ECC
SAMSUNG 256GB 830 Series SSD, MLC Samsung S4LJ204X01, 520/400 MB/s, 2.5-Inch, 7mm w/ 9.5mm Spacer, SATA 6 Gb/s, Retail
SAMSUNG 1TB SpinPoint M8, 5400-RPM, 8MB cache, 2.5-Inch, SATA 3 Gb/s, OEM
CLEVO Dual Layer Super-Multi DVD±RW Optical Drive for Clevo W150ERQ
NETWORK Built-in 10/100/1000 Mbps Ethernet LAN Card
INTEL Centrino® Advanced-N 6235 Wireless and Bluetooh Module, IEEE 802.11a/b/g/n, 11/54/300 Mbps, Internal PCIe Half Mini Card
CLEVO Extra 120W AC Adapter for Clevo P151EM / W170ER / W150ERQ Series Notebook
NOTEBOOK ACCESSORY Built-in Fingerprint Reader (Included)
NONE No Operating System (Choose OS or subject to Limited Support)
WARRANTY Standard 1 Year Warranty for Clevo Notebooks

I may bump down to the 3720, as it's $200 less and almost the same, but if I can swing this as it, I will.