**Official Clevo P150EM / Sager NP9150 Owner's Lounge**

[jcalle]

Amazon.com: Sager NP9890 2nd SATA HDD Hard Drive Caddy Laptop: Everything Else

DO you think this one will work and look nice?

[nakoni47]

I start to wonder if i use 95% gamut will be worthless without calibration. I read through other forum and people said that it will be over saturate without calibration.

I just reloaded windows 7, and have not loaded the color calibration yet. The colors are not bad stock, you can also manually adjust the via the control panel > color management. Although this is not as accurate as the calibration software it will help you reduce the saturation if you see any. The screen with 95% and calibration is great especially in games. Haven't watched any movies yet.

Hopefully, that will help your decision.

Amazon.com: Sager NP9890 2nd SATA HDD Hard Drive Caddy Laptop: Everything Else

DO you think this one will work and look nice?

Although this is nice, it will not fit since the 9150 has a beveled edge.

If you're looking to order this for the 9150 just purchase one from the reseller. It's better to pay the 25 extra and get a Optical Drive Caddy, that will fit spot on then chance it and having to pay shipping back for an RMA. I ordered mine through Xotic and it worked out perfectly. I just installed my Crucial M4 128GB SSD and swapped my 750GB HDD to the optical drive caddy. It works like a charm.

But apparently the shipping weight is 28 lbs o.o

the power brick can't be that heavy

The power Brick is approximtely 1.5 pounds.

Who did you order through. Xotic standard double box came in at 15 pounds. No mishandling, I was home when the UPS delivery guy rolled up.

[thailandgod]

I just reloaded windows 7, and have not loaded the color calibration yet. The colors are not bad stock, you can also manually adjust the via the control panel > color management. Although this is not as accurate as the calibration software it will help you reduce the saturation if you see any. The screen with 95% and calibration is great especially in games. Haven't watched any movies yet.

Hopefully, that will help your decision.

so when I receive my unit, is it necessary to calibrate to see its full potential or just leave as it is?

[diggersan]

I don't get putting the extra hardrive in the optical caddy, why not just keep the optical dvd burner for movies(etc.) and buy an external hard drive, they are smaller than an external dvd burner to carry around. Maybe someone can convince me of this(am I missing something?)

[w3ak3stl1nk]

I don't get putting the extra hardrive in the optical caddy, why not just keep the optical dvd burner for movies(etc.) and buy an external hard drive, they are smaller than an external dvd burner to carry around. Maybe someone can convince me of this(am I missing something?)

It is more of an availability thing. Do you want to have to pull out an external dvd or external hd for you computer? Most people don't use dvds constantly so prefer built-in hd. So you need the extra storage for data files on the go. Many people watch dvds and music from the hard drive now days also. So have a cd/dvd drive is mainly for installing applications and an occasional dvd/bluray movie.

Edit: It is personal preference. If the cd/dvd is 90% of the time still in the bag, then is it worth it to be built-in?... probably not. If you owned a netbook without a cd/dvd drive it is quite obvious that you use external hard drives a whole lot more than a cd/dvd drive. As for the size comparison you are correct, but it is about practical use... now to shoot myself down and you are talking about dvd burners usb port usage then... it normally uses two, one for power and one for data, so might have an argument there, but you could get a swap out the bays... but I don't know if it is truely plug and play as in you can yank out the drive that easily and drop the other one in. I don't think it's a deal breaker to use two ports once in a while to burn a dvd. I normally burn dvds from a desktop and use a dvd reader on usb because they are smaller and use a single usb port.

[harmattan]

But apparently the shipping weight is 28 lbs o.o

the power brick can't be that heavy

Every p150hm ships with a medium-sized badger. You need to fight it off to be able to use the laptop. It's Sager's way of ensuring you are man enough to use a machine with this much power

28lbs can't be right. My x7200, m18x and p180hm all shipped under 20lbs.

[b33k3rz]

About to order this from Xotic PC, got a few questions

- Is IC Diamond Thermal Compound - CPU + GPU worth it? Or is the stock thermal paste fine?

- 12gb 1600 Mhz RAM or 8gb 1866 RAM?

- mSATA SSD Drive - Is this internal or external? Do the Intel 310 Series mSATA SSD provide as much difference as standard SSD? Is it cheaper to buy one and install it myself?

- 95% NTSC Color Gamut - Does it provide enough improvement to justify $100?

- This will be my first serious gaming notebook (always been a desktop guy). Are all the parts upgradable (CPU, GPU, RAM, HDD, SDD, Optical Drive Bay)?

BTW I plan to do heavy gaming of MMOs (GW2/D3) as well as single player RPGs.

[jcalle]

Although this is nice, it will not fit since the 9150 has a beveled edge.

If you're looking to order this for the 9150 just purchase one from the reseller. It's better to pay the 25 extra and get a Optical Drive Caddy, that will fit spot on then chance it and having to pay shipping back for an RMA. I ordered mine through Xotic and it worked out perfectly. I just installed my Crucial M4 128GB SSD and swapped my 750GB HDD to the optical drive caddy. It works like a charm.

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Is this the one you ordered?

Thanks for the reply.

[thailandgod]

Can someone show me a photo of this unit with 95% gamut without calibration? I want to see how it's look.

[micahmatthew]

About to order this from Xotic PC, got a few questions

- Is IC Diamond Thermal Compound - CPU + GPU worth it? Or is the stock thermal paste fine?

- 12gb 1600 Mhz RAM or 8gb 1866 RAM?

- mSATA SSD Drive - Is this internal or external? Do the Intel 310 Series mSATA SSD provide as much difference as standard SSD? Is it cheaper to buy one and install it myself?

- 95% NTSC Color Gamut - Does it provide enough improvement to justify $100?

- This will be my first serious gaming notebook (always been a desktop guy). Are all the parts upgradable (CPU, GPU, RAM, HDD, SDD, Optical Drive Bay)?

BTW I plan to do heavy gaming of MMOs (GW2/D3) as well as single player RPGs.

IC Thermal paste is one of the best $20-30 you can spend in my opinion, it helps ensure longer lifespan of your hardware, it can drop your temps 5-10 degrees [Farenheit] compared to normal stock thermal paste.

You won't need 12GB of RAM if you are just playing games. 8GB is plenty for heavy photoshop/gaming etc. 12-32GB RAM are more for 3d designers, programmers, and people that use virtual machines or servers. Stick with 8GB 1333mhz or 1600mhz you won't be able to tell the difference between the two though; I'd go with 1333mhz and save $50. Put that $50 towards an upgraded graphics card or the screen.

The 95% gammut is worth the $100, but most people will say it isn't necessary for gaming, its more for designing where you need perfect color accuracy and range in my opinion. If you aren't a heavy designer I'd put the $100 into the 7970m graphics card along with the $50 you save downgrading to 8GB 1333mhz RAM. They are more important for people that mostly use the computer to game. The stock screens on these Clevo/Sagers is VERY NICE. 300nit brightness and good 60/72e% gammut depending on who you order from which are more than enough for gaming. I had one a few months ago and the stock screen blew me away honestly.

Yes in Clevo P150EM the hardware is ALL upgradeable, that is one of the major selling points of Clevo models.

I would prioritize GPU first, then CPU, then SSD/HDD set up, then RAM, if I were to be using the machine for mostly gaming + some photoshop [which is what I do].


I'm ordering this build from Eurocom : P150EM Racer 2.0 [their gimmick name lol].

i7 3610 Ivy Bridge up to 3.3Ghz Turbo Boost
7970m AMD GPU aka THE BEAST haha
8GB DDR3 1333mhz
72% Gammut Matte 15.6' Display
500GB Hybrid HDD/SSD 4gb Seagate Momentus [Selling this to a buddy and buying a 240/256 GB Sata III SSD].

I'm going to sell the 500GB Hybrid drive to a friend for $90 which is about $10-30 less than the online prices. Then I'm going to put that towards a 240/256GB SSD.

Later this year when the SSD and mSata prices drop I'll be purchasing a 240GB mSata drive to expand my storage. I may also invest in a NAS to use as a home server if I get low on space. I also have a 750GB External for storing files that I rarely use.

It seems like a solid build to me; can't wait to play with the 7970m and backlit keyboard.

Hoping to get it before Diablo 3 comes out... was in beta and man was it awesome.