College Laptop

[A1AsusG73]

Okay, here are my last questions (probably), matte or glossy screen, and is the steelseries keyboard worth 90 bucks?

[Prasad]

Okay, here are my last questions (probably), matte or glossy screen, and is the steelseries keyboard worth 90 bucks?

Both are subject to individual opinion. Personally, I doubt the steelseries keyboard is worth the $90 upgrade, but there are those who would beg to differ. The default Clevo keyboard is very high quality itself! As for the screen, if you want an anti-glare screen, get the matte. For a more vibrant and vivid display (but reflective surface), get the glossy. Also note that the glossy is more a subject to fingerprints than the matte.

[A1AsusG73]

I think this will be my final config. I went with the 16 gigs of ram for CAD and the other engineering programs I will have to run next year.

Sager NP9150 / Clevo P150EM
- FREE!! Continental (U.S. Lower 48 - UPS Ground Only) Ground Shipping on ALL Sager Laptops (Enter Coupon Code: "SAGERFREESHIP" during order process)
- 15.6" FHD 16:9 "Glare Type" Super Clear Ultra Bright LED Glossy Screen w/ 95% NTSC Color Gamut (1920x1080) (SKU - S1R301)
- NO Professional Monitor Color Calibration
- Standard Dead Pixel Policy
- Sager - 3rd Generation Intel® Ivy Bridge Core™ i7-3610QM (2.3GHz - 3.3GHz, 6MB Intel® Smart Cache, 45W Max TDP) (SKU – S2R174)
- - IC Diamond Thermal Compound - CPU + GPU
- AMD Radeon HD 7970M (2048MB) GDDR5 DX11 [User Upgradeable] (ETA: Early June) (SKU - S3R155)
- No Video Adapter
- No External Mobile Display
- 16GB - DDR3 1600MHz Dual Channel Memory (4 SODIMMS) (SKU - S4P761)
- Sager Branding
- Standard Finish
- No mSATA SSD
- 750gb 7200rpm (Serial-ATA II 300 - 16MB Cache) (SKU - S5R306)
- Combo Dual Layer SuperMulti DVDRW/CDRW Drive w/ Software (When selecting a Hard Drive in the Optical Bay, No Optical Drive is Included) (SKU - S7R455)
- No Extra Optical Bay Hard Drive Caddy
- No Back Up Hard Drive
- NO External USB Optical Drive
- Internal 9-in-1 Card Reader (MMC/RSMMC/SD/Mini SD/SDHC/SDXC/MS/MS Pro/MS Duo)
- No Back Up Software
- Bluetooth Included (See “Wireless Network” Section Below)
- Sager - Intel® Ultimate-N 6300 - 802.11A/B/G/N Wireless LAN Module (SKU - S8R112)
- No Network Accessory
- Built in 2.0 Megapixel Camera
- No TV Tuner
- Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Surround 5.1 Pro THX 24-bit External USB Sound Card
- No Carrying Case
- Smart Li-ion Battery (8-Cell)
- No Car Adapter
- No Spare AC Adapter
- No Dock/Hub/Adapter
- Integrated Fingerprint Reader
- No Headset
- No External Keyboard
- Standard Sager/Clevo Non Chiclet Backlit Keyboard
- Razer Orochi Wired/Wireless Bluetooth/USB Notebook Gaming Mouse
- No Notebook Cooler
- No Thanks, Please do not Overclock my system (Overclocking will add 3-6 business days to build time)
- No Operating System Redline Boost
- ~Windows 7 Home Premium 64-Bit (64&32-Bit CD Included) + MS Office Starter 2010 -[ Upgrade to Windows 8 Pro for $14.99 (Directly through Microsoft) ]
- - Microsoft Office 2010 Home & Student Edition - Word/Excel/PowerPoint/OneNote
- No Software Bundle
- LIFETIME Ltd Labor* 1 Year Parts Warranty Lifetime 24/7 DOMESTIC Toll Free Telephone Support (Labor through XPC)
Includes FREE Shipping Both Ways for Warranty Repairs (SKU - X9R009)
- No thanks, standard double boxed packaging is okay with my order
- No Outside of US Shipping Coverage
- No Xotic PC Gear

[Prasad]

Perfect! Your configuration is music to my ears! And congratulations!

[Confuzzled77]

Your final config looks great. Good luck!

[A1AsusG73]

Thanks guys! Ill hold back on ordering it for a couple days to see if anyone else has some more input.

[chishifu]

Nice config, always interested in what fellow engineers are using. Since it seems like you'll be doing some engineering work (CAD specifically, I'm a cad user as well), CPU power is somewhat significant for the rendering speeds in those programs. But it looks like a beast machine, good luck!

[A1AsusG73]

After doing some research, all that I could find is that the only people that would take full advantage of 16gb of ram are CAD users, which is why I went with 16gb. I'm not sure if upgrading to 3720 would be worth it for 160 bucks. I'm already slightly over budget......

[icecream12345]

I would go with lenovo W530 or Y580

[Confuzzled77]

I think you can take it down to 8 gigs if budget is a big concern. You can always upgrade again later. How much is your current configuration total?