mobilenvidia Posted August 29, 2011 Report Share Posted August 29, 2011 Something I've been wanting to do for sometime, a Notebook of wothyness to write about on a regular basis. First up is the sager NP5165, not as powerful as the NP8160 with GTX560M, but $260 cheaper. This I think is a good all round machine capable of games and still have good battery life. I really like the full HD (1080p) LED screen, full size keyboard, USB 3,0 and it's only 2.6kg Also really like the option to replace the Optical drive (I hardly use mine these days) for a HDD caddy to have dual HDDs The base price of US$939 is a bit basic, i would get an i7 CPU and 8GB of RAM adding $80 and $60 respectively. Feel free for your thoughts while I look for next weeks Notebook. Sager NP5165 Specifications: Processor Intel® Core™ i5-2410M Processor (2.30GHz), 3MB L3 Cache, FCPGA10/Socket G2 Intel® Core™ i5-2520M Processor (2.50GHz), 3MB L3 Cache, FCPGA10/Socket G2 Intel® Core™ i7-2630QM Processor (2.00GHz), 6MB L3 Cache, FCPGA10/Socket G2 Intel® Core™ i7-2720QM Processor (2.20GHz), 6MB L3 Cache, FCPGA10/Socket G2 Intel® Core™ i7-2820QM Processor (2.30GHz), 8MB L3 Cache, FCPGA10/Socket G2 Core Logic 2nd Generation Intel® Core™ Chipset HM65 Memory Supports Dual Channel DDR3 Two 204Pin SODIMM sockets, support for DDR3 1333MHz(Real operation frequency depends on FSB of processor) Expandable up to 8GB, depends on 2GB/4GB SODIMM module (32 bit OS editons have a memory limitation of 2.8GB. Other hardware or application limitations may further prevent use of all installed memory. Windows 7 64bit is required for memory configurations of 4GB and above.) BIOS 32MB SPI Flash ROM BIOS Display 15.6" (16:9) Full HD (1920x1080) LED-Backlit Display with Super Clear Glare Type Screen 15.6" (16:9) Full HD (1920x1080) LED-BackLit Display featuring 95% NTSC Color Gamut in Matte Finished or Super Clear Glare Type Screen Graphics Processor NVIDIA® GeForce™ GT 555M GPU 2GB GDDR3 Video RAM Microsoft® DirectX® 11 Compatible NVIDIA® PhysX® Technology NVIDIA® CUDA™ Technology NVIDIA® Optimus™ Technology HDMI 1.4 Support HDCP Intel® GMA HD Intel® Quick Sync Video Performance gains (in excess of 2X) with Sandy Bridge GT2 graphics Microsoft® DirectX® 10 Compatible Intel® Clear Video HD Technology / Intel®HD Graphics Stereoscopic 3D Blu-ray Storage 1 Detachable 2.5" 9.5mm (H) SATA Hard Disk Drive 1 12.7mm (H) Optical Drive Bay, SATA Interface, Interchangeable with DVD±R/RW Combo drive, Blu-ray/DVD±R/RW Combo Drive Audio System High Definition audio interface S/PDIF Digital output 1 Built-in Microphone 2 Built-in Speakers 3D stereo enhanced with THX Sound System Pointing Device Integrated Touchpad with Multi-gesture and Scrolling function Keyboard Full sized isolated keyboard with Numeric Key Pad & Windows Hot keys Three instant buttons for WLAN on/off, Mute, CCD Camera on/off Independent GPU button, support UMA and Optimus mode I/O Ports 1 HDMI output Port 1 CRT output Port 2 USB 3.0 Ports 2 USB 2.0 Ports 1 eSATA Port 1 Headphone Jack 1 Microphone Jack 1 S/PDIF output Jack 1 RJ-45 LAN (10/100/1000Mbps) Slots 3-in-1 Card Reader (MMC/RSMMC/MS/MS Pro/MS Duo/SD/Mini-SD/SDHC/SDXC) 1 MiniCard Slot for WLAN module Communication Built-in Gigabit Ethernet LAN Integrated 802.11 b/g/n wireless LAN + Bluetooth™ V3.0 + HS Combo half mini card module or Intel® Centrino® Advanced-N 6230 - 802.11a/b/g/n wireless LAN + Bluetooth Combo half mini card module or Intel® Centrino® Ultimate-N 6300 - 802.11a/b/g/n wireless LAN half mini card module or Bigfoot Networks Killer™ Wireless-N 1103 802.11a/b/g/n wireless LAN half mini card module Security Kensington® Lock Integrated Fingerprint Reader Power System 1 Removable 6 cell smart Lithium-Ion battery pack 62.16Wh Full Range AC-in 100~240V, 50~60Hz, 120W AC Adapter, DC output 19V, 2.15A Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Curious Posted September 10, 2011 Report Share Posted September 10, 2011 OK, how would you install applications or games without the optical drive? HP notebooks have come with an extra HDD drive bay for the past four - five years, and have optical dirves as well. Just wondering, seems like most people use their DVD-ROM or BlueRay drive on a regular basis. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mobilenvidia Posted September 10, 2011 Author Report Share Posted September 10, 2011 OK, how would you install applications or games without the optical drive? HP notebooks have come with an extra HDD drive bay for the past four - five years, and have optical dirves as well. Just wondering, seems like most people use their DVD-ROM or BlueRay drive on a regular basis. There is an Optical Drive bay in the lappy, you would configure it at purchase to have one. Possibly have the ODD and the caddy to also replace it with a HDD once you have installed what you needed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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