Hi,
Looking to buy a sager from US website. Can anyone recommend me a company that offer cheaper shipping (~200usd)?
Since USPS ban lithium batteries from international shipping, every website I went through charge ~350usd for shipping.

i believe illgear price will be cheaper that US if including shipping, no?

xoticpc now offer gtx680 customization with $495

Last time before the USPS ban hit, I try to configure np9130/p151em on Malibal, the price is only ~1300usd include USPS shipping .
While the price on Illegear is 1500usd for same specs. (of course they have local support and warranty but I don't really care about that)

buy from rjtech.com (i bought my unit from them)
shipping to malaysia is less than USD 200 (depends on your configuration)

but again, you don't mind USD 300 USPS shipping to malaysia

This post has been edited by soundsyst64: Jun 14 2012, 01:24 PM

eh of course I mind i shall stick with 7970 or 675m card for now

that what happened to me after being poisoned

Oh shit, I just noticed this. USPS ban lithium-ion batteries......
http://www.geekosystem.com/usps-lithium-battery-ban/

So, which courier service are you guys using now to ship from U.S. to Malaysia? UPS? Fedex? DHL?
Do they provide tracking system? And how much does it differ from the old USPS?

This post has been edited by jimmykvt: Jun 14 2012, 05:01 PM

just out of curiosity, what is the gap between desktop 7970 and mobile 7970m?

definitely can't match. Huge difference

mobile - http://www.amd.com/us/products/notebook/gr...m-series.aspx#2
desktop - http://www.amd.com/us/products/desktop/gra...eon-7970.aspx#3

considering 7970m can play every games with max settings then desktop 7970 is 50% better than that?

can i say 7970m is mid-range desktop version?

what I could say...
hd7970m placed in-between desktop hd7850 and hd7870

you can get single-gpu hd7970 performance with dual-gpu HD7970M

the 7970m(core 850MHZ and mem 1200MHZ) is basically a downclock version of the desktop 7870(core1GHz Mem 1500MHZ) which is a Pitcairn core versus 7970(TAHITI). so yeah it is a huge difference BUT Pitcairn is very energy efficient and that is why the fastest Pitcairn series(7870) becomes the high end AMD GPU solution for gaming laptop. overclock it however, then you basically have a desktop 7870 in a laptop(BEAST)

I used to go for XoticPc for my previous Sagers but found GenTech to be much much cheaper at 50USD for shipping. This was in 2010 though so not sure how much has changed.

Also try emailing the resellers to ask for a "discount" since you won't be using their warranty service.

and 7850/7870 is mid range?

7870 or 7970?

HD7970M = HD7850 or HD7870 desktop

in my opinion, they should provide tracking system worldwide, unless you're using a local US-based courier service. USPS is the equivalent of POS Malaysia actually.

I bought mine from XoticPC last year. My NP8170-S1 is now 1-year old. Used to be delivered by USPS. Yes, their service is equivalent to POS Malaysia but it is sad to see that they ban lithium-ion batteries for any shipment, and laptop comes with lithium-ion batteries :[
USPS shipment is cheaper as compared to UPS. Never tried Fedex, DHL before.

Well, DHL and FedEX also ban LI-ON batteries, we do pay certain fee for inspection and approval that's why we still can ship DHL.

By the way, this is last year case.

This post has been edited by Prince J: Jun 15 2012, 12:02 PM

I sent my iPhone 4 from Australia to Malaysia on March. They asked me if I can take off the li-on batt, but too bad I can't. Fortunately, they sent for me.

When the iPhone reach malaysia, it got suspended by the custom and wants my mom to pay RM100 for investigation/tax fees inorder to get the phone.

And then my mom get that few days after she paid the price. So, total up, 12AUD + 100RM, by DHL.

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Added on June 15, 2012, 11:12 pmfinally get back my PC from service. Everything works fine now :D

Here is my set up/workshop



niceeee???

This post has been edited by skeith: Jun 15 2012, 11:12 PM