I'm also working in Singapore, I made the payment at DBS and have the laptop delivered to my hometown (Malaysia) just to rid that GST 7% off. Seriously, the 7% GST is more than enough to cover your return ticket to KL from Singapore. Just make sure when you enter Singapore, don't bring the box of laptop in, have your laptop carried using a sling bag or backpack, that will do.

Besides the GST 7%, if you are doing a telegraphic transfer (wired transfer) at any bank in Singapore to make payment to the reseller, the handling commission fee and cable charges are in SGD, I paid SGD 30 for handling commission fee, cable charges and USD 9 for agent bank charge. In Malaysia, the handling commission fee and cable charges are counted in MYR (i.e. MYR 30), agent bank charge remains the same.

Lastly, Malaysia Custom does not impose import duty/tax or sales tax on laptop/PC imported into Malaysia.

Just received my NP8170-S1 about a month ago. :]

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Added on June 2, 2011, 10:01 amYou need to have someone to check the laptop for you to see if everything is working in order upon receiving it.

This post has been edited by jimmykvt: Jun 2 2011, 10:01 AM

Emm..., USB ports and laptop on battery mode?

You said your laptop was stuck in Kastam on 24 May, and now the screen is dead either because of the LCD or GPU

Hmm..., you are the 2nd person who received a defective laptop from Mucro

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Added on June 2, 2011, 11:53 amSimple testing you can do if you have an external monitor that can be connected to the DVI port at the back of the laptop and press the FN + ?? key (Sorry, laptop not with me right now so I can't say which key) then check whether anything shown on the external monitor screen. If it shows something, means either the LCD is dead or the ribbon is loose.

This post has been edited by jimmykvt: Jun 2 2011, 11:53 AM

If you want mobility, either get:

Sager NP8130 comes with GTX 560M (GPU is non-upgradable due to a weaker AC Adapter)
MYR 3.9k to 4.5k (Depends on how you customize)

Sager NP8150 comes with GTX 560M (GPU is upgradable, have a stronger AC Adapter)
MYR 4.4k to 5k (Depends on how you customize)

Sager NP8150-S1 comes with AMD HD6970M (Same as NP8150, but already upgraded to AMD HD6970M, still the GPU is upgradable)
MYR 5.8k to 6k (Depends on how you customize)

All the laptops above come with dual fans and 15.6".
SLI GPU only available on 17.3" laptop and heard that it is quite heavy, won't be the type that you want to carry it around.

Did you clean the fans in your G73JH?

I didn't play any flash-based browser game. :[
So far only played Mass Effect, Dragon Age:Origins, Dragon Age 2.

There is no NP8130-S1.

NP8130 comes with a weaker AC adapter.

If you are asking the difference between NP8150 and NP8150-S1,
NP8150-S1 comes with default AMD HD6970M gpu. If you customize the specs in NP8150 to become the same as NP8150-S1, you will notice NP8150-S1 is cheaper. Of course you can also get a barebone of NP8150 (Clevo P150HM) without RAM and HDD from RJTech.

EDITED:
Opppss..., my bad, just checked xoticpc and they have this NP8130-S1.
The best is go to the website below and see the difference of the specs
NP8130: http://www.xoticpc.com/sager-np8130-built-...?wconfigure=yes
NP8130-S1: http://www.xoticpc.com/sager-np8130s1-clev...?wconfigure=yes

This post has been edited by jimmykvt: Jun 7 2011, 01:17 AM

Not sure how Prince J deals with the warranty service.

But for Mucro, anything small, you can get it fixed by their service partner at Imbi in KL. If something big, will see if Mucro HQ in Singapore able to fix it or not, if cannot, then send back to U.S. and I think you need to bear the shipping cost as Mucro's warranty doesn't cover the cost to ship between U.S. and Malaysia/SG.

@sweeann
Grats after going through the hassle and the waiting.
Now it's another waiting again before you can actually touch your new toy

@Devina_8
Still waiting for your full review of your sexy beastie


@Bankster
If you are ordering from U.S. reseller, try to customize the laptop and get quotation of the actual shipping cost from a few resellers like XoticPC, Powernotebooks and LPC-Digital. If you are opting for a barebone, you can try RJ-Tech. If you are looking into local reseller, Mucro is an option or you can try to approach Prince J

@Everyone
I kinda miss kahjye now...lol

This post has been edited by jimmykvt: Jun 9 2011, 10:13 AM

@marcuslpm
Have fun with your beastie~~~

It's nice to see you guys getting your new toy and be satisfied with it.

@rickysim84
PC show started. Going to get your backpack?

Rich...
I don't know how fast bank in Brunei process Wire Transfer but I know for bank in Singapore, they process it on the same day is on the same day and the other side will acknowledge the payment the next day or latest 2 days.

Before making any payment, I hope you are confirmed with your purchase from XoticPC as I mention earlier on, XoticPC could be the one offering the most expensive shipping cost. It is better to quote from powernotebooks and LPC-Digital.

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Added on June 10, 2011, 10:48 amI'm waiting for you guys' feedback on laptop backpack too.
Preferably the price, size and brand too XD
I want a bigger one, not only to put my laptop but also can stuff other documents

This post has been edited by jimmykvt: Jun 10 2011, 10:48 AM

Haha, still waiting for ricky's feedback.
There are too many brands out there like Ogio, Dicota etc.

Haha, XoticPC charged me USD 223 for delivering NP8170-S1 using USPS.
And yours is USD 169, so clearly yours is cheaper XD
That's why I don't really recommend XoticPC even though I bought from them. It's still better to get a few quotations before making decision

I didn't go to PC show.
I saw the booth layout on the internet for this PC show and only notice Targus lol
Then I go and check the brochures online, OMG, largest only 16".

http://vr-zone.com/pcshow/pricelists/targus/152.html#

So, just tell myself, tak payah pergi la.
Maybe the most you go there is to see show girl only

This post has been edited by jimmykvt: Jun 11 2011, 07:45 PM

Same...

That's great. The Sager community is growing lol..., also surpassing the number of Asus G-series users

I vote for kaspersky. I've been using kaspersky internet security for a long time, love the firewall and antivirus in it.

That's really lucky of you even though you ordered previously with GTX 460M. I guess they already replaced all their GTX 460M with GTX 560M before assembling your laptop

I don't think NP5165 will have any heat issue. Like many other low to mid range laptops (e.g. Dell XPS, Asus A53SV, HP DV6), the heatsink and fan are both shared by GPU and CPU, means single air vent, resulting the significant increase in temperature especially on heavy gaming.

NP8130 is the cheapest option by far which comes with dual fans (two air vents), GPU has its own heatsink and fan, and same thing goes to CPU. Air ventilation is definitely better. Battery life concern, definitely NP5165 is better with the optimus technology in GT 555M. NP8130 which is by default equips with GTX 560M doesn't come with optimus technology, same thing goes to Asus G53SX, despite GTX 560M is much stronger compared to GT 555M thus draining more power.

Probably those with NP8130 can give you better answer as we have a lot of NP8130 owners here.

But, bear in mind that after using for a year, you still can easily clean up the dust at the air vent and fan easily because Sager is famous for its easy-to-access to all the laptop parts including fan in it.