if you want to save some money and dont care about warranty difficulty then go for xcoticpc.but i think the shipping from xcoticpc cost you $300

if alienware m17x having a free upgrade to 7970m promotion like in australia now(around RM6.6k), i will get that instead

I do remember there is about 10% california GST if xoticpc, sager or any other reseller ship to any place in US (the forwarder), unless you (the purchaser) has US reseller certification, I doubt any Malaysian has this certification lol . Can't really remember who told this, but dropping the goods to forwarder definitely won't make your cost less, but make you more troublesome and risky instead. USD is also 3.2 now, so plan your purchase wisely.

Good Luck!

I went through http://www.illegear.com/sager/18-sager-np9170.html and I got RM6628 for this spec

Sager NP9170
Details :
Display: 17.3" Full HD LED-Backlit Display with Matte Finished Surface (1920 x 1080)
Dead Pixel Insurance: Standard Dead Pixel Insurance
Keyboard: Color Programmable Illuminated Keyboard
Core Logic: 3rd Generation Intel® Core™ Chipset HM77
CPU Processor: 3rd Generation Intel® Core™ i7-3610QM Processor
Video & Graphics Card: AMD Radeon HD 7970M GPU with 2GB GDDR5 Video Memory
Thermal Compound: IC Diamond Thermal Compound - CPU + GPU
Memory: 8GB Dual Channel DDR3 SDRAM at 1600MHz - 2 X 4GB
RAID Storage Options: Non-RAID Storage
Primary Hard Disk Drive: 750GB 7200rpm SATA2 Hard Drive
2nd Hard Disk Drive: None
mSATA SSD Drive — For Intel Smart Response Technology: None
Optical Drive Bay: 6X Blu-ray Reader/8X DVD±R/2.4X +DL Super-Multi Drive & Software
Wireless Network Card: Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6235 - 802.11A/B/G/N Wireless LAN + Bluetooth Combo Module
Digital Video Camera: Built-in 2M Digital Video Camera
Physical Security: Kensington® Lock
Integrated Security Device: Fingerprint Reader
Primary Battery: Smart Li-ION Battery Pack
Primary Power Adapter: Auto-Switching AC Adapter
Operating System: No Operating System
Microsoft Office: Microsoft Office Starter 2010
Warranty: illeGear & Sager 1 Year Carry-In Limited Parts and Labor Warranty
Technical Support: 7/24 Lifetime Technical Support
i don't feel like US price is cheaper than this, do some calculation, shipping is $300 per one way, T/T rate is RM0.05 per dollar plus RM30 from Malaysian banker plus $25 from US banker. Today's rate is 3.15, so RM3.2 in total plus the banker fee. Besides, if something really happens on your laptop, you need to use $300 + $300 to fix it, although you don't care, but something does happen, I guess the $600 can let u purchase a new laptop lol
Anyway, no matter where you buy, welcome to our sager family