It's still cheaper in US price when I customize more than I customize on illegear. The shipping is expensive I agree, but after customization it's still almost 1k cheaper than on illegear.

What is your configuration?

Sager NP9150 / Clevo P150EM
- No Xotic PC Gear
- No Outside of US Shipping Coverage
- No thanks, standard double boxed packaging is okay with my order
- LIFETIME Ltd Labor* 1 Year Parts Warranty Lifetime 24/7 DOMESTIC Toll Free Telephone Support (Labor through XPC)
Includes FREE Shipping Both Ways for Parts Warranty Repairs (SKU - X9R009)
- No Software Bundle
- No Office Software
- No Antivirus Essentials Software Bundle
- ~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) ]
- No Operating System Redline Boost
- No Thanks, Please do not Overclock my system (Overclocking will add 3-6 business days to build time)
- No Notebook Cooler
- No External Mouse
- Standard Sager/Clevo Non Chiclet Backlit Keyboard
- No External Keyboard
- No Headset
- Integrated Fingerprint Reader
- No Dock/Hub/Adapter
- No Spare AC Adapter
- No Car Adapter
- Smart Li-ion Battery (8-Cell)
- No Carrying Case
- Sound Blaster Compatible 3D Audio - Included
- No TV Tuner
- Built in 2.0 Megapixel Camera
- No Network Accessory
- Sager - Built-in 802.11 Wireless B/G/N - Stock Wireless Card + Bluetooth™ v3.0 (SKU - S8R110)
- Bluetooth Included (See “Wireless Network” Section Below)
- No Back Up Software
- Internal 9-in-1 Card Reader (MMC/RSMMC/SD/Mini SD/SDHC/SDXC/MS/MS Pro/MS Duo)
- NO External USB Optical Drive
- No Back Up Hard Drive
- No Extra Optical Bay Hard Drive Caddy
- 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)
- FREE! - 500gb (w/ 4GB SSD Memory) Seagate XT 7200RPM NCQ Hybrid (Serial-ATA II 300 - 32MB Cache) (SKU - S5R413)
- No mSATA SSD
- Standard Finish
- Sager Branding
- FREE! - 16GB - DDR3 1600MHz Dual Channel Memory (4 SODIMMS) (SKU - S4P761)
- No External Mobile Display
- No Video Adapter
- No Copper Cooling Upgrade
- nVidia GeForce GTX 675M 2,048MB PCI-Express GDDR5 DX11 with Optimus™ Technology [User Upgradeable] (SKU – S3R518)
- -Stock OEM Thermal Compound
- Sager - 3rd Generation Intel® Ivy Bridge Core™ i7-3720QM (2.6GHz - 3.6GHz, 6MB Intel® Smart Cache, 45W Max TDP) (SKU - S2R202)
- NO Professional Monitor Color Calibration
- Standard Dead Pixel Policy
- 15.6” FHD 16:9 LED Backlit Wide screen (1920x1080) Super Clear Glare Type Screen (SKU - S1R319)
- SAGER Back 2 School Savings!!! ( Free Hard Drives & Ram Savings ) - See Specials Below

The price offered by xoticpc (after adding shipping) does cheap due to the promotions offered

Yup, that's why I was in a dilemma to get from illegear or xoticpc. In the end, since it had promotion, I opted to with xoticpc.

What promotion do you mean? If that's back to school special, we are offering it.

http://www.illegear.com/sager/16-sager-np9150.html

Can you advise where is the RM1000 price difference?

ok let me do some math here, xoticpc.com offer 1280 usd +200 for shipping giving total = 1480 that makes 4626 ringgit versus 5200 illegear.com
but let's take this scenario: you buy for 1480(pay by cimbclicks, credit card or paypal) then send it to virtual us address(basically this are companies in us which buyer given US address where he can send items from us, later that company packs you items and send them to here, examples are www.myus.com(charge max usd 100 for shipping to Malaysia, or other read more here Click Me some of them allow to ship for USD 50) that makes best scenario is 1480(notebook) + 50(shipping to Malaysia) equals to USD 1330 or 4157 ringgit vs 5200(1043 rinngit save)
ok, that was best possible scenario. it's drawbacks:
1. not safe(at least you will worry)
2. i'm now so sure how warranty will work
3. not so sure with the tax, your item can stuck at the custom and you will have to pay for tax 10%
Ok some important notes here:
1. I'm not trying to steal or anyhow harm illegear.com
2. it's all on your own risk
3. it's all theoretical

p.s. actually I would love to buy from illegear.com but the price is bit high.

This post has been edited by OneStudent: Aug 4 2012, 12:21 AM

Your math is almost correct but I guess you forgot to consider in the RM0.05 per USD + RM30 margin charged by the banker, it should be RM4729.

Do check properly with the shipping agent regarding the GST, GST is applied if Sager delivered the product to those shipping agents, in CA it's 10% GST.

It could be fine if the agent located at tax free area.

This post has been edited by Prince J: Aug 4 2012, 02:48 AM

I did some math of my own as well before opting for xoticpc.com. but the downside is they don't accept credit card outside of the US/Canada. So I will have to opt for illegear.com. The caused of why I need to pay via credit card is I can claim from my company. My old Powerbook has served me well but it can no longer serve my purpose.

got my laptop today, having problem with the GPU sensor. Anyway to set the default to my nvidia card instead of the intergrated Intel Graphic ?

I change it at the nvidia control panel to use the nvidia card but still my CPUID Hardware Monitor is unable to pick up the card.

Chaooz try to download MSI Kombustor it will force activate the Nvidia card thus showing it in CPUID..however mine is showing the intel HD4000 graphic but its actually the 7970m temps.

i guess ur lappy is nvidia optimus supported thus by default, it will automatically choose integrated graphic but when u game, it will auto select nvidia card instead.

Yeah thanks able to see the temp now. Btw my temperature goes up to around 80'c when i game in an aircond room. Wonder is that normal or not ?


Yes so far gaming it will switch to discrete, but sometime benchmark test like passmark it wont. weird.

This post has been edited by ChAOoz: Aug 5 2012, 11:46 AM

not sure about nvdia but it's normal for amd 7970m. it won't pick up the card until i load up games or running heavy gpu usage.
my gpu-z will freeze until i load the game

i always get 82c in diablo 3 but 72c in other games. no idea why

that is normal due to "Optimus" by nVidia. your nVidia is idle or inactive most of the time in underload situations (watching low quality movie, readings, internet, blablabla)

try to play some high def games or open ur nvidia control panel and refresh ur CPUID hardware monitor.

---

Added on August 5, 2012, 12:50 pmmaybe diablo 3 too inefficient?

btw, i rarely hit 80c too without overclocking

This post has been edited by skeith: Aug 5 2012, 12:50 PM

has anyone ordered their laptop from the US and had it shipped via forwarding service? lpc-digital quoted me >$300 usd to have it shipped here via UPS..

i think mostly driver issue

anyway, i got new LED TV but my old laptop with vga output unable to transmit 1080p to the tv

now i need to get hdmi cable to connect my current laptop to tv

huh? but mine 8400M GS (DELL M1330) did pretty well on 1080p

Any users of the littlest monster NP6110 here?

vga to hdmi?