Well, you can't judge a notebook by merely looking at the specs, like most consumers in Malaysia do.
There are many things apart from the specs, such as ergonomics, built quality, warranty support, cooling etc., which will incur price increase, especially if its good stuffs.

which MSI GT60 model? dont mind RM200+- lol..just dont over budget =_=

This post has been edited by neozeroash: Jun 28 2013, 08:11 PM

This one:
15.6"
MSI GT60-2OE, i7-4700MQ + Nvidia GTX675M + (1920x1080; anti-glare)@RM4299,8GB, 750GB(7200rpm), W8, backlit keyboard

Price is in RRP, negotiable. I think it wouldn't be too hard to nego until less than RM4k for a notebook of this price range

How is the performance when compare to Illegear RE-15?

yup..which better? 675m old or 765m newer? i dont mind the backlit keyboard..

675M = 765M.

Is there any way to solve the poor quality of clevo speakers? I read through some review and they stated there even you plug in your headphone into the laptop,the sound quality still lousy compare to a smartphone

but that only apply to NP9170 (RS-17). however, the problem is resolved in latest models as clevo started to use creative x-fi sound card.

Is it? I thought our illegear is same with clevo W350ST?
Just a note, Sager/Clevo has the worse built-in speakers out there and some, like the w350st's can even sound like a PSP. Also they come equip with cheap 3.5mm audio jacks and VIA onboard audio, which deliver distorted sound when paired with creative home cinema. In short if you are an audiophile or someone who cares about the sound quality, avoid clevo/sager because you will be having some of the worse sound experience ever. I cancelled my w350st order after testing the audio solutions in person. Pretty disappointing

Just a note, audio solutions in CLEVOs are terribly bad. The speakers are distorted, and they practically sound like a PSP (even my w995 non-smartphone beats the lousy onkyo speakers in the clevo). The 3.5mm audio jacks are not even close to standard sound quality. It comes with VIA audio chip and Creative Sound Blaster Home Cinema, but produces atrocious sound quality that sound worse than a radio. If you care about sound quality, stay away from clevo, else you are all set for clevo, as other than sound quality, it has more goodies than the msi ge 60. Unfortunately i can't seem to ignore the terrible sound quality (as i went down in person to test drive the system) and ended up cancelling my order.

Clevo W350ST is awesome but only the sound quality spoiled it

Source:
http://forum.notebookreview.com/sager-clev...evo-w350st.html
http://forum.notebookreview.com/msi/722768...m-msi-gt70.html

hey guys..my budget is 2k-2.3k

finding laptop with 15" with numpad number..

its lenovo z500 good?

Thanks for the feedback, will go and bug Prince J haha, hopefully they will come with premium speakers one day, like what all the gaming brands have

Yeah, its a pretty good machine for the price

actually not all peoples are concerning about the audio. even though im an audiophile, i really cant notice the difference. so i personally dont rely on built in speakers and audio quality that much.

but i believe the fellow illegear users here are happy with their speakers.
click here and go to the last page. you can ask them about the audio quality.

Having cheap in-built speakers can be easily "fixed" with external ones... but if it comes with cheap 3.5mm jack (as in even using earphones also bad sound quality), then that will be a big problem I hope its not the case la haha, cause these are not cheap notebooks

1.any
2.about rm2.5k~rm3k
3.most is gaming
4.14inch above

Hi all,

1. Preferred Brand - Anything except HP (bad experience before)
2. Budget - RM1k - 1.8k
3. Usage - Gaming (Crysis 3 or something similar)
4. Preferred laptop/screen size - Preferably better cooling system

Thank you in advance!

Hi everyone, really hope you guys can help me out here.

So I kinda have my attention on two lenovo laptops which are the y510p and the y580.

I had advice that the y580(RM2800) with the GTX660M will be better when gaming. (i7-

But the y510p is going to have a 4th gen i7 although only having a GT750M. (SLI would probably take it over my budget of 3.5k)

Am I correct to be favouring the y510p as I think that the laptop would be more relevant and would not need to be replaced for a longer period of time?

Or do you guys have something similar to recommend to me. i would prefer the laptop to be i7 though as I really dont want to be changing my laptop for as long as possible.

1. Any brand
2. 2.5k to 3.5k
3. Uni work (solidworks, ANSYS), games (mainly Dota 2)
4. 14/15 (preferably 15)

Thanks in advance

Aww man that will be quite troublesome..
btw i read ur blog and guidance on laptop selection, thank you so much for your effort and kind sharing^^
kudos!!!

btw i am actually looking at Dell 15r as well.. quite tempted to get it as overall performance is quite good and warranty cover is awesome too
but when i read your blog on Intel Haswell, man really gotta wait for that awesome piece!!

lets hope it will be released by end of the year

Can consider these, which are among the best picks for the moment
14"
Lenovo Y410p, i7-4700MQ + GT750M(GDDR5)@RM2899, 8GB, 1TB, W8, red backlit, 120w psu, swappable ODD, 2 years warranty

15.6"
Lenovo Y500, i7-3630QM + Nvidia GT750M(GDDR5) + (1920x1080)@RM2999, 8GB, 1TB, W8, red backlit, swappable ODD, 120w psu, 2 yrs
MSI GE60K, i5-3230M + Nvidia GTX660M + (1920x1080; anti-glare)@RM2899, 4GB, 750GB(7200rpm), W8, 2 years warranty

Crysis 3 is pretty demanding, you won't be able to get a decent gaming machine at your budget unfortunately
Still, try looking for these:
14"
Lenovo Z480, i5-3230M + Nvidia GT640M@RM1999, 4GB, 1TB(5400rpm) W8, colors: grey/red/blue

15.6"
Dell Inspiron 15R, i5-3210M + AMD HD7670M@RM1899[2.65kg], 4GB, 500GB(5400rpm), W7HP/W8