The HD5870 can get a little hot but it's only because of our climate. The IC7 does help a lot in cooling the beast down. The max my new card reached is 82 degrees (2 hours of gaming on Battlefield + GTA IV) whereas my old GTX 280M maxed out at 78 with the same amount of gameplay and paste application. As for the application part, if you've done it on the desktop then it's the same as it is on these Sagers.

One thing I've noticed is that the IC7 is a hard paste to spread as it's quite thick. Instead of the spread method, I used the rice grain method applied a lot of pressure with the heatsink before I screw the whole thing together. The back cover opens up directly to the crucial parts so it shouldn't be much of a problem locating them. Just remember to remove the fans before taking off the heatsink.

Some useful reading:
http://forum.notebookreview.com/sager-clev...ng-problem.html
http://forum.notebookreview.com/sager-clev...nch-galore.html
http://forum.notebookreview.com/sager-clev...-shin-etsu.html

This post has been edited by SonicSpyro: Jul 17 2010, 11:30 PM

If you're able to spread it so easily, then yes. If not, just use the pressure from the heatsink to let the paste spread.

WiFi... erm... not sure... I'm using the Intel 5300. Guess you'd have to check out online reviews for the WiFi stuff. XD

Good luck with your purchase if you decide to go on with it.

http://www.mediafire.com/?sharekey=de6b0df...47708e37b913e74

Full service manuals for all the Clevo models. (Credits to theriko @ NBR)

For me, when you see your temps rise way above your normal temps.

Example: Newly pasted CPU idles at 49 ~ 52. After 3 months or more CPU idles at 57 ~ 60.

That's when you should re-paste or change paste. If you want the IC7, PM BlueBean. You can check his posts in here.

Got enable the webcam or not? XD

Fn + F10.

This post has been edited by SonicSpyro: Aug 5 2010, 11:42 AM

The max your screen can support is 1920x1080 at 16:9. I doubt you can go any higher. As for lag, if you're gaming, like GTA 4, your CPU is good enough to handle it and give good frame rates as the game is CPU intensive and not GPU intensive. For other games, the GPU is already in the high-end range which means that it can handle almost any game currently out there and maybe a few future ones. From my experience, with the GPU, it tends to get a little hot but it's normal (idle at 55 ~ 60 and max load at 78 ~ 82). If you're talking about watching HD movies, that beast can handle anything. You won't have to worry much.

As for the thermal paste issue, it's quite easy to learn. Sometimes you can cool your laptop a lot more if the paste is applied correctly. If you don't want, the laptop itself is already good at dissipating heat while the cooler also helps as it directs air flow straight into the vents.

Hope this helps. Good luck with your purchase.

The stock screen has a lower resolution than the FHD. Better to go with the FHD screen to fully enjoy the power of the laptop.

Yeah, I did buy it from Mucro, back in February. Got it a week after CNY. You can see my spec in my sig. No. I didn't add any extra warranty. The dead pixel warranty would be a good choice tho but it costs an extra RM 3xx. So far, almost all the screens have been shipped without much/any dead pixel.

As for upgrading the proc, I'd suggest getting the 740QM or the 840QM as they're quite powerful, provided you have the budget for them.

As for warranty, like Mucro posted a page back, upgrade the official Sager/parts warranty as the parts are quite expensive. IF you want. But so far, not many people complaining that their laptops are failing, even after several years of use. That should give you an idea of the build quality of the Sagers.

Lol.... Doubt that would happen.. Even with wrongly applied paste the laptop wouldn't give you much problems. When I applied the IC7 on my laptop, I just do the rice grain method on both CPU and GPU then apply a lot of pressure when replacing the heatsinks.

Don't think that's a glitch! Go get it now! I configured it to my current setup and the price was RM 4.1k without shipping, if I'm not wrong.

Side note: Been looking for other laptops for my gf... Found the Sager NP5125. Configured various setups... The most high-end (500GB 7200RPM HDD and NOT SSD) costing just RM 2.9k without shipping. So.... cheap and yet so powerful for its class. I'm now totally biased towards these Sagers. LOL! Even their mid-range laptops are awesome.

Anyone thinking of/have ordering/ordered the NP5125?

No tax as far as I know/when I bought mine. Shipping, I used TNT (the fastest shipping option), RM 205.

Which model are you ordering? O_o

Are you SERIOUS?! That is SO CHEAP. I configured same specs. 8.8k @_@

you directly ordered that model? O_O omg... that's a freaking steal!

OMG.... T_T Screw the G73JH.... Take the 8850!!!!

Within a week I think. @_@

EDIT: Wow... the price has been bumped back. T_T

This post has been edited by SonicSpyro: Sep 1 2010, 02:58 PM

Oh... its a bug. Bummer. I was hoping to get the NP5125 at 2.4k but now the dream is dead.

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To all those who own an NP8690, could you post your temps?

Ambient temp (with/without air-condition): ???'C
Idle temp: ???'C
Load temp (please state what you're doing): ???'C
Thermal paste you're using:
Cooler that you use:

What bug? So far I'm not seeing anything and the prices seems to be correct. @_@

Just checked my warranty. It expires in 2012. @_@ Is that for real? XD

Hahaha... Must keep this hush hush!

The NP7280? Awesome! Get the Hybrid HDD's.

This post has been edited by SonicSpyro: Sep 22 2010, 12:21 PM