Best in terms of CPU spec is the NP9280
Best in terms of GPU spec is the NP9850

Pricing for NP9850 starts around 8.5k Ringgits
Just play with this page and change to Ringgits
http://www.mucro.asia/index.php/Mucro-Sage...ge-ask.tpl.html

If you have a m17x, theres not much point to look at the NP9850. Only advantage over the m17x is the superior cooling, 3x HDD RAID and the speaker system.

NP9280 is more catered to those who want desktop processing power for their work.

Note superior cooling can mean only 1 or 2 degrees or 10. Superior can mean anything. Heating is acceptable up to a certain point and maybe not for some. Most of the time, you should find that its acceptable.

Think Sager's philosophy is: cooler is better. The GPU's have a more limited life span than the other parts of a laptop. Don't think Sager likes to do servicing during their 3 year period since the warranty prices are so high.

This post has been edited by Mucro.Asia: Oct 30 2009, 05:22 PM

By right it should. Starcraft is more of an RTS. RTSes usually don't require more GPU than CPU.
Diablo 3 not sure. FPSes are the ones that usually demand more of the GPU.
In any case if there is a new compatible Graphic Card. We can ask Sager/Clevo if they will provide one.

You might need to update the drivers to the latest Intel ones sometimes.

They should be just about the same. However, do note that some Hard disks are more reliable than others despite producing more heat.
Examples like Seagate/Western Digital vs Samsung/Toshiba come into mind. Seagates/WDs are generally more reliable than Samsung/Toshiba but the Samsungs and Toshibas tend to produce less heat. FYI, we use either Seagate or WD.

The installations are usually 64 bit. For this immediate NP8662, we actually prefer to give you the Vista HP with Windows 7 coupon. Getting Windows 7 HP might take slightly longer as we need to source for this SKU.

Theres no more high res Matte option because there is no more stock. Glossy is actually the reflective and Matte is the non reflective. Most consumers actually prefer the glossy reflective screens because they feel it is brighter.

The duration actually depends on your delivery option. There are 4 options. Singapore Speedpost, POS parcel, PosLaju and TNT. TNT is the fastest with insurance. They can offer as much as a full refund for damaged/lost/stolen parcels. Singapore Speedpost, POS parcel and PosLaju will take longer and have no insurance. For the POS options, we have to physically go to Johor to send you the package. This can be done when we have to go to Johor for administrative matters. This will take longer than the Speedpost option.

The warranty is actually fixed to the Singapore price and it is pegged to the Singapore Dollar. The system does an automatic currency conversion from a central bank system. It is probably up because the Singapore Dollar keeps going up. Either that or it was our scripts messing up with the pricing.
We might move towards the USD since the price keeps fluctuating rapidly based on the USD. Ironically, the 2% discount actually amounts to very close to our cost price.

This post has been edited by Mucro.Asia: Oct 31 2009, 12:30 AM

Theres no high res Matte screen with Sager at all.

For pricing, the odds are not good against us, We are taking the margins from Sager and have to use these margins to service the laptops while the US resellers only have to sell and take margin. We also have to keep the price competitive to give people incentive to buy local. US resellers usually don't have to deal with physical delivery and local warranty since it is usually done by Sager themselves.

The machines from Mucro will always come with the UK/Singapore plug, which is the same as the Malaysian plug. Its a standard plug.

This post has been edited by Mucro.Asia: Oct 31 2009, 07:16 PM

The power cord should be safe. Just make sure your power cord is a "Mickey Mouse" power cord.

This post has been edited by Mucro.Asia: Oct 31 2009, 10:11 PM

I'm reading MYR7,007.66 on our side. Are you looking at the same thing?
This one is correct for NP9850 with one year warranty

This post has been edited by Mucro.Asia: Oct 31 2009, 11:47 PM

We didn't say the NP8690 is cheaper. Industry quotes for the GTX 280m is actually 130USD more than the GTX 260m.
We're very interested in speaking to other brand reps regarding reseller pricing. Perhaps you can somehow contact them and let us know.
Our customers tend to like variety, so we like listing more brand's products, we only have OCZ (full range), G Skill, Sager, MSI, Zepto and another incoming brand.

Curious as to how you arrived to 7434.

Just get a good "Mickey Mouse" power cable and you should be fine. This also applies to other brands of laptops. Most laptop power adapters use the mickey mouse interface.

He has taken the prices from our website. Our prices already include the delivery cost from US->SG. The only cost is the delivery from SG->MY.

After you factor in the price of delivery from US->MY on the US retailer's websites. You will find that our prices are cheaper. We always have some kind of guarantee for lower prices than the US retailers.

This is what we mean by getting it tough. Because we have to sell lower than US retailers AND also offer local servicing and warranty support. As we said time and time again, we are the local rep for Sager in Malaysia

Alenware's prices are not interesting in the US, but they are good in Malaysia.

This post has been edited by Mucro.Asia: Nov 2 2009, 05:27 PM

The only "tax" you have to worry about is the exchange rate "tax" when you order machines. Banks generally have a 2% "Agent bank charge". Paypal usually has some kind of 3% charge for transaction. Also Paypal's conversion rate is around 4% worse than interbank rates.

This post has been edited by Mucro.Asia: Nov 5 2009, 01:51 PM

Are you running on "balanced" or "high performance" profile?

What software do you have? Any decent anti-spyware programs?

Also do you have a lot of homepages with flash open?

Have you tried looking up the BIOS to change the fan control settings? Is the silent mode too loud?
Do note the NP8662 has one fan. You have your graphics card and CPU downclocked when idle right? You usually find the settings under advanced power profile.

What anti-spyware programs are you using?

Anything other than Malwarebytes Anti Spyware, Super Antispyware or possibly Threatfire is probably not going to protect you much

This post has been edited by Mucro.Asia: Nov 10 2009, 11:46 PM

The SSD promo is just to commemorate our introduction to distributing the Solidata brand of SSDs.

MLC stands for Multi Level Cell and SLC stands for Single Level Cell. These are NAND flash cells that apply to SSDs and will usually determine the reliability and speed of the SSD.
Wiki -> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single-level_cell

The SSDs you see in our homepage are catered for those who really want top of the line performance to be inside their laptops and corporate servers.

These aren't cheap but will really improve your boot times and server access times (if its for a database)

As you can see, the Solidata SSDs are actually quite reasonably priced compared to other brands. They also tend to offer good value on the more reliable SSDs with good controllers like the proven Indilinx controllers.


We will not be in the coming PC Fair in KL because its full. Most probably we will be able to go into the next PC Fair. First, we have to join PIKOM.

This post has been edited by Mucro.Asia: Nov 11 2009, 01:41 AM

You don't need a company name or fax to register.

Maybe you put the email wrongly for the website. You need to have the correct email address because everytime you register, you will be sent an email to ask you to activate the account.

FYI, We now have OFFICIAL confirmation from Sager that we do not need to send the laptop back to the USA for repairs.

We can now allow Vital to fix the laptops in house and we can send failed parts to the USA later. Vital Computers has been known to be the best laptop repair company in Low Yat, this is why we use them.

For the laptops you buy from us. The price is the price you buy adding ONLY the shipping cost. No tax will be added because Malaysia does not have tax. When we send the laptops to you, it is all tax free and you do not pay any import tax whatsoever.

This post has been edited by Mucro.Asia: Nov 11 2009, 12:38 PM

We generally take around 24-48 hours to do some testing before shipping out the laptops. Since some of you have ordered before the others it will be sooner.

Regarding fans, you can ask at notebookreview.com to see if theres a response about fans. So far we know is to change the fan control in the BIOS. A gaming laptop will always need to be cooled or cooler because of the GPU. This means that it is important for the fan to run.

This post has been edited by Mucro.Asia: Nov 12 2009, 03:54 AM

This is weird. We have just changed the pricing from SGD to USD and the system just jumps to a really good price. We'll monitor the prices for November to see if it is feasible to survive at this price. From now on, the price will fluctuate according to the US Dollar.
What do you mean by "DA refreshed"?

For checking out the cooling of AW vs Asus vs Sager. You can look up the earlier posts on this thread. We had a nice discussion with some AW "fanboys" about looking inside the cooling of the different laptops. I would describe the Alienware as "adequate". The one in the Sager is a bit "kiasu", but the GTX 280m will definitely produce more heat so a "kiasu" heatsink is needed.

Unfortunately, Sager charges an arm and leg for warranties. So we actually have to pay for parts to Sager. Fortunately, most of the parts we put into the laptops are our own Singapore/Malaysian parts. To be honest, many of these parts like your hard disk have 3 year warranties etc. But the laptop parts (LCD/Motherboard/Graphic Card) itself is determined by Sager. We don't have to send the laptop to the USA to fix it anymore, even for severe cases. If our guys can fix it in Malaysia, like a capacitor in the motherboard, we'll just do it in Malaysia even without requesting for parts from Sager. When you buy the official warranty from Sager where we say (parts). Its actually "parts and labour" in the USA. But we say parts locally so that we won't confuse too many people. All "parts" warranty will apply to Singapore, Malaysia and the USA. The parts warranty you are paying goes straight to Sager.

The labour warranty applies to the salary you will pay for the technician who is fixing your machine. At the moment, you can "carry" your machine "in" to a service centre for fixing. We have not found a company that can provide a decent price for "on site" servicing.

The 3G modem is for you to travel if you have a 3G Sim Card. You will need a screw driver to open up the internal compartment and put into the sim card slot. Its actually very easy to open. The hard disk and 3G modem are both at the battery compartment area. You don't need a 3G modem if you don't have a 3G mobile phone subscription.

The Alienware apparently has the better screen according to the folks at notebookreview.com. The Sager has a "good screen" as well.

We sell both the Alienware and Sager anyway. Either way you can make both choices with us
We'll add the other discounted Razer/Zalman/OCZ/Coolermaster accessories to the Alienware machines soon enough. I don't think we're allowed to mod the Alienware laptops, but we can mod the Sager laptops.

This post has been edited by Mucro.Asia: Nov 15 2009, 12:40 AM

This is a barebone machine from Sager that does not have a Sager tag. Only tag you'll see is the serial number below. This is probably how they distribute to the other brands. We take in the barebone because using local parts have easier and faster turnaround time. Take note that your Western Digital drive has around 4-5 years of warranty. You also have "branded" parts from us.

There are different rates for shipping to Malaysia and also different durations and insurances. The cheapest shipping is actually 33 Ringgit with no insurance. We've tried it on one machine. A shipping slip is required for us to mark the laptop as "Export" so we that we can claim back the Singapore GST.

This post has been edited by Mucro.Asia: Nov 20 2009, 10:47 PM

How have Sager users won Alienware? Do share

So far we have just been able to bring in the Asus G51j and the Toshiba Qosmio X505 as well. Our range is just getting more and more crowded now.

We also have a crazy SSD promotion. Not sure if many Malaysians buy SSD. We'll speak to a few potential resellers about our SSD brands and hopefully have some kind of campaign worked out for the relevant media (regarding SSD). Off topic.

This post has been edited by Mucro.Asia: Nov 24 2009, 11:23 PM