No problem. Call "Larry the Laptop Guy" ... we have been having all our laptops custom by Clevo distributors for a dozen years. The last 9 or 10 have been thru Larry.
https://lpc-digital.com/product/sager-np7870-clevo-n870hp6/
17.3” Full HD (1920 x 1080) Clear
IPS Wide View Angle 72% NTSC Matte
7th Generation Intel® Core™ i7-7700HQ (6M Cache, up to 3.80 GHz)
NVIDIA® GeForce™ GTX 1060 GPU with 6GB GDDR5 Video Memory
16GB Dual Channel DDR4 PC4 2400MHz (PC4 19200) Memory (2 x 8GB)
Windows® 10 Home 64-Bit Edition Preinstalled, (without Recovery Media)
Samsung® 850 EVO™ M.2 250GB SSD - (OS DRIVE)
1 TB 5400 RPM SATA 6Gb/s Hard Drive
Intel® Dual Band Ultra Wireless - AC 8265 M.2 + Bluetooth 4.2 Combo
Full Range AC-in 100~240V, 50~60Hz, 180W AC autoswitch Adapter
Removable 6 cells Smart Lithium-Ion battery pack 62WH
LIFETIME Limited Labor and 1 Year Premium** Parts Warranty
FREE UPS Ground (CONUS Only)
Cash Price: $1,327.93
Notes:
1. Clevo does not allow their distributors to sell below a certain "price floor" ... you can however "negotiate" whatever discount you can agree on. These are "price dependent", the more yoou spend, the bigger discount you can negotiate. I'm sure you can get below the $1300 budget limit.
2. Credit Card companies charge the seller about 3% ... so you can save 3% by paying
"cash" which is defined as "Online Bank payments, Bank Wire Transfers, Bill Pay, Sure Pay, Checks & Money Orders. I pay by business check ... you can also make a deposit at any Wells Fargo Bank. personal checks work also but they have to clear first (unless drawn on Wells Fargo bank account). More here:
https://lpc-digital.com/faq/
3. A 15" model would be about $40 cheaper.
4. You could save $45 by skipping the 5400 rpm hard drive and getting a 7200 rpm SSHD.
$79
https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822178995
$99
https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822178996
Extra savings w/ promo code EMCRJRJ29, ends 8/10
The net increase in cost will be $55 and I expect the total cost after discount with the 2 TB SSHD will be between $1300 and 41325 ... Opt for the WD SSD instead of the Samsung Evo and I think you can get to $1300-$1305.
Remember the SSD only helps ya with stuff on the SSD and most of your gaming library will not be there. The SSHD will increase gaming loads speed to at least twice as fast as the 5400 rpm drive
If the next concern is ... "I never heard of Clevo", well you never heard of who actually made just about every laptop you ever did hear of. The vast majority of laptops on the market are manufactured by a small handful of Taiwan-based Original Design Manufacturers (ODM), although their production bases are located mostly in mainland China. Major relationships include:
Quanta sells to (among others) HP, Lenovo, Apple, Acer, Toshiba, Dell, Sony, Fujitsu and NEC
Compal sells to (among others) Acer, Dell, Toshiba, Lenovo and HP/Compaq
Wistron (former manufacturing & design division of Acer) sells to Dell, Acer, Lenovo and HP
Inventec sells to Toshiba, HP, Dell and Lenovo
Pegatron sells to Asus, Toshiba, Apple, Dell and Acer
Foxconn sells to Asus, Dell, HP and Apple
Flextronics (former Arima Computer Corporation notebook division) sells to HP
Clevo is best known and the manufacturer of Alienware laptops, before Dell purchased the company but sells to numerous boutique laptop providers
http://forum.notebookreview.com/threads/clevo-guide-v2-0-faq-and-reseller-info.91510/
CLEVO is a large Taiwanese computer company specializing in laptops. While the Clevo brand name is perhaps not widely known, their products are re-branded and sold by known boutique brand OEMs (Original Equipment Manufacturers)… notably Sager, VoodooPC, [WidowPC], Falcon Northwest, Eurocom, etc. They are also considered (by whoever knows about notebooks) to design and manufacturer the best of the best notebooks in terms of superior build quality and innovative designs.
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