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Is this laptop build worth it?

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September 19, 2014 8:33:52 AM

I went diving through the depths of the internet looking for a good gaming laptop. I came across EXOTIC PC's online help and gave it a shot. In the end the person suggested the SAGER NP8268-S with $830 in upgrades. Is it worth to get a lower priced laptop and buy add ons' or buy a pre-made ready to ship? The end price with uprgrades is $2149. I'm mainly concerned that the guy was trying to give me to many upgrades, or the wrong ones, and that buying online with parts is not the best route. Before this laptop I was considering the Origin Evo15-s which is about the same price as this upgraded build.Thanks for reading!

The specs are as follows (w/upgrades)

15.6” FHD 16:9 LED Backlit Wide screen (1920x1080) Super Clear Matte Type Sager Screen (SKU - SSC005)

Sager - 4th Generation Intel® Haswell Core™ i7-4810MQ (2.8GHz - 3.8GHz, 6MB Intel® Smart Cache) (SKU – SPU401)

IC Diamond Thermal Compound - CPU + GPU

NVIDIA® GeForce™ GTX 880M (8.0GB) GDDR5 PCI-Express DX11 [User Upgradeable] (SKU – GPU02X)

16GB DDR3 1600MHz [2x8GB] Dual Channel Memory (SKU - RAM04S)

250GB Samsung 840 EVO Series mSATA SSD ( Storage Drive )

250GB Samsung 840 EVO Series mSATA SSD ( Storage Drive )

750GB 7200RPM [SATA II - 16MB Cache] (SKU - HDD099)

6X Blu-Ray Reader + 8X DVDRW/CDRW Super Multi Combo Drive (Sager) (SKU - ODD084)

Sager - Intel® Dual Band AC 7260 802.11 A/AC/B/G/N 2.4/5.0GHz + Bluetooth™ 4.0 (SKU - WIFI94)

Internal 9-in-1 Card Reader (MMC/RSMMC/SD/Mini SD/SDHC/SDXC/MS/MS
Pro/MS Duo)

Built in 2.0 Megapixel Camera

Sound Blaster Compatible 3D Audio - Included

Smart Li-ion Battery (8-Cell)

Integrated Fingerprint Reader

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September 19, 2014 8:43:01 AM

That is a great looking machine. In the world of laptops it is generally cheaper to do your own upgrades, but you can normally upgrade only the HDD/SSD and the RAM. The CPU is often part of the machine, and when it is upgradable it is not only tricky, its not overly cheap. 99% of graphics cards are not upgradable, there is a line you can upgrade called MX or something, I looked into them a few months back and it was widely expensive and not worth the money. That might be one of the "User upgradeable" cards in this machine, try and find the "upgrades" online and you'll see what I mean about price!

If you can get it much cheaper with less ram and drives and can fit them yourself you will save a few pounds, but make sure it has the expansion slots for it. For example my thinkpad has 4 ram slots and 1 HDD slot, but I can add an mSata and remove the optical drive to put a HDD in. That upgrade requires an "optional extra" though, and the models sold with 2 sticks of ram only have 2 ram slots! So check before you buy what options it has, you may find preconfigured more expensive but sometimes it is the only choice - especially with Apple laptops
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