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Hello tom's hardware people! and good morning/evening depending on your timezone! I would like to get some help regarding selecting a laptop inside a 1200$ ~ 1350$ budget. I have been searching in every webpage I can remember: acer, hp, lenovo, toshiba, dell & alienware, samsung, sony, asus, msi, xoticpc (although xoticpc is a bit hard to search as there are no filters in their webpage) and sager.
I need hdmi because that way I can connect it to my tv
blu ray is optional but I'd love it
fingerprint scanner is optional too (I didn't even know it existed until I saw it at sager's page included in every laptop they got)
virtualization capabilities (vt-x) is mandatory (I think most of intel processors can do virtualization, however, i7 is mandatory)
best perfomance for gaming possible, I prefer intel CPU over amd and I prefer Nvidia over intel GPU (intel is a no-no for graphics)
bluetooth is optional too, but it's always good to have it
hdd + a little ssd is mandatory
I like screens from 15-17 inches size (17 is better, 15 is optional in case the laptop is actually better than the 17 one)
I've been seeing
https/www.sagernotebook.com/index.php?page=product_customed&model_name=NP7378
https/www.sagernotebook.com/index.php?page=product_customed&model_name=NP7358
https/www.sagernotebook.com/index.php?page=product_customed&model_name=NP8278
http/us.acer.com/ac/en/US/content/model/NX.M8SAA.004
http/us.acer.com/ac/en/US/content/model-datasheet/NX.MMCAA.006
Options I change in sager: if ram < 12 -> set ram to 12
if no ssd -> 60 or 120gb ssd as OS drive
if hdd's rpm < 7200 -> 1tb at 7200rpm
6x blu ray
is the thermal compound necessary?
one of those sagers don't fit on the budget though which is the NP8278 after options have taken place
which one should I go for? I like the acers as they got all the luxuries included (hdmi, blueooth, blu ray) they don't have fingerprint scanner as the sagers do though. If you look at the acer 7660 the overview shows nvidia gtx 860m 2gb vram but datasheet shows nothing and other websites say that it doesn't have a graphics card therefore it is useless. So it must be either the acer 9460 or one of the three sagers (unless you have a better suggestion)
I have some doubts: do these sagers have hdmi? I see they have bluetooth with every wifi card and fingerprint scanner, and blu ray is in the options, is the diamond thermal compound necessary? what's the caddy case?
you're free to post any other suggestion you got or anything else I should be aware of (like X thing is missing in Y laptop that I forgot to mention and may be useful) all I am typing here is all I know
thanks for reading it all and thanks for taking a little of your time! have a good evening/morning/night!
I need hdmi because that way I can connect it to my tv
blu ray is optional but I'd love it
fingerprint scanner is optional too (I didn't even know it existed until I saw it at sager's page included in every laptop they got)
virtualization capabilities (vt-x) is mandatory (I think most of intel processors can do virtualization, however, i7 is mandatory)
best perfomance for gaming possible, I prefer intel CPU over amd and I prefer Nvidia over intel GPU (intel is a no-no for graphics)
bluetooth is optional too, but it's always good to have it
hdd + a little ssd is mandatory
I like screens from 15-17 inches size (17 is better, 15 is optional in case the laptop is actually better than the 17 one)
I've been seeing
https/www.sagernotebook.com/index.php?page=product_customed&model_name=NP7378
https/www.sagernotebook.com/index.php?page=product_customed&model_name=NP7358
https/www.sagernotebook.com/index.php?page=product_customed&model_name=NP8278
http/us.acer.com/ac/en/US/content/model/NX.M8SAA.004
http/us.acer.com/ac/en/US/content/model-datasheet/NX.MMCAA.006
Options I change in sager: if ram < 12 -> set ram to 12
if no ssd -> 60 or 120gb ssd as OS drive
if hdd's rpm < 7200 -> 1tb at 7200rpm
6x blu ray
is the thermal compound necessary?
one of those sagers don't fit on the budget though which is the NP8278 after options have taken place
which one should I go for? I like the acers as they got all the luxuries included (hdmi, blueooth, blu ray) they don't have fingerprint scanner as the sagers do though. If you look at the acer 7660 the overview shows nvidia gtx 860m 2gb vram but datasheet shows nothing and other websites say that it doesn't have a graphics card therefore it is useless. So it must be either the acer 9460 or one of the three sagers (unless you have a better suggestion)
I have some doubts: do these sagers have hdmi? I see they have bluetooth with every wifi card and fingerprint scanner, and blu ray is in the options, is the diamond thermal compound necessary? what's the caddy case?
you're free to post any other suggestion you got or anything else I should be aware of (like X thing is missing in Y laptop that I forgot to mention and may be useful) all I am typing here is all I know
thanks for reading it all and thanks for taking a little of your time! have a good evening/morning/night!