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    Most reputable reseller?

    Discussion in 'MSI' started by CaptainKoloth, Jan 22, 2017.

  1. CaptainKoloth

    CaptainKoloth Notebook Enthusiast

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    Galm "Stand By, We're Analyzing The Situation!"

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    I would say the largest/most popular are XoticPC, LPC-Digital, HIDEvolution, and Eurocom. Prostar or GenTech could be larger than LPC actually but LPC has a great rep.

    How much is that laptop? Cheaper than a Clevo P650HS I hope?
     
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    Kevin@GenTechPC Company Representative

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    For your information, most of resellers have it.
     
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    Galm "Stand By, We're Analyzing The Situation!"

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    Oh and not to short GenTech, they actually offer liquid ultra thermal compound which is the best type of thermal compound for low temps. Only HIDEvolution also offers it that I know of.

    For Clevo, LPC-Digital, HIDEvolution, and maybe XoticPC? Offer the Prema bios mod for overclocking.

    I think XoticPC has the best mod shop if you wanted to like custom paint a laptop.

    That's all I can remember for stuff that differentiates the sellers.
     
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    Spartan@HIDevolution Company Representative

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    See my review of HIDevolution and why I recommend them:


    HIDevolution - The Best Company I ever dealt with

    HIDevolution's Warranty!

    If you email [email protected] you can get a small discount s well if you give him your NBR forum username
     
  6. Support.1@XOTIC PC

    Support.1@XOTIC PC Company Representative

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    Thank you!

    If you have any questions about anything we offer, feel free to reach out to me and I'll be glad to help.
     
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    Spartan@HIDevolution Company Representative

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    speaking about Xotic PC, remember in the past when I wanted to order a laptop from y'all I had to cancel the order because you didn't accept PayPal payments for international customers? did that change or it's still the same?
     
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    Still only able to do US based payments through our site, or bank wire transfers from any where in the world.

    But one thing that has changed, we started putting customized models up on sites like Amazon and Newegg, which then you would be able to check out according to their payment policies. That makes it much easier on international orders.
     
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    Galm "Stand By, We're Analyzing The Situation!"

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    I would suggest getting someone to make a preview page for all your custom paints. (I can do it if you want ;p)

    I think I'm not alone in saying I wouldn't buy a laptop with a custom paint that I can't even preview. I have no idea what "Admiral Blue" or "Torch Red" specifically looks like. Something like what Origin does that shows a rendered image of it would be helpful.

    Even at HID, I literally had to photoshop the hell out of the back of a Clevo P650 to get the exact look I wanted from them. @Donald@HIDevolution probably remembers my friends map design, it took him like 18 hours to make perfect lol.
     
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    We do have a section on the main page that has some of the colors and options of what we can do. I won't link it here, but it is under the "Make it yours" section if you scroll down a little bit.
     
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    as much as I don't like Origin PC from my previous bad purchase experience with them, their custom paint preview is awesome, you can see exactly how your laptop would look like after you configure it.

    Example:

    [​IMG]
     
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    Yeah, I'd agree I would like to see something like that added. I know it has been discussed, and I'll bring it up again.
     
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    Galm "Stand By, We're Analyzing The Situation!"

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    To start just doing it on one machine would be enough just to give a general idea of what stuff looks like.
     
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