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Hi guys.
So i was planning to get a clevo after my short experience with Asus G53sw bought locally here in italy.
Im living in rome btw.
I was looking for a good performer with a good upgrade margin in the near future, as ive read about newer nvidia cards that will come out.
Also im more oriented to 15" (i had both 17 and 18 in the past, too big for me) so my choiche was something clevo based, p150hm.
After reading around i was left with a ton of questions, and i wasnt happy at all of the prices considering i was about to sell my g53sw with a good 400 discount on what i paid on July of this year. I didnt want to spend alot of money in this upgrade, so i stuck my budget range around 400 to be added to the money i would get from the G53sw.
After some searching around, i remembered about mySN.de, which is located in Leipzig, Germany.
Since i am in Italy the transaction would be smooth and without customs, i thought to myself.
Heres my short review:
Customer support:
Thumbs up here. Ive been sending emails, a ton of them, about a myriad of questions.
They always replied my emails fastly, sometimes even 2 times per day. Ive spoken with Miss.Ramona Thonke , Executive Assistant and Mr.Tom Fichtner of Technical Support.
They always replied to me with the best possible options and opinions. The general feeling of their replies is very very professional, high standards, thing that i appreciate when you are fond on the matter.
They always kept things simple and easy.
Sometimes i felt bothering them so much, specially because i was a bit nervous on the whole thing that i was about to do.
Very professional, my congratulations.
Setup,Price,Payment methods, shipping and building time:
After i sold my g53sw on 3-11-2011, i was ready to pay for the configuration ive choosen.
What impressed me was the total price of my configuration which came with warranty, tax included AND fast shipping across europe.
My configuration is:
XMG p501 (clevo p150hmx)
i7 2760qm
8gb DDR3
gtx485m
DVDRW
Intel Wifi
Bluetooth
320gb HDD Seagate
1080p Matte panel (which turns out to be an LG Philips panel)
DE Keyboard
No OS
24M Warranty Pickup and Return+6M Warranty on site repair if in germany
- Total was 1.447 euro including tax and shipping+Paypal/deposit fee.
I sold my G53sw for almost 1000 so i was in my range.
I had a trouble paying in first place due to my bank blocking paypal payments, but they didnt had any problems about it.
They helped me troubleshoting my problem, also they provided support for payment (like sending back again the payment request).
Also ive mistyped my address and they changed it without problem after i requested it, just after 10 minutes after ive sent my email.
Back and forth they have been very nice and professional!
Ive choosen paypal because it was the fast and safest way to pay it. I would like to say that ive enquiried alot of custom builders and famous brands around, NONE of them actually offered me a Paypal option. Remember that im located in Italy, overseas builders practically put a big NO in front of my paypal request.
Ive had to pay 50 for paypal fees and deposit money, which is totally fine. The total sum as i explained above was 1,447.
They received the money on the 4-11-2011, building and testing the laptop took around 2 days, sunday included, because they shipped it in 7-11-2011.
So on Monday 7 i received my confirmation email with the DHL tracking code.
On date 8-11-2011 the package was on its way, on 9 it reached Milan customs and on 10 it was delivered.
Amazingly fast! Note that they dont offere a Rush-Build option like many other sellers do. 2 Days is their standard working procedure and schedule, which is 100% guarantee based on what the Reps said to me. And im impressed that they actually were right!
Shipping box, build quality, perfomance, feeling:
The shipping box was handled with care by the courier.
They didnt opted for a big box, with the laptop box inside it (with the usual stuff like paper etc to avoid damage), instead they sent the laptop original box (i think its the original clevo barebone box) inside into another box, which is basically the same size of the one inside.
The external box worked as a "skin" for the original box; it is thick and very resistent. It shipped in great condition.
Everything inside was packed with great accuracy.
There are the usual manuals, the driver discs, and a free Nero 10 Suite disc as a free bonus.
The laptop had all the usual protections. One film-like protection covers the external lid (which has a big nice stylish XMG logo, same on the internal bottom part of the screen bezel), one the screen and one both keyboard and screen bezel.
The screen is beatiful. It doesnt had any issues with viewing angles like i had with my G53SW, which had the worst viewing angles i ever seen in a laptop.
Colors are vivid, the backlight is bright, theres no washing out or color fading.
Laptop performed great with my initial tests. The 485m handles the overclock quite well, its cool enough, at least it doesnt heat so much above my previous g53sw load temps under heavy overclock.
GPU idles around 36-38c, cpu around 42-45.
Max load temp for cpu is around 60c, gpu goes up to 75-80 on stock clocks when stress testing.
Under overclock it peaked 85c, staying on 82-83 most of the time.
Im also using a laptop cooler, a Zalman NC-2000. I think it doesnt help much, but i had it lying around. From my tests temps drops about 1c with it, not so much.
I dont know which kind of Thermal Paste they use since its not specified; maybe ill ask them next time.
Anyway in the end im totally happy of the purchase!
Final Thoughts:
Easily one of the best sellers around, at least the ones ive had the pleasure to make business with.
Very professional, fast replies, ease of payments, speedy building, reliable shipping, awesome product.
I advice them without doubt, and their prices at least in europe are unbeatable.
Link is mySN.de | XMG XIRIOS XESIA | buy Schenker Notebooks . Hope this review helps out some european customers as well.
Rating: 5/5
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I'm glad the review helped you out
I hope everything goes well, they're very professional! -
If you buy your laptop on the company you won't pay VAT. When I bought my laptop it was actually cheaper than anything in US because I didn't pay VAT.
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Ok, got mine today
From payment to dispatch it took them one week exactly (maybe because I've ordered slightly different config and US keyboard).
And thanks for the reply about display panel. My also have LG Philips LP156WF1 matte FulHD panel. Very good panel - bright, contrasty, sRGB almost fully covered=>colours are very natural-looking, very good angles and uniformity.
The only slight downside I see is that its 6-bit panel and temporal dithering could be visible if screen watched closely. -
Amazing, congratulations
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blimey Blacky,where have you been. your only 18 months too late for this thread
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I've seen him around few other threads in the past week.
My experience with mySN.de Schenker Notebooks (p150hmx)
Discussion in 'Reseller Feedback Forum' started by Kingpinzero, Nov 12, 2011.
