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    New CLEVO Gaming Laptop

    Discussion in 'Sager/Clevo Reviews & Owners' Lounges' started by Impaulator, Apr 9, 2017.

  1. Impaulator

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    Hi all,
    I'm a long time lurker, first time poster! So, finally my old P150HM laptop died on me; for the second time my graphics card overheated.
    However, all in all it was a fantastic laptop, bought in australia (Metabox).
    Now i live in germany and I look for a new gaming laptop from CLEVO. The main building pieces should be a GeForce 1070 Gtx, Intel i7-6700HQ and 16 GB RAM, so I am looking at a P650 with a 15" screen.

    Due to overheating issues I would like to buy from a reseller who is capable of doing thermal mangement, like I think Obsidian-PC; can you recommend some others?
    Apparently the prema BIOS update is also crucial to the preformance of the laptop. But only few resellers in europe do that, so could I do the upgrade by myself?
    Besides, would you recommend to upgrade the memory speed to 2400 or 3000 MHz?

    Thanks a lot for your help! I was thinking about it a long time, just need a little push to go buying :)
    Cheers
    Paul
     
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  2. clevo-extreme

    clevo-extreme Company Representative

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    If you live in Germany, order your next machine from deutsche Verkaufer. Is easiest way.

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    A bump to 2400Mhz nets most performance gains from faster memory.
     
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    We prefer for all BGA machines max 2666mhz

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  5. Impaulator

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    Thanks guys for your replies.
    Do you think the prema upgrade is a must have?
     
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    The Prema BIOS is only available from partner shops. It's not something you can get on your own.
     
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    Regular users should be fine on the stock BIOS.
     
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    Exactly

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  9. Impaulator

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    Ok, thanks for the clarification. So prema would be good for tuning and such (what I do not want to do). I appreciate all your input!
     
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    Yeah, the Prema BIOS is nice if you want to do some additional tweaking. Not everyone gets to that level with changing up their system.
     
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    Plus the stock options have been worked on with our units along with some others. Check with your supplier.
     
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