*** Official Clevo W230ST/Sager NP7330 Owner's Lounge ***

THE ANTICIPATION THREAD "W230ST - THE 13" WE'VE BEEN WAITING FOR ?!" WAS CLOSED AND CONVERSATION TO CONTINUE IN THIS THREAD.
ORIGINAL THREAD WAS LOCATED HERE: http://forum.notebookreview.com/sager-clevo/705795-w230st-13-weve-been-waiting.html

Useful links section added to this post at bottom.

PLEASE SIGN THIS PETITION IF YOU WOULD BE INTERESTED IN PURCHASING AN EXTENDED LIFE BATTERY FOR THIS LAPTOP: http://forum.notebookreview.com/sag...d-life-battery-clevo-w230st-sager-np7330.html

IT'S HERE!!!! (SHIPPING JULY 16):
CHECK OUT PICS POSTED BY LPC-DIGITAL (reposted below):
==== http://forum.notebookreview.com/sag...ager-np7330-owners-lounge-21.html#post9277686
==== http://forum.notebookreview.com/sager-clevo/705795-w230st-13-weve-been-waiting-150.html#post9277681












*** 6/26/2013 - LightningPL posted a *TON* of useful information including an image of the inside of the W230ST here: http://forum.notebookreview.com/sager-clevo/705795-w230st-13-weve-been-waiting-122.html#post9257183

6/21/2013 - zehkr noted this Australian reseller offering up the W230ST for pre-order: http://forum.notebookreview.com/sager-clevo/705795-w230st-13-weve-been-waiting-114.html#post9250917

6/6/2013 - Thanks to LightningPL for finding this, we finally have a site that is showing details of the W230ST!
http://www.bluemobility.pl/xnote-w230st-clevo-w230st-preorder-p-24894.html

From METABOX Website:



SPECS:

CPU OPTIONS:
Intel Core™ i7-4900MQ (22nm, 2.80GHz, DDR3L-1600MHz, 8MB L3 cache, TDP: 47W)
Intel Core™ i7-4800MQ (22nm, 2.70GHz, DDR3L-1600MHz, 6MB L3 cache, TDP: 47W)
Intel Core™ i7-4700MQ (22nm, 2.40GHz, DDR3L-1600MHz, 6MB L3 cache, TDP: 47W)
Intel Core™ i7-4702MQ (22nm, 2.20GHz, DDR3L-1600MHz, 6MB L3 cache, TDP: 37W)

CHIPSET:
HM87

SCREEN:
13.3" 1920x1080 Full HD (assuming standard?)
13.3" 1600x900 HD+ (assuming optional?)

GRAPHICS:
GTX 765m 2GB GDDR5 (assuming stock config 850MHz GPU / 1000MHz vRAM)
Intel HD 4600 (IGP)

STORAGE:
1 x 2.5" 9.5mm (assuming SATA III)
1 x mSATA III (assuming SATA III)

KEYBOARD:
Backlit

PORTS:
3 x USB 3.0 (1x powered USB port, AC/DC)
1 x USB 2.0
1 x HDMI
1 x VGA
1 x RJ-45 LAN (10/100/1000Mbps)
1 x Microphone
1 x Headphone
1 x DC-in jack
6 in 1 Card Reader

3x Mini Card slot
- 1st WLAN Combo Half size Mini Card with PCIe and USB interface
- 2nd for mSATA SSD Full size Mini Card with SATA interface
- 3rd for mSATA SSD Full size Mini Card with SATA interface or 3.75G Full size Mini Card with USB interface

BATTERY:
62WHr

DIMENSIONS:
330 x 227 x 31.9 mm (13.0 x 8.9 x 1.3 in)
2.0kg (4.4 lbs)

Power Supply: 120W
14.6 cm x 7.3 cm x 2.5 cm (5.75 x 2.9 x 1.0 in)
0.4kg (0.9 lbs)

Images:
Larry@LPC-Digital and Xotic PC posted some initial official images of the laptop 6/19/13. I'll repost them here for ease of reference:






Here's a brief look at the competition:

Laptop / LCD	GPU	CPU	Width mm/in	Depth mm/in	Thick mm/in	Weight kg/lbs	Battery WHr
Clevo W230ST 13" 1080p IPS 13" 900p	765m	4700MQ 4800MQ 4900MQ	330 13.0	227 8.9	32 1.3	2.1 4.6	62
Razer Blade 14" 900p	765m	4702MQ	345 13.6	235 9.3	17 0.7	1.9 4.1	70
MSI GE40 14" 900p	760m	4702MQ	339 13.4	239 9.4	29 0.9	2.0 4.4	65
Gigabyte P34G 14" 900p/1080p	760m	4700HQ	340 13.4	239 9.4	21 0.8	1.7 3.8	48
Gigabyte U24F 14" 900p	750m	i5-4200U i7-4500U	339 13.4	233 9.2	21 0.8	1.7 3.7	48
Acer Aspire v7 14" 1080p IPS Touch	750m	4500U	340 13.4	240 9.5	20 0.8	2.0 4.4	4200mAh (Volt?)
Lenovo Y410p 14" 768p/900p	750m	4700MQ	350 13.8	245 9.6	33 1.3	2.5 5.5	62
Alienware M14x 14" 768p/1080p	750m 765m	4700MQ 4800MQ 4900MQ	335 13.3	258 10.2	42 1.6	2.8 6.1	69

links Links:

- Drivers from Sager Notebook Win 7 and Win 8 (Thanks to ECKS for pointing out they finally were uploaded to Sager's site)
- Latest Intel 7260 802.11AC Wi-Fi Drivers (Win 7 and 8)



Archive of posted material in spoiler tag

Spoiler

10 April 2013: I couldn't wait. So here it goes. Official owners lounge for the upcoming Clevo W230ST 13" beast...

Go crazy.

Thanks to Prema for the details.

Specifications -
Screen: 13'' - 1920 x 1080 glossy or matte
Processor: Intel Haswell HM87 up to i7-4900MQ
Graphics: 765m 2GB GDDR5
OS: Windows 8
Memory: 3 SO-DIMM
Storage: SSD+mSATA
Weight: unknown
Dimensions: unknown
Ports: 1xUSB 2, 3xUSB3, VGA, HDMI, LAN, Headphone, MIC, S/PDIF
Price:unknown
Availability: July

 

Is there a solid release date yet?

 

I think I will hold a spot too.....



Here is a little look at the FINAL PRODUCT.....

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See link below for the USER MANUAL

ClevoW230ST-SagerNP7330UserManual.pdf

 

So... Any hints on when this is going to be available? I'm ready to throw my money at the first reseller that has it. .

 

I can't wait for this. Hopefully this comes with a 760m

 

Updated OP with details we know, or at least think we know. Also any ideas what the Sager nomenclature will be? NP230ST? Or NP6130? ?

 

I'd place performance around 670mx in shader bound titles and a bit below for rop/memory bandwidth bound situations.

 

Prema BIOS Mod link for this model in my signature!

 

Clevo should make sort of a James&Wade&Bosh announcement for this laptop, YES.WE.DID.

 

I have been looking at this for quite a while and looking at my W110ER I currently use for EVERYTHING. I do not think I will be switching, I don't see any "wow factor" for this machine as I would have hoped too, YET. I don't see any thunderbolt, I don't see display port, I agree that it'll only have 2 Ram Slots, the GPU isn't going to be much of a jump up and what about a touch screen?. (why would they want to sell a 1k laptop with a powerful GPU?? they don't want it cutting into the sales of the larger more expensive laptops!) I think I will pass unless more than 2 of my WOW factors have been met.. IMO! Can't wait to see everyone's review on the machine, though.

 

This is actually meeting a demand that nobody has filled yet. A powerful, yet compact laptop. HDMI is still universal and thunderbolt hasn't been adopted in many peripherals and not sure that it will. It's not meant to break out from the standard. If there were already a half dozen similar models out there then I could see the concern. But this is the one and only.

And touch screen? I'd gather 95% of users wouldn't want a touchscreen on their laptop. It's not a convertible or tablet.

 

I totally agree with you, it's something they are doing again to break away from the pack and it is a risk that they are taking, again, because it worked out so well with the W110ER. I am just being a giant pain in the butt....

 

What I don't understand is that the W110ER was so successful why they don't offer an updated 11.6" as well. Put in a 750m, Haswell, and be done with it. Same chassis, same cooling, and run with it.

 

Just add thunderbolt please.. I know thunderbolt has slow adoption rates but having external PCI Express slots would be absolutely amazing! Having a good sound card, capture card, extra GPU all in a magma enclosure on my desk.. next to my 11 inch laptop.. dreammmmm!

 

Subscribed.

 

Great, now I'm confused on which thread to watch for any news concerning this amazing device!

Any reason why they keep giving us USB 2.0 ports at this day and age? Since we have backwards compatibility it seems silly...

Oh well, they'll sort it in the broadwell refresh

Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using Tapatalk 2

 

Anyone know roughly, what the starting price of these laptops will be? Cheaper than $1000 by any chance?

 

Nobody knows. We'd all only be guessing at this point. But the base version will be pretty well stocked if 1080p is standard, except for maybe adding an SSD instead of or to complement the HDD. Since only quad cores are going to be available at launch that means i7-4800MQ as stock CPU, GTX 765m GPU, probably 8GB RAM, 500GB or 750GB HDD, 1080p screen. Possible upgrade of matte or glossy screen and would be nice to see a quality IPS screen upgrade. I'd pay an extra $150 for that.

 

1080p? GT750M+? kk where is it, i buy :laugh:

 

So is it going to be a 765m? Or a 750m?

 

Considering all the hints we got from the resellers, I think the 765 is most likely.

 

In particular, this little tidbit: http://forum.notebookreview.com/sager-clevo/705795-w230st-13-weve-been-waiting-28.html#post9163533

 

excited for this thing. now if I can mod it to look like an m13x (I personally like the look of my m11x).

 

If it has a backlit keyboard I'm sold, I made a promise to myself that my next laptop would have it becuase I always wanted one. What are the chances this does?

 

:hi2:

 

Is there any clevo laptop asides from the P150em that has backlit keys?
I don't think the 230 will be any different from any other laptop in that sense.

 

I don't know if that's a good sign or not but I'm taking that to mean it will have a backlit keayboard (I hope, make it so CLEVO!)

 

I don't know if that's a good sign or not but I'm taking that to mean it will have a backlit keayboard (I hope, make it so CLEVO!)

 

My worry with backlit keyboards is that they add thickness and given how everyone seems to be focusing so heavily on thinness I don't want them compromising somewhere else to shave off a the few mm that a backlit keyboard requires. I'd like them to use those mm for a stiffer and more protective lid as I"m tired of needing to keep a cloth between my keys and my screen to prevent the skin oils on the keyboard from transferring to the screen while the computer is in its case.

 

no flashy design, backlit chiclet keyboard, powerful cpu and gpu DAAAAMN i'm sold

 

You could try finding larger rubber feet for the display.

 

Humminahumminahumminahummina TAKE ALL MY MONEH

But seriously, I was expecting a 750m. This little beast just gets better and better.

 

I betcha anything it's the GTX765m. The new Razor 14 inch has this card.. https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.599962483356546.1073741840.130554466964019&type=3

Specs.. 768 Cuda Cores and 2 GB GDDR5 128bit... roughly 64GB/s. eh.. not bad I guess

 

Damn.. I'm selling my laptop as soon as this gets released. I've been waiting for this for a long long time.

I just hope that it'll have some good heat management at this size.

 

Specs have been released

GeForce GTX 765M | Specifications | GeForce

765m specs finally revealed.

GPU Engine Specs:
768 CUDA Cores
850 + BoostClock Freq (MHz)
Memory Specs:
2000 Memory Clock (MHz)
GDDR5 Standard Memory Configuration
128 bitMemory Interface Width
64.0Memory Bandwidth (GB/sec)

Not too bad. 192-bit would have been ideal, but with those clock speeds performance should be comparable.

 

192bit would have made these units a lot more expensive and bigger.

 

So any idea when we might be seeing these on XoticPC or any other site?

 

Sagers going to finish giving us new models by end of this week, they've indicated that there is more yet to come. Hasn't said anything specifically about this one but could be included in that.

 

That is great. As you know i waited for the Haswell lineup, so looking forward to seeing the rest!!

 

So would have your desired MXM.

I don't want to be a downer but couldn't it just be the bling free edition of laptops? Any signs I've had were end of June at earliest. Let's hope I'm wrong (and that's too often to count, so odds are in our favor )!

 

The bling free 17" 9170 replacement is included in this update but the way they worded their update to us led me to believe there were other models included with it. I guess time will tell.

 

Woo hoo! Let's hope!

 

Waiting for updates!!

 

It's officially "end of this week", well at least it's past noon on Wednesday!

 

I sold my Xbox 360, PS3, and my Nexus 7 all in preparation to buy this little warlock. SHUT UP AND TAKE MY MONEY!!!

 

I'm kind of in the same boat for my new machine ^-^ It will be a nice role filler.

 

So any new updates on this beast yet?

 

Well....for one it will not be shipping this month. ..as far as July or August...

It is not known at this time. Sorry.

 

Ah! i was hoping sooner, but it is probably worth the wait

 

Posted detail specs in the first post!