Which is better for their prices?

Don't say buy a desktop I travel far too much for one it would be more of a waste of money than these. Also I can easily afford either so don't say too expensive. I just want to make sure I'm getting the bang for my buck.


Sager NP8170-S1
$3,208 (before tax)

Display 17.3" Full HD LED-Backlit Display with Super Glossy Surface (1920 x 1080)
Video & Graphics Card AMD Radeon HD 6970M GPU with 2GB GDDR5 Video Memory
CPU Processor 2nd Generation Intel® Core™ i7-2920XM Processor Extreme Edition ( 8MB L3 Cache, 2.50GHz ) [$870.00]
Thermal Compound IC Diamond Thermal Compound - CPU + GPU
Operating System Genuine MS Windows® 7 Home Premium 32/64-Bit Edition ( 64-Bit Preloaded )
Memory 16GB Dual Channel DDR3 SDRAM at 1333MHz - 4 X 4GB [$180.00]
RAID Storage Options Info Non-RAID Storage
Primary Hard Disk Drive 750GB 7200rpm SATA 300 Hard Drive [$55.00]
2nd Hard Disk Drive 500GB 7200rpm SATA 300 Secondary Hard Disk Drive
Optical Drive Bay — Optical Drive or Hard Disk Drive in Optical Drive Bay with Caddy case 6X Blu-ray Reader/8X DVD±R/2.4X +DL Super-Multi Drive & Software
Wireless Network Card Intel Centrino Ultimate-N 6300 - 802.11A/B/G/N Wireless LAN Module [$15.00]
Primary Battery Smart Li-ION Battery Pack
Integrated Security Device Fingerprint Reader
Microsoft Office Microsoft Office 2010 Home & Student Edition [$139.00]
Warranty Sager 1 Year Limited Parts and Labor Warranty
Carrying Bag Standard Carrying Bag


Or the Alienware m17x
$3,087 (before tax)

System Color Alienware M17x, Soft Touch Stealth Black VBLK [225-0536]
Operating System Genuine Windows® 7 Home Premium, 64bit AW7HP6E [420-9691][420-9956][421-0092][421-1400…
Processor Intel® Core™ i7 2820QM 2.3GHz (3.4GHz Turbo Mode, 8MB Cache) I72820Q [317-6115]
Memory 16GB Dual Channel DDR3 at 1333MHz (4DIMMS) 16G4D [317-6120]
A/C Adapter Alienware M17x 240W A/C Adapter 240W [331-1347]
Display Panel 17.3-inch WideFHD 1920 x 1080 60Hz WLED WFHD60 [320-1933]
Video Card 2GB GDDR5 AMD Radeon™ HD 6970M M6970M [320-1939]
Hard Drive 750GB 7,200RPM HDD 750G [342-2220]
Nameplate Personalized Plate (WorldsBestRabbi) NPLATE [330-6106][331-1350]
AlienFX Nova Yellow YELO [313-8795][421-4655]
Adobe Reader Acrobat SW Adobe Acrobat Reader ADOBER [410-1883]
Optical Drives Slot-Loading Dual Layer Blu-ray Reader (BR-ROM, DVD+-RW, CD-RW) BDCOM [318-0396][421-4541][421-4550]
Sound Internal High-Definition 5.1 Surround Sound Audio IHD51 [318-0424]
Wireless Intel® Ultimate N WiFi Link 6300 a/g/n 3x3 MIMO Technology N6300 [430-4021]
Automatic Updates Automatic Updates: On AUTOON [330-6348]
Office Productivity Software Microsoft® Office Home and Student 2010 AIHS [410-3942]
Security Software McAfee® Security Center – 15-Months MC1215M [410-9453]
Service 1 Year Basic Plan S1OS [421-1721][939-0320][939-0340][950-3337…
Factory Installed Games Eve Online, Factory Installed EVE [421-2965]
OS Customization Alienhead 3D WAL1 [421-1573][421-1591]

They are both about equal in terms of bang for buck. If anything the Sager is better specced as it has a better CPU (only a bit better) and a second hard drive installed.

To be honest? If you're going to spend $3000 bucks on a laptop, at least make it so that it has a solid state drive. It makes a huge difference...

Gaiakai has the specs read wrong -- the Sager is the one with the better CPU.

unless you want to run 3D movies through HDMI, i'd just go with an i7 2630qm. 16gb of ram will never be used unless you plan on using a ram disk. I'd grab something like an Asus or MSI for around $2000 and then throw in a $500 240gb Solid state drive.

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