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A LAPTOP OF TERRIFYING POWER THE SAGER NP9370 CRUSHES ENEMIES, AND HEARS THE LAMENTATIONS OF THEIR WOMEN. Once in a while a laptop comes along that has one specific function: power. It’s not an everyman’s laptop, it’s grossly in excess of what your elderly relations require to check their email, but some people want to swim with the sharks. This is the Sager NP9370/Clevo P370EM 17.3” model. The Sager NP9370 comes in an Nvidia 3D version and standard version, either one a computational force of nature. You can find them through multiple vendors, but we found the best to be XoticPC.com, offering custom skinning options, copper cooling, overclocking, and color calibration.
Starting
Pros: Dual nVidia Graphics Cards, nVidia 3D Vision 2, rear ventilation, highly customizable, suprisingly portable for a 17.3” laptop Cons: Trackpad is large and not user friendly, moderate battery life, expensive, very large charger
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$2,019 $5,000+
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9.3 6.5 7.9
Image by R Sterling Snead
By: R Sterling Snead
first thing you notice about the machine is the nice slick chassis; not as thick as you would expect for a 17.3” model. When the lid is closed it feels thin and very much like a portable machine. Sheer power is one thing, but you have to look good doing it. On the left-side ports you have a Kensington lock, ethernet, 9-in-1 card reader, and a 7.1CH audio output supported by headphone, microphone, Line-in jacks and S/PDIF jack. On the rear there is a single USB 3.0 port, AC/DC power, display port, and one HDMI 1.4a. On the right there are three USB 3.0 ports, 1 x eSATA Port (USB 2.0 combo), and a 12.7mm (H) Optical Drive Bay that is upgradeable with numerous options, whether blu-ray or another internal hard drive. Our favorite features of this laptop? The dual nVidia GTX option, nVidia 3D Vsion 2, and the rear ventilation. This can be utilized upon initial customization, or like most things in the Sager/Clevo brand, can be upgraded later by the user. With the dual SLI GTX 680m we were able to run StarCraft 2, World of Warcraft, Arkham Asylum, and SWTOR the