dbocanegra

Hi guys, I'm a recent 9380-S buyer as well, and spent some time shopping for a bag. I have yet to buy one, but I can at least offer the information that I've found.

First, if you're looking for a laptop sleeve, I bought this one: Tucano 18" Neoprene . It fits the 9380 pretty snugly, with a little give to it. It's a nice fit that offers some protection if you're looking for extra (I've encountered laptop bags with less-than-ideal surfaces in the laptop compartment before). I've found it's best to look for equipment made to accommodate 18" laptops. Most of the "larger" 17" bags seem to cap out at a size that holds an Asus G75, which, while big, is a bit more compact than the 9380-S.

I've heard that the Targus XL bag will fit the 9380, but I have my doubts (I've seen conflicting reports on the dimensions of the laptop compartment), and it doesn't seem like the best bag to begin with. My personal choice for the bag is the Everki Titan . The cheapest price I've seen is about 166 through newegg (link posted). This bag will definitely accommodate the 9380. (For reference, the dimensions I've found for the 9380-s are: 16.50" x 11.54" x 1.96"). I've heard that the Everki Beacon is another good choice (and it's a bit cheaper than the Titan). However, the Beacon advertises a width of 1.38", which is smaller than the 9380-s. It could be made up for by the additional room of the length and height, but I have my doubts. Slappa offers some bags that advertise holding an 18" laptop, but I can't seem to track down reliable info on the dimensions of the laptop compartment. I'll post as I find more information. At the moment, the plan is to purchase an Everki Titan in a few weeks. If so, I'll report back here how it works.

TLDR; The Everki Beacon may work, and is a solid "runner-up", same goes for the Targus XL, if budget is a huge concern. The best option I've found is the Everki Titan, which will definitely fit and protect, but is pricey. The way I see it, with what we've spent on our laptops, it's worth spending an extra 50-100 to protect our investment. No sense cutting corners.

The bag you bought though is $25 right? Or is that just the sleeve? Thanks again for the post this is helping tons!

I suppose you could certainly try overclocking the 4700MQ, but you won't be able to OC it by much, at least not without messing with the voltages. Check out some of the discussions they have over at Notebookreview regarding 4700 vs 4800, I think you'll find them helpful.

My personal opinion: if you're not absolutely strapped for cash and can afford the extra $150-200, definitely get the 4800, you won't regret it.

I'm sure I won't, however I also have SLI and I've heard from others once you have SLI running the difference between the 4700 and 4800 is not comparable at all.

I'm using this primarily for work 75% and gaming 25% plus the games i play are mainly CSGO and TF2 which the laptop is overkill for, I'm hoping the SLI will help max out skyrim with some of the mods going as well.

Time will tell!

They just don't carry it.

I'm sure you could buy one from 3rd party re-saler and drop it in yourself, but the price for a 90% and above for a 120hz screen will break the piggy bank :/

Surprised no one has responded.

I bought the 5 year warranty through Xotic it cost me around 250 because of the sale they are having, With my previous computer I had only gotten a 1 year before and it died literally 2 days after the warranty ended (power pin broke). Xotic was nice enough to honor it even though it was 3 days late, Xotic is solid and to be honest with the 3,000 laptops you should be willing to shell out at least 10% of the laptops value for a warranty.

so if yours cost 2500 = 250 warranty, 1000= 100 warranty. Thats my logic now at least.

Good to hear, I also didn't upgrade mine to 4800MQ and chose the 4700MQ since the laptop was already around 3,000, will be interesting to see what happens with this next gen.

Thanks for the response!

I do 3D work primarily in photoshop and matte painting so I needed the 24gb and the upgrade only cost me 50. The upgrade for the processor is a bit more,

I wonder if overclocking the 4700 might make up for that?

Thanks for the responses guys, I asked XoticPC a few days ago and they replied that Sager had told them the laptop was incapable of outputting 3D video. I assume this might be due to the video outputs going through the integrated graphics, or perhaps Sager is just wrong about their own product since they claimed the internal display (the screen) cannot do 3D video either...

Does anyone know if this laptop plays 3D Blu-Rays?

I have an ASUS G53 before this bought in 2011 so this is a huge upgrade.

I'm super excited I placed my order with 780M SLI and 24GB of ram, only thing I didn't upgrade was the processor I took the 4700mq we'll see how that plays out.

As it says in title, I just purchased this item and wanted to know a few things:

1) If any other users have experience with the Sounds system on it?

2) Average weight of this pup for those who have SLI

3) What kind of bag will this monster fit into?

Thanks!

-Dylan

Mine is coming in the mail, waiting to flash the Vbios as well

MODEL: NP9380-S

GPU: (SLI) 780M

RAM: 24GB

CPU: Intel 4700