Hello,
I've been researching a high-end gaming laptop and I'm narrowing down my choices but I still have outstanding questions about the "premium" brand name laptops versus the Sager or Clevo setups.
The price differential is really what is confuses me. I can build a Sager/Clevo model for anywhere from $1800-$2000, depending on vendor and specific choices I make.
Similarly specc'ed models from Alienware, or even Origin (which is just a Clevo builder) run $300 or more higher. The most egregious example is the MSI GT70 at $2800.
I know that obviously name-recognition plays into it: people will pay more for a fancy looking case with an alien head on it, but can that be all? I've heard some people talk about support/warranty/testing from AW or Origin, but a lot of the Clevo builders have the same high reputation across the web.
So what else might it be? They're all using the same brand HDD, and CPU, and Video and Memory. Do the premium brand builders have access to their own lines of motherboard components or displays? Is there something else I'm not aware of that drives the price up so much?
tl;dr - I don't mind paying extra for better equipment that's worth the money, but I don't want to pay extra only for a brand-name and fancy chassis. Is it worth buying a premium brand?
Thanks in advance!
-Ben
I've been researching a high-end gaming laptop and I'm narrowing down my choices but I still have outstanding questions about the "premium" brand name laptops versus the Sager or Clevo setups.
The price differential is really what is confuses me. I can build a Sager/Clevo model for anywhere from $1800-$2000, depending on vendor and specific choices I make.
Similarly specc'ed models from Alienware, or even Origin (which is just a Clevo builder) run $300 or more higher. The most egregious example is the MSI GT70 at $2800.
I know that obviously name-recognition plays into it: people will pay more for a fancy looking case with an alien head on it, but can that be all? I've heard some people talk about support/warranty/testing from AW or Origin, but a lot of the Clevo builders have the same high reputation across the web.
So what else might it be? They're all using the same brand HDD, and CPU, and Video and Memory. Do the premium brand builders have access to their own lines of motherboard components or displays? Is there something else I'm not aware of that drives the price up so much?
tl;dr - I don't mind paying extra for better equipment that's worth the money, but I don't want to pay extra only for a brand-name and fancy chassis. Is it worth buying a premium brand?
Thanks in advance!
-Ben