February 28, 2011
Dustin Sklavos

AVADirect's Clevo P170HM with GeForce GTX 485M: High-End You've Been Waiting For

Outside of the hugely expensive GPU upgrade, all of the prices at AVADirect are very competitive with what you'd pay on Newegg.com, so we can't fault them here. Whether it's NVIDIA raking in the bucks on the 485M, or vendors taking a nice cut—or very likely some of each!—the fact is that you're getting a very capable gaming notebook.

CONFIGURATION

Radeon™ HD 6990 2GB GDDR5 Mobile Graphics Card for P170HM
Clevo Notebook Graphics Modules
ATI Radeon™ HD 6990 2GB GDDR5 Mobile Graphics Card for P170HM
8GB Kit (2 x 4GB) DDR3 1333MHz, PC3-10600, CL9 (9-9-9-24) 1.5V, Non-ECC, SO-DIMM Memory
DDR3-1333 SODIMM Memory
CORSAIR 8GB Kit (2 x 4GB) DDR3 1333MHz, PC3-10600, CL9 (9-9-9-24) 1.5V, Non-ECC, SO-DIMM Memory
1TB Blue WD10JPVX, 5400 RPM, SATA 6Gb/s, 8MB cache, 2.5-Inch HDD
SATA Notebook Hard Drives
WESTERN DIGITAL 1TB Blue WD10JPVX, 5400 RPM, SATA 6Gb/s, 8MB cache, 2.5-Inch HDD