I have been working a residential job on a 5-2 working schedule.  After struggling with support from Sager / Prostar (Clevo laptop resellers), I moved from laptop to Quiet PC.  This has been working great –  quite, reliable and dust free.  However, I am now in the process of changing jobs and most likely will need to travel 4-6 times a year, spending over six months away from home.  For privacy reasons, I need to have my own laptop to work on my projects and keep the data.

      I have recently replaced old Dell 27 In-Plane Switching (IPS) full high-definition light emitting diode (LED) monitors for ASUS 27″ ProArt PA279CV 4K IPS. It made a huge difference to eye strain. For my new laptop, I have developed the following minimum requirements:

– 3 Solid-State Drives (SSD) with two configured as Raid 1 (1 TB + 2x 4 TB)
– Reliable cooling
– 17-18’’ Display with higher than Full High-Definition resolution (greater than 1920×1080).

       I have to say that SSDs aren’t my first choice.  When used as a storage drive in a laptop 2.5-inch 4 TB conventional hard disk drive (HDD) costs around $170, while a 4 TB SSD costs over $400. An SSD adds no advantage, except better energy efficiency and higher speed transfer. Modern laptop manufacturers offer no laptops with 2 HDD drives with RAID 1 configuration. Ongoing SSD and Double Data Rate (DDR) memory price crisis might change it.

        I haven’t been following closely laptops development.  I have been surprised when the time has come to choose a new one – there is almost no independent reviews & tests of the modern laptops nor feedback from the users.  A lot of hidden advertisement or AI generated content, which adds no value nor brings insights.  This is a main motivation for this article /post to write firsthand experience with ordering and using SAGER NP9580S (Clevo X580WNS-G).

        I have been choosing between brands known to me – Clevo (Taiwanese brand) and Framework.  That where I hit a wall of no to very limited information.  I understood that despite the nice concept, Framework is a bit flimsy, offers a maximum of 2 SSD and only Quad High Definition (QHD) display (2K or 2560 x 1440). After extended research, I opted to buy SAGER NP9580S (Clevo X580WNS-G) in the following configuration:

• SAGER NP9580S Display Options – 18″ Ultra High Definition (UHD+) 200Hz, Wide View Angle, 100% DCI-P3, G-Sync Matte Display (3840×2400)

• GeForce RTX™ 5080  with 16 GB and Intel® Core™ Ultra 9 275HX

• Memory 32 GB DDR5 (2 x 16 GB)

• 1TB Samsung 990 Pro M.2 PCIe Gen 4 NVMe SSD

• Windows® 11 Pro 64-Bit Edition Preinstalled (Clean Install | Drivers Only | No Bloatware)

The configuration cost $3,539 USD, in addition I bought 2x4TB FireCuda 530R NVM without heatsinks at 540 USD each. Firecuda has much higher endurance & durability (5,000 TBW vs. Samsung 990 Pro as 2,400 TBW).

The curious thing about it is tech support and availability at “XOTICPC” and “Sager”. Sager doesn’t ship laptops to the country where I am in Middle East and (actually their website  doesn’t open without a VPN as USA).  The same configuration costs $3,424 on Sager’s website.  You have two choices—either to buy it on Amazon or via XoticPC.  XoticPC doesn’t provide any technical support or spare parts for the laptops; it merely resells Sager’s laptops worldwide for a fee of $115.  When I was choosing between two laptops, I was asking Aaron from XotiPC for two weeks to share manuals, but to no avail.

I ended up wiring money to XoticPC and after one week they managed to locate it in their bank account.

Here is the timeline:

• February 1^st – placed order with Xotic PC and paid.
• February 2^nd – order is cancelled (if you do wire transfer you get 3% discount)
• February 3^rd – wire transfer complete
• February 13^th – Xotic PC “clearing time”
• February 13^th order placed with Sager
• February 16^th  Sager shipped the order to Xotic PC
• February 20^th Xotic PC received the order
• February 20^th Order shipped by Xotic PC
• February 24^st Order left the USA (8 days the order travelled 2,565 miles or 13 mile per hour).
• March 1st The laptop arrived.

It takes one month from the payment date to receive the laptop. A significant part of it was XoticPC handling the purchase order SAGER NP9580S (Clevo X580WNS-G). Moreover, for any spare parts, technical support, I will need to go back to Sager. It appears that XoticPC is acting as an inefficient middleman, processing payments and charging $275 for worldwide shipping with UPS (6 business days delivery).

I experienced it firsthand when I tried to order a spare keyboard with my new laptop. The XoticPC directed me to Sager (as XoticPC doesn’t have any spare parts). XoticPC was not able to add it to my existing order, and Sager had self-imposed restrictions of not selling laptops and spare parts to many countries.  I was told that should something happen to my new laptop, I need to send it to XoticPC, and it will be sent to Sager…

While I am writing this, I am still perplexed that after over a year since the release date, I could find only one SAGER NP9580S (Clevo X580WNS-G) review. I understood that artificial intelligence kills blogging/online journalism by collecting all the data anonymously.

I have ordered my SAGER NP9580S (Clevo X580WNS-G) with InstaPak packaging; however, XoticPC forgot to add it to the order and do it. They just simply added the Sager box into the XoticPC box by loosely wrapping in in bubble wrap.

SAGER NP9580S (Clevo X580WNS-G) laptop is thinner than its P775TM1 (GTX 1080), but it also feels flimsier—all the plastic is thinner, and the laptop is flexing a lot.

SAGER NP9580S (Clevo X580WNS-G) back cover—it needs a lot of air. A laptop stand is highly recommended. I am using an IETS GT600 which has a filter at the inlet. It helps to reduce the amount of dust going into the laptop.

To install an additional SSD to the SAGER NP9580S (Clevo X580WNS-G) you need to unscrew all the bolts around entire perimeter.  It looks like that back cover is in two pieces, but it is not. After. You need to pop open the cover.  Also need to be careful, as the plastic is very thin.

It can be seen on the left-hand side that one of the SSD is installed over the Intel BE200 Wi-Fi chip. On the right-hand side is the next system Samsung 990 PRO. The cooling is suboptimal. While copying 100 GB worth of data is fast, the SSD next to the system drive heats up to 63C (145F) and in the warning zone. Surprisingly, the laptop fans remain quiet, and I have to increase the IETS GT600 fan speed to 1,200 rpm to control the temperature.

There is not enough space even for a thin SSD thermal pad.

I selected to remove all the branding by XoticPC with my order. It wasn’t done, and subsequently I was advised to remove it myself with a hairdryer.  BIOS branding isn’t removable, I was led to believe.

The laptop comes without any drivers or Windows distribution, just a pre-installed OS.   The drivers are 10GB and Windows 11 64-bit distributive is another 15 GB.

After three weeks the laptop is O.K. with the usual concerns—everything is thinner, flimsier.  P775TM1-G cost $2,399 in 2019. SAGER NP9580S (Clevo X580WNS-G)  laptop in 2026 cost me $4,500.  For all intents and purposes, it is exactly the same to me—it brings no improvement to productivity.