Another Windows 7 Gaming laptop in AVADirect Clevo D900F

We have previously posted about the EUROCOM M980NU XCaliber gaming notebook as a high end laptop that can go head to head with Alienware’s M17x gaming laptop series. Also, my article titled “Windows 7 Extreme Gaming with EUROCOM M980NU XCaliber” first looked into a powerful laptop that Windows 7 loves to boosts its performance with its hardware optimization abilities.

Today, we are going to look into another high end laptop in AVADirect Clevo D900F. Again you can customize this laptop and the various specifications that you can choose from are as follows:

Processors

Core i7 920 (4×2.66GHz+HTT, 45nm, 4.8GT/s QPI, 130W)
Core i7 940 (4×2.93GHz+HTT, 45nm, 4.8GT/s QPI, 130W)
Core i7 950 (4×3.06GHz+HTT, 45nm, 4.8GT/s QPI, 130W)
Core i7 975 (4×3.33GHz+HTT, 45nm, 6.4GT/s QPI, 130W)
Xeon L5506, L5520, E5540, X5550, X5560, or W5580

Chipset

Intel X58+ICH10R

Memory

From 2×1GB DDR3-1066 to 3×4096MB DDR3-1066
2×2GB DDR3-1333 supported
3×2048MB DDR3-1066 CL7 as configured

Graphics

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280M 1GB GDDR3

Display

17.1″ CCFL Glossy WUXGA (1920×1200)

Hard drives

Up to three HDDs/SSDs with optional RAID 0/1/5

Optical drives

8x DVDR SuperMulti
Blu-ray Reader/DVDRW Combo
Blu-ray Recorder/DVDRW

Networking

Realtek Gigabit Ethernet (RTL8168/8111 PCI-E)
Intel Wifi Link 5300 AGN WiFi
Bluetooth v2.1+EDR
56K Modem

Audio

6-Channel Realtek ALC662-GR HD Audio
(4 stereo speakers with four audio jacks+digital out)

Battery Adapter

12-Cell 95.04Whr, 14.4V, 6600mAh
220W Power Brick

Front side

4 x Audio/Microphone jacks

Left side

MS/MS Pro/SD/MMC reader
BDROM/DVDR Combo Drive
ExpressCard/54
1 x Mini FireWire
Gigabit Ethernet
56K Modem
Optional TV Tuner Input
1 x eSATA
HDMI

Right Side

4 x USB 2.0
Kensington Lock

Back side

4 x Heat Exhaust
Dual-Link DVI
Power Adapter

Operating system

Windows Vista, Windows 7, Redhat Linux, or Ubuntu

Dimensions

15.63″ x 11.73″ x 2.01-2.50″ (WxDxH)

Weight

11.88 lbs (with 12-cell battery)

Extras

2.0MP Webcam
99-Key Keyboard with 10-Key
5 customizable/programmable buttons

Warranty

1-year standard Warranty
3-year extended warranty available

Price

Starting at ~$2500 online.
Tested configuration priced at $3894.

As you can see the parts of this computer is very powerful that could provide years of gaming satisfaction, the only drawback on this is the price tag which starts at $2500 USD. The Alienware starting hardware is only at $1700 USD although the high end price of Alienware reaches around $6000 USD compared to the $3894 high scale price of Clevo.

Do you think the price of this hardware is reasonable? Do you have the budget to get one? Would you load Windows 7 on it?

Go ahead and look at the official page of the Clevo D900F.

Image from AVADirect.