Discountlaptops.com sells quite a few ODM models at a nice savings. They won't have the status models like Vaio's that get custom shells but you can choose any set of options at whatever performance. You'll recognize several as models resold by HP/Compaq, Dell, et al.
Bryndian_Dhai, I also have a ze5170. It's gone back twice. It's on its 3rd motherboard, 2nd set of fans, 2nd keyboard, 2nd touchpad. The screen has always flickered. They've been very good about handling the problems but none of the motherboards have been able to handle more than one DIMM at a time (theirs or mine) without crashing within 30minutes. It has served my basic requirements but I'm glad it was cheap!
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