My early birthday present to myself :)

Just order this for my birthday in the next couple of weeks. I also am very happy that I got it VAT & Del free

Chassis & Display
Vortex II: 17.3" Glossy Full HD LED Widescreen (1920x1080)
Processor (CPU)
Intel® Core™i7 Quad Core Mobile Processor i7-2760QM (2.40GHz) 6MB
Memory (RAM)
8GB SAMSUNG 1333MHz SODIMM DDR3 MEMORY (2 x 4GB)
Graphics Card
2GB AMD® Radeon® HD 6990M - DirectX® 11 (17.3" Vortex II)
Memory - 1st Hard Disk
750GB WD SCORPIO BLACK WD7500BPKT, SATA 3 Gb/s, 16MB CACHE (7200 rpm)
1st DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
8x SATA DVD±R/RW/Dual Layer (+ 24x CD-RW)
Memory Card Reader
Internal 9 in 1 Card Reader (MMC/RSMMC/SD: Mini, XC & HC/MS: Pro & Duo)
Thermal Paste
ARCTIC COOLING MX-3 HIGH THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY COMPOUND (£9)
Sound Card
Intel 5.1 Channel High Definition Audio + SPDIF/MIC/Headphone Jack
Network Facilities
GIGABIT LAN & INTEL® CENTRINO® ULTIMATE-N 6300 WIRELESS upto 450Mbps
USB Options
2 x USB 3.0 PORTS + 2 x USB 2.0 PORTS AS STANDARD
Battery
Vortex Series 8 Cell Lithium Ion Battery (3,800 mAh)
Power Lead & Adaptor
1 x UK Power Lead & 220W AC Adaptor
Operating System
Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium 64 Bit - inc DVD & Licence (£79)
Office Software
NO OFFICE SOFTWARE
Anti-Virus
NO ANTI-VIRUS SOFTWARE
Mouse
LOGITECH® OPTICAL USB MOUSE (£5)
Webcam
INTEGRATED 2.0 MEGAPIXEL WEBCAM
Warranty
3 Year Silver Warranty (1 Year Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour) (£5)
Dead Pixel Guarantee
1 Year Dead Pixel Guarantee Inc. Labour & Carriage Costs (£19)
Delivery
BFPO (BRITISH FORCES POST OFFICE) (FREE)
Build Time
Standard Build - Approximately 5 to 7 working days
Quantity
1

Price: £1,250.83 including VAT and delivery.

Regards Jim

That looks great man! Hope you enjoy it.

Cheers mate. I thought it was a decent comprimise between price and performance. I was really tempted with another HDD and RAID but i suppose i can upgrade that at a later date.
I've currently got a 5400rpm HDD so im hoping ill see a nice increase from 7200rpm.
Also do you reckon 64bit Windows 7 was a wise choice?

Regards Jim

jamfir said:

Also do you reckon 64bit Windows 7 was a wise choice?

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Over 32-bit Win7 definitely, with the 32-bit version you would only be able to see 3-4GB of your RAM in total, so the extra RAM would be a waste.
As well as that theres probably a lot more stuff that takes advantage of the 64-bit technology than there used to be.

Thanks Rakk.
I tried 64bit Vista a couple of years ago and it didnt seem to be any better. Thought I would take the plunge seens as i was ordering from new.

Happy birthday for sure! How did you get it VAT free?

Being in the Armed forces m8 and working in the Netherlands.

Ah - a considerable price to pay!

Hehe, yeah! my post afgan treat to myself