After months of waiting and decision making, I have finally bitten the bullet and ordered a SkyfireII.
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Thread: Gone and done it!
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29-04-12, 05:35 #1Member Reputation: 4
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Gone and done it!
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02-05-12, 12:05 #2New Member Reputation: 1
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What spec did you go for?
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02-05-12, 17:23 #3Member Reputation: 4
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Chassis & Display SkyFire:17.3" Glossy Full HD LED Widescreen (1920x1080)
Processor (CPU) Intel® Core™i7 Quad Core Mobile Processor i7-3610QM (2.30GHz) 6MB
Memory (RAM) 8GB SAMSUNG 1333MHz SODIMM DDR3 MEMORY (2 x 4GB)
Graphics Card nVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 670M - 1.5GB DDR5 Video RAM - DirectX® 11
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)
Thermal Paste ARCTIC MX-4 EXTREME THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY COMPOUND (£9)
Network Facilities GIGABIT LAN & KILLER™ 1102 WIRELESS GAMING 802.11N NETWORK CARD
Operating System Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium 64 Bit - inc DVD & Licence (£79)
Warranty 3 Year Silver Warranty (1 Year Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour) (£5)
My budget restricted me a bit on the hard drive as I wanted the 750GB MOMENTUS XT HYBRID, or a 120GB INTEL 330 SERIES SSD and a 500GB SATA HDD (5,400) combination, so I settled for the 750GB WD SCORPIO BLACK.
Just got an e-mail today confirming the laptop is Build- so excitement / anticipation levels are increasing !!!!!
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02-05-12, 22:45 #4New Member Reputation: 1
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Nice laptop
I would be interested to here how it runs when you get it.. Well if you can prise yourself away from gaming on it to update us
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03-05-12, 22:08 #5Enthusiast Reputation: 246
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I just received mine a few days ago, and I have to say it's pretty epic. The pictures on its page don't do it justice at all, it looks really good and it runs beautifully
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03-05-12, 22:16 #6Rising Star Reputation: 316
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Congratulations :] At the Skyfire II price the system is practically a steal
Vortex II 15 | i7 2720QM | 8GB DDR3 1333 | Nvidia Geforce GTX 485M 2.0GB | 750GB 7.2k RPM HDD | 1920x1080 95% AUO Matte
Vortex II 17 | i7 2670QM | 8GB DDR3 1333 | Nvidia Geforce GTX 580M 2.0GB | 2x 750GB 7.2k RPM HDD | 1920x1080 72% AUO Matte
Vortex III 17 | i7 3720QM | 8GB DDR3 1600 | Nvidia Geforce GTX 680M 4.0GB | 750GB + 1TB 7.2k RPM HDDs | 1920x1080 72% AUO Matte
Previous owner of the Clevo W860CU, x8100 and MSI GX660R
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03-05-12, 22:23 #7Enthusiast Reputation: 246
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I know
, I was going to wait for a gt650m system but the price was too good to resist, especially since I didn't have to wait even longer...
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04-05-12, 05:47 #8Member Reputation: 4
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second day in build... suddenly I may have a conflict with the possible delivery date due to bank holiday weekend and away from home with work for 2 days. Fingers crossed my work schedule and delivery date will not clash.
I was still a little unsure of going to a 17.3 inch screen, but my budget sort of forced the issue when the Vortex III came out, and I probably don't really need the "top of a range, all whistling and dancing killer gaming laptop" but I am sure the skyfire will fit the bill for my requirements.
To Tom6561 grtz on laptop- enjoy and cannot wait to see your review on it. Seeing you getting your model just ups the anti on mine!.
To Dangro474 and Musicguy and PSC I have to thank you all for your suggestions and help in me coming to the hard decision of placing an order.Last edited by Yevad; 04-05-12 at 06:00.
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04-05-12, 16:22 #9Member Reputation: 4
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I am impressed... In Testing by the 5th working day!
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