Hello Everyone!
Today is a happy day, I found this website a while ago and with a budget of £800 I got to work. Although it has taken me a week and my greediness has spiralled out of control. I started off toying with the Voyager and after speccing it up found myself over budget at £950... Then it hit me, well if I'm going to spend that much maybe I could do with a better chassis, so I rolled along from Skyfire to Optimus and finally landed with this:
Chassis & Display
Vortex Series: 17.3" Matte Full HD LED Widescreen (1920x1080)
Processor (CPU)
Intel® Core™i7 Quad Core Mobile Processor i7-3630QM (2.40GHz) 6MB
Memory (RAM)
8GB KINGSTON HYPER-X GENESIS 1600MHz SODIMM DDR3 (2 x 4GB)
Graphics Card
NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 670M - 1.5GB DDR5 Video RAM - DirectX® 11
Memory - 1st Hard Disk
120GB INTEL® 520 SERIES SSD, SATA 6 Gb/s (upto 550MB/sR | 520MB/sW)
2nd Hard Disk
750GB WD SCORPIO BLACK WD7500BPKT, SATA 3 Gb/s, 16MB CACHE (7200 rpm)
1st DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
4x BLURAY ROM, 8x DVD ±R/±RW & CYBERLINK SOFTWARE
Memory Card Reader
Internal 9 in 1 Card Reader (MMC/RSMMC/SD: Mini, XC & HC/MS: Pro & Duo)
Thermal Paste
ARCTIC MX-4 EXTREME THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY COMPOUND (£9)
Sound Card
Intel 5.1 Channel High Definition Audio + SPDIF/MIC/Headphone Jack
Network Facilities
GIGABIT LAN & WIRELESS INTEL® ULTIMATE-N 6300 (450Mbps)
USB Options
3 x USB 3.0 PORTS + 1 x USB 2.0 PORT AS STANDARD
Firewire
1 X 1394a FIREWIRE PORT
Battery
Vortex Series 8 Cell Lithium Ion Battery (5,200 mAh/76.96WH)
Power Lead & Adaptor
1 x European Power Lead & 220W AC Adaptor
Operating System
Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium 64 Bit w/SP1 - inc DVD & Licence (£79)
Office Software
NO OFFICE SOFTWARE
Anti-Virus
NO ANTI-VIRUS SOFTWARE
Keyboard & Mouse
INTEGRATED BACKLIT UK KEYBOARD WITH NUMBER PAD
Mouse
INTEGRATED 2 BUTTON TOUCHPAD MOUSE
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
30 Day Dead Pixel Guarantee Inc. Labour & Carriage Costs (£12)
Intel Anti-Theft Technology
FREE 90 Day Intel Anti-Theft Trial - Prevent Data Access upon Theft
Delivery
2 - 6 DAY DELIVERY TO EUROPE (COUNTRY DEPENDANT) (£29)
Build Time
Standard Build - Approximately 7 to 9 working days
Quantity
1
Price: £1,236.00 including VAT and delivery.
Unique URL to re-configure: http://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/quotes/vortexIII-17/BoNzkegmHP/
Yes I know, I think there is a very good chance that upon reading this I will not be getting any of your votes should I ever run for Chancellor of the Exchequer however that £436 overspend has been made up of lots of little increases that I have justified to myself using delusion and rationale fit for any Tory minister. Now all I need is some circular backslapping from you guys and I can try and forget that for the next few months I will be surviving on cheap rice and whatever foodstuffs I can scavenge from my housemates cupboards.
What do you think of the build? Also I am living in Spain, does anyone have any experience with the overseas shipping? The Spanish postal service is a complete joke so I hope the great courier reviews extend this far south!
I'm not really in a massive rush for this little beasty(Lies, all lies :yes
, is it possible that PCS can test and QA for an extra day or two to ensure there are no faults as I think I might cry (stomp around like Godzilla with a 3 day hangover) if I needed to ship it back?
Expectant and going hungry,
Cadwah
Today is a happy day, I found this website a while ago and with a budget of £800 I got to work. Although it has taken me a week and my greediness has spiralled out of control. I started off toying with the Voyager and after speccing it up found myself over budget at £950... Then it hit me, well if I'm going to spend that much maybe I could do with a better chassis, so I rolled along from Skyfire to Optimus and finally landed with this:
Chassis & Display
Vortex Series: 17.3" Matte Full HD LED Widescreen (1920x1080)
Processor (CPU)
Intel® Core™i7 Quad Core Mobile Processor i7-3630QM (2.40GHz) 6MB
Memory (RAM)
8GB KINGSTON HYPER-X GENESIS 1600MHz SODIMM DDR3 (2 x 4GB)
Graphics Card
NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 670M - 1.5GB DDR5 Video RAM - DirectX® 11
Memory - 1st Hard Disk
120GB INTEL® 520 SERIES SSD, SATA 6 Gb/s (upto 550MB/sR | 520MB/sW)
2nd Hard Disk
750GB WD SCORPIO BLACK WD7500BPKT, SATA 3 Gb/s, 16MB CACHE (7200 rpm)
1st DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
4x BLURAY ROM, 8x DVD ±R/±RW & CYBERLINK SOFTWARE
Memory Card Reader
Internal 9 in 1 Card Reader (MMC/RSMMC/SD: Mini, XC & HC/MS: Pro & Duo)
Thermal Paste
ARCTIC MX-4 EXTREME THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY COMPOUND (£9)
Sound Card
Intel 5.1 Channel High Definition Audio + SPDIF/MIC/Headphone Jack
Network Facilities
GIGABIT LAN & WIRELESS INTEL® ULTIMATE-N 6300 (450Mbps)
USB Options
3 x USB 3.0 PORTS + 1 x USB 2.0 PORT AS STANDARD
Firewire
1 X 1394a FIREWIRE PORT
Battery
Vortex Series 8 Cell Lithium Ion Battery (5,200 mAh/76.96WH)
Power Lead & Adaptor
1 x European Power Lead & 220W AC Adaptor
Operating System
Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium 64 Bit w/SP1 - inc DVD & Licence (£79)
Office Software
NO OFFICE SOFTWARE
Anti-Virus
NO ANTI-VIRUS SOFTWARE
Keyboard & Mouse
INTEGRATED BACKLIT UK KEYBOARD WITH NUMBER PAD
Mouse
INTEGRATED 2 BUTTON TOUCHPAD MOUSE
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
30 Day Dead Pixel Guarantee Inc. Labour & Carriage Costs (£12)
Intel Anti-Theft Technology
FREE 90 Day Intel Anti-Theft Trial - Prevent Data Access upon Theft
Delivery
2 - 6 DAY DELIVERY TO EUROPE (COUNTRY DEPENDANT) (£29)
Build Time
Standard Build - Approximately 7 to 9 working days
Quantity
1
Price: £1,236.00 including VAT and delivery.
Unique URL to re-configure: http://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/quotes/vortexIII-17/BoNzkegmHP/
Yes I know, I think there is a very good chance that upon reading this I will not be getting any of your votes should I ever run for Chancellor of the Exchequer however that £436 overspend has been made up of lots of little increases that I have justified to myself using delusion and rationale fit for any Tory minister. Now all I need is some circular backslapping from you guys and I can try and forget that for the next few months I will be surviving on cheap rice and whatever foodstuffs I can scavenge from my housemates cupboards.
What do you think of the build? Also I am living in Spain, does anyone have any experience with the overseas shipping? The Spanish postal service is a complete joke so I hope the great courier reviews extend this far south!
I'm not really in a massive rush for this little beasty(Lies, all lies :yes
, is it possible that PCS can test and QA for an extra day or two to ensure there are no faults as I think I might cry (stomp around like Godzilla with a 3 day hangover) if I needed to ship it back?Expectant and going hungry,
Cadwah