Juat ordered my laptop

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katana6434

Member
Hi all

I have been after a laptop for a while. Was looking at Kobalt as I really prefer the matte screens rather than the glossy ones and PCs didn't stock them. I was really put off ordering through them though because of all the horroe stories that I have heard.

It just so happens that I checked back on PCs websites and Matte screens have became available, yay... :), and also the 580 became available, talk about good timing.

So over the weekend I have ordered the following:

Chassis & Display
Vortex II: 17.3" Matte Full HD LED Widescreen (1920x1080) (£89)
Processor (CPU)
Intel® Core™i7 Quad Core Mobile Processor i7-2630QM (2.00GHz) 6MB Cache
Memory (RAM)
8GB SAMSUNG 1333MHz SODIMM DDR3 MEMORY (2 x 4GB)
Graphics Card
2.0GB nVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 580M - DirectX® 11 (17.3" Vortex II)
Memory - 1st Hard Disk
750GB WD SCORPIO BLACK WD7500BPKT, SATA 3 Gb/s, 16MB CACHE (7200 rpm)
2nd Hard Disk
120GB INTEL® 510 SERIES SSD, SATA 6 Gb/s (upto 450MB/sR | 210MB/sW)
1st DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
SONY BD-5730S 6x BLURAY WRITER & CYBERLINK SOFTWARE (£108)
Memory Card Reader
Internal 9 in 1 Card Reader (MMC/RSMMC/SD: Mini, XC & HC/MS: Pro & Duo)
Sound Card
Intel 5.1 Channel High Definition Audio + SPDIF/MIC/Headphone Jack
Network Facilities
GIGABIT LAN & INTEL® CENTRINO® ADVANCED-N 6230 inc BLUETOOTH
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
NO OPERATING SYSTEM REQUIRED
Office Software
NO OFFICE SOFTWARE
Anti-Virus
NO ANTI-VIRUS SOFTWARE
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)
Delivery
STANDARD INSURED DELIVERY TO UK MAINLAND (MON-FRI)
Build Time
Standard Build - Approximately 5 to 7 working days


Really looking forward to receiving this beauty. This should last me a good couple of years.

No, I just need PCS to hurry up and build it... :)
 
DeadEyeDuk

DeadEyeDuk

Superhero Level Poster
Looks like a beast!

I take back what I said in your other thread...I dont know much about laptops, but not sure anyone can suggest much more than that?! :D
 
Flucky

Flucky

Well-known member
Very nice, will handle like a dream. Massive fan of the intel 510 series :D not got one myself though :(
580 is a beast.
 
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katana6434

Member
Thats what I'm hoping.

I'm a fan of the Intel SSD's myself. Have an Intel G2 SSD in my main PC. Works really well. I'm expecting the 510 to perform really well (Hopefully).

I will be putting the 580 through it's paces once I get it.
 
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chrsmi431

Member
Any reason why the SSD is your second drive ?
I just ordered my laptop on here after a 3 month horror story with Kobalt - believe me you made the right choice m8
 
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katana6434

Member
Any reason why the SSD is your second drive ?
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No not really. I haven't ordered an OS so PCS will not be installing anything on it. I will make sure Windows gets installed on the correct drive when I install it.

I've read nothing but bad stories about Kobalt with their lead times. I don't understand how they can consistently do that and still get customers.
 
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Wozza63

Biblical Poster
its called covering up the evidence, if this wasnt the first site i found on google during my search it may have been Kobalt for me and i probably wouldnt have known any different, i bet they rarely get customers return for a second PC
 
vanthus

vanthus

Member Resting in Peace
katana6434 said:
No not really. I haven't ordered an OS so PCS will not be installing anything on it. I will make sure Windows gets installed on the correct drive when I install it.
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Pretty sure PCS installs windows on first drive whether you order it or not,
so,may be best to watch out for that.
 
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katana6434

Member
vanthus said:
Pretty sure PCS installs windows on first drive whether you order it or not,
so,may be best to watch out for that.
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Is that just for testing. I am assuming that I will not be receiving the laptop with windows...

I will swap the hard drives around if need be.
 
Rakk

Rakk

The Awesome
Moderator
katana6434 said:
Is that just for testing. I am assuming that I will not be receiving the laptop with windows...
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Yes, just for testing.
The installation is generally left on I believe, but given it's only using a license for testing you would be severely limited in what you could use it for anyways (and it may also have a time limit on it as well - not sure of the exact details), but it should be easily removable anyway.
 
vanthus

vanthus

Member Resting in Peace
I believe It's is a normal windows 7 home premium.according to previous threads,Just needs a valid OEM key.
 
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katana6434

Member
Thats an interesting way to do it. Not that it matters. I have my own copy of Windows that I will be installing.

Out of interest, do PCs supply a CD with the drivers on it, or is it a matter of just downloading them.
 
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