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Hi, i've just ordered my first ever custom build laptop.
After a lot of digging online i have to say pcspecialist seemed to be the best i could find in terms of pricing.
Now i have looked around a lot, and i found some really nice machines but the pricetags were incredibly high, so much so that i actually decided to stick with Pcspecialist yet increase the specs i was after as i could get less power for MORE money in a lot of cases, so, in the end i went for this:
Vortex III: 17.3" Matte Full HD LED Widescreen (1920x1080)
Intel® Core™i7 Quad Core Mobile Processor i7-3840QM (2.80GHz) 8MB
32GB SAMSUNG 1600MHz SODIMM DDR3 MEMORY (4 x 8GB)
NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 675MX - 4.0GB DDR5 Video RAM - DirectX® 11
Memory - 1st Hard Disk 320GB WD SCORPIO BLACK WD3200BEKT, SATA 3 Gb/s, 16MB CACHE (7200 rpm)
2nd Hard Disk 320GB WD SCORPIO BLACK WD3200BEKT, SATA 3 Gb/s, 16MB CACHE (7200 rpm)
(RAID 1 (MIRRORED VOLUME - 2 x same size & model HDD / SSD) )
20GB INTEL® 313 mSATA SSD - SLC CACHE DRIVE- SPEED UP HDD
4x BLURAY ROM, 8x DVD ±R/±RW & CYBERLINK SOFTWARE
ARCTIC MX-4 EXTREME THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY COMPOUND
GIGABIT LAN & KILLER™ 1202 WIRELESS GAMING 802.11N + BLUETOOTH 4.0
Windows 7 Professional 64 Bit w/SP1 - inc DVD & Licence
It should be a really powerful laptop, and pretty much future proof for the next five years in terms of games/program requirements, however there is one concern:
The sound quality.
I have read quite a few reviews and a lot all say the same, the sound quality sucks!!
the most common comment is that it is "tinny"
i was really disappointed that there was no option to install a sound card/software to fix this problem.
On my current laptop i have a conextant high defintion smartaudio HD2 sound system, and the sound is -great-
It has a set of altec lancing speakers and the quality is really good.
however no such option was availible with the vortex series off pcspecialist.
i am wondering just how bad the sound really is, and is the Sound Blaster® X-Fi™ MB2 software would be worth buying to try and improve this.
I am also curious to know if i would be able to rip out the conextant sound card ( i believe its a soundcard and not software...) and install it on the new laptop?
My technical knowledge isnt great so anyone out there who knows about these things and can offer tips/advice would be really welcome!
After a lot of digging online i have to say pcspecialist seemed to be the best i could find in terms of pricing.
Now i have looked around a lot, and i found some really nice machines but the pricetags were incredibly high, so much so that i actually decided to stick with Pcspecialist yet increase the specs i was after as i could get less power for MORE money in a lot of cases, so, in the end i went for this:
Vortex III: 17.3" Matte Full HD LED Widescreen (1920x1080)
Intel® Core™i7 Quad Core Mobile Processor i7-3840QM (2.80GHz) 8MB
32GB SAMSUNG 1600MHz SODIMM DDR3 MEMORY (4 x 8GB)
NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 675MX - 4.0GB DDR5 Video RAM - DirectX® 11
Memory - 1st Hard Disk 320GB WD SCORPIO BLACK WD3200BEKT, SATA 3 Gb/s, 16MB CACHE (7200 rpm)
2nd Hard Disk 320GB WD SCORPIO BLACK WD3200BEKT, SATA 3 Gb/s, 16MB CACHE (7200 rpm)
(RAID 1 (MIRRORED VOLUME - 2 x same size & model HDD / SSD) )
20GB INTEL® 313 mSATA SSD - SLC CACHE DRIVE- SPEED UP HDD
4x BLURAY ROM, 8x DVD ±R/±RW & CYBERLINK SOFTWARE
ARCTIC MX-4 EXTREME THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY COMPOUND
GIGABIT LAN & KILLER™ 1202 WIRELESS GAMING 802.11N + BLUETOOTH 4.0
Windows 7 Professional 64 Bit w/SP1 - inc DVD & Licence
It should be a really powerful laptop, and pretty much future proof for the next five years in terms of games/program requirements, however there is one concern:
The sound quality.
I have read quite a few reviews and a lot all say the same, the sound quality sucks!!
the most common comment is that it is "tinny"
i was really disappointed that there was no option to install a sound card/software to fix this problem.
On my current laptop i have a conextant high defintion smartaudio HD2 sound system, and the sound is -great-
It has a set of altec lancing speakers and the quality is really good.
however no such option was availible with the vortex series off pcspecialist.
i am wondering just how bad the sound really is, and is the Sound Blaster® X-Fi™ MB2 software would be worth buying to try and improve this.
I am also curious to know if i would be able to rip out the conextant sound card ( i believe its a soundcard and not software...) and install it on the new laptop?
My technical knowledge isnt great so anyone out there who knows about these things and can offer tips/advice would be really welcome!
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