Laptop for DJ use [well turntables mainly but some laptop work and mix recording]

[Sparky68]

Chassis & Display
Enigma III 540: 15.6" Matte HD LED Widescreen (1366x768)
Processor (CPU)
Intel® Core™i5 Dual Core Mobile Processor i5-2450M (2.50GHz) 3MB
Memory (RAM)
8GB SAMSUNG 1333MHz SODIMM DDR3 MEMORY (2 x 4GB)
Graphics Card
nVIDIA® GeForce® GT 540M - 2GB DDR3 Video RAM - DirectX® 11
Memory - 1st Hard Disk
500GB SERIAL ATA II 2.5" HARD DRIVE WITH 8MB CACHE (5,400rpm)
1st DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
8x SATA DVD±R/RW/Dual Layer (+ 24x CD-RW)
Memory Card Reader
Integrated 3 in 1 Memory Card Reader (SD, MMC, MS)
Sound Card
Intel 2 Channel High Definition Audio + MIC/Headphone Jack Changed to the Creative Sound Blaster® X-Fi™ HD-Audiophile-Grade Sound External
Network Facilities
ENIGMA GIGABIT LAN & WIRELESS 802.11N + BLUETOOTH 3.0
USB Options
1 x USB 3.0 PORT + 2 x USB 2.0 PORTS AS STANDARD
Battery
Enigma Series 6 Cell Lithium Ion Battery (5,200 mAH)
Power Lead & Adaptor
1 x UK Power Lead & 120W 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
Keyboard & Mouse
INTEGRATED UK KEYBOARD
Mouse
INTEGRATED 2 BUTTON TOUCHPAD MOUSE
Webcam
INTEGRATED 1.3 MEGAPIXEL WEBCAM
Warranty
3 Year Standard Warranty (1 Month Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour)
Delivery
STANDARD INSURED DELIVERY TO UK MAINLAND (MON-FRI)
Build Time
Standard Build - Approximately 6 to 8 working days
Quantity
1

Should be upto the job?

 

[Buzz]

I would go for a faster SSD instead of your 500GB SERIAL ATA II 2.5" HARD DRIVE WITH 8MB CACHE (5,400rpm) choice. Especially for music recording.

I use Reason and Cubase and they worked on my old system so the above system you have will work for sure (also mate is DJ and uses a Sony Vaio lol but it works fine with Ableton), BUT as soon as I changed to an SSD I get far better performance. They all load instantaneously and I can open far more devices/mixers etc etc at same time.

 

[Sparky68]

I would go for a faster SSD instead of your 500GB SERIAL ATA II 2.5" HARD DRIVE WITH 8MB CACHE (5,400rpm) choice. Especially for music recording.

I use Reason and Cubase and they worked on my old system so the above system you have will work for sure (also mate is DJ and uses a Sony Vaio lol but it works fine with Ableton), BUT as soon as I changed to an SSD I get far better performance. They all load instantaneously and I can open far more devices/mixers etc etc at same time.

Most of the mixing software etc is on my media pc [which has a 80gb SSD] , this laptop will mainly run Virtual DJ and record mixes direct from the turntables.