Laptop Spec

[Naught91]

Hey guys. Im thinking of buying a laptop between £500-660. I wonder if you could help me. Ive found this one laptop on laptopsdirect.

[Edit by Rakk: no competitor links allowed]

But, ive also used pcspecialist to configure this...


Chassis & Display
Enigma IV: 15.6" Glossy HD LED Backlit Widescreen (1366x768)
Processor (CPU)
Intel® Core™i5 Dual Core Mobile Processor i5-3230M (2.60GHz) 3MB
Memory (RAM)
8GB KINGSTON HYPER-X GENESIS 1600MHz SODIMM DDR3 (2 x 4GB)
Graphics Card
NVIDIA® GeForce® GT 650M - 2.0GB DDR3 Video RAM - DirectX® 11
Memory - Hard Disk
750GB WD SCORPIO BLACK WD7500BPKT, SATA 3 Gb/s, 16MB CACHE (7200 rpm)
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
SRS 2 Channel High Definition Audio + MIC/Headphone Jack
Bluetooth & Wireless
ENIGMA SERIES GIGABIT LAN & WIRELESS 802.11N + BLUETOOTH 3.0
USB Options
2 x USB 3.0 PORTS + 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 & 90W 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 Language
INTEGRATED UK KEYBOARD
Notebook Mouse
INTEGRATED 2 BUTTON TOUCHPAD MOUSE
Webcam
INTEGRATED 1.3 MEGAPIXEL WEBCAM
Warranty
3 Year Silver Warranty (1 Year Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour) (£5)
Insurance
1 Month Free Laptop Insurance inc. Accidental Damage & Theft

- £647

I was wondering whether the differences in ram, cpu and gpu justify the price difference. I will only be using the laptop for counterstrike source and fifa game wise so the tech doesn't have to be top notch.

 

[Toxophilix]

You won't get a lot of advice against PCS here since this is their forum, but objectively:

The features in the Enigma spec that are significant improvements are the graphics card (GT-650M vs 630M) and the hard disk (7200 RPM vs 5400). The CPUs are more or less the same - the 3230M is simply the newer replacement for the 3210M and has a marginally higher clock-speed.

The Enigma will play a much wider range of games at medium/high settings.

The Enigma would allow you to select a higher resolution (1920 x 1080) screen. 1366 x 768 is quite low-res for a 15.6" screen.

I notice that you have chosen Windows 7 in your PCS spec. You will get Windows 8 (like it or not) with the Z580 though. There's also a strong likelihood that the Z580 will come preloaded with bloatware, which PCS will not inflict on you.

Btw, out of the PCS range the Genesis is closer in spec to the Z580 than the Enigma.