My Laptop Spec

[Doods]

Chassis & Display Viper III: 18.4" Glossy Full HD LED Widescreen (1920x1080)
Processor (CPU) Intel® Core™i7 Quad Core Mobile Processor i7-2860QM (2.50GHz) 8MB
Memory (RAM) 12GB SAMSUNG 1600MHz SODIMM DDR3 MEMORY (3 x 4GB)
Graphics Card 2 x 1.5GB nVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 560M - DirectX® 11 (SLI)
Memory - 1st Hard Disk 750GB SEAGATE MOMENTUS XT HYBRID, SATA 6 Gb/s, 32MB CACHE (7200
rpm)
2nd Hard Disk 750GB SEAGATE MOMENTUS XT HYBRID, SATA 6 Gb/s, 32MB CACHE (7200
rpm)
RAID RAID 0 (STRIPED VOLUME - 2 x same size & model HDD / SSD) (£9)
1st DVD/BLU-RAY Drive SONY BD-5750H 6x BLURAY WRITER & CYBERLINK SOFTWARE (£79)
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® ADVANCED-N 6230 (300Mbps) +
BLUETOOTH
USB Options 2 x USB 3.0 PORTS + 3 x USB 2.0 PORTS AS STANDARD
Battery Viper Series 8 Cell Lithium Ion Battery (4,700 mAh)
Power Lead & Adaptor 1 x UK Power Lead & 220W AC Adaptor
Operating System Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium 64 Bit - inc DVD & Licence

I upgrading from a sony vaio, as ive recently started playing SWTOR and was a bit of a WOW addict, but my graphics card didn't support SWTOR, so I found PCS and was very happy you could select what you wanted. Im not 100% sure my spec is the best I could have got for my money but whatever the case it will certainly crush my old laptop to death in the gaming department and everyover department

 

[Doods]

Tried to delete this post and move the the correct thread, but can't see how to do it, apoligies for posting in the tech thread :stupid:

 

[AndyL]

TBH I would change quite a bit in that spec. This would be a better balanced spec (and its £90 cheaper):

Chassis & Display
Viper III: 18.4" Glossy Full HD LED Widescreen (1920x1080)
Processor (CPU)
Intel® Core™i7 Quad Core Mobile Processor i7-2760QM (2.40GHz) 6MB
Memory (RAM)
12GB SAMSUNG 1333MHz SODIMM DDR3 MEMORY (3 x 4GB)
Graphics Card
2 x 1.5GB nVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 560M - DirectX® 11 (SLI)
Memory - Hard Disk
240GB KINGSTON HYPERX SSD, SATA 6 Gb/s (upto 555MB/sR | 510MB/sW)
2nd 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
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
Bluetooth & Wireless
GIGABIT LAN & WIRELESS INTEL® ADVANCED-N 6230 (300Mbps) + BLUETOOTH
USB Options
2 x USB 3.0 PORTS + 3 x USB 2.0 PORTS AS STANDARD
Battery
Viper Series 8 Cell Lithium Ion Battery (4,700 mAh)
Power Lead & Adaptor
1 x UK Power Lead & 220W 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 Language
INTEGRATED UK KEYBOARD
Notebook 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 6 to 8 working days
Quantity
1

Price: £1,860.00 including VAT and delivery.

Configure Here: http://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/notebooks/viperIII/

 

[Doods]

Hi Andy, can you explain why it would provide a better balance to my spec that I selected, im not really looking for super fast loading speed to i opted to go for more hard drive than getting the ssd, also why would you select the 1333Mhz ram.

Cheers,

Doods

 

[AndyL]

I would downgrade the CPU because the performance difference between the 2760 and the 2860 is minimal and the price difference is huge! If you are buying this machine for gaming then you really wont notice any difference between the two.

I would get 1333MHz RAM because it will perform just as well as the 1600MHz RAM, unless you are overclocking.

And I would get an SSD+HDD combination rather than 2xHDD in RAID 0 becasue the SSD+HDD is not only faster, but it is also more reliable.

And top of all this you will save yourself £90 which you can spend on anything else you wanted such as peripherals like a nice gaming mouse or keyboard. Or you could upgrade the Warantee to Gold. Or of course a few pints each night until your machine is built and delivered

Hope this helps.

 

[Doods]

My new spec, ty for input Andy


Chassis & Display Viper III: 18.4" Glossy Full HD LED Widescreen (1920x1080)
Processor (CPU) Intel® Core™i7 Quad Core Mobile Processor i7-2860QM (2.50GHz) 8MB
Memory (RAM) 12GB SAMSUNG 1600MHz SODIMM DDR3 MEMORY (3 x 4GB)

Change to: 8GB KINGSTON HYPER-X GENESIS 1600MHz SODIMM DDR3 (2 x 4GB)
Graphics Card 2 x 1.5GB nVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 560M - DirectX® 11 (SLI)
2nd Graphics Card NONE
Memory - 1st Hard Disk 750GB SEAGATE MOMENTUS XT HYBRID, SATA 6 Gb/s, 32MB CACHE (7200 rpm)

Change to: 240GB KINGSTON HYPERX SSD, SATA 6 Gb/s (upto 555MB/sR | 510MB/sW)
2nd Hard Disk 750GB SEAGATE MOMENTUS XT HYBRID, SATA 6 Gb/s, 32MB CACHE (7200 rpm)
RAID RAID 0 (STRIPED VOLUME - 2 x same size & model HDD / SSD) (£9)

Change to: NONE
1st DVD/BLU-RAY Drive SONY BD-5750H 6x BLURAY WRITER & CYBERLINK SOFTWARE (£79)

Change to: 8x SATA DVD±R/RW/Dual Layer (+ 24x CD-RW)
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® ADVANCED-N 6230 (300Mbps) + BLUETOOTH
USB Options 2 x USB 3.0 PORTS + 3 x USB 2.0 PORTS AS STANDARD
Battery Viper Series 8 Cell Lithium Ion Battery (4,700 mAh)
Power Lead & Adaptor 1 x UK Power Lead & 220W 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
Laptop Cooling Stands NONE
Laptop Security NONE
Carry Case NONE
Monitor NONE
Keyboard & Mouse INTEGRATED UK KEYBOARD
Mouse INTEGRATED 2 BUTTON TOUCHPAD MOUSE
Speakers NONE
Webcam INTEGRATED 2.0 MEGAPIXEL WEBCAM
Headsets (VOIP) NONE
Surge Protection NONE
Printer NONE
External Hard Drive NONE
Warranty 3 Year Silver Warranty (1 Year Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour) (£5)
Home Installation NONE
Dead Pixel Guarantee NONE
Insurance 1 Month Free Laptop Insurance inc. Accidental Damage & Theft
Data Recovery NONE
Delivery STANDARD INSURED DELIVERY TO UK MAINLAND (MON-FRI)
Build Time Standard Build - Approximately 5 to 7 working days

 

[beanruz]

I gotta ask, with a 18.4inch Laptop at that price.. (which isn't exactly portable)

you could have a awesome Desktop for when your on a proper gaming session...

then a remotely good laptop for when your out and about.

 

[ellspeedy]

Iv been having that exact argument with myself beanruz, and i think i have eventually decided to go for the desktop and later get a cheapy laptop for when im on the move!
May be worth a thought Doods, unless you really need the mobility of a laptop (ie living in different locations)

 

[AndyL]

TBH there is still a lot of pointless money spent in that spec that you could either save or spend on other things such improving the warantee or getting a dead pixel garantee. The 1600MHz RAM will give you 0% performance gain and the i7-2860 will only give you 1-3 fps more in game than an i7-2760 would.

 

[Doods]

Mustafa @ PCS advised me to take 1600 ram as it would perform better, as for the desktop vrs laptop i have no place to put a desktop as it would just get trashed as i have 2 kids 3yrs old and 1 1/2 yrs, so having laptop makes more sense as i can remove it from the livingroom during the day. This is why im spending the money on the laptop

 

[AndyL]

Mustafa @ PCS advised me to take 1600 ram as it would perform better, as for the desktop vrs laptop i have no place to put a desktop as it would just get trashed as i have 2 kids 3yrs old and 1 1/2 yrs, so having laptop makes more sense as i can remove it from the livingroom during the day. This is why im spending the money on the laptop

TBH its the i7-2860 that is the biggest waste of money.

 

[Doods]

Can you explain the diffrences between the 2 off them, or are they very the same, as i could change a few things if there isn't much of a diffrence.

 

[Doods]

Processor (CPU) Intel® Core™i7 Quad Core Mobile Processor i7-2860QM (2.50GHz) 8MB ----To ---Intel® Core™i7 Quad Core Mobile Processor i7-2760QM (2.40GHz) 6MB

Network Facilities GIGABIT LAN & WIRELESS INTEL® ADVANCED-N 6230 (300Mbps) + BLUETOOTH ----To-- GIGABIT LAN & KILLER™ 1102 WIRELESS GAMING 802.11N NETWORK CARD

Warranty 3 Year Silver Warranty (1 Year Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour) (£5)----To----3 Year Gold Warranty (2 Year Collect & Return, 2 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour) (£69)

Dead Pixel Guarantee 1 Year Dead Pixel Guarantee Inc. Labour & Carriage Costs (£19)

and £50 back in the bank,

ty for the advise Andy

Doods

 

[AndyL]

the difference between the i7-2860 and the i7-2760 is only 0.1GHz which in terms of gaming performance is absolutely nothing at all (whereas the difference in cost is massive!)

If I were you then I would get the Intel 6300 instead of the GIGABIT LAN & KILLER™ 1102 WIRELESS GAMING 802.11N NETWORK CARD.

Other than that you will have one hell of a kick ass laptop