New laptop.

[masyarrum]

Chassis & Display
Vortex Series: 17.3" Matte Full HD LED Widescreen (1920x1080)

Processor (CPU)
Intel® Core™i7 Quad Core Mobile Processor i7-4710MQ (2.50GHz) 6MB

Memory (RAM)
8GB KINGSTON HYPER-X IMPACT 1600MHz SODIMM DDR3 (1 x 8GB)

Graphics Card
NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 970M - 6.0GB DDR5 Video RAM - DirectX® 11
Free Item: FREE WITCHER 3: WILD HUNT Game with Select GTX 9 Series GPUs! (Isn't 6GB a bit overkill?? Why can't I have 3GB?)

Memory - Hard Disk
1TB Samsung 850 EVO SSD, SATA 6Gb/s (upto 540MB/sR | 520MB/sW)

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 & KILLER™ 1202 WIRELESS GAMING 802.11N + BLUETOOTH 4.0

USB Options
3 x USB 3.0 PORTS + 1 x USB 2.0 PORT AS STANDARD

Firewire
1 X 1394a FIREWIRE PORT

Battery
Vortex 17.3" Series 8 Cell Lithium Ion Battery (5,200 mAh/76.96WH)

Power Lead & Adaptor
1 x UK Power Lead & 230W AC Adaptor

Keyboard Language
INTEGRATED BACKLIT UK KEYBOARD WITH NUMBER PAD

Operating System
Genuine Windows 8.1 64 Bit - inc DVD & Licence (£79)

Windows 10 Upgrade
FREE Upgrade to Windows 10 with all Windows 7 & Windows 8.1 Purchases*

Office Software
FREE 30 Day Trial of Microsoft® Office® 365

Anti-Virus
BULLGUARD INTERNET SECURITY - FREE 90 DAY TRIAL

Notebook Mouse
INTEGRATED 2 BUTTON TOUCHPAD MOUSE

Webcam
INTEGRATED 2.0 MEGAPIXEL WEBCAM

Warranty
3 Year Standard Warranty (1 Month Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour)

Insurance
1 Month Free Laptop Insurance inc. Accidental Damage & Theft

Delivery
STANDARD INSURED DELIVERY TO UK MAINLAND (MON-FRI)

Build Time
Standard Build - Approximately 7 to 9 working days



I have been looking to buy a new laptop for a while now, my one just now is awful for gaming and software. I need a laptop that can handle CFD (computational fluid dynamics) software for my uni course and be able to play high end games with ease. I also want it to be super fast.

Is this spec good? Is it a better laptop than an ASUS G751JT with the 256 SSD and 1TB HDD.

Should I upgrade the RAM to 16GB for the software? Or would 8GB be sufficient. Does this laptop get very loud or is it quiet?

Thanks

 

[keynes]

It looks good and if compare like for like should be cheaper than the asus. You could get a smaller ssd and an Scorpio black as a secondary drive to save money. I would also suggest at least silver warranty for £5.

 

[masyarrum]

Okay thanks. So what's your experience with the Vortex? Does it get annoyingly loud or anything..?

Also no issue with 8GB RAM rather than 16GB, for the software?

 

[keynes]

Okay thanks. So what's your experience with the Vortex? Does it get annoyingly loud or anything..?

Also no issue with 8GB rather than 16GB, for the software?

No, not loud. Never had an issue apart from a keyboard key that was my fault. I had an asus laptop and the motherboard died after a year. In terms of noise is silent when not gaming but gets loud at full load (as any other gaming laptop).

 

[masyarrum]

Thanks for your input, won't be getting it for a few weeks. Want to make a well informed decision! A lot of money ha

 

[masyarrum]

Also, is RAID worth it..? Cause I have no idea what it does

 

[SpyderTracks]

Also, is RAID worth it..? Cause I have no idea what it does

There are various different types, but it's either for creating mirrored drives, so data is mirrored accross multiple drives for redundancy, or for increasing write and read speed by writing different sections to different drives so you've got a 6gb file, it'll split it between 3 drives so effectively only writing 2 gb of data if you get what I mean.

In any case, for performance when it comes to general use nowadays with SSD's it's not required, but data redundancy can be handy.