A. J. Simmons
Member
Had this laptop for over two weeks now and I'm very pleased with it, its the best laptop I've had so far and hoping it lasts me a few good years or more. I ended up getting the review copy of this laptop which saved me over £100 and came with extra bits I wouldn't of considered adding because of the added price. It is very fast but may get slightly hot when playing games so highly recommended to use a laptop stand and may even set the fans to max to take the heat off those CPUs.
Backlit keyboard is amazing and the keys ultra soft and responsive, has a very nice feel which is what I love. The chassis and build itself is all matte which is absolutely gorgeous but is a major finger print magnet! So if you have OCD cleanliness like me you'll find yourself cleaning the laptop every time you use it to get it looking nice and clean again. As this is the case I have ended up leaving the protective sleeve on the lid of the laptop because I'm so afraid of getting that covered with fingerprints and getting it dirty as I have enough cleaning to do as it is
The finger print reader is hit and miss to be honest it either works or it doesn't, I find I have to constantly clean it to get it to work.
The display is vibrant and being matte as well you have that advantage over reflections not hindering your time on the laptop, so you can easily go outside with this laptop with no problems (depending on weather) Only downside to the display is maybe not being as bright as I'm normally used to even with it set to 100%.
Now my semi review about PCS: They were absolutely faultless! They didn't take very long to get this laptop built, tested and shipped at all and even now I'm still surprised at how little time it took them to send it to me. The page where you check the progress was always updated and although there wasn't any added 'extras' for me to read I don't think there really needed to be as everything went along smoothly and I never changed the order half way through. All in all PCS has been great in every regard.
I'm kind of rambling and running out of things to say about this awesome laptop so if you have any questions that I may have missed please go ahead and ask.
Specifications and Extras:
Chassis & Display: Optimus Series: 15.6" Matte Full HD IPS LED Widescreen (1920x1080)
Processor (CPU): Intel® Core™i7 Quad Core Mobile Processor i7-4720HQ (2.60GHz, 3.5GHz Turbo)
Memory (RAM): 8GB KINGSTON HYPER-X IMPACT 1600MHz SODIMM DDR3 (1 x 8GB)
Graphics Card: NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 960M - 2.0GB DDR5 Video RAM - DirectX® 11
Memory - Hard Disk: 120GB KINGSTON HYPERX SAVAGE SSD, SATA 6 Gb/s (upto 560MB/sR | 360MB/sW)
2nd Hard Disk: 1TB SERIAL ATA II 2.5" HARD DRIVE WITH 8MB CACHE (5,400rpm)
DVD/BLU-RAY Drive: 2nd/3rd HDD HARD DRIVE OPTICAL BAY CADDY (9.5mm)
Memory Card Reader: Integrated 6 in 1 Card Reader (SD /Mini SD/ SDHC / SDXC / MMC / RSMMC)
Thermal Paste: STANDARD THERMAL PASTE FOR SUFFICIENT COOLING
Sound Card: Intel 2 Channel High Def. Audio + SoundBlaster™ Cinema 2
Bluetooth & Wireless: GIGABIT LAN & WIRELESS INTEL® AC-7265 M.2 (867Mbps, 802.11AC) + BLUETOOTH
USB Options: 4 x USB 3.0 PORTS AS STANDARD
Battery: Optimus Series 6 Cell Lithium Ion Battery (62.16WH)
Power Lead & Adaptor: 1 x UK Power Lead & 120W AC Adaptor
Keyboard Language: OPTIMUS SERIES BACKLIT UK KEYBOARD WITH NUMBER PAD
Operating System: Genuine Windows 10 Home 64 Bit - inc DVD & Licence
Windows 10 Upgrade: FREE Upgrade to Windows 10 with all Windows 7 & Windows 8.1 Purchases*
DVD Recovery Media: Windows 8.1 (64-bit) DVD with paper sleeve
Notebook Mouse: INTEGRATED 2 BUTTON TOUCHPAD MOUSE
Webcam: INTEGRATED 2.0 MP FULL HD WEBCAM
Warranty: 3 Year Silver Warranty (1 Year Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour)
Delivery: PCS EXTRA-CARE DIAMOND DELIVERY - MON-FRI, PRE-10AM
Build Time Standard Build - Approximately 8 to 10 working days
Pricing Information
Price (excluding VAT): £726.67
Price: £872.00
Total Order price (Ex VAT): £726.67
Total Order Price : £872.00
Processed Date: 22-08-2015
Pre-Production Date: 25-08-2015
Build Date: 27-08-2015
Test Date: 27-08-2015
QC Date: 28-08-2015
Awaiting Dispatch Date: 28-08-2015
Dispatch Date: 28-08-2015
Backlit keyboard is amazing and the keys ultra soft and responsive, has a very nice feel which is what I love. The chassis and build itself is all matte which is absolutely gorgeous but is a major finger print magnet! So if you have OCD cleanliness like me you'll find yourself cleaning the laptop every time you use it to get it looking nice and clean again. As this is the case I have ended up leaving the protective sleeve on the lid of the laptop because I'm so afraid of getting that covered with fingerprints and getting it dirty as I have enough cleaning to do as it is
The finger print reader is hit and miss to be honest it either works or it doesn't, I find I have to constantly clean it to get it to work.
The display is vibrant and being matte as well you have that advantage over reflections not hindering your time on the laptop, so you can easily go outside with this laptop with no problems (depending on weather
) Only downside to the display is maybe not being as bright as I'm normally used to even with it set to 100%.Now my semi review about PCS: They were absolutely faultless! They didn't take very long to get this laptop built, tested and shipped at all and even now I'm still surprised at how little time it took them to send it to me. The page where you check the progress was always updated and although there wasn't any added 'extras' for me to read I don't think there really needed to be as everything went along smoothly and I never changed the order half way through. All in all PCS has been great in every regard.
I'm kind of rambling and running out of things to say about this awesome laptop so if you have any questions that I may have missed please go ahead and ask.
Specifications and Extras:
Chassis & Display: Optimus Series: 15.6" Matte Full HD IPS LED Widescreen (1920x1080)
Processor (CPU): Intel® Core™i7 Quad Core Mobile Processor i7-4720HQ (2.60GHz, 3.5GHz Turbo)
Memory (RAM): 8GB KINGSTON HYPER-X IMPACT 1600MHz SODIMM DDR3 (1 x 8GB)
Graphics Card: NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 960M - 2.0GB DDR5 Video RAM - DirectX® 11
Memory - Hard Disk: 120GB KINGSTON HYPERX SAVAGE SSD, SATA 6 Gb/s (upto 560MB/sR | 360MB/sW)
2nd Hard Disk: 1TB SERIAL ATA II 2.5" HARD DRIVE WITH 8MB CACHE (5,400rpm)
DVD/BLU-RAY Drive: 2nd/3rd HDD HARD DRIVE OPTICAL BAY CADDY (9.5mm)
Memory Card Reader: Integrated 6 in 1 Card Reader (SD /Mini SD/ SDHC / SDXC / MMC / RSMMC)
Thermal Paste: STANDARD THERMAL PASTE FOR SUFFICIENT COOLING
Sound Card: Intel 2 Channel High Def. Audio + SoundBlaster™ Cinema 2
Bluetooth & Wireless: GIGABIT LAN & WIRELESS INTEL® AC-7265 M.2 (867Mbps, 802.11AC) + BLUETOOTH
USB Options: 4 x USB 3.0 PORTS AS STANDARD
Battery: Optimus Series 6 Cell Lithium Ion Battery (62.16WH)
Power Lead & Adaptor: 1 x UK Power Lead & 120W AC Adaptor
Keyboard Language: OPTIMUS SERIES BACKLIT UK KEYBOARD WITH NUMBER PAD
Operating System: Genuine Windows 10 Home 64 Bit - inc DVD & Licence
Windows 10 Upgrade: FREE Upgrade to Windows 10 with all Windows 7 & Windows 8.1 Purchases*
DVD Recovery Media: Windows 8.1 (64-bit) DVD with paper sleeve
Notebook Mouse: INTEGRATED 2 BUTTON TOUCHPAD MOUSE
Webcam: INTEGRATED 2.0 MP FULL HD WEBCAM
Warranty: 3 Year Silver Warranty (1 Year Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour)
Delivery: PCS EXTRA-CARE DIAMOND DELIVERY - MON-FRI, PRE-10AM
Build Time Standard Build - Approximately 8 to 10 working days
Pricing Information
Price (excluding VAT): £726.67
Price: £872.00
Total Order price (Ex VAT): £726.67
Total Order Price : £872.00
Processed Date: 22-08-2015
Pre-Production Date: 25-08-2015
Build Date: 27-08-2015
Test Date: 27-08-2015
QC Date: 28-08-2015
Awaiting Dispatch Date: 28-08-2015
Dispatch Date: 28-08-2015
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