Hello PCSpecialist!
It's been a long time since I last posted on here. I used to be under the name of 'Agonul' on this forum. I bought a PC from you guys exactly on the 21st of November, 2010 (around 4 years ago or so). The PC components have practically been replaced with higher end ones, which I upgraded myself so it's not really a PCSpecialist PC anymore (I think 2 RAM modules and the hard drive are the only components from PCSpecialist left in my computer) Anyway, to ensure that this post doesn't seem like I'm introducing myself I will elaborate a bit more on the laptop I've ordered.
So, I've ordered a laptop which will allow me to PC game on the go and also keep me up to date with all of my college work; and soon - university work. Of course, PCSpecialist was my first choice as they handled everything extremely well when I first ordered my PC from and also because the pricing appealed a lot to me. I must say that I'm very much looking forward to it arriving, I've never even owned a laptop so it'll be very useful for me and be excellent for when I don't feel like starting up the main beast. The reason why I haven't included an OS is because I can't say I'm very fond of Windows 8 and I have my old Windows 7 disc which I shall be using.
I'm going to start with a pre-review which is simply about the service before actually receiving the laptop. The pre-review will be scores out of 10 and consist of five categories which are:
Ordering process - How easy it was to actually make the order, ut of 10.
Order maintenance - This is a rating out of 10 of the tracking of the order to see which stage of production it is in as well as the
Customer support - Should I require to contact PCSpecialist before or after this order, I will grade the customer service out of 10. If I don't need to contact them then this category will be eliminated.
Order clarity - This is a rating on how clear everything is on the "my order" page, the more cluttered it is the lower the rating.
Delivery - The quality of the delivery which will be graded out of 10. How close the dispatch time to the average timescale will also be included in this sub-category.
Overall for pre-review: /50
I'll follow up this with a review which will also be graded on ten categories;
Aesthetics - This is basically the look and feel of the laptop chassis. The more premium it looks and feels, the higher it gets out of 10.
Performance - This category is simply how well it performs with day-to-day tasks as well as gaming and connectivity too. The better it performs, the higher the score.
Display - How good the display looks, the better it looks the higher the score.
Sound - The quality of the sound, this will have two sub-scores which will comprise of headphone quality (out of 5) and speaker quality (out of 5) so both sub-scores will be calculated in order to formulate a score out of 10.
Use - Simply how easy it to use, such as the keyboard and track-pad.
Battery life - How well the relative battery life is, this will be graded by two sub-categories being load battery life and idle battery life.
Portable - How light the laptop is, and how easy it is to take around with me.
Features - This includes the webcam quality, microphone quality, USBs/e-sata, optical disc drive, bluetooth and NVIDIA Optimus. The better quality the features, the higher the score.
Ease of set-up - This scores how easy the laptop was to set-up, points will not be deducted if I made any mistakes whilst setting it up.
Frustration level - This should be pretty simply, the more frustrating it is the lower the score - thought I'd include this one!
Overall for laptop: /100
Overall: This'll be every score on each category for both the pre-review and review added up and will be a percentage.
Chassis & Display
Optimus Series: 15.6" Matte Full HD LED Widescreen (1920x1080)
Processor (CPU)
Intel® Core™i7 Quad Core Mobile Processor i7-4700MQ (2.40GHz) 6MB
Memory (RAM)
8GB SAMSUNG 1600MHz SODIMM DDR3 MEMORY (1 x 8GB)
Graphics Card
NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 765M - 2.0GB DDR5 Video RAM - DirectX® 11
Memory - 1st Hard Disk
120GB KINGSTON HYPERX 3K SSD, SATA 6 Gb/s (upto 555MB/sR | 510MB/sW)
2nd Hard Disk
750GB WD SCORPIO BLACK WD7500BPKX, SATA 6 Gb/s, 16MB CACHE (7200 rpm)
1st 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
Sound Card
Intel 2 Channel High Definition Audio + MIC/Headphone Jack
Wireless/Wired Networking
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
Battery
Optimus Series 8 Cell Lithium Ion Battery (5,200 mAh/76.96WH)
Power Cable
1 x UK Power Lead & 120W AC Adaptor
Operating System
NO OPERATING SYSTEM REQUIRED
DVD Recovery Media
NO DVD RECOVERY MEDIA REQUIRED
Office Software
NO OFFICE SOFTWARE
Anti-Virus
NO ANTI-VIRUS SOFTWARE
Keyboard Language
BACKLIT OPTIMUS UK KEYBOARD WITH NUMBER PAD
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)
Delivery
STANDARD INSURED DELIVERY TO UK MAINLAND (MON-FRI)
Build Time
Standard Build - Approximately 9 to 11 working days
Quantity
1
It's been a long time since I last posted on here. I used to be under the name of 'Agonul' on this forum. I bought a PC from you guys exactly on the 21st of November, 2010 (around 4 years ago or so). The PC components have practically been replaced with higher end ones, which I upgraded myself so it's not really a PCSpecialist PC anymore (I think 2 RAM modules and the hard drive are the only components from PCSpecialist left in my computer) Anyway, to ensure that this post doesn't seem like I'm introducing myself I will elaborate a bit more on the laptop I've ordered.
So, I've ordered a laptop which will allow me to PC game on the go and also keep me up to date with all of my college work; and soon - university work. Of course, PCSpecialist was my first choice as they handled everything extremely well when I first ordered my PC from and also because the pricing appealed a lot to me. I must say that I'm very much looking forward to it arriving, I've never even owned a laptop so it'll be very useful for me and be excellent for when I don't feel like starting up the main beast. The reason why I haven't included an OS is because I can't say I'm very fond of Windows 8 and I have my old Windows 7 disc which I shall be using.
I'm going to start with a pre-review which is simply about the service before actually receiving the laptop. The pre-review will be scores out of 10 and consist of five categories which are:
Ordering process - How easy it was to actually make the order, ut of 10.
Order maintenance - This is a rating out of 10 of the tracking of the order to see which stage of production it is in as well as the
Customer support - Should I require to contact PCSpecialist before or after this order, I will grade the customer service out of 10. If I don't need to contact them then this category will be eliminated.
Order clarity - This is a rating on how clear everything is on the "my order" page, the more cluttered it is the lower the rating.
Delivery - The quality of the delivery which will be graded out of 10. How close the dispatch time to the average timescale will also be included in this sub-category.
Overall for pre-review: /50
I'll follow up this with a review which will also be graded on ten categories;
Aesthetics - This is basically the look and feel of the laptop chassis. The more premium it looks and feels, the higher it gets out of 10.
Performance - This category is simply how well it performs with day-to-day tasks as well as gaming and connectivity too. The better it performs, the higher the score.
Display - How good the display looks, the better it looks the higher the score.
Sound - The quality of the sound, this will have two sub-scores which will comprise of headphone quality (out of 5) and speaker quality (out of 5) so both sub-scores will be calculated in order to formulate a score out of 10.
Use - Simply how easy it to use, such as the keyboard and track-pad.
Battery life - How well the relative battery life is, this will be graded by two sub-categories being load battery life and idle battery life.
Portable - How light the laptop is, and how easy it is to take around with me.
Features - This includes the webcam quality, microphone quality, USBs/e-sata, optical disc drive, bluetooth and NVIDIA Optimus. The better quality the features, the higher the score.
Ease of set-up - This scores how easy the laptop was to set-up, points will not be deducted if I made any mistakes whilst setting it up.
Frustration level - This should be pretty simply, the more frustrating it is the lower the score - thought I'd include this one!
Overall for laptop: /100
Overall: This'll be every score on each category for both the pre-review and review added up and will be a percentage.
Chassis & Display
Optimus Series: 15.6" Matte Full HD LED Widescreen (1920x1080)
Processor (CPU)
Intel® Core™i7 Quad Core Mobile Processor i7-4700MQ (2.40GHz) 6MB
Memory (RAM)
8GB SAMSUNG 1600MHz SODIMM DDR3 MEMORY (1 x 8GB)
Graphics Card
NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 765M - 2.0GB DDR5 Video RAM - DirectX® 11
Memory - 1st Hard Disk
120GB KINGSTON HYPERX 3K SSD, SATA 6 Gb/s (upto 555MB/sR | 510MB/sW)
2nd Hard Disk
750GB WD SCORPIO BLACK WD7500BPKX, SATA 6 Gb/s, 16MB CACHE (7200 rpm)
1st 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
Sound Card
Intel 2 Channel High Definition Audio + MIC/Headphone Jack
Wireless/Wired Networking
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
Battery
Optimus Series 8 Cell Lithium Ion Battery (5,200 mAh/76.96WH)
Power Cable
1 x UK Power Lead & 120W AC Adaptor
Operating System
NO OPERATING SYSTEM REQUIRED
DVD Recovery Media
NO DVD RECOVERY MEDIA REQUIRED
Office Software
NO OFFICE SOFTWARE
Anti-Virus
NO ANTI-VIRUS SOFTWARE
Keyboard Language
BACKLIT OPTIMUS UK KEYBOARD WITH NUMBER PAD
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)
Delivery
STANDARD INSURED DELIVERY TO UK MAINLAND (MON-FRI)
Build Time
Standard Build - Approximately 9 to 11 working days
Quantity
1
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