I currently own an ASUS G53-SX that has served me well. Its GTX560M and the addition of an SSD made it a great laptop. It is unfortunately very heavy, and so I am looking to replace it with yours truly:
OptimusV 13
Chassis & Display
Optimus Series: 13.3" Glossy QHD+ IPS LED (3200x1800) (Special Offer)
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 860M - 2.0GB DDR5, 640 CUDA Cores - DirectX® 11
1st Hard Disk
1TB SEAGATE HYBRID GEN3 SSHD Drive, SATA 6 Gb/s, 64MB CACHE (5400 rpm)
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 & WIRELESS INTEL® N-7260 (300Mbps, 802.11BGN) + BLUETOOTH
What I'm concerned about is the performance of a Hybrid SSD. I have only used SSD + HDD setups before and found them to be fantastic. Will an SSHD be up to par with this? If not (which is what I assume), how much worse will it be? How big is the SSD inside the Seagate 1TB SSHD? Is there a second HDD bay to put an SSD into should I find that I need this in the future?
Also, what are your thoughts on getting a Killer 1202 instead of the Intel N-7260? Is it substantially better?
Looking forward to your replies!
Best regards,
Doug
OptimusV 13
Chassis & Display
Optimus Series: 13.3" Glossy QHD+ IPS LED (3200x1800) (Special Offer)
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 860M - 2.0GB DDR5, 640 CUDA Cores - DirectX® 11
1st Hard Disk
1TB SEAGATE HYBRID GEN3 SSHD Drive, SATA 6 Gb/s, 64MB CACHE (5400 rpm)
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 & WIRELESS INTEL® N-7260 (300Mbps, 802.11BGN) + BLUETOOTH
What I'm concerned about is the performance of a Hybrid SSD. I have only used SSD + HDD setups before and found them to be fantastic. Will an SSHD be up to par with this? If not (which is what I assume), how much worse will it be? How big is the SSD inside the Seagate 1TB SSHD? Is there a second HDD bay to put an SSD into should I find that I need this in the future?
Also, what are your thoughts on getting a Killer 1202 instead of the Intel N-7260? Is it substantially better?
Looking forward to your replies!
Best regards,
Doug
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