Uni Laptop

[Tom DWC]

Why hello forum! It's been awhile since I've posted regularly, will change that soon.

Well I'm off to uni in a few months time (better late than never) and need a laptop for when I go cause the desktop is staying here.

Been saving hard so thought I'd treat myself to one of these babies:

Chassis & Display
Vortex Series: 17.3" Glossy Full HD LED Widescreen (1920x1080)
Processor (CPU)
Intel® Core™i7 Quad Core Mobile Processor i7-3610QM (2.30GHz) 6MB
Memory (RAM)
8GB KINGSTON HYPER-X GENESIS 1600MHz SODIMM DDR3 (2 x 4GB)
Graphics Card
AMD® Radeon® HD 7970M - 2GB DDR5 Video RAM - DirectX® 11
Memory - Hard Disk
90GB KINGSTON HYPERX 3K SSD, SATA 6 Gb/s (upto 555MB/sR | 510MB/sW)
2nd Hard Disk
750GB WD SCORPIO BLUE WD7500BPVT, SATA 3 Gb/s, 8MB CACHE (5400 rpm)
DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
SONY BC-5550H 4x BLURAY COMBO DRIVE & CYBERLINK SOFTWARE (£59)
Memory Card Reader
Internal 9 in 1 Card Reader (MMC/RSMMC/SD: Mini, XC & HC/MS: Pro & Duo)
Thermal Paste
STANDARD THERMAL PASTE FOR SUFFICIENT COOLING
Sound Card
Intel 5.1 Channel High Definition Audio + SPDIF/MIC/Headphone Jack
Bluetooth & Wireless
GIGABIT LAN & KILLER™ 1102 WIRELESS GAMING 802.11N NETWORK CARD
USB Options
3 x USB 3.0 PORTS + 1 x USB 2.0 PORT AS STANDARD
Firewire
1 X 1394a FIREWIRE PORT
Battery
Vortex Series 8 Cell Lithium Ion Battery (5,200 mAh/76.96WH)
Power Lead & Adaptor
1 x UK Power Lead & 220W AC Adaptor
Operating System
Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium 64 Bit w/SP1 - inc DVD & Licence
Office Software
FREE Microsoft® Office Starter 2010 (Limited functionality Word & Excel)
Anti-Virus
BULLGUARD INTERNET SECURITY - FREE 90 DAY TRIAL
Keyboard Language
INTEGRATED BACKLIT UK KEYBOARD WITH NUMBER PAD
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)
Insurance
1 Month Free Laptop Insurance inc. Accidental Damage & Theft
Delivery
STANDARD INSURED DELIVERY TO UK MAINLAND (MON-FRI)
Build Time
Standard Build - Approximately 6 to 8 working days
Quantity
1

As reviewed - very good price considering. Will order soon. Should be a bit of a beast, will probably outperform my main rig!

 

[vanthus]

Very nice Tom.

 

[Ash]

What and where are you studying at Uni?

 

[Tom DWC]

Portsmouth

BSc (Hons) Digital Media

 

[Ash]

Ah right. Good luck with it.
I'm hoping to do BEng (Honours) Software Engineering at Sheffield Hallam next year.

 

[harfle]

is this for hardcore studying or?

 

[Tom DWC]

Ah right. Good luck with it.
I'm hoping to do BEng (Honours) Software Engineering at Sheffield Hallam next year.

Cheers, you too! I know someone that went to Sheffield Hallam, really good there apparently.

is this for hardcore studying or?

For everything, desktop replacement. So gaming and stuff as well.

 

[tom_gr7]

hey tom

I'd change the scorpio blue to a scorpio black drive. I've got a scorpio blue drive in a netbook and to be honest its pretty slow, so with that i'd certainly want a faster drive.

 

[Tom DWC]

hey tom

I'd change the scorpio blue to a scorpio black drive. I've got a scorpio blue drive in a netbook and to be honest its pretty slow, so with that i'd certainly want a faster drive.

Cheers for the info Tom! That's good to know, but by going for that exact spec as listed here (http://www.kitguru.net/laptops/zardon/pc-specialist-vortex-iii-hd7s-17-3-laptop-review-i77970m/) PCS seem to be offering a special price at the moment. Works out a fair bit cheaper. Though if I end up biting the bullet and going for the GTX 580M instead then I'll definitely swap out the drive as well. Not sure if I will though, 7970M is already plenty for me!