Vortex III 17.3"

[pratstercs]

Ordered my first decent computer last Tuesday for my birthday, got the Vortex III 17.3". This is to replace my broken, knackered HP G61 laptop, so a bit of a step up!


Specs:

Chassis & Display
Vortex Series: 17.3" Glossy Full HD LED Widescreen (1920x1080)
Processor (CPU)
Intel® Core™i7 Quad Core Mobile Processor i7-3630QM (2.40GHz) 6MB
Memory (RAM)
16GB SAMSUNG 1600MHz SODIMM DDR3 MEMORY (4 x 4GB)
Graphics Card
AMD® Radeon® HD 7970M - 2GB DDR5 Video RAM - DirectX® 11
Memory - 1st Hard Disk
120GB KINGSTON V+200 SSD, SATA 6 Gb (535MB/R, 460MB/W)
2nd Hard Disk
1TB WD SCORPIO BLUE WD10JPVT, SATA 3 Gb/s, 8MB CACHE (5400 rpm)
1st DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
4x BLURAY ROM, 8x DVD ±R/±RW & CYBERLINK SOFTWARE
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
Network Facilities
GIGABIT LAN & WIRELESS INTEL® N135 802.11N (150Mbps) + BLUETOOTH
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)
Warranty
3 Year Silver Warranty (1 Year Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour) (£5)
Dead Pixel Guarantee
1 Year Dead Pixel Guarantee Inc. Labour & Carriage Costs (£19)
Build Time
Standard Build - Approximately 7 to 9 working days

Price: £1,245.00 including VAT and delivery.

Really can't wait for it to get here, but it's still in pre-production for now (5 days in processing ) but it should be awesome when it does!

 

[kickass101]

Nice build there I'm ordering mine tomorrow kinda the same build - the blue-ray and 16GB off ram. Just a question though. Why did you buy that much ram for?

 

[pratstercs]

Why did you buy that much ram for?

I'm heading off to uni in September, so this is the last thing I can afford for 4 years, so I wanted to make it as future proof as possible, and for only about £20 more, I thought I might as well.

 

[kickass101]

Well i'm sure in 4 years something alot better will come for even 1/4 off the price tbf. I think 8gb more then enough can't really see the difference but for the extra £20 it was up to you .

It just with the new SSD drives they what makes a lot off the difference i don't see any change with 8gb ram to 16gb unless your using big programs like modeling and movie making software. Which I'm assuming you will be?

 

[Toxophilix]

I think it's a good choice for the OP. There are already quite a few use-cases for >8GB and in a couple of years there will be more. And it's the price of 6 pints of beer.