What Do You Think Of My Optimus 15.6"

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NvidiaX

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Hi,

I tried to cram as much performance into it as possible with my £800!

I originally had the I7-3740qm, but amended the order and downgraded to the I7-3630qm and with the £99 saving, I upgraded, the RAM from 4gb to 8gb, upgraded the Wifi from the 300mbps to the 450mbps added a DVD disk drive and added a secondary 750gb HDD.

Seems like a good trade for 300mhz :D

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So what do you think of the setup? :)

Thanks,
Louis
 
tom_gr7

tom_gr7

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NvidiaX said:
All I took off was the OS, which I bought from software4students.
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nice spec, i've used that site myself, :)

i would though, drop the wifi card down to 300MBps, unless you are sure your internet and router can actually get those speeds.
 
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tom_gr7 said:
nice spec, i've used that site myself, :)

i would though, drop the wifi card down to 300MBps, unless you are sure your internet and router can actually get those speeds.
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But I've heard that it also gives extra range? (or better signal at the same range).

I doubt my router has 450mbps. But isn't it worth future proofing for £9. Do you think it is a waste of money?
 
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tom_gr7

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well i'd certainly check if ya router can support 300MBps, as some only go for 150, I think you would need a expensive router and probably very fast internet.

I have a 300MBps wifi card version my dad has a Bt hub 3, which is 300MBps rated, however, I dont even think his internet is actually fast enough to use that kinda speed. I went for the 300MBps version just incase it could or if the internet speed was improved. I guess if you have fiber optic/bt infinity it may be a good idea, but I cant tell you if you are actually going to saturate the 450MBps wifi card to its full potential.
 
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tom_gr7 said:
well i'd certainly check if ya router can support 300MBps, as some only go for 150, I think you would need a expensive router and probably very fast internet.

I have a 300MBps wifi card version my dad has a Bt hub 3, which is 300MBps rated, however, I dont even think his internet is actually fast enough to use that kinda speed. I went for the 300MBps version just incase it could or if the internet speed was improved. I guess if you have fiber optic/bt infinity it may be a good idea, but I cant tell you if you are actually going to saturate the 450MBps wifi card to its full potential.
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But for £9 do you think it is worth future proofing? Because i'll be at uni next year and they are known for super fast wifi.
 
Iroquois Pliskin

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The Intel 6300 Ultimate has 3x3 antennas, while the Advanced version is 2x2

http://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/processors/centrino/centrino-ultimate-n-6300-brief.html
http://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/processors/centrino/centrino-advanced-n-wimax-6235-brief.html

Here's a good review on the subject of WiFi cards, http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/killer-wireless-n-1103-wi-fi-benchmark,3164.html

I'd get the BigFoot Killer 1103 - shame it's OEM only and is not available in retail AFAIK.
 
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Iroquois Pliskin said:
The Intel 6300 Ultimate has 3x3 antennas, while the Advanced version is 2x2

http://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/processors/centrino/centrino-ultimate-n-6300-brief.html
http://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/processors/centrino/centrino-advanced-n-wimax-6235-brief.html

Here's a good review on the subject of WiFi cards, http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/killer-wireless-n-1103-wi-fi-benchmark,3164.html

I'd get the BigFoot Killer 1103 - shame it's OEM only and is not available in retail AFAIK.
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Does that extra antenna give extra range / signal with a standard router?
 
Iroquois Pliskin

Iroquois Pliskin

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Theoretically it gives a third channel for bandwidth, increasing the maximum if your router can support it. Since the 6300 Ultimate is rated for 450 Mbps / 3 antennas = 150 Mbps extra over the 2x2 Advanced version.

Edit: Hmm, here's a better explanation of multiple MIMO streams tech, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MIMO

MIMO technology has attracted attention in wireless communications, because it offers significant increases in data throughput and link range without additional bandwidth or increased transmit power. It achieves this goal by spreading the same total transmit power over the antennas to achieve an array gain that improves the spectral efficiency (more bits per second per hertz of bandwidth) or to achieve a diversity gain that improves the link reliability (reduced fading). Because of these properties, MIMO is an important part of modern wireless communication standards such as IEEE 802.11n (Wi-Fi), 4G, 3GPP Long Term Evolution, WiMAX and HSPA+.
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vanthus

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NvidiaX said:
Does that extra antenna give extra range / signal with a standard router?
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You can't make a silk purse out of a sows ear.
Unless your router and connection is capable of the higher speed I can't see it making any difference,regardles of how many antennas.
Having said that it may be advantageous in future.
 
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Ok thanks guys rep to all of you. I decided to amend it back to 300mbps and I removed the dvd drive because I realized I have one spare from my old laptop. (and it would be nice to have a spare caddy :p )

Now just to wait for the £20 total credit back and i'll probably spend it on a carrying case or something.
 
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