What do you think of this spec?

[jonl]

Hi,

I'm a videographer, motion graphics and 3D Animation artist. I already have a stable desktop but i'm looking to buy something portable now, which can withstand a lot of intensive use and heavy on graphics processing.

Because i'm not very knowledgable about what parts work well and don't work well with each other, I would like to ask for anyone's advice regarding this spec please...


Chassis & Display Cosmos Series: 17.3" Matte Full HD LED Widescreen (1920x1080)

Processor (CPU) Intel® CoreTMi7 Quad Core Mobile Processor i7-4710MQ (2.50GHz) 6MB

Memory (RAM) 16GB KINGSTON SODIMM DDR3 1600MHz (2 x 8GB)

Graphics Card NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 850M - 2.0GB DDR3 Video RAM - DirectX® 11

1st Hard Disk 120GB Samsung 840 EVO SSD, SATA 6Gb/s (upto 540MB/sR | 410MB/sW)

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 & WIRELESS INTEL® N-7260 HMC (300Mbps, 802.11BGN) +

USB Options 3 x USB 3.0 PORTS + 1 x USB 2.0 PORT AS STANDARD

Battery Cosmos Series 6 Cell Lithium Ion Battery (48.84WH)

Power Cable 1 x UK Power Lead & 120W AC Adaptor

Keyboard Language COSMOS 17" SERIES UK KEYBOARD WITH NUMBER PAD (NON-BACKLIT)

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

Mouse INTEGRATED 2 BUTTON TOUCHPAD MOUSE

Webcam INTEGRATED 2.0 MEGAPIXEL WEBCAM


I already have Windows 8.1 and will be installing it myself.

Thanks in advance!
Jon

 

[mantadog]

Looks ok, the CPU is not going to match a desktop CPU but it would provide some portable power should you need it. If you have more money to spend then perhaps click the CPU up to the next notch, if not I wouldn't worry about it as the performance gains is only like 10%

Will 120GB be enough storage?

 

[jonl]

Hey mantagod, thanks for replying!

I'll take a look at the next CPU up. I think 120gb will be enough because i just purchased a 2TB samsung portable HDD (usb 3) so i don't really need to store things, it's more to just install all the programs I need. Maybe i'll get the next size up from 120 though just in case

 

[mantadog]

yeah, might be a good idea. 120Gb isn't much these days. For the sake of an extra couple of quid 250GB is much better