New Gaming Laptop

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davarm

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I want for Football Manager, BF3, Company of Heroes, Civ 5. Will also convert & edit movies and use of excel & word. Will need to future proof as much as possible.
Thoughts?

Chassis & Display
Vortex Series: 15.6" Glossy Full HD LED Widescreen (1920x1080)
Processor (CPU)
Intel® Core™i7 Quad Core Mobile Processor i7-3720QM (2.60GHz) 6MB
Memory (RAM)
16GB SAMSUNG 1600MHz SODIMM DDR3 MEMORY (4 x 4GB)
Graphics Card
NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 675M - 2.0GB DDR5 Video RAM - DirectX® 11
Memory - 1st Hard Disk
750GB SEAGATE MOMENTUS XT HYBRID, SATA 6 Gb/s, 32MB CACHE (7200 rpm)
1st 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
ARCTIC MX-4 EXTREME THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY COMPOUND (£9)
Sound Card
Intel 2 Channel High Definition Audio + MIC/Headphone Jack
Network Facilities
GIGABIT LAN & WIRELESS INTEL® N130 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)
Power Lead & Adaptor
1 x UK Power Lead & 180W 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 & Mouse
INTEGRATED BACKLIT UK KEYBOARD WITH NUMBER PAD
Mouse
INTEGRATED 2 BUTTON TOUCHPAD MOUSE
Webcam
INTEGRATED 2.0 MEGAPIXEL WEBCAM
Warranty
3 Year Gold Warranty (2 Year Collect & Return, 2 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour) (£69)
Dead Pixel Guarantee
1 Year Dead Pixel Guarantee Inc. Labour & Carriage Costs (£19)
 
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AzY

Gold Level Poster
I would upgrade to the 7970 really. If you can afford go with the 680, but the 7970 would be fine if you can afford it, no stable drivers atm, but that should resolve it self out soon
 
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davarm

Member
Budget is already at breaking point. Not a fan of AMD especially if unstable drivers at the mo.
 
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AzY

Gold Level Poster
davarm said:
Budget is already at breaking point. Not a fan of ATI especially if unstable drivers at the mo.
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You could save £50 by choosing an identical spec, but going with the 17" Skyfire II laptop, same spec but different chassis and around £50 cheaper for same config.
 
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davarm

Member
AzY said:
I would upgrade to the 7970 really. If you can afford go with the 680, but the 7970 would be fine if you can afford it, no stable drivers atm, but that should resolve it self out soon
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I changed my mind after a google. The 7970M murders the 675M. Great call and thanks.
 
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Jiyuu

Silver Level Poster
If you want to save some money you could drop the cpu down to 2.3ghz without noticing a performance loss in those games. If you'd rather future proof it though, stick with it.
 
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davarm

Member
I've dropped the gamut screen for the 7970m. Think again it'll be better performance & no cost increase.

My only worry is the hybrid HDD slowing everything down?
 
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AzY

Gold Level Poster
The hybrid is fine, a good choice. Its good value for performance, if you got a few more £ and dont mind the loss in space get the intel ssd 520 SERIES 180GB
 
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davarm

Member
Will I see performance increase over a standard HDD with a Hybrid & how significant?

Was now considering the 240GB SSD, which would you choose? I will be installing games in the main & some photo editing? I use iTunes match so no need to worry about that space. A 240gb SSD pushes cost slightly & was considering an external if more space required.

The Choices:
1) 750gb Hybrid HDD
2) 80gb mSata + 500gb Hybrid HDd
3) 240gb SSD
 
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