Gaming Laptop

[ILoveHoney]

Chassis & Display
Vortex Series: 17.3" Matte Full HD LED Widescreen (1920x1080)
Processor (CPU)
Intel® Core™i7 Quad Core Mobile Processor i7-3740QM (2.70GHz) 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
120GB INTEL® 330 SERIES SSD, SATA 6 Gb/s (upto 500MB/sR | 450MB/sW)
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 (£9)
Sound Card
Intel 5.1 Channel High Definition Audio + SPDIF/MIC/Headphone Jack
Bluetooth & Wireless
GIGABIT LAN & WIRELESS INTEL® ULTIMATE-N 6300 (450Mbps)
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
NO OPERATING SYSTEM REQUIRED
Office Software
NO OFFICE SOFTWARE
Anti-Virus
NO ANTI-VIRUS SOFTWARE
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)
Dead Pixel Guarantee
1 Year Dead Pixel Guarantee Inc. Labour & Carriage Costs (£19)
Insurance
1 Month Free Laptop Insurance inc. Accidental Damage & Theft
Delivery
STANDARD INSURED DELIVERY TO UK MAINLAND (MON-FRI)
Build Time
Standard Build - Approximately 8 to 10 working days
Quantity
1

Price: £1,303.00 including VAT and delivery.


i7 3610QM(2.3Ghz) or i7 3740QM(2.7GHz)
the £80 upgrade?
I have a 320GB HDD 7200rpm for 2nd hardisk and an external 1TB
Taking to uni as a desktop replacement and moving around with it during term breaks - Christmas etc.
My budget was £1200. Now I'm just trying to stay under £1,300. Thanks for reading

 

[brukin]

What use will it have other than writing essays and gaming? I doubt you'd see much difference with the 3740 as I don't believe that the 3610 is a bottleneck for the 7970M. If you are going to be doing video/image/animation work or other highly CPU intensive activities then it's probably worth the £80. Just ordered one myself with the 3740 processor.

 

[ILoveHoney]

No I don't think i'll be doing anything CPU intensive. I'm just studying computer science.
I'll need this laptop for 4+ years and don't want it to fall off.
I played Civ5 on my 3 year old laptop with Dual Core 2.0Ghz and it took 2-5 seconds just to switch units when hit around 200 turns. Don't want this happening too soon.
Thanks for the reply

 

[brukin]

Studied computer science myself but that was quite a long time ago now, not sure how the course work has changed but doubt you'll need a super powerful processor for compiling a few programs here and there. Do they recommend any particular minumum hardware specifications for the course?