advice pls :)

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fergietron

Bronze Level Poster
hey guys , just wondering if any 1 in the know so to speak lol can tell me whether this spec laptop would run star wars the old republic on maximum settings. any advice much appreciated, thanks

Chassis & Display
Optimus II: 17.3" Glossy Full HD LED Widescreen (1920x1080)
Processor (CPU)
Intel® Core™i7 Dual Core Mobile Processor i7-2640M (2.80GHz) 4MB
Memory (RAM)
8GB SAMSUNG 1333MHz SODIMM DDR3 MEMORY (2 x 4GB)
Graphics Card
nVIDIA® GeForce® GT 555M - 2GB DDR3 Video RAM - DirectX® 11
Memory - Hard Disk
500GB SEAGATE MOMENTUS XT HYBRID, SATA 3 Gb/s, 32MB CACHE (7200 rpm)
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)
 
Music Guy123

Music Guy123

Prolific Poster
It will run it, and well but I don't know about max settings. If you want a gaming laptop you should look at the vortex series. What is your budget? For your spec there, it looks good but i'd suggest upgrading the CPU to a quad core, I think it may be cheaper as well.
 
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fergietron

Bronze Level Poster
cheers mate , but i think im just gonna splash out and get the warspite pre built desktop, looks like a beast
 
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Wozza63

Biblical Poster
thats actually a pretty good spec, a lot of it similar to mine and has the option to easily add a second 570 later on, shame about it having watercooling though and the default OC

make sure to get silver warranty with it for a fiver though
 
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fergietron

Bronze Level Poster
the warspite prebuilt 1 mate

Case
COOLERMASTER HAF 922 MID TOWER GAMING CASE
Overclocked CPU
Overclocked Intel® Core™i5-2500k Quad Core (3.30GHz @ max 4.60GHz)
Motherboard
ASUS® P8Z68-V/GEN3: PCI-E 3.0 READY, SLI, CROSSFIREX
Memory (RAM)
8GB KINGSTON HYPER-X GENESIS DUAL-DDR3 1600MHz, X.M.P (2 x 4GB KIT)
Graphics Card
1.25GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 570 - 2 DVI, HDMI, DP - 3D Vision Ready
Memory - 1st Hard Disk
120GB INTEL® 320 SERIES SSD, SATA 3 Gb/s (upto 270MB/sR | 130MB/sW)
2nd Hard Disk
1TB SATA-II 3-Gb/s HARD DRIVE WITH 32MB CACHE (7,200rpm)
1st DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
24x DUAL LAYER DVD WRITER ±R/±RW/RAM
Memory Card Reader
INTERNAL 52 IN 1 CARD READER (XD, MS, CF, SD, etc) + 1 x USB 2.0 PORT
Power Supply
CORSAIR 750W ENTHUSIAST SERIES™ TX750 V2-80 PLUS® BRONZE (£86)
Processor Cooling
COOLIT ECO II A.L.C ADVANCED LIQUID COOLER (£59)
Thermal Paste
ARCTIC MX-4 EXTREME THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY COMPOUND (£9)
 
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Wozza63

Biblical Poster
its not bad its just that i generally dislike the WCing that PCS supply, seems quite common to break and if it happens outside the warranty you are screwed
 
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Wozza63

Biblical Poster
ive seen more than 3, probably 15+ dont mean to alarm anyone but i dont like the idea of the CoolIT one, PCS were starting to transfer over to the awesome corsair ones, but i dont know what happened
 
tom_gr7

tom_gr7

Life Serving
Wozza365 said:
ive seen more than 3, probably 15+ dont mean to alarm anyone but i dont like the idea of the CoolIT one, PCS were starting to transfer over to the awesome corsair ones, but i dont know what happened
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sorry mate, couldn't disagree more.

Just to point out mate, the corsair ones are made by coolit, (corsair bought coolit)
 
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Wozza63

Biblical Poster
lol i was the one that told you that tom

they are still different thoughthe tubes are different just by looking at it
 
tom_gr7

tom_gr7

Life Serving
fergietron said:
say worst case scenario the cooler did break at some point, are they hard to replace?
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If a liquid cooler did break, it would have to go back to pcs.


Wozza365 said:
lol i was the one that told you that tom

they are still different thoughthe tubes are different just by looking at it
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I cant remember who told me, pretty sure I found out from the coolit forums whilst researching about the omni. Anyway, corsair paid coolit for their products and the right to brand them "corsair"
 
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fergietron

Bronze Level Poster
wow, so if its out of warranty i couldnt even pay for them to fix it? im maybe better to just go for the cyclone II then, it doesnt use a liquid cooler
 
tom_gr7

tom_gr7

Life Serving
fergietron said:
wow, so if its out of warranty i couldnt even pay for them to fix it? im maybe better to just go for the cyclone II then, it doesnt use a liquid cooler
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you can pay them to ofcourse, but us gents on the forums couldnt give you a accurate price.

We are more than happy to help ya spec up a pc using the builder?
 
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Wozza63

Biblical Poster
yeh you can pay for them to fix it but you may have to pay for whatever breaks, which is most likely to be the graphics card as it sits right below it

personally, if you can wait id recommend getting a spec the same as the other one but without OC and watercooling, could save a lot of cash as well
 
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fergietron

Bronze Level Poster
i could wait but tbh the reason i was going for a pre built was so i could get it quicker. ill mostly be using it for mmo's like the new star wars old republic and stuff like that on high to max settings, would the cyclone II do this? its also much cheaper, and thanks alot for all the help btw :)

PCS MAELSTROM T900 BLACK GAMING CASE
Processor (CPU)
Intel® Core™i5-2500 Quad Core (3.30GHz, 6MB Cache) + HD Graphics
Motherboard
ASUS® P8Z68-V LX: USB 3.0, SATA 6GBs, ATI®CrossFireX
Memory (RAM)
4GB KINGSTON HYPER-X GENESIS DUAL-DDR3 1600MHz X.M.P(2 x 2GB KIT)
Graphics Card
1GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 560 Ti - 2 DVI,HDMI,VGA - 3D Vision Ready
Memory - 1st Hard Disk
1TB WD CAVIAR BLACK WD1002FAEX, SATA 6 Gb/s, 64MB CACHE (7200rpm)
1st DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
24x DUAL LAYER DVD WRITER ±R/±RW/RAM
Memory Card Reader
INTERNAL 52 IN 1 CARD READER (XD, MS, CF, SD, etc) + 1 x USB 2.0 PORT
Power Supply
CORSAIR 650W ENTHUSIAST SERIES™ TX650 V2-80 PLUS® BRONZE (£72)
Processor Cooling
SUPER QUIET 22dBA TRIPLE COPPER HEATPIPE INTEL CPU COOLER (£19)
 
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