Chassis & Display
Vortex Series: 17.3" Matte Full HD LED Widescreen (1920x1080)
Processor (CPU)
Intel® Core™i7 Quad Core Mobile Processor i7-3630QM (2.40GHz) 6MB
Memory (RAM)
16GB SAMSUNG 1600MHz SODIMM DDR3 MEMORY (2 x 8GB)
Graphics Card
2 x NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 680M - 4.0GB DDR5 Video RAM - DirectX® 11
Memory - Hard Disk
480GB INTEL® 520 SERIES SSD, SATA 6 Gb/s (upto 550MB/sR | 520MB/sW)
2nd Hard Disk
750GB SEAGATE MOMENTUS XT HYBRID, SATA 6 Gb/s, 32MB CACHE (7200 rpm)
mSATA SSD Cache / Storage Drives
20GB INTEL® 313 mSATA SSD - SLC CACHE DRIVE- SPEED UP HDD
DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
2nd/3rd HDD HARD DRIVE OPTICAL BAY CADDY
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
4 x USB 3.0 PORTS + 1 x USB 2.0 PORT AS STANDARD
Warranty
3 Year Standard Warranty (1 Month Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour
Delivery
2 - 3 DAY DELIVERY TO REPUBLIC OF IRELAND (£19)
Basically what I want is a laptop that will not become antiquated within a 2 year time frame.
I'm hoping to do the regular stuff e.g web surf, movies etc. and on top of that some heavy duty gaming.
I also am looking into recording some vocal and instrumental stuff using the laptop. I understand I will need to get an external soundcard to get any decent quality recordings.
Is there anything you would change with this configuration to improve it without jacking the price up too much?
(Also any people who have experience with recording music can you advise me on whether I should jump down a model to get the firewire port or would USB 3.0 suffice? Recording will be a totally new experience for me so any advice is much appreciated)
Thanks in advance
Ró
Vortex Series: 17.3" Matte Full HD LED Widescreen (1920x1080)
Processor (CPU)
Intel® Core™i7 Quad Core Mobile Processor i7-3630QM (2.40GHz) 6MB
Memory (RAM)
16GB SAMSUNG 1600MHz SODIMM DDR3 MEMORY (2 x 8GB)
Graphics Card
2 x NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 680M - 4.0GB DDR5 Video RAM - DirectX® 11
Memory - Hard Disk
480GB INTEL® 520 SERIES SSD, SATA 6 Gb/s (upto 550MB/sR | 520MB/sW)
2nd Hard Disk
750GB SEAGATE MOMENTUS XT HYBRID, SATA 6 Gb/s, 32MB CACHE (7200 rpm)
mSATA SSD Cache / Storage Drives
20GB INTEL® 313 mSATA SSD - SLC CACHE DRIVE- SPEED UP HDD
DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
2nd/3rd HDD HARD DRIVE OPTICAL BAY CADDY
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
4 x USB 3.0 PORTS + 1 x USB 2.0 PORT AS STANDARD
Warranty
3 Year Standard Warranty (1 Month Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour
Delivery
2 - 3 DAY DELIVERY TO REPUBLIC OF IRELAND (£19)
Basically what I want is a laptop that will not become antiquated within a 2 year time frame.
I'm hoping to do the regular stuff e.g web surf, movies etc. and on top of that some heavy duty gaming.
I also am looking into recording some vocal and instrumental stuff using the laptop. I understand I will need to get an external soundcard to get any decent quality recordings.
Is there anything you would change with this configuration to improve it without jacking the price up too much?
(Also any people who have experience with recording music can you advise me on whether I should jump down a model to get the firewire port or would USB 3.0 suffice? Recording will be a totally new experience for me so any advice is much appreciated)
Thanks in advance
Ró