Are these decent specs I've chosen for VortexIII?

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Vortex777

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Considering I have chosen the 520 SERIES SSD hard drive, would I still need an SATA SSD Cache?

Vortex III

Chassis & Display
Vortex Series:17.3" AUO Matte Full HD LED Widescreen (1920x1080) (£85)


Processor (CPU)
Intel® Core™i7 Quad Core Mobile Processor i7-3610QM (2.30GHz) 6MB


Memory (RAM)
16GB SAMSUNG 1600MHz SODIMM DDR3 MEMORY (4 x 4GB)


Graphics Card
NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 680M - 4.0GB DDR5 Video RAM - DirectX® 11


Memory - Hard Disk
120GB INTEL® 520 SERIES SSD, SATA 6 Gb/s (upto 550MB/sR | 520MB/sW)


2nd Hard Disk
1TB WD SCORPIO BLUE WD10JPVT, SATA 3 Gb/s, 8MB CACHE (5400 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)


Sound Card
Creative Sound Blaster® X-Fi™ Surround 5.1 PRO External (£69)


Bluetooth & Wireless
GIGABIT LAN & WIRELESS INTEL® N135 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 & 220W 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


Laptop Cooling Stands
Zalman ZM-NC3500 Ultra-Quiet Laptop Cooler, upto 17.3 inch (£40)


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 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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Music Guy123

Music Guy123

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Looks great to me, nice spec! As for the SSD Cache, no you don't need that! Only thing you may want to consider upgrading is possibly the cpu? It costs £94 more I think and will be faster! You could possibly drop the screen to create funds. Oh and just to let you know, the sound card is external!
 
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Vortex777

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Thanks for the feedback I appreciate it. You say the sound card is external, so does that mean I would have to manually install it myself into the laptop. Or is it one of those quick plug-in ones?

I'm defintely keeping the screen whatever the cost as heard good things regarding the full matte. You say to upgrade the cpu but which one? The 2.60GHz 6mb or the 2.70ghz?
 
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Vortex777

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Think I'll leave out the soundcard then, doesn't seem necessary when I can always get a new one later on. Yes you helped lots thanks, I'm happy with my spec now and finally ready to order when they re-stock the gtx 680 next week
 
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