Defiance 15" laptop specs (£1300) + mobo question

[midnightL]

Hi all,

I decided to finally spend the money and buy a new laptop. I've been looking extensively and trying to save the money since December.

I have been reading a litte about how power hungry the GPU is and I wanted to know more info about the motherboard and if it's up to scratch for this laptop.

Here are my specs, let me know what you think!

Please do give me any feedback you have on this.

Chassis & Display
Defiance Series: 15.6" Matte Full HD IPS LED Widescreen (1920x1080)
Processor (CPU)
Intel® Core™ i7 Quad Core Processor 6700HQ (2.6GHz, 3.5GHz Turbo)
Memory (RAM)
8GB HyperX IMPACT 2133MHz SODIMM DDR4 (1 x 8GB)
Graphics Card
NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 980M - 8.0GB DDR5 Video RAM - DirectX® 12
1st Hard Disk
1TB SEAGATE HYBRID 2.5" SSHD Drive, SATA 6 Gb/s, 64MB CACHE (5400 rpm)
M.2 SSD Drive
128GB SAMSUNG SM951 M.2, PCIe NVMe (up to 2000MB/R, 650MB/W)
1st DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
NOT REQUIRED
Memory Card Reader
Integrated 6 in 1 Card Reader (SD /Mini SD/ SDHC / SDXC / MMC / RSMMC)
Thermal Paste
STANDARD THERMAL PASTE FOR SUFFICIENT COOLING
Sound Card
Intel 2 Channel High Def. Audio + MIC/Headphone + SoundBlaster X-Fi MB3
Wireless/Wired Networking
GIGABIT LAN & WIRELESS INTEL® AC-8260 M.2 (867Mbps, 802.11AC) + BLUETOOTH
USB Options
4 x USB 3.0 PORTS AS STANDARD
Battery
Defiance Series 4 Cell Lithium Ion Battery (60WH)
Power Cable
1 x UK Power Lead & 200W AC Adaptor
Keyboard Language
DEFIANCE SERIES SINGLE COLOUR BACKLIT UK KEYBOARD
Operating System
Genuine Windows 10 Home 64 Bit - inc DVD & Licence
Operating System Language
United Kingdom - English Language
DVD Recovery Media
Windows 10 (64-bit) Home DVD with paper sleeve
Office Software
FREE 30 Day Trial of Microsoft® Office® 365
Anti-Virus
NO ANTI-VIRUS SOFTWARE
Browser
Google Chrome™
Mouse
INTEGRATED 2 BUTTON TOUCHPAD MOUSE
Webcam
INTEGRATED 2.0 MEGAPIXEL WEBCAM
Warranty
3 Year Standard Warranty (1 Month Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour)
Delivery
STANDARD INSURED DELIVERY TO UK MAINLAND (MON-FRI)
Build Time
Standard Build - Approximately 4 to 6 working days
Quantity
1

 

[Oussebon]

The motherboard will be up to scratch in that it will happily support the components and I'm not aware of people who have been buying HM170 chipset laptops finding that they melt after 6 months or anything of the sort.

What I would say is that if you have been saving since December and your budget is now ~£1300, you should give some serious consideration to waiting for mobile Pascal to come out. On the desktop side of things, we have already seen GTX 980 (£400-£450) performance be delivered by the GTX 1060 (~£260), with lower power draw.

There's a lot of expectation it will be announced in mid August: http://www.notebookcheck.net/Nvidia...ficially-debut-at-Gamescom-2016.171125.0.html

 

[midnightL]

The motherboard will be up to scratch in that it will happily support the components and I'm not aware of people who have been buying HM170 chipset laptops finding that they melt after 6 months or anything of the sort.

What I would say is that if you have been saving since December and your budget is now ~£1300, you should give some serious consideration to waiting for mobile Pascal to come out. On the desktop side of things, we have already seen GTX 980 (£400-£450) performance be delivered by the GTX 1060 (~£260), with lower power draw.

There's a lot of expectation it will be announced in mid August: http://www.notebookcheck.net/Nvidia...ficially-debut-at-Gamescom-2016.171125.0.html

Oh really? I had no idea it was being announced so soon. I am not sure how much I would be spending for it, can you give me any indication? Would I need to upgrade into a new laptop (because the HM170 is not up to scratch) and would I need to upgrade the processor?

Would appreciate any comments on this as I may do this. Is it worth starting a new thread?

Would really appreciate how much you think its gonna cost. I have come over my original budget.

 

[midnightL]

The motherboard will be up to scratch in that it will happily support the components and I'm not aware of people who have been buying HM170 chipset laptops finding that they melt after 6 months or anything of the sort.

What I would say is that if you have been saving since December and your budget is now ~£1300, you should give some serious consideration to waiting for mobile Pascal to come out. On the desktop side of things, we have already seen GTX 980 (£400-£450) performance be delivered by the GTX 1060 (~£260), with lower power draw.

There's a lot of expectation it will be announced in mid August: http://www.notebookcheck.net/Nvidia...ficially-debut-at-Gamescom-2016.171125.0.html

I'm actually really worried about this now. I have ordered my laptop and may want to wait now. . .

Edit: I have called PCS and they are unsure when the 1080m will be launched. With some reading around the 980m and the 1080 it looks like the 1080 really shines at 4k. I think it would be quite a lot more to upgrade to a 4k screen and get the 1080m when it is released. In that case I think I am happy with what I have

Though that website does make me wonder if its worth waiting for the 1080m to come out and then see a drop in price for the 980m...

Thanks for your comment!