Hello there!
I don't want to seem eager by posting a prospective spec so soon after I signed up but I guess since it's a company oriented board, it's alright
I hope I'm not breaking the etiquette on here, I've checked the rules too
So I want to replace Alfred, my old Asus G75 with something more reliable, easy to maintain and fairly powerful. I mostly play, write stuff and sometimes use Photoshop, AE and Premiere. I wanna be able to take it to my classes too, and I don't mind the weight - I used to take Alfred to classes though it was a 17'' and rather heavy.
I have a 1600 euros budget but I can go a little over it I guess ... The following set-up is priced at 1750.
I've come up with the following spec onto a 15.6 Vortex IV :
Chassis & Display
Vortex Series: 15.6" Matte Full HD LED Widescreen (1920x1080)
Processor (CPU)
Intel® Core™i7 Quad Core Mobile Processor i7-4800MQ (2.70GHz) 6MB
Memory (RAM)
8GB SAMSUNG 1600MHz SODIMM DDR3 MEMORY (1 x 8GB)
Graphics Card
NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 780M - 4.0GB DDR5 Video RAM - DirectX® 11
Memory - Hard Disk
240GB KINGSTON HYPERX 3K SSD, SATA 6 Gb/s (upto 555MB/sR | 510MB/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 (11 €)
Sound Card
Intel 2 Channel High Definition Audio + MIC/Headphone Jack
Bluetooth & Wireless
GIGABIT LAN & WIRELESS INTEL® N-7260 (867Mbps, 802.11AC) + 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 European Power Lead & 180W AC Adaptor
Operating System
NO OPERATING SYSTEM REQUIRED
Office Software
NO OFFICE SOFTWARE
Anti-Virus
NO ANTI-VIRUS SOFTWARE
Keyboard Language
INTEGRATED BACKLIT FRENCH 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) (16 €)
Dead Pixel Guarantee
1 Year Dead Pixel Guarantee Inc. Labour & Carriage Costs (23 €)
Delivery
2 DAY DELIVERY TO FRANCE (23 €)
Build Time
Standard Build - Approximately 10 to 12 working days
I'm used to brand named laptop so I don't always get exactly what I want everywhere, which left me with some questions regarding my selection :
- Regarding the RAM, both the Samsung and Kingstone seems to have the same specs, so I'm really confused ... Also, is there any advantage in having two 4 Go over a single 8 Go ?
- I've read the jargon section to get a grasp on notions such as RAID and I wondered if I could go with two 120 go SSD in RAID 0 rather than a single 240. RAID config doesn't appear in the setup page, so I guess I can't ? Is it overkill anyway ?
- Most brand named laptop meant for "gaming" come with the i7-4700MQ (2.4 GHz), is there a point in taking the i7-4800MQ (2.7 GHz) ? (If not it'll bring the whole thing in back close to the set budget)
- Again, really confused at the wifi-cards, I took one rather randomly ... What do I need ? I have a poor connection speed (standard ADSL with huge speed decreased due to the length of the line) so I guess there's no point in getting amazing wifi speed ?
- Lastly I made research about the screen upgrade and it turns out it seems useless for me to go for the 95 gamut, since I don't plan on doing professional work in PS and AE and I certainly don't plan on learning how to calibrate a screen and then do so every time I move my computer. Wanna comfort me in this choice ?
I thank you all in advance for your answers and advices, I hope you're enjoying your last days in 2013
Vorian.
PS : To Stephen and Ubuysa, if you come across this topic, I replied to your answers in my presentation thread before posting here but it seems my answer needs validation so ...
I don't want to seem eager by posting a prospective spec so soon after I signed up but I guess since it's a company oriented board, it's alright
I hope I'm not breaking the etiquette on here, I've checked the rules too So I want to replace Alfred, my old Asus G75 with something more reliable, easy to maintain and fairly powerful. I mostly play, write stuff and sometimes use Photoshop, AE and Premiere. I wanna be able to take it to my classes too, and I don't mind the weight - I used to take Alfred to classes though it was a 17'' and rather heavy.
I have a 1600 euros budget but I can go a little over it I guess ... The following set-up is priced at 1750.
I've come up with the following spec onto a 15.6 Vortex IV :
Chassis & Display
Vortex Series: 15.6" Matte Full HD LED Widescreen (1920x1080)
Processor (CPU)
Intel® Core™i7 Quad Core Mobile Processor i7-4800MQ (2.70GHz) 6MB
Memory (RAM)
8GB SAMSUNG 1600MHz SODIMM DDR3 MEMORY (1 x 8GB)
Graphics Card
NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 780M - 4.0GB DDR5 Video RAM - DirectX® 11
Memory - Hard Disk
240GB KINGSTON HYPERX 3K SSD, SATA 6 Gb/s (upto 555MB/sR | 510MB/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 (11 €)
Sound Card
Intel 2 Channel High Definition Audio + MIC/Headphone Jack
Bluetooth & Wireless
GIGABIT LAN & WIRELESS INTEL® N-7260 (867Mbps, 802.11AC) + 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 European Power Lead & 180W AC Adaptor
Operating System
NO OPERATING SYSTEM REQUIRED
Office Software
NO OFFICE SOFTWARE
Anti-Virus
NO ANTI-VIRUS SOFTWARE
Keyboard Language
INTEGRATED BACKLIT FRENCH 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) (16 €)
Dead Pixel Guarantee
1 Year Dead Pixel Guarantee Inc. Labour & Carriage Costs (23 €)
Delivery
2 DAY DELIVERY TO FRANCE (23 €)
Build Time
Standard Build - Approximately 10 to 12 working days
I'm used to brand named laptop so I don't always get exactly what I want everywhere, which left me with some questions regarding my selection :
- Regarding the RAM, both the Samsung and Kingstone seems to have the same specs, so I'm really confused ... Also, is there any advantage in having two 4 Go over a single 8 Go ?
- I've read the jargon section to get a grasp on notions such as RAID and I wondered if I could go with two 120 go SSD in RAID 0 rather than a single 240. RAID config doesn't appear in the setup page, so I guess I can't ? Is it overkill anyway ?
- Most brand named laptop meant for "gaming" come with the i7-4700MQ (2.4 GHz), is there a point in taking the i7-4800MQ (2.7 GHz) ? (If not it'll bring the whole thing in back close to the set budget)
- Again, really confused at the wifi-cards, I took one rather randomly ... What do I need ? I have a poor connection speed (standard ADSL with huge speed decreased due to the length of the line) so I guess there's no point in getting amazing wifi speed ?
- Lastly I made research about the screen upgrade and it turns out it seems useless for me to go for the 95 gamut, since I don't plan on doing professional work in PS and AE and I certainly don't plan on learning how to calibrate a screen and then do so every time I move my computer. Wanna comfort me in this choice ?
I thank you all in advance for your answers and advices, I hope you're enjoying your last days in 2013
Vorian.
PS : To Stephen and Ubuysa, if you come across this topic, I replied to your answers in my presentation thread before posting here but it seems my answer needs validation so ...
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