Makes Sense to check before i order

[Get Milky]

Hey guys the day has finally come, tomorrow i will finally order my new laptop! I am going to order the vortex 3 elite and i was just wondering what your honest opinion is on my build and maybe to answer some of my money saving questions? If you could it would be much appreciated! xD I will post the specs below

Before i for get to type this as well the things i will need this for is: PHOTOSHOP for computer art ( got a conditional for uni for computer art ) MAYA, MUDBOX (for 3d moddeling) and some other autodesk programs i can't think of off the top of my head. VIDEO EDITING, i make quite a lot of you tube videos these days and want a laptop that can render fast or about the same as my desktop can. Finally of course GAMING In which i record for my you tube channel. I just want a laptop that will last.

Oh and some of my questions will be below.

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

Processor (CPU)
Intel® Core™i7 Quad Core Mobile Processor i7-3740QM (2.70GHz) 6MB

Memory (RAM)
8GB KINGSTON HYPER-X GENESIS 1600MHz SODIMM DDR3 (2 x 4GB)

Graphics Card
2 x AMD® Radeon® HD 7970M - 2GB 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
750GB WD SCORPIO BLACK WD7500BPKT, SATA 3 Gb/s, 16MB 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)

Sound Card
Intel 5.1 Channel High Definition Audio + SPDIF/MIC/Headphone Jack

Bluetooth & Wireless
GIGABIT LAN & KILLER™ 1103 WIRELESS GAMING 802.11N NETWORK CARD

USB Options
4 x USB 3.0 PORTS + 1 x USB 2.0 PORT AS STANDARD

Battery
Vortex Elite 8 Cell Lithium Ion Battery (5,800 mAh/89.21WH)

Power Lead & Adaptor
1 x UK Power Lead & 300W AC Adaptor

Operating System
Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium 64 Bit w/SP1 - inc DVD & Licence (£79)

Office Software
FREE 30 Day Trial of Microsoft® Office® 365

Anti-Virus
BULLGUARD INTERNET SECURITY - FREE 90 DAY TRIAL

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 Silver Warranty (1 Year Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour) (£5)

Dead Pixel Guarantee
1 Year Dead Pixel Guarantee Inc. Labour & Carriage Costs (£19)

Intel Anti-Theft Technology
FREE 90 Day Intel Anti-Theft Trial - Prevent Data Access upon Theft

Insurance
1 Month Free Laptop Insurance inc. Accidental Damage & Theft

Delivery
SCOTTISH HIGHLANDS & UK OFFSHORE ISLANDS / N IRELAND (£12)

Build Time
Standard Build - Approximately 9 to 11 working days

Price comes in at £1756 (something close to that)



Questions.

1. The processor i have chosen is £100 more than another that is only 0.3GHZ less than the current one i have chosen however it can overclock slightly more with turbo boost. Will it make much of an impact in video editing if i take the cheaper processor?

2. The duel 7970's Been a BIG problem with these cards and its changing all the time with new drivers? Defiantly going to go for the cards but what drivers would anyone recommend?

3. Is the spec okay or is there any more i could budget to get a better price for my buck because i can spend that much its just i'd rather see if i can get good value for cheaper?


I know it's been a long post and any comments would be much appreciated!

 

[Fartlek]

For Maya, Photoshop, Mudbox and video editing, go for the fastest processor with the most cores and the most RAM that you can afford. You should see a marked improvement by increasing the amount of RAM, in particular. The fewer times that Photoshop/Maya have to swap things with the SWAP, the faster you'll get things done.

I've heard good things about SSDs and Photoshop. The bigger the better, obviously.

Must you have two graphics cards? A single, beefy graphics card will make your life easier. I don't dabble in Photoshop (well, the GIMP) much, but I know that there's a CUDA (nVidia) plugin for Photoshop which might speed things up for you. I don't know whether there's a similar thing for AMD's programmable cores. SLI and Crossfire performance also doesn't scale the same as the cost to your wallet does. If you are truly defiant in getting these then I can't helpfully discuss drivers; I don't have this card.

I have a Bigfoot Killer NIC, too, and I can't honestly say that there's a difference.

Finally, I'd say get rid of all of that trial software. Unless you're going to buy them when your trial periods expire, they're just going to clutter up the disk and give you more work to do when you uninstall them in order to install the programs to replace them.