New gaming laptop? Advice on these specs and adjusted if needed.

jackeet

Active member
Hello all, so I will be upgrading to a new laptop very soon, I've currently got an MSI gt683. But wanting a new one as there are some decent up coming new games coming and want to get the best out of them.

Now my Budget is around £2,500 tops. I know I can get a top laptop for this price. Here are current specs that I have chosen, could anyone give me advice, on what to change or adjust for a better experience? I have chosen the 17.3" Vortex IV elite to customise.

Chassis & Display Vortex Series: 17.3" Matte Full HD LED Widescreen (1920x1080)
Processor (CPU) Intel® Core™i7 Quad Core Mobile Processor i7-4700MQ (2.40GHz) 6MB
Memory (RAM) 16GB KINGSTON HYPER-X GENESIS 1600MHz SODIMM DDR3 (2 x 8GB)
Graphics Card 2 x NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 780M - 4.0GB DDR5 Video RAM - DirectX® 11
Memory - 1st Hard Disk 1TB SERIAL ATA II 2.5" HARD DRIVE WITH 8MB CACHE (5,400rpm)
2nd Hard Disk 1TB SERIAL ATA II 2.5" HARD DRIVE WITH 8MB CACHE (5,400rpm)
RAID NONE
SSD CACHE DRIVE NONE
1st DVD/BLU-RAY Drive 4x BLURAY ROM, 8x DVD ±R/±RW & CYBERLINK SOFTWARE
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
Sound Card Creative Sound Blaster® X-Fi™ HD-Audiophile-Grade Sound External
Network Facilities GIGABIT LAN & KILLER™ 1103 WIRELESS GAMING 802.11N NETWORK CARD
Wireless Router NONE
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 Cable 1 x UK Power Lead & 330W AC Adaptor
Operating System Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium 64 Bit w/SP1 - inc DVD & Licence
DVD Recovery Media Windows 7 Home Premium (64-bit) DVD with paper sleeve
 

jackeet

Active member
Thanks for reply keynes.

Do you think its worth forking out the extra ££ for the 2 gtx 780M's? Or do you think 1 will suffice, Ye i've looked at the review spec and it isn't too much different from this one.

Say money wasn't too much of an issue, as im willing to pay good money for a good product, which one would you go with mate?
 

keynes

Multiverse Poster
I would go for the one on the review section if it is cheaper than the one you got, dual,GPUs is going to create a lot of heat and not going to be as portable.
 

jackeet

Active member
The one on the review section is almost £1000 cheaper than this one.

The spec here:

Chassis & Display
Vortex Series: 17.3" Matte Full HD LED Widescreen (1920x1080)
Processor (CPU)
Intel® Core™i7 Quad Core Mobile Processor i7-4700MQ (2.40GHz) 6MB
Memory (RAM)
16GB KINGSTON HYPER-X GENESIS 1600MHz SODIMM DDR3 (2 x 8GB)
Graphics Card
2 x NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 780M - 4.0GB DDR5 Video RAM - DirectX® 11
Memory - 1st Hard Disk
180GB INTEL® 335 SERIES SSD, SATA 6 Gb/s (upto 550MB/sR | 520MB/sW)
2nd Hard Disk
1TB SERIAL ATA II 2.5" HARD DRIVE WITH 8MB CACHE (5,400rpm)
1st DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
4x BLURAY ROM, 8x DVD ±R/±RW & CYBERLINK SOFTWARE
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
Sound Card
Creative Sound Blaster® X-Fi™ HD-Audiophile-Grade Sound External
Network Facilities
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 Cable
1 x UK Power Lead & 330W AC Adaptor
Operating System
Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium 64 Bit w/SP1 - inc DVD & Licence
DVD Recovery Media
Windows 7 Home Premium (64-bit) DVD with paper sleeve
Office Software
NO OFFICE SOFTWARE
Anti-Virus
NO ANTI-VIRUS SOFTWARE
Keyboard Language
INTEGRATED BACKLIT UK KEYBOARD WITH NUMBER PAD
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)

It comes to £2400, is it not worth it?
 

jackeet

Active member
Ok mate, I dont travel a lot. I work offshore, 4 weeks on/ off. So transporting it isn't too much of a problem. I really like the idea of the 2 GPU's. But do you think a cooling pad will be necessary?
 

keynes

Multiverse Poster
Ok mate, I dont travel a lot. I work offshore, 4 weeks on/ off. So transporting it isn't too much of a problem. I really like the idea of the 2 GPU's. But do you think a cooling pad will be necessary?

I think so, cooling is always an issue with a laptop especially with 2 GPUs
 
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