New laptop coming soon....

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zimbo_ouen

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Main specs and upgrades... In "pre-production" at the moment. Looking forward to the new beast :)

-Chassis & Display Optimus Series: 17.3" Matte Full HD LED Widescreen (1920x1080)
-Processor (CPU) Intel® Core™i7 Quad Core Mobile Processor i7-3630QM (2.40GHz) 6MB
-Memory (RAM) 8GB KINGSTON HYPER-X GENESIS 1600MHz SODIMM DDR3 (2 x 4GB)
-Graphics Card NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 660M - 2.0GB DDR5 Video RAM - DirectX® 11
-Memory - 1st Hard Disk 500GB WD SCORPIO BLACK WD5000BPKT, SATA 3 Gb/s, 16MB CACHE (7200 rpm)
-1st DVD/BLU-RAY Drive 8x SATA DVD±R/RW/Dual Layer (+ 24x CD-RW)
-Thermal Paste ARCTIC MX-4 EXTREME THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY COMPOUND
-Network Facilities GIGABIT LAN & WIRELESS INTEL® ADVANCED-N 6235 (300Mbps) + BLUETOOTH
-Warranty 3 Year Silver Warranty (1 Year Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour)


Had a new desktop and moved to a tiny flat :/
Asus P5G41T-M LX,
Intel® Core™2 Quad Processor Q6600(8M Cache, 2.40 GHz, 1066 MHz FSB),
Crucial 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 1333Mhz Ballistix Tactical Memory Kit CL7 (7-7-7-24)1.5V,
Inno3D GTX 460 1GB 256-bit
Western Digital WD3200AAJS 320GB Hard Drive SATAII 7200rpm 8MB Cache

But being in a small one bed flat and no space for a desk at all, I've had to put this on ebay now (item: 251193646749) :(
Also had an Acer 4935G laptop but that couldn't handle games but I could use it in the flat!

Now I get the best of both worlds soon :p
 
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Keithg

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I have a very similar machine and it is excellent, you will not regret the loss of the desktop.

Hope you get a speedy delivery.
 
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zimbo_ouen

Active member
Thanks Keith! I have a 128GB Samsung SSD which will be primary drive and then will move the 500GB to become secondary. This is the only change I would manually make when I receive it.
Can't wait and this hanging around is killing me :(

What are the differences from your set up?
 
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Keithg

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Thats the same for me, i have a 160Gb intel and moved the 750gb to the second slot (which is now filled with games :) )
Literally the only difference is i stayed with 8Gb of samsung ram rather than the kingston but it is 1600mhz as well.
Oh and i got mine earlier so my cpu is the older model (3610QM i think 100mhz less)

So very similar.
 
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Brickfaced

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This is actually identical to what I'm planning to order imminently. I can't afford an SSD though. Besides boot up times and loading games initial is there any other advantage? I know that those things are really good, but I just want to make sure it's still got brill performance even without an SSD.
 
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zimbo_ouen

Active member
I think with a 7200 rpm drive you'd be ok to be honest. What about looking at a hybrid drive?

I'm only using an SSD as I got given one by an IT sales friend! :)
 
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Brickfaced

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Yeah, I figured 7200 rpm would help. I don't really want to add things to it myself though (I'd be scared I mess it up!) and Hybrid drives aren't offered in the hard drive choices for the optimus. But I'm sure it'll do just fine without one, thanks :)
 
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Keithg

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Brickfaced the ssd just makes the load times faster, as long as you have a good 7200rpm drive your machine will be great.

Zimbo this machine was bought to play games and I am not disappointed everything i play is on very high baring metro2033 which is on high (but with dx11, anistropic filtering and 4xAA).
I try to get a machine for 3-4yrs and this should be the same.
 
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Keithg

Enthusiast
brickfaced adding a hdd is the simplest thing in the world. remove 3 screws on the underside and then screw the hdd's into tthe caddies.
simple.
 
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Brickfaced

Member
Thanks for the reassurance Keithg.

If I decide I want a hdd later down the line then at least it's not to hard, I can always get one of my computer-literate friends to help if need be as well. ;)
 
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