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OMAW3D

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Chassis & Display Vortex Series: 15.6" Matte Full HD LED Widescreen (1920x1080)
Processor (CPU) Intel® Core™i7 Quad Core Mobile Processor i7-4700MQ (2.40GHz) 6MB
Memory (RAM) 8GB SAMSUNG 1600MHz SODIMM DDR3 MEMORY (2 x 4GB)
Graphics Card NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 780M - 4.0GB DDR5 Video RAM - DirectX® 11
Memory - 1st Hard Disk 250GB SERIAL ATA II 2.5" HARD DRIVE WITH 8MB CACHE (5,400rpm)
Thermal Paste STANDARD THERMAL PASTE FOR SUFFICIENT COOLING


Hi :punk: please find my spec above for your comment, any you may have.
Please disregard the hard disk and thermal paste, I have those components at home which I plan to install myself so I went with the cheapest options there.
One question I do have is my chosen screen size, this will lead to a smaller chassis and will that in turn have a significant overall effect on the cooling ability of the machine?
I look forward to receiving this machine from PCS in the near future.

thank you.
 
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OMAW3D

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SlimCini said:
Getting the silver warranty?
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I stuck with the default warranty. The silver level offers free collection for just £5 more which is excellent, but I have free access to FedEx services through my workplace.
If PCS allow warranty upgrades I may consider the gold level in time.

regards,
 
Rakk

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OMAW3D said:
If PCS allow warranty upgrades I may consider the gold level in time.
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They do allow you to upgrade the warranty, but only until 3 months before your current one runs out (where runs out means either the return+collect or parts runs out - I not entirely sure which of those determines the date, but silver and up they are the same anyway)
 
moosEh

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OMAW3D said:
I stuck with the default warranty. The silver level offers free collection for just £5 more which is excellent, but I have free access to FedEx services through my workplace.
If PCS allow warranty upgrades I may consider the gold level in time.

regards,
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If you purchase the standard warranty, you will not be able to increase it after your PC leaves us.
 
keynes

keynes

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OMAW3D said:
OK. Can I renew it when the time comes as Rakk suggests, and can you clarify exactly when that is allowed?

cheers.
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What I understood from Mooseh's post is that if you choose standard warranty you can't upgrade the warranty after your PC is dispatch.
 
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Item 1 Change to 120GB KINGSTON V300 SSD, SATA 6 Gb (450MB/R, 450MB/W) from 250GB SERIAL ATA II 2.5" HARD DRIVE WITH 8MB CACHE (5,400rpm)
Item 2 Change to ARCTIC MX-4 EXTREME THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY COMPOUND (£9) from STANDARD THERMAL PASTE FOR SUFFICIENT COOLING
Item 3 Change to 3 Year Silver Warranty (1 Year Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour) (£5) from 3 Year Standard Warranty (1 Month Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour)
Item 4 Change to 30 Day Dead Pixel Guarantee Inc. Labour & Carriage Costs (£12) from NONE

I upgraded the warranty to silver and included 30 day dead pixel. I also figured why pay £30 for a 5400rpm drive I don't really want, I might as well throw a few more ££ in and get an SSD I can use elsewhere.
Hopefully this wont delay the order too much, but any road I appreciate being able to make tweaks so easily.
 
moosEh

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Clarification on Warranty
Standard - May not be upgraded after we dispatch the machine.
Silver + Gold - Can be upgraded from date of ordering and any time after that up UNTIL 3 months before one part of the warranty lapses. Once you are within that last 3 months.. Sorry missed your chance, its not personal.

e.g. Your order arrives with you on January the 1st 2014, You can upgrade a Silver any time up UNTIL the 1st of October 2014. Gold is any time up until 1st of October 2015.
 
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