RaveBeforeLunch
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Coming from a 2.5 year old macbook (intel core 2 duo/ nvidia 320m) to this should be good! Cut out most of the standard rubbish and hope to have a review up in a couple of weeks 
Chassis & Display
Optimus Series: 17.3" Matte Full HD LED Widescreen (1920x1080) - Not going outdoors much, but i'll sacrifice some colour for less reflection.
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
750GB SEAGATE MOMENTUS XT HYBRID, SATA 6 Gb/s, 32MB CACHE (7200 rpm) - Couldn't quite afford an ssd, so I thought this would be ok for now.
Thermal Paste
STANDARD THERMAL PASTE FOR SUFFICIENT COOLING
Sound Card
Intel 2 Channel High Definition Audio + MIC/Headphone Jack
Network Facilities
GIGABIT LAN & WIRELESS INTEL® N135 802.11N (150Mbps) + BLUETOOTH
Operating System
Genuine Windows 8 Standard Edition 64 Bit - inc DVD & Licence (£79)
Anti-Virus
NORTON ANTI-VIRUS 2013 - 1 Year Licence for 1 PC (£9) *SPECIAL*
[Integrated mouse, webcam and trackpad]
Warranty
3 Year Silver Warranty (1 Year Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour) (£5)
Standard Delivery and build
Final price came to - £846
Dispatched today so hopefully it will only take 24 hours to deliver so i'll have it on friday. If not, i'll have to wait the weekend and will have it on monday D:.
Chassis & Display
Optimus Series: 17.3" Matte Full HD LED Widescreen (1920x1080) - Not going outdoors much, but i'll sacrifice some colour for less reflection.
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
750GB SEAGATE MOMENTUS XT HYBRID, SATA 6 Gb/s, 32MB CACHE (7200 rpm) - Couldn't quite afford an ssd, so I thought this would be ok for now.
Thermal Paste
STANDARD THERMAL PASTE FOR SUFFICIENT COOLING
Sound Card
Intel 2 Channel High Definition Audio + MIC/Headphone Jack
Network Facilities
GIGABIT LAN & WIRELESS INTEL® N135 802.11N (150Mbps) + BLUETOOTH
Operating System
Genuine Windows 8 Standard Edition 64 Bit - inc DVD & Licence (£79)
Anti-Virus
NORTON ANTI-VIRUS 2013 - 1 Year Licence for 1 PC (£9) *SPECIAL*
[Integrated mouse, webcam and trackpad]
Warranty
3 Year Silver Warranty (1 Year Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour) (£5)
Standard Delivery and build
Final price came to - £846
Dispatched today so hopefully it will only take 24 hours to deliver so i'll have it on friday. If not, i'll have to wait the weekend and will have it on monday D:.