Optimus IV 17.3" spec

[dc2456]

Hi! I was wondering if you could give me any advice on the spec I chose for my new gaming laptop. I'd mainly like a laptop for playing games like skyrim or battlefield 3 in decent settings, and doing some photo & video editing.

Are there any improvements you would suggest to this for a little extra cost?

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

Processor (CPU)
Intel® Core™i7 Quad Core Mobile Processor i7-3610QM (2.30GHz) 6MB

Memory (RAM)
8GB SAMSUNG 1600MHz SODIMM DDR3 MEMORY (2 x 4GB)

Graphics Card
NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 660M - 2.0GB DDR5 Video RAM - DirectX® 11

Memory - Hard Disk
128GB KINGSTON V200 SSD, SATA 6 Gb (300MB/R, 190MB/W) (Special Offer)

2nd Hard Disk
500GB WD SCORPIO BLACK WD5000BPKT, SATA 3 Gb/s, 16MB CACHE (7200 rpm)

DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
8x SATA DVD±R/RW/Dual Layer (+ 24x CD-RW)

Thermal Paste
ARCTIC MX-4 EXTREME THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY COMPOUND (£9)

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)

£813 inc VAT and Delivery.


Looking forward to your replies

 

[Yamikotai]

Everything looks pretty good, actually. The only thing I'd change is the dead pixel guarantee to 1 month, since 99% of the time it'll come with dead pixels rather than develop them later.

 

[dc2456]

Thanks! I have one more question. Is the 120GB INTEL® 330 SERIES SSD, SATA 6 Gb/s (upto 500MB/sR | 450MB/sW) worth spending £21 extra over the 128GB KINGSTON V200 SSD, SATA 6 Gb (300MB/R, 190MB/W) (Special Offer) ? Would the speed difference be noticeable?

 

[Yamikotai]

I would say yes, it's worth switching. It's a fair bit faster - not really noticeably, but it'll be there - and more importantly will likely last longer.