Problem with Vortex IV 15 price on configurator ?

[daveeb]

Hello all,

i've noticed there have been a few changes on the configurator recently. I see that now the basic 15 inch Vortex IV costs £1130 and the 17 inch version costs £960. I think the 17 inch has been that price for quite a while so i assume the 15 inch prices are wrong ?

 

[keynes]

I would assume it is due to being a different chassis. For an official response you may need to contact PCS directly.

 

[daveeb]

Actually on closer inspection the 15 inch includes the nVidia 780 graphics card in the basic spec. Not sure why that would be but it explains the price difference.

 

[SmokeDarKnight]

This also happened last year. The 17" became cheaper than the 15".

I think it may be down to levels of stock and a sign that the Vortex V may be on the way.

This is speculation of course and for an official responce you would need to get in touch with PCS

 

[daveeb]

Question (to myself) is do i wait for the Vortex V (or Skyfire IV) or bag the Vortex IV while it's still available ?
I mainly want a 17 inch screen, chassis that will take 2 conventional hard drives AND a blue ray writer drive (which the Skyfire III stopped supporting), backlit keyboard (preferably customisable), I7 processor and a decent (but not necessarily top end) grahics card.
Anyone know (based on past changes) what sort of price markup there may be going from Vortex IV to V or is that an impossible question to answer as spec as yet unknown. ? Thanks

 

[SmokeDarKnight]

I think the chasis themselves are arround the same price year after year but the GPU prices might change. I think that the Vortex V will support the new Nvida GTX800m series gpu which look like beasts from what i've read today.

If it was me i would wait but again there is still little work on the Vortex V yet.

 

[daveeb]

Cheers for the info SDK :yes: