thinking of buying this

[Sausage]

got this quote for the laptop but need advice if its good enough for latest games and if looked after will it last a while :whistling:


Chassis & Display
Vortex Series: 17.3" Matte Full HD LED Widescreen (1920x1080)
Processor (CPU)
Intel® Core™i7 Quad Core Mobile Processor i7-4710MQ (2.50GHz) 6MB
Memory (RAM)
8GB KINGSTON SODIMM DDR3 1600MHz (1 x 8GB)
Graphics Card
AMD® Radeon® R9 M290X - 4GB DDR5 Video RAM - DirectX® 11
1st Hard Disk
500GB WD SCORPIO BLACK WD5000BPKX, SATA 6 Gb/s, 16MB CACHE (7200 rpm)
1st DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
8x SATA DVD±R/RW/Dual Layer (+ 24x CD-RW)
Memory Card Reader
Internal 9 in 1 Card Reader (MMC/RSMMC/SD: Mini, XC & HC/MS: Pro & Duo)
Thermal Paste
ARCTIC MX-4 EXTREME THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY COMPOUND
Sound Card
Intel 5.1 Channel High Definition Audio + SPDIF/MIC/Headphone Jack
Wireless/Wired Networking
GIGABIT LAN & WIRELESS 802.11N CARD + BLUETOOTH 3.0
USB Options
3 x USB 3.0 PORTS + 1 x USB 2.0 PORT AS STANDARD
Firewire
1 X 1394a FIREWIRE PORT
Battery
Vortex Series 8 Cell Lithium Ion Battery (5,200 mAh/76.96WH)
Power Cable
1 x UK Power Lead & 230W AC Adaptor
Operating System
NO OPERATING SYSTEM REQUIRED
DVD Recovery Media
NO DVD RECOVERY MEDIA REQUIRED
Office Software
NO OFFICE SOFTWARE
Anti-Virus
NO ANTI-VIRUS SOFTWARE
Keyboard Language
INTEGRATED BACKLIT UK KEYBOARD WITH NUMBER PAD
Mouse
INTEGRATED 2 BUTTON TOUCHPAD MOUSE
Webcam
INTEGRATED 2.0 MEGAPIXEL WEBCAM
Warranty
3 Year Standard Warranty (1 Month Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour)
Insurance
1 Month Free Laptop Insurance inc. Accidental Damage & Theft
Delivery
STANDARD INSURED DELIVERY TO UK MAINLAND (MON-FRI)
Build Time
Standard Build - Approximately 11 to 13 working days
Quantity
1
any advice will be welcome my budget is 1100 max what u guys think

 

[keynes]

I would suggest at least silver warranty, upgrading the wireless card and 750gb scorpio black

 

[GeorgeHillier]

Also, consider getting an nvidia card such as the 870m or 880m as the AMD card doesn't run some games very well.

 

[keynes]

Also, consider getting an nvidia card such as the 870m or 880m as the AMD card doesn't run some games very well.

it does run games well but there are more driver issues and more fiddling needed.

 

[tom0311]

I've just ordered a relatively similar spec laptop. Here's the spec:



I'd consider going for a higher clock speed on your CPU, upping the RAM to 16 and getting a GeForce GTX graphics card. The 880M is, from what I've read the most powerful laptop GFX card available and runs 2014 games relatively easily.

If you can afford it, get an SSD - they load games so fast, although some don't trust them yet (in reality they are absolutely fine). I didn't get an SSD, but I plan to. I never understood why they charge more for a shiny screen, who the hell wants a shiny screen.

Mine is arriving within 5 days, I'll let you know what it's like.

Funnily enough I've ordered a 500gb 5,400RPM disk - thought I'd chosen a 7,200 750gb - better change that!

 

[keynes]

I've just ordered a relatively similar spec laptop. Here's the spec:

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I'd consider going for a higher clock speed on your CPU, upping the RAM to 16 and getting a GeForce GTX graphics card. The 880M is, from what I've read the most powerful laptop GFX card available and runs 2014 games relatively easily.

If you can afford it, get an SSD - they load games so fast, although some don't trust them yet (in reality they are absolutely fine). I didn't get an SSD, but I plan to. I never understood why they charge more for a shiny screen, who the hell wants a shiny screen.

Mine is arriving within 5 days, I'll let you know what it's like.

Funnily enough I've ordered a 500gb 5,400RPM disk - thought I'd chosen a 7,200 750gb - better change that!

16gb ram and higher clock speed for gaming? I don't think there will be a difference compare to the i7-4710mq and 8gb ram. I haven't noticed a noticeable improvement in loading times for games between an SSD and a caviar black.

 

[tom0311]

16gb ram and higher clock speed for gaming? I don't think there will be a difference compare to the i7-4710mq and 8gb ram. I haven't noticed a noticeable improvement in loading times for games between an SSD and a caviar black.

Interesting - that's the feedback I got when I asked about running dayz on the dayz forums. Not the most demanding game I realise, but it was suggested I wouldn't be able to run on max settings without a higher clock speed (higher than the 2.8 I've ordered). I work with a couple of guys who have SSD's and they said loading up games was loads faster on an SSD.

Meh, who knows. There's loads of opinions about this stuff - I haven't been into PC gaming for a long long time, so I'm still new to it myself. Just thought I'd share the comments I had received on my setup.

Just to add - I use an SSD in my macbook pro for work, and it's incredibly fast compared to the HDD I had before. I run 4 VM's and OXS mavericks, and reliability has been absolutely fine. So while I don't personally have experience with gaming on an SSD, working on one has made a huge difference.

 

[GeorgeHillier]

Interesting - that's the feedback I got when I asked about running dayz on the dayz forums. Not the most demanding game I realise, but it was suggested I wouldn't be able to run on max settings without a higher clock speed (higher than the 2.8 I've ordered). I work with a couple of guys who have SSD's and they said loading up games was loads faster on an SSD.

Meh, who knows. There's loads of opinions about this stuff - I haven't been into PC gaming for a long long time, so I'm still new to it myself. Just thought I'd share the comments I had received on my setup.

Just to add - I use an SSD in my macbook pro for work, and it's incredibly fast compared to the HDD I had before. I run 4 VM's and OXS mavericks, and reliability has been absolutely fine. So while I don't personally have experience with gaming on an SSD, working on one has made a huge difference.

At the moment no one can run dayz on highest, it's not very well optimised and is in early stages. It's best to have a small SSD (120gb or 240gb) with windows and other applications on and then a HDD with all your games, media etc on. SSDs are still quite expensive and should just have your main programs on, as long as you have windows on there then it'll be quicker

 

[tom0311]

At the moment no one can run dayz on highest, it's not very well optimised and is in early stages. It's best to have a small SSD (120gb or 240gb) with windows and other applications on and then a HDD with all your games, media etc on. SSDs are still quite expensive and should just have your main programs on, as long as you have windows on there then it'll be quicker

Yeah I did hear that basically nobody can run it on high, after I had the initial comments. My plan was to get myself a small-ish SSD and run Win 7 on that, and have all my personal stuff on an HDD.

 

[GeorgeHillier]

Yeah I did hear that basically nobody can run it on high, after I had the initial comments. My plan was to get myself a small-ish SSD and run Win 7 on that, and have all my personal stuff on an HDD.

Exactly the way I do it as well on my desktop. I noticed in your spec you have the default HDD, I would strongly recommend changing it to the scorpio black HDD.

 

[tom0311]

Exactly the way I do it as well on my desktop. I noticed in your spec you have the default HDD, I would strongly recommend changing it to the scorpio black HDD.

Yep - I've just changed it to 120GB SSD for the OS, and a 750GB scorpio black for the rest :yes: