Vortex II: budget £1000

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gempachi

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Hello... Im a student and I am planning to get a laptop that would help me with my work... I travel fairly often between houses and I have a budget of £1,000 on me. I am going to use the laptops for playing games. Question is... is this laptop a good deal or do you have any other suggestions? the laptop is not going to be out of the plug for more than 2-3 hours so is it going to be able to last this long on its battery? Im hoping for quick reviews.... thank you for your help.

Chassis & Display
Vortex II: 15.6" Glossy Full HD LED Widescreen (1920x1080)

Processor (CPU)
Intel® Core™i7 Quad Core Mobile Processor i7-2670QM (2.20GHz) 6MB

Memory (RAM)
8GB KINGSTON HYPER-X GENESIS 1600MHz SODIMM DDR3 (2 x 4GB)

Graphics Card
1.5GB nVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 560M - DirectX® 11 (15.6" Vortex II)

Memory - Hard Disk
500GB SERIAL ATA II 2.5" HARD DRIVE WITH 8MB CACHE (5,400rpm)

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 COOLING MX-3 HIGH THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY COMPOUND (£9)

Sound Card
Intel 2 Channel High Definition Audio + MIC/Headphone Jack

Bluetooth & Wireless
GIGABIT LAN & WIRELESS 802.11N CARD INC. BLUETOOTH 3.0

USB Options
2 x USB 3.0 PORTS + 2 x USB 2.0 PORTS AS STANDARD

Battery
Vortex Series 8 Cell Lithium Ion Battery (5,200 mAh/76.96WH)

Power Lead & Adaptor
1 x UK Power Lead & 180W AC Adaptor

Operating System
NO OPERATING SYSTEM REQUIRED

Office Software
NO OFFICE SOFTWARE

Anti-Virus
NO ANTI-VIRUS SOFTWARE

Carry Case
Belkin Black/Red 15.6" Neoprene Notebook Sleeve (£14)

Notebook Mouse
INTEGRATED 2 BUTTON TOUCHPAD MOUSE

Webcam
INTEGRATED 2.0 MEGAPIXEL WEBCAM

Warranty
3 Year Silver Warranty (1 Year Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour) (£5)

Insurance
1 Month Free Laptop Insurance inc. Accidental Damage & Theft

Delivery
STANDARD INSURED DELIVERY TO UK MAINLAND (MON-FRI)

Build Time
Standard Build - Approximately 5 to 7 working days


Price £1,001
 
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gempachi

Member
Im sorry to rebound the subject but I get no replies :( here's a twist... would you recommend taking a refurbished alienware instead? same monitor size... am only interested in 15"
 
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InfernalBadger

Bronze Level Poster
I think you'll be lucky to manage 3 hours on battery while doing anything with the laptop.

I would recommend you try and find the extra to get a 7200rpm hdd. Maybe swap the 1600 ram for 1333?

It's out of your budget but if you really want to game I'd try and find the extra for the AMD 6990m, it rocks :D
 
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gempachi

Member
nah mate.... 1000 is the absolute maximum... hmmm.... im only gonna save like ten quid only... and when im travelling ill be using the laptop in low performance applications
 
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Tehmoe

Gold Level Poster
gempachi said:
Im sorry to rebound the subject but I get no replies :( here's a twist... would you recommend taking a refurbished alienware instead? same monitor size... am only interested in 15"
Click to expand...

By 15" I guess you mean the L502x, from what I have gathered it might have a slightly better screen but thats about all you would get from it. Gaming wise the 560 is way ahead of the 540, the L502x is cheaper from the outlet but overall isnt going to be as powerfully and the 540 will start to age quickly. If they had an upgraded 15" alienware that would be a good options but sadly they run 260 to 280 which are also quiet old and run the older i7 CPUs.
 
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gempachi

Member
good stuff o.0 okay... so how long to those laptops here last? are they better than original manufactures like acer or sony? reliable? long lasting? I cant find any clip on the internet to see them performing so im gathering intel here
 
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Tehmoe

Gold Level Poster
IF you search for Clevo/Sager laptops then you will find how good the build is, Clevo supply barebone laptops to suppliers such as PCS and they just fill it with hardware and ship it.
 
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gempachi

Member
well that helps... anyway... do those laptops support optimus technology? it would be really epic if they did and i just wanted to know.
 
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Tehmoe

Gold Level Poster
Hardly any laptops with 560M support it sadly, I think I only found one but it cost alot more. Would be great if they did, hope it helps.
 
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