Vortex III 17.3" on the way!

[Phil]

New gaming laptop on the way, made a few amendments (couldn't help myself) but I think this will be how I leave it now. Still have my PCS desktop from a couple of year ago which will be my main gaming machine but I needed a laptop for obvious reasons. What you guys think?

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

Processor (CPU) Intel® Core™i3 Dual Core Mobile Processor i3-3110M (2.40GHz) 3MB
Change to: Intel® Core™i7 Quad Core Mobile Processor i7-3610QM (2.30GHz) 6MB

Memory (RAM) 8GB KINGSTON HYPER-X GENESIS 1600MHz SODIMM DDR3 (2 x 4GB)
Change to: 16GB KINGSTON HYPER-X GENESIS 1600MHz SODIMM DDR3 (4 x 4GB)

Graphics Card NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 670M - 1.5GB DDR5 Video RAM - DirectX® 11
Change to: NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 680M - 4.0GB DDR5 Video RAM - DirectX® 11

2nd Graphics Card NONE

Memory - 1st Hard Disk 500GB SEAGATE MOMENTUS XT HYBRID, SATA 3 Gb/s, 32MB CACHE (7200 rpm)
Change to: 240GB KINGSTON HYPERX 3K SSD, SATA 6 Gb/s (upto 555MB/sR | 510MB/sW)

2nd Hard Disk NONE
Change to: 240GB KINGSTON HYPERX 3K SSD, SATA 6 Gb/s (upto 555MB/sR | 510MB/sW)

RAID NONE
Change to: RAID 0 (STRIPED VOLUME - 2 x same size & model HDD / SSD) (£9)

SSD CACHE DRIVE NONE

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 STANDARD THERMAL PASTE FOR SUFFICIENT COOLING

Sound Card Intel 5.1 Channel High Definition Audio + SPDIF/MIC/Headphone Jack

Network Facilities GIGABIT LAN & WIRELESS INTEL® ULTIMATE-N 6300 (450Mbps)

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 Lead & Adaptor 1 x UK Power Lead & 220W AC Adaptor

Operating System Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium 64 Bit w/SP1 - inc DVD & Licence (£79)

 

[CEUOTC]

Looking good fella, you won't regret it.

Regards.

C.

 

[westerdaled]

Hi

I am looking at getting this for work ( yes I know it's dull!) . Out of interest why did you upgrade the network card from the standard 300 Mhz

https://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?20354-IT-Pro-Developer-Spec

Ironically, I want the lowest spec graphics card as I am no gammer......

Daniel

 

[Phil]

Upgraded the network card to be future proof

 

[steaky360]

Looks good, although nothing is future proof Maybe 'Future Resistant'.

 

[westerdaled]

Good call on the upgrading the network card. I will do the same - handy for copying VMs if I go for NAS - though the vortex will cost me a small fortune

 

[Phil]

Looks good, although nothing is future proof Maybe 'Future Resistant'.

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Agreed but you know what I mean