Vortex III for Uni & gaming

[Jak]

Hi guys,

I'm literally just about to order this today in the later evening so if anyone can give some quick feedback or advice that'd be great.

Chassis & Display
Vortex Series: 17.3" Matte Full HD LED Widescreen (1920x1080)
Processor (CPU)
Intel® Core™i7 Quad Core Mobile Processor i7-3720QM (2.60GHz) 6MB
Memory (RAM)
16GB SAMSUNG 1600MHz SODIMM DDR3 MEMORY (2 x 8GB)
Graphics Card
AMD® Radeon® HD 7970M - 2GB DDR5 Video RAM - DirectX® 11
1st Hard Disk
180GB INTEL® 330 SERIES SSD, SATA 6 Gb/s (upto 500MB/sR | 450MB/sW)
2nd Hard Disk
750GB WD SCORPIO BLACK WD7500BPKT, SATA 3 Gb/s, 16MB CACHE (7200 rpm)
1st DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
SONY BD-5750H 6x BLURAY WRITER & CYBERLINK SOFTWARE (£79)
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 (£9)
Sound Card
Intel 5.1 Channel High Definition Audio + SPDIF/MIC/Headphone Jack
Network Facilities
GIGABIT LAN & WIRELESS INTEL® ADVANCED-N 6235 (300Mbps) + BLUETOOTH
USB Options
3 x USB 3.0 PORTS + 1 x USB 2.0 PORT AS STANDARD
Firewire
1 X 1394a FIREWIRE PORT
Battery
2 x 17.3" Vortex Series Battery Pack, 76.96WH (One Spare) (£49)
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
Office Software
NO OFFICE SOFTWARE
Anti-Virus
NO ANTI-VIRUS SOFTWARE
Keyboard & Mouse
INTEGRATED BACKLIT UK KEYBOARD WITH NUMBER PAD
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)
Dead Pixel Guarantee
1 Year Dead Pixel Guarantee Inc. Labour & Carriage Costs (£19)
Insurance
1 Month Free Laptop Insurance inc. Accidental Damage & Theft
Delivery
PCS EXTRA-CARE DIAMOND DELIVERY - MON-FRI, PRE-NOON (£9)
Build Time
Standard Build - Approximately 6 to 8 working days
Quantity
1

Price: £1,707.00 including VAT and delivery.

EDIT: I forgot to mention but I'm going to ask PCS to omit the Kingston V200 SSD as I'll be ordering one of Crucial's 128GB M4's instead to stick in the 1st HDD bay.

 

[rickne]

Pretty much the bizznizz . Similar to my order except im only going for a 120 gig SSD but an intel 520 one.. And I took the 680 card as i fancied a break from ATI

 

[Jak]

Pretty much the bizznizz . Similar to my order except im only going for a 120 gig SSD but an intel 520 one.. And I took the 680 card as i fancied a break from ATI

Ah thanks, forgot to mention (edited it in now) I'll install a M4 in place of the V200 instead since I much prefer the performance data from the tests.

EDIT: If anyone can give me a quick response here that'd be great: does anyone know what size the SSD's have to be; 9.5mm or 7mm for the Vortex III? Really need to know since I'm about to order a 128GB Crucial M4.

2nd EDIT: On reflection (and using a few braincells) it occurred to me that if there's two HDD bays in the Vortex III and you're given the opportunity to fit 2x 3.5" drives then obviously if you order it with an SSD that must be fitted using a bracket. So I've decided to just get on and order the above spec with a Kingston V200 and sell the V200 later on.