What do you think of this COSMOS configuration?

[qwerty]

I posted earlier - I was too hasty as am only now honing in on what I think I would like. My requirements are for a multi-purpose work PC with the occasional bit of (mainly old) and/or management sim gaming.

What do you think of the spec?

Is the Intel SSD a good idea? Ideally I would like a SSD for the OS, a standard Hard disk and the DVD drive. Is this a decent WiFi card - I guess it is better future-proofed than the default?

Chassis & Display Cosmos Series: 15.6" Matte Full HD IPS 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 NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 850M - 2.0GB DDR3 Video RAM - DirectX® 11
Memory - Hard Disk 750GB WD SCORPIO BLACK WD7500BPKX, SATA 6 Gb/s, 16MB CACHE (7200 rpm)
mSATA/M.2 SSD Drive 120GB INTEL® 530 mSATA 6Gb/s SSD (upto 540MB/sR | 480MB/sW)
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 2 Channel High Definition Audio + MIC/Headphone Jack
Bluetooth & Wireless GIGABIT LAN & WIRELESS INTEL® AC-7260 HMC (867Mbps, 802.11AC) + BLUETOOTH

Price is £859 as I want to go for silver warranty and a year of Dead Pixel guarantee.

 

[keynes]

Looks good. The Optimus nebula on the review section costs £849 and has a better gpu but smaller ssd, you could consider that but if gaming is not the priority the cosmos would be fine.

 

[qwerty]

Thanks Keynes - much appreciated. I've heard some SSDs are prone to mulfunctioning - it seems though that the Intel has a reasonable rating, but some people have complained about some Kingston SSDs?

 

[qwerty]

I like the look of the Nebula that is on offer, but unfortunately the offer price is not valid if one configures it - would be nice to have a faster HDD and the better cooling.

 

[keynes]

I like the look of the Nebula that is on offer, but unfortunately the offer price is not valid if one configures it - would be nice to have a faster HDD and the better cooling.

It is a laptop that offers a significant discount for what it offers but you lose the discount as soon as you attempt to modify the specs. I would say any ssd would be fine (apart from the V300), you are likely to only notice the difference when running benchmarks

 

[qwerty]

Thanks Keynes - I will avoid the V300!