Building Vortex III, appreciate advice.

[apatheticferret]

I've decided to go with a Vortex III purely from a gaming point of view. While I'm aware which graphics card may be the best, this is where my knowledge on the subject ends! Would appreciate some advice about other parts to go for, such as hard drive and RAM. I need to consider price worth and impact on gaming performance.
(My maximum budget is about £1500). Thank you in advance for any help! :stuart:


Chassis & Display
Vortex Series: 17.3" Glossy Full HD LED Widescreen (1920x1080)
Processor (CPU)
Intel® Core™i7 Quad Core Mobile Processor i7-3610QM (2.30GHz) 6MB
Memory (RAM)
8GB SAMSUNG 1600MHz SODIMM DDR3 MEMORY (1 x 8GB)
Graphics Card
AMD® Radeon® HD 7970M - 2GB DDR5 Video RAM (PRE-ORDER, EARLY JUNE)
Memory - Hard Disk
250GB WD SCORPIO BLACK WD2500BEKT, SATA 3 Gb/s, 16MB CACHE (7200 rpm)
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
Bluetooth & Wireless
GIGABIT LAN & WIRELESS 802.11N CARD INC. BLUETOOTH 3.0
USB Options
3 x USB 3.0 PORTS + 1 x USB 2.0 PORT AS STANDARD
Firewire & Video Editing
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
Office Software
FREE Microsoft® Office Starter 2010 (Limited functionality Word & Excel)
Anti-Virus
BULLGUARD INTERNET SECURITY - FREE 90 DAY TRIAL
Keyboard Language
INTEGRATED BACKLIT UK KEYBOARD WITH NUMBER PAD
Notebook 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 6 to 8 working days
Quantity
1

Price: £1,286.00 including VAT and delivery.

 

[mantadog]

Looks good, a few minor points.

You plan to add more RAM in the future yourself? If not grab 2 x 4 GB sticks, and probably best stick with the 1333MHz stuff as any performance you could possibly gain is virtualy nothing.

Grab the cooling paste upgrade, anything you can do to keep a laptop cool is always good and well worth a tenner.

Finally just add the silver warranty so your 100% covered for 1 year.

 

[marvir]

What Manta says and you should be good! I would upgrade to a higher capacity ScorpioHDD though.. 250GB sounds big, but goes by pretty fast. The prices don't differ that much so shouldn't be a problem.

 

[apatheticferret]

Yeah the HDD was a slight oversight on my part, ill probably head for the 750gb.

Thanks for the advice, you've been a great help

 

[Xii_Damian]

maybe look at the matte screen too if your going to be in sunlight at any point

 

[jwonno]

maybe look at the matte screen too if your going to be in sunlight at any point

Definitely agree here. Better colour representation and less over colour saturation too.