Can you please check the spec of my 17' Optimus II build

[frahil]

Main use is going to be light gaming (skyrimish stuff and perhaps something along the lines of section 8) and work

Chassis & Display Optimus II: 17.3" Glossy Full HD LED Widescreen (1920x1080)
Processor (CPU) Intel® Core™i5 Dual Core Mobile Processor i5-2430M (2.40GHz) 3MB
Memory (RAM) 4GB SAMSUNG 1333MHz SODIMM DDR3 MEMORY (1 x 4GB)
Graphics Card nVIDIA® GeForce® GT 555M - 2GB DDR3 Video RAM - DirectX® 11
Memory - 1st Hard Disk 250GB SERIAL ATA II 2.5" HARD DRIVE WITH 8MB CACHE (5,400rpm)
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 ARCTIC MX-4 EXTREME THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY COMPOUND (£9)
Sound Card Intel 2 Channel High Definition Audio + MIC/Headphone Jack
Network Facilities 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 Optimus Series 6 Cell Lithium-ION Battery (48.84WH)
Power Lead & Adaptor 1 x UK Power Lead & 90W Adaptor (GT 540M) / 120W Adaptor (GT 555M)
Operating System NO OPERATING SYSTEM REQUIRED
Office Software NO OFFICE SOFTWARE
Anti-Virus NO ANTI-VIRUS SOFTWARE
Keyboard & Mouse INTEGRATED UK KEYBOARD WITH NUMBER PAD
Mouse INTEGRATED 2 BUTTON TOUCHPAD MOUSE
Webcam INTEGRATED 1.3 MEGAPIXEL WEBCAM
Warranty 3 Year Standard Warranty (1 Month Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year
Labour)

(i am going to add the silver warranty)
totals up to 614

is it possible to get away with downgrading the graphics card?

so yeah let me know if this is any good please. Oh and can you tell me if it possible to have it delivered without a HDD as i am planing to simply switch my Hdd from my old laptop to it when it arrives.

 

[Music Guy123]

For the hdd, yes it is but it is easier to send the hdd to them and they will install it, that way they cantest the system. For the gpu, the 555m will play skyrim on high settings, the 540 on low settings. What is your budget though? You may want to consider an upgrade to a quad core i7 if you can afford it.

 

[frahil]

My budget is say £650 tops though i would be happier only spending £600

i was initially looking at this
[Edit by Rakk: no competitor links please]
however i feel the custom job is better quality machine for a cheaper price.

regarding the Hdd it has its own copy of windows 7 hence why i don't want to purchase 7 again. i am currently useing it to run my old slightly dead laptop atm and would prefer to not have to part with it.

what do you think?

 

[frahil]

double post/

 

[Music Guy123]

This setup is a lot better. For a start, pcs use quality parts, better quality than acer's. The gpu on the optimus is a lot better than that on the acer also, the warranty and customer support you get here is unbeatable. Finally, don't forget to minus the £30 from your total (I think that is the price of the hdd).

 

[Music Guy123]

Also, when did you do that spec because I didn't see that CPU in the configurator.

 

[frahil]

Hmm that's odd I looked up the spec last night and it was there, I cant seem to find it either now. however the Intel® Core™i5-2450M 2.5Ghz has appeared now for more or less the same price.

i had forgotten to minus the price of the Hdd. Good shout!

can i ask what is your opinion of typing on the keyboards over a length of time is as I have seen a number of mixed reviews.

 

[Music Guy123]

I am afraid I don't have one but apparently they take a bit of getting used to. I think the 15" chassis has more problems than the 17" but they aren't really problems, they are just different. There haven't had to be replacements that I know of so they are still good keyboards.