Gone and done it!
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Troublesum
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What spec did you go for?
Chassis & Display SkyFire: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 1333MHz SODIMM DDR3 MEMORY (2 x 4GB)
Graphics Card nVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 670M - 1.5GB DDR5 Video RAM - DirectX® 11
Memory - 1st Hard Disk 750GB WD SCORPIO BLACK WD7500BPKT, SATA 3 Gb/s, 16MB CACHE (7200 rpm)
1st DVD/BLU-RAY Drive 8x SATA DVD±R/RW/Dual Layer (+ 24x CD-RW)
Thermal Paste ARCTIC MX-4 EXTREME THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY COMPOUND (£9)
Network Facilities GIGABIT LAN & KILLER™ 1102 WIRELESS GAMING 802.11N NETWORK CARD
Operating System Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium 64 Bit - inc DVD & Licence (£79)
Warranty 3 Year Silver Warranty (1 Year Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour) (£5)
My budget restricted me a bit on the hard drive as I wanted the 750GB MOMENTUS XT HYBRID, or a 120GB INTEL 330 SERIES SSD and a 500GB SATA HDD (5,400) combination, so I settled for the 750GB WD SCORPIO BLACK.
Just got an e-mail today confirming the laptop is Build- so excitement / anticipation levels are increasing !!!!!
Processor (CPU) Intel® Core™i7 Quad Core Mobile Processor i7-3610QM (2.30GHz) 6MB
Memory (RAM) 8GB SAMSUNG 1333MHz SODIMM DDR3 MEMORY (2 x 4GB)
Graphics Card nVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 670M - 1.5GB DDR5 Video RAM - DirectX® 11
Memory - 1st Hard Disk 750GB WD SCORPIO BLACK WD7500BPKT, SATA 3 Gb/s, 16MB CACHE (7200 rpm)
1st DVD/BLU-RAY Drive 8x SATA DVD±R/RW/Dual Layer (+ 24x CD-RW)
Thermal Paste ARCTIC MX-4 EXTREME THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY COMPOUND (£9)
Network Facilities GIGABIT LAN & KILLER™ 1102 WIRELESS GAMING 802.11N NETWORK CARD
Operating System Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium 64 Bit - inc DVD & Licence (£79)
Warranty 3 Year Silver Warranty (1 Year Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour) (£5)
My budget restricted me a bit on the hard drive as I wanted the 750GB MOMENTUS XT HYBRID, or a 120GB INTEL 330 SERIES SSD and a 500GB SATA HDD (5,400) combination, so I settled for the 750GB WD SCORPIO BLACK.
Just got an e-mail today confirming the laptop is Build- so excitement / anticipation levels are increasing !!!!!
Troublesum
Member
Nice laptop 
I would be interested to here how it runs when you get it.. Well if you can prise yourself away from gaming on it to update us
I would be interested to here how it runs when you get it.. Well if you can prise yourself away from gaming on it to update us 
second day in build... suddenly I may have a conflict with the possible delivery date due to bank holiday weekend and away from home with work for 2 days. Fingers crossed my work schedule and delivery date will not clash.
I was still a little unsure of going to a 17.3 inch screen, but my budget sort of forced the issue when the Vortex III came out, and I probably don't really need the "top of a range, all whistling and dancing killer gaming laptop" but I am sure the skyfire will fit the bill for my requirements.
To Tom6561 grtz on laptop- enjoy and cannot wait to see your review on it. Seeing you getting your model just ups the anti on mine!.
To Dangro474 and Musicguy and PSC I have to thank you all for your suggestions and help in me coming to the hard decision of placing an order.
I was still a little unsure of going to a 17.3 inch screen, but my budget sort of forced the issue when the Vortex III came out, and I probably don't really need the "top of a range, all whistling and dancing killer gaming laptop" but I am sure the skyfire will fit the bill for my requirements.
To Tom6561 grtz on laptop- enjoy and cannot wait to see your review on it. Seeing you getting your model just ups the anti on mine!.
To Dangro474 and Musicguy and PSC I have to thank you all for your suggestions and help in me coming to the hard decision of placing an order.
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