Chassis & Display
Optimus Series: 15.6" 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 (2 x 4GB)
Graphics Card
NVIDIA® GeForce® GT 650M - 1.0GB DDR5 Video RAM - DirectX® 11
Memory - 1st Hard Disk
120GB INTEL® 520 SERIES SSD, SATA 6 Gb/s (upto 550MB/sR | 520MB/sW)
2nd Hard Disk
1TB WD SCORPIO BLUE WD10JPVT, SATA 3 Gb/s, 8MB CACHE (5400 rpm)
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 INTEL® ADVANCED-N 6235 (300Mbps) + BLUETOOTH
USB Options
2 x USB 3.0 PORTS + 2 x USB 2.0 PORTS AS STANDARD
Battery
Optimus/Voyager Series 6 Cell Lithium-ION Battery (48.84WH)
Power Lead & Adaptor
1 x UK Power Lead & 120W AC Adaptor
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 2.0 MEGAPIXEL WEBCAM
Warranty
3 Year Silver Warranty (1 Year Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour) (£5)
Just put an order in for one of these. Will be used mainly for programming, plus light gaming as I have a desktop that is superior to this, also very useful as I travel every now and then.
i7 3610QM as its the cheapest Ivy Bridge Quad Core laptop CPU intel manufacture, sadly I don't really need all that power... but seeing as the best i5 is more expensive, only dual core (why i5's in laptops are dual core when desktop i5's are quad core I do not know... hyperthreading DOES NOT make up for physical cores intel
) and only 1/2 as powerful, I would be kinda silly to not get the 3610QM... Even the lowest i5 is only £80 cheaper, and that is almost 1/3 of the performance of the 3610QM!
8GB 1600MHz ram because Currently RAM is cheap as hell, and you don't really need much more than 8, I could have opted for 16 as its kind of useful in some cases, however its over twice the price.
SSD as a boot drive + the vast majority of my programs and some games, because they are the BEST upgrade you can get for a modern computer, simply amazing, I have had one in my desktop since they were first released (back then they were 3.5" and barely faster than a VelociRaptor), and have never looked back.
A 1TB 5400 RPM drive for storage, including music, movies etc. (Because who the hell needs a storage drive to be fast?)
Thermal paste because I know using arctic silver in my desktop lowered my temps by almost 10c, and I know laptops get HOT, I have some here I could apply myself, but I have never changed the thermal paste in a laptop, and while I can't imagine its much different than a desktop, I am sure it will be a much more delicate process, so I thought I might as well just pay the extra few quid and get PCS to apply it.
300Mbp/s lan card because we all know how fast technology evolves, and it was only another £14, so I thought what the hell, we already have 100Mbp/s connections so I can imagine we will have 150 + before I replace this.
No OS because, as a student I get a free copy
Sadly I have heard that PCS are having trouble with the amount of 3610QM's being ordered (most likely because everyone has the same idea as me) so I am guessing it will be here in 14-20 days.
For a total of £849 I have to say I am very impressed, I bought it with some of this years savings and I can't wait for it to arrive!
Optimus Series: 15.6" 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 (2 x 4GB)
Graphics Card
NVIDIA® GeForce® GT 650M - 1.0GB DDR5 Video RAM - DirectX® 11
Memory - 1st Hard Disk
120GB INTEL® 520 SERIES SSD, SATA 6 Gb/s (upto 550MB/sR | 520MB/sW)
2nd Hard Disk
1TB WD SCORPIO BLUE WD10JPVT, SATA 3 Gb/s, 8MB CACHE (5400 rpm)
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 INTEL® ADVANCED-N 6235 (300Mbps) + BLUETOOTH
USB Options
2 x USB 3.0 PORTS + 2 x USB 2.0 PORTS AS STANDARD
Battery
Optimus/Voyager Series 6 Cell Lithium-ION Battery (48.84WH)
Power Lead & Adaptor
1 x UK Power Lead & 120W AC Adaptor
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 2.0 MEGAPIXEL WEBCAM
Warranty
3 Year Silver Warranty (1 Year Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour) (£5)
Just put an order in for one of these. Will be used mainly for programming, plus light gaming as I have a desktop that is superior to this, also very useful as I travel every now and then.
i7 3610QM as its the cheapest Ivy Bridge Quad Core laptop CPU intel manufacture, sadly I don't really need all that power... but seeing as the best i5 is more expensive, only dual core (why i5's in laptops are dual core when desktop i5's are quad core I do not know... hyperthreading DOES NOT make up for physical cores intel
) and only 1/2 as powerful, I would be kinda silly to not get the 3610QM... Even the lowest i5 is only £80 cheaper, and that is almost 1/3 of the performance of the 3610QM!8GB 1600MHz ram because Currently RAM is cheap as hell, and you don't really need much more than 8, I could have opted for 16 as its kind of useful in some cases, however its over twice the price.
SSD as a boot drive + the vast majority of my programs and some games, because they are the BEST upgrade you can get for a modern computer, simply amazing, I have had one in my desktop since they were first released (back then they were 3.5" and barely faster than a VelociRaptor), and have never looked back.
A 1TB 5400 RPM drive for storage, including music, movies etc. (Because who the hell needs a storage drive to be fast?)
Thermal paste because I know using arctic silver in my desktop lowered my temps by almost 10c, and I know laptops get HOT, I have some here I could apply myself, but I have never changed the thermal paste in a laptop, and while I can't imagine its much different than a desktop, I am sure it will be a much more delicate process, so I thought I might as well just pay the extra few quid and get PCS to apply it.
300Mbp/s lan card because we all know how fast technology evolves, and it was only another £14, so I thought what the hell, we already have 100Mbp/s connections so I can imagine we will have 150 + before I replace this.
No OS because, as a student I get a free copy
Sadly I have heard that PCS are having trouble with the amount of 3610QM's being ordered (most likely because everyone has the same idea as me
) so I am guessing it will be here in 14-20 days.For a total of £849 I have to say I am very impressed, I bought it with some of this years savings and I can't wait for it to arrive!
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