Just ordered this 15.6" Vortex IV

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matdan

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Hi everyone, just wondered what people thought in this

Chassis & Display Vortex Series: 15.6" Matte Full HD LED Widescreen (1920x1080)
Processor (CPU) Intel® Core™i7 Quad Core Mobile Processor i7-4810MQ (2.80GHz) 6MB
Memory (RAM) 4GB SAMSUNG 1600MHz SODIMM DDR3 MEMORY (1 x 4GB)
Graphics Card NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 880M - 8.0GB DDR5 Video RAM - DirectX® 11
2nd Graphics Card NONE
Memory - Hard Disk 750GB WD SCORPIO BLACK WD7500BPKX, SATA 6 Gb/s, 16MB CACHE (7200 rpm)
2nd Hard Disk NONE
mSATA SSD Drive 60GB Kingston SSDNow mS200 mSATA (upto 550MB/sR | 520MB/sW)
2nd mSATA SSD Drive NONE
DVD/BLU-RAY Drive 6x BLURAY ROM, 8x DVD ±R/±RW & CYBERLINK SOFTWARE
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 & KILLER™ 1202 WIRELESS GAMING 802.11N + BLUETOOTH 4.0
Wireless Router/HomePlugs NONE
USB Options 3 x USB 3.0 PORTS + 1 x USB 2.0 PORT AS STANDARD
Firewire 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 & 180W AC Adaptor
Operating System Genuine Windows 8.1 64 Bit - inc DVD & Licence

I know the ram is low but my budget was £1500 and had to cut some cost somewhere. I plan to upgrade it later.

I'm very excited so any feedback would be appreciated, as I still have time to change it!
 
keynes

keynes

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If you are planning to use the 60gb ssd as a cache drive or main drive I would drop it and add a bigger size ssd later on. Don't forget to get silver warranty.
 
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matdan

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Yeah I was planning to use it as a cache drive, I couldn't use it as a main drive could I? I'm not too familiar with msata!
 
keynes

keynes

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matdan said:
Yeah I was planning to use it as a cache drive, I couldn't use it as a main drive could I? I'm not too familiar with msata!
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I wouldn't, not big enough and considering price of SSDs are constantly falling you can get more than double the size for a bit more.
 
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matdan

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So msata drives act as another hdd? Or not? Because it would only let me add one actual hdd to the notebook. So I thought a bit of ssd would be better than none!
 
GeorgeHillier

GeorgeHillier

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matdan said:
In my op I say that I plan to add more ram when I receive the comp, had to keep the initial spend to a certain budget!
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Ah sorry, didn't read that! Looks Like a good laptop, although I would definitely get a 120gb ssd, they fill up pretty fast and it's worth the extra money, that way you can store your OS and main programs on it :)
 
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matdan

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GeorgeHillier said:
Ah sorry, didn't read that! Looks Like a good laptop, although I would definitely get a 120gb ssd, they fill up pretty fast and it's worth the extra money, that way you can store your OS and main programs on it :)
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Yeah I think I will, thanks for the advice!
 
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