Mid Level Gaming Laptop

[WeeSkilz]

I have what is probably classed as a very tight budget (£700) and I was wondering if this configuration would give the best bang for my buck. I don't need an OS and I must have 1TB of storage and a dedicated graphics card.

This is what I have so far:

Chassis & Display
SkyFire: 14" Matte Full HD LED Widescreen (1920x1080)

Processor (CPU)
Intel® Core™i5 Dual Core Mobile Processor i5-4300M (2.60GHz) 3MB

Memory (RAM)
8GB SAMSUNG 1600MHz SODIMM DDR3 MEMORY (1 x 8GB)

Graphics Card
NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 760M - 2.0GB DDR5 Video RAM - DirectX® 11

Memory - Hard Disk
1TB SEAGATE HYBRID GEN3 SSHD Drive, SATA 6 Gb/s, 64MB CACHE (5400 rpm)

Memory Card Reader
Integrated 2 in 1 Memory Card Reader (SD, MMC)

Thermal Paste
ARCTIC MX-4 EXTREME THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY COMPOUND (£9)

Sound Card
Intel 2 Channel High Definition Audio + MIC/Headphone Jack

Bluetooth & Wireless
GIGABIT LAN WIRELESS 802.11N CARD INC. BLUETOOTH 3.0

USB Options
2 x USB 3.0 PORTS + 1 x USB 2.0 PORT AS STANDARD

Battery
SkyFire 14" Series 6 Cell Lithium Ion Battery

Power Lead & Adaptor
1 x UK Power Lead & 90W AC Adaptor

Operating System
NO OPERATING SYSTEM REQUIRED

Office Software
NO OFFICE SOFTWARE

Anti-Virus
NO ANTI-VIRUS SOFTWARE

Keyboard Language
INTEGRATED 14" MSI UK KEYBOARD

Notebook Mouse
INTEGRATED 2 BUTTON TOUCHPAD MOUSE

Webcam
INTEGRATED 3.0 MEGAPIXEL WEBCAM

Warranty
3 Year Standard Warranty (1 Month Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour)

Dead Pixel Guarantee
30 Day Dead Pixel Guarantee Inc. Labour & Carriage Costs (£12)

Insurance
1 Month Free Laptop Insurance inc. Accidental Damage & Theft

Delivery
STANDARD INSURED DELIVERY TO UK MAINLAND (MON-FRI)

Build Time
Standard Build - Approximately 10 to 12 working days


Priced at exactly £700.

Any feedback or improvements would be much appreciated.

Thanks in advance.

 

[keynes]

If you choose the skyfire 14 in the review section you get an i7 and an OS for £699 however you only get a 500 gb drive.

 

[SlimCini]

Do what Keynes says. Buy the skyfire review and a 500Gb external drive.

 

[WeeSkilz]

Thank you for your replies, the reason I chose the 1TB hybrid drive is for the improvement in boot times and the fact that it still allows me a large amount of internal storage that I need for storing high quality photos (I'm a photographer).

I wouldn't really like to compromise on the SSHD because will it not slow the boot time?

 

[keynes]

I wouldn't really like to compromise on the SSHD because will it not slow the boot time?

The 500gb is also a hybrid drive, if you don't need the OS you could probably sell it and get an i7 rather than an i5 (4 cores instead of 2)

 

[WeeSkilz]

Keynes, you are truly a wizard.

 

[WeeSkilz]

Oops, my bad, I just realised that the skyfire in the review section doesn't have a full HD screen. Is it really worth trading the full HD screen and relatively good i5 processor with the storage that I want, for a worse screen and a better processor?