My new Defiance11 laptop speck

[tom g]

I got this laptop for video editing, as I do a lot of 4k video and need a good system and PC Specialists get a good reputation, and its worth the wait
I Hope once I get the system I will update my user experience

The speck below please feel free to comment

Chassis & Display
Defiance Series: 17.3" Matte Full HD IPS LED Widescreen (1920x1080)
Processor (CPU)
Intel® Core™ i7 Quad Core Processor 6820HK (2.7GHz, 3.6GHz Turbo)
Memory (RAM)
64GB HyperX IMPACT 2133MHz SODIMM DDR4 (4 x 16GB)
Graphics Card
NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 980M - 8.0GB DDR5 Video RAM - DirectX® 12
1st Hard Disk
500GB Samsung 850 EVO 2.5" SSD, SATA 6Gb/s (upto 540MB/sR | 520MB/sW)
2nd Hard Disk
1TB WD BLACK 2.5" WD10JPLX, SATA 6 Gb/s, 32MB CACHE (7200 rpm)
Memory Card Reader
Integrated 6 in 1 Card Reader (SD /Mini SD/ SDHC / SDXC / MMC / RSMMC)
Thermal Paste
ARCTIC MX-4 EXTREME THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY COMPOUND
Sound Card
Intel 2 Channel High Def. Audio + MIC/Headphone + SoundBlaster X-Fi MB3
Wireless/Wired Networking
GIGABIT LAN & WIRELESS INTEL® AC-8260 M.2 (867Mbps, 802.11AC) +BT 4.0, vPRO
USB Options
4 x USB 3.0 PORTS AS STANDARD
Battery
Defiance Series 4 Cell Lithium Ion Battery (60WH)
Power Cable
1 x UK Power Lead & 200W AC Adaptor
Keyboard Language
DEFIANCE SERIES BACKLIT UK KEYBOARD WITH NUMBER PAD
Operating System
Genuine Windows 10 Professional 64 Bit - inc DVD & Licence
Operating System Language
United Kingdom - English Language
DVD Recovery Media
Windows 10 (64-bit) Professional DVD with paper sleeve
Office Software
NO OFFICE SOFTWARE
Anti-Virus
NO ANTI-VIRUS SOFTWARE
Browser
Microsoft® Edge (Windows 10 Only)
Carry Case
Trust Sydney 17.3" Notebook Carry Bag
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)
Delivery
STANDARD INSURED DELIVERY TO UK MAINLAND (MON-FRI)
Build Time
Standard Build - Approximately 5 to 7 working days
Promotional Item
FREE Magix Media Bundle with select Laptop INTEL® CPUs!
Quantity

Tom G

 

[hasa77]

I notice two major issues, issues that will cost you more money.

The 64gb memory is seriously overkill, especially for a laptop. I understand you want to edit 4k video but 32gb is more than capable while offering extra headroom. The laptop cpu would be the bottleneck before the RAM.

Next issue, although the 850 Evo is a nice ssd, you can instantly save money and add an extra 12gb of storage by opting for a samsung pm951. The pm951 is much quicker for read (which is great for obvious reasons) and a Slight improvement for write. You could, which I recommend, spend an additional £55 (based on the spec you provided) and get a samsung sm951 ssd which is much better than the 850 Evo for read and write speed.

One further thing to consider is that the 200w charger is going to make the laptop less portable than the 180w Power supply. How less portable, I wouldn't be able to tell u.

The proccesor you chose is only marginly better than the non clockable option and if you have no plans to overclock, would be an extremely bad value for money option.

I believe the spec you listed would cost £1784, after the change to use the quicker pm951, the price drops to £1775. Dropping the ram to 32gb will then take you to £1696, and then with the £88 saving you can improve the ssd even greater to the sm951 taking you to £1760, meaning you have saved £15 from your listed spec.

 

[Shaky2236]

Same as the comment above mate. 64gig of ram is far too much, the only use that will serve you is to be able to say you have 64 gig of ram to people. Its obvious you have just put all the PCS setttings on full, however its a bit unnecissarry.
I believe there is a new geforce mobile graphics card coming out in a month or 2, if you wait for that you will have a much better graphics card, the 980m is still a solid card which will play anything on full spec.

 

[hasa77]

Same as the comment above mate. 64gig of ram is far too much, the only use that will serve you is to be able to say you have 64 gig of ram to people. Its obvious you have just put all the PCS setttings on full, however its a bit unnecissarry.
I believe there is a new geforce mobile graphics card coming out in a month or 2, if you wait for that you will have a much better graphics card, the 980m is still a solid card which will play anything on full spec.

I forgot to mention that, the new Nvidia graphics cards, the 1070 and 1080 should be dropping around August and they are much better than the 980 if your prepared to wait