My new gaming Laptop

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jusfro

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So l will be doing a lot of traveling soon and needed a laptop that could fill the shoes of my PC when l am away from home and it sure does that :)

Chassis & Display
Omega: 17.3" Matte Full HD LED Widescreen (1920x1080)
Processor (CPU)
Intel® Core™i7 Six Core Processor i7-4930K (3.4GHz) 12MB Cache
Memory (RAM)
16GB KINGSTON HYPER-X IMPACT 1600MHz SODIMM DDR3 (2 x 8GB)
Graphics Card
2 x AMD® Radeon® R9 M290X - 4GB DDR5 Video RAM - DirectX® 11
1st Hard Disk
250GB Samsung 840 EVO SSD, SATA 6Gb/s (upto 540MB/sR | 520MB/sW)
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
Sound Card
ASUS™ XONAR-U7 Compact 7.1 USB soundcard and headphone amplifier
Wireless/Wired Networking
GIGABIT LAN & KILLER™ 1202 WIRELESS GAMING 802.11N + BLUETOOTH 4.0
USB Options
2 x USB 3.0 PORTS + 2 x USB 2.0 PORTS AS STANDARD
Firewire
1 X 1394b FIREWIRE PORT
Battery
Omega Series 78.44WH Lithium Ion Battery
Power Cable
2 x UK Power Lead & 2 x 330W AC Adaptor + SLi Adaptor
Operating System
Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium 64 Bit w/SP1 - inc DVD & Licence
DVD Recovery Media
Windows 7 Home Premium (64-bit) DVD with paper sleeve
Laptop Cooling Stands
Zalman ZM-NC11 Ultra-Quiet Laptop Cooler, upto 17.3 inch
Keyboard Language
INTEGRATED BACKLIT UK KEYBOARD WITH NUMBER PAD
Mouse
INTEGRATED 2 BUTTON TOUCHPAD MOUSE
Webcam
INTEGRATED 2.0 MEGAPIXEL WEBCAM

PCSpecialist did a great job on the build and worked some magic to get it out in the 3 day time frame, so thanks very much guys!
 
ELL4EVER

ELL4EVER

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Awesome laptop, I bet you're chuffed. Have you tested out the dual r9 m290x's yet? I can't decide between the two amd cards or paying the extra £350 to get the epic dual 880m's :/
 
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jusfro

Member
Chuffed l am ELL, l'v never really been a laptop person as l mainly use my PC for gaming and laptops weren't (or should l say never used to be) up to the task. so since getting this l have been amazed by how far they have come, it really is a little demon! I think it gives my desktop a run for its money lol
Yeah l have been putting it through its paces and nothing seems to faze it, it has been running everything silky smooth (which is always good!) :) to be honest l have always been more of an AMD/ATI man when is comes to graphics, they are just better quality in my opinion and AMD seem to be more on the ball with their driver update when something isn't working as it should, say with a new game release. They also seem to give you a bit more scope for OC'ing if that is your thing (l don’t plan to with the limited airflow of a laptop though lol) and l think Nvidia tend to over charge for what their stuff is (but this is just my thoughts) so l don't think you can go wrong with the 2 AMD cards ;)
 
ELL4EVER

ELL4EVER

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Awesome sauce, these machines truly have moved forwards in terms of gaming capabilities but I think I'll keep my cards at stock speeds when I get my laptop. As for which cards I'll be choosing, well I guess I have some more deciding to do before I take the plunge. The amd cards certainly have the best bang for your buck but the Nvidia cards have performance comparable to the desktop 780 ti at the cost of an extra slice of your wallet :p
 
ELL4EVER

ELL4EVER

Bronze Level Poster
Hey fro, just wondering do you have to use both supplied power bricks when using this laptop?
 
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jusfro

Member
Hiya ELL, sorry only just saw your post. during normal usage you can just run it on one, but if you game with crossfire/sli enabled then yes you need both power leads connected :)
 
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