Stannington
Member
So my finger is hovering over the order button once again!
I want to switch from my gaming beast to a more portable sort of beast. I'll be using it for a bit of everything - Traktor Scratch Pro mostly (need a big SSD for the music), a bit of gaming (FPSs mostly, not worried about uber graphics but high would be nice), ripping bluray discs to my NAS, some light photo editing, word processing and web browsing etc. I'm trying to keep it around £1000 but I dont want to be waiting a month for it so I'm tempted by the fast track delivery option. Here is the spec:
Chassis & Display
Optimus Series: 15.6" Glossy Full HD LED Widescreen (1920x1080)
Processor (CPU)
Intel® Core™i7 Quad Core Mobile Processor i7-3630QM (2.40GHz) 6MB - seems like a good choice, not unnecessarily powerful but still fast
Memory (RAM)
8GB SAMSUNG 1600MHz SODIMM DDR3 MEMORY (2 x 4GB) - Can't see myself needing to upgrade to 16GB at any point. Would the kingston hyper-X provide a noticable boost?
Graphics Card
NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 660M - 2.0GB DDR5 Video RAM - DirectX® 11
Memory - 1st Hard Disk
240GB INTEL® 330 SERIES SSD,SATA6 Gb/s(upto 500MB/sR|450MB/sW) SPECIAL - Would the differences between the SSD types be noticable?
1st DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
SONY BD-5750H 6x BLURAY WRITER & 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 (£9) - bit of a no-brainer!
Sound Card
Intel 2 Channel High Definition Audio + MIC/Headphone Jack
Network Facilities
GIGABIT LAN & WIRELESS INTEL® ADVANCED-N 6235 (300Mbps) + BLUETOOTH
USB Options
3 x USB 3.0 PORTS + 1 x USB 2.0 PORT AS STANDARD
Battery
Optimus Series 8 Cell Lithium Ion Battery (5,200 mAh/76.96WH)
Power Lead & Adaptor
1 x UK Power Lead & 120W AC Adaptor
Operating System
Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium 64 Bit w/SP1 - inc DVD & Licence (£79)
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 1.3 MEGAPIXEL WEBCAM
Warranty
3 Year Silver Warranty (1 Year Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour) (£5) again, a no-brainer
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
FAST TRACK 5 WORKING DAY DISPATCH (£69) - can any PCS employees tell me if this is realistic at the moment?
Quantity
1
Price: £1,057.00 including VAT and delivery.
Any comments or opinions would be really appreciated! This will be the 3rd computer i've bought from this site, really love the configurator and the help the forum community gives to everyone.
I want to switch from my gaming beast to a more portable sort of beast. I'll be using it for a bit of everything - Traktor Scratch Pro mostly (need a big SSD for the music), a bit of gaming (FPSs mostly, not worried about uber graphics but high would be nice), ripping bluray discs to my NAS, some light photo editing, word processing and web browsing etc. I'm trying to keep it around £1000 but I dont want to be waiting a month for it so I'm tempted by the fast track delivery option. Here is the spec:
Chassis & Display
Optimus Series: 15.6" Glossy Full HD LED Widescreen (1920x1080)
Processor (CPU)
Intel® Core™i7 Quad Core Mobile Processor i7-3630QM (2.40GHz) 6MB - seems like a good choice, not unnecessarily powerful but still fast
Memory (RAM)
8GB SAMSUNG 1600MHz SODIMM DDR3 MEMORY (2 x 4GB) - Can't see myself needing to upgrade to 16GB at any point. Would the kingston hyper-X provide a noticable boost?
Graphics Card
NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 660M - 2.0GB DDR5 Video RAM - DirectX® 11
Memory - 1st Hard Disk
240GB INTEL® 330 SERIES SSD,SATA6 Gb/s(upto 500MB/sR|450MB/sW) SPECIAL - Would the differences between the SSD types be noticable?
1st DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
SONY BD-5750H 6x BLURAY WRITER & 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 (£9) - bit of a no-brainer!
Sound Card
Intel 2 Channel High Definition Audio + MIC/Headphone Jack
Network Facilities
GIGABIT LAN & WIRELESS INTEL® ADVANCED-N 6235 (300Mbps) + BLUETOOTH
USB Options
3 x USB 3.0 PORTS + 1 x USB 2.0 PORT AS STANDARD
Battery
Optimus Series 8 Cell Lithium Ion Battery (5,200 mAh/76.96WH)
Power Lead & Adaptor
1 x UK Power Lead & 120W AC Adaptor
Operating System
Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium 64 Bit w/SP1 - inc DVD & Licence (£79)
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 1.3 MEGAPIXEL WEBCAM
Warranty
3 Year Silver Warranty (1 Year Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour) (£5) again, a no-brainer
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
FAST TRACK 5 WORKING DAY DISPATCH (£69) - can any PCS employees tell me if this is realistic at the moment?
Quantity
1
Price: £1,057.00 including VAT and delivery.
Any comments or opinions would be really appreciated! This will be the 3rd computer i've bought from this site, really love the configurator and the help the forum community gives to everyone.
