Thinking about treating this to myself finally, anything you would change to make it better?

[FrenzyGr]

Chassis & Display
Recoil Series: 17" Matte QHD 240Hz sRGB 100% LED Widescreen (2560x1600)
Processor (CPU)
Intel® Core™ i9 24 Core Processor 13900HX (5.4GHz Turbo)
Memory (RAM)
64GB Corsair 4800MHz SODIMM DDR5 (2 x 32GB)
Graphics Card
NVIDIA® GeForce® RTX 4090 - 16.0GB GDDR6 Video RAM - DirectX® 12.1
Liquid Series® Laptop Cooling
PCS Liquid Series® Laptop Cooler
1st M.2 SSD Drive
2TB CORSAIR CORE XT MP600 NVMe PCIe M.2 SSD (up to 5000 MB/R, 4400 MB/W)
Memory Card Reader
Integrated SD Memory Card Reader
AC Adaptor
1 x 330W AC Adaptor
Power Cable
1 x 1.5 Metre UK Power Cable (Kettle Lead)
Battery
Recoil Series Integrated 99WH Lithium Ion Battery
Thermal Paste
LIQUID METAL PERFORMANCE COOLING
Sound Card
Nahimic by SteelSeries 2 Channel HD Audio
Wireless Network Card
GIGABIT LAN & KILLER™ Wi-Fi 6E AX1675i M.2 GAMING + BLUETOOTH 5.3
USB/Thunderbolt Options
1 x THUNDERBOLT 4 PORT + 3 x USB 3.2 PORTS
Keyboard Language
RECOIL 17 SERIES RGB BACKLIT UK KEYBOARD
Operating System
NO OPERATING SYSTEM REQUIRED
Operating System Language
United Kingdom - English Language
Windows Recovery Media
NO RECOVERY MEDIA REQUIRED
Office Software
FREE 30 Day Trial of Microsoft 365® (Operating System Required)
Anti-Virus
NO ANTI-VIRUS SOFTWARE
Browser
Microsoft® Edge
Keyboard & Mouse
INTEGRATED 2 BUTTON TOUCHPAD MOUSE
Webcam
INTEGRATED 1MP HD WEBCAM
Warranty
3 Year Standard Warranty (1 Month Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour)
Dead Pixel Guarantee
1 Year Dead Pixel Guarantee Inc. Labour & Carriage Costs
Chassis
TongFang GM7PX9N (16GB RTX-4090, i9-13900HX, 240Hz QHD)
Delivery
STANDARD INSURED DELIVERY TO UK MAINLAND (MON-FRI)
Build Time
Standard Build - Approximately 3 to 5 working days
Welcome Book
PCSpecialist Welcome Book - United Kingdom & Republic of Ireland
Price: £2,823.00 including VAT and Delivery

 

[SpyderTracks]

Hiya, if you could answer the following questions?

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[FrenzyGr]

Hiya, if you could answer the following questions?

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Hello,

No external screen, just for gaming, and my budget is max 3k thanks!

 

[SpyderTracks]

Hello,

No external screen, just for gaming, and my budget is max 3k thanks!

Any reason for 64gb RAM?

The drive setup isn't optimal, you'd need a single 1TB of the fastest for OS, then a dedicated game drive, probably 2Tb I'd suggest, again, fast as possible.

You'd want silver warranty for £5er

 

[FrenzyGr]

Any reason for 64gb RAM?

The drive setup isn't optimal, you'd need a single 1TB of the fastest for OS, then a dedicated game drive, probably 2Tb I'd suggest, again, fast as possible.

You'd want silver warranty for £5er

I'm using a lot of mods in my games, usually in the 1000s so having this much ram will help me from crashing as well.

I'm thinking of running a LLM locally as well which eats up a lot of RAM.

What SSD combination do you recommend?
Is there another laptop better than the Recoil or is that the top tier one here? I'm a bit speptical of the square 17" instead of the normal widescreen 17.3"

 

[SpyderTracks]

What SSD combination do you recommend?

You would want one dedicated for OS and programs, I’d say 1TB to be comfortable.

One for games and virtual hosts, probably 2TB min

That way if you need to reinstall windows (which you’ll need to do at least annually to maintain performance) then you don’t need to re-download all your games or loose your data. It also gives specific pcie lanes for each drive rather than queuing on one. This is increasingly important when working with virtualisation.

Is there another laptop better than the Recoil or is that the top tier one here? I'm a bit speptical of the square 17" instead of the normal widescreen 17.3"

The recoil 17 is the big daddy currently, no new chassis to be announced until January next year at CES with release usually in March.
It’s 16:10 aspect ratio which is considered better than 16:9, it’s a premium option. It will be perfectly accounted for in any games. It’s the same res, just with an additional tiny bit on the vertical. So you see a bit more on the screen.

 

[FrenzyGr]

You would want one dedicated for OS and programs, I’d say 1TB to be comfortable.

One for games and virtual hosts, probably 2TB min

That way if you need to reinstall windows (which you’ll need to do at least annually to maintain performance) then you don’t need to re-download all your games or loose your data. It also gives specific pcie lanes for each drive rather than queuing on one. This is increasingly important when working with virtualisation.


The recoil 17 is the big daddy currently, no new chassis to be announced until January next year at CES with release usually in March.
It’s 16:10 aspect ratio which is considered better than 16:9, it’s a premium option. It will be perfectly accounted for in any games. It’s the same res, just with an additional tiny bit on the vertical. So you see a bit more on the screen.

im going to make the buy today, it's a 50-50 between this and a Asus rog strix scar 17 with a 4080 just because the sales rep i spoke on the phone said they are the same price because the Recoil quality is lower, he suspects i'm going to get slightly better performance with the water cooling, what do you think?

 

[SpyderTracks]

im going to make the buy today, it's a 50-50 between this and a Asus rog strix scar 17 with a 4080 just because the sales rep i spoke on the phone said they are the same price because the Recoil quality is lower, he suspects i'm going to get slightly better performance with the water cooling, what do you think?

I think the watercooler does dramatically improve performance plus it has liquid metal paste although I assume the Asus would as well.

But the watercooler is definitely a huge boost to performance.