Time to buy laptop again

[steyau]

Just received my refund for Vortex II with 6970m! Strange I wasn't notified about it.

Time to buy it again, this time with the 6990m! What does everyone think of these specs?!


Vortex II: 17.3" Glossy Full HD LED Widescreen (1920x1080)
Intel® Core™i7 Quad Core Mobile Processor i7-2720QM (2.20GHz) 6MB Cache
8GB KINGSTON HYPER-X GENESIS 1600MHz SODIMM DDR3 (2 x 4GB)
2GB AMD® Radeon® HD 6990M - DirectX® 11 (17.3" Vortex II)
500GB WD SCORPIO BLACK WD5000BPKT, SATA 3 Gb/s, 16MB CACHE (7200 rpm)
8x SATA DVD±R/RW/Dual Layer (+ 24x CD-RW)
Internal 9 in 1 Card Reader (MMC/RSMMC/SD: Mini, XC & HC/MS: Pro & Duo)
Intel 5.1 Channel High Definition Audio + SPDIF/MIC/Headphone Jack
GIGABIT LAN & INTEL® CENTRINO® ADVANCED-N 6230 inc BLUETOOTH
2 x USB 3.0 PORTS + 2 x USB 2.0 PORTS AS STANDARD
Vortex Series 8 Cell Lithium Ion Battery (3,800 mAh)
1 x UK Power Lead & 220W AC Adaptor
Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium 64 Bit - inc DVD & Licence (£79)
INTEGRATED 2 BUTTON TOUCHPAD MOUSE
INTEGRATED 2.0 MEGAPIXEL WEBCAM
3 Year Silver Warranty (1 Year Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour) (£5)
1 Month Free Laptop Insurance inc. Accidental Damage & Theft
STANDARD INSURED DELIVERY TO UK MAINLAND (MON-FRI)
Standard Build - Approximately 5 to 7 working days

Having second thoughts on the RAM. Maybe I should go for 16GB RAM instead...

 

[Rakk]

Unless you're doing something very RAM intensive (like some of the high end photo/video editing/rendering stuff) you will not need 16GB of RAM

 

[steyau]

Just placed my order. Decided to go with wireless 6300 since I have a bluetooth usb and rarely use bluetooth anyway. Went with 750GB hdd and 16GB RAM to give myself more head room to create massive villages in Autodesk Maya. I've heard people run out of RAM at 12GB though most are fine at 8GB. 16GB for the safe side.

Now to wait impatiently, and get ready to phone up PCSpecialist 50 times per day checking in on my order. Lol! Oh wait...