New laptop

kjthoward · **Posted:** June 14th, 2013, 7:25 pm

EDIT: I was thinking of getting a new laptop. It'll mostly be used to play RS (High settings), minecraft, and a few other games (binding of Isaac etc...) no big games like COD or Crysis. Also just for general stuff like youtube and work (word, excel, powerpoint stuff). The setup below is £940 ($1476.41). Is there anything that should be changed (either up or down)?

Cassis & Display	Voyager: 17.3" Matte Full HD LED Widescreen (1920x1080)
Processor (CPU)	Intel® Core™i7 Dual Core Mobile Processor i7-3540M (3.00GHz) 4MB
Memory (RAM)	16GB SAMSUNG 1600MHz SODIMM DDR3 MEMORY (2 x 8GB)
Graphics Card	NVIDIA® GeForce® GT 645M - 1GB DDR3 Video RAM - DirectX® 11
Memory - 1st Hard Disk	1TB SERIAL ATA II 2.5" HARD DRIVE WITH 8MB CACHE (5,400rpm)
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)
Sound Card	Intel 2 Channel High Definition Audio + MIC/Headphone Jack
Network Facilities	GIGABIT LAN & WIRELESS INTEL® N135 802.11N (150Mbps) + BLUETOOTH
Operating System	Genuine Windows 7 Professional 64 Bit w/SP1 - inc DVD & Licence
Power Cable	1 x UK Power Lead & 90W AC Adaptor
Webcam	INTEGRATED 1.3 MEGAPIXEL WEBCAM

Adbot · **Posted:** June 14th, 2013, 7:25 pm

Evelyn · **Posted:** June 14th, 2013, 7:42 pm

Am I reading this right? A dual core i7?

kjthoward · **Posted:** June 14th, 2013, 7:48 pm

I copied it from the website so I assume so. It can be changed to lots of other ones though

Duke Juker · RSBandB Donor since 07/01/2010

****. That's a nice laptop. How much was it? And who is the manufacturer?

kjthoward · **Posted:** June 15th, 2013, 6:54 am

Ah sorry, I did have an intro bit including the price, but I used an online tool to make the bb code table and I must have forgotten to put it back in (it's now there). The manufacturer is an online company (https://www.pcspecialist.co.uk)

Pfkninenines · Global Moderator 12/4/08

Is the 17" screen a plus or a minus for you? Is it for the resolution, or just the size?

I'd say the price is high for something here in the States, but I'm not sure how well that stacks up to the UK.

Adbot · **Posted:** June 16th, 2013, 10:40 am

Bonsai99 · **Posted:** June 17th, 2013, 7:00 pm

Wayyyyy too overpriced, I would look elsewhere.

kjthoward · **Posted:** June 20th, 2013, 4:48 am

Bonsai99 wrote:

Wayyyyy too overpriced, I would look elsewhere.

Where would you recommend? As this company says they will beat or match any cheaper quote

Bonsai99 · **Posted:** June 20th, 2013, 12:03 pm

Took around 2 hours for me to sort through the stack of available notebooks but here are the best options that I found.

Samsung Series 3 350E7C - Refurbished £540.22 inc. VAT
17.3" 1600*900 Intel Core i7-3630M, 8GB DDR3, 1TB , AMD Radeon HD 7670M Graphics W8HP, 2x USB 3.0, VGA, HDMI
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MSI CX61 0NF-467UK £679.97 inc. VAT
15.6" 1920*1080 Intel Core i7-3630QM, 8GB DDR3, 1TB HDD, Geforce GT 645M 2GB, 2x USB 3.0, VGA, HDMI
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Lenovo IdeaPad Z580 M81KHUK £699.98 inc. VAT
15.6" 1366*768 Intel Core i7-3632M, 8GB DDR3, 1TB HDD, Bluray, 2GB Nvidia GT635M, 2x USB 3.0, VGA, HDMI Only 10/100 Ethernet
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MSI GE60 0NC-630UK £699.58 inc. VAT
15.6" 1920*1080 Intel Core i5 3230M 2.6GHz Processor, 8GB DDR3, 500GB HDD, DVD-RW, NVIDIA GeForce GT650M 2GB GDDR5 Graphics Card, 2x USB 3.0, HDMI, VGA, Bigfoot Killer E2200, HD Webcam, Windows 8
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MSI GE60 0NC-622UK £749.88 inc. VAT (Same as 0NC-630UK with around 33% better CPU and 250GB larger HDD) (My Top Pick)
15.6" 1920*1080 Intel Core i7 3630QM 2.4GHz, 8GB DDR3, 750GB HDD, 2GB GT 650M GPU, DVD±RW, Win 8, 2x USB 3.0, HDMI, VGA, Bigfoot Killer E2200, HD Webcam, Windows 8
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