New laptop for i52

[sg12004]

ok i am going to insomnia i52 lan event dont want to take a full desktop computer this time so i have been looking at laptops from pc specialist
and hers what i have come up with

Chassis & Display
Vortex Series: 17.3" Matte Full HD LED Widescreen (1920x1080)

Processor (CPU)
Intel® Core™i7 Quad Core Mobile Processor i7-4710MQ (2.50GHz) 6MB

Memory (RAM)
8GB KINGSTON HYPER-X GENESIS 1600MHz SODIMM DDR3 (1 x 8GB)

Graphics Card
NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 870M - 6.0GB DDR5 Video RAM - DirectX® 11

Memory - Hard Disk
500GB SERIAL ATA II 2.5" HARD DRIVE WITH 8MB CACHE (5,400rpm)

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 (£9)

Sound Card
Intel 5.1 Channel High Definition Audio + SPDIF/MIC/Headphone Jack

Bluetooth & Wireless
GIGABIT LAN & KILLER™ 1202 WIRELESS GAMING 802.11N + BLUETOOTH 4.0

USB Options
3 x USB 3.0 PORTS + 1 x USB 2.0 PORT AS STANDARD

Firewire
1 X 1394a FIREWIRE PORT

Battery
Vortex Series 8 Cell Lithium Ion Battery (5,200 mAh/76.96WH)

Power Lead & Adaptor
1 x UK Power Lead & 230W AC Adaptor

Operating System
NO OPERATING SYSTEM REQUIRED

Office Software
NO OFFICE SOFTWARE

Anti-Virus
NORTON 360 SUITE - 1 Year Licence for upto 3 PCs (£26) *SPECIAL*

Laptop Cooling Stands
Zalman ZM-NC11 Ultra-Quiet Laptop Cooler, upto 17.3 inch (£25)

Carry Case
Trust Sydney 17.3" Notebook Carry Bag (£29)

Keyboard Language
INTEGRATED BACKLIT UK KEYBOARD WITH NUMBER PAD

Notebook Mouse
INTEGRATED 2 BUTTON TOUCHPAD MOUSE

Webcam
INTEGRATED 2.0 MEGAPIXEL WEBCAM

Warranty
3 Year Silver Warranty (1 Year Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour) (£5)

Insurance
1 Month Free Laptop Insurance inc. Accidental Damage & Theft

Delivery
PCS EXTRA-CARE DIAMOND DELIVERY - MON-FRI, PRE-NOON (£9)

Build Time
FAST TRACK 5 WORKING DAY DISPATCH (£39)
i have a 60gb ssd for it and will upgrade to a 240gb after the event and i also heve windows 7 for it (my budget is £1200 total)

i have not used pc specialist before if eny one els has then can they let me no how thay are

 

[barnsley]

My friend had poor experience with his. It's recently died after two years despite paying ~£1500. The chassis they used for it isn't particularly well made.
I'd say look at lenovo, MSI, Dell outlet Alienware (if you're immune to Alienware jokes), Gigabyte or scan's.

 

[jamesriley94]

One of my mates has something similar to this and his actually looks pretty good in terms of quality.

I would definitely look at the MSI Gaming Series just to see if they can do anything for around the same price.

I do think you've possibly wasted a fair amount of money in this though. Things like the hard drive RAM you'd save money (and probably get better quality parts) if you bought it without those and then bought them elsewhere to put in yourself.

Also something like £9 on a minuscule amount of thermal paste (I'm assuming you don't even get the tube with it(?)). You might as well go for the free option and then put some better stuff on yourself.

And £39 for 5 day dispatch? You really in that much of a rush?

If it were me, I'd most likely get something similar to this, but just get the barebones. You can pick up laptop processors very cheaply on ebay so you'd save money there, and I've already mentioned pretty much everything else. The graphics card you'd most likely have to get it from them. I know they don't offer things like that on their website, but I'm pretty sure they do over the phone. It's worth an ask anyway since it might save you like £200.

 

[sg12004]

One of my mates has something similar to this and his actually looks pretty good in terms of quality.

I would definitely look at the MSI Gaming Series just to see if they can do anything for around the same price.

I do think you've possibly wasted a fair amount of money in this though. Things like the hard drive RAM you'd save money (and probably get better quality parts) if you bought it without those and then bought them elsewhere to put in yourself.

Also something like £9 on a minuscule amount of thermal paste (I'm assuming you don't even get the tube with it(?)). You might as well go for the free option and then put some better stuff on yourself.

And £39 for 5 day dispatch? You really in that much of a rush?

If it were me, I'd most likely get something similar to this, but just get the barebones. You can pick up laptop processors very cheaply on ebay so you'd save money there, and I've already mentioned pretty much everything else. The graphics card you'd most likely have to get it from them. I know they don't offer things like that on their website, but I'm pretty sure they do over the phone. It's worth an ask anyway since it might save you like £200.

i prefer to get a laptop that is already built i am not that confident to mess around with the internals of the laptop apart from changing the memory hdd which has easy access to

as for £39 for 5 day dispatch i plan on getting the laptop around about middle of July and from what i have heard it took about a month or so for some people to get thare laptop on the standerd delivery


might look in to the msi gaming laptops on overclockers they look good

the main thing i am looking for in the laptop is

at least 17" screen
good graphics card to connect 2 24" external screens
support for normal hdd and ssd drives

not bothered about trying to save money just cant go more than £1200


now looking at this one http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=LT-133-MS&groupid=959&catid=1828MSI GS70 2PC-074UK Stealth 17.3" True HD LED GTX 860M 2GB 4700HQ, 12GB DDR3, 128GB SSD, 1TB HDD - Windows 8.1

 

[SPS]

The MSI range is better value than this. The GS70 would be spot on for you. I can vouch for the build quality of these notebooks.

 

[sg12004]

The MSI range is better value than this. The GS70 would be spot on for you. I can vouch for the build quality of these notebooks.

thank you for the reply

i will go with the MSI GS70 Laptop (i have seen lot good reviews on it)