Gaming laptop.

[Cheese Mechanic]

Flip Martian said:

Having been a recent customer of pcspecialist.co.uk, I can only sing their praises. I got a highly spec'ed lappy for several hundred quid cheaper than any of the regular names could put together. Well worth a look. Mine cost about 800 quid. My mind boggles at what they could put together for your son's budget...

Funny you should say that. I went and had a dibble yesterday....came up with this.

Chassis & Display Vortex i7: 15.6" Full HD LED Backlit Widescreen (1920x1080) Super Clear Glossy
Processor (CPU) Intel® Core™i7 Quad Core Mobile Processor i7-740QM (1.73GHz) 6MB Cache
Memory (RAM) 8GB SAMSUNG 1333MHz SODIMM DDR3 MEMORY (2 x 4GB)
Graphics Card nVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 460M - 1.5GB GDDR5 Video RAM - DirectX® 11.
2nd Graphics Card NONE
1st Hard Disk 500GB WD SCORPIO BLACK WD5000BEKT, SATA 3 Gb/s, 16MB CACHE (7200 rpm)
1st DVD/BLU-RAY Drive SONY BC-5500H 4x BLURAY ROM/DVD WRITER & CYBERLINK SOFTWARE
Memory Card Reader Internal 7 in 1 Card Reader (MMC/RSMMC/MS/MS Pro/MS DUO/SD/Mini-SD)
Network Facilities ONBOARD GIGABIT LAN & INTEL ULTIMATE-N 6300 WIRELESS - UPTO 450Mbps
USB Options 4 x USB 2.0 PORTS AS STANDARD
Bluetooth & Infrared Options INTEGRATED BLUETOOTH ADAPTER
Battery 2 x Vortex Series 8 Cell Lithium Ion Battery (One Spare)
Power Lead & Adaptor 1 x UK Power Lead & 120W AC Adaptor
Firewire & Video Editing 1 X 1394a FIREWIRE PORT
Operating System Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium 64 Bit - inc DVD & Licence (£79)
Office Software FREE Microsoft® Office Starter 2010 (Limited functionality Word & Excel)
Anti-Virus BULLGUARD INTERNET SECURITY - FREE 90 DAY TRIAL
Mouse INTEGRATED 2 BUTTON TOUCHPAD MOUSE
Webcam INTEGRATED 2.0 MEGAPIXEL WEBCAM
Insurance 1 Month Free Laptop Insurance inc. Accidental Damage & Theft
Warranty 3 Year Standard Warranty 1 year both 2 yrs labour only)
Delivery STANDARD INSURED DELIVERY TO UK MAINLAND (MON-FRI)
Build Time Standard Build - Approximately 5 to 7 working days

Price (excluding VAT)
£1,254.17
Inc Vat
£1,505.00
Order Quantity
1
I did similar on Alienware , and I'm unsure now as the the exact spec..but recall it was more , and know for certain there was no spare battery.

Incidentally , another GFX card option on the above was an nVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 285M - 1GB GDDR3 Video RAM -DirectX® 10.1

Can I assume the card in the quote is better performing than this one at the bottom here?

Mind you, I'm still very impressed with the MSI GX620 , i5 and not i7, but seems very polished at under £1200

We shall see.

[Flip Martian]

Must admit I know little about graphics cards but I can certainly vouch for pcspecialist build quality. Very good indeed, every bit the match of anything from a "brand" and components aren't skimped on either. RAM etc is all branded, not generic.

[onlynik]

Well I've plumped for a i7 Laptop from https://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/

I'll report back on how it goes.

[Flip Martian]

The only thing I find awkward about the pcspecialist lappy is the Ctrl key isn't the left most key on the bottom row (as on most keyboards I've ever used)- the Fn key is. Surprisingly hard to get used to. And I seem to hit the mouse pad a lot when typing so I find myself typing in the wrong place all of a sudden. Just sloppy hand position I suppose.

[AlexC1981]

Flip Martian said:

The only thing I find awkward about the pcspecialist lappy is the Ctrl key isn't the left most key on the bottom row (as on most keyboards I've ever used)- the Fn key is. Surprisingly hard to get used to. And I seem to hit the mouse pad a lot when typing so I find myself typing in the wrong place all of a sudden. Just sloppy hand position I suppose.

Have you looked in the bios menu? My Lenovo Thinkpad has the Fn and Crtl buttons switched, but there is an option in the bios to change them to the usual position.

[onlynik]

Flip Martian said:

The only thing I find awkward about the pcspecialist lappy is the Ctrl key isn't the left most key on the bottom row (as on most keyboards I've ever used)- the Fn key is. Surprisingly hard to get used to. And I seem to hit the mouse pad a lot when typing so I find myself typing in the wrong place all of a sudden. Just sloppy hand position I suppose.

Seems to be fixed in the latest laptops

[Flip Martian]

Interesting - only bought mine in January!

AlexC1981 said:

Have you looked in the bios menu? My Lenovo Thinkpad has the Fn and Crtl buttons switched, but there is an option in the bios to change them to the usual position.

I've not - thanks for that, will go take a peek.

[onlynik]

Ok, so my laptop from PCspecialist arrived on Monday.

It is awesome. Really quick, slightly bigger than I though, but the screen is really clear, I can play TDU:2 on hugh settings, films display well and the sounds are good. Only thing I don't like is the PSU. It's the size of a brick.

[Marf]

onlynik said:

Only thing I don't like is the PSU. It's the size of a brick.

Necessitated by the high spec of the laptop.