Wardy looking to get a laptop XD

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    Hey ladies, as many of you know, some dont, i know very little about all this jazz and that my desktop SUCKS ASS

    SO, i am thinking of investing in a laptop because i need one for college anyway

    I have drawn up these specs for €1,800 what you more informed people think, im thinking maybe bigger screen

    COLOUR CHOICE Alienware M15x Gaming Laptop - Cosmic Black
    PROCESSOR Intel® Core™ i5 Processor 520M(2.40GHz,3MB cache)
    OPERATING SYSTEM Genuine Windows® 7 Home Premium 64bit- English
    GRAPHICS CARD 1GB NVIDIA® GeForce™ GTX260M graphics card
    MEMORY 4096MB 1333MHz Dual Channel DDR3 SDRAM [2x2048]
    HARD DRIVE 500GB (7,200rpm) Serial ATA Hard Drive
    LCD 15.6-inch Wide Full HD Display (1920x1080)
    OPTICAL DRIVE Blu-Ray ROM combo (Blu-ray read only, DVD, CD read & write) Slot Load Drive
    PRIMARY BATTERY 6-cell 56Whr Lithium Ion battery

    Wardy

    are you mad....!!!!!!!! dont get a gameing laptop, at least not for that much money, i would suggest buying a desktop, and a cheep laptop maybe one of those e-pcs if its just for collage you wont need much power. fo £1400 you could get an i5 with a gtx470 and 6gig of ram, leaving you about 200 for a laptop! Laptops and games dont mix very well they get tooo hot, and there are very few upgrade options.

    Alienware is very expensive, any1 know good sites. Im also thinking of buying the parts and building myself, although that could be dodgey i may buy wrong parts

    Wardy

    ok here the new 1 for €1700

    COLOUR CHOICE Alienware Aurora (P55) Standard Cosmic Black Chassis
    PROCESSOR Intel® Core™ i5 Processor 650 (3.20GHz, 4MB)
    OPERATING SYSTEM Genuine Windows® 7 Home Premium 64bit- English
    PROTECT YOUR NEW PC McAfee® Security Center 30-Days trial version
    SERVICES AND SUPPORT 1 year of coverage included with your PC
    GRAPHICS CARD 1GB ATI® Radeon™ HD 5670 graphics card
    MEMORY 6GB 1333MHz (2x2GB + 2x1GB) Dual Channel Memory
    HARD DRIVE 640 GB Serial ATA non Raid (7200 Rpm)
    OPTICAL DRIVE 24X DVD+/- RW Optical Drive (DVD & CD read and write)
    MONITOR 21.5" Alienware OptX™ AW2210 1920 x 1080 (2ms) Widescreen Flat Panel UK/Irish
    KEYBOARD Alienware Multimedia Keyboard - UK/Irish (QWERTY)
    SOUND CARD Integrated HDA 7.1 Dolby Digital Audio
    WIRELESS CONNECTIVITY Dell 1525 Wireless PCIe Network Card 802.11n

    Any suggestions welcome, especially ones to cut cost XD

    Wardy

    Seems a lot of money for some poor parts not that I am an expert by any means I looked at MESH pc's as a prebuilt system they are very well put together systems usually with good parts and decent after sales service.
    With the Alienware systems i was looking at when i bought my system it seemed i was paying a lot for the name/brand, MESH seemed to have better speced machines stillusing similar high qaulity components so worth a look.

    Dell has fallen massively in my books I had an XPS machine and i'll never ever go back! or buy from Dell/Alienware again their customer support is appalling, although i did get a full refund on my machine some 6 months after i bought it, I got sick of the repairs and poor fault diagnosis.
    That was a laptop though and they can be fickle and unreliable especially the high end ones.

    "when i look on this i think its potatos"
    Tryton on life

    "I really like to take them from the rear"
    Tryton on Battlefield tactics

    Arborist that is a awesome site im getting so much more value for money now XD

    This is what if drawn up for €1,628.89/£1,346.54

    Again any changes to make this better or remove anything unnecessary to save money are most welcome
    Thanks guys :)

    AMD Phenom II X6 1055T Processor - (2.8-3.3GHz,6xTurbo Core,9MB Cache)
    Microsoft® Windows® 7 Home Premium pre-installed
    ThermalTake V5 Black Edition Gaming Chassis
    700W Desktop Power Supply [upg £ 12.77]
    Performance Pack - Akasa Freedom Tower quiet Heat pipe quiet cooling, Performance updates, specialist cabling [upg £ 41.70]
    ASUS M4A89GTD PRO/USB3 TurboV ATX Mainboard - AMD 890GX CrossFireX- AM3, DDR3
    G.Skill 8GB DDR3 1600MHz Memory (4x 2GB KIt)
    750GB Serial ATA 2 Hard Drive with 32MB Buffer
    22x Dual Layer DVD Writer Super Format +R/-R/RW/RAM
    1GB NVIDIA Geforce GTX465 with CUDA Graphics Accelerator [upg £ 183.83]
    24" ASUS VH242S Widescreen TFT Monitor - Full HD 1920x1080 5ms D-Sub [upg £ 148.94]
    7.1 High Definition onboard sound card - for 8 Channel Cinema sound
    2.1 Speakers with Subwoofer [upg £ 16.17]
    Logitech Cordless Keyboard & Cordless Optical Mouse - Black [upg £ 17.02]
    Free Microsoft® Office 2010 Starter Edition
    2 x 1394a ports (one at mid-board; one at back panel) - ASUS P6T / M4A89GTD
    ASUS WL-138g V2 internal IEEE802.11b/g PCI adapter [upg £ 17.02]
    Free 3 Years Gold Warranty - inc 3 Months Free Collect & Return
    Genius HS-02C - classic value headband headset

    Wardy

    Edited once, last by Wardy (July 2, 2010 at 7:20 PM).

    DO NOT BUY ALIENWARE THAT IS THE WORST THING YOU CAN DO WHEN BUYING A COMPUTER THEY WILL CHARGE YOU LOTS OF MONEY EXTRA BUILD YOUR OWN COMPUTER.

    Seriously

    Mmmmm i got this a good bit cheaper

    €1,480.66/£1,224.00

    Intel® Core™ i5 750 Quad Core Processor (2.66GHz, 8MB Cache) - LGA1156
    Microsoft® Windows® 7 Home Premium pre-installed
    Midi-Tower ATX Chassis - Black
    700W Desktop Power Supply [upg £ 21.28]
    ASUS P7P55 LX Mainboard - Intel Core™ i5 / i7 - LGA 1156 / ATX
    8GB 1333MHz Dual Channel DDR3 SDRAM - ( 4x2GB ) [upg £ 85.10]
    1TB Serial ATA 2 Hard Drive with 32MB Buffer
    22x Dual Layer DVD Writer Super Format +R/-R/RW/RAM
    1GB NVIDIA Geforce GTX465 with CUDA Graphics Accelerator [upg £ 183.83]
    24" ASUS VH242S Widescreen TFT Monitor - Full HD 1920x1080 5ms D-Sub [upg £ 148.94]
    7.1 High Definition onboard sound card - for 8 Channel Cinema sound
    2.1 Speakers with Subwoofer [upg £ 16.17]
    Logitech Cordless Keyboard & Cordless Optical Mouse - Black [upg £ 17.02]
    Free Microsoft® Office 2010 Starter Edition
    ASUS WL-138g V2 internal IEEE802.11b/g PCI adapter [upg £ 17.02]
    Free 3 Years Gold Warranty - inc 3 Months Free Collect & Return

    Wardy

    Have a look at scan.com i just bought from them some very good prices and their overclocked bundles are good value,
    i have looked alot at uk computers sales sight recently and they are the cheepest i found by a long way!

    £1170 for an i5 at 4ghz a gtx470, and a 24"monitor.....

    • Official Post

    I recommend you an hp elite book, everything is upgradable and socketed because its a professional laptop, my brother has one. the monitor is fantastic very clear deep colors since its an ips panel (google), he has the 8540w any new HP elite book is good, but they are very expensive and the build quality is phenomenal, almost all metal case and a spill proof keyboard, the metal has an scratch proof coating.

    Edited once, last by icomrade (July 6, 2015 at 9:37 PM).

    This is on scan.co.uk
    I could find the deal you mentioned though

    Coolermaster Elite 335 Black Mini Tower Case with Rear 120mm Fan w/o PSU
    1280MB Asus GTX 470, 40nm, 3348MHz GDDR5, GPU 607MHz, Shader 1215MHz, 448 Cores, 2xDVI,mini HDMI
    1TB Samsung HD103SJ Spinpoint F3, SATA 3Gb/s, 7200rpm, 32MB Cache, 8.9 ms, NCQ, OEM
    24" Samsung SMB2430H, Glossy Black Widescreen LCD Monitor, 1920x1080, 70,000:1, 300cd/m², 5 ms, VESA
    Intel Core i7 860 Lynnfield 45nm, Quad Core, 2.8GHz, DMI 2.5 GT/s, 8MB Cache, 21x Ratio, 95W, Retail, over-clocked to 3.6GHz
    Logitech G110 Gaming Keyboard, Custom Back Colour, USB Audio, Programmable + more
    Logitech MX518 Gaming Grade Optical Mouse, 1800dpi, PS2/USB 1.1/2.0, 7 Buttons, Black
    Logitech X-140 Stereo Speakers 2.0, Black with Frontal Controls
    Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64 Bit, Single, - OEM
    MS OFFICE 2007 25 Usage/60 Day TRIAL Basic,SBE & Professional
    Pioneer DVR-S18LBK 22x DVD±R, 12x DVD±DL, DVD+RW x8/-RW x6, RAM x12, SATA, Black, Retail Labelflash
    Edimax EW-7727In 150mbps 11n wireless PCI adapter
    Gigabyte GA-P55A-UD3, Intel P55 Express, S1156, PCI-E 2.0, DDR3 2200, SATA 6Gb/s, RAID, USB 3.0, ATX
    Plantronics GameCom 377 Gaming Headset
    Roccat Sense Adrenalin Blue Performance Mouse Pad - 400mm x 280mm x 1.35mm
    Scan 3XS System - 1year Onsite Warranty (Mainland UK)
    Thermalright Chill Factor 2 - *Tested as No1 Best Performing Thermal Paste
    3XS-OVERCLOCKING- Check Build
    550W Corsair CMPSU-550VXUK, ATX, PS/2, 5 year Warranty
    8GB (4x2GB) Corsair XMS3 Classic DDR3 PC3-12800 (1600), Non-ECC Unbuffered, CAS 9-9-9-24, XMP, 1.65V
    Akasa AK-CC017 Freedom Tower CPU Cooler 4x Nickel Plated Copper Heatpipes S775/1156/1366/AM2/AM3
    Akasa AK-ICR-07S 3.5" Black Internal Multi Card Reader Incl. M2, Micro SD & USB port

    This just under €2000/£1650

    Wardy

    hmmm well its good but you can save a fair bit buy building it yourself... look on the home page for the overclocked bundles, i spent about that and i have an i7 920 @4ghz and a gtx480, it takes a while to work out their site, but once you do...