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Post Date: 2013-03-07
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    Posted: 07 Mar 2013 at 7:19pm
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$2500

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playing bf3, gta5 ( when its out), crysis 3, other gpu demanding games


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Hi i would like your guys input on this specification as im somewhat new to buying custom made laptops ( although ive put a few years of research into this) im planning to use the 120 gb ssd for the os and about 3 -5 ish games and the rest on the 750gb harddrive.

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Welcome to the forums!

Your configuration looks really good, you'll have no problems playing any of those games. Even though the 680M is a very powerful card, it will still require adjusting some settings to get 60+ fps in games like Crysis 3. Here is a link that shows the performance of this card and framerates in many games.

If you wanted to max out games like Crysis 3 it would require a dual gpu setup, like a x17E with crossfire 7970Ms.

The x17 with a single 680m is much less bulky, and will still handle every game out there, so I'd still recommend it over the x17E.

If you have any other questions about a DS x17 I'd be happy to answer them.
DS x17, 1 Year 5 Months
i7 3720QM (2.6GHz/3.6GHz)
16GB 1600MHz DDR3
Nvidia GTX 680M 4GB
240GB Intel 520 SSD
Windows 8.1 Pro
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ok thanks so much for your reply !!!! and i was wondering... if i switched the 120 gb ssd with a 750 gb hybrid would it be possible to install the windows 7 64bit on the ssd part of that hybrid?
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No, in a hybrid drive the SSD portion only acts as a cache for the mechanical drive. In general we don't recommend hybrid drives because they don't offer SSD performance but are much more expensive than a traditional mechanical drive.

A solid state drive will be much faster, so I'd recommend just keeping the SSD and the HDD that you have now.
DS x17, 1 Year 5 Months
i7 3720QM (2.6GHz/3.6GHz)
16GB 1600MHz DDR3
Nvidia GTX 680M 4GB
240GB Intel 520 SSD
Windows 8.1 Pro
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