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new laptop for fun and work, what do you think?

Post Date: 2012-01-09
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    Posted: 09 Jan 2012 at 9:28pm
Hello,

I am getting a new laptop for me and my wife to use to play games and work. What do you think is this a good enough build?

Budget:
3000

Expectations:
multitask and play some games like battlefield 3, use run photoshop and blender.

Usage:
50% Battlefield 3 and the likes :)
50% Image editing, 3D modeling ( Blender, Maya, etc...)

Special Needs:
My house can get pretty hot sometimes. do these overheat easily?

Saved Ticket #: 641778

Specifications:
hassis Model: Digital Storm x15 Laptop (Model: 8150)
Display: 15.6 Inch (95% NTSC Color Gamut) (Matte Surface) (16:9) (1920 x 1080) LED-Backlit Display <b></b>
Processor: Intel Core i7 2860QM (2.5 GHz Turbo Mode to 3.6Ghz) (Quad Core) (8MB Cache)
Thermal Compound: Stock CPU and GPU Thermal Compound
Memory: 16GB DDR3 1600MHz <b></b>
Primary Hard Drive: 500GB 7200RPM (SATA 3Gb/s)
Secondary Hard Drive: - Not Available
Optical Drive: DVD/CD 8x Multi-Drive (Writes and Reads DVDs, CDs)
Wireless Card: Intel Advanced-N 6230 Wireless LAN Module <b></b>
Video Card(s): NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580M 2GB <b></b>
Windows OS: Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate (64-Bit Edition) <b></b>
Warranty Plan: Life-time Expert Customer Care with 3 Year Limited Warranty
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Posts: 15 		  Quote penceton Quote  Post ReplyReply bullet Posted: 09 Jan 2012 at 10:08pm
Hey there, I'm new as well and while I'm waiting for April to come around to get some of the new technology(Ivy Bridge cpus//hopeful Nvidia gpus)....I have a few points which you may want to consider:

1)Premium IC Diamond CPU and GPU Thermal Compound (Reduces Thermal & Laptop Noise) -  the fact that Digital Storm offers this is a gimme and I wouldn't turn it down.  Especially if you will be gaming at some point.  A cooling pad will also help out the cause!

2)I'd maybe consider upping the warranty as well, you just never know and it's better to be safe than sorry....

Goodluck :)
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Posts: 9 		  Quote BooChan Quote  Post ReplyReply bullet Posted: 10 Jan 2012 at 10:21pm
Thanks for the reply :) I will add that. Any other advice? or does my build look good?
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Posts: 36758 		  Quote DST4ME Quote  Post ReplyReply bullet Posted: 11 Jan 2012 at 6:50pm
for cpu the 2760Qm seems to offer the same oc and perfomrance as 2860Qm, the 2860Qm has 2mb more cache but that should not matter much, the 2860Qm with turbo on all 4 cores goes to 3.3GHz, the 2760Qm does the same to 3.2GHz, whos gonna notice the difference? not me and you.

maybe something like this, keep in mind the gpu I didn't touch cause I don't know the info on them and I'm not one to talk out of my arse:

Ticket Number: 642536

keep in mind labor is 3 year labor and one year part, unless its different for laptops then desktops.

Crap I forgot, the ssd in my config is 510, but we don't want 510, I wanted to pick 120GB intel 320 it was not an option, to see ball park price I added the 510 so we can have an idea of cost, but ask DS for a intel 320 120GB instead of the 510, and it should be a little cheaper also.

Edited by DST4ME - 11 Jan 2012 at 6:53pm

Nvidia Drivers----AMD Drivers
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