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Post Date: 2012-05-21
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    Posted: 21 May 2012 at 3:37pm
Thanks in advance for any help!

Budget: $2,600-2,800 possibly

Expectations: Want this to last through the rest of college, but at least 3+ years playing games in reasonably high detail. Will connect it to a 60" LG often for movies and for fun...

Usage: Mainly gaming, fps, mmos, Diablo 3, Starcraft 2, anything that tickles my fancy... School stuff, like all the Office apps, movie watching, possibly some future movie editing(never had a good enough comp for it), and surfing the web.

3 questions: 1) I was looking at the 240gb SSD, do I need it?   2) Bigfoot network card worth it over the Intel 6300?   3) Nvidia GTX 675m vs AMD Radeon HD 7970M? Is it worth looking into if DS could configure it in?

Ticket Number: 690898
Total Price: $2,469.00

Chassis Model: Digital Storm x17 Laptop (Model: 9170)
Display: 17.3 Inch (16:9) (Resolution: 1920 x 1080) (Glossy Surface) LED-Backlit Display
Processor: Intel Core i7 3820QM (2.7 GHz Turbo Mode to 3.7Ghz) (Quad Core) (8MB Cache)
Thermal Compound: Premium IC Diamond CPU and GPU Thermal Compound (Reduces Thermal & Laptop Noise)
Memory: 16GB DDR3 1600MHz
Primary Hard Drive: Intel 120GB SSD (520 Series) (SATA 6Gb/s)
Secondary Hard Drive: 750GB 7200RPM (SATA 3Gb/s)
Optical Drive: Blu-Ray Player (Blu-Ray 6x) & DVD/CD Writer
Wireless Card: Bigfoot Networks Killer Wireless-N 1103 (Reduces Latency for Online Gaming)
Video Card(s): NVIDIA GeForce GTX 675M 2GB with NVIDIA Optimus Technology
Windows OS: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium (64-Bit Edition)
Warranty Plan: Life-time Expert Customer Care with 3 Year Limited Warranty
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That depends. Check your current hard drive, and determine your own needs. Generally, it is best to assume at least 50% higher data storage over the same amount of time.

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If you are going to be playing MMO's often, I would suggest the Bigfoot.

3)
They are relatively close, but the 675 is much better in terms of power consumption (although by no means do I mean that you will get a decent amount of battery life, no matter what you pick). However, DS is located very close to (and, correct me if I'm wrong, Alex, but I believe they are somehow partnered with) NVidia, so the 675 may also be a better choice for that reason.
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We just added the 7970M which is faster than the GTX 675M. Strong
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but i read everywhere that ppl prefer nVidia bcz of driver problems in radeon hope those are fixed now bcz looking at benchmarks and scores hd7970m beats gtx675m by around 15%-50% or maybe more idk xD some games were listed as same fps tho so idk but none were less frames with hd7970m so it is diffidently a plus Strong
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We haven't seen a lot of driver related issues with the AMD Radeon M series.
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great :) guess 7970m is better than 675m :) should save up more money now xD
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Originally posted by Alex

We just added the 7970M which is faster than the GTX 675M. Strong
 
Hey Alex...I'm glad I read this. You're still working on my laptop order so I just called your customer service and asked them if they would upgrade me and bill my cc.
 
Hopefully you can do this; I'd really appreciate it Big%20Smile
 
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Ask and you shall receive, awesome news Alex. Thanks.Awesome

Thanks for all the replies everyone, I hope to order by the end of the week with the same set-up as above, but just with the AMD 7970. First new computer since Feb. 2005... Long, overdue, and needed upgrade!
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big_worm.......I'm glad you wrote your thread here. I'm happy you are getting a new machine and I'm also happy that DS is able to process my upgrade. DS customer service rocks !!!!!!
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Awesome. Big%20Smile
@Bobby, let me know how that goes, you can email me as well: [email protected]
 
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Posts: 7 		  Quote big_worm Quote  Post ReplyReply bullet Posted: 25 May 2012 at 3:00pm
Finally pulled the trigger! Order confirmation email at 3:35 p.m. CST, and received a phone call from Brian at 4:18 p.m. CST to confirm that the order was processed. Crazy quick service, thanks DS! Now the wait officially begins!
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Cool....what video card did you decide upon? They told me the 7970M won't be in till June 8th but I think the wait will be worth it.
 
Don't forget.....it's only excessive if you check the status more that 5 times a day ..... LOL  Big%20Smile
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I configured it with the 7970M, I have put off a new comp for 4 years... what's two more weeks?!LOL
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