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wolfsbane   Registered Member #682 Joined: Wed Jan 16 08, 10:11AMYour Location: Leyland Posts: 612 | Need a new lappy for uni because my current one is failing from 2 years of abuse  been browsing around for days trying to find a decent laptop and i think the best i have found is this: main things i will be using it for is watching vids, light gaming during lunch and photoshop/video editing for my uni work waddya reckon?  _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Antec 902 i7 920 @ 3.8Ghz Asus P6T SE Corsair XM3 @ 1603Mhz XFX HD5870XXX Corsair HX850W Western Digital Caviar Black Raid0 1TB Maxtor DiamondMax 22 1TB | ||
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Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ Sky blue ¯\(º_o)/¯   Registered Member #351 Joined: Thu Aug 30 07, 12:23PMYour Location: cheltenham Posts: 9928 | can has??? seriously, it looks good for the money, but I'm not clued up on mobile graphics cards   my videos: | ||
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william Registered Member #288 Joined: Mon Jul 23 07, 10:28AMYour Location: Scotland Posts: 5107 | you have too much money for a "poor" student!! looks good, 4gb ram will be pointless tho on vista home, but it was probably just as cheap for them to put that in than 3. but plenty of storage for your vid/photoshop work nice size screen for watching tv/vid dedicated gfx for some casual gaming decent cpu for all of the above. looks like a winner wolfie. | ||
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| wolfsbane Registered Member #682 Joined: Wed Jan 16 08, 10:11AMYour Location: Leyland Posts: 612 | woo, now i just have to convince my mum to by it for me i am poor tho  this is a birthday+christmas pressie rolled into 1oh and the 4gb of ram i was thinking i could give the spare gb to the graphics card because its got hypermemory [ Edited Thu Nov 06 08, 09:07AM ] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Antec 902 i7 920 @ 3.8Ghz Asus P6T SE Corsair XM3 @ 1603Mhz XFX HD5870XXX Corsair HX850W Western Digital Caviar Black Raid0 1TB Maxtor DiamondMax 22 1TB | ||
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Right behind you.  Registered Member #727 Joined: Fri Feb 01 08, 12:00AMYour Location: Gelderland, the Netherlands Posts: 1607 | not too sure about the graphics on that thing, hypermemory is horribly overrated, and the card in that lappy performs worse then a 8400 according to these benchmarks: even if you're only looking for a lappy for uni work and light gaming, i'd really really recommend getting a decent GPU. for css/tf2/l4d with tasty fps you more or less need at least a 8600M GT (my card, which struggles with RA3 and runs FC2 at med/high). shameless asus plug, but wth. have a looksie at these laptops, probs can find them a bit cheaper but it's the specs that count. and yes, i know the X-series has about the same gpu, but it's the same price and the 3470 is a fair bit quicker then the 3450 soz for being such a moaning git btw  also hypermemory is useless. [ Edited Thu Nov 06 08, 09:57AM ]  | ||
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| wolfsbane Registered Member #682 Joined: Wed Jan 16 08, 10:11AMYour Location: Leyland Posts: 612 | hmm dunno why but my mums got a phobia about buying stuff online (even tho she's got that anti-fraud stuff), only places i can get a laptop from are pcworld, comet, currys and dixons oh and my max price is £650 and im not gna be playing games with high graphics (bridge commander springs to mind) all my normal gaming ill do on my pc _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Antec 902 i7 920 @ 3.8Ghz Asus P6T SE Corsair XM3 @ 1603Mhz XFX HD5870XXX Corsair HX850W Western Digital Caviar Black Raid0 1TB Maxtor DiamondMax 22 1TB | ||
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hermanater Registered Member #753 Joined: Sat Feb 09 08, 12:40PMYour Location: London Posts: 535 | whats wrong with slate and chalk??? anyway shouldn't you be spending your hard earnt EMA/student handout on cheap booze and pot noodles, oh and shopping for clothes in Age concern, as it's 'oh so retro'... I bet your favourite movie is some Russian film noir, and you have a doctor who quilt cover and you still cuddle up to your teddy bear called Heskwith, that you've carried with you all the way through boarding school and sits snuggly in your slightly scuffed and battered school satchel. Your sister has a pony called cassandra, your parents house has more bathrooms than a B+Q store and your Great Aunt Cecelia, has a 'best friend ' called Marjory that she has lived with for the past 40 years, since seperating from your mad uncle Philbert who ran off with a pygmy sherpa from the outer Hebrides whilst on a bear baiting expedition... actually looks like quite a good buy tbh... Where theres a will theres a relative...  Time flies like an arrow, Fruit flies like a banana | ||
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 Registered Member #579 Joined: Tue Dec 11 07, 05:30PMYour Location: Under your Bed Posts: 451 | I thought Sherpas came from Tibet/Nepal not the Hebrides | ||
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| hermanater Registered Member #753 Joined: Sat Feb 09 08, 12:40PMYour Location: London Posts: 535 | you picky sod... anyway sherpas can come from wherever so don't be a big racist... Where theres a will theres a relative... Time flies like an arrow, Fruit flies like a banana | ||
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titosfuneral  Registered Member #783 Joined: Sat Feb 16 08, 09:44AMPosts: 1542 | The graphics card is a bit iffy... I'd be trying for something a little better on that end. Have you had a look at the mesh ones, as these can be ordered over the phone...  .Tito\\\'s Law. - You can\\\'t fall off the floor | ||
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| wolfsbane Registered Member #682 Joined: Wed Jan 16 08, 10:11AMYour Location: Leyland Posts: 612 | I've been looking thru the dell website and found this: Only £669 I think this is a bargin laptop for the specs: Intel® Core™ 2 Duo Processor P8400 (2.26 GHz, 1066 MHz FSB, 3 MB L2 cache) 17.0" Widescreen WXGA+ WLED (1440x900) TFT Display with TrueLife™ MEMORY 4096MB 800MHz Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM [2x2048] WEBCAM 2.0 Mega pixel Integrated Web Camera - LED HARD DRIVE 320GB (5.400rpm) SATA Hard Drive edit GRAPHICS CARD 256MB ATI Mobility RADEON HD 3650 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Antec 902 i7 920 @ 3.8Ghz Asus P6T SE Corsair XM3 @ 1603Mhz XFX HD5870XXX Corsair HX850W Western Digital Caviar Black Raid0 1TB Maxtor DiamondMax 22 1TB | ||
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| wolfsbane Registered Member #682 Joined: Wed Jan 16 08, 10:11AMYour Location: Leyland Posts: 612 | Order Details Product Studio 17 (N1173504) Intel® Core™ 2 Duo Processor P8400 (2.26 GHz) 4096MB 800MHz Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM [2x2048] 256MB ATI Mobility RADEON HD 3650 320GB (5.400rpm) SATA Hard Drive 17.0" Widescreen WXGA+ WLED (1440x900) TFT Display with TrueLife™ Internal UK English Qwerty Keyboard Fixed Internal DVD+/-RW Slot Load Drive including Software Intel WiFi Link 5100 (802.11 a/b/g/n 1X2) 1/2 MiniCard Dell Wireless 370 Bluetooth Module 2.0 Mega pixel Integrated Web Camera - LED Primary 6-cell 56 WHr Lithium Ion battery Jet Black Colour with Matte Finish Wireless Label (Intel Wireless Cards)- Core 2 Duo Genuine Windows Vista® Home Premium SP1 - English Logitech V220 Jet Black Cordless Mouse 90W AC Adaptor 1 Meter Power Cord (3 Wire) - UK 1Yr Limited Warranty - Collect & Return 1 Year Limited Warranty - Collect & Return _____________Total excl. VAT___VAT___Total incl. VAT Sub-total(s):______£ 569.37__£ 99.64____£ 669.01 Total Price:_______£ 569.37__£ 99.64____£ 669.01 YAY [ Edited Sat Nov 08 08, 04:15AM ] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Antec 902 i7 920 @ 3.8Ghz Asus P6T SE Corsair XM3 @ 1603Mhz XFX HD5870XXX Corsair HX850W Western Digital Caviar Black Raid0 1TB Maxtor DiamondMax 22 1TB | ||
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omnia causa fiunt Registered Member #141 Joined: Tue Apr 24 07, 10:00AMYour Location: London, UK Posts: 5401 | Dell are competitive with their offers. That's clearly a better PC for what you want. | ||
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  Registered Member #663 Joined: Wed Jan 09 08, 09:32PMYour Location: Scotland Posts: 43 | Dell laptops are mince, Andy has had 3 or 4 I think and they have all been nothing but trouble. TJ FTW FFS | ||
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