My Vortex IV Elite

[PhilHibbs]

Just ordered this:
Chassis & Display
Vortex Series: 17.3" Matte Full HD LED Widescreen (1920x1080)
Processor (CPU)
Intel® Core™i7 Quad Core Mobile Processor i7-4800MQ (2.70GHz) 6MB
Memory (RAM)
16GB KINGSTON HYPER-X GENESIS 1600MHz SODIMM DDR3 (2 x 8GB)
Graphics Card
2 x NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 780M - 4.0GB DDR5 Video RAM - DirectX® 11
Memory - 1st Hard Disk
1TB SEAGATE HYBRID GEN3 SSHD Drive, SATA 6 Gb/s, 64MB CACHE (5400 rpm)
2nd Hard Disk
1TB SEAGATE HYBRID GEN3 SSHD Drive, SATA 6 Gb/s, 64MB CACHE (5400 rpm)
1st DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
6x BLURAY ROM, 8x DVD ±R/±RW & CYBERLINK SOFTWARE
Thermal Paste
STANDARD THERMAL PASTE FOR SUFFICIENT COOLING
Sound Card
Intel 5.1 Channel High Definition Audio + SPDIF/MIC/Headphone Jack
Wireless/Wired Networking
GIGABIT LAN & KILLER™ 1202 WIRELESS GAMING 802.11N + BLUETOOTH 4.0
Battery
Vortex Elite 8 Cell Lithium Ion Battery (5,800 mAh/89.21WH)
Operating System
Genuine Windows 7 Ultimate 64 Bit w/SP1 - inc DVD & Licence

 

[TheKeir]

Looks fine to me, though I would get 8GB RAM instead of 16GB - you're probably not going to use the extra RAM. What's the intended use?

 

[PhilHibbs]

This thread is nearly 7 years old, and I'd just like to say I'm still happy with this machine. No problems at all, although I had to replace the battery a year ago. The 16GB of RAM was the right choice, as I run Minecraft modpacks with 8GB allocated. I'm considering replacing it, but there's no hurry, and I'd have no hesitation in coming back to PCSpecialist. I'm spec'ing up a couple of laptops (probably going to go for Fusion Pro IV) for my nieces right now.

 

[PhilHibbs]

Just upgraded to Windows 10 using the Microsoft automatic process, no problems. Didn't even need my licence key.

Does anyone know if there would be any problems replacing the hard drives with SATA SSDs in a machine as old as this? Are modern SATA drives going to work seamlessly with it?

I can't afford to replace this machine at the moment so I want to squeeze a little more life out of it if I can.

 

[SpyderTracks]

Just upgraded to Windows 10 using the Microsoft automatic process, no problems. Didn't even need my licence key.

Does anyone know if there would be any problems replacing the hard drives with SATA SSDs in a machine as old as this? Are modern SATA drives going to work seamlessly with it?

I can't afford to replace this machine at the moment so I want to squeeze a little more life out of it if I can.

SATA is SATA, it's a standard so any SATA drive will work,. Just not M2 drives which are the replacements for SATA.