New laptop for AV work ordered

[stearman65]

Details of my order are as follows.
Chassis & Display
Optimus II: 15.6" Glossy Full HD LED Widescreen (1920x1080)
Processor (CPU)
Intel® Core™i5 Dual Core Mobile Processor i5-2450M (2.50GHz) 3MB
Memory (RAM)
8GB SAMSUNG 1333MHz SODIMM DDR3 MEMORY (2 x 4GB)
Graphics Card
nVIDIA® GeForce® GT 555M - 2GB DDR3 Video RAM - DirectX® 11
Memory - 1st Hard Disk
500GB SERIAL ATA II 2.5" HARD DRIVE WITH 8MB CACHE (5,400rpm)
1st DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
8x SATA DVD±R/RW/Dual Layer (+ 24x CD-RW)
Memory Card Reader
Internal 9 in 1 Card Reader (MMC/RSMMC/SD: Mini, XC & HC/MS: Pro & Duo)
Thermal Paste
STANDARD THERMAL PASTE FOR SUFFICIENT COOLING
Sound Card
Intel 2 Channel High Definition Audio + MIC/Headphone Jack
Network Facilities
GIGABIT LAN & WIRELESS 802.11N CARD INC. BLUETOOTH 3.0
USB Options
2 x USB 3.0 PORTS + 2 x USB 2.0 PORTS AS STANDARD
Battery
Optimus Series 6 Cell Lithium-ION Battery (48.84WH)
Power Lead & Adaptor
1 x UK Power Lead & 90W Adaptor (GT 540M) / 120W Adaptor (GT 555M)
Operating System
Genuine Windows 7 Professional 64 Bit - inc DVD & Licence (£109)
Office Software
NO OFFICE SOFTWARE
Anti-Virus
NO ANTI-VIRUS SOFTWARE
Keyboard & Mouse
INTEGRATED UK KEYBOARD WITH NUMBER PAD
Mouse
INTEGRATED 2 BUTTON TOUCHPAD MOUSE
Webcam
INTEGRATED 1.3 MEGAPIXEL WEBCAM
Warranty
3 Year Silver Warranty (1 Year Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour) (£5)
Dead Pixel Guarantee
30 Day Dead Pixel Guarantee Inc. Labour & Carriage Costs (£12)
Delivery
STANDARD INSURED DELIVERY TO UK MAINLAND (MON-FRI)
Build Time
Standard Build - Approximately 5 to 7 working days
Quantity
1

 

[TheKeir]

Weird how no one has replied here yet, but I shall be the first!

Looks like a solid spec, there are a couple things I would change though.

If you've got the money it would be worth getting a quad core processor, which would speed up the computer and help future-proof it.

You may want to upgrade the RAM to Kingston not Samsung (it doesn't make much difference but there's not much price difference), and you may want to consider 16gb RAM if you are running lots of things at once.

And I would definitely recommend an upgrade in hard drive, the one you've selected is quite slow and improving it to either a Seagate Momentus or, even better, a Momentus Hybrid, will speed up boot time and file loading times.

Other than that it's a nice spec

 

[Corfate]

You may want to upgrade the RAM to Kingston not Samsung,

Theres no real difference between the two, so it's not really worth the price increase

Also, the 16GB will be overkill, but will allow the laptop to be future proofed for the next few years

Agree with everything else though

 

[Music Guy123]

The Keir has some good points, the cpu would be good to upgrade, the hdd, definately recommend an upgrade. The thermal paste also, it is worth a lot more than the £9. The OS is in there, he has got win professional. I wouldn't recommend upgrading the RAM speed, there is very little performance difference and it is much more expensive. Size is up to you but 8GB should be fine.

 

[Music Guy123]

looks like corfate posted whilst I was typing!

 

[TheKeir]

The Keir has some good points, the cpu would be good to upgrade, the hdd, definately recommend an upgrade. The thermal paste also, it is worth a lot more than the £9. The OS is in there, he has got win professional. I wouldn't recommend upgrading the RAM speed, there is very little performance difference and it is much more expensive. Size is up to you but 8GB should be fine.

Why didn't I see the OS... /facepalm