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Dec 25, 2012 at 5:05 PM Post #1,683 of 3,098
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szadzik said:
Got myself a new laptop for Christmas.
Sony VAIO Z13
i7 3612QM Quad Core
8GB 1600mHz RAM
2x128GB SSD in RAID 0
FHD screen
HD 4000 and HD7670
BR Writer
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Looking at those specs and knowing Sony, that must have cost and arm and a leg.
 
Anyway my terrible and outdated setup:
 
Sony Vaio FW21E
Intel Core 2 Duo P8400 2.27Ghz
Ati Mobility HD 3470
640GB HDD 5400rpm
4 Gig ram
LCD 1600x900
 
Cost me a fortune at the time, about 5 years ago.
 
Dec 25, 2012 at 10:31 PM Post #1,684 of 3,098
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beaver316 said:
 
Looking at those specs and knowing Sony, that must have cost and arm and a leg.
 
Anyway my terrible and outdated setup:
 
Sony Vaio FW21E
Intel Core 2 Duo P8400 2.27Ghz
Ati Mobility HD 3470
640GB HDD 5400rpm
4 Gig ram
LCD 1600x900
 
Cost me a fortune at the time, about 5 years ago.
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It did indeed, but having had other premium quality laptops with lower specs, I can say it was worth it. The screen, lightness, batttery life, SSD speed at 900MB sequential read cannot be found on ANY laptop available right now under 5 pounds.
 
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sniping said:
Nice storage setup.
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Lightning fast is the expression :)
 
Dec 26, 2012 at 12:15 AM Post #1,685 of 3,098
My newly built budget rig because I'm poor =(
 
All Stock:
NZXT H2 Classic White
Pentium G860
MSI Z68A G43 (G3)
8GB x2 Kingston HyperX
PowerColor HD7850 Fling Force Edition
64GB Plextor SSD
500GB WD Caviar Black
Corsair TX650
NZXT 120mm fan
NZXT 140mm fan
Corsair K60
Logitech G5
 
Gotta love that black/white theme inside my case xD
 
Dec 26, 2012 at 12:30 AM Post #1,686 of 3,098
Well, I ordered a couple of parts a few days ago:

The Corsair HX750
Seagate Barracuda 2tb
Corsair Vengeance 32gb (4x8gb)
Sapphire Vapor-X HD 7770 Ghz Edition 1gb (for my families Sandybridge i5 as a gift; sadly it didn't come in time)

Can't wait to open the thing up and get to work with those cables!
 
Dec 29, 2012 at 6:14 PM Post #1,687 of 3,098
Some very nice kit in this thread. I am looking at upgrading my rig starting with getting most likely a Sapphire 7950 Vapor-X. Just looking for any feedback off any owners with one or any 7950 for that matter?
 
Current specs at moment are below:
 
Phenom II X3 710 (Upgrade to Haswell during summer most likely)
Coolermaster Hyper 212+
Gigabyte MA770T-UD3P
4GB Corsair RAM
XFX GTX 260 Core 216
Corsair HX520
2TB and 320GB hard drives
Xonar DG
 
Dec 30, 2012 at 1:28 AM Post #1,688 of 3,098
CPU: AMD Phenom II X4 965 - 3.4GHz quad core
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 Evo 
Motherboard: Gigabyte 990XA-UD3
RAM: 8GB (2x4GB) Corsair XMS3 DDR3-1600MHz (I think or it's 1333)
GPU: 2x ASUS GTX 560 Ti DirectCU II TOP OC in SLI
SSD: Samsung 840 120GB 
HDD: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 7200RPM
Case: Corsair 700D Full Tower
PSU: OCZ ModXStream Pro 700W
OS: Windows 7 HP 64 bit

Also: Logisys RED Meteor lights.

 
 
Dec 30, 2012 at 2:15 AM Post #1,689 of 3,098
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szadzik said:
 
It did indeed, but having had other premium quality laptops with lower specs, I can say it was worth it. The screen, lightness, batttery life, SSD speed at 900MB sequential read cannot be found on ANY laptop available right now under 5 pounds.
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To be honest, I got something with similar specs (but much more average build of course) on a Black Friday sale for a tad above $900 after shipping.  Depends how much you value the weight and worksmanship and size, and so on—which I don't much, with my current usage.  It'll be quite different for each person.
 
Dell Inspiron 17R SE (7720)
Intel Core i7-3630QM
Nvidia GT 650M 2GB GDDR5 / Intel HD 4000 Graphics — Optimus
8GB 1600 Mhz RAM
1TB 5400 rpm HDD + 32GB mSATA cache
*immediately replaced storage with Intel 330 180GB SSD for $100 in a separate purchase; forget spinners for main drives*
17.3" 1920x1080 matte panel — contrast and colorspace coverage are surprisingly good for a laptop in this range, at least to casual eyeballing, but it's just a TN
 
 
The fan stays off when listening to music and most web browsing, at least with the way I have it set up.
 
Dec 30, 2012 at 10:31 PM Post #1,695 of 3,098
Well, it is for my photography business so I budgeted for it and the whole thing came within budget so that was that ! lol
 
It is once in a 3 years purchase so I like to max it out because i need to last.  :)
 
I know the CPU is the top of the line but i am unsure of the GFX since with Apple it is rather limited with choice, i just upgraded it to what they had on offer...whatever it may be so there wasn't really any research need to be done really since it is not like I could pick and choose.
 
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