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Thanks, that's super helpful! In your opinion would money be better spent on having just the one hard drive (500GB HDD) with the GTX 780M GPU, or the GTX 770M GPU paired with two hard drives? I have an external hard drive already so an extra hard drive in regards to extra storage space perhaps isn't necessary - I would be happy playing games with the external hard drive plugged in if that would maximise the gaming experience. I really like the sound of the 780M GPU, it's just a matter of affording it all :colondollar:

As mentioned above, the 780M is a substantial step up in terms of performance, it will handle current games better and also last further into the future. Given that laptops GPUs are usually proprietary they're usually a lot more difficult to upgrade, so in the case of a gaming laptop it's best to buy the best GPU your budget will allow. The 770M is still great, but the 780M is in a different league and worth stretching for the extra £60 if you can. SSDs offer a bump to the overall computing experience in the form of quicker boot and load times, but this is more of a convenience boost than a performance one, and hard drives can be switched out later along the line.

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Messalina

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Super, in which case I'll stick with the 780M and skip the SSD, I don't mind marginally longer load times. Going to order this in the new year, yippee! Thank you for all your advice everybody :smile:

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Camoxide

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Original post by Messalina

Super, in which case I'll stick with the 780M and skip the SSD, I don't mind marginally longer load times. Going to order this in the new year, yippee! Thank you for all your advice everybody :smile:

If it's giving you the option for a 2nd hard drive it means it has a 2nd hard drive bay free.
You can always buy an SSD and slot in into that drive and then stick the OS on it.
http://www.scan.co.uk/products/120gb-samsung-840-evo-sata-iii-basic-slim-7mm-3-core-mex-controller-read-540mb-s-write-410mb-s-256mb

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Messalina

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Original post by Camoxide

If it's giving you the option for a 2nd hard drive it means it has a 2nd hard drive bay free.
You can always buy an SSD and slot in into that drive and then stick the OS on it.
http://www.scan.co.uk/products/120gb-samsung-840-evo-sata-iii-basic-slim-7mm-3-core-mex-controller-read-540mb-s-write-410mb-s-256mb

I'll see how it works without, as you said I can fit it later so if I feel the need I'll get one. As it is spending 1300 on a laptop should make a pretty darn decent machine

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I'll see how it works without, as you said I can fit it later so if I feel the need I'll get one. As it is spending 1300 on a laptop should make a pretty darn decent machine

What díd you get?

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Messalina

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Sorry to bump this thread, but I finally ordered it! The specs I went for were:

Vortex Series: 17.3" Matte Full HD LED Widescreen (1920x1080)
Intel® Core™i7 Quad Core Mobile Processor i7-4700MQ (2.40GHz) 6MB
8GB KINGSTON HYPER-X GENESIS 1600MHz SODIMM DDR3 (2 x 4GB)
NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 780M - 4.0GB DDR5 Video RAM - DirectX® 11
1TB WD SCORPIO BLUE WD10JPVX, SATA 6 Gb/s, 8MB CACHE (5400 rpm)

From pc specialist.co.uk. Thanks for all the advice given on this thread, it really helped and I'm really looking forward to getting my new laptop :smile:

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username612415

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Original post by Messalina

Sorry to bump this thread, but I finally ordered it! The specs I went for were:

Vortex Series: 17.3" Matte Full HD LED Widescreen (1920x1080)
Intel® Core™i7 Quad Core Mobile Processor i7-4700MQ (2.40GHz) 6MB
8GB KINGSTON HYPER-X GENESIS 1600MHz SODIMM DDR3 (2 x 4GB)
NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 780M - 4.0GB DDR5 Video RAM - DirectX® 11
1TB WD SCORPIO BLUE WD10JPVX, SATA 6 Gb/s, 8MB CACHE (5400 rpm)

From pc specialist.co.uk. Thanks for all the advice given on this thread, it really helped and I'm really looking forward to getting my new laptop :smile:

Very nice, enjoy :h: