Custom Laptop Biuld
Helping a friend pick a laptop
Hoping for comments on the following specification, as well as alternatives if you have them:
Chassis & Display
Enigma III 540: 15.6" Glossy Full HD LED Widescreen (1920x1080)
Processor (CPU)
Intel® Core™i3 Dual Core Mobile Processor i3-2310M (2.10GHz) 3MB Cache
Memory (RAM)
4GB SAMSUNG 1333MHz SODIMM DDR3 MEMORY (2 x 2GB)
Graphics Card
nVIDIA® GeForce® GT 540M - 2GB DDR3 Video RAM - DirectX® 11
Memory - Hard Disk
500GB WD SCORPIO BLACK WD5000BPKT, SATA 3 Gb/s, 16MB CACHE (7200 rpm)
DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
8x SATA DVD±R/RW/Dual Layer (+ 24x CD-RW)
Memory Card Reader
Integrated 3 in 1 Memory Card Reader (SD, MMC, MS)
Sound Card
Intel 2 Channel High Definition Audio + MIC/Headphone Jack
Bluetooth & Wireless
ENIGMA GIGABIT LAN & WIRELESS 802.11N + BLUETOOTH 3.0
USB Options
1 x USB 3.0 PORT + 2 x USB 2.0 PORTS AS STANDARD
Battery
2 x Enigma III Series 6 Cell Lithium Ion Battery (5,100/5,200 mAh) (£39)
Webcam
INTEGRATED 1.3 MEGAPIXEL WEBCAM
(Note, the budget is £600, the above specs cost £597)
I'm not all that knowledgeable about laptops, so I'm unaware of alternatives in general, however I would like to point out mac's aren't an option here, the user will be using linux/windows and already owns a copy of windows 7, and as such wont be needing it to come with windows 7, if it does that's no issue either, it's all about the hardware and extras.