Could I beat this Laptop spec in price.....

Hal Emmerich

ProcessorIntel® Core™ i5-2410M Dual Core (2.3GHz, Intel Sandy Bridge Architecture, 3MB Cache, Intel Turbo Boost up to 2.9GHz)
Screen15.6" (Lenovo Glossy, LED Backlit, 1366 x 768 Resolution Screen)

Operating System Windows 7 Home Premium Edition 64-bit

RAM 6GB (DDR3 1333MHZ)
Hard Drive 640GB

Optical Drive Blu-Ray (Blu-Ray HD Play back + DVD-RW & CD-RW)

Graphics Dedicated (NVIDIA® GeForce® GT 520M with 1GB DDR Dedicated Memory)

Wireless LANWireless (802.11b/g/n Wireless)

Network Card10/100Mbps Fast Ethernet

Integrated WebcamIntegrated 2MP Webcam with Microphone

Card Reader 5-in-1 card reader (SD//MS/MS-Pro/MMC/xD-Picture card™)
USB Ports 4x USB 2.0 Ports

Bluetooth Version 2.1

Speakers Integrated Stereo Speakers

VGA Port1 External VGA Port

Kensington Lock Kensington lock slot

Charge Time 2.5 Hours

HDMI 1x HDMI Port

E-sata 1x eSATA Port

Warranty12 Months Warranty - Direct with Lenovo

Battery Life5-6 Hours (Upto 5 Hour Battery Life)

Weight2-3 Kg (This Model 2.5 Kg)

by much, it's €690 delivered to my door, if I was to order bits and bobs or a straight desktop off Hardwareverstand or Komplett or whereever?

Leman

Well, what are you going to be using it for?

As for Desktop vs Laptop, it REALLY depends on what you are using it for. Desktops can work out as "better value" simply because you can DIY them, while laptops are close to impossible to DIY.

Mr Blobby

Hal Emmerich wrote: »

ProcessorIntel® Core™ i5-2410M Dual Core (2.3GHz, Intel Sandy Bridge Architecture, 3MB Cache, Intel Turbo Boost up to 2.9GHz)
Screen15.6" (Lenovo Glossy, LED Backlit, 1366 x 768 Resolution Screen)

Operating System Windows 7 Home Premium Edition 64-bit

RAM 6GB (DDR3 1333MHZ)
Hard Drive 640GB

Optical Drive Blu-Ray (Blu-Ray HD Play back + DVD-RW & CD-RW)

Graphics Dedicated (NVIDIA® GeForce® GT 520M with 1GB DDR Dedicated Memory)

Wireless LANWireless (802.11b/g/n Wireless)

Network Card10/100Mbps Fast Ethernet

Integrated WebcamIntegrated 2MP Webcam with Microphone

Card Reader 5-in-1 card reader (SD//MS/MS-Pro/MMC/xD-Picture cardâ„¢)
USB Ports 4x USB 2.0 Ports

Bluetooth Version 2.1

Speakers Integrated Stereo Speakers

VGA Port1 External VGA Port

Kensington Lock Kensington lock slot

Charge Time 2.5 Hours

HDMI 1x HDMI Port

E-sata 1x eSATA Port

Warranty12 Months Warranty - Direct with Lenovo

Battery Life5-6 Hours (Upto 5 Hour Battery Life)

Weight2-3 Kg (This Model 2.5 Kg)

by much, it's €690 delivered to my door, if I was to order bits and bobs or a straight desktop off Hardwareverstand or Komplett or whereever?

Well I don't no to much about building a pc but I think it would be best to buy parts off of Hardwareverstand and build it yourself or pay them a extra 20 euro and they will do it for you . But would you need a monitor/keyboard ect because that will take out of your budget

Tea_Bag

Total build cost: €658.90 + €30 shipping
Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-Bit (SB-Version) €73.47
Xigmatek Asgard, ATX, ohne Netzteil, schwarz €31.61
Super-Flower Amazon 80Plus 450W €41.60
Samsung SpinPoint F3 500GB, SATA II (HD502HJ) €33.59
LiteOn iHOS104-37 bulk schwarz €44.09
ASUS VW227D €89.57
4GB Kingston ValueRAM PC3-8500U CL7 €22.43
Intel Core i5-2400 Box, LGA1155 €154.27
ASUS P8H61/USB3 REV 3.0, Sockel 1155, ATX, DDR3 €72.41
DIGITUS Wireless 150N USB 2.0 adapter, 150Mbps (DN-7045) €5.39
Wintech int.Card Reader 8,9cm (3,5") USB 2.0 inkl. drei Blenden in schwarz, beige, silber €7.22
Sapphire HD6750 1G GDDR5 PCI-E HDMI / DVI-I / DP €83.25

all you need to get is a keyboard and mouse. of course, id spend a little more on a few of the components to get much better performance, but im trying to beat you in price and quality so there you go.

what are you using this for? intergrated graphics from the i5 would be good enough for everyday office/browsing etc, leaving money to improve other parts..

EDIT: some points:
ive a half decent quad core CPU, you have a 'dated' dual core.

your HDD is 640gb while mine only 500gb, but mine would run circles around yours. best 500gb HDD money can buy type thing.

monitor is 1080p, and much nicer than yours, also, its 22" as opposed to 15"

6gb of ram fudges up dual channel; it should be 4gb or 8gb. i settled for 4gb, which is more than enough, though 8gb is not much more.

my GPU destroys yours in games, both are utter muck though, and the 540m you have isnt gonna give you any playable fps by my standards. do you plan to game?

both have blu-ray drives,

i forgot about speakers. steal some?

Hal Emmerich

Leman wrote: »

Well, what are you going to be using it for?

As for Desktop vs Laptop, it REALLY depends on what you are using it for. Desktops can work out as "better value" simply because you can DIY them, while laptops are close to impossible to DIY.

The spec I'm looking at is overkill I suppose, I do abit of video editing, play the odd game, watch 1080p Movies, would rather have more than enough power though than stress a weaker machine.

blobby360 wrote: »

Well I don't no to much about building a pc but I think it would be best to buy parts off of Hardwareverstand and build it yourself or pay them a extra 20 euro and they will do it for you . But would you need a monitor/keyboard ect because that will take out of your budget

I haven't a clue how to build them so the extra €20 is a given here and I can use my TV as a monitor, when I get one....

Tea_Bag wrote: »

Total build cost: €658.90 + €30 shipping
Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-Bit (SB-Version) €73.47
Xigmatek Asgard, ATX, ohne Netzteil, schwarz €31.61
Super-Flower Amazon 80Plus 450W €41.60
Samsung SpinPoint F3 500GB, SATA II (HD502HJ) €33.59
LiteOn iHOS104-37 bulk schwarz €44.09
ASUS VW227D €89.57
4GB Kingston ValueRAM PC3-8500U CL7 €22.43
Intel Core i5-2400 Box, LGA1155 €154.27
ASUS P8H61/USB3 REV 3.0, Sockel 1155, ATX, DDR3 €72.41
DIGITUS Wireless 150N USB 2.0 adapter, 150Mbps (DN-7045) €5.39
Wintech int.Card Reader 8,9cm (3,5") USB 2.0 inkl. drei Blenden in schwarz, beige, silber €7.22
Sapphire HD6750 1G GDDR5 PCI-E HDMI / DVI-I / DP €83.25

all you need to get is a keyboard and mouse. of course, id spend a little more on a few of the components to get much better performance, but im trying to beat you in price and quality so there you go.

what are you using this for? intergrated graphics from the i5 would be good enough for everyday office/browsing etc, leaving money to improve other parts..

EDIT: some points:
ive a half decent quad core CPU, you have a 'dated' dual core.

your HDD is 640gb while mine only 500gb, but mine would run circles around yours. best 500gb HDD money can buy type thing.

monitor is 1080p, and much nicer than yours, also, its 22" as opposed to 15"

6gb of ram fudges up dual channel; it should be 4gb or 8gb. i settled for 4gb, which is more than enough, though 8gb is not much more.

my GPU destroys yours in games, both are utter muck though, and the 540m you have isnt gonna give you any playable fps by my standards. do you plan to game?

both have blu-ray drives,

i forgot about speakers. steal some?

Thanks for putting this up, I wasted the last 2 hours trying to make up one myself with the next model ups from yours (sort of) since I don't need the monitor but it's a mess.

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Had no choice but to pick a self encrypting Harddrive:rolleyes:, ahh, tired now. I think I'll just get this, fed up looking at computers at this stage, i'd have your heads wrecked by the time I'd get this sorted.

Jonny7

You have a very cheap case and ultra cheapie PSU in your build, never ever recommended

Also other very strange choices

The laptop is fine if you aren't into gaming (it'll still run some less graphics intensive games though)

Hal Emmerich

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Ok, what do ye make of this?

Monotype

Amazon PSU is the one you're looking for
http://www2.hardwareversand.de/articledetail.jsp?aid=30069

Buy RAM in a kit
http://www1.hardwareversand.de/articledetail.jsp?aid=44319

Is that a batmobile heatsink on that graphics card? There's 6770s for a good bit cheaper than that. Alternatively, there's a pretty cheap 6790 going on dabs (see bargain alerts thread). HWV has just given up again so I can't see the alternatives at the moment.