So I didn't go with the HP I blogged about earlier.
Instead, I went with this:Tundra F1-560 Gaming Laptop15.6" Full HD 1920X1080 WidescreenIntel® Core™ i7-740QM Mobile Processor (4x 1.73GHz/6MB L3 Cache)4GB [2GB x 2] 1333MHz DDR3 SDRAMMobility DDR5 1.5GB NVIDIA GTX 460M500 GB 7200rpm HDD4X Blu-Ray-R/8x Dual Format DVD±R/±RW + 16x CD-R/RW Combo DriveBuilt-in 7-in-1 Media Card Reader/WriterStandard 802.11 b/g/n Wi-FiMicrosoft Windows 7 ProfessionalCivilization VCivilization V might just be the best feature.And I plan on replacing the hard drive with a 100 GB SSD.It's ordered, so there's little changing my mind now.
I know 4 GB is plenty. I don't want plenty, I want ridiculous.
They will be the happiest months of my life.
…And I just ordered my 8 gb of ram and my 120 gig ssd on newegg.
8gb of RAM won't be used. I have 6gb and I've never gone above 5gb, I'm glad I didn't get 8gb when I had the chance.
8GB of RAM will be useful for cache if nothing else. It'll get used, he's not running XP here.
I wouldn't get a SSD until two things happen:
-The prices drop-They suck lessI'd get an SSD if I had as much spare money as you seem to =p
I build systems that boot off a SSD and use it for little else outside of the OS. Programs are usually installed on a seperate, standard HDD. This is a pretty effective and price-efficient use of the SSD as of now, but to utilize just a SSD for the entire system is not price effective, unless you have a significant cash flow or low debt/income ratio.
Nice build, otherwise. I'm more a desktop junkie myself. Laptops are more for business/office work to me.