I just bought one of these as a desktop replacement laptop.
Intel® Core™ i7-4710MQ Haswell Quad Core Processor
17.3" Full HD Matte Screen
Microsoft Windows 10 Home 64bit
8GB DDR3 RAM
1000GB 7200RPM HDD
DVD Rewriter
Dedicated GTX 860M 2GB Graphics
USB3 | HDMI | Bluetooth
1 Year Cube Warranty
Also very upgradable, there is a spare 2.5 inch bay I've added an SSD boot device too (thanks Amazon lighning deals) and the 8 GB ram is in one slot leaving 2 free to which I've added a further 8GB.
All comments (23)
myOpinion2
12 Dec 151#1
This is a rebadged Clevo it gets positive reviews here
The NVidia GTX 860M is based on the newer Maxwell core so should have a reasonable stab at most games, seems to be about comparable with the desktop 750Ti which is no slouch.
unreliabletext
12 Dec 15#2
would it be dumb to ask on sale/trade for these specs for £450 second hand? ( to buy)
hardstylemw
12 Dec 15#3
If this had the 960m it would be beastly! hot anyways
myOpinion2 to hardstylemw
12 Dec 151#6
The 960 is just an overclocked 860m, they both have the same Maxwell architecture with 640 CUDA cores. The gain is maybe 10%. Similarly the newer 6700hq processor is only very marginally quicker, maybe there will be some good deals on 5700 i7 laptops in the new year.
loupou22
12 Dec 15#4
not a good graphics in my opinion - but this is still a good deal when you factor in the newer i7 quad core processor - stick in a solid state drive and this will fly through most things - even some games that take account of the extra cores :smiley:
pet2000
12 Dec 151#5
I wonder if you can upgrade to backlit keyboard?
hardstylemw
12 Dec 15#7
I see what you are saying but 10% is a lot in gaming!
myOpinion2
12 Dec 15#8
Quite reasonably everyone on HUKD wants something different from a deal, I was mostly interested in the quad core i7 for SW development and running VMs the GTX 860m is for me a nice bonus that should allow for playing some games at mid to high settings. There are always going to be cases where you could spend a little more to get a bit better performance or conversely spend a little less to get fractionally less.
richyb808
13 Dec 15#9
30 fps to 33 fps, but sometimes that's all it takes. A good deal, but on the lookout for a GTX970M or 980 next.
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Intel® Core™ i7-4710MQ Haswell Quad Core Processor
17.3" Full HD Matte Screen
Microsoft Windows 10 Home 64bit
8GB DDR3 RAM
1000GB 7200RPM HDD
DVD Rewriter
Dedicated GTX 860M 2GB Graphics
USB3 | HDMI | Bluetooth
1 Year Cube Warranty
Also very upgradable, there is a spare 2.5 inch bay I've added an SSD boot device too (thanks Amazon lighning deals) and the 8 GB ram is in one slot leaving 2 free to which I've added a further 8GB.
All comments (23)
The NVidia GTX 860M is based on the newer Maxwell core so should have a reasonable stab at most games, seems to be about comparable with the desktop 750Ti which is no slouch.