Best all-rounder for under £1,000?

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Hi all,

What's the best all-round laptop for under £1,000 delivered?

Primary uses are going to be using Traktor to mix music, using Excel/VBA/Access to build financial models and playing MS Flight Simulator X (and maybe some FPS games from time to time).

I need at least 500GB of storage - a SSD would be great if the budget allows.

It also needs to have a CD burner!

It needs to be at least 15" (15" or 17" would be fine). Glossy or matte screens are both fine.
And a "nice to have" would be a multi-channel soundcard (for cueing songs in Traktor through headphones).
Win 7 or Win 8 are both fine.

The main priority is getting something VERY fast and future-proof (say, approx. 6 years), with as few "weak links" as possible.

Thoughts?
 
I just bought an ASUS N550JK as I was looking for something similar.
I believe they exist with SSD but I need more than 128/256 on my HD.
 
This is a steal atm
YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI GT70 0NE-467UK ONE Gaming Laptop 17.3" LED Full HD Intel I7 Gen3 CPU, 16GB DDR3, Dual 128GB SSD, 750GB HDD, Bluray Writer, NVIDIA GTX 680M 4GB GDDR5 Graphics, Windows 8 64-Bit - **OPEN BOX** £899.99
Total : £909.59 (includes shipping : £8.00).


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Or if you wanted something brand spanking new instead of open box then one of these (depending on screen size preference):
YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI GX70 3CC-228UK Destroyer 17.3" LED TFT, AMD A10-5750M, 8GB DDR3, 128GB SSD & 750GB HDD, R9 M290X 2GB GDDR5, Super-Multi - Windows 8.1 £919.99
1 x MSI GX60 3CC-295UK Destroyer 15.6" LED TFT, AMD A10-5750M, 8GB DDR3, 128GB SSD, 1TB HDD, R9 M290X 2GB GDDR5, Super-Multi - Windows 8 £839.99
Total : £1,774.08 (includes shipping : £11.75).


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Both come with 3 free games, a Corsair M65 Mouse and MM2000 Mouse Mat.

The GT70 has more RAM and a better CPU which will be better for music mixing/production and may also benefit MS Flight Sim X. GT70 also has more SSD space and a Blu-ray read/writer.

The GX60 has a slighty larger HDD (1TB vs 750GB in the GT70), but has less half the SSD space which evens it out. It also has a more powerful GPU, but the benefits of that may be countered by the lesser CPU and the fact it will produce more heat and have a shorter battery life. It has less RAM (8GB I believe although it doesn't state it on the store page).

Overall despite the free items you get with the GX60 I'd still go with the GT70 due to it having better components overall, especially the CPU which will benefit you far more than a slightly better GPU.
 
What do you think of the Scan 3XS Graphite LG156?

Intel Core i7-4710MQ quad-core processor
8GB Corsair Vengeance Performance RAM
2GB NVIDIA GeForce GTX 860M
128GB SanDisk X110 mSATA SSD
1TB Hitachi Travelstar 7K1000 7200rpm HDD
Backlit keyboard
Microsoft Windows 8.1 (64-bit)

£911 delivered.

What do you reckon?
 
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