Rock Laptops

thedude23 · 31 Oct 2010 at 14:53

Hi
Just wondering if anyone has ordered a laptop off these guys before?

http://www.rockdirect.com/

Are they good?

IceWind · 31 Oct 2010 at 15:27

They are quite expensive for what they are.

silure130 · 31 Oct 2010 at 15:38

Had mine 5 years and never had a single problem. Its been used nearly every day.
Thing is its just not good enough nowdays to play the latest games, so I'm looking to upgrade. I will always keep the Rock thou'.

Paul11 · 31 Oct 2010 at 15:52

IceWind said:
They are quite expensive for what they are.

what alternatives can you point to with similar high specs for less money ?

IceWind · 31 Oct 2010 at 16:15

will pm

thedude23 · 31 Oct 2010 at 19:50

IceWind said:
will pm

Any chance of pming me too?

thedude23 · 31 Oct 2010 at 19:51

also which is better build wise,rock or alienware?

ste-sim2x9 · 31 Oct 2010 at 20:03

Also there is the Asus G73, i have one and its a really nice and solid notebook.

DefiantAsh · 31 Oct 2010 at 20:15

Paul11 said:
what alternatives can you point to with similar high specs for less money ?

msi series that ocuk have in stock, they look more promising.

There was a setup on the rock site for £2k, which had a P8700 intel core 2 duo, i dont think thats worth £2k price tag it had, but then again im no expert in computing or laptops so

Paul11 · 1 Nov 2010 at 13:08

i was looking at the MSI on here

does seem very nice for the price

DefiantAsh · 1 Nov 2010 at 14:16

Paul11 said:
i was looking at the MSI on here

does seem very nice for the price

i bet it would feel even more worth the price in comparison to those rock ones

Paul11 · 1 Nov 2010 at 17:43

DefiantAsh said:
i bet it would feel even more worth the price in comparison to those rock ones

the rock are higher spec and higher price

but for value for money those MSI do look nice and i guess capable to handle most things that you can throw at it.

DefiantAsh · 1 Nov 2010 at 19:02

Paul11 said:
the rock are higher spec and higher price

but for value for money those MSI do look nice and i guess capable to handle most things that you can throw at it.

i see what you mean, but one rock pc was up for £2k with only intel core 2 duo cpu, maybe it was the clock speed which made the price so high?

EDIT: This one

[ http://www.rockdirect.com/configureNotebook.php?pName=XTREME 840 SLI&pSku=X840SLI-P8700 ]

thedude23 · 1 Nov 2010 at 22:47

Wish I could order one but when you convert the price to euros,its just too much.