Samsung 700G7A

iv-tecman · 9 Oct 2012 at 23:49

Is this still, bang for buck one of the better gaming laptops to own, or has newer tech meant its now being left behind?

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=LT-127-SA&groupid=959&catid=1828&subcat=

If anyone was in the market for a laptop and was looking to spend this sort of money would this still be a good recommendation..?

Or is there now better with similar features such as

120hz 1080p HD screen
8GD SSD
2TB HDD
Backlit keyboard

Always liked my Samsung 700G7A, is it still one of the better ones or now out of date?

Antx777 · 10 Oct 2012 at 11:47

Well i have this, and its still as fresh and new as when i had it 11 months ago. I played F1 2012 all in Ultra @1080p, and in 3D (connected to my Samsumg ES 8000 TV). it looks superb. All my other games that played/play well still do obviously. Not sure what the current GFX Hogs games there are out there, but if it plays what It can now, i'm not really intersted in anything more powerful TBH - as wouldn't need it.

iv-tecman · 10 Oct 2012 at 12:03

Its always hard to know which gaming laptop is the one to go for.. I game a lot on my existing laptops but just looking around to see what is out there. Not that interested in the ATI 7970M due to the problems with it at present, GTX 680M looks to be blistering good. Anything past £2000 for a laptop is getting to be silly money, but you won’t from the looks of it be getting top end performance for less then £1300.

So far, been looking around and I’ve got it down to these laptops at the moment

Samsung NP700G7C

I like

Nice looking design, jog wheel and screen
Storage space – 1.5TB is good
16GB memory
Fantastic price - £1300 if you shop around

Don’t like

GTX 675M – is it good enough, basically a rebadged 580M
8GB SSD – SSD is left wanting

Clevo P170M

I like

GPU options – GTX 680M looks good
Good configurability
Storage options
Screen options

Don’t like

Ugly as sin, very brick looking design

Alienware MX 17 r4

I like

GTX 680M again looks good
HDMI in – excellent to connect a PS3 or external HDMI device
Very nice looking

Don’t like

Storage options cost the earth
Expensive

MSI GT70

I like

Dual 128GB SSD – RAID 0
Large SATA 750GB Drive
GTX 680M
Sound options look good
Excellent array of USB and external ports

Don’t like

Expensive
Not overly keen on the design, but much better looking then the Clevo

Surprised the Samsung G700G7A hasn't been upgraded to GTX680M by Samsung by now..

iv-tecman · 10 Oct 2012 at 13:52

I'm so tempted by this -

Clevo P170EM - Extreme Performance Custom Gaming Laptop
Screen: 17.3" 1080p Full HD Gloss
Screen Calibration: SPYDER 4 Professional screen calibration - Requires Windows
Dead Pixel Guarantee - For full systems only: None
Overclocking - requires Windows: Overclock my CPU, GPU, RAM
Graphics Card: nVidia GeForce GTX 680M 4.0GB GDDR5 with Optimus switchable graphics
Thermal Compund: IC DIAMOND / Arctic Silver Thermal Compund on CPU and GPU
CPU: Intel Core i7 Quad Core 3610QM 2.3GHZ
RAM: 16GB DDR3 (1600) Dual Channel KINGSTON HYPERX
Hard Drive: 240GB Intel 320 SSD
Second HDD: 1TB Scorpio Blue 5400RPM 8MB Cache
Third Hard Drive - Must select optical bay caddy: No Third Hard Drive
Optical Drive: 4X Blu-Ray Reader/ 8X Super Multi DVDRW
MSATA SSD Drives: 30GB MSATA SSD
Connectivity: 802.11BGN WiFi + Bluetooth Combo Card
Operating System: No operating system
Keyboard - Non UK may add to build time: UK Backlit
Power Cord: UK Standard Power Cord
Warranty: 2 Year Warranty RTB on case and components, 1 year on screen, 9 months batteries - Lifetime free labour
Additional Battery: None

It’s not the best looking laptop in the world, but it’s absolutely packed to the brim with anything you could ever want. The entire laptop has everything from excellent storage, excellent CPU and GPU and comes with a very good screen and external connectivity. I just wonder what the build quality is like on these units, I’m so tempted.

And at just a bit over £1500, Alienware comes nowhere close to this.