Which 17" laptop <£1000?

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Hi,

I'm looking to buy a 17"-18" laptop for under a grand. What would you recommend?

Needs:

1080p
Blu-ray
Decent GFX card.

Is this good (no idea)?

Asus N73SV-V2G-TZ684V-8GB

Display: 17.3"FHD TFT (1920x1080, Colour Shine)
CPU: Intel® Core™ i5-2430M 2.4 GHz ( Sandy Bridge)
Graphics: NVIDIA® GeForce® GT 540M with 2 GB DDR3 VRAM
Storage: 640 GB
Memory: 8 GB RAM
OS: 64bit windows 7 Home Premium
Optical Drive: Blue Ray Combo

£716.40 (inc. VAT)

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jamjar said:
I have got a Dell XPS L702x 17.3 3d Screen 1THDD 6GB memory Intel i7 cpu with Blu Ray Burner/dvd-rw its a lovely Laptop ! saved loads buying it off the Auction site brand new cost be £849.00 ;)
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Mine just cost me over £1050

i7-2630QM processor 2.00 GHz with Turbo Boost 2.0 up to 2.90 GHz
Windows 7 SP1 Home Premium(64 BIT)
Internal Backlit UK/Irish Qwerty Keyboard
17.3 FHD WLED AG (1920x1080) with 2.0 Mega Pixel Integrated
8192MB (2x4096) 1333MHz DDR3 Dual Channel
1TB (2x500GB) Serial ATA (7200RPM) Dual HDD
8X DVD+/-RW Drive
3GB NVIDIA GeForce GT 555M Graphics Card
Internal Backlit UK/Irish Qwerty Keyboard
Wireless : Europe Intel Centrino Wireless-N 1030 (1x2 b/g/n+ Bluetooth Combo Card)
 
TheHitMan-1973 said:
Mine just cost me over £1050

i7-2630QM processor 2.00 GHz with Turbo Boost 2.0 up to 2.90 GHz
Windows 7 SP1 Home Premium(64 BIT)
Internal Backlit UK/Irish Qwerty Keyboard
17.3 FHD WLED AG (1920x1080) with 2.0 Mega Pixel Integrated
8192MB (2x4096) 1333MHz DDR3 Dual Channel
1TB (2x500GB) Serial ATA (7200RPM) Dual HDD
8X DVD+/-RW Drive
3GB NVIDIA GeForce GT 555M Graphics Card
Internal Backlit UK/Irish Qwerty Keyboard
Wireless : Europe Intel Centrino Wireless-N 1030 (1x2 b/g/n+ Bluetooth Combo Card)
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looks like i did a good deal mines :


2nd generation Intel® Core™ i7-2670QM processor 2.2 GHz with Turbo Boost 2.2 up to 3.10 GHz
2 x 500GB SATA II 7200rpm Hard drive's
6GB Fast DDR3 1333Mhz Ram (2048mb + 4096mb)
6x Blu Ray/ DVD+/-RW Drive
17.3 FHD 3D WLED TL (1920x1080) 1080p with 2.0 Mega Pixel Integrated Camera
WINDOWS 7 HOME PREMIUM 64 bit (Fully licensed with proof of authenticity labels)
3GB NVIDIA® GeForce® GT 555M Graphics Card 3D Capable
Intel® Centrino® Wireless-N 1030 (1x2 b/g/n+ Bluetooth Combo Card)
2.0 Mega Pixel Integrated Camera
JBL 2.1 Designed & Certified Speakers +Waves MaxxAudio®
Mini DisplayPort (1),
2 total USB 3.0
2 total USB 2.0 (1 / 1 eSATA/powershare combo)
Integrated network connector 10/100/1000 LAN (RJ45)
HDMI 1.4
AC adapter connector
Audio jacks:headphone(2 total) with SPID/F support (1), 1 Mic-in

cost £849.00
 
jamjar said:
looks like i did a good deal mines :


2nd generation Intel® Core™ i7-2670QM processor 2.2 GHz with Turbo Boost 2.2 up to 3.10 GHz
2 x 500GB SATA II 7200rpm Hard drive's
6GB Fast DDR3 1333Mhz Ram (2048mb + 4096mb)
6x Blu Ray/ DVD+/-RW Drive
17.3 FHD 3D WLED TL (1920x1080) 1080p with 2.0 Mega Pixel Integrated Camera
WINDOWS 7 HOME PREMIUM 64 bit (Fully licensed with proof of authenticity labels)
3GB NVIDIA® GeForce® GT 555M Graphics Card 3D Capable
Intel® Centrino® Wireless-N 1030 (1x2 b/g/n+ Bluetooth Combo Card)
2.0 Mega Pixel Integrated Camera
JBL 2.1 Designed & Certified Speakers +Waves MaxxAudio®
Mini DisplayPort (1),
2 total USB 3.0
2 total USB 2.0 (1 / 1 eSATA/powershare combo)
Integrated network connector 10/100/1000 LAN (RJ45)
HDMI 1.4
AC adapter connector
Audio jacks:headphone(2 total) with SPID/F support (1), 1 Mic-in

cost £849.00
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Wish i went for 2nd generation Intel® Core™ i7-2670QM processor 2.2 GHz with Turbo Boost 2.2 up to 3.10 GHz but not much in it
 
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TheHitMan-1973 said:
Wish i went for 2nd generation Intel® Core™ i7-2670QM processor 2.2 GHz with Turbo Boost 2.2 up to 3.10 GHz but not much in it
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yeah i don,t play many games but saw the price and watch blu ray films and thought go for it ! got a built in emitter to so easy to watch 3d films with Nvidia glasses ;) yours sounds a nice set up to ,and i was looking at that spec too it was just the price that swade me but the XPS Laptops are lovely models :)
 
jamjar said:
yeah i don,t play many games but saw the price and watch blu ray films and thought go for it ! got a built in emitter to so easy to watch 3d films with Nvidia glasses ;) yours sounds a nice set up to ,and i was looking at that spec too it was just the price that swade me but the XPS Laptops are lovely models :)
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The (1920x1080) is outstanding display best ive seen on a laptop :D
 
jamjar said:
looks like i did a good deal mines :


2nd generation Intel® Core™ i7-2670QM processor 2.2 GHz with Turbo Boost 2.2 up to 3.10 GHz
2 x 500GB SATA II 7200rpm Hard drive's
6GB Fast DDR3 1333Mhz Ram (2048mb + 4096mb)
6x Blu Ray/ DVD+/-RW Drive
17.3 FHD 3D WLED TL (1920x1080) 1080p with 2.0 Mega Pixel Integrated Camera
WINDOWS 7 HOME PREMIUM 64 bit (Fully licensed with proof of authenticity labels)
3GB NVIDIA® GeForce® GT 555M Graphics Card 3D Capable
Intel® Centrino® Wireless-N 1030 (1x2 b/g/n+ Bluetooth Combo Card)
2.0 Mega Pixel Integrated Camera
JBL 2.1 Designed & Certified Speakers +Waves MaxxAudio®
Mini DisplayPort (1),
2 total USB 3.0
2 total USB 2.0 (1 / 1 eSATA/powershare combo)
Integrated network connector 10/100/1000 LAN (RJ45)
HDMI 1.4
AC adapter connector
Audio jacks:headphone(2 total) with SPID/F support (1), 1 Mic-in

cost £849.00
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I have almost the same specification as yours. Mine has the 2630QM CPU and the Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6230 wireless card but everything else is the same. I've also swapped the Dell 6GB DDR3 for 16GB Crucial DDR3 (4 x 4GB).

It's a great spec laptop especially the 120Hz screen which takes a bit of getting used to but now I really like it and playing games in 3D is growing on me too lol. :)
 
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