Could you help me chose my new Laptop?

Mr_Warren_2

@Gunjack. The upgrade cost to Office 2013 is for me to pay.


@bsod. My existing Toshiba Portege is 14" hence my question. I'm not sure why you come to the conclusion that I am throwing money at it. I have asked questions and received valuable replies and guidance which I am following.
You also mention "" The way you are headed with this shop hardware and software upgrade, you could have bought a new machine, they don't all cost £682 "" ; Am just asking how much would you put in a new Laptop and what would you get for that.


This is arbitrary as I have decided to up-grade my existing Laptop as discussed above. Thanks for reply.

Mr_Warren_2

PS: Have challenged the shop about the price they gave me on the 4GB RAM sticks. Those offered were 1600Mhz as opposed to the 1066Mhz of Nifty's posts. Does that make a difference? I am being techie here !

Fightsback

Mr_Warren wrote: »

PS: Have challenged the shop about the price they gave me on the 4GB RAM sticks. Those offered were 1600Mhz as opposed to the 1066Mhz of Nifty's posts. Does that make a difference? I am being techie here !

Yes those 1600mhz sticks might not work with your current laptop, the i3-370m is rather fussy about it's memory type and if I remember correctly it might have to be low density memory sticks or memory sticks that emulate it. I think the ones Nifty Digits directed you to are the correct type. The max speed memory for your CPU 1066mhz so putting in faster than 1066mhz will have no effect.

NiftyDigits

Mr_Warren wrote: »

PS: Have challenged the shop about the price they gave me on the 4GB RAM sticks. Those offered were 1600Mhz as opposed to the 1066Mhz of Nifty's posts. Does that make a difference? I am being techie here !

The price would be the less for 1600 MHz.

For what is the £100 at the shop? The only thing that needs doing is backing up your data(email etc)and then re-applying it after the install? Will they do that or not?

Which SSD exactly?

Mr_Warren_2

Hi Nifty. Yes they will back up and reinstall. Don't know what type SSD am afraid. I will ask.


Point taken for the 1600MHz v 1066.

NiftyDigits

Mr_Warren wrote: »

Hi Nifty. Yes they will back up and reinstall. Don't know what type SSD am afraid. I will ask.


Point taken for the 1600MHz v 1066.

£50 for the backup, fitting and reinstall is not unreasonable.

Samsung 850 EVO

Mr_Warren_2

All. This is the SSD BX-100 details.

Part Number CT120BX100SSD1
Capacity 120GB
Sequential Read 535 MB/s
Sequential Write 185 MB/s
4KB Random Read 87,000 IOPS
4KB Random Write 43,000 IOPS
Type 2.5 inch Height 7mm (with 9.5mm adapter)
Memory Type Micron 16nm MLC NAND
Controller Silicon Motion SM2246EN with Crucial Custom Firmware
Interface SATA 6Gbps (SATA III)
MTTF 1.5 million hours
Endurance Total Bytes Written (TBW): 72TBW, equal to 40GB per day for 5 years
Operating Temperature 0°C to 70°C Advanced Features Thermal Monitoring, Data Path Protection, Active Garbage Collection, Trim Support, Self Monitoring and Reporting Technology (SMART), Error Correction Code (ECC)
Compliance CE, FCC, BSMI, C-Tick, VCCI, Kcc, RoHS, China RoHS, WEEE, TUV, UL, SATA-IO

enfield_freddy

and this is a £39 one from scan computers


Manufacturer:KingstonCapacity:120GB Edition: Form Factor:2.5" Height:7 mm Interface: Host Controller Interface: Controller: Flash Memory Type:MLC-Flash Max. Read:450 MB/sMax. Write:450 MB/sDRAM Cache Memory:N/AMax. Random Read 4K:85000 IOPSMax. Random Write 4K:55000 IOPSPower Consumption (active):1.42W Connectivity: Package Type:OEM






seems the shop have been trying to short change you on the memory , now the quality of the SSD

NiftyDigits

enfield_freddy wrote: »

and this is a £39 one from scan computers


Manufacturer:KingstonCapacity:120GB Edition: Form Factor:2.5" Height:7 mm Interface: Host Controller Interface: Controller: Flash Memory Type:MLC-Flash Max. Read:450 MB/sMax. Write:450 MB/sDRAM Cache Memory:N/AMax. Random Read 4K:85000 IOPSMax. Random Write 4K:55000 IOPSPower Consumption (active):1.42W Connectivity: Package Type:OEM






seems the shop have been trying to short change you on the memory , now the quality of the SSD

Leave this one and it's misleading figures on the shelf.

http://ssd.userbenchmark.com/Kingston-SSDNow-V300-120GB/Rating/1892

NiftyDigits

Mr_Warren wrote: »

All. This is the SSD BX-100 details.

Part Number CT120BX100SSD1
Capacity 120GB
Sequential Read 535 MB/s
Sequential Write 185 MB/s
4KB Random Read 87,000 IOPS
4KB Random Write 43,000 IOPS
Type 2.5 inch Height 7mm (with 9.5mm adapter)
Memory Type Micron 16nm MLC NAND
Controller Silicon Motion SM2246EN with Crucial Custom Firmware
Interface SATA 6Gbps (SATA III)
MTTF 1.5 million hours
Endurance Total Bytes Written (TBW): 72TBW, equal to 40GB per day for 5 years
Operating Temperature 0°C to 70°C Advanced Features Thermal Monitoring, Data Path Protection, Active Garbage Collection, Trim Support, Self Monitoring and Reporting Technology (SMART), Error Correction Code (ECC)
Compliance CE, FCC, BSMI, C-Tick, VCCI, Kcc, RoHS, China RoHS, WEEE, TUV, UL, SATA-IO

Forget about it, choose the Samsung EVO 850 within the link that I posted earlier(post #37), for £49.

http://ssd.userbenchmark.com/Crucial-BX100-120GB/Rating/3489
http://ssd.userbenchmark.com/Samsung-850-Evo-120GB/Rating/3484