TommyLie

Any thoughts?

Hello, I'm going to uni next year to study engineering/sci and I need to get myself a decent laptop. The only thing I would really be using it for would be internet surfing, watching movies/videos etc, uni stuff (there is a compulsary comptuer programming course), maybe some casual gaming and of course FSX. Now I'm not looking at getting a budget system, I want to be able to fly in FSX with ORBX sceneries and carenado planes with medium high graphic settings. That being said I need to keep spending to a min - anything above $3000 needs to be seriously worth it. I've had my eye on these systems for a while and I need some help on decinding which one is best for FSX, and indeed if there are any other options to consider 1st system: MSI GT70 0NE (~ $3200) 16GB RAM -1600MHz(4x4 memory modules) 3rd Gen i7 -3630QM - (2.4 - 3.4GHz turbo boost), 45W, 6Mb cache GeFore GTX 680M - 4GB GDDR5 Windows 8 - 64bit 2yrs warranty 17.3'' FHD 1920x1080 res LED backilit anit-glare screen 2x128GB mSATA SSD superRAID0 (primary) 750GB 7200 rpm HDD more details here http://www.affordablelaptops.com.au/contents/en-us/d426_msi-gt70-laptop-notebook.html 2nd system: Alienware M17x (~ $3120) 12GB RAM - 1600MHz DDR3 SDRAM (2x2GB + 2X4GB) 3rd Generation i7-3740QM - (2.7 - 3.7GHz turbo boost), 6Mb cache GeForce GTX 680M - 2GB DDR5 Windows 7 home - 64bit (Will probably change to win 8 soon I would think) 1yr warranty 17.3" WideFHD (1920 x 1080) WLED LCD 750GB 7200RPM Hard Drive Any advice would be appreciated