Help with purchase of Evoc P650HS-G

Hi guys

First time poster here so I apologise if I have missed any of the rules about posting stuff. After doing some research, a lot of it by reading through all of the great posts on this forum , I have decided that the Evoc P650HS-G is the best choice for me. What really sold me was the Prema BIOS and the great feedback people were giving. However, I am having some difficulty deciding on the final specs to go with and would appreciate some advice from members of the forum.

I would mainly be using my laptop for playing games, streaming content, browsing and basic work using MS Office. I am not expecting to do any content creation or anything else too intensive. I am currently not in the US, but a friend from the US will be bringing it over for me in January. I have included my current build below which comes out to $2 433.

LCD Panel
15.6" Full HD (1920x1080) LG IPS FHD LED Antiglare Matte Type Display w/ NVIDIA G-Sync Technology
Display Calibration
Yes, display professionally calibrated w/ profile saved to USB drive +$50.00
Minimize LCD Backlight Bleed
Yes, quality check and give me a panel with minimal backlight bleed. +$100.00
Display Warranty
30 Days Zero Defective Pixel Warranty (perfect panel guarantee) +$35.00
Video Card
nVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 w/ 8GB GDDR5 - NVIDIA G-Sync Enabled
Prema BIOS *
Prema Custom BIOS - Latest Updated Version once available - Contact us for details
Processor *
7th Generation Intel® Core™ Core i7-7700HQ Quad Core Processor, 2.8 GHz (Max Turbo Frequency 3.8GHz), 6MB Smart Cache
Thermal Interface Materials *
Thermal Grizzly Conductonaut on CPU, Gelid GC Extreme on GPU, and Fujipoly Extreme Thermal Pads on heat sensitive surfaces – BEST PERFORMANCE – installed by HIDevolution +$60.00
Memory *
16GB (2 x 8GB) Dual Channel DDR4/2400MHz +$70.00
RAID Options *
no RAID (1st drive as primary boot drive, 2nd drive as storage drive)
M.2 PCIe NVMe or SATA SSD Slot 1
None - OS installed on primary drive
M.2 SSD Slot 2 (supports M.2 SATA - does NOT support M.2 PCIe SSD) *
None
1st 2.5" HDD/SSD Bay *
Samsung 850 EVO Series (3D VNAND Tech) SATA3 6Gb/s 1TB SSD +$324.00
Wireless Cards *
Intel® Wireless-AC 8265 802.11 ac/a/b/g/n 2x2 NGFF w/ Bluetooth 4.2
Operating System *
Genuine Windows® 10 Home, 64bit, English +$80.00
Warranty and Service *
1 Year HIDevolution Limited U.S. Warranty + LIFETIME HIDevolution Technical Support
HIDevolution Limited Global Warranty
2 Year HIDevolution Limited Global Warranty +$300

1) Is it worth getting the minimal backlight bleed? $100 is expensive, but I also don't want to end up with a brand new laptop with a screen with backlight bleed so bad that I cant ignore it.

2) I don't think the 7820HK is worth it for me as the main thing I am interested in is gaming and any other task would not be very CPU intensive. From what I can tell the 7820HK would run quite a bit hotter and I wouldn't get a very big performance difference in gaming.

3) I think 16GB's of RAM should be sufficient for my needs right now. I have decided to go with the standard 2400MHz in a 2X8GB config in order to get dual channel and it is also cheaper than 1X16GB by about $40. As far as I know I wouldnt get much benefit out the G.Skill 2666MHz RAM. How difficult is it to upgrade capacity in the future if needed?

4) In terms of storage options, I wouldn't really get any benefit out of a NVME drive so I have decided to skip out on that. I have an 850 EVO 500GB in my desktop which I am very happy with at the moment, but it is starting to fill up very quickly and with games constantly getting bigger I wanted to go a bit bigger so I opted for the 1TB in my current build.

The other alternative I guess is opting for an 850 EVO 500GB from HIDevolution and then putting in my other hardrive from my desktop and setting it up in RAID0. I haven never used RAID before so I don't really have much insight into how well it works and whether it is worth it. It looks like slotting in another hardrive is pretty straightforward though.

5) I don't live in the US so I think that I will be able to sleep a bit better at night knowing that if something does go wrong I can ship it back to get it resolved. I had a brief look at shipping prices and it looks like I would be in for around $200 each way so I think i have to go with the global warranty. The 1 year global warranty seems like an absolute necessity in case I end up with any issues straight after purchasing the laptop, but I am trying to decide if its worth getting the 2 year or 3 year warranty. Have owners experienced many issues where you have had to send the laptop back after 1 year?

6) Any other advice?

Thanks very much.

 

Where do you live?

 

I am currently living in South Africa, but I am going to be spending a few months in Thailand next year. After that, I will probably be back in South Africa.