NP9150 w/ 680m or 670m & SSD?

So I had initially planned on ordering my NP9150 weeks ago with the 7970m, but for obvious reasons I've decided to hold back; however, I need a laptop for school in the fall and I can't wait any longer.

The general build is:

Display: 15.6" Full HD LED-Backlit Display with Matte Finished Surface (1920 x 1080)
GPU: 670m ( OR the 680m)
CPU: 3rd Generation Intel® Ivy Bridge Core™ i7-3610QM
Thermal Compound: Stock Standard Thermal Compound
OS: Windows 7 Home Premium edition
Memory: 16GB Dual Channel DDR3 SDRAM at 1600MHz - 4 X 4GB
Primary Hard Disk Drive: 750GB 7200rpm SATA 300 Hard Drive
Optical Drive: 8X DVD±R/RW/4X +DL Super-Multi Drive & Software ( OR 256GB Crucial M4 Series SATA3 SSD + Caddy Case)
Wifi Card: Internal 802.11 B+G+N Wireless LAN + Bluetooth Combo Module
Warranty: Sager 1 Year Limited Parts and Labor Warranty
Branding: Remove Sager Branding

Cost w/ 680m: roughly $2200
Cost w/ 670 & SSD: roughly $1970

Would it be a better idea to have the 680m & just a 750gb HDD, or to just go with the stock 670m and add a SSD along with the HDD?

(Also, any opinions on the build in general would be appreciated from the people who already have this laptop)

 

It depends on your gaming needs. If you are considering the 670m at all, that seems to me that your gaming isn't a priority, so 680m might be overkill.

However, I would recommend going with 680m if you can afford it.

Also, keep the HDD and purchase an SSD aftermarket. Will be much cheaper

It is cheaper to upgrade on the gpu now then to upgrade it later, whereas upgrading to SSD after the laptop purchase is fairly cheap.

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I would recommend the gtx 680m over the ssd because the gtx 670 is a very outdated card performance wise, you can still use it to play almost all the recent games ,but definitely not on high or ultra settings for the high demanding games and one more thing keep in mind its really expensive and difficult to buy a mobile gpu as there are no companies or sellers that offer mgpu as a separate component right now and the only way to get it is from a previous laptop owners. you have a good build, but if you play many online games or streaming videos using wireless network then I would recommend upgrading the wifi card because I read many mixed reviews about it and of course its better safe than sorry.

 

I have the 680m with a normal hard drive and I was in the same situation, 680m and normal drive or 670 and ssd and I decided that in the long run I would be happier and spend less money overall with the 680m and upgrading to an ssd aftermarket which is cheaper. Right now I am very happy even with the normal hard drive! When I add an ssd it will be amazing! So I say go for the 680 over the 670. Also temps are lower with the 680 with Kepler over the 670 which is a re branded Fermi card. Go with the 680. You won't regret it

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Honestly I have no idea what my needs for gaming are right now. I was considering the 670m mostly because right now i'm rocking an ATI HD 3870, so the performance jump will no doubt be exponentially better than what i'm used to.

Originally I wanted to keep the build below $2000 total, but am not opposed to go over somewhat since I saved money with the free RAM & HDD upgrades as well as free shipping.

I am definitely leaning towards the 680m because of the simple fact that having it will keep me relevant in gaming for a while, I hope. Not to mention it is obviously easy to buy a SSD down the road when I have the extra cash.

I will most likely be playing games online via wireless this year. Would the Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6235 wireless card be a good upgrade in this department?

 

I think I paid 1925 for mine directly from sager as the factory is 10 minutes from my house. I used the back to school to my advantage getting 16 gb of ram, the 680m a 500gb hdd with the 4gb cache, matte screen and windows 7 pro. I did have to pay tax which brought it above 2000 but if you order from a reseller like xotic pc then I think you go tax free, meaning that you can get a damn good computer for under 2000 dollars, especially if you get free shipping.

 

I went with big foot killer, but if you dont want to spend the extra cash then I suggest intel ultimate-n 6300 as I heard it will give you more rang and better latency ( less lag) however you will lose bluetooth.

 

I've been doing my build configurations through Reflexnotebook because I live in Canada, and they have free shipping in Canada which also covers brokerage fees.

I'd rather not spend more money on the build, but I will most likely not have an ethernet connection for gaming this year, and will have to rely on my wireless connection for any online gaming I want to do. Better safe than sorry,snd its only another 10$ on top of what the advanced card cost.

The total for the laptop with the ultimate n-6300 is $1947~ before tax. With tax it is around 2240$.

 

I have both Bigfoot killer N1103 and Intel N-6300, I didn't like Intel N-6300, connection lost often when you have a download program that heavily uses UDP connection also doesn't have any bandwidth control tool with it.

 

Oh ok thanks for correcting my information

 

Would you recommend getting the Intel N-6300 to use for online gaming, or would the Killer™ Wireless-N 1202 be the only logical choice? - The 6300 is an extra 36$ and the Killer is 51$.

 

If your router isn't capable of doing 450Mbps then I'd say go for the N1202, you get bluetooth with the N1202 as well. Moreover, N1102/N1103/N1202 has bandwidth control tool which is important for my case, if you do want to P2P download/streaming/gaming at the same time, the Bigfoot killer cards handle it better than the N-6300 since you can set the bandwidth for every program yourself, that's where the N-6300 is weak at and connection drops out often.