Please critique my planned Malibal P150em-se order.

Hi everbody. This is my first post here, and I was wondering if I could get some advice on/a critique of the laptop build i'm looking at ordering. I've done some research myself, but I'm not very knowledgable in this area and i'm looking to get some input. I decided on the Lotus P150EM SE from Malibal after shopping around and I'm planning on ordering it soon but I came here to make sure that I dont leave anything out that i'll regret not adding, or pay for unneccessary upgrades.

Primary use: High end gaming (mostly RPG, some RTS and FPS), college (I also have a netbook that I could use for light tasks like notetaking, etc if I need more battery life/mobility)

Expectations: I'd like to be able to play most high end games coming out in the next 3-4 years on medium-high settings at least. (ex. Bioshock, Diablo 3, SC2, Skyrim, etc.) I'd also want to be able to multitask while watching high quality video ex. Movie on one side of screen + some other light-medium intensive activity on other side (surfing the web, email, light video editing).
Budget: I'm looking to spend around $2000 which is about where i'm at now but I'm willing to spend a little extra if I need to.

Here's what I plan on ordering:

Lotus P150EM SE

Display: 15.6" 1920 x 1080 FHD LED Backlit Matte Display
Processor: Intel® Core™ i7-3610QM, 6MB L3 Cache, 2.3-3.3GHz
Memory: (8GB) 8192MB, PC3-12800/1600MHz DDR3 - 2 SO-DIMM
Graphics Card: AMD® Radeon HD 7970M 2GB GDDR5
Hard Drive: 256GB Crucial® (M4) SATA III 6Gb/s SSD2 Drive
Optical Drive Bay: 500GB 7200rpm 2.5" SATA 300
Operating System: Microsoft® Windows® 7 Home Premium; 64-bit
Wireless: Bigfoot Networks Killer™ Wireless-N 1103 802.11A/B/G/N LAN Card
Cooling: IC Diamond 7 Thermal Compound, CPU & GPU
Keyboard: English: US & Canada
Power Cord: US & Canada
AC Adapter: Full Range AC-in 100~240V, 50~60Hz, 180W, DC output 19V, 9.47A


Questions:

Display: Is their enough of a difference to justify spending the extra $ for 95% color gamut? What about Spyder 3 Elite Professional Color Calibration?

Processor: Should I upgrade to the 3.6 or will 3.3 be sufficient?

Memory: What kinds of activities would I need more than 8GB for. If I did upgrade this would going up to 12 do anything or would I have to go up to 16 to see a difference.

Graphics Card: How much of a difference is their between the AMD 7970M and the nvidia 675M? Is upgrading to the 7970 worth the extra $100?

SSD: Is their a difference between the 256gb crucial M4 and the 240gb intel 550 ssd other than the cost. Should I spend the extra $ to get the 240gb intel 550 or just stick with the 256gb crucial M4. Also with the SSD will the OS come preinstalled or will I have to install it myself?

Optical Drive Bay: I've got an external dvd drive. Are their any big drawbacks to using an external dvd drive other than having to carry it around. Any drawbacks using a hdd in the optical drive bay? Would it be better to keep the internal dvd drive and use an external hdd for extra storage.

Wireless: How good is the bigfoot card? Is it worth the extra cost and giving up bluetooth?

Cooling: Should I get a cooling pad for it? If yes, do you have any suggestions.

Any other general advice/opinions/input on my build.



Thank you in advance for your advice, any input is appreciated.

 

Questions answers:

The 95% color gamut will offer a wider color range for a beautiful render. Definitely worth extra $.

Only benchmarks differences, you should gain 2-3 Fps ingame. Your choice thought.

You would need more than 8Gb for virtualization purpose, or intense application developpement, more than 8Gb is aimed by professional computing.

Definitely, according to benchmarks, there's a huge performance difference between theses cards. 7970M performances are higher than 675M.

Since it's SSD no need to spend more than necessary, thought if you have budget the Crucial M4 should have you a bit more faster speeds. Yes, the OS will come installed on the SSD if you ordered one.

Better to have the storage in and the Optical drive out. Since you will be using the storage more often than the optical drive don't you ? You will gain transfer speed regards the Sata-III in vs the USB out.

You are nomad player, definitely go for it. You will gain latency and you wifi network bandwidth will prioritize to games.

No. the Internal vent system seems to be well performing as there's no negative feedback on temperatures. Theres one vent for CPU and one vent for GPU. You will need to go for cooler if you do some overclocking and that's the temperatures is unbearable for your hands (barely impossible).

You've got a good beast there. Just go for it as it is.


Hope you will appreciate my answers.
Regards

 

I pretty much agree across the board. If you are a sucker for screen colors and really want them to be in depth then the extra screen is worth it.

As for the video cards the 7970 blows the 675 out of the water from current benchmarks and tests. It is the one thing you should go for particularly if this is a gaming laptop.

As far as the ram goes I personally have never had/found need for more than 6 or so. I use 8 just because it is easy to get.

For the SSD just stick with the crucial. They are very solid drives and you get more space for cheaper.

If you are wireless a lot then Bigfoot is worth it. It actually does make a noticeable difference if you are on a reliable network.

You shouldn't need a cooling pad. These laptops tend to be pretty good at heat dissipation.

Oh, and for the disc drive. I actually kept a disc drive in a laptop I ordered not to long ago because I thought I would need it. I have opened it one time. I would swing for the extra hard drive if I could get another shot at it, just my personal experience.

I would take that little monster just as it is and you will love it.

Good luck to you.