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Oh, what kinda stuffs? Are you sure you didn't mean stuphz? Asking for a friend...
Great question!

I am after l33t gear and phat lootz.

I did a medium Cz for giggles just to get my finger muscle memory firing again but I hit a most hilarious snag: my Bluetooth keyboard went all bye bye as the battery died.

I really enjoyed the urgent scrambling to re-engage my older keyboard so I could continue the good fight.

Perhaps I need to go wired again.
 
Great question!

I am after l33t gear and phat lootz.

I did a medium Cz for giggles just to get my finger muscle memory firing again but I hit a most hilarious snag: my Bluetooth keyboard went all bye bye as the battery died.

I really enjoyed the urgent scrambling to re-engage my older keyboard so I could continue the good fight.

Perhaps I need to go wired again.
Told you several pages back.

Rats.

Note to self: read the mission description fully and carefully. I now have a 450kls SC journey ahead of me.
Is that going to take longer than jumping there in your FC? Which should get you bonus points for laziness.
 
With profuse apologies for being that laptop bore, can anyone explain to a luddite like me where the £300 difference between these two laptops comes from? Too many numbers for my addled brain, sorry. Thank you. o7

The Box rig has a better GPU in that it's the Ti (titamium) version and it aslo has a higher screen resolution.

EDIT And slightly faster RAM

EDIT 2 And the screen refresh rate is higher
 
The Box rig has a better GPU in that it's the Ti (titamium) version and it aslo has a higher screen resolution.

EDIT And slightly faster RAM

EDIT 2 And the screen refresh rate is higher
Thank you, you're a gent. (Would love to find the Box machine at Scan for the Box money, as Box reviews are decidedly more mixed than scan. Will try emailing them. Thanks for the patient help.)
 
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The Box rig has a better GPU in that it's the Ti (titamium) version and it aslo has a higher screen resolution.

EDIT And slightly faster RAM

EDIT 2 And the screen refresh rate is higher

Ignore this he has NO idea what he's talking about. Here's what's going on:

The Box rig has a better GPU in that it's the Ti (titamium) version and it aslo has a higher screen resolution.

EDIT And slightly faster RAM

EDIT 2 And the screen refresh rate is higher
 
You could use the Scan site to "build" a rig the same as the Box one and see how the prices compare.

OR...

Just go for broke and get one of these instead: https://www.overclockers.co.uk/8pac...9-10980xe-intel-core-i7-10700k-fs-006-8p.html
Lawksamercy!!! Budget not quite there, sadly. However...

...have I just proved myself to be an idiot? Is this the exact same Acer for the exact same money at Scan???

Looks to be the identical machine to this https://www.box.co.uk/NH.QGFEK.001-Acer-Predator-Helios-300-Intel-Core-i7-1_4112582.html , to my untrained eye, which would solve my issues with Box at a stroke, as this seems the best laptop for Elite that I have found at the money, according to research here, in squadron and in internetland.
Somewhat embarrassing that my first couple of passes missed it, if so.
 

HOLY CRAP!

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I don't know which is more shocking... the price or the claim there is 'high demand'.

What the hell do you people do over there where you can afford toys like this? I'd consider immigrating if it weren't for the revoked passport, no-fly list and lifetime ban from the UK.
 
Lawksamercy!!! Budget not quite there, sadly. However...

...have I just proved myself to be an idiot? Is this the exact same Acer for the exact same money at Scan???

Looks to be the identical machine to this https://www.box.co.uk/NH.QGFEK.001-Acer-Predator-Helios-300-Intel-Core-i7-1_4112582.html , to my untrained eye, which would solve my issues with Box at a stroke, as this seems the best laptop for Elite that I have found at the money, according to research here, in squadron and in internetland.
Somewhat embarrassing that my first couple of passes missed it, if so.

Those look identical to me, too.

I think that's a good machine for the money. Take a look at Gigabyte's laptops, too. I've had two of them and was very pleased with both.

The one thing I'd think about is the size. As much as I love 17" laptops, finding backpacks (or whatever you prefer) can be challenging and they're very heavy. So, if mobility is one of the reasons you're getting the laptop, that's something you'll want to consider.
 
Ignore this he has NO idea what he's talking about. Here's what's going on:
I had to question myself here...

The Scan machine is using the RTX3070, whereas the Box one is using the RTX3070 ti

That's the main difference but my previous points are still relevant. *
ly. However...

...have I just proved myself to be an idiot? Is this the exact same Acer for the exact same money at Scan???

Looks to be the identical machine to this https://www.box.co.uk/NH.QGFEK.001-Acer-Predator-Helios-300-Intel-Core-i7-1_4112582.html , to my untrained eye, which would solve my issues with Box at a stroke, as this seems the best laptop for Elite that I have found at the money, according to research here, in squadron and in internetland.
Somewhat embarrassing that my first couple of passes missed it, if so.
I think you may have posted the same two machines...

* I'm sure I'm not losing my marbles quite yet.. am I?
 
I had to question myself here...

The Scan machine is using the RTX3070, whereas the Box one is using the RTX3070 ti

That's the main difference but my previous points are still relevant. *

I think you may have posted the same two machines...

* I'm sure I'm not losing my marbles quite yet.. am I?
So sorry, are you setting they’re the same, or that the RTX bit is different? I think they’re the same but for sale with each retailer, so I can just buy the Scan one (getting my earlier Box Acer but not having to buy from Box). But I’m a dolt at such things.
 
So sorry, are you setting they’re the same, or that the RTX bit is different? I think they’re the same but for sale with each retailer, so I can just buy the Scan one (getting my earlier Box Acer but not having to buy from Box). But I’m a dolt at such things.
The Scan machine spec statees:
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU

While the Box machine is showing:
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070Ti 8GB

It's that "ti" that makes the difference - not all of the £300 but a chunk of it.
 
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