Gigabyte P2742G gaming laptop goes up for sale in UK, priced at £909

Gigabyte P2742G gaming laptop goes up for sale in UK, priced at 909

Gigabyte unleashed the beast today with a 17.3-inch gaming laptop that’s named, awkwardly enough, the P2742G. The system combines a quad-core Core i7 CPU and a GeForce GTX 660M GPU with Windows 8 and a 1080p display. First announced last fall, the P2742G is now available from £909 in the UK via retailers such as Amazon. Likewise, we’ve spotted similar pre-order prices for US markets in the neighborhood of $1,450. The laptop boasts two storage bays with RAID array support, an optional Blu-ray combo drive and THX TruStudio Pro enhancements. You’ll also find a 2-megapixel webcam in the mix, but your color choices are limited to either orange or black. That said, if you’re able to grab both, you’ll be well-coordinated for when Halloween comes around. In the meantime, you’ll find the full spec sheet at the source link.

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Gigabyte P2542G gaming laptop hands-on (video)

Gigabyte P2542G gaming laptop handson

While we managed to get our hands on Gigabyte’s latest graphics card-toting Ultrabook back at CeBIT, we’ve just finished handling the P2542G (its high-end gaming sibling) at the laptop and motherboard maker’s UK launch event. Packing a 15.6-inch 1,920 x 1,080 display, it runs on an Ivy Bridge Core i7-3610QM, with a 2GB NVIDIA GTX 660M card to power PC gaming’s latest and greatest. Add in a Blu-ray player and THX-certified dual-woofer sound system and you have the makings of pretty capable beast — not to mention looking the part with a yellow paint job and dual exhaust vents along the back edge. Read up on our impressions and check out our video hands-on after the break.

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