Sony Vaio S Series

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Hey,

I'm trying to a find a nice laptop that can serve well as something I will use for work/buisness aswell as be able to play games decently. I know I should really get a desktop for gaming and that I could get a beast gaming computer for the same price but I'll be travelling quite a bit soon so I wont be able to take it with me.

I've come across a Sony Vaio S Series with these specs;

Intel®Core(TM)i5-3210M, 2.5GHz with Intel® Turbo Boost Technology up to 3.10 Ghz with 3 MB L3 Cache
Number of Cores: 2
320 GB Serial ATA (5400 rpm) <<<<<Should I change this to 7200 for +£50
12GB RAM <<<<<<<<< The RAM was a free upgrade by sony, same price as 4GB
1920x1080 Res HD Screen (15.5")
NVIDIA® GeForce® GT 640M LE 2 GB

The price tag is; £998, I know I could get a possible better gaming laptop with a 660M for that price but I really do love the sony vaio s design and it's not bulky, also I get a 10% discount making it around £900.
This is a custom laptop as thew 15" isn't available as a model with the 640M LE 2GB.

I was just wondering, is this good enough to run say Guild Wars 2 when it comes out at a solid 40FPS~ on say medium?
Also, should I upgrade the HDD to 7200RPM?

[llDemonll]

I doubt it would run GW2 on medium, but it might. I used to have a 13" Vaio S and it struggled on DOTA2 on medium/low settings at 1600x900

[Team Frosty]

You should upgrade the HDD to 7200RPM.

[inux94]

Telling us which country you're from would help, Sony is generally very overpriced when it comes to laptops.

The CPU is the lowest end i5
Change the HDD to a 7200 RPM

[Deleted]

He's obviously in the UK, hence the pricetags in pounds. For more gaming-oriented laptops that can be customised, i'd look over at mysn.co.uk.

It's a german retailer that recently opened a UK store.