Alienware M17x or M15x.

Also have a look at Sager Laptops, but im not sure in they deliver to the UK.

As you mentioned, Rock Computers are also pretty worthy.

anotherone10

Thanks for the pointer to Sager, it looks like they supply the identical kit that Rock does - really nice stuff

Looks like the current generation of dual-sli's will push me out of my price bracket, so maybe a single card option is the way forward, and considering the problems I've continually had with NVIDIA, maybe ATI is the way to go this time!

BTW, I wouldn't get a Toshiba either. The one that I have spontaneously locked me out of the bios. Tried removing the cmos battery, tried all kinds of internet fixes, nothing worked. Come to find out, it was a really big problem that Toshiba knew about. They'll fix some of them for free, but alot of the models with the problem (like mine), didn't make it on the list for some reason. Now I have to buy a new motherboard...superclocked

Oh man, that sucks. Why the hell can't these companies act like they give a crap about their customers? I have visions of sales execs giggling each time someone buys their products. Anyway, thanks for tip, will look at Asus now.

OK - long story short as possible, in 2007 bought £2k laptop from HP, after 13 months NVIDIA graphics card fried, HP refuse to do anything without wanting a further £600 for parts and labour. Lesson learned. NEVER BUY HP.