Advice welcomed on potential custom built laptop

Processor (CPU)
Intel® Core™i5 Dual Core Mobile Processor i5-3230M (2.60GHz) 3MB
Memory (RAM)
8GB KINGSTON HYPER-X GENESIS 1600MHz SODIMM DDR3 (2 x 4GB)
Graphics Card
NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 660M - 2.0GB DDR5 Video RAM - DirectX® 11
Memory - Hard Disk
120GB KINGSTON HYPERX 3K SSD, SATA 6 Gb/s (upto 555MB/sR | 510MB/sW)

These are the main components I will be using for a laptop custom built at a local shop.

It is 17 inch with FULL HD resolution.

I am quoted £779

No chance of affording that amount of storage on the SSD front. Why 256gb min? There will only be the OS and perhaps one game and a few programmes installed.

The hard drive details state the following: 2 x 9.5mm 2.5" S-ATA Hard Drive Support

RAM: It supports 2x8gb if needed.

linnemeyerhere said:

Well I would say past experiences starting with a 64gb ssd then jumping to 128gb and now 256gb. Prices have fallen to under 100.00 usd for 128gb so why not? Don't you plan to have music, photos/videos, actual data like word/excel doc's?
Go with one 8gb ram module and you can double it later. Go with a 1tb spinner now and partition your OS install. Later you can clone it to the 256gb SSD and place the spinner in a external enclosure via usb 3.0.

Trust me, I won't need anywhere near that amount. Will add in a spinner if needed. So here is an update with the 1x8gb ram advice:

Chassis & Display
Optimus Series: 17.3" Matte Full HD LED Widescreen (1920x1080)
Processor (CPU)
Intel® Core™i5 Dual Core Mobile Processor i5-3230M (2.60GHz) 3MB
Memory (RAM)
8GB SAMSUNG 1333MHz SODIMM DDR3 MEMORY (1 x 8GB)
Graphics Card
NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 660M - 2.0GB DDR5 Video RAM - DirectX® 11
Memory - Hard Disk
120GB KINGSTON HYPERX 3K SSD, SATA 6 Gb/s (upto 555MB/sR | 510MB/sW)

linnemeyerhere said:

Also as a phase two of the build get a gaming wired mouse and keyboard plus a 24" LED screen and power it off the lappy.

Sounds good