Looking for laptop recommendations!

[RubberTurian809]

So I'm stumbling upon $10,000 in March, it's a long story with some rather personal details (to sum it up, personal injury settlement.) And I was thinking of replacing my old computer and giving that one to my little sister. I've always enjoyed gaming with desktops, but my needs require more portability. Having ADHD, I struggle to stay in one place for long, and it often comes to a toss-up between moving from my computer and possibly forgetting what I was doing, or keeping focused and denying myself the movement that I need to stay sane. Obviously, during the schoolyear which is rapidly approaching, neither of these are gonna be good for me.

 

So I figured the best trade-off would be to get a laptop instead. Money is basically no object in this scenario (I doubt there's a laptop that breaks 10k anyways), and I wanted to get an overkill laptop that'll plow through whatever I put it to. It should handle 3d rendering and code compilation, as well as any game I may want to pick up with the money.

 

I was considering the MSI GT80 Titan (with the Cherry MX keyboard in it, that thing looks insane) but I hear it's impossible to use on your lap. I could possibly go between my desk in the living room and my kitchen table, but not much else.

 

The other possibility I was looking at is the ASUS ROG G751JY. It looks much more comfortable to use, and is several pounds lighter than the GT80 Titan.

 

So what do you guys think? Or do you have any other recommendations?

 

((PS: getting an Oculus Rift DK2 as well. HYPED.))

[thekeemo]

A custom eurocom laptop

[PudgyAstronaut]

Might be worth browsing here: http://www.xoticpc.com/ (make sure you save some of that money too haha)

[RubberTurian809]

A custom eurocom laptop

These look awesome. I'll browse a bit.

[RubberTurian809]

Might be worth browsing here: http://www.xoticpc.com/ (make sure you save some of that money too haha)

I know This is the first part of many, so I'm using this one to get the spending out of my system. The rest goes towards getting me set up.

[PudgyAstronaut]

I know This is the first part of many, so I'm using this one to get the spending out of my system. The rest goes towards getting me set up.

 

Nice, assuming you are pretty young you can get a financial advisor to talk about retirement investments and get well on your way to becoming a millionaire one day, that much money can be a valuable tool for sure. And hope you enjoy the computer thoroughly.

[RubberTurian809]

Nice, assuming you are pretty young you can get a financial advisor to talk about retirement investments and get well on your way to becoming a millionaire one day, that much money can be a valuable tool for sure. And hope you enjoy the computer thoroughly.

thank you, and yes I'm 17 which is why I need to wait for my next birthday to claim this bad boy

 

that eurocom site though.

as awesome as it is, the laptop I built hit like 5000 dollars I'd rather have a bit left saved for a car and junk as well

[PudgyAstronaut]

thank you, and yes I'm 17 which is why I need to wait for my next birthday to claim this bad boy

 

that eurocom site though.

as awesome as it is, the laptop I built hit like 5000 dollars I'd rather have a bit left saved for a car and junk as well

 

Haha yeah I don't think anything over $2000 or maaaybe $2500 is justifyable for a laptop. They depreciate so hard, and you'd be better off getting a new one in 2 years than getting one that's 2X as expensive today :-p

[RubberTurian809]

Haha yeah I don't think anything over $2000 or maaaybe $2500 is justifyable for a laptop. They depreciate so hard, and you'd be better off getting a new one in 2 years than getting one that's 2X as expensive today :-p

 

yeh

laptops can change dramatically in that timeframe though. i'm mostly just fantasizing right now, but if whatever I pick is still the best on the market then I'm getting it

 

but tbh i was fully prepared to spend 4000 on the GT80 Titan

[exercutor5]

http://www.sagernotebook.com/Notebook-NP8672.html

 

Get this, very efficient cooling in a slim form factor.

[DaMagicalManiac]

Oh btw Oculus Rift's final launch product gets release like early next-year so it might be worth holding out (even dk3's tracking seems to be much of an improvement over dk2)

[D2ultima]

If you want SLI, the Clevo P37xSM-A model (get it from Eurocom with the 120Hz screen) is the ONLY way to go. Screw that GT80 Titan. You can get heatsinks to modify its cooling to better the CPU and the 980Ms are very cool in themselves and you'll just have the best SLI laptop on the market (unless a new model releases with a desktop CPU and SLI GPUs before you buy the machine).

 

The best single GPU notebook on the market is the P770ZM-G. There's no reason to get another notebook if single GPU is fine for you. i7-4790K and up to 32GB of RAM and a 980M with a 330W power brick and you're more than fine to go.

 

You can get these from Eurocom or Mythlogic or Sager or Pro-Star etc. I would suggest avoiding getting them from Digital Storm, Falcon Northwest, OriginPC, iBuyPower or any such thing because they're overpriced there compared to other places and don't have accompanying QA and post-sale QA to justify even half the extra cost.