They are so not trash... Just try to compare the amount of information they give you... The amount of time they put on the reviews.... Now whether they use comedic effect or not is up to you to watch, but find me one YouTube Chanel that post 1 Video per Day 365 days per year with this level of accuracy and professionalism in their reviews...
They are so not trash... Just try to compare the amount of information they give you... The amount of time they put on the reviews.... Now whether they use comedic effect or not is up to you to watch, but find me one YouTube Chanel that post 1 Video per Day 365 days per year with this level of accuracy and professionalism in their reviews...
IMHO non of these make sense. AMD knows that 1080Ti Performance is not really possible, it will be 10-15% slower, which will make it 15-20% faste than the 1080.
Now in terms of pricing I think that the top of the line card will start at 499 $ which will make it an unbelievable value.
Remember how with Ryzen we estimated around 650-700 $ for the later known 499$, 1800X.
I think that the pricing will for the first time for GPUs start way lower than Nvidia in an attempt to gain a large market share in anticipation of Volta's release somewhere in the next year, cause Navi comes late 2018 or early 2019, so AMD needs to gain a lot of traction, because they don't have 3 Billion $ to spend on R&D for Navi.
Also prepare for a 30-50 $ cut on Rx 500 series Prices to adjust the market.
IMHO their pricing would be typical AMD, in order to drive the sales to a specific CARD possibly their middle one"Naming according to thread":
Vega Nova: 469-499$
Vega Eclipse: 389-419$
Vega Core: 319-349$
Vega is a flop with a fancy name, and even so it will still be unafordable. 4-600$ what are you talking about you could buy 2 consoles with that money and some bundled games. Fk amd fk nvidia and intel, fake prices, ill give them 200$ for 1080ti/Vega Nova or 100$ for rx580/gtx 1060, those are realistic prices.
I'd like to see you guys talk about this on the WAN show. I'm curious if the new style will affect ad revenue. I don't think it will, but I think it may alter how you make thumbnails, knowing there will be two backgrounds.
Nzxt has release a new gpu cooling bracket that's compatible with most of the aio and gpus.
Supports the latest Kraken X42/X52/X62
Convert GPU’s stock cooling to liquid cooling with 40% increase in cooling capacity
Supports both AMD and NVIDIA graphics cards–reference and non-reference design
Compatible with over 30 liquid coolers and 40 different GPUs
92mm fan for active VRM cooling with space for aftermarket VRM heatsinks
$30 USD
Do you want ann of the self solution or a custom made one so you can have freedom for various VMs in the future such as surveilance or back up or many other things, depending what you do as a business.
Now I don't know today's prices and I need specifics on the workload to give you specific models and pricing but Synology's solutions on that budget seems quite good.
I would assume we are talking about 15-35 people in total and I also assume 4-8 people per branch and about 8-12 people in the main store. Also I thing the files you are talking about shouldn't be above 100Mb/file and that you are using windows but even if you use Mac those products should work fine with minor tweaks. Feel free to correct me on those with an answear.
For the Main Office:
RackStation RS18016xs+
It gives you 12 Bays for lots of terabytes and in case you run out of room you can buy additional expansion bays.
This specific model has upgradable Ram and is equiped with really good general use proccesor and good connectivity.
Another reason I would go with synology is their extrodinary software, and additional features such as Mail Server and a Slack based chat feature to improve connectivity between coworkers and their file sunc system especially for your use case, and excellent customer support from time to time, "I had a few qeird cases but even then they apologised and helped me solve the problem" .
For the Branches:
RackStation RS815+/RS815RP+
This is much smaller and also can be expanded with more units although I could be wrong in this matter.
Now conserning the drives you would need depends on your workload but anything from either WD or Seagate should be fine. Also VPMing the sever is an already build option in Synology case, and they have an additional encryption software.
Ok huge disclaimer here. Although I use synolgy for my work and have been very happy with their solution I suggest you do your own market research on similar solution.
Lastly if you really need high usage VMs which I don't, don't buy them. I run a few VMs but I needed customer support in order to set them up, cause sometimes the damn thing sonfuses itself, and truith be told they aren't that demanding in the first place, and also my units are way more powerful than what I suggested here and support more than 50 users daily.
Cost wise they should run you about 5-6 grand, storage included.
Yeah I know you can do it but many people including myself, either don't want to pay huge amounts for installing or changing them if it doesn't effect the workload as much or don't have the technical knowledge to do so in a cost effective way.
Me personally needed chat like services and used Viber/Hangouts/Slack in a span of a few years, but Synology's built in service is really cool and cost effective for me, especially if we don't have a dedicated IT department.
Having the ability to expand whenever we want with much effort, especially if more than 4/5 of our workfoce work remotetly on a day to day basis and need to add or remove a person without hassles is really appreciated by me always.
And truth be told we needed to run a few VMs to make our life a lot easier in day to day operations but most likely that will be it. Also we investigated other options first but something hassle free and cost effective didn't appear in any of our meeting with Dell and HP which had offices in Greece at that time.
Lastly I agree with you, that VMs are cool, they keep the cost down, and makes your workflow very streamlined. But while I have programmers in my team, I would need to occupy them and pay overtime, and continue to pay for services like slack and some others, and managing and paying individual to set it up and service it from time to time is still cost prohibiting.
There isn't a single solution for everyone believe it or not, and for me and a lot of other people it works.
At the time Synology was a little cheaper and their suite was miles ahead of what other firms offered( I was a lot less expereinced at the time so it made sense to me, only 20 years old) and since we ended up with them we continued scaling them from there.Typically you would be correct, but if you get a upgradable tier model from Synology at least which I have and can talk about, you can upgrade it with after market parts and you are off to the races.
I wasn't sure what to use at first but when I contacted Synology they gave me a complete list of parts they have validated their servers with and it turns out they work fine, and give the server much more lifespan than what was originally meant for and let it run more demanding VMs according to some folks although mine don't need it that much.
No I never said that, sorry if it came out wrong.
So we could be seeing the 1600(X) at 4.1-4.2GHz, depending on the sample. Still really nice to see, as the Ryzen 5 lineup is more catered towards the gaming folks and games still like higher single-core performance and higher frequencies these days. Good to see Ryzen's limit isn't really locked to that 4.0-4.1 GHz as we've seen with the Ryzen 7 lineup (with most of them topping out at 3.9 GHz at a reasonable voltage).
But yeah. $220 (assuming the 1600 can go at or very close to 1600X) for a potentially 4.2 GHz 6c12t CPU. Pair it with a B350 board (which can pretty much allow Ryzen to go to its max clocks) at around $120 and you're looking at a total of $340 for a kick-ass CPU and a motherboard alone, leaving way more headroom for a higher-end GPU to pair with your nice 6-core CPU. I like that.
The RTX Gaming Laptop Guide
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So this time around I'm dividing by graphics card. That's because the prices this gen are all over the place and in general don't fit any nice cut off points like under 1500... Unfortunately for RTX you'll be paying more than that. Note that until I reach the portables section these laptops are more focused on performance and non max q components.
Categories:
RTX 2060 Machines
RTX 2070 Machines
RTX 2080 Machine
No Limit
Portables
IMPORTANT: Links are to view the product. It doesn't mean that's where you should buy from.
BE CAREFUL TO AVOID 1x16GB ram stick. You'll take a significant performance hit this gen with single channel RAM.
BASE PRICE: Generally what I'd consider a starting config price range. Should be about 16GB of ram and either an ssd + hdd or larger sized ssd. I try and make it a "base" useful config. A config with 8GB of ram for gaming is fairly useless.
Owner's lounges (where actual owners of the models discuss their machines) will be linked, though not everything has an owners lounge.
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RTX 2060 Machines:
This is where stuff starts getting good. Now we have some serious gaming horsepower coming into the mix, with the RTX 2060 present in all recommendations. Anything less is not a smart use of money for a gaming machine in this price range. Quality also increases here.
Sager NP8961/Clevo P960ED (17" version here) - One of the new 16.1" models this machine has a similar footprint to 15" laptops with larger bezels. Overall a thinner unit but also competitively priced. Cooling not yet known.
Base Price: $1470
CPU: i7 8750H | GPU: RTX 2060MP
Ram Slots: 2 | Storage Slots: 2 M.2 (1 SATA/PCIE, 1PCIE) || 1 2.5" SATA
Display: 16.1" 144Hz WVA FHD | Battery: 51WHR
Ports: 1 HDMI 2.0 || 1 mDP 1.2 || 2 USB Type C (1 DP capable) || 2 USB 3.0 || Ethernet || headphone jack || mic jack
Dimensions: 14.96” (w) x 9.92” (d) x 0.78” (h)
Other: 180W adapter || 4.6 pounds barebones || RGB keyboard (zone lit) || fingerprint sensor in the touchpad || 6 in 1 card reader
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MSI GL63 - MSI's entry level gaming laptops for RTX these laptops lack some of the bells and whistles of the more premium series above it like the GP and GE series. Worse displays, no RGB, worse speakers, smaller battery etc...
Base Price: $1600
CPU: i7 8750H | GPU: RTX 2060MP
Ram Slots: 2 | Storage Slots: 1 M.2 pcie || 1 2.5" SATA
Display: 15.6" 120Hz FHD | Battery: 51WHR
Ports: 1 HDMI || 1 mDP || 1 USB Type C || 3 USB 3.0 || Ethernet || mic jack || headset jack
Dimensions: 15.07" (w) x 10.23" (d) x 1.16" (h)
Other: 180W adapter || 4.8 pounds
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MSI GE63 Raider - MSI's mid level gaming laptops for RTX these laptops are share the same chassis as the GL and GP series but come with all the features the chassis can offer:
Base Price: $1749
CPU: i7 8750H | GPU: RTX 2060MP
Ram Slots: 2 | Storage Slots: 1 M.2 pcie || 1 2.5" SATA
Display: 15.6" 120Hz FHD | Battery: 65WHR
Ports: 1 HDMI || 1 mDP || 1 USB Type C || 3 USB 3.0 || Ethernet || mic jack || headset jack
Dimensions: 15.07" (w) x 10.23" (d) x 1.16" (h)
Other: 180W adapter || 5.49 pounds || RGB keyboard || subwoofers || spdif with Sabre dac || sd card reader
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Lenovo Y740 -Lenovos new 2060 offering provides solid performance at a solid price:
Base Price: $1500 (256GB ssd)
CPU: i7 8750H | GPU: RTX 2060MP
Ram Slots: 2 | Storage Slots: 1 M.2 pcie || 1 2.5" SATA
Display: 15.6" 144Hz FHD | Battery: 57WHR
Ports: 1 HDMI || 1 mDP || 1 TB III || 3 USB 3.1 || Ethernet || headset jack || NOVO hole (for system recovery)
Dimensions: 14.2” x 10.5” x 0.88”
Other: 230W adapter || 5.1 pounds || RGB keyboard || subwoofers
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Aorus 15 W9 - Aorus's new chassis at a more afforable price than their X5 X7 type chassis designs.
Base Price: $1800 (includes a lot of storage)
CPU: i7 8750H | GPU: RTX 2060MP
Ram Slots: 2 | Storage Slots: 1 M.2 pcie || 1M.2 SATA/PCIE || 1 2.5" SATA
Display: 15.6" 144Hz FHD IPS | Battery: 62WHR
Ports: 1 HDMI || 1 mDP || 1 USB Type C 3.1 (DP capable) || 3 USB 3.1 || Ethernet || headset jack || mini sd card reader
Dimensions: 14.21(W) x 9.68(D) x 0.96(H) inch
Other: 180W adapter || 5.29 pounds || RGB keyboard (zone)
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Tongfang GK5CP0Z - This TongFang chassis is most well known in the United States as the Walmart OP15+ and Eluktronics Mech 15 G2 units though it is also sold under other names. It's generally an excellent value and known well performing laptop that can properly hold both cpu and gpu clocks.
Base Price: $1500+ (includes a lot of storage)
CPU: i7 8750H | GPU: RTX 2060MP
Ram Slots: 2 | Storage Slots: 2 M.2 pcie || 1 2.5" SATA that's filled with the better battery
Display: 15.6" 144Hz FHD IPS | Battery: 62WHR
Ports: 1 HDMI || 2 mDP || 1 USB Type C 3.1 || 2 USB 3.0 || 1 USB 2.0 || Ethernet || headphone jack || mic jack || 4 in 1 card reader
Dimensions: 14.13" x 9.29" x 0.86"
Other: 150W adapter || 4.4+ pounds || RGB keyboard
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Asus GL504 - Asus's current entry level into RTX laptops. Features an aggressive gaming design with a light bar in front and slim bezels. Has a signature slanted black brushed finish.
Base Price: $1800
CPU: i7 8750H | GPU: RTX 2060MP
Ram Slots: 2 | Storage Slots: 1 M.2 pcie
Display: 15.6" 144Hz FHD "IPS-level" | Battery: 66WHR
Ports: 1 HDMI || 1 mDP || 1 USB Type C 3.1 || 3 USB 3.1 || Ethernet || headset jack || sd card reader
Dimensions: 14.21(W) x 10.31(D) x 1.00 ~ 1.03(H)
Other: 180W adapter || 5.29 pounds || RGB keyboard (Zone)
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MSI GS65 - MSI's premium thin option. Black and gold color scheme with a better and larger trackpad that last gen.
Base Price: $2100 (Cheap vs the 2080 )
CPU: i7 8750H | GPU: RTX 2060MP
Ram Slots: 2 | Storage Slots: 1 M.2 pcie
Display: 15.6" 144Hz FHD WVA | Battery: 82WHR
Ports: 1 HDMI || 1 mDP || 1 TB III || 3 USB 3.1 || Ethernet || headset jack || mic jack || spdif sabre dac
Dimensions: 0.71 (H) x 14.09 (W) x 9.76 (D) in
Other: 180W adapter || 4.07 pounds || RGB keyboard || glass touchpad
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AW M15 2060 - AWs first thin laptop in... Pretty much ever. Sports an all new design with a well under an inch chassis.
Base Price: $1900 (more expensive than it looks for good specs)
CPU: i7 8750H | GPU: RTX 2060MP
Ram Slots: 2 | Storage Slots: 1 M.2 pcie
Display: 15.6" FHD 60Hz IPS || FHD 144Hz IPS || UHD 60Hz IPS | Battery: 60WHR
Ports: 1 HDMI || 1 mDP || 1 USB TB III || 3 USB 3.1 || 1 AGA || Ethernet || headset jack
Dimensions: 14.3(W) x 10.8(D) x ~0.7-0.83(H) inch
Other: 180W adapter || 5.78 pounds || RGB keyboard (zone)
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Clevo P750TM1-G - Clevo's big boy 15". This is a 15" machine with a desktop cpu and modular components. Typically a more powerful more enthusiast machine. HIDevolution is linked because they offer an unlocked bios and cooling mods to tame this beast's thermals. Can be equipped with a 2060-2080.
Base Price: $1900+ (will be more properly specced)
CPU: i5 9600k - i9 9900k(!) | GPU: RTX 2060MP
Ram Slots: 4(!) | Storage Slots: 2 M.2 sata/pcie || 2 2.5" sata (4 total!)
Display: 15.6" 144Hz FHD "IPS-level" GSync | Battery: 90WHR
Ports: 1 HDMI || 1 mDP || 1 USB Type C 3.1 || 1 USB C TB III || 3 USB 3.0 || 1 USB 2.0 || Ethernet || headphone jack || mic jack || 6 in 1 card reader
Dimensions: 15.2"(W) x 10.32"(D) x 1.5"(H)
Other: 330W adapter || 7.5 pounds || RGB keyboard (zone) || Sabre dac
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RTX 2070 Machines:
2070 laptops are actually not all that common without max q design in 15" chassis's. But as long as the cooling permits these will be fast machines offering performance close to a max q 2080.
Aorus 15 X9 - Aorus's new chassis at a more afforable price than their X5 X7 type chassis designs. Almost identical to its 2060 brother besides price and the 2070.
Base Price: $2100 (includes a lot of storage)
CPU: i7 8750H | GPU: RTX 2070MP
Ram Slots: 2 | Storage Slots: 1 M.2 pcie || 1M.2 SATA/PCIE || 1 2.5" SATA
Display: 15.6" 144Hz FHD IPS | Battery: 62WHR
Ports: 1 HDMI || 1 mDP || 1 USB Type C 3.1 (DP capable) || 3 USB 3.1 || Ethernet || headset jack || mini sd card reader
Dimensions: 14.21(W) x 9.68(D) x 0.96(H) inch
Other: 230W adapter || 5.29 pounds || RGB keyboard (zone)
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Clevo PB51EF-G - A new chassis design from Clevo. The spiritual successor to the Clevo P650 series models.
Base Price: $1820 (for a 256GB ssd + 1TB HDD with 16GB ram)
CPU: i7 8750H | GPU: RTX 2070MP
Ram Slots: 2 | Storage Slots: 2 M.2 (1 SATA/PCIE, 1PCIE) || 1 2.5" SATA
Display: 15.6" 144Hz WVA FHD | Battery: 62WHR
Ports: 1 HDMI 2.0 || 1 mDP 1.2 || 2 USB Type C (1 DP capable, 1 TB III) || 2 USB 3.0 || 1 USB 3.1 || Ethernet || headphone jack || mic jack
Dimensions: 14.13” (w) x 10.15” (d) x 1.18” (h)
Other: 230W adapter || 5.8 pounds barebones || RGB keyboard || fingerprint sensor in the touchpad || 6 in 1 card reader
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Tongfang GK7CP7S - This 17" TongFang chassis is like it's 15" brother mostly known for the Walmart OP17+ and Eluktronics Mech 17 G1R models in the U.S. Like it's 15" brother it can also handle its hardware at a hard to beat price
Base Price: $1800
CPU: i7 8750H | GPU: RTX 2070MP
Ram Slots: 2 | Storage Slots: 2 M.2 pcie || 1 2.5" SATA (taken by larger battery)
Display: 17.3" 144Hz IPS FHD | Battery: 62WHR
Ports: 1 HDMI 2.0 || 2 mDP 1.4 || 1 USB Type C || 2 USB 3.0 || 1 USB 2.0 || Ethernet || headphone jack || mic jack || 4 in 1 card reader
Dimensions: 15.5" x 10.25 x 1"
Other: 180W adapter || 5.25+ pounds barebones || RGB keyboard
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Asus GL504 - Asus's current entry level into RTX laptops. Features an aggressive gaming design with a light bar in front and slim bezels. Has a signature slanted black brushed finish. This one obviously sports a 2070MP.
Base Price: $2000 (500gb ssd 16GB ram)
CPU: i7 8750H | GPU: RTX 2070MP
Ram Slots: 2 | Storage Slots: 1 M.2 pcie
Display: 15.6" 144Hz FHD "IPS-level" | Battery: 66WHR
Ports: 1 HDMI || 1 mDP || 1 USB Type C 3.1 || 3 USB 3.1 || Ethernet || headset jack || sd card reader
Dimensions: 14.21(W) x 10.31(D) x 1.00 ~ 1.03(H)
Other: 230W adapter || 5.29 pounds || RGB keyboard (Zone)
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MSI GE63 Raider - MSI's mid level gaming laptops for RTX these laptops are share the same chassis as the GL and GP series but come with all the features the chassis can offer:
Base Price: $2200
CPU: i7 8750H | GPU: RTX 2070MP
Ram Slots: 2 | Storage Slots: 1 M.2 pcie || 1 2.5" SATA
Display: 15.6" 120Hz FHD | Battery: 65WHR
Ports: 1 HDMI || 1 mDP || 1 USB Type C || 3 USB 3.0 || Ethernet || mic jack || headset jack
Dimensions: 15.07" (w) x 10.23" (d) x 1.16" (h)
Other: 280W adapter || 5.49 pounds || RGB keyboard || subwoofers || spdif with Sabre dac || sd card reader
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MSI GT63 Titan - MSI's 15" serious gaming laptop. Larger chassis design for prioritizing performance over any other 15" model they make this is the big boy.
Base Price: $2500
CPU: i7 8750H | GPU: RTX 2070MP
Ram Slots: 4(!) | Storage Slots: 1 M.2 pcie || 1 2.5" sata
Display: 15.6" 144Hz FHD "IPS-level" | Battery: 90WHR
Ports: 1 HDMI || 1 mDP || 1 USB Type C 3.1 || 3 USB 3.1 || 1 USB 2.0 || Ethernet || quad audio ports including spdif || 3 in 1 card reader
Dimensions: 15.35"(w) x 10.47"(d) x 1.56"(h)
Other: 330W adapter || 6.84 pounds || RGB keyboard || subwoofer
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Clevo P750TM1-G - Clevo's big boy 15". This is a 15" machine with a desktop cpu and modular components. Typically a more powerful more enthusiast machine. HIDevolution is linked because they offer an unlocked bios and cooling mods to tame this beast's thermals. Can be equipped with a 2060-2080.
Base Price: $2150+ (will be more properly specced)
CPU: i5 9600k - i9 9900k(!) | GPU: RTX 2070MP
Ram Slots: 4(!) | Storage Slots: 2 M.2 sata/pcie || 2 2.5" sata (4 total!)
Display: 15.6" 144Hz FHD "IPS-level" GSync | Battery: 90WHR
Ports: 1 HDMI || 1 mDP || 1 USB Type C 3.1 || 1 USB C TB III || 3 USB 3.0 || 1 USB 2.0 || Ethernet || headphone jack || mic jack || 6 in 1 card reader
Dimensions: 15.2"(W) x 10.32"(D) x 1.5"(H)
Other: 330W adapter || 7.5 pounds || RGB keyboard (zone) || Sabre dac
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RTX 2080 and up:
Clevo P750TM1-G - Clevo's big boy 15". This is a 15" machine with a desktop cpu and modular components. Typically a more powerful more enthusiast machine. HIDevolution is linked because they offer an unlocked bios and cooling mods to tame this beast's thermals. Can be equipped with a 2060-2080.
Base Price: $2550+ (will be more properly specced)
CPU: i5 9600k - i9 9900k(!) | GPU: RTX 2080MP
Ram Slots: 4(!) | Storage Slots: 2 M.2 sata/pcie || 2 2.5" sata (4 total!)
Display: 15.6" 144Hz FHD "IPS-level" GSync | Battery: 90WHR
Ports: 1 HDMI || 1 mDP || 1 USB Type C 3.1 || 1 USB C TB III || 3 USB 3.0 || 1 USB 2.0 || Ethernet || headphone jack || mic jack || 6 in 1 card reader
Dimensions: 15.2"(W) x 10.32"(D) x 1.5"(H)
Other: 330W adapter || 7.5 pounds || RGB keyboard (zone) || Sabre dac
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Asus G703 - Asus's current entry level into RTX laptops. Features an aggressive gaming design with a light bar in front and slim bezels. Has a signature slanted black brushed finish. This one obviously sports a 2070MP.
Base Price: $3000
CPU: i7 8750H (i9 available) | GPU: RTX 2080MP
Ram Slots: 4 | Storage Slots: 3 M.2 pcie (1 is sata) || 1 2.5" sata
Display: 17.3" 144Hz FHD "IPS-level" | Battery: 96WHR
Ports: 1 HDMI || 1 mDP || 1 USB Type C 3.1 || 1 USB C TB III || 3 USB 3.1 || Ethernet || headset jack || mic jack || sd card reader
Dimensions: 16.7"(W) x 12.6"(D) x 2.0"(H)
Other: 2X 280W adapter || 10.4 pounds || RGB keyboard || subwoofers
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Alienware Area-51M - Alienwares new shot at the top. A Clevo matching desktop cpu and 200W power limit 2080 means on paper this is the most powerful laptop of this generation. Note this laptop has been recalled for thermal issues causing failures.
Base Price: $3050+ (bad stock storage)
CPU: i7 9700k - i9 9900k(!) | GPU: RTX 2080MP
Ram Slots: 4 | Storage Slots: 2 M.2 pcie (1 is sata too) || 1 2.5" sata
Display: 17.3" 144Hz FHD "IPS-level" Gsync Tobii Eye Tracking | Battery: 90WHR
Ports: 1 HDMI || 1 mDP || 1 AGA || 1 USB C TB III || 3 USB 3.0 || Ethernet || headset jack || headphone jack
Dimensions: 16.10(W) x 15.85(D) x 1.09(H) inch (thicker than this)
Other: 180W + 330W adapter || 9.7 pounds barebone || RGB keyboard
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MSI GT75 Titan - MSI's 15" serious gaming laptop. Larger chassis design for prioritizing performance over any other 15" model they make this is the big boy.
Base Price: $3400
CPU: i7 8750H (i9 available) | GPU: RTX 2080MP
Ram Slots: 4(!) | Storage Slots: 1 M.2 pcie || 2 M.2 sata/pcie || 1 2.5" sata
Display: 15.6" 144Hz FHD "IPS-level" | Battery: 75WHR
Ports: 1 HDMI || 1 mDP || 1 USB Type C TB III || 5(!) USB 3.1 || Ethernet || quad audio ports including spdif || 3 in 1 card reader
Dimensions: 16.85"(W) x 12.36"(D) x 1.22-2.28"(H)
Other: 2x 230W adapter || 10.05 pounds || RGB keyboard || subwoofer
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Max-Q RTX Thin Laptops:
No budget but you need it to be thin and portable? Look here:
Note that these machines have Max-Q gpus which means crippled performance. If you want better value most of these laptops will have a 2060 non max q option which should be a better bang for your buck. This is especially true of 2070 max q units which barely beat a 2060.
MSI GS65 - MSI's premium thin option. Black and gold color scheme with a better and larger trackpad that last gen.
Base Price: $2800
CPU: i7 8750H | GPU: RTX 2080 Max-Q
Ram Slots: 2 | Storage Slots: 1 M.2 pcie
Display: 15.6" 144Hz FHD WVA | Battery: 82WHR
Ports: 1 HDMI || 1 mDP || 1 TB III || 3 USB 3.1 || Ethernet || headset jack || mic jack || spdif sabre dac
Dimensions: 0.71 (H) x 14.09 (W) x 9.76 (D) in
Other: 230W adapter || 4.07 pounds || RGB keyboard || glass touchpad
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Alienware M15 - Alienware's first real forray into a thin unit.
Base Price: $2600 (bad default storage)
CPU: i7 8750H | GPU: RTX 2080 Max-Q
Ram Slots: 2 | Storage Slots: 1 M.2 sata/pcie || 1 M.2 pcie || 1 2.5" sata
Display: 15.6" 60Hz IPS || 144Hz FHD IPS || UHD IPS | Battery: 60WHR
Ports: 1 HDMI || 1 mDP || 1 AGA || 1 USB C TB III || 3 USB 3.1 || Ethernet || headset jack
Dimensions: 14.3(W) x 10.8(D) x ~0.7-0.83(H)
Other: 230W adapter || 4.78 pounds || RGB keyboard (zone)
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Asus Zephyrus S - Zephyrus is Asus's thin line. To try and get better thermals the keyboard is in an unusual spot. The trackpads also double as numpads.
Base Price: $3000
CPU: i7 8750H | GPU: RTX 2080 Max-Q
Ram Slots: 2 | Storage Slots: 1 M.2 sata/pcie
Display: 15.6" 60Hz IPS || 144Hz FHD IPS || UHD IPS | Battery: 60WHR
Ports: 1 HDMI || 1 mDP || 2 USB C || 1 USB 3.1 || 2 USB 2.0 || Ethernet || headset jack
Dimensions: 14.17(W) x 10.55(D) x 0.60 ~ 0.63(H)
Other: 230W adapter || 4.63 pounds || RGB keyboard (zone)
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Razer Blade 15 - Razer's mainstay gaming laptop... Thin and sexy, not known for quality control however.
Base Price: $2400 (2070) $3000 (2080)
CPU: i7 8750H | GPU: RTX 2080 Max-Q
Ram Slots: 2 | Storage Slots: 1 M.2 sata/pcie || 1 2.5" sata
Display: 144Hz FHD IPS-Level | Battery: 80WHR
Ports: 1 HDMI || 1 mDP || 1 TB III || 3 USB 3.1 || headset jack
Dimensions: 0.70" x 9.25" x 13.98"
Other: 230W adapter || 4.63 pounds || RGB keyboard
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Clevo P960EN - Clevo's 16.1" thin and light with a Max Q 2080
Base Price: $2220
CPU: i7 8750H | GPU: RTX 2080 Max-Q
Ram Slots: 2 | Storage Slots: 2 M.2 (1 SATA/PCIE, 1PCIE) || 1 2.5" SATA
Display: 16.1" 144Hz WVA FHD | Battery: 51WHR
Ports: 1 HDMI 2.0 || 1 mDP 1.2 || 2 USB Type C (1 DP capable) || 2 USB 3.0 || Ethernet || headphone jack || mic jack
Dimensions: 14.96” (w) x 9.92” (d) x 0.78” (h)
Other: 180W(!) adapter || 4.6 pounds barebones || RGB keyboard (zone lit) || fingerprint sensor in the touchpad || 6 in 1 card reader
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Well there you have it. That's my current guide to gaming laptops. It will be updated as more stuff comes out most likely.
For Clevo laptops I'd recommend a Prema partner like HIDEvolution in the U.S. If they cost too much find a cheaper option like LPC-Digital (Larry is awesome there), GentechPC, XoticPC, or Eurocom.
HID, GenTechPC, and Xotic are also good for other brands as they sell a ton. HID is the only reseller I'm aware of with Razer though.
There are of course other gaming laptops that could be right for you, but in general these are the best of the best machines out there.
Good luck shopping!
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For context of OLD comments from page 1-18, here's the original guide:
First of all what are you planning on doing with it, how much money do you want???
Whatever the reason behind your buy may be, get one with the 1050 or 1050ti, they are plenty enough to power 1080p gaming at 60fps, caause if you go at the 1060 you are going to either pay a lot of money on MSI or Dell or HP(maybe less cooling here) for horsepower+cooling capabilities or if you want aesthetics Razer is somewhat good at cooling(runs hotter than the others) but costs a lot.
Also @Galm, his guide is pretty solid, go take a look, but I suggest give us a run up of your needs and budget to take a closer look.
Also consider Mac if you are a designer or coder or blogger or developer of some kind and you have 1800$ to spend, the middle of the road 13" MacBook Pro with TouchBar is pretty good if gaming isn't your thing, if it is don't even consider it.
I personally started with python, it's quite simple but once you get a hang of it, it can do a lot of things. maybe start by reading a tutorial (maybe instructables has something) but don't just read, try the code they give as an example yourself. then start making small changes. for example:
//the tutorial says:
print("hello world")
//then you can add a bit of code you learn later on and try to combine the two.
variable=input()
if "y" in variable:
print("your input contained the character y")
else:
print("your input did not contain the character y")
//and so on. this way you can make the examples do things you like more. this way you will enjoy programming more and you will learn what //goes where in a piece of code
(to any real python programmers here, my python is not perfect I know ^^' )
at least, that's how I did it, or happen to do it. there are so many ways to learn programming. but the most important thing is that you enjoy it. I hope it was somewhat helpful
Preceding the launch of Ryzen 5, the AM4 motherboards have gotten some well-needed updates to help iron out some of the early bugs.
Article: http://www.pcworld.com/article/3186443/computers/amd-preps-for-ryzen-5s-launch-with-a-helpful-am4-motherboard-update.html
The update includes the following changes.
Ryzen performance seems to be impacted by system RAM quite a bit thus far, and so the latency tweak should help to improve performance a little bit. However, the big deal is the axing of the HPET requirement.
Hopefully, throwing out Ryzen Master's dependence on HPET will allow us to get better overclocks on our Ryzen CPUs. While Ryzen's OC potential isn't awful, any way we can squeeze out more performance is welcome.
The BIOS updates that will include these changes won't come out for about a week or so, but I'm happy to see that the AM4 platform is finally growing out of its infancy. To compound this, the article takes note of some upcoming Ryzen optimization updates.
Sounds good to me!
Come on man this is nothing but a stepping stone, i don't mind the extra few frames, but except Hitman which had major performance for base line the other improvements are nothing to brag about.
Going from 20 to 27 fps at ROTTR is a cheap joke of an advertisment, for a company the size of Nvidia, they just sit on their asses for the last few years, making DX12 adoption really slow, and now with Vega they need to do it fast in order to maintain their position among developers and consumers.
The article isn't bad, but the title IMHO is misleading.
Alright, here we go again, we were talking about gamers, if gamers is our target group then the majority of use cases says 1080p or 1440p at 100+ Hz.
If we are talking about casual things and a little gaming like "Lol or Overwatch or etc", then the config I listed is non valid, noone would buy a 1080 for that purpose.
Where I was getting at is, than unlike what we see in youtube most people don't have 2000$ to burn on gaming, thus 1080p 100+Hz Monitors are the most used ones at the moment.Y need to have SLI on either 1080 or 1080Ti to run frames for Gaming-Gaming on 4K that's why I stated that config, to point out that Vega doesn't need to be at 1080Ti or Titan XP levels, even 20% lower performance for 350$ would win the market in their favor and would do what Ryzen did on the CPU market, even if you or anyone else isn't sold on it yet.
I've been a filmmaker for a while and I've worked with the RED Dragon and other high end cameras before. I think I speak for every other camera junkie out there when I say that -- After the DIY Desk PC in Glorious 8k with your Red Weapon, I want to see a review of your new camera that many people would kill for --
Things to include --
-What dealer you got it from, if not straight from Red
-The entire package you got, every piece is important, and those things add up in price very quickly, so it will be interesting to see how you decided on each part of the package
-An expert analysis of the color reproduction of the camera since Red is well-known for it
-An overall opinion of the price point compared to performance (bang for buck compared to an older model or perhaps even DSLRs)
-Perhaps an explanation of REDCODE formats (compression) and which one you choose
-SHOW OFF THE CAMERA
-More footage
P.S. YouTube gracefully ruins most Red footage by compression, so unless you have some sort of deal to only upload there, I really suggest uploading DIY Desk PC only footage to a site such as Vimeo.
Alright, I have a question. Why do all the reviewer's test so many games and applications, with 2 Titan XPs??
I mean, you want to avoid bottlenecks but, why not a 1080 or 1070 that will show real world result, both of those are insanely powerful cards for 1080 and1440p.
Furthermore, the videos all over the web say Ryzen isn't meant for games get a 7700K, why don't they talk about future proofing and price/performance, those things matter for real consumers.
And lastly of course they need time to develope bioses and Microsoft should get its shit tofether seriously.
I don't know about you but I feel that half the game is rigged for Intel's shake.
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