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  1. Weak1ings
    What laptop do you then suggest? While I do want something fairly good, like that i7 dual core is going to be fine for me. I value these: Typing is GOOD Build quality feels as good as a Mac Book, or a little worse (why I don't want that Dell 7559) Lightweight 960M for Lan parties if wanted but At least a discrete GPU. Cost less than $1000, and if no SSD is included, budgeted to add a 500GB SSD in that $1000 Good battery life 1080p at least 8GB minimum with expansion available This does make that ASUS seem appealing, and while I do like ASUS more than most brands, I'm not dead-set on it.
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    Keep in mind, it is a laptop CPU and until you go for the i7 HQ, that i3 will probably beat everything including a i5 HQ... I think that I don't need 4 real cores because AUTOCAD is, in drawing, mainly a single-threaded reliant program and I can do renderings at home. Say I'm not heavily gaming on it, what would I need those 4 cores for? Also, the laptop dropped to $800 now.
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    thanks for the input, I should have mentioned I already have a very high end desktop at home, its just not portable.
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    Hi, I'm looking for a good laptop under the $1000 mark and believe I may have found a winner: ASUS K501UW-AB78[link] I will be a commuting College student for Computer Engineering and need the laptop to be able to work well for when I am not at my own home, is this K501UW suitable? Also, please throw some recommendations and input on whether its fit for non-rendering applications. thanks! Features of it: i7-6500U 2.5Ghz (fine for AUTOCAD due to its single-threaded nature) 1080p monitor Aluminum build 960M 2GB 4.4 Pounds, fairly portable 15.6" laptop 512GB SSD with spare expansion bays 8GB RAM with one open expansion slot This is NOT my sole computer, I already have a desktop at home, but being a commuter I will be fairly disconnected from it.
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    If its available in Canda, this ASUS K501UW-AB78 seems to fit the bill: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01DT49XN8/ref=ox_sc_mini_detail?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER It has a i7 U CPU, but this will mainly affect renderings in say AutoCAD but not drawing as I assume you normally will be. It features a 512GB SSD in what I believe is a M.2 (sata speeds) 960M too.
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    at $400 vs $80, if the games played support SLI go for it! It will be slower and far more troublesome but if relevant to your games, the more valuable choice. I am adding that I am upgrading from my own 660 SLI to a GTX 1080 which will be more than twice as fast as the 660 SLI. Just think of it like a 970, when applicable.
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    The title of the topic makes me hate it... Using "there" instead of "their." There is for location, not ownership.
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    Go for the 960 then, its cheap and light on power since that seems to be important. (a lot lighter than R9 380.) It could make use of the Molex power, just make sure its included/bought seperately.
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    Theres the CAD U37. A little more affordable than snowball but its too sensitive vs. others.
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    The DOS Box... it is capable of it
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    if that is for $985 USD its pretty good.
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    adapt HDMI to HDMI, probably being the best. Otherwise, Displayport to DVI Dual link will work too.
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    choosing X99 would still give you about the same performance in gaming, but give you benefits of more cores, and double the max RAM capacity (sometimes even 4 times!) Find out how much having more cores would help you, it will help in UE4 as I find myself waiting on my own i7 4790K a lot (to unpack/pack files)
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    Oh, I didn't realize you were gaming on Unreal Engine, instead of developing for it. If you are just gaming an i7 is more ideal but the extra cores (which you may OC I bet.) will help when building the game worlds as you do in like Unreal Engine 4 if you want to do that a lot.
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    RAM is fine, I've been forced to do hard drive streaming when loading some projects (like infiltrator demo) into Unreal Engine 4 on 16GB of RAM.
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    Why not go for X99 since it will give you a 6-core CPU (at similar price) which is going to be very helpful for unreal Engine & world building?
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    what about the stock cooler?
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    The best PSU I've ever had is the Rosewill RP600V2-S-SL 600W It is now a little noisy, but my dad bought at least 6 (and more further down the road) in 2007-8, and all still function to this day under for the most part, daily use throughout those years. I think this takes the cake I also use a EVGA G2 850W now, so I can run it passively or power a beastly rig.
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    Didn't Kingston change the V300 from the slow thing? (whatever it was) So from fast -> slow -> not slow
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    4K

    Weak1ings replied to vK 3 1 RON's topic in Displays

    I have used a 27" 4K monitor. It is very useful but felt small; bigger is better. a 34" for example would be awesome and still offer higher density than 1080p at 24" I think that at 24" 1080p is good enough. 1440p might help there, but is not necessary.
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    For playing games like CS:GO a GTX 660 or 950 will be sufficient at 1080p 144FPS.
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    I expect HBM2 to be on GP100, it already is present in the Nvidia's deep thought (or whatever its called) GP100s, which means that the Titan at the very least, will have HBM2.
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    best GPU you can get for around $200: GTX 970 (used) but I recommend waiting a bit longer before buying so that the most 970 user who want to upgrade to a 1070 will post on there... current lowest is $230 for US. (buy it now)
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    Is it just me, or does the bottom of the RAM: Contact pins, look uneven throughout the picture. is it just the picture?
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    There is not really a noticeable difference for most users.
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