Mobile Workstation Choices

[BadNewsBears00]

Hey guys, I'm an engineering student and my zenbook just isn't cutting it with my increasing CAD workload, so I'm upgrading to a mobile workstation.

I'm currently tossing up between the Dell Precision 5540 and a gen 2 Lenovo P1, both with 32GB of ram, Xeon 2276 processor, and 1.5 TB of SSD storage

Any advice, or opinions, on which to choose would be much appreciated.

Thanks in advance!

[GoldenLag]

13 minutes ago, BadNewsBears00 said:

Any advice, or opinions, on which to choose would be much appreciated.

you need quadros or similar for your CAD workload?

 

because you  can really just skip Xeon and grab an 8 core 4900hs or 4800h. like a G14. 

[BadNewsBears00]

3 minutes ago, GoldenLag said:

you need quadros or similar for your CAD workload?

 

because you  can really just skip Xeon and grab an 8 core 4900hs or 4800h. like a G14. 

Yeah its a lot of 50+ part renders

[Roswell]

If those are the only two choices I’d say Dell simply for the less awful support if you need warranty service. They also have onsite repair contracts for their business machines where they’ll come to you to fix it if you pay a little extra at checkout.

[GoldenLag]

@genexis_x is there any Quadro or FirePro ryzen 4th gen mobile workstation laptops on the horizon? or allready in sale. 

 

24 minutes ago, BadNewsBears00 said:

Yeah its a lot of 50+ part renders

what suite are you using?

[genexis_x]

24 minutes ago, GoldenLag said:

is there any Quadro or FirePro ryzen 4th gen mobile workstation laptops on the horizon?

no, and Ryzen 4000 will never appear in high end market

[GoldenLag]

5 minutes ago, genexis_x said:

no, and Ryzen 4000 will never appear in high end market

well thats a pitty. i can then stop looking for cheap 8 core laptops with expencive quadros in them. 

 

tho i assume you have some input on the question above. thanks for the info btw. 

[genexis_x]

4 hours ago, BadNewsBears00 said:

Dell Precision 5540 and a gen 2 Lenovo P1

go for Precision 7540/7550