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So I am a student who attends boarding school and I am in a need of a pc upgrade. I spend good amounts of time at home and back at school etc. I have been reviewing several options for me. Also note I have a moniter, 27'' curved.

 

Option 1:

Alienware 15 R3 Option 3 with 16gig ram, gtx 1070, 1280 ssd, 1tb hdd,  i7-7700HQ  $1,799

 

Option 2:

ZOTAC ZBOX 

6th Gen Intel Skylake Core i5-6400T Quad-Core Processor (2.2GHz, up to 2.8 GHz)

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 graphics card (8GB GDDR5 256-bit)

120G SSD, 1TB HDD, 8GB RAM, Win 10

$1,490

Link: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01M4M35PI/ref=twister_B01MXK69OP?th=1

 

Option 3:

My own build

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/YvTcbj

 

Option 4:

I buid my computer for the $1200, but also pickup this laptop (Second Option) for school: 

http://www.dell.com/en-us/shop/productdetails/inspiron-15-7567-laptop

 

Let me know what you think I should do. Thanks!

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Is portability very important for you?

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2 minutes ago, DocSwag said:

Is portability very important for you?

To some extent, the school is a hour and a half drive away from home but not enough for it to have a massive impact on my choice 

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3 minutes ago, D3faulT said:

To some extent, the school is a hour and a half drive away from home but not enough for it to have a massive impact on my choice 

In that case a desktop would probably be your best bet.

 

Though you might want to look into a case like the Fractal Design Node 202 since it is pretty small and portable so that when you take the drive home it's easier to carry around and stuff.

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Surface book 2 13" with an i7 8650u, 8gb RAM, 256 GB storage, and a GTX 1050

And if you're curious (or a stalker) I have a Just Black Pixel 2 XL 64gb

 

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16 minutes ago, D3faulT said:

So I am a student who attends boarding school and I am in a need of a pc upgrade. I spend good amounts of time at home and back at school etc. I have been reviewing several options for me. Also note I have a moniter, 27'' curved.

 

Option 1:

Alienware 15 R3 Option 3 with 16gig ram, gtx 1070, 1280 ssd, 1tb hdd,  i7-7700HQ  $1,799

 

Option 2:

ZOTAC ZBOX 

6th Gen Intel Skylake Core i5-6400T Quad-Core Processor (2.2GHz, up to 2.8 GHz)

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 graphics card (8GB GDDR5 256-bit)

120G SSD, 1TB HDD, 8GB RAM, Win 10

$1,490

Link: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01M4M35PI/ref=twister_B01MXK69OP?th=1

 

Option 3:

My own build

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/YvTcbj

 

Option 4:

I buid my computer for the $1200, but also pickup this laptop (Second Option) for school: 

http://www.dell.com/en-us/shop/productdetails/inspiron-15-7567-laptop

 

Let me know what you think I should do. Thanks!

option 4. DEFINITELY.

 

i'm looking to buy that laptop too but not released in UK yet :(

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You might consider a highly portable mini-ITX unit.

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-7700 3.6GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($309.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
CPU Cooler: CRYORIG C7 40.5 CFM CPU Cooler  ($29.99 @ Newegg Marketplace) 
Motherboard: ASRock H270M-ITX/ac Mini ITX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($110.98 @ Newegg) 
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (1 x 16GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  ($94.99 @ Jet) 
Storage: Crucial MX300 1.1TB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($244.99 @ Jet) 
Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1070 8GB Mini ITX OC Video Card  ($383.89 @ SuperBiiz) 
Case: Lian-Li PC-TU100B Mini ITX Tower Case  ($96.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Power Supply: Corsair SF 450W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular SFX Power Supply  ($89.99 @ Corsair) 
Total: $1361.81
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20 minutes ago, D3faulT said:

 

Just get a laptop with a 1060 or RX 470 in it

otherwise, why not an ITX PC?

I edit my posts a lot, Twitter is @LordStreetguru just don't ask PC questions there mostly...
 

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What is your budget/country for your new PC?

 

what monitor resolution/refresh rate?

 

What games or other software do you need to run?

 

 

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11 hours ago, Streetguru said:

Just get a laptop with a 1060 or RX 470 in it

otherwise, why not an ITX PC?

Thats what I might do, but still in consideration

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