Posted December 13, 2018 My current gaming rig is quickly approaching being obsolete (DDR3/R9 290X). I'm pondering doing a complete 360 in my setup. My Thoughts are to go with either a Razer Blade or one of MSI's offerings in the ultrabook category. I have a dual monitor setup at my home (To dock and play on my benQ!) and will be starting to travel more frequently. I don't expect to be breaking bench marking records but i'm confidant that these ultrabooks can handle playing CS:GO and Tomb Raider as well as newer titles. (Correct me if i'm wrong). Are there any glaringly obvious holes in going for this kind of setup? What else should I be considering? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Posted December 13, 2018 Author I used to take my switch with me but the game selection is a little lack luster IMO. I'd like to be able to play single player games when i'm out of the house. Seem like that the only time I get to play them. If im on my desktop it usually Comp FPS's Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted December 13, 2018 6 hours ago, ZeroDayGG said: Razer Blade No. Terrible quality and after sales support Location? Budget? Preferred max weight in kg/lbs and min battery life in hours? Desktop specs: Spoiler AMD Ryzen 5 5600 Thermalright Peerless Assassin 120 SE ARGB Gigabyte B550M DS3H mATX Asrock Challenger Pro OC Radeon RX 6700 XT Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (8Gx2) 3600MHz CL18 Kingston NV2 1TB PCIe 4.0 NVMe SSD Montech Century 850W Gold Tecware Nexus Air (Black) ATX Mid Tower Laptop: Lenovo Ideapad 5 Pro 16ACH6 Phone: Xiaomi Redmi Note 10 Pro 8+128 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted December 13, 2018 Author Location: Western United States Budget: ~$2000 Preferred Max Weight: ~4lbs I understood that Razer's Customer Service suck the big one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted December 14, 2018 11 hours ago, ZeroDayGG said: snip Any preference on battery life? Prefer Ultrabook/regular laptop or performance/gaming laptop? Can accept eGPU solution? Desktop specs: Spoiler AMD Ryzen 5 5600 Thermalright Peerless Assassin 120 SE ARGB Gigabyte B550M DS3H mATX Asrock Challenger Pro OC Radeon RX 6700 XT Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (8Gx2) 3600MHz CL18 Kingston NV2 1TB PCIe 4.0 NVMe SSD Montech Century 850W Gold Tecware Nexus Air (Black) ATX Mid Tower Laptop: Lenovo Ideapad 5 Pro 16ACH6 Phone: Xiaomi Redmi Note 10 Pro 8+128 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted December 14, 2018 Author 5 minutes ago, GeneXiS_X said: Any preference on battery life? Prefer Ultrabook/regular laptop or performance/gaming laptop? Can accept eGPU solution? I do like the lightness of the ultrabooks. Battery life isn't a huge issue as Im generally able to plug in where im going but ~5 hours wouldn't hurt. I'm willing to accept eGPU as an option as I was looking at those as a way to keep the laptop current into the future and upgrade towards the 20xx series in the future. I'd like to be able to play newer titles on the go (Rise of the Tomb Raider, Metro, Hitman, etc) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted December 14, 2018 14 minutes ago, ZeroDayGG said: I'm willing to accept eGPU as an option as I was looking at those as a way to keep the laptop current into the future and upgrade towards the 20xx series in the future. I'd like to be able to play newer titles on the go (Rise of the Tomb Raider, Metro, Hitman, etc) eGPU will not suitable for outdoor use, just keep that in mind If you want a more powerful CPU (non ULV), can get something like XPS 15 iGPU model and pair it with eGPU via x4 PCIe lanes TB3 Desktop specs: Spoiler AMD Ryzen 5 5600 Thermalright Peerless Assassin 120 SE ARGB Gigabyte B550M DS3H mATX Asrock Challenger Pro OC Radeon RX 6700 XT Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (8Gx2) 3600MHz CL18 Kingston NV2 1TB PCIe 4.0 NVMe SSD Montech Century 850W Gold Tecware Nexus Air (Black) ATX Mid Tower Laptop: Lenovo Ideapad 5 Pro 16ACH6 Phone: Xiaomi Redmi Note 10 Pro 8+128 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted December 15, 2018 Author Thanks a bunch for the recommends. Ill be checking out some of the Dell XPS. Any recommendations as far as eGPU goes? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted December 15, 2018 6 hours ago, ZeroDayGG said: Any recommendations as far as eGPU goes? If you don't mind ULV CPU, Yoga 730 13 and Ideapad 720s 13 Intel are good budget choices for eGPU setup Desktop specs: Spoiler AMD Ryzen 5 5600 Thermalright Peerless Assassin 120 SE ARGB Gigabyte B550M DS3H mATX Asrock Challenger Pro OC Radeon RX 6700 XT Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (8Gx2) 3600MHz CL18 Kingston NV2 1TB PCIe 4.0 NVMe SSD Montech Century 850W Gold Tecware Nexus Air (Black) ATX Mid Tower Laptop: Lenovo Ideapad 5 Pro 16ACH6 Phone: Xiaomi Redmi Note 10 Pro 8+128 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted December 16, 2018 Author On 12/15/2018 at 6:32 AM, GeneXiS_X said: snip I like the ideapads gonna have to put those on my research roundup excel sheet. What about as far as the eGPU enclosure goes? The only one i've had any exposure to is the Core v2 that a friend has and Im not about to shell out $500 for a metal box. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted December 17, 2018 3 hours ago, ZeroDayGG said: What about as far as the eGPU enclosure goes? The only one i've had any exposure to is the Core v2 that a friend has and Im not about to shell out $500 for a metal box. Get Aorus box Desktop specs: Spoiler AMD Ryzen 5 5600 Thermalright Peerless Assassin 120 SE ARGB Gigabyte B550M DS3H mATX Asrock Challenger Pro OC Radeon RX 6700 XT Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (8Gx2) 3600MHz CL18 Kingston NV2 1TB PCIe 4.0 NVMe SSD Montech Century 850W Gold Tecware Nexus Air (Black) ATX Mid Tower Laptop: Lenovo Ideapad 5 Pro 16ACH6 Phone: Xiaomi Redmi Note 10 Pro 8+128 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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