Laptop for music production

[AronSC]

Hi, 

 

I'm a music producer and in need of a new laptop as my old one is starting to struggle with some more complex projects, I don't have the biggest budget though (about a thousand euro). My requirements are the following, it must be able to handle heavy VST synthesizers, render speed isn't extremely important, a dedicated graphics card is also a plus as I do like to do some simple gaming (my current gtx 850m is still good enough for basicly everything so no need to go overboard) , storage must be over 500 gb preferably (ssd would be nice but not a must), at least 8gb of ram (16 would be nice though). Oh and the design shouldn't resemble a spaceship (so no over the top rgb etc.) and just be clean and professional.

 

Specs of my current laptop:

 

- i7-4710HQ

- GTX 850M

- 8GB ram

 

What would you guys recommend?

[BobVonBob]

The Acer Aspire 7 and Dell G3 are two laptops with powerful configs around your price range that aren't super flashy. You could also take a look at the ASUS VivoBook Pro or VivoBook K570UD. 

[SupaKomputa]

Why not build a PC, i see your laptop still great, it could be used on the go, for small edit.

 

[Super Spartan]

3 hours ago, AronSC said:

Hi, 

 

I'm a music producer and in need of a new laptop as my old one is starting to struggle with some more complex projects, I don't have the biggest budget though (about a thousand euro). My requirements are the following, it must be able to handle heavy VST synthesizers, render speed isn't extremely important, a dedicated graphics card is also a plus as I do like to do some simple gaming (my current gtx 850m is still good enough for basicly everything so no need to go overboard) , storage must be over 500 gb preferably (ssd would be nice but not a must), at least 8gb of ram (16 would be nice though). Oh and the design shouldn't resemble a spaceship (so no over the top rgb etc.) and just be clean and professional.

 

Specs of my current laptop:

 

- i7-4710HQ

- GTX 850M

- 8GB ram

 

What would you guys recommend?

Take a look at these two MSI laptops, they are the best bang for the buck right now

 

15 inch:

Custom Built MSI GP63 Leopard 8RE-602 15.6" w/ nVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060

 

17 inch:

 

Custom Built MSI GP73 Leopard 8RE-609 17.3" w/ nVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060

[Masterkrieg]

8 hours ago, AronSC said:

Hi, 

 

I'm a music producer and in need of a new laptop as my old one is starting to struggle with some more complex projects, I don't have the biggest budget though (about a thousand euro). My requirements are the following, it must be able to handle heavy VST synthesizers, render speed isn't extremely important, a dedicated graphics card is also a plus as I do like to do some simple gaming (my current gtx 850m is still good enough for basicly everything so no need to go overboard) , storage must be over 500 gb preferably (ssd would be nice but not a must), at least 8gb of ram (16 would be nice though). Oh and the design shouldn't resemble a spaceship (so no over the top rgb etc.) and just be clean and professional.

 

Specs of my current laptop:

 

- i7-4710HQ

- GTX 850M

- 8GB ram

 

What would you guys recommend?

If it was me i would buy an ssd and download Windows 10 all new and try that if that doesn't make a difference then id build a desktop

[genexis_x]

16 hours ago, BobVonBob said:

The Acer Aspire 7 and Dell G3 are two laptops with powerful configs around your price range that aren't super flashy. You could also take a look at the ASUS VivoBook Pro or VivoBook K570UD. 

All have major issues

17 hours ago, AronSC said:

What would you guys recommend?

Location? Budget? Any preference on weight and battery life?

[AronSC]

5 hours ago, GeneXiS_X said:

All have major issues

Location? Budget? Any preference on weight and battery life?

What sort of issues are we talking about?

 

Location is the Netherlands, budget is around a thousand euros (1100 max). Battery life isn't important to me, weight doesnt bother me too much either.

[genexis_x]

30 minutes ago, AronSC said:

What sort of issues are we talking about?

build quality / cooling

30 minutes ago, AronSC said:

Location is the Netherlands

Any links of online stores?

[AronSC]

15 minutes ago, GeneXiS_X said:

build quality / cooling

Any links of online stores?

https://www.bol.com/nl/l/laptops/N/4770+32606/?promo=laptops_305_type-besturingssysteem_4_alle-laptops

https://www.coolblue.nl/laptops

https://www.mediamarkt.nl/nl/category/_laptops-482723.html

[genexis_x]

TongFang GK7CN6S from BTO

TongFang GK5CN5Z/6Z from SKIKK, laptopparts4less, XNB, BTO

TongFang GJ5CN6E from SKIKK, laptopparts4less, XNB - low sRGB IPS

TongFang GI5CN5E from SKIKK, laptopparts4less, XNB - low sRGB IPS

Clevo NB50TK1 (or this)

Lenovo Legion Y530 - some variants have low sRGB IPS