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Yet another laptop need

I'm looking for a thin and light laptop for no more than $900 USD. Criteria below rated from highest to lowest:

  • Thin Bezel
  • Some form of SSD
  • 8GB of RAM 
  • Decent battery life
  • Metal/Premium feel

Some of the things I would like to have but not necessary are:

  • Touch ID
  • Dedicated Graphics (purely for comfort, not critical at all)
  • 2 in 1 ?

Thanks in advance for all comments.

CPU: Intel I5-7500 

CPU Cooler: Cooler Master ML240

Motherboard: ASRock B250M PRO 4

Memory: 16GB Patriot Viper Elite

Gpu: Asus Dual 1060 3GB

Storage: Corsair 120GB M.2 NVME

500GB Samsung 860 EVO

1TB WD Blue

Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+Bronze

Case: Phanteks P350X

Monitors: HP Omen 25in 144hz

and some 25in Acer

Keyboard: Corsair K70 LUX RGB

Mouse: Corsair M65 Pro

Headphones= VModa Crossfade Wireless(but used wired)

Speakers: Some janky speakers I jerry-rigged

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Where are you from? Usage? Mind non-upgradable RAM? Mind low sRGB display? Preferred max weight in kg/lbs and min battery life in hours?

Desktop specs:

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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

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8 hours ago, GeneXiS_X said:

Where are you from? Usage? Mind non-upgradable RAM? Mind low sRGB display? Preferred max weight in kg/lbs and min battery life in hours?

United States, basic college note taking and light cpu work, non-upgradeable RAM is fine as long as it has at least 8gb, screen is fine as long as it doesn't look crappy, weight can be anything but as light as you can get, at least 8 hours of battery cause I can plug it in sometimes throughout the day.

CPU: Intel I5-7500 

CPU Cooler: Cooler Master ML240

Motherboard: ASRock B250M PRO 4

Memory: 16GB Patriot Viper Elite

Gpu: Asus Dual 1060 3GB

Storage: Corsair 120GB M.2 NVME

500GB Samsung 860 EVO

1TB WD Blue

Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+Bronze

Case: Phanteks P350X

Monitors: HP Omen 25in 144hz

and some 25in Acer

Keyboard: Corsair K70 LUX RGB

Mouse: Corsair M65 Pro

Headphones= VModa Crossfade Wireless(but used wired)

Speakers: Some janky speakers I jerry-rigged

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Below 1.5kg:

^Lenovo Thinkpad L390 Yoga 20NT000JUS

^Lenovo Thinkpad L380 Yoga customize - manual SSD upgrade

Lenovo Thinkpad L390 customize / L380 customize

 

*^Asus UX391UA (from Asus store)

*^Lenovo Yoga 730 13 customize / Yoga 720 13

*^Asus UX461UA 799

*^HP Envy 13t customize

*^Acer Spin 5 13 SP513-52N-552K/52PL / SP513-53N-56CR

*^Asus UX331UA 856

Lenovo Ideapad 530s 14 81EU0008US

Acer Swift 3 SF314-54-54VT/524Y +SSD / SF314-54-56L8/53BQ

 

1.5-2kg:

Lenovo Thinkpad T480/T580/P52s customize - battery upgrade (will add weight), manual SSD upgrade, default low sRGB FHD IPS display

Lenovo Thinkpad L480 customize (manual SSD upgrade) / L580 20LW000MUS

Acer TravelMate X3410-M

Lenovo Thinkpad E480/E490/E590 customize (manual SSD upgrade) / E580 20KSS0MV00

 

^Lenovo Yoga 730 15 iGPU customize

Acer Swift 3 SF315-52-52YN/51NV +SSD / SF315-52-81HD/88A4

Lenovo Ideapad 530s 15 81EV009UUS - might have 7 hrs battery life, requires tweaking

HP Pavilion x360 15-cr0091ms +HDD

HP Pavilion 15t customize ($649) - might have 7 hrs battery life, requires tweaking

Acer Aspire 5 A515-52-50G0 / A515-52-5109

 

*non-upgradable RAM

^high sRGB display

 

All with KBL-R / WHL ULV i5 (i7 not worth it)

Desktop specs:

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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

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On 2/16/2019 at 9:26 AM, GeneXiS_X said:

^Lenovo Yoga 730 15 iGPU customize

Thanks for the recommendation but I actually already bought the Lenovo yoga 730 I7, from Best buy it was on sale for $730 USD.(it ended up being about the same price as the i5)

Thanks again!

CPU: Intel I5-7500 

CPU Cooler: Cooler Master ML240

Motherboard: ASRock B250M PRO 4

Memory: 16GB Patriot Viper Elite

Gpu: Asus Dual 1060 3GB

Storage: Corsair 120GB M.2 NVME

500GB Samsung 860 EVO

1TB WD Blue

Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+Bronze

Case: Phanteks P350X

Monitors: HP Omen 25in 144hz

and some 25in Acer

Keyboard: Corsair K70 LUX RGB

Mouse: Corsair M65 Pro

Headphones= VModa Crossfade Wireless(but used wired)

Speakers: Some janky speakers I jerry-rigged

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