Razer blade for college student?

[jman116]

I'm going to be an electric/computer engineering freshman this fall and I am thinking about getting a Razer blade or stealth for class use and for gaming. I have a 4k freesync monitor and a loose RX 480 that I could throw in a eGPU if I wanted. I will probably be doing some rendering and lots of programming, as well as CAD. I think I'd like a built in dedicated Nvidia gpu for some tensorflow work. 

[Firewrath9]

Honestly, if you are going to use a eGPU, don't get a razer blade. however, their razer blade 15 w/ 1070 max-q is pretty good, albeit expensive.

[LogicWeasel]

Could just do a nice cheap laptop for classwork (maybe a surface go?) and build a decent desktop for rendering, CAD, tensorflow, and gaming.  Best of both.

[RobbinM]

Just now, LogicWeasel said:

Could just do a nice cheap laptop for classwork (maybe a surface go?) and build a decent desktop for rendering, CAD, tensorflow, and gaming.  Best of both.

Couldn't agree more.

Wish I didn't play games so much at school.

[jman116]

1 hour ago, LogicWeasel said:

Could just do a nice cheap laptop for classwork (maybe a surface go?) and build a decent desktop for rendering, CAD, tensorflow, and gaming.  Best of both.

I had wanted to stay away from having both a desktop and a laptop. But at the same time, I do want a flashy RGB PC with cool AIOs. 

[roarkitect]

What kind of rendering and cad will you be doing?

 

I'm in architecture and render all the time, VR, etc. I have a custom built desktop and Blade 15 with the 2080 (just got it a few days ago).

I think I can get behind an eGPU. CPU might hold you back depending on your software. I use Autodesk Revit a lot and CPU is pretty important. I use a Surface Book 2 at my office job and it has no problems however. But it all depends on what you're doing.

 

FWIW I really like my Blade. Kinda wish I had the 4K screen but the refresh is also nice. So it's a toss up. Will probably get the next Razer Blade Pro whenever they update it.

[ahuckphin]

I've heard too many reliabilty issues with Razer laptops until the point where even without hands on experience, I don't recommend them. 

 

Below is a screen grab from Linus' video on their problems with their Blade's

Edited February 19, 2019 by bindydad123
Swapped original image for clearer version

[genexis_x]

6 hours ago, jman116 said:

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Prefer eGPU solution or built in dGPU?

 

Where are you from? Budget? Any preference on weight and battery life?

[zhubaohi]

From my personal experience, CAD and programming in the first two years can be easily handled by any ultrabook. Anything that cannot be handled can be done in the computer lab.

[jman116]

On 2/19/2019 at 2:23 AM, GeneXiS_X said:

Prefer eGPU solution or built in dGPU?

 

Where are you from? Budget? Any preference on weight and battery life?

I'd rather a dGPU, but since I have an RX 480, an eGPU kinda makes sense. Budget is like USD$1100 . From Nebraska. Weight doesn't matter to me, and I'd like a decent battery life.

Additionally, I'm thinking about making just a beast gaming rig to handle my everything that I need, and just get a lenovo laptop on the side.

[genexis_x]

8 hours ago, jman116 said:

decent battery life

min how many hours?

[jman116]

On 2/21/2019 at 3:44 AM, GeneXiS_X said:

min how many hours?

Probably 3.

[genexis_x]

Your budget is too low for eGPU setup

 

Since weight doesn't matter to you and you prefer min 3 hours of battery life, gaming laptop is an option

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