Need help/advice on which laptop to buy.

[Lucifer02]

So I'm gonna move for university and will be doing CS as my major. Also I'm a casual gamer, I've always had the dream of having dual monitors and all so needless to say I'll be doing that, but I want a nice sleek laptop which has pretty good specs. I've shortlisted a few below please do feel free to add any suggestions on if I should get any other laptop, or not get any of the laptops from my options below (also please do give reasons). I will be buying a external GPU so yes the laptop has to have a USB port c also choosing this eGPU is another day's work.

My maximum budget is $1400 but I would like to stay under it so I may buy some decent peripherals also I'd prefer a medium screen (15.6") can be bigger or smaller.

So these are my shortlists for now (in no particular order, numbering done so that it's easier to reference):

1. Lenovo Ideapad 33015.6" HD TouchScreen, 8th Gen Intel® Core™ i7-8550U Processor, 8GB DDR4 RAM, 128GB SSD, Intel HD Graphics 620- ($1000)
2. Lenovo Laptop IdeaPad 530s 81EU000JUS Intel Core i7 8th Gen 8550U (1.80 GHz) 8 GB Memory 256 GB SSD NVIDIA GeForce MX150 14.0- ($1475)
3. ASUS ZenBook 13 UX331UA-DS71 Ultra-Slim Laptop 13.3" Full HD WideView Display, 8th Gen Intel Core i7-8550U Processor, 8 GB LPDDR3, 256 GB SSD ($1100)
4. ASUS VivoBook S Intel Core i5-8250U Processor, 8 GB DDR4 RAM, 256 GB SSD
5. ASUS S510UN-EH76 VivoBook S 15.6" Full HD Laptop, Intel Core i7-8550U, NVIDIA GeForce MX150, 8GB RAM, 256GB SSD + 1TB HDD ($900)
6. ASUS VivoBook Pro Thin & Light Laptop, 17.3" Full HD, Intel i7-8550U, 16GB DDR4 RAM, 256GB M.2 SSD + 1TB HDD, GeForce GTX 1050 4GB ($920)
7. ASUS ZenBook Ultra-Slim Laptop - 14” FHD IPS WideView Display, Intel Core i7-8550U CPU, 8GB DDR4, 128GB SSD + 1TB HDD, ($1200)
8. ASUS ZenBook UX430UN UltraBook Laptop: 14" Matte NanoEdge FHD (1920x1080), 8th Gen Intel Core i7-8550U, 512GB SSD, 16GB RAM, NVIDIA MX150 Graphics ($1050)
9. ASUS ZenBook 13 UX331UA Ultra-Slim Laptop 13.3” Full HD WideView display, 8th gen Intel Core i7-8550U Processor, 8GB LPDDR3, 256GB SSD ($880)
10. ASUS ZenBook 14 Thin and Light Laptop - 14”Full HD WideView, 8th gen Core i7-8550U Processor, 16GB DDR3, 512GB SSD ($1300)
11. ASUS N580VD-DB74T VivoBook Pro 15 FHD Touchscreen Laptop, Intel Core i7, NVIDIA GeForce Gaming GTX 1050 4GB, 16GB RAM, 512GB SSD, backlit keyboard ($1040)

[genexis_x]

2 hours ago, Lucifer02 said:

I will be buying a external GPU so yes the laptop has to have a USB port c

USB C doesn't mean that it has Thunderbolt which is used for eGPU

 

Any preference on weight and battery life? Mind low sRGB display and non-upgradable RAM?

[Lucifer02]

6 hours ago, GeneXiS_X said:

USB C doesn't mean that it has Thunderbolt which is used for eGPU

 

Any preference on weight and battery life? Mind low sRGB display and non-upgradable RAM?

light weight and mid-level (6-8hours) battery life.  Idm about the display much but uprgradable RAM would be nice

[genexis_x]

7 minutes ago, Lucifer02 said:

light weight

maximum kg/lbs you can accept?

7 minutes ago, Lucifer02 said:

uprgradable RAM would be nice

fine with non-upgradable too?

[Lucifer02]

On 3/10/2019 at 10:11 PM, GeneXiS_X said:

maximum kg/lbs you can accept?

fine with non-upgradable too?

no hard and fast rule with weight, I'm fine with anything that isn't a brick mostly but I'd prefer a lighter more elegant laptop (approx 2kgs). Also yeah non-upgrade-able works for me too.

[Andrew.Phourcheu]

On 3/10/2019 at 3:56 AM, Lucifer02 said:

So I'm gonna move for university and will be doing CS as my major. Also I'm a casual gamer, I've always had the dream of having dual monitors and all so needless to say I'll be doing that, but I want a nice sleek laptop which has pretty good specs. I've shortlisted a few below please do feel free to add any suggestions on if I should get any other laptop, or not get any of the laptops from my options below (also please do give reasons). I will be buying a external GPU so yes the laptop has to have a USB port c also choosing this eGPU is another day's work.

My maximum budget is $1400 but I would like to stay under it so I may buy some decent peripherals also I'd prefer a medium screen (15.6") can be bigger or smaller.

So these are my shortlists for now (in no particular order, numbering done so that it's easier to reference):

1. Lenovo Ideapad 33015.6" HD TouchScreen, 8th Gen Intel® Core™ i7-8550U Processor, 8GB DDR4 RAM, 128GB SSD, Intel HD Graphics 620- ($1000)
2. Lenovo Laptop IdeaPad 530s 81EU000JUS Intel Core i7 8th Gen 8550U (1.80 GHz) 8 GB Memory 256 GB SSD NVIDIA GeForce MX150 14.0- ($1475)
3. ASUS ZenBook 13 UX331UA-DS71 Ultra-Slim Laptop 13.3" Full HD WideView Display, 8th Gen Intel Core i7-8550U Processor, 8 GB LPDDR3, 256 GB SSD ($1100)
4. ASUS VivoBook S Intel Core i5-8250U Processor, 8 GB DDR4 RAM, 256 GB SSD
5. ASUS S510UN-EH76 VivoBook S 15.6" Full HD Laptop, Intel Core i7-8550U, NVIDIA GeForce MX150, 8GB RAM, 256GB SSD + 1TB HDD ($900)
6. ASUS VivoBook Pro Thin & Light Laptop, 17.3" Full HD, Intel i7-8550U, 16GB DDR4 RAM, 256GB M.2 SSD + 1TB HDD, GeForce GTX 1050 4GB ($920)
7. ASUS ZenBook Ultra-Slim Laptop - 14” FHD IPS WideView Display, Intel Core i7-8550U CPU, 8GB DDR4, 128GB SSD + 1TB HDD, ($1200)
8. ASUS ZenBook UX430UN UltraBook Laptop: 14" Matte NanoEdge FHD (1920x1080), 8th Gen Intel Core i7-8550U, 512GB SSD, 16GB RAM, NVIDIA MX150 Graphics ($1050)
9. ASUS ZenBook 13 UX331UA Ultra-Slim Laptop 13.3” Full HD WideView display, 8th gen Intel Core i7-8550U Processor, 8GB LPDDR3, 256GB SSD ($880)
10. ASUS ZenBook 14 Thin and Light Laptop - 14”Full HD WideView, 8th gen Core i7-8550U Processor, 16GB DDR3, 512GB SSD ($1300)
11. ASUS N580VD-DB74T VivoBook Pro 15 FHD Touchscreen Laptop, Intel Core i7, NVIDIA GeForce Gaming GTX 1050 4GB, 16GB RAM, 512GB SSD, backlit keyboard ($1040)

hey, if you don’t mind using Used Product then you can check this out. You will need an eGPU if you want to game in it.

 

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Razer-Blade-Stealth-13-3-QHD-Touch-Screen-Laptop-Core-i7-16GB-Memory-512GB/202621161412?_trkparms=aid%3D111001%26algo%3DREC.SEED%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D56829%26meid%3D8d6e66fc2cf54ee0a122ae59303475a2%26pid%3D100675%26rk%3D1%26rkt%3D15%26sd%3D202621161412%26itm%3D202621161412&_trksid=p2481888.c100675.m4236&_trkparms=pageci%3Ac3bdb2f8-4609-11e9-a94a-74dbd180b427|parentrq%3A7a41f38b1690aa48ecf5ef13fff6717a|iid%3A1

[genexis_x]

Dell XPS 15 9570 iGPU - upgradable RAM

HP Spectre x360 13-ap0008ca

Lenovo Yoga 730 13 81CT001TUS / customize (16GB)

Lenovo Ideapad 730s 13 81JB0007US / 81JB0008US - no USB A

Lenovo Ideapad 720s 13 81BV002EUS with UHD panel