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Looking for a solid laptop to use with an Egpu

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So I'll be going off to college soon and I've managed to accumulate a decent "new PC" budget of about 2000 dollars US. Because I'll be studying Computer science I want to have a solid laptop to do my work on. I think I may be best served by an Egpu as it would let me spend money on decent hardware once, and then add a GPU.

 

Do y'all have any suggestions on solid laptops to use with an Egpu? My only criterium is really that it has 16 GB of ram. 

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I hear the razer blade is one of the best laptop+egpu options.

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 2600X  |  Cooler: Cryorig H7  |  Motherboard: MSI B450 Mortar  |  Case: Fractal Design Meshify C Mini  |  RAM: Team Vulcan 16GB  3000MHz  |  GPU: EVGA 1070ti Gaming (Kraken G12 Watercooled) |  PSU: Corsair TXM650  |  Storage: Samsung 860 EVO 500GB + WD Blue M.2 500GB  |  Network Card: Asus PCE-AC56  |  Monitor: Acer Nitro VG270U  |  Audio: Sennheiser HD6XX + Schiit Fulla 2

 

Laptop:

Lenovo s540:  CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 3500U  |  RAM: 8GB DDR4 2666MHz  |  GPU: AMD Radeon Vega 8  |  Storage: 256GB NVME SSD

 

Other builds:

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Workstation 1:

CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 2700X  |  Cooler: NZXT Kraken X62 Rev 2  |  Motherboard: MSI X470 Gaming Pro  |  Case: Corsair Crystal 570X  |  RAM: Corsair Vengeance LPX 32GB 3200MHz  |  GPU: Nvidia Quadro P5000  |  PSU: Corsair TXM750  |  Storage 1: WD Green 120GB  |  Storage 2: WD Blue 1TB  |  Storage 3: Seagate Barracuda 4TB  |  Monitor: LG 27UD68

 

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For 2000 dollars you can get a decent PC and a seprate laptop

My life

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1 minute ago, Himommies said:

For 2000 dollars you can get a decent PC and a seprate laptop

I realize that, But I would really prefer the simplicity of one system. that ay I don't have to bother with any syncing issues, and can have all of my work environments with me (I will probably end up dual booting to use Unix based applications in Linux, so that's 4 potential work environments)

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12 hours ago, Bigpumkin said:

2000 dollars US

eGPU via TB3 will have performance bottleneck with higher end GPUs

 

Any preference on weight and battery life?

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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30 minutes ago, GeneXiS_X said:

eGPU via TB3 will have performance bottleneck with higher end GPUs

 

Any preference on weight and battery life?

I'd like a light laptop. Battery life is nice, but not necessary. The 2000$ are for laptop and GPU

 

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1 hour ago, Bigpumkin said:

I'd like a light laptop

Max weight in kg/lbs?

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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6 hours ago, GeneXiS_X said:

Max weight in kg/lbs?

~5 lbs. Lighter is better

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On 4/25/2019 at 4:37 AM, Bigpumkin said:

about 2000 dollars US

only criterium is really that it has 16 GB of ram

~5 lbs. Lighter is better

If you don't have particular preference on battery life, you can get gaming laptops under 5 lbs and under 2k so that you don't to worry about performance bottleneck (eGPU cost is also expensive). Is it OK?

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

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