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Dumb question BUT which new laptop to get?

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Hey guys, quick question for you:

 

I'm moving overseas in a couple months and will need a new laptop/PC. I have a desktop now, it's great for what I need and just got a GTX 980 and better cooling etc. But it can't come with me so it's back to laptops for now.

 

The last one I had was a pre-touchbar MacBook pro, which I loved. Best build, track pad, etc of anything at the time but I'd like to at least try to game.

 

My ideal laptop would be a surface laptop, great design, battery life and anything other than a 3:2 screen is a big no for me these days on a laptop.

But no USB-C!

 

Whats out there that will give me the build, design and overall niceness of the surface but with some type c for that egpu fun? 

Budget isn't really an issue, work can pay for it so looking around maybe £1-2,000 

Laptop: Asus GA502DU

RAM: 16GB DDR4 | CPU: Ryzen 3750H | GPU: GTX 1660ti

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8 minutes ago, Rangaman42 said:

I have a desktop now, it's great for what I need and just got a GTX 980 and better cooling etc.

you could easily find some gtx1060 non max-q laptops for cheap and comparable perf as gtx980, under $1000(usd) pairing with a 1080p 60hz monitor or even external monitor would give you a very similar/ enjoyable gaming setup

 

note that you need a external desktop psu / egpu dock and your current gpu which is very bulky...

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17 minutes ago, Rangaman42 said:

nything other than a 3:2 screen is a big no for me

great now you filtered out everything else

CPU: i7-2600K 4751MHz 1.44V (software) --> 1.47V at the back of the socket Motherboard: Asrock Z77 Extreme4 (BCLK: 103.3MHz) CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D15 RAM: Adata XPG 2x8GB DDR3 (XMP: 2133MHz 10-11-11-30 CR2, custom: 2203MHz 10-11-10-26 CR1 tRFC:230 tREFI:14000) GPU: Asus GTX 1070 Dual (Super Jetstream vbios, +70(2025-2088MHz)/+400(8.8Gbps)) SSD: Samsung 840 Pro 256GB (main boot drive), Transcend SSD370 128GB PSU: Seasonic X-660 80+ Gold Case: Antec P110 Silent, 5 intakes 1 exhaust Monitor: AOC G2460PF 1080p 144Hz (150Hz max w/ DP, 121Hz max w/ HDMI) TN panel Keyboard: Logitech G610 Orion (Cherry MX Blue) with SteelSeries Apex M260 keycaps Mouse: BenQ Zowie FK1

 

Model: HP Omen 17 17-an110ca CPU: i7-8750H (0.125V core & cache, 50mV SA undervolt) GPU: GTX 1060 6GB Mobile (+80/+450, 1650MHz~1750MHz 0.78V~0.85V) RAM: 8+8GB DDR4-2400 18-17-17-39 2T Storage: HP EX920 1TB PCIe x4 M.2 SSD + Crucial MX500 1TB 2.5" SATA SSD, 128GB Toshiba PCIe x2 M.2 SSD (KBG30ZMV128G) gone cooking externally, 1TB Seagate 7200RPM 2.5" HDD (ST1000LM049-2GH172) left outside Monitor: 1080p 126Hz IPS G-sync

 

Desktop benching:

Cinebench R15 Single thread:168 Multi-thread: 833 

SuperPi (v1.5 from Techpowerup, PI value output) 16K: 0.100s 1M: 8.255s 32M: 7m 45.93s

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39 minutes ago, Rangaman42 said:

The last one I had was a pre-touchbar MacBook pro, which I loved. Best build, track pad, etc of anything at the time but I'd like to at least try to game.

Huawei Matebook X Pro. 

 

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Huawei-Matebook-PRO-13-89-Inch-Laptop/dp/B07KCJGGW3/ref=sr_1_3?keywords=huawei+matebook+x+pro&qid=1558429623&s=gateway&sr=8-3

 

eGPU fun, has mx 150 for some graphics capability. 

 

 

its a better Macbook. slightly worse trackpad, better at everything else. 

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23 minutes ago, Jurrunio said:

great now you filtered out everything else

havent filtered out the Matebooks. 

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