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yea thats a fairly nice laptop for the price and has wifi 5 for super fast wifi and anti dust fans being military spec

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So im actually Playing game on my Mac BookPro (mid 2014) 2.5GHz i7/16go Ram ddr3/GEforceGt 750M. and im looking to upgrade it because the only game i play wont be supported anymore on Mac soon (Guild Wars2). so my question is should i buy a gaming pc and or build my self one. I dont have any experience at building pc so i need help especially for the spec of the pc. I would really like if it was able to run GW2 at 60 fps and not my usual 30. I would better like a Laptop over a Tower because im on the move a lot.

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12 minutes ago, Wallmage said:

I would better like a Laptop over a Tower because im on the move a lot.

can't build a laptop unfortunately, you have to buy those prebuilt.

 

I WILL find your ITX build thread, and I WILL recommend the SIlverstone Sugo SG13B

 

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i7 8086k - EVGA Z370 Classified K - G.Skill Trident Z RGB - WD SN750 - Jedi Order Titan Xp - Hyper 212 Black (with RGB Riing flair) - EVGA G3 650W - dual booting Windows 10 and Linux - Black and green theme, Razer brainwashed me.

Draws 400 watts under max load, for reference.

 

How many watts do I need? ATX 3.0 & PCIe 5.0 spec, PSU misconceptions, protections explained, group reg is bad

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26 minutes ago, Wallmage said:

So im actually Playing game on my Mac BookPro (mid 2014) 2.5GHz i7/16go Ram ddr3/GEforceGt 750M. and im looking to upgrade it because the only game i play wont be supported anymore on Mac soon (Guild Wars2). so my question is should i buy a gaming pc and or build my self one. I dont have any experience at building pc so i need help especially for the spec of the pc. I would really like if it was able to run GW2 at 60 fps and not my usual 30. I would better like a Laptop over a Tower because im on the move a lot.

by tower, you include mITX shoeboxes?

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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I personally prefer DIY towers

If you want to go down that route watch a LTT or ScatterVolt video, read up on GamersNexus, research it.

If not, I would get an NZXT BLD system, they just charge a flat 100 bucks build fee.

i7 6700k, GTX 1080, Crucial MX 300, Maximus VII Hero, WD Blue, 16 GB RAM

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Just now, Wallmage said:

So im actually Playing game on my Mac BookPro (mid 2014) 2.5GHz i7/16go Ram ddr3/GEforceGt 750M. and im looking to upgrade it because the only game i play wont be supported anymore on Mac soon (Guild Wars2). so my question is should i buy a gaming pc and or build my self one. I dont have any experience at building pc so i need help especially for the spec of the pc. I would really like if it was able to run GW2 at 60 fps and not my usual 30. I would better like a Laptop over a Tower because im on the move a lot.

what kind of budget are you trying to stay in because there are some realy nice options all around right now depending on the price range and what part of the globe your on so we can see what the local market is like. also what are your local electronics retailers if you have access to.

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24 minutes ago, jonrosalia said:

what kind of budget are you trying to stay in because there are some realy nice options all around right now depending on the price range and what part of the globe your on so we can see what the local market is like. also what are your local electronics retailers if you have access to.

im looking at a budget of 1500$. ive got acess to all major retail store since im in Canada. im looking at a ASUS 15.6"  Black (Intel Core i7-8750H(2.2Gz 6-core)/1TB SSHD/12GB RAM/NVIDIA GTX 1050) for 950$ only thing i dont know if it is worth it because its an open box and the spec  seems weak for the price 

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im looking at a budget of 1500$. ive got acess to all major retail store since im in Canada. im looking at a ASUS 15.6"  Black (Intel Core i7-8750H(2.2Gz 6-core)/1TB SSHD/12GB RAM/NVIDIA GTX 1050) for 950$ only thing i dont know if it is worth it because its an open box and the spec  seems weak for the price 

i would build a tower and keep using your mac on the go unless you do most of your gaming on the go. ryzen is a great option and bundle deals right now make building one very attractive with ram prices and everything where they are finally.  

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1 minute ago, jonrosalia said:

i would build a tower and keep using your mac on the go unless you do most of your gaming on the go. ryzen is a great option and bundle deals right now make building one very attractive with ram prices and everything where they are finally.  

i do most of my gaming on the go, i'm not at home for about 2/3 of the year so a laptop is the way to go. and my mac start to go i cant see the performance are not what they where 6 month ago, especially with te new OS Mojave, gaming is not that nice, i supposed i Cant upgrade my GPU on the mac its probably solder on to the MotherBoard

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i do most of my gaming on the go, i'm not at home for about 2/3 of the year so a laptop is the way to go. and my mac start to go i cant see the performance are not what they where 6 month ago, especially with te new OS Mojave, gaming is not that nice, i supposed i Cant upgrade my GPU on the mac its probably solder on to the MotherBoard

there is thunderbolt 2 Egpus but not recommended and kinda silly.

 

 what about something like this 

https://www.amazon.com/ASUS-IPS-Type-GeForce-Gigabit-TUF505DU-EB74/dp/B07QQB6DC1/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_product_top?ie=UTF8

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5 minutes ago, jonrosalia said:

there is thunderbolt 2 Egpus but not recommended and kinda silly.

 

 what about something like this 

https://www.amazon.com/ASUS-IPS-Type-GeForce-Gigabit-TUF505DU-EB74/dp/B07QQB6DC1/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_product_top?ie=UTF8

That laptop is a very good fit for me. an the EGPU is only an exernal Gpu that i plus into my laptop is it worth it because i could go with a GTX 1080ti or even an RTX card

 

 

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yea thats a fairly nice laptop for the price and has wifi 5 for super fast wifi and anti dust fans being military spec

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14 minutes ago, jonrosalia said:

yea thats a fairly nice laptop for the price and has wifi 5 for super fast wifi and anti dust fans being military spec

thank you buddy for the help very appreciated only thing is that the price was in USD 1099 so in CAD it is more like 1800$

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UPDATE:

I got myself a Asus GL504GS ROG Strix II rocking a I7-8750H 8th gen and a GTX 1070 8Go for about 1700$ and it a bomb to use so far way better than my macbook pro its a day and night difference in game 

 

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