Looking for a laptop to run Solidworks

[ion529]

Hey guys i'm looking for a laptop for my friend who is studying engineering with me. She doesn't game or anything so this laptop is specifically for college and running Solidworks. I myself enjoy the occasional minecraft session so on recommendation from others on the forum I picked up the Asus ROG Zephyrus GA502 which I'm really pleased with so I was hoping I could get some more recommendations here.

 

Her budget is €750 and I don't think there is much leeway with that unfortunately. I suppose the main thing she's looking for is something that isn't too bulky (doesn't have to be super thin, the GA502 is a nice size), has a decent size battery (at least 8 hours just surfing the web, taking notes etc. (She doesn't want to lug around the charger with her)) and most importantly can run Solidworks. So 16GB of RAM would be ideal and an SSD would be a requirement.

 

I don't really know a huge amount about it but all the workstations I've used that are built for Solidworks generally don't have dedicated graphics so I assume the same applies here. Other than that please hit me up with some suggestions, I really don't know much about the laptop market!

 

Thank you guys in advance for your help!

[Faisal A]

For solidworks, a nvidia quadron dedicated GPU is needed. You can combine it with a xeon for workstations, but i am not sure about laptops. 

It will probably be better if you get a workstation

[5x5]

Male sure you grab a machine with excellent cooling otherwise you'll have a bad time with extreme loads like solidworks

[ion529]

10 minutes ago, Faisal A said:

For solidworks, a nvidia quadron dedicated GPU is needed. You can combine it with a xeon for workstations, but i am not sure about laptops. 

It will probably be better if you get a workstation

Were not doing to be doing any simulations or anything, it is purely just for the design aspect, anything that requires serious power can be sent to the college computers. The only thing we'll be doing on the laptop is just drawing and manipulating bodies. Sorry, I should have specified that in the original post. For example my GA502 does all of that stuff perfectly well, but if I wanted to anything more I would send it to my workstation.

[19_blackie_73]

Use cad myself, also solidworks, and even a basic i3 with integrated graphic gets the job done for simple stuff. My recommendation is some sort of thinkpad, many times theres some sort of student discount

[AndrewB121]

Used my old laptop for solidworks, it doesn't require much horsepower. Look for something with a ryzen 5/i5 and a simple dedicated gpu such as an mx150 or gtx 1650.