Upgrade? or Buy a new Laptop?

[Mr. Renderboi]

Hi! 

 

I am currently an architecture student and I almost wasn't able to submit my final requirement due to my laptop) not rendering landscape scenes. After that dilemma, I am thinking if I should just upgrade my components or buy a new one. I usually use SketchUp and Vray for my rendering. 

 

Hoping other 3d Rendering enthusiasts or other architecture majors can help me decide my next step. 

 

My current setup is the HP Omen (Early 2017 Model) (Model # 1DE92PA#UUF):

 

CPU: Intel i7 7700HQ

GPU: GTX 1050Ti

16 GB 2333mhz RAM 

and 128gb ssd + 1TB HDD.

 

Should I buy a new laptop? Or upgrade my Storage/RAM? If so, should I start on the RAM first? or my Storage? 

 

Thanks! 

[genexis_x]

How much you would like to spend on the new laptop?

[Mr. Renderboi]

Probably $1200-$1500

[genexis_x]

1 minute ago, Mr. Renderboi said:

Probably $1200-$1500

I don't think RAM and storage are the main issues (I might be wrong tho). Can you monitor CPU+GPU+RAM+storage usage with hwinfo64 while rendering? Just to confirm which part is bottlenecking

 

Where are you from? Any preferences on weight and battery life?

[Mr. Renderboi]

I did some poking around while i was rendering and turns out the RAM was the most used resource (95-98%) with the CPU only using about 60 at most. 

 

Im from the Philippines. Weight does not matter to me much, and i'd prefer a >4hrs battery life. 

[Mr. Renderboi]

I also would like to add that I experience lagging issues in the viewfinder especially when a lot of 3D assets are loaded, as well as loading times for the file takes long if it exceeds >300mb file size

[genexis_x]

1 minute ago, Mr. Renderboi said:

turns out the RAM was the most used resource (95-98%)

Then adding RAM might help

 

If possible try to borrow and add a RAM stick and see if the problem is still there

[Mr. Renderboi]

Its pretty tough finding a 16gb SO-DIMM stick here, so i'm hoping other fellow VRay users can input their thoughts here. 

[Mr. Renderboi]

I rendered the file and took a screenshot of the system info. Hope this helps

[Kilrah]

RAM seems to be the main issue indeed. Would need to see while doing other operations you find slow such as loading big files whether it's the CPU, SSD or memory being the limit there.