I7 or i9

DAB33 · January 4, 2021

Hello there, I’m looking to buy a laptop for 4K video editing. I was recommended to buy, the legion 7i, with an 2.6 GHz Intel Core i7-10750H Six-Core
• 32GB DDR4 RAM | 1TB M.2 NVMe SSD
• 15.6" 1920 x 1080 240 Hz IPS Display
• NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Max-Q. Or should I go with the Asus pro art studiobook 15, with • 2.6 GHz Intel Core i7-9750H Six-Core
• 32GB DDR4 | 512GB NVMe + 512GB M.2 SSD
• 15.6" 3840 x 2160 UHD Anti-Glare Display
• NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 (6GB GDDR6, Or the 17” inch model. Which has a• 2.6 GHz Intel Core i7-9750H Six-Core
• 16GB of DDR4 RAM | 1TB SSD
• 17" 1920 x 1200 IPS Display
• NVIDIA Quadro RTX 3000 Max-Q. Or the i9 models of both of them. If you have any recommendations, please let me know. My budget is under $2500. Thank you!

richodude · January 4, 2021

i7 or i9 tells very little. the first number (or 2 sometimes) tells the generation with each better than the last. the last 3 numbers tell you its performance with higher numbers being better. This can get you a rough idea but I would look up benchmarks of different laptops to see which would best suit you.

The processor seems a bit weak to me especially for 4k footage.

thats a lot of ram but you might be using it. 16gb should be plenty though

ssd = good

240hz on a laptop? dont think your gonna be doing esports level gaming on it so unless you specifically want it its unnecessary

id go for something at least 9700 / 10700 or for amd 3700 / 5700

shop around for a bit more and tell me what you come up with. Also let me know if you need me to explain any of those number it can be kind of confusing at first

richodude · January 4, 2021

3 minutes ago, richodude said:

i7 or i9 tells very little. the first number (or 2 sometimes) tells the generation with each better than the last. the last 3 numbers tell you its performance with higher numbers being better. This can get you a rough idea but I would look up benchmarks of different laptops to see which would best suit you.

The processor seems a bit weak to me especially for 4k footage.

thats a lot of ram but you might be using it. 16gb should be plenty though

ssd = good

240hz on a laptop? dont think your gonna be doing esports level gaming on it so unless you specifically want it its unnecessary

id go for something at least 9700 / 10700 or for amd 3700 / 5700

shop around for a bit more and tell me what you come up with. Also let me know if you need me to explain any of those number it can be kind of confusing at first

looked into it a bit and it seems youll definitely want 32gb of ram. Id still look for a better processor tho

jaslion · January 5, 2021

I wouldn't go for this laptop at all. A xmg core 15 with a amd 4800h and rtx 2060 refresh is faster in every which way and better whilst also being far more portable. The 4800h flat out beats the i9 in every task because the xmg has such great cooling it can run at desktop speeds making it so you effectively have a desktop 3700x in a laptop without an issue. Then the rtx 2060 refresh has faster memory and is allowed to run at up to 115w which means it can run a fair bit faster than the limited clockspeeds on a 2070 max q and beats it in everything (only part where the 2070 is a tiny bit better is ray tracing but it's too weak to game in ray tracing anyways).

So basically avoid the legion and get the xmg. If it has to be the legion skip the i9 the legion can't keep it under control with temps. Also the screen of the legion isn't great for colour accurate video's the xmg is far better in this regard.

Does it have to be a laptop too? This thing is far from a budget laptop.