Engineering Laptop Help

[mattcal1]

As the title implies, I need a new laptop for my engineering degree. My school recommends for a minimum an i7 or i9, 16 Gb ram, and 512 Gb storage, a discrete graphics card, and a webcam. I know Ryzen may be another option/maybe better? I don't know if Ryzen would be better for this or what would be I am interested in getting a little bit better specs so I'm not running on the minimum. Just wondering what y'all would recommend, I do some light gaming periodically if it means anything.

(edit: I'd be in CAD and other software for civil / mechanical engineering)

Thank y'all in advance!!

[BiotechBen]

If you are going to be running complex flow simulations and the like, it would make sense to get something like a mobile workstation with a quadro for the VRAM capabilities and validation in said programs.

[mattcal1]

10 minutes ago, BiotechBen said:

If you are going to be running complex flow simulations and the like, it would make sense to get something like a mobile workstation with a quadro for the VRAM capabilities and validation in said programs.

do you think a DELL precision would suffice ?

[BiotechBen]

14 hours ago, mattcal1 said:

do you think a DELL precision would suffice ?

I mean, they offer a huge range of options in their precision lineup, from light workstation to godlike computing. so I do know that a precision with budget nvidia graphics is sufficient for CAD work, currently my Architect father's workstation....

[Kadzo]

On 4/8/2021 at 2:52 AM, mattcal1 said:

As the title implies, I need a new laptop for my engineering degree. My school recommends for a minimum an i7 or i9, 16 Gb ram, and 512 Gb storage, a discrete graphics card, and a webcam. I know Ryzen may be another option/maybe better? I don't know if Ryzen would be better for this or what would be I am interested in getting a little bit better specs so I'm not running on the minimum. Just wondering what y'all would recommend, I do some light gaming periodically if it means anything.

(edit: I'd be in CAD and other software for civil / mechanical engineering)

Thank y'all in advance!!

And again it depends of the workflow that you plan to put your PC, my company laptop was chugging after i placed a CAD layout for the entire shop floor, but it works just fine if i have a single line open. 

I have used HP, Dell, lenovo thinkpad and it is still depended on the workflow. If you plan to do some simulations then quadro cards, for basic layout honestly you can go with a dedicated GPU.