Looking for Laptop Recommendations

[Kikerd]

Hey all. I'm looking for recommendations on a new laptop. Ideally I'd like to keep it under $4,000. I'll be doing digital design, game development, and engineering work on it, so it would need to be well performing in all respects and have a good display. Does not necessarily need a touchscreen, as I'll have a digital drawing screen as well. Right now I'm looking at the Dell XPS 17 with an Intel Core 11th Generation i9-11900H Processor, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060, their UHD+ (3840 X 2400) screen, 64GB of 3200MHz  DDR4 RAM, and 1TB M.2 storage. If anyone has a better recommendation that's within my budget, please let me know. Thank you.

[SignatureSigner]

is the laptop form necessary? Would a full gaming desktop be worth it? I understand you may need portability I'm just asking.

[IPD]

3060 seems low for a GPU at that price point.  You should be able to get an MSI creator 17" with a 3080 for less than a $4000 budget--with similar specs otherwise.  Not sure on RAM, but that's an easy fix for most laptops with DIY--if you can't find it as a factory option.

[Kikerd]

Just now, SignatureSigner said:

is the laptop form necessary? Would a full gaming desktop be worth it? I understand you may need portability I'm just asking.

Yes. Portability is needed. If not, I'd build myself a much better desktop for this much money.

[shoutingsteve]

https://www.razer.com/gaming-laptops/razer-blade

We used the previous version of these guys at work (previous job was AV for an event company.)  And if it can handle resolume, it can handle "real work" like you've mentioned.

Personally, I think you should lower your ram and up your storage, but that's what external drives and NAS boxes are for.