Specific Laptop?

[deuel18]

Hello I'm looking for a laptop with i7 with Quad Core (HQ, ro so), with Thunderbolt 3 port (at least one) and has 13" monitor.

[RedWulf]

https://www.msi.com/Notebook/GT80S-6QF-TITAN-SLI-29TH-ANNIVERSARY-EDITION.html#hero-overview

Budget? because that one runs over $3,000

or for about $1500

http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1183446-REG/asus_g752vl_dh71_i7_6700hq_16gb_1tb_windows_10_64_965m_17_3.html

[DioOmicida]

Look at the Razor Blade Stealth series. Their $1400 model comes with a i7-6500U, 1 TB3 port, and I think its a 12.5" UHD Display. Even their cheaper $1000 model come with this setup I believe.

[don_svetlio]

11 minutes ago, DioOmicida said:

Look at the Razor Blade Stealth series. Their $1400 model comes with a i7-6500U, 1 TB3 port, and I think its a 12.5" UHD Display. Even their cheaper $1000 model come with this setup I believe.

That's half the performance of a quad-core i7. Not what the OP needs.

[don_svetlio]

24 minutes ago, deuel18 said:

Hello I'm looking for a laptop with i7 with Quad Core (HQ, ro so), with Thunderbolt 3 port (at least one) and has 13" monitor.

XPS 13 might be an option

[DioOmicida]

9 minutes ago, don_svetlio said:

That's half the performance of a quad-core i7. Not what the OP needs.

You're right. I took the (or so) a little too liberal.

[Dackzy]

7 minutes ago, don_svetlio said:

XPS 13 might be an option

That is a dual core.
OP the thing is that 13.3-14 inch laptops rarely has a quad core in them and I dont think any of those who has a quad core cpu also has a thunderbolt port. Why do you need a thunderbolt port anyways? If it's is for external gpus the maker of the laptop also need to make software that can enable the use of external gpus and that is not a sure thing that they will do that.

[don_svetlio]

3 minutes ago, Dackzy said:

That is a dual core.
OP the thing is that 13.3-14 inch laptops rarely has a quad core in them and I dont think any of those who has a quad core cpu also has a thunderbolt port. Why do you need a thunderbolt port anyways? If it's is for external gpus the maker of the laptop also need to make software that can enable the use of external gpus and that is not a sure thing that they will do that.

Lenovo Y410P had one

[Dackzy]

1 minute ago, don_svetlio said:

Lenovo Y410P had one

Not according to their website they had a 3.0 super speed

[don_svetlio]

1 minute ago, Dackzy said:

Not according to their website they had a 3.0 super speed

I meant the quad-core CPU

[Dackzy]

Just now, don_svetlio said:

I meant the quad-core CPU

Oh okay  

The laptops I know of that has a quad core in them are the T460p and the MSI GS 40 and GS 30, but they are 14 inch.

[don_svetlio]

Just now, Dackzy said:

Oh okay  

The laptops I know of that has a quad core in them are the T460p and the MSI GS 40 and GS 30, but they are 14 inch.

Yup. Very few 14' laptops with quad i7s. Lenovo don't do those anymore on the Y series - Y40 and Y700 14' are both dual-cores

[Dackzy]

Just now, don_svetlio said:

Yup. Very few 14' laptops with quad i7s. Lenovo don't do those anymore on the Y series - Y40 and Y700 14' are both dual-cores

On their website they say the Y700 has a quad core.

[don_svetlio]

3 minutes ago, Dackzy said:

On their website they say the Y700 has a quad core.

That's the 15.6 and 17 inch versions. 14' one has a i7U

[Dackzy]

1 minute ago, don_svetlio said:

That's the 15.6 and 17 inch versions. 14' one has a i7U

Nope https://gyazo.com/b13c3911d61d918c3257d7228769d83f

[don_svetlio]

8 minutes ago, Dackzy said:

Nope https://gyazo.com/b13c3911d61d918c3257d7228769d83f

That seems more expensive than the ones I saw tho - maybe there are several versions?

[Dackzy]

1 minute ago, don_svetlio said:

That seems more expensive than the ones I saw tho - maybe there are several versions?

I dont know, I found this on the US site where all the 14 inch Y700 has quad cores. I can find that laptop in Denmark with a 960m and the other wise the same specs.

[don_svetlio]

Just now, Dackzy said:

I dont know, I found this on the US site where all the 14 inch Y700 has quad cores. I can find that laptop in Denmark with a 960m and the other wise the same specs.

Odd then. Will look into this, though it's not uncommon for certain models to have some odd region-locked specs in certain countries. Like the older Asus G50 series had an 850M version pop up hither and dither.

[Dackzy]

Just now, don_svetlio said:

Odd then. Will look into this, though it's not uncommon for certain models to have some odd region-locked specs in certain countries. Like the older Asus G50 series had an 850M version pop up hither and dither.

Yeah normally Denmark only gets their thinkpads with intel graphics while the US gets them with Nvidia graphics.

[deuel18]

But it seems like thunderbolt 3 are very rare. I scanned some big companies and found that majority of laptops with thunderbolt 3 are on laptops with m cores. Its very strange.

[don_svetlio]

1 hour ago, deuel18 said:

But it seems like thunderbolt 3 are very rare. I scanned some big companies and found that majority of laptops with thunderbolt 3 are on laptops with m cores. Its very strange.

Because it's not meant for eGPUs but for more practical purposes

[Dackzy]

2 hours ago, deuel18 said:

But it seems like thunderbolt 3 are very rare. I scanned some big companies and found that majority of laptops with thunderbolt 3 are on laptops with m cores. Its very strange.

As I said before just because they have thunderbolt that does not mean that they support eGPUs.

Why do you even need thunderbolt?

[deuel18]

2 hours ago, Dackzy said:

As I said before just because they have thunderbolt that does not mean that they support eGPUs.

Why do you even need thunderbolt?

Its for eGPU. Future proofing. I'm using the laptop at school as some portable laptop. When at home, I play games with it. Basically 2 birds with one stone.

[don_svetlio]

7 minutes ago, deuel18 said:

Its for eGPU. Future proofing. I'm using the laptop at school as some portable laptop. When at home, I play games with it. Basically 2 birds with one stone.

That's what gaming laptops are fore. eGPU is abysmal price:performance and costs around 2000$ just to get the same performance of a 1500$ laptop (since the 980M and 970 perform close to each other, a 970 + PSU + casing + laptop that has a proper quad-core CPU = over 2000$ whereas a 980M laptop such as the G752 can be had for 1600$)

[Dackzy]

8 hours ago, deuel18 said:

Its for eGPU. Future proofing. I'm using the laptop at school as some portable laptop. When at home, I play games with it. Basically 2 birds with one stone.

yes but as I have said before just because they have the port for it does not mean that the support is there. And you better be ready to spend over 2k, when there comes a laptop out on the market, that the company says will support eGPU.