University Pc

[ComputerScience911]

Hello guys i will need your help today! I am going to university next year as a computer scientist and gunna be living in dorms. Now i have a budget of about 2200$ for pc n stuff so i was thinking of either buying a 1500$ pc(including everything ex:monitor,keyboard) and a $700 surface 3 with keyboard and pen to use in lectures. Upon looking inside the dorms it pretty small like all dorms but what is worst is the desk which is very small to give you an example i can fit a monitor on it and only 1 book on the side. So i was thinking why just instead of getting 2 stuff just get 1 as in just buy a surface book(I won't buy it now i have till august by then the surface book 2 should be out with better specs and maybe external graphics amplifyer for games). What do you recommend me to get a pc and the surface 3 or get surface book?

 

note: i will be using maya3d and autocad and some games + game devolopment

 

imho

 

pros for pc and surface:

-i will have bigger screen from the monitor

-it will have a better cpu

 

 

cons for pc and surface:

-surface can't do 3d stuff since it has an atom processor 

-i won't have enought space on my desk to study

-after my 3 year degree i will have to sell the pc since i will be travelling 

-i won't be able to use any of the 3d applications on weekends since in weekends i will go to my grandparents house with the surface 3 not the pc

-the uni i am going to is in lebanon and in lebanon there isn't 24/7 electricity so I won't be able run the pc all the time as when the electricity company cuts the electricity we get electricity from private generators which can't handle them running 24/7.

 

Pros for surface book

-i will have only one device 

-i can run anything on it everywhere

-9hr battery life

-can charge on generator electricity since it consumes less electricity 

-very high resolution 

 

Cons for surface book

-i will probably have to buy an external graphics card box + external graphics card if i wanna do serious gaming

- it has mobile processor so not as good as desktop processor 

 

please help me choose what to get

 

[don_svetlio]

Just buy a proper gaming laptop rather than frankensteining everything?

[No]

Just get a gaming laptop that suits your needs

[Moonzy]

3 minutes ago, don_svetlio said:

Just buy a proper gaming laptop rather than frankensteining everything?

1 minute ago, No said:

Just get a gaming laptop that suits your needs

if the op wants to grab the laptop to class everyday

i wouldnt recommend this

as i have experienced this first hand

 

it is not a good experience carrying a brick to and fro class everyday ;-;

[don_svetlio]

Just now, Moonzy said:

if the op wants to grab the laptop to class everyday

i wouldnt recommend this

as i have experienced this first hand

 

it is not a good experience carrying a brick to and fro class everyday ;-;

1600$ laptop + 600$ ultrabook

[ComputerScience911]

Exactly I can't take a gaming laptop to class -.-

[No]

Just now, Moonzy said:

if the op wants to grab the laptop to class everyday

i wouldnt recommend this

as i have experienced this first hand

 

it is not a good experience carrying a brick to and fro class everyday ;-;

Not all gaming laptops are a brick!

#StopGamingLaptopDiscrimination2016

[don_svetlio]

1 minute ago, ComputerScience911 said:

Exactly I can't take a gaming laptop to class -.-

 

1 minute ago, don_svetlio said:

1600$ laptop + 600$ ultrabook

 

[Mark77]

You really, really don't want a gaming laptop for university.  They tend to be heavier (ie: more to carry around), eat through batteries faster, and cost a lot more.  Get a decent quality business laptop (refurbs are great) for $400-$500, a proprietary docking station (~$20-$40), a good quality LCD (~$300-$500), and then build yourself a full-sized gaming rig if you must.

 

Why a 'business' laptop?  More conservative components that are easy to find a year or two from now when something breaks.  I like Dell personally --  picked up lightly used Latitude E6440 yesterday for $300, which, after upgrading to 16gb RAM, and installing a SSD, will only end up costing me a little over $400 all-in.  Another $30 on the dock. 

 

[Moonzy]

2 minutes ago, No said:

Not all gaming laptops are a brick!

#StopGamingLaptopDiscrimination2016

i know, but i'd rather carry a lightweight notebook thats capable of light gaming atleast

and have a gaming desktop at home ._.

 

@ComputerScience911, how bout a small itx build + a lightweight laptop?

or perhaps a dell 7559, not a very strong gaming machine but its definitely capable of gaming at 1080p, albeit medium settings in AAA games with its 960m

but that heavy too, but not a lightweight laptop by any means

[ComputerScience911]

I am not gunna buy 2 laptops whats the point

[No]

1 minute ago, ComputerScience911 said:

I am not gunna buy 2 laptops whats the point

The point is that one of them is a gaming laptop where you can game n stuff and the other is a light laptop tjat you can use for school and carey to class

[don_svetlio]

4 minutes ago, ComputerScience911 said:

I am not gunna buy 2 laptops whats the point

The point is you don't fit a full tower in a 3x3x9 closet of a room?

[ThinkWithPortals]

9 minutes ago, ComputerScience911 said:

I am not gunna buy 2 laptops whats the point

Point being that you get a machine capable of gaming that can also be portable if needed and an ultraportable lecture machine?