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Hey guys,

 

A friend of mine needs a new laptop for his study (mechanical engineering). He`s looking for a laptop capable of running Solidworks, Sketchup and stuff with ease.

But doesn`t want to spend a fortune on it. He would like it to be sub 1200 if possible, if not, shit happens. It also needs to be atleast 15 inch, preferably with 1440p, 1080 is ok too

 

I recommended these:

Medion erazer

Asus ROG

 

But I`m not that into that stuff, so don`t really know if it`s OK for a laptop

to game or not to game, that`s the question

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21 minutes ago, UnlimitedTMD said:

Hey guys,

 

A friend of mine needs a new laptop for his study (mechanical engineering). He`s looking for a laptop capable of running Solidworks, Sketchup and stuff with ease.

But doesn`t want to spend a fortune on it. He would like it to be sub 1200 if possible, if not, shit happens. It also needs to be atleast 15 inch, preferably with 1440p, 1080 is ok too

 

I recommended these:

Medion erazer

Asus ROG

 

But I`m not that into that stuff, so don`t really know if it`s OK for a laptop

grab this, extra 8gb of ram and a m.2 SSD http://pcpartpicker.com/product/bd98TW/dell-laptop-i75592512blk

Good luck, Have fun, Build PC, and have a last gen console for use once a year. I should answer most of the time between 9 to 3 PST

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50 minutes ago, GDRRiley said:

grab this, extra 8gb of ram and a m.2 SSD http://pcpartpicker.com/product/bd98TW/dell-laptop-i75592512blk

What? NO! Why would you recommend a downgrade?....

 

1 hour ago, UnlimitedTMD said:

Hey guys,

 

A friend of mine needs a new laptop for his study (mechanical engineering). He`s looking for a laptop capable of running Solidworks, Sketchup and stuff with ease.

But doesn`t want to spend a fortune on it. He would like it to be sub 1200 if possible, if not, shit happens. It also needs to be atleast 15 inch, preferably with 1440p, 1080 is ok too

 

I recommended these:

Medion erazer

Asus ROG

 

But I`m not that into that stuff, so don`t really know if it`s OK for a laptop

Go for the Medion. It's a Clevo from what I can see, a decent one.

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8 hours ago, don_svetlio said:

What? NO! Why would you recommend a downgrade?....

 

what mine is the same as the medio just less ram out of the box.

Good luck, Have fun, Build PC, and have a last gen console for use once a year. I should answer most of the time between 9 to 3 PST

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2 hours ago, GDRRiley said:

what mine is the same as the medio just less ram out of the box.

It's built worse.

 

11 hours ago, don_svetlio said:

Go for the Medion. It's a Clevo from what I can see, a decent one.

Its quite overpriced at that price point.

 

13 hours ago, UnlimitedTMD said:

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https://tweakers.net/pricewatch/484615/clevo-n150rf.html

https://tweakers.net/pricewatch/483521/clevo-p640re.html

 

Depending what price you can get them for, these two are the best. I don't think it's gonna matter alot for Pascal as your budget isn't sufficient to purchase the new Pascal gen laptops so these two are just fine. The P640RE is better than the N150RF.

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5 minutes ago, Pendragon said:

It's built worse.

 

Its quite overpriced at that price point.

 

https://tweakers.net/pricewatch/484615/clevo-n150rf.html

https://tweakers.net/pricewatch/483521/clevo-p640re.html

 

Depending what price you can get them for, these two are the best. I don't think it's gonna matter alot for Pascal as your budget isn't sufficient to purchase the new Pascal gen laptops so these two are just fine. The P640RE is better than the N150RF.

in what way

Good luck, Have fun, Build PC, and have a last gen console for use once a year. I should answer most of the time between 9 to 3 PST

NightHawk 3.0: R7 5700x @, B550A vision D, H105, 2x32gb Oloy 3600, Sapphire RX 6700XT  Nitro+, Corsair RM750X, 500 gb 850 evo, 2tb rocket and 5tb Toshiba x300, 2x 6TB WD Black W10 all in a 750D airflow.
GF PC: (nighthawk 2.0): R7 2700x, B450m vision D, 4x8gb Geli 2933, Strix GTX970, CX650M RGB, Obsidian 350D

Skunkworks: R5 3500U, 16gb, 500gb Adata XPG 6000 lite, Vega 8. HP probook G455R G6 Ubuntu 20. LTS

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20 minutes ago, GDRRiley said:

in what way

The Dell has subpar keyboard, uses a PWM screen, low nit, poor sRBG coverage, bad speakers, the list goes on. There's a reason why it's priced 200 dollars less than most competing 960m laptops. 

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Is your friend in first year mechanical engineering and 'thinks' he needs this stuff (which he probably won't, and if he does, it won't be at anything but trivial levels of sophistication)?  Or does he actually need it? 

 

A discrete GPU in a laptop condemns it to being hundreds of dollars more expensive, poorer battery life, and probably more prone to failure. 

 

Personally I'd suggest one of the business Dell Latitudes (buy from the Dell Outlet) with a proper docking station for external LCD usage. 

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39 minutes ago, Mark77 said:

Is your friend in first year mechanical engineering and 'thinks' he needs this stuff (which he probably won't, and if he does, it won't be at anything but trivial levels of sophistication)?  Or does he actually need it? 

 

18 hours ago, UnlimitedTMD said:

Solidworks

Solidworks 2016 is demanding as fuck. Your Dell Latitudes will run trash into it. The ULV iGPU will literally make the guy cry even running basic things. At the minimum a quad core with at least a 960m is recommended for Solidworks. Sketchup is easy to run. For 1200 you won't find anything better than a 970m. If you want longer battery life pick up a refurb XPS15, that runs Solidworks 2016 just fine. I had one and can confirm. 

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13 hours ago, Mark77 said:

Is your friend in first year mechanical engineering and 'thinks' he needs this stuff (which he probably won't, and if he does, it won't be at anything but trivial levels of sophistication)?  Or does he actually need it? 

 

A discrete GPU in a laptop condemns it to being hundreds of dollars more expensive, poorer battery life, and probably more prone to failure. 

 

Personally I'd suggest one of the business Dell Latitudes (buy from the Dell Outlet) with a proper docking station for external LCD usage. 

 

12 hours ago, Pendragon said:

 

Solidworks 2016 is demanding as fuck. Your Dell Latitudes will run trash into it. The ULV iGPU will literally make the guy cry even running basic things. At the minimum a quad core with at least a 960m is recommended for Solidworks. Sketchup is easy to run. For 1200 you won't find anything better than a 970m. If you want longer battery life pick up a refurb XPS15, that runs Solidworks 2016 just fine. I had one and can confirm. 

He also wants to game on the machine, but wont need an awful lot of power, I think 970 level would be perfect. But he doesn`t want to spend too much...

to game or not to game, that`s the question

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3 minutes ago, UnlimitedTMD said:

He also wants to game on the machine, but wont need an awful lot of power, I think 970 level would be perfect. But he doesn`t want to spend too much...

I already recommended you take a look at the two models above in my other post

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(Retired) T560: i7-6600U, HD520, 16gb, 512gb SSD, 1620p

(Retired) P650RS: i7-6820HK, 1070, 16gb, 512gb + 1tb HDD, 4k Samsung PLS

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