Swapping out desktop for laptop/tablet- ideas?

[FranzVrolijk]

Hi!

I'm getting started on some studies this summer, and I was thinking of selling my desktop rig and going for a capable laptop or tablet that I can bring with me everywhere. There are many options to choose from, so I though I would ask here for your opinions and experiences.

I'm thinking of either getting a fully capable laptop with a good GPU, a laptop and a GPU dock, or perhaps even getting a tablet like the Surface with a GPU dock, but as far as I know there's only one ASUS tablet that has Thunderbolt 3.0 which I think you need for these GPU docks.

 

I'm going from a rig with an OC'd 5820k and a 1070, so I'm not expecting to get equal performance on a laptop. I do, however, need something quick, and something with at least "desktop-1060" graphical performance. I've got a 4K monitor that I'm planning to use with the laptop, as well as an HTC Vive that there's no way I'm giving up! 

Any ideas would be greatly appreciated. My budget is on the high end since I will be selling my rig, but I'll probably be looking for something in the $2000 (maybe towards $3000) range.

Thanks!

[Hamil_P1]

for your budget, go for laptop/external gpu dock thing. Don't think tablet would be satisfying. i think dell xps line has capabilities to connect with gpu dock. plus you already have a 1070, probably save money by keeping it rather than selling it and buying something else. (and the 1070 is a huge improvement over the 1060)

[FranzVrolijk]

6 minutes ago, h.patel said:

for your budget, go for laptop/external gpu dock thing. Don't think tablet would be satisfying. i think dell xps line has capabilities to connect with gpu dock. plus you already have a 1070, probably save money by keeping it rather than selling it and buying something else. (and the 1070 is a huge improvement over the 1060)

Yeah, I'm actually really keen on a Razer Blade and a Razer Core, I've hear a lot of good stuff about them. Are there other better alternatives than the XPS you would recommend?

[This_guy1998]

53 minutes ago, FranzVrolijk said:

Yeah, I'm actually really keen on a Razer Blade and a Razer Core, I've hear a lot of good stuff about them. Are there other better alternatives than the XPS you would recommend?

 

i heard asus and msi have some good alternatives. I've been looking for a capable laptop to buy soon so I have something decent when I'm away from my rig. (Right now I am using a Overpriced Dell Venue Tablet from 2014 as my "laptop" and I hate it in some ways). 

[Hamil_P1]

On 1/19/2017 at 9:49 AM, FranzVrolijk said:

Yeah, I'm actually really keen on a Razer Blade and a Razer Core, I've hear a lot of good stuff about them. Are there other better alternatives than the XPS you would recommend?

Maybe look into acer predator or lenovo, thinkpad? but 

don't know much about them. 

[Pendragon]

On 1/19/2017 at 9:49 AM, FranzVrolijk said:

Yeah, I'm actually really keen on a Razer Blade and a Razer Core, I've hear a lot of good stuff about them. Are there other better alternatives than the XPS you would recommend?

 

 

 

 

The 1070 in the Core connected to the Blade barely gets beats the 1060 in the blade. just saying. https://insider.razerzone.com/index.php?threads/razer-blade-2016-gtx-1060-benchmarks.17082/ eGPU benches can be found somewhere along page 80. 

 

Expect a full level down once you get the 1070s. It's about a 20% cut right off the bat, more the higher you go. Linus tested it with a 980 which is far weaker than the current 1070 so expect even further performance loss. Couple of guys on NBR tested a titan XP OCed and it BARELY performed better than a 1080 stock (so basically a 1070OC beats it or matches it). 

On 1/19/2017 at 9:25 AM, FranzVrolijk said:

Any ideas would be greatly appreciated. My budget is on the high end since I will be selling my rig, but I'll probably be looking for something in the $2000 (maybe towards $3000) range.

 

 

 

 

You could get pretty much anything with 3k. What are you looking for? Mobility? Full Desktop Replacements that are fat but literally desktop performance? 15in? 17in? gotta give us a bit more to work with here.