HELP Finding the Best LAPTOP

[vyacity]

Hi,

I want to buy a laptop that suits all my needs but I have a maximum budget of around 1000 dollars/euros (I live in Europe).

Firstly a brief introduction,
I'll be going to university next year, but I'm not sure whether to study mechanical or electronic engineering, so, I don't actually know what laptop I should buy.

I read that for heavy duty CAD like, for instance, SolidWorks, Quadros are the best graphics cards that you can get, but, I'm reluctant to buy this kind of laptop because, outside the 3d designing/rendering world, I feel like having one of these GPUs isn't actually worth the money.

I also spend some time outside my home on a monthly basis and during summer break, when I have days off in general. At the moment, whenever I have some long breaks (Summer...) I tend to carry my main computer, which is composed of a GTX 780ti, 16 gigs of ram and an i7 4770k, which runs SW2016 reasonably well if I don't use a lot of assembly parts at the same time, but that I doubt it would be the best choice for university.
The thing is that when I'm not home for a couple of days I waste a lot of work time because I don't have a reasonable good computer on hand and, in a year, I don't think I'll be able to carry my main PC because I'm planning on studying abroad.

So, the main question, What laptop should I get considering my budget?
I want to be able to work with SolidWorks fluently but I would also like to be able to have the raw horsepower that a gtx offers. I mean, summer break is a nice time to do some work but also to play/ edit video, stuff that cannot be done properly with a Quadro (I've read that GTX render faster than Quadros)

Thanks in advance,
Alex

[Blackhole890]

 

[genexis_x]

You need a laptop with quad core i5/i7 (like 7300HQ, 7700HQ) and a dedicated GPU (GTX 960M, GTX 1050 etc.)

 

Which website do you prefer to buy? I suggest you get one with QC i7 and a decent GPU.

[vyacity]

Yeah, I was going to go for an i7 but the thing that bugs me os the graphics card. I want to be able to work on CAD software comfortably and GTXs don't seem to be the best choice for this kind of application

[vyacity]

BTW, I'm from Spain

[vyacity]

9 minutes ago, ZM Fong said:

You need a laptop with quad core i5/i7 (like 7300HQ, 7700HQ) and a dedicated GPU (GTX 960M, GTX 1050 etc.)

 

Which website do you prefer to buy? I suggest you get one with QC i7 and a decent GPU.

 

 

I don't really care about the website, though I'd prefer Amazon because it's widely available in my country -Spain- and I can benefit from my Premium account to get it delivered faster

[genexis_x]

7 minutes ago, vyacity said:

I don't really care about the website, though I'd prefer Amazon because it's widely available in my country -Spain- and I can benefit from my Premium account to get it delivered faster

Ok. Give me a few minutes.
Do you have any other requirements like need 16GB RAM, need a SSD, light&thin etc?

[genexis_x]

15 minutes ago, vyacity said:

Yeah, I was going to go for an i7 but the thing that bugs me os the graphics card. I want to be able to work on CAD software comfortably and GTXs don't seem to be the best choice for this kind of application

If you want a laptop with Quadro GPU, I suggest you go for second hand/refurbished laptops because new laptops with Quadro GPU are VERY VERY expensive.

[vyacity]

Just now, ZM Fong said:

If you want a laptop with Quadro GPU, I suggest you go for second hand/refurbished laptops because new laptops with Quadro GPU are VERY VERY expensive.

Yeah, but I fear that that amount of money is not going to be worth because the laptop is going to do well in CAD but in "Real World Applications" like editing video/ gaming, it's not going to be powerful enough. So I was thinking about getting a GTX laptop that would be able to cope with CAD requirements and also able me to play/edit some footage, but I don't seem to find any good GPU that can give me that.

[genexis_x]

9 minutes ago, vyacity said:

Yeah, but I fear that that amount of money is not going to be worth because the laptop is going to do well in CAD but in "Real World Applications" like editing video/ gaming, it's not going to be powerful enough. So I was thinking about getting a GTX laptop that would be able to cope with CAD requirements and also able me to play/edit some footage, but I don't seem to find any good GPU that can give me that.

You have to choose your priority. Gaming or CAD?

[genexis_x]

21 minutes ago, ZM Fong said:

Ok. Give me a few minutes.
Do you have any other requirements like need 16GB RAM, need a SSD, light&thin etc?

@vyacity

[genexis_x]

https://www.amazon.com/MSI-6QF-627-Generation-GeForce-Windows/dp/B01G1ELBPQ/ref=sr_1_17?ie=UTF8&qid=1492076232&sr=8-17&keywords=6700hq

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[vyacity]

5 minutes ago, ZM Fong said:

@vyacity

Well, the usual, 16 gigs of ram, ssd. (Though if it is expandable I don't really care if it has 8 gigs of ram, you know what I mean?)

[vyacity]

Just now, ZM Fong said:

https://www.amazon.com/MSI-6QF-627-Generation-GeForce-Windows/dp/B01G1ELBPQ/ref=sr_1_17?ie=UTF8&qid=1492076232&sr=8-17&keywords=6700hq

https://www.amazon.com/Dell-Inspiron-i7559-2512BLK-Generation-GeForce/dp/B015PYZ0J6/ref=sr_1_22?ie=UTF8&qid=1492076232&sr=8-22&keywords=6700hq

https://www.amazon.com/Dell-Inspiron-Gaming-i5577-7359BLK-PUS-Traditional/dp/B06XFGF7SN/ref=sr_1_8?ie=UTF8&qid=1492076390&sr=8-8&keywords=7700hq

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https://www.amazon.com/Pavilion-Notebook-i7-7700HQ-15-6-Inch-Cheapest/dp/B01H417GR2/ref=sr_1_15?ie=UTF8&qid=1492076390&sr=8-15&keywords=7700hq

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WOW, thank you. Do you know if any of these will be able to deal with SolidWorks, or CAD in general?

[genexis_x]

3 minutes ago, vyacity said:

WOW, thank you. Do you know if any of these will be able to deal with SolidWorks, or CAD in general?

Not sure but they should do fine.

[vyacity]

Just now, ZM Fong said:

Not sure but they should do fine.

OK thank you. Your help is appreciated

[genexis_x]

7 minutes ago, vyacity said:

Well, the usual, 16 gigs of ram, ssd. (Though if it is expandable I don't really care if it has 8 gigs of ram, you know what I mean?)

You can add more RAM and SSD later.

[vyacity]

Just now, ZM Fong said:

You can add more RAM and SSD later.

That's what I meant. If it has 8 gigs of ram but they're expandable I don't care

[genexis_x]

3 minutes ago, vyacity said:

That's what I meant. If it has 8 gigs of ram but they're expandable I don't care

Take note that some brands like MSI will woid warranty if you upgrade RAM/SSD.
@vyacity Pick my answer as the best answer!

[Pendragon]

2 hours ago, vyacity said:

Do you know if any of these will be able to deal with SolidWork

how advanced in solidworks. because GTX cards chug really really badly in solidworks. In super old quadro cards beat up titan xs on solidworks. https://www.pugetsystems.com/labs/articles/Why-you-should-use-a-Quadro-video-card-in-Solidworks-2016-751/

[vyacity]

55 minutes ago, Pendragon said:

how advanced in solidworks. because GTX cards chug really really badly in solidworks. In super old quadro cards beat up titan xs on solidworks. https://www.pugetsystems.com/labs/articles/Why-you-should-use-a-Quadro-video-card-in-Solidworks-2016-751/

 

I'm going to study mechanical engineering so... I guess heavy duty CAD

[Pendragon]

11 minutes ago, vyacity said:

I'm going to study mechanical engineering so... I guess heavy duty CAD

for uni, you'll be fine with gtx cards. wont be a big deal. and for heavy projects uni will provide you with desktops that can do it.