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JohnnyAlmi
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Hi! I am looking to buy new laptop almost only for work (if I could get a decent graphic card for not much more money, I'd take it ;)). I am looking for something with following specs or something that can be upgraded to those specs:
7th gen i7 (quad core) or AMD equivalent

min 12GB of RAM

min 250GB SSD (ideally 500GB) + 1 TB HDD

15"-17" (not that important), but with IPS matte and at least FHD

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My Build: Xeon 2630L V, RX 560 2gb, 8gb ddr4 1866, EVGA 450BV 

My Laptop #1: i3-5020U, 8gb of DDR3, Intel HD 5500

 

 

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I'd pick this one. Slightly over budget at $720 without shipping fees.

 

https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA6R44V62966&cm_re=i5_6300hq-_-9SIA6R44V62966-_-Product

 

I know it's a 6 gen i5, but it has 4 real cores without hyperthreading. Much better than dual core i7 U chips. Also, it has a 950M graphics on board.

If I recall correctly there's 1 RAM slot left empty, but I can't verify that since Lenovo's site is under maintenance (wtf?) It doesn't come with an SSD, but there is an empty M.2 2280 slot.

CPU: i7-2600K 4751MHz 1.44V (software) --> 1.47V at the back of the socket Motherboard: Asrock Z77 Extreme4 (BCLK: 103.3MHz) CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D15 RAM: Adata XPG 2x8GB DDR3 (XMP: 2133MHz 10-11-11-30 CR2, custom: 2203MHz 10-11-10-26 CR1 tRFC:230 tREFI:14000) GPU: Asus GTX 1070 Dual (Super Jetstream vbios, +70(2025-2088MHz)/+400(8.8Gbps)) SSD: Samsung 840 Pro 256GB (main boot drive), Transcend SSD370 128GB PSU: Seasonic X-660 80+ Gold Case: Antec P110 Silent, 5 intakes 1 exhaust Monitor: AOC G2460PF 1080p 144Hz (150Hz max w/ DP, 121Hz max w/ HDMI) TN panel Keyboard: Logitech G610 Orion (Cherry MX Blue) with SteelSeries Apex M260 keycaps Mouse: BenQ Zowie FK1

 

Model: HP Omen 17 17-an110ca CPU: i7-8750H (0.125V core & cache, 50mV SA undervolt) GPU: GTX 1060 6GB Mobile (+80/+450, 1650MHz~1750MHz 0.78V~0.85V) RAM: 8+8GB DDR4-2400 18-17-17-39 2T Storage: HP EX920 1TB PCIe x4 M.2 SSD + Crucial MX500 1TB 2.5" SATA SSD, 128GB Toshiba PCIe x2 M.2 SSD (KBG30ZMV128G) gone cooking externally, 1TB Seagate 7200RPM 2.5" HDD (ST1000LM049-2GH172) left outside Monitor: 1080p 126Hz IPS G-sync

 

Desktop benching:

Cinebench R15 Single thread:168 Multi-thread: 833 

SuperPi (v1.5 from Techpowerup, PI value output) 16K: 0.100s 1M: 8.255s 32M: 7m 45.93s

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58 minutes ago, RCruey said:

https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA9JJ5BV0701

 

I've had pretty good luck with Lenovo. They seem to be a good part of the business industry as well. You can also look at Dell and HP, that have some good business laptops as well. 

So Lenovo is good at laptops afterall, phew

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-Frequencies DON'T represent everything and in many cases that is true (referring to Individual CPU Clocks).

 

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2 hours ago, Ordinarily_Greater said:

So Lenovo is good at laptops afterall, phew

I am currently on a Lenovo Thinkpad W520 that I purchased for $80 from a friend. It was broken and I fixed it. CPU fan was shot. Just ordered a replacement and fixed it up. So far, if you're not putting it in an oven and taking proper care of it, Lenovo does offer pretty impressive Desktops and Laptops!

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7 hours ago, RCruey said:

I am currently on a Lenovo Thinkpad W520 that I purchased for $80 from a friend. It was broken and I fixed it. CPU fan was shot. Just ordered a replacement and fixed it up. So far, if you're not putting it in an oven and taking proper care of it, Lenovo does offer pretty impressive Desktops and Laptops!

Maybe it is a good idea to get the Y series

"Make it future proof for some years at least, don't buy "only slightly better" stuff that gets outdated 1 year, that's throwing money away" @pipoawas

 

-Frequencies DON'T represent everything and in many cases that is true (referring to Individual CPU Clocks).

 

Mention me if you want to summon me sooner or later

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My head on 2019 :

Note 10, S10, Samsung becomes Apple, Zen 2, 3700X, Renegade X lol

 

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