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Izumi Reina
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So I have a gaming desktop computer, and it will continue to play basically anything I would want to for the foreseeable future. I would like to ask you guys for some advice on laptops, my budget is probably around $1000 and I do not have any real demands then: good battery life, fan less (preferable), webcam, SSD, Wifi, bluetooth if possible :). This would also be used for mostly reports and programming.

 

Don't plan to play any games on this (though gaming in general is on the decline for me). Thank you for your help 

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1 minute ago, Izumi Reina said:

So I have a gaming desktop computer, and it will continue to play basically anything I would want to for the foreseeable future. I would like to ask you guys for some advice on laptops, my budget is probably around $1000 and I do not have any real demands then: good battery life, fan less (preferable), webcam, SSD, Wifi, bluetooth if possible :). This would also be used for mostly reports and programming.

 

Don't plan to play any games on this (though gaming in general is on the decline for me). Thank you for your help 

How hardware intensive are your programming things? Big, hulking masses, or just a few things to make your life easier?

Want to know which mobo to get?

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Choose whatever you need. Any more, you're wasting your money. Any less, and you don't get the features you need.

 

Only you know what you need to do with your computer, so nobody's really qualified to answer this question except for you.

 

chEcK iNsidE sPoilEr fOr a tREat!

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Just now, bob51zhang said:

How hardware intensive are your programming things? Big, hulking masses, or just a few things to make your life easier?

Nothing big, just stuff I'll be throwing together in classes; any heavy lifting would be done by my desktop.

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Would you prefer more of a "Note taking" laptop? So possible a 2-in-1 or an actual laptop?

 

Also that's a large budget for a uni laptop :P

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CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 2600 // Mobo: Ryzen AM4 B350 GAMING PLUS ATX // RAM: 16GB Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000MHz // GPU: Gigabyte AMD Radeon RX 580 Gaming 8GB // SSD: Kingston A400 120GB // HDD: 3 x WD Blue 1TB // PSU: Corsair 650M // Case: Corsair 450D // Monitor: LG Ultrawide 29" IPS

 

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CPU: AMD FX 8350 Black Edition // Mobo: Gigabyte - GA-78LMT-USB3 R2 Micro ATX // RAM: 16GB Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 MHz // GPU: GeForce GTX 670 // HDD: Seagate BarraCuda 2TB // PSU: Kolink Core Series 500W 80 Plus Certified // Case: AVP Viper Mini Tower

 

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Just now, Rhyss said:

Would you prefer more of a "Note taking" laptop? So possible a 2-in-1 or an actual laptop?

 

Also that's a large budget for a uni laptop :P

Whichever one is less likely to be crushed in my backpack between textbooks lol

 

Yeah, but hoping to use it for a lot more than just university :P

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Just now, Izumi Reina said:

Whichever one is less likely to be crushed in my backpack between textbooks lol

 

Yeah, but hoping to use it for a lot more than just university :P

Hahahahaha makes sense. I'll have a look now. Never searched for laptops in Canada so should be fun :P

 

Tbf I can't say anything, I ended up buying a mac for the same thing. Not a bad shout to be fair. 

Current Build:

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 2600 // Mobo: Ryzen AM4 B350 GAMING PLUS ATX // RAM: 16GB Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000MHz // GPU: Gigabyte AMD Radeon RX 580 Gaming 8GB // SSD: Kingston A400 120GB // HDD: 3 x WD Blue 1TB // PSU: Corsair 650M // Case: Corsair 450D // Monitor: LG Ultrawide 29" IPS

 

Plex Server:

CPU: AMD FX 8350 Black Edition // Mobo: Gigabyte - GA-78LMT-USB3 R2 Micro ATX // RAM: 16GB Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 MHz // GPU: GeForce GTX 670 // HDD: Seagate BarraCuda 2TB // PSU: Kolink Core Series 500W 80 Plus Certified // Case: AVP Viper Mini Tower

 

Other:

PS4 Pro // PS3 // Nintendo Switch (Pokemon edition) // Nintendo 3DS // Xbox 360 // iPhone 8 Plus // Macbook Retina 2013

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Just now, Rhyss said:

Hahahahaha makes sense. I'll have a look now. Never searched for laptops in Canada so should be fun :P

 

Tbf I can't say anything, I ended up buying a mac for the same thing. Not a bad shout to be fair. 

Just a warning, the prices here a quite steep. :D

 

Canadian pesos for ya.

Want to know which mobo to get?

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Choose whatever you need. Any more, you're wasting your money. Any less, and you don't get the features you need.

 

Only you know what you need to do with your computer, so nobody's really qualified to answer this question except for you.

 

chEcK iNsidE sPoilEr fOr a tREat!

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OP, just another question.

 

Do you want windows, or are you fine with a high-end chromebook?

Want to know which mobo to get?

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Choose whatever you need. Any more, you're wasting your money. Any less, and you don't get the features you need.

 

Only you know what you need to do with your computer, so nobody's really qualified to answer this question except for you.

 

chEcK iNsidE sPoilEr fOr a tREat!

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Just now, bob51zhang said:

OP, just another question.

 

Do you want windows, or are you fine with a high-end chromebook?

I'd prefer windows.

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1 minute ago, Izumi Reina said:

I'd prefer windows.

This one looks pretty nice. Refurb +_ 56% off.

 

Good hardware too.

http://www.ebay.ca/itm/HP-Elitebook-Folio-1040-G1-Ultrabook-i5-4300u-8GB-128GB-SSD-Windows-10-Pro/122594110674

Want to know which mobo to get?

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Choose whatever you need. Any more, you're wasting your money. Any less, and you don't get the features you need.

 

Only you know what you need to do with your computer, so nobody's really qualified to answer this question except for you.

 

chEcK iNsidE sPoilEr fOr a tREat!

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1 minute ago, bob51zhang said:

This one looks pretty nice. Refurb +_ 56% off.

 

Good hardware too.

http://www.ebay.ca/itm/HP-Elitebook-Folio-1040-G1-Ultrabook-i5-4300u-8GB-128GB-SSD-Windows-10-Pro/122594110674

Never actually thought of looking at ebay lol, looks pretty good I'll think about it.

My sister wants me to get a Macbook e.e (but I'll hear her out).

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Just now, Izumi Reina said:

Never actually thought of looking at ebay lol, looks pretty good I'll think about it.

My sister wants me to get a Macbook e.e (but I'll hear her out).

Haha lol. (but aren't macbooks more than $1000?)

 

If you're willing to take a bit of a hit on the CPU, there's this Thinkpad beast with 16GB of RAM.

Want to know which mobo to get?

Spoiler

Choose whatever you need. Any more, you're wasting your money. Any less, and you don't get the features you need.

 

Only you know what you need to do with your computer, so nobody's really qualified to answer this question except for you.

 

chEcK iNsidE sPoilEr fOr a tREat!

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I converted $1000 CAD to about £610 so I've looked off UK prices, but hopefully it falls within your budget. Basically read through a few articles and the Asus ZenBook UX310UA poped up a few times. There is an i5 and i7 version available, depending on what you want :)

Current Build:

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 2600 // Mobo: Ryzen AM4 B350 GAMING PLUS ATX // RAM: 16GB Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000MHz // GPU: Gigabyte AMD Radeon RX 580 Gaming 8GB // SSD: Kingston A400 120GB // HDD: 3 x WD Blue 1TB // PSU: Corsair 650M // Case: Corsair 450D // Monitor: LG Ultrawide 29" IPS

 

Plex Server:

CPU: AMD FX 8350 Black Edition // Mobo: Gigabyte - GA-78LMT-USB3 R2 Micro ATX // RAM: 16GB Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 MHz // GPU: GeForce GTX 670 // HDD: Seagate BarraCuda 2TB // PSU: Kolink Core Series 500W 80 Plus Certified // Case: AVP Viper Mini Tower

 

Other:

PS4 Pro // PS3 // Nintendo Switch (Pokemon edition) // Nintendo 3DS // Xbox 360 // iPhone 8 Plus // Macbook Retina 2013

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9 minutes ago, bob51zhang said:

Haha lol. (but aren't macbooks more than $1000?)

 

If you're willing to take a bit of a hit on the CPU, there's this Thinkpad beast with 16GB of RAM.

Yeah but she said she would foot the remaining cost if it was a macbook.

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LG Gram 13" 2017, Lenovo Yoga 720 13" or Asus ZenBook UX330UA?

Daily drivers:

- HP Elite x2 1012 G2: Intel Core i7-7600U, Intel HD Graphics 620 + Aorus Gaming Box GTX 1080 eGPU, 16GB LPDDR3-1867, 256GB Toshiba NVMe PCIe 3.0 x4 SSD + 128GB Toshiba Exceria UHS-1 U3 MicroSD, 12.3" 2736x1824 + HP Pavilion 22cwa Monitor 21.5" 1080p IPS, Windows 10 Pro 64-bit

- LG V20 (H990DS): Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 (ARM-based), Adreno 530, 4GB LPDDR4, 64GB eMMC UFS 2.0 + 64GB SanDisk Extreme UHS-1 U3 V30 MicroSD, 5.7" IPS LCD 1440p + 2.1" 160x1040, Android 7.0 (LG UX 5.0)

 

Other devices:

- Lenovo IdeaPad Y400: Intel Core i7-3630QM, NVIDIA GeForce GT 750M SLI, 16GB DDR3-1600, 120GB Kingston mS200 mSATA SSD + 1TB HGST Travelstar 7K1000 7200rpm 2.5" HDD, 14" 768p, Windows 10 Pro 64-bit + Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 64-bit [retired]

- Dell Venue 11 Pro (7139): Intel Core i5-4300Y, Intel HD Graphics 4200, 8GB LPDDR3-1600, 256GB SanDisk X110 M.2 2260 SATA3 SSD, 10.8" 1080p IPS, Windows 10 Pro 64-bit + Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 64-bit [retired]

- Acer Iconia W4: Intel Atom Z3740, Intel HD Graphics, 2GB DDR3L-1033, 64GB Samsung MCG8GC eMMC, 8" IPS WXGA (1280x800), Windows 10 Home 32-bit

- Asus ZenFone 2 ZE551ML: Intel Atom Z3580 (x86-based), PowerVR G6430, 4GB LPDDR3, 64GB eMMC, 5.5" IPS LCD 1080p, Android 6.0.1 (Asus ZenUI)

- New Nintendo 2DS XL

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