Advice on New Laptop for College

[Otaku_MasterRace]

Here is my problem: in not too long, I will be heading off to college and I'm looking for a laptop to take up. However, due to budget constraints I won't have enough to buy a decent laptop without selling my custom built desktop, which I won't be able to take up at any rate. I have a buyer for my desktop and monitor at $450, and I have enough money to set aside to raise my laptop budget up to about $900. Here is my desktop's configuration: 

CPU: AMD FX-8350

MB: ASRock Fatal1ty 990fx Killer

RAM: 8gb G.Skill Sniper 2133

PSU: EVGA 750W 80+ Bronze

Case: Corsair Spec-01

SSD: PNY 128GB

HDD: Western Digital Black 1TB

Graphics: Nvidia GTX 960 2GB

Monitor: generic 1080p display

 

I have a few points which I would like advice on in both the sale and the laptop purchase.

- Am I asking for a fair price for the desktop (good condition, 2 years old, aftermarket CPU cooler)?

- I'm looking for a 2-in-1 with a bundled pen and good writing capability, as well as having performance as close as possible to my current desktop, seeing as that will be replacing it. The price range has a priority over the performance, as the most intensive tasks I do on my desktop as it stands are fairly light gaming (Warframe, older single player titles like Wolfenstein: The New Order), occasional light video and photos editing, and CAD software like Autodesk Inventor. 

 

Based on these criteria, can anyone recommend a 2-in-1 laptop with a pen that is within my price range and would be able to accomplish the tasks I mentioned before? 

 

[Himommies]

A used surface?

[DrMacintosh]

1 minute ago, Himommies said:

A used surface?

That whole line has so many problems

[Otaku_MasterRace]

2 minutes ago, Himommies said:

A used surface?

Yeah, I've been looking at used Surface Books, I came here to see if there were any better options. It's probably what I'll end up doing

[Keg Ops]

I think your best option is to build a new desktop but keep your current GPU and then buy a bottom tier laptop with decent battery life

 

"premium" laptops won't get you the speed of your current desktop. plus if all you need is something to type on a cheap laptop will do, use your desktop for any heavy workloads

 

 

[micmc23000]

what sort of college work will you be doing ?

i do software development on on a second hand dell latitude e6330 that i got for around 120 euros

got second hand ram(ddr3 8gb 1600mhz (45 euro)) and a samsung 850 ssd (500 gb (170 euro ).battery was reading as 50% consumed so i invested in an extended 9 cell one (40 euro)

added in a backlit keyboard( purchased oem backlit keyboard (15 euro).

current specs

12 gb ram 

6 hours minimum (most its lasted was 9)  battery life

500 gb ssd 

windows 10

i5 3380m  (2.9 ghz turbo up to 3.5 

backlit keyboard ;P

total cost 390 euro 

look you get when a laptop from 2013 kicks ass - priceless

-looking back if i was to get this again i would go for the latitude e6430.

larger screen plus cpu isn,t soldered

[Otaku_MasterRace]

2 minutes ago, micmc23000 said:

what sort of college work will you be doing ?

i do software development on on a second hand dell latitude e6330 that i got for around 120 euros

got second hand ram(ddr3 8gb 1600mhz (45 euro)) and a samsung 850 ssd (500 gb (170 euro ).battery was reading as 50% consumed so i invested in an extended 9 cell one (40 euro)

added in a backlit keyboard( purchased oem backlit keyboard (15 euro).

current specs

12 gb ram 

6 hours minimum (most its lasted was 9)  battery life

500 gb ssd 

windows 10

i5 3380m  (2.9 ghz turbo up to 3.5 

backlit keyboard ;P

total cost 390 euro 

look you get when a laptop from 2013 kicks ass - priceless

I'll being studying electrical engineering, and though it may be more of a matter of preference for me, I would make use of the capabilities of a 2-in-1 frequently (taking notes, sketches, etc.). In regards to what @Keg Ops advised, I may buy a less expensive 2-in-1 and repurpose my graphics card for another desktop.

[genexis_x]

If you include CPU and GPU power, the closest one that matches your requirements is Lenovo Yoga 720 15.

[micmc23000]

21 hours ago, Otaku_MasterRace said:

I'll being studying electrical engineering, and though it may be more of a matter of preference for me, I would make use of the capabilities of a 2-in-1 frequently (taking notes, sketches, etc.). In regards to what @Keg Ops advised, I may buy a less expensive 2-in-1 and repurpose my graphics card for another desktop

[Guest]

Xotic pc has some really good laptop options. I think the best deals in price to performance were in the 15.6~” range. 

 

800~1200 usd i5/i7 hq, 1050 Ti ~1060 gpu