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Hi,

I am looking for a laptop for mainly movies, and MS office, with occasional use of 3D modelling softwares, like creo or solidworks, and sometimes matlab.

My current laptop is a Dell inspiron, AMD A8-7410, 4GB, 1TB, it is 3yrs old and cannot run 3D modelling, although it is good enough for movies at 1080p, sometimes chrome tends to hang when i open many tabs.

Also will make sense to upgrade to an SDD and increase the RAM in my current machine instead of buying a new one?

My budget is $550 USD.

 

P.S: I do NOT need an OS.

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https://www.ebay.com/itm/Alienware-P56G-13-Gaming-Laptop-i5-5200U-8GB-1TB-Nvidia-GTX-960M-2GB-DDR5-GPU/323350152622?hash=item4b492bc5ae%3Ag%3Ae~AAAOSwTa5bSrAo&_sacat=0&_nkw=gtx+760m+laptop&_from=R40&rt=nc&_trksid=m570.l1313

 

right under your budget. 

 

 

CPU: I5 5200U

 

RAM: 8GB DDR3 1600 MHZ
 

GPU: GTX 960M 2GB DDR5 

 

I know you said it doesn't need to have an os but it comes preinstalled with one specifically windows 10 home

My current code projects

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  • C#/OpenGL ( using OpenTK graphics library API ) KnightsRealm ( unfinished, WIP plan on releasing on steam maybe a mobile port idk ) 2d topdown pixel art based game with medieval themes, sorcery, dragons, open world
  • C++ crypter ( if your into cryptography, I plan on releasing this on my website later :P ) 
  • C#/OpenGL ( OpenGL for UI ) fan/light controller for my room w/ raspberry pi and some mechanical motors and stuff :D


Current repair projects

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  • My dreadful receiver ( a capacitor blew ) 
  • working on a PC from a client, CPU died within the system, seems like a short, replaced CPU and awaiting payment before I ship it back 
  • my old 1tb sas drive for my NAS, some blemishes or something on the PCB need to clear that back out, if it doesn't work i'll need to scrap it ( already backed up all my stuff thankfully )

    If you want any software made, or stuff to be repaired give me an email! 
    mike.fernandez5138699@gmail.com
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I hope i helped

My current code projects

--------------------------------

  • C#/OpenGL ( using OpenTK graphics library API ) KnightsRealm ( unfinished, WIP plan on releasing on steam maybe a mobile port idk ) 2d topdown pixel art based game with medieval themes, sorcery, dragons, open world
  • C++ crypter ( if your into cryptography, I plan on releasing this on my website later :P ) 
  • C#/OpenGL ( OpenGL for UI ) fan/light controller for my room w/ raspberry pi and some mechanical motors and stuff :D


Current repair projects

------------------------------

  • My dreadful receiver ( a capacitor blew ) 
  • working on a PC from a client, CPU died within the system, seems like a short, replaced CPU and awaiting payment before I ship it back 
  • my old 1tb sas drive for my NAS, some blemishes or something on the PCB need to clear that back out, if it doesn't work i'll need to scrap it ( already backed up all my stuff thankfully )

    If you want any software made, or stuff to be repaired give me an email! 
    mike.fernandez5138699@gmail.com
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Acer Aspire 5 (8250U+8GB+256GB) with optional MX150 25W GPU

Desktop specs:

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AMD Ryzen 5 5600 Thermalright Peerless Assassin 120 SE ARGB Gigabyte B550M DS3H mATX

Asrock Challenger Pro OC Radeon RX 6700 XT Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (8Gx2) 3600MHz CL18 Kingston NV2 1TB PCIe 4.0 NVMe SSD

Montech Century 850W Gold Tecware Nexus Air (Black) ATX Mid Tower

Laptop: Lenovo Ideapad 5 Pro 16ACH6

Phone: Xiaomi Redmi Note 10 Pro 8+128

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