animation Looking for a college Laptop for Animation and Video Editing

[GreenMohawk]

Hello! I'm currently looking for some advice on some good 3D Animation, and Video editing laptops that I could use in college. Obviously a laptop is in no way ideal for this, but with a college dorm and traveling, you don't have much of a choice. 

 

All the uses will be: 3D Animation and modeling using Blender, video editing with premiere and possibly other programs, recording gameplay at 1080p 60fps, and many other things. 

 

My budget for this will be anywhere from $1,000-1,600. Cheaper is obviously better for college, but I need quality over anything else. 

 

Here is what I've found to be the best so far, but feel free to nit pick it, and recommend better. 

https://www.bestbuy.com/site/msi-15-6-laptop-intel-core-i7-16gb-memory-nvidia-geforce-gtx-1060-1tb-hard-drive-256gb-solid-state-drive-aluminum-black/6211744.p?skuId=6211744

 

I hope you guys can help out, and that I gave enough information! 

[genexis_x]

Preferred weight and battery life?

[GreenMohawk]

5 hours ago, ZM Fong said:

Preferred weight and battery life?

Longer battery life the better, and I can live with a heavier computer if it involves more power. 

[genexis_x]

Where are you from? Could you list out all 8750H laptops that are within your budget?

[GreenMohawk]

29 minutes ago, ZM Fong said:

Where are you from? Could you list out all 8750H laptops that are within your budget?

I live in Kansas at the moment. So US based stores. But I haven't had a chance to find very many, hense why I'm asking what some good computers are at that price point, and for those uses. If I knew every computer, I could probably do it myself

[genexis_x]

14 hours ago, GreenMohawk said:

Longer battery life the better

How many hours?

[Dragomir_]

I would say around 5, that's just a little longer than our classes

[GreenMohawk]

On 8/4/2018 at 11:46 PM, Dragomir_ said:

I would say around 5, that's just a little longer than our classes

That's probably good. And there's always portable chargers, or plugging it in between class. 

[genexis_x]

4 hours ago, GreenMohawk said:

That's probably good. And there's always portable chargers, or plugging it in between class. 

If you want good build quality and cooling:

1. MSI GE63

2. MSI GP63

3. Asus GL503/703 (CFL-H) - repaste is recommended

4. HP Omen dc

5. Lenovo Y530 (1050TI with 144Hz panel)

6. Dell G5/G7 - UHD panel is recommended

 

Also TongFang laptops:

CyberpowerPC Tracer III 15

CyberpowerPC Tracer III Slim / Eluctronics Mech-15 G2

 

I may missed out some options so let me know if you found other options