Laptop for University and content creation

[caley18]

Hello, 

 

i am currently looking for a new laptop for university as well as content creation. Currently i have been looking at the

Surface book 2:

 i7

 8gb of ram

 256gb storage

gtx 1050 

 

MSI GS65: 

i7 

16gb ram 

gtx 1060 

256gb storage

 

Asus Rog Zephyrus (gm501)

i7 

16gb ram

gtx 1060

265gb

 

Dell XPS 15 

i7 

16gb of ram 

gtx 1050ti 

512 gb storage 

 

any other recommendations or what should i stay away from.

[WickedStarfish]

43 minutes ago, caley18 said:

Hello, 

 

i am currently looking for a new laptop for university as well as content creation. Currently i have been looking at the

Surface book 2:

 i7

 8gb of ram

 256gb storage

gtx 1050 

 

MSI GS65: 

i7 

16gb ram 

gtx 1060 

256gb storage

 

Asus Rog Zephyrus (gm501)

i7 

16gb ram

gtx 1060

265gb

 

Dell XPS 15 

i7 

16gb of ram 

gtx 1050ti 

512 gb storage 

 

any other recommendations or what should i stay away from.

what size 1060 was in both of those middle ones (3Gb or 6Gb)

[caley18]

21 minutes ago, WickedStarfish said:

what size 1060 was in both of those middle ones (3Gb or 6Gb)

both of them are 6gb

[WickedStarfish]

1 minute ago, caley18 said:

both of them are 6gb

will you be taking notes / writing a bit on said laptop? 

[caley18]

yes, i am doing computer science, so ill be taking notes and writing code. 

[WickedStarfish]

1 minute ago, caley18 said:

yes, i am going computer science, so ill be taking notes and writing code. 

out of the 4 options given i would personally choose the Asus Rog Zephyrus (gm501) (unless video or picture editing is going to be used in which case i think the dell has a 4k display where the rest seem to be 1080p)

don't get me wrong the Asus is a bit overpowered but i have found touch screens degrade performance by a bit and the MSI's keyboard is a bit weird especially when typing / taking notes (i do love the MSI designs)

also if it is in your price range to my understanding i still think Acer holds the crown for best laptops with some of the higher end predator laptops reigning supreme 

[caley18]

1 hour ago, WickedStarfish said:

out of the 4 options given i would personally choose the Asus Rog Zephyrus (gm501) (unless video or picture editing is going to be used in which case i think the dell has a 4k display where the rest seem to be 1080p)

don't get me wrong the Asus is a bit overpowered but i have found touch screens degrade performance by a bit and the MSI's keyboard is a bit weird especially when typing / taking notes (i do love the MSI designs)

also if it is in your price range to my understanding i still think Acer holds the crown for best laptops with some of the higher end predator laptops reigning supreme 

i do video editing and photo work for my dad's band on the side, the Asus is a bit overpowered. i was leaning more to the XPS because its a bit more understated and looks less "Gamer". if i was to go with the XPS i might go for the next model down with the same CPU and 8gb of ram and then upgrade the ram later on. plus that one doesn't have a touch screen which might help the performance.

[WickedStarfish]

4 minutes ago, caley18 said:

i do video editing and photo work for my dad's band on the side, the Asus is a bit overpowered. i was leaning more to the XPS because its a bit more understated and looks less "Gamer". if i was to go with the XPS i might go for the next model down with the same CPU and 8gb of ram and then upgrade the ram later on. plus that one doesn't have a touch screen which might help the performance.

true true, yeah but that extra performance is there if needed, i personally with my next build (hopefully the end of the year) will be an 19 12 core with a 1080ti (unless the new ones look better performance wise) and i will only be running 2 1080p monitors but when the performance is needed i know it's there and the computer can shine, which if you are going to do video editing a higher end i7 with more ram and a smaller GPU will be better than a i5, 8gb ram and a 1060 as video editing uses more CPU and the super fast ram  where as single core tasks will generally make better use of a bigger GPU

[caley18]

For my daily use it would certainly be more CPU and RAM usage as compiling code is more focused towards those components. Plus with a company like Dell or Microsoft i can get student discounts, save a few hundred dollars and put that towards something else. 

 

[genexis_x]

Preferred weight and battery life?

[caley18]

4 hours ago, ZM Fong said:

Preferred weight and battery life?

weight i would like to keep as low as possible. battery life 5 hours +

[genexis_x]

11 hours ago, caley18 said:

weight i would like to keep as low as possible

Maximum kg/pound?

[caley18]

1 hour ago, ZM Fong said:

Maximum kg/pound?

maximum would be 3kg

[genexis_x]

1 hour ago, caley18 said:

maximum would be 3kg

Any links of online stores? I help you to pick

 

Also, what's your budget?

[caley18]

12 hours ago, ZM Fong said:

Any links of online stores? I help you to pick

 

Also, what's your budget?

https://www.pccasegear.com/category/1538_1539/laptops/gaming-laptops

https://www.scorptec.com.au/product/Notebooks

https://www.computeralliance.com.au/notebooks/!processor/intel-core-i7

maximum would be $2500 - $3000

i would like it to last 3 - 4 years.

[genexis_x]

MSI GP63

HP Omen dc

Asus GL703GM

Metabox N950TP