Long lasting ~$800 laptop for 1080p video editing (Premiere and After Effects, primarily)

[kaldurahm]

I'm looking for a video editing laptop in the $800 range. Ideally, I'd like to keep it under 800 but there's a tiny bit of flexibility. It's going to primarily be a video editing and general use machine. I'm looking at a few things but I'd love to find the best/newest option that I can count on lasting me a long time.

 

I'm currently looking at the Acer Nitro 5 with the i5-8300H. 8 GB RAM with the option to add more sounds nice. It also comes with a 1050Ti and 256 GB SSD. I do have a concern with the build quality and thermals. I've seen them mentioned.in a couple of reviews. Supposedly, there are plastic pieces as well as the CPU and GPU fan and heat pipes being next to one another instead of separate. Stressing both the GPU and CPU is going to being some heat. Idk much about its thermals under load right now. If you have any insight, I'd love to hear it. 

 

If there is a better machine out there for this, I'd love a recommendation.

 

A few "Nice to haves":   
* SD Card Slot   
* Solid number of USB 3.0 ports (or at least 1)   
* SSD   

[Firewrath9]

long lasting and ~800$ do not go well togheter.

mabye get a desktop or save up some money.

[genexis_x]

Nitro 5 has CPU cooling issue but has good value

 

Where are you from? Preferred max weight and minimum battery life?