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w1llyg

w1llyg

w1llyg

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Hi Guys,

Updating one of our CAD laptops which the company have recommended these requirements. Budget is £1800-£1900 + VAT. Obviously something cheaper around £1500 would be ideal but want to future proof too. Any laptop recommendations? would have loved a surface pro but don't think they have good enough graphics card

Preferably 17" screen.

PC selection

Windows 10

Intel i7 Quad core 2.5GHz or higher – this affects the rendering speed

RAM 12-16GB

Graphics card Nvidia GTX Series 1070 or 1080 – note Quardro GPU’s are not supported

Hard Drive no less than 250 GB SSD with 1TB HDD

Monitor 1920 x 1080 or higher
 
Most high end gaming laptops are well built and come with quality components.

An Alienware 17 may fit the bill nicely.

Edit: new surface books have decent enough GPUs, but they're out of your price range. A 1050 would suffice for CAD.
 
CAD is an acronym not a product.

The fact quadros arent supported indicates it some kind of mickey mouse CAD.

brendy said:
Hp Zbooks are doing well in the departments I support.
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Which CAD system?

MrRockliffe said:
Most high end gaming laptops are well built and come with quality components.

An Alienware 17 may fit the bill nicely.

Edit: new surface books have decent enough GPUs, but they're out of your price range. A 1050 would suffice for CAD.
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You don't know the CAD system.

I guess the question is... what is the CAD system?
 
w1llyg said:
Cheers Mr Rockliffe

I have to ask why do Alienware seem to be that little more pricey compared to other competitors?
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They're often built to order, better warranties etc. I had a 15, and cooling was great on it. Comfy keyboard l and lovely screen
 
Asus GL702ZC-GC179T

17,3", AMD Ryzen 7 1700, Full HD, 16 GB RAM, 1000 GB, 8 GB SSD, AMD Radeon RX580, Microsoft Windows 10, 3 kg
 
MrRockliffe said:
Most CAD applications prefer better single core performance. I think an i7 would be a better choice.
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I see these reviews http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/amd-ryzen-7-1800x-cpu,4951-9.html
The thing is that in CAD applications, indeed Ryzen behaves rather poorly.
But when you use all of your threads simultaneously for several applications, for example, CAD application + streaming + decoding/encoding, etc, the Ryzen system will be miles ahead with its plenty of threads.
 
4K8KW10 said:
I see these reviews http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/amd-ryzen-7-1800x-cpu,4951-9.html
The thing is that in CAD applications, indeed Ryzen behaves rather poorly.
But when you use all of your threads simultaneously for several applications, for example, CAD application + streaming + decoding/encoding, etc, the Ryzen system will be miles ahead with its plenty of threads.
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That's quite an unlikely scenario - when using a piece of CAD software, you're usually keeping an eye on it to make sure it's running smoothly. It's not like a video edit where you can leave it running.

If your CAD software malfunctions, and you don't notice it, you could end up messing up massive assemblies and your work :/
 
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