BEST gaming laptop under 2 grand (NO ALIENWARE) GO

"In a Mini; let them mock me as My Mini Countryman is higher than you" (hoontheangelsing) 04/16/2016 at 22:42 • Filed to: None

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Parents won’t let me bring my battlestation to Uni, and my classes for eng require a beefy processor and graphics card, might as well go balls to the wall for efficiency’s sake.

Requirements:

Skylake processor

512gb of storage (can be mixed SSD or HDD/SATA)

Run most minders games on Ultra

Run Linux

8GB RAM

15" screen

Have some cool cars I found in my area your time

Conan > In a Mini; let them mock me as My Mini Countryman is higher than you 04/16/2016 at 22:50

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Nab some sort of ASUS or Gigabyte from Amazon Warehouse. No warranty but crazy deals.

BmanUltima's car still hasn't been fixed yet, he'll get on it tomorrow, honest. > In a Mini; let them mock me as My Mini Countryman is higher than you 04/16/2016 at 22:51

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This:

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00JKCHT1C/…

And it’s under budget.

In a Mini; let them mock me as My Mini Countryman is higher than you > Conan 04/16/2016 at 22:51

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Yeah i do like Asus and Gigabyte, but what about origin PC

RyanFrew > In a Mini; let them mock me as My Mini Countryman is higher than you 04/16/2016 at 22:52

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Why do your classes require a beefy processor and graphics card? Sarcasm?

Mercedes Streeter > In a Mini; let them mock me as My Mini Countryman is higher than you 04/16/2016 at 22:52

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Edit: Erg, reading comprehension sucks on my end...ignore...

In a Mini; let them mock me as My Mini Countryman is higher than you > Mercedes Streeter 04/16/2016 at 22:53

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>Building a Laptop

>With no previous experience

Mercedes Streeter > In a Mini; let them mock me as My Mini Countryman is higher than you 04/16/2016 at 22:54

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Whoops, missed the laptop bit. Late night reading...

-this space for rent- > RyanFrew 04/16/2016 at 22:55

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What I lacked in beefy processor and graphics I made up for with sarcasm.

In a Mini; let them mock me as My Mini Countryman is higher than you > RyanFrew 04/16/2016 at 22:56

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Matlab

solidworks

FSAE

Conan > In a Mini; let them mock me as My Mini Countryman is higher than you 04/16/2016 at 22:57

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They sell rebranded Sager/Clevos, some Gigabytes, and the like. Some nice specs but they back ordered me for something for something like 7 weeks. I don’t recommend them.

In a Mini; let them mock me as My Mini Countryman is higher than you > Conan 04/16/2016 at 22:58

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Sager/Clevos? tell me more...

I also heard ther’s some German company that makes a godmachine gaming laptop

RyanFrew > In a Mini; let them mock me as My Mini Countryman is higher than you 04/16/2016 at 23:01

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Hahaha. I’m an idiot. I interpreted “Eng” as “English” classes, rather than Engineering.

In a Mini; let them mock me as My Mini Countryman is higher than you > In a Mini; let them mock me as My Mini Countryman is higher than you 04/16/2016 at 23:04

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NEVER MIND, I JUST CAME

http://www.sagernotebook.com/Gaming-Noteboo…

Conan > In a Mini; let them mock me as My Mini Countryman is higher than you 04/16/2016 at 23:05

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http://www.xoticpc.com/custom-gaming-…

These. They’re heavy and not pretty but usually have solid cooling. Laptops are often made by other manufacturers and get rebranded for various companies.

You can get some solid laptopnik level reviews here.

http://www.notebookcheck.net/

There’s good forums here.

http://www.notebookreview.com/

In a Mini; let them mock me as My Mini Countryman is higher than you > RyanFrew 04/16/2016 at 23:05

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It’s ok, I expect idiocy out of English majors

/S (maybe)

Chariotoflove > In a Mini; let them mock me as My Mini Countryman is higher than you 04/16/2016 at 23:08

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I’d recommend 32 GB RAM if you can afford it, or at least 16. Also, a good graphics card with 2GB of video RAM, 4 if you can swing it.

R Saldana [|Oo|======|oO|] - BTC/ETH/LTC Prophet > In a Mini; let them mock me as My Mini Countryman is higher than you 04/16/2016 at 23:10

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I’m in IT and federal construction and engineering, this is easily the best bag for your buck system add in higher caliber memory (Corsair Vengeance PC3-12800) and either a PCIe or SATA m2 SSD and a standard 1tb mushkin SSD and you will be set for literally anything. The IPS display and 960GTx 4gb will be helpful as well.

DELL Inspiron i7559-2512BLK Gaming Laptop Intel Core i7 6700HQ (2.60 GHz) 8 GB Memory 1 TB HDD 8 GB SSD NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M 4 GB GDDR5 15.6" 1920 x 1080 Windows 10 Home 64-Bit , http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc…

In a Mini; let them mock me as My Mini Countryman is higher than you > Conan 04/16/2016 at 23:13

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DUDE SAGER SELLS LAPTOPS WITH QUADROS
A FUCKING QUADRO

Conan > In a Mini; let them mock me as My Mini Countryman is higher than you 04/16/2016 at 23:21

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If you’re doing graphics design/CAD they can’t be stopped. They have higher end cards for gaming specifically though.

In a Mini; let them mock me as My Mini Countryman is higher than you > Conan 04/16/2016 at 23:22

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I also heard quadro is better at gaming.

Conan > In a Mini; let them mock me as My Mini Countryman is higher than you 04/16/2016 at 23:22

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In some areas yes. It depends on what you’re trying to do with it.

(Those areas... certain 3D rendering tasks and games that involve heavy randomization. They’re mostly like 80/90% as good as a similar spec GeForce for gaming.)

Sam > In a Mini; let them mock me as My Mini Countryman is higher than you 04/16/2016 at 23:25

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That won’t run games very well, though. You have to decide between gaming performance and compute performance.

Maybe find a used Razer Blade? Those are pretty good.

Conan > Sam 04/16/2016 at 23:26

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They’re really pretty but you can get more bang for your buck from other folks like Gigabyte in that class.

Nibby > In a Mini; let them mock me as My Mini Countryman is higher than you 04/16/2016 at 23:29

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Look at Dell Precision, HP ZBook 15, and ThinkPad P50.

MrDakka > In a Mini; let them mock me as My Mini Countryman is higher than you 04/16/2016 at 23:34

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Let me just tell you running CAD software on a laptop screen sucks absolute donkey balls. I hope you at least bring your battlestation’s monitor with you. As for MATLAB, you can run that on pretty much anything, but FYI there’s a parallel processing plugin floating on the interwebs for much shorter run times, which is super helpful for anything using iterative methods

Satoshi "Zipang" Katsura > In a Mini; let them mock me as My Mini Countryman is higher than you 04/16/2016 at 23:35

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Have you considered MSi laptops? I own a GT72 2QE unit with a Broadwell i7 and a 980M. Runs pretty decent and I have my unit set up to run RAID 0 on 3 500GB m.2 SSDs.

It also has some beefy cooling capabilities and you can upgrade up to 32GB RAM. If memory serves me right, the Skylake units should be cheap enough for your budget.

Zipppy, Mazdurp builder, Probeski owner and former ricerboy > In a Mini; let them mock me as My Mini Countryman is higher than you 04/16/2016 at 23:36

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MSI seems to have that area down pat. ASUS ROG laptops are also pretty good. this roundup should have what you need

https://laptopninja.io/finding-the-be…

MrDakka > In a Mini; let them mock me as My Mini Countryman is higher than you 04/16/2016 at 23:41

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A bit over $2k, but similar specs: http://www.doghousesystems.com/v/mobius_tl.as…

My speed3 is happy > In a Mini; let them mock me as My Mini Countryman is higher than you 04/17/2016 at 11:28

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May I ask why no Alienware?

Wirecutter reviews have been on point in my experience. Their recommendation is the:

ASUS ROG G752VT-DH72

http://thewirecutter.com/reviews/best-g…

All your requirements, plus IPS screen with GSYNC!

gergey - Wishes vette was Datsun > In a Mini; let them mock me as My Mini Countryman is higher than you 04/17/2016 at 14:04

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Get a Clevo.

I’ve got a 17.3" display, 32GB of RAM, GeForce GTX980M, i7 CPU, 2 m.SATA SSDs, 2 full sized SATA3 HDDs, there’s still a DVD slot that could be used for another HDD, fingerprint reader...

http://www.reflexnotebook.ca/ if you’re in Canada. If elsewhere, there’s other places that’ll build to your spec. I think a “

Sager NP9758 - Clevo P750DM”

would work.

Bonus: I dual boot Windows 7 and Ubuntu 14.04, each get their own mSATA SSD.

That's Engineering? > In a Mini; let them mock me as My Mini Countryman is higher than you 04/17/2016 at 15:41

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You really don’t need major specs on your computer to run Matlab/Simulink (unless you are running extremely complex, computationally-intensive simulations). It’s also easier to do it on a school computer, as they have all the additional toolboxes that do not come with a student edition of Matlab. Source: Mech. Eng. grad student who runs complex vehicle simulations on a daily basis that do require 32 GB RAM and a significant processor. Also, CAD on a laptop is generally terrible, unless you plan on having a 17" screen.