I could do with a bit of help buying a new laptop.
I know I can get much better spec by having a desktop but I need to use it for work too so a laptop is my own option.
Work wise I don't need anything out of the normal but I have recently started getting into the whole live streaming stuff and my current laptop just doesn't seem to handle it.
I don't play games at all on my laptop. All I want to use it for is being able to stream to Twitch using my PS4 and Elgato. Some video editing and stuff for YouTube using Sony Vegas and that's about it.
Originally I thought my current laptop should be able to cope fine. It's a Dell Studio 1558 and it's only about 4 years old.
Processor - Intel Core(R) TM i5 CPU M520 @2.40 GHz
4GB Ram
64 Bit
I don't really understand too much but obviously know the better the processor the better the laptop.
With my setup at the moment after about 5 minutes of streaming my GPU hits 99% usage and the stream stops as my laptop can't seem to cope with it but on looking at other new laptops around, unless you're prepared to pay stupid money for a high end gaming machine then most seem to have processors around the 2.4GHz speed however some are i7's or prehaps later i5 models. Would these mean on the whole that due to mine and new laptops still being around the 2.4 mark that I'm still going to have the same problems as before or are the i7 2.4's better than my current i5 2.4?
Any help and/or advise would be great.
I know it's nothing to do with my internet as I'm on BT Infinity so download and upload are fine for streaming.
I know I can get much better spec by having a desktop but I need to use it for work too so a laptop is my own option.
Work wise I don't need anything out of the normal but I have recently started getting into the whole live streaming stuff and my current laptop just doesn't seem to handle it.
I don't play games at all on my laptop. All I want to use it for is being able to stream to Twitch using my PS4 and Elgato. Some video editing and stuff for YouTube using Sony Vegas and that's about it.
Originally I thought my current laptop should be able to cope fine. It's a Dell Studio 1558 and it's only about 4 years old.
Processor - Intel Core(R) TM i5 CPU M520 @2.40 GHz
4GB Ram
64 Bit
I don't really understand too much but obviously know the better the processor the better the laptop.
With my setup at the moment after about 5 minutes of streaming my GPU hits 99% usage and the stream stops as my laptop can't seem to cope with it but on looking at other new laptops around, unless you're prepared to pay stupid money for a high end gaming machine then most seem to have processors around the 2.4GHz speed however some are i7's or prehaps later i5 models. Would these mean on the whole that due to mine and new laptops still being around the 2.4 mark that I'm still going to have the same problems as before or are the i7 2.4's better than my current i5 2.4?
Any help and/or advise would be great.
I know it's nothing to do with my internet as I'm on BT Infinity so download and upload are fine for streaming.
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