Help choosing laptop

bobbothner · Dec 30, 2015

Hey!

I'm looking to buy a laptop for school (engineering) so powerful enough to use Matlab, CAD software etc without too much trouble. I also live in different places during the week, so I need something that can game fairly well (1080p high quality AAA games like the Witcher etc).

Last but not least, I need it to be fairly thin and light, and have a decent battery (~4 hours if not more). I have my eye on a GTX 970M XMG C505 .

Are there any other laptops that fit my criteria? My budget would be about 1700-1800eur.

Thanks for the help!

EDIT: I'd like a 15.6" screen, with 1080p screen.

George Phillips · Dec 30, 2015

HP Zbook and Dell Precision Mobile Workstation should meet your needs very well. For the budget you can have a lot of choices. The first choice is usually how large the screen you want it to be? It should be one that's comfortable for you to work/study for long time, and the resolution should be pretty high to show everything you need. I suggest to go to HP and Dell's website to do some comparison and then pick one that fits in your budget.

velo3100 · Dec 30, 2015

The best laptops are barebone laptops. If you give me the websites that you visit, I could have a look.

bobbothner · Dec 30, 2015

velo3100 :

Something went wrong with the link in the original post... Here it is! http

/www.mysn.de/xmg-core-gaming-notebooks/xmg-c505

I'm looking very closely at the GTX 970 version now

Didn't find that many barebones that ship to Europe or are based in Europe though (other than that one)

bobbothner · Dec 30, 2015

George Phillips :

Thanks for the answer, but after having a quick look, The Zbook is not quite as powerful as I 'd like it to be, and the Workstations are too heavy for my taste :-/
Thanks for the answer though!

velo3100 · Dec 31, 2015

The laptop that you have linked is a good one but would get 8 gigs of ram as a min.

bobbothner :

bobbothner · Dec 31, 2015

velo3100 :

The laptop that you have linked is a good one but would get 8 gigs of ram as a min.

bobbothner :

Definitely planning on getting both 8Go of RAM + SSD.

Thanks for the answer!

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