Help choosing a laptop

Shibi · August 31, 2020, 08:44

Hello to all,

I have a budget of 1500€ to buy a laptop.

I will do work related with computational fluid dynamics with OpenFOAM and some designing with solidWorks.

For the heavy duty work, I will have access to a computer cluster at my university.

I would like to know what computer do you guys recommend (in 2020) that will be a good €/performance ratio.

I am thinking on buying the Gigabyte Aorus 5 KB-7PT1130SD.

Its current price is 1300€
and comes with:

Processor: Intel® Core ™ i7-10750H Hexa-Core, 2.60 GHz with Turbo up to 5.00 GHz , 12 MB Cache
Ram: 16GB (2x8GB) 3200MHz DDR4
Display: 15.6 "Thin Bezel Full HD 144Hz IPS anti-glare LCD display
Graphics: Intel® UHD Graphics + NVIDIA® GeForce RTX ™ 2060 6GB GDDR6
Storage: 512GB PCIe Gen3x4 SSD, +1 M2 slot and 1 SSD/HDD slot

What do you think about the specs?
Do you know other models that have a better €/performance ratio?

Habib-CFD · August 31, 2020, 09:09

Quote:

Originally Posted by Shibi

Hello to all,

I have a budget of 1500€ to buy a laptop.

I will do work related with computational fluid dynamics with OpenFOAM and some designing with solidWorks.

For the heavy duty work, I will have access to a computer cluster at my university.

I would like to know what computer do you guys recommend (in 2020) that will be a good €/performance ratio.

I am thinking on buying the Gigabyte Aorus 5 KB-7PT1130SD.

Its current price is 1300€
and comes with:

Processor: Intel® Core ™ i7-10750H Hexa-Core, 2.60 GHz with Turbo up to 5.00 GHz , 12 MB Cache
Ram: 16GB (2x8GB) 3200MHz DDR4
Display: 15.6 "Thin Bezel Full HD 144Hz IPS anti-glare LCD display
Graphics: Intel® UHD Graphics + NVIDIA® GeForce RTX ™ 2060 6GB GDDR6
Storage: 512GB PCIe Gen3x4 SSD, +1 M2 slot and 1 SSD/HDD slot

What do you think about the specs?
Do you know other models that have a better €/performance ratio?

https://www.newegg.com/gray-asus-rog...2WC-000N-01V20

4800HS in multi-core application is very decent choice.

Shibi · September 1, 2020, 03:51

Thanks for the reply!

Hmm, interesting choice. Are AMD processors better than Intel's?

I also have my eye on an TUF Gaming A15 FA506IU-R94BT6CS1. It comes with:

Processor: AMD Ryzen ™ 9 4900H Octa-Core, 3.30 GHz with Turbo up to 4.40 GHz , 12 MB Cache
RAM memory: 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4-3200MHz
Graphics: AMD Radeon ™ Graphics + NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti 6GB GDDR6
Storage: 512GB M.2 NVMe ™ PCIe® 3.0 SSD

If you have other suggestions please let me know!

ngerma · September 3, 2020, 23:28

I agree on AMD choice as it's much more better than Intel, as it has more computation process/power along with multi-core so it's a best choice. The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti 6G is not bad and will work for all the graphics/animation works needed but I would go for something like GTX 1080 or RTX 2060 or 2070.

Just one more thing if not bad at all, pair it with a good bluetooth speaker doss soundbox touch as I did just my humble opinion and not recommened.

Hope this helps.

August 31, 2020, 08:44	Help choosing a laptop	#1
Shibi Member Join Date: Feb 2020 Posts: 90 Rep Power: 6	Hello to all, I have a budget of 1500€ to buy a laptop. I will do work related with computational fluid dynamics with OpenFOAM and some designing with solidWorks. For the heavy duty work, I will have access to a computer cluster at my university. I would like to know what computer do you guys recommend (in 2020) that will be a good €/performance ratio. I am thinking on buying the Gigabyte Aorus 5 KB-7PT1130SD. Its current price is 1300€ and comes with: Processor: Intel® Core ™ i7-10750H Hexa-Core, 2.60 GHz with Turbo up to 5.00 GHz , 12 MB Cache Ram: 16GB (2x8GB) 3200MHz DDR4 Display: 15.6 "Thin Bezel Full HD 144Hz IPS anti-glare LCD display Graphics: Intel® UHD Graphics + NVIDIA® GeForce RTX ™ 2060 6GB GDDR6 Storage: 512GB PCIe Gen3x4 SSD, +1 M2 slot and 1 SSD/HDD slot What do you think about the specs? Do you know other models that have a better €/performance ratio?

September 1, 2020, 03:51		#3
Shibi Member Join Date: Feb 2020 Posts: 90 Rep Power: 6	Thanks for the reply! Hmm, interesting choice. Are AMD processors better than Intel's? I also have my eye on an TUF Gaming A15 FA506IU-R94BT6CS1. It comes with: Processor: AMD Ryzen ™ 9 4900H Octa-Core, 3.30 GHz with Turbo up to 4.40 GHz , 12 MB Cache RAM memory: 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4-3200MHz Graphics: AMD Radeon ™ Graphics + NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti 6GB GDDR6 Storage: 512GB M.2 NVMe ™ PCIe® 3.0 SSD If you have other suggestions please let me know! Habib-CFD likes this.

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September 3, 2020, 23:28		#4
ngerma New Member Emma Join Date: Jun 2019 Posts: 5 Rep Power: 6	I agree on AMD choice as it's much more better than Intel, as it has more computation process/power along with multi-core so it's a best choice. The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti 6G is not bad and will work for all the graphics/animation works needed but I would go for something like GTX 1080 or RTX 2060 or 2070. Just one more thing if not bad at all, pair it with a good bluetooth speaker doss soundbox touch as I did just my humble opinion and not recommened. Hope this helps.