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Not to long ago I upgraded my PC. Got a nice CPU, good clocks, decent running all around. Only thing I'd upgrade on it in the near term is probably the GPU as its now I think close to almost 4 years old! Yikes. Anyways a bit ago I was curious on downsizing my PC case to something smaller. Been looking into it and digging into it more and more. Really now the conclusion I've come up with is to maybe just consider really decent gaming laptop to replace the PC but still can utilize a monitor if I'd like to.
That being said I've been looking at the 15-17" laptops. I'm leaning more on the 15" due to a little easier on the portability standpoint but we'll see. That being said here are some of the pointers I've been coming aiming at. Just started digging around in this section of the forums just last week so might of missed something but I know its not typically what we do here on the site
i7 7700HQ / i7 7820HK - While still a laptop, I will like to tweak the CPU for what I can get out of it. Undervolt / OC it if possible! Not sure if the HQ would be fine for that without spending the extra to try getting the 7280k which seems to have more options for OCing?
16GB of ram - 2400Mhz, with the potential option at least maybe to get 2667Mhz ram with minor up charge, don't think I can OC this so little extra performance all the better.
Display - 1080p at least, 1440p would be nice, no 4k. IPS panel would be great (not sure if they come in 120Hz versions but I've seen some that can OC to 90Hz), also G-Sync option?
GPU - Looking at 1070GPU, unless really think the 1060 or 1060ti will potentially last for some years (guessing 5) with decent gaming (maybe not maxed out) on the display selected. Maybe potential OC of the GPU's if possible?
HDD - Primary drive would be a M.2 or PCIe based, 500-512GB drive would be preferred. I do have a 1TB 2.5" I'd at very least transfer over to the new laptop so secondary drive I could care less about. Potential option maybe for an additional M.2 or PCIe card in the future is always a plus
Battery - would love to be able to get 3ish hours out of a battery under normal, surfing, video watching, document typing conditions or even more if better. Gaming I understand I won't get much out of it on battery but 75+ min would be wonderful.
Ability to take apart relatively easily and apply appropriate thermal compounds! Was looking briefly into this and yeah with 10-15C drops potentially on some hardware with additional OC's... yeah that would be nice.
Brands to stay away from? Best of the Best brands?
This still has to pass the wife on this one since it will most likely be a pricey purchase (offset by selling of hardware of course). But I'm looking into this option and curios what others takes on it.
That being said I've been looking at the 15-17" laptops. I'm leaning more on the 15" due to a little easier on the portability standpoint but we'll see. That being said here are some of the pointers I've been coming aiming at. Just started digging around in this section of the forums just last week so might of missed something but I know its not typically what we do here on the site
i7 7700HQ / i7 7820HK - While still a laptop, I will like to tweak the CPU for what I can get out of it. Undervolt / OC it if possible! Not sure if the HQ would be fine for that without spending the extra to try getting the 7280k which seems to have more options for OCing?
16GB of ram - 2400Mhz, with the potential option at least maybe to get 2667Mhz ram with minor up charge, don't think I can OC this so little extra performance all the better.
Display - 1080p at least, 1440p would be nice, no 4k. IPS panel would be great (not sure if they come in 120Hz versions but I've seen some that can OC to 90Hz), also G-Sync option?
GPU - Looking at 1070GPU, unless really think the 1060 or 1060ti will potentially last for some years (guessing 5) with decent gaming (maybe not maxed out) on the display selected. Maybe potential OC of the GPU's if possible?
HDD - Primary drive would be a M.2 or PCIe based, 500-512GB drive would be preferred. I do have a 1TB 2.5" I'd at very least transfer over to the new laptop so secondary drive I could care less about. Potential option maybe for an additional M.2 or PCIe card in the future is always a plus
Battery - would love to be able to get 3ish hours out of a battery under normal, surfing, video watching, document typing conditions or even more if better. Gaming I understand I won't get much out of it on battery but 75+ min would be wonderful.
Ability to take apart relatively easily and apply appropriate thermal compounds! Was looking briefly into this and yeah with 10-15C drops potentially on some hardware with additional OC's... yeah that would be nice.
Brands to stay away from? Best of the Best brands?
This still has to pass the wife on this one since it will most likely be a pricey purchase (offset by selling of hardware of course). But I'm looking into this option and curios what others takes on it.