New Hardware College Laptop?!?!?!?

[Soap-Money]

I'm starting college this year and I need a laptop, here are the things I need it to do.....
1. Run programs like CAD and other 3D design/engineering programs
2. Light gaming, CS:GO on Medium or something like that
3. Be At least 15in for screen size, I don't really care about weight
I've already looked at this one, http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834314815&cm_re=acer_i7-_-34-314-815-_-Product
I liked it but was wondering if there was something that one of you would recommend!

 

[doppler1]

not sure how much laptops have changed since i last got one, and i've always used AMD, but I'd rather have a dedicated graphics card rather than integrated. That's my opinion though =) the big picture is how much you wanna spend on something that'll last your college days. look at it as an investment, quality means less stress and frustration (hopefully). if it's gonna be portable, i'd highly suggest a SSD!

 

[Soap-Money]

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This is the one I ended up getting got a killer deal on it! ($575)

 

[Jake123]

Dang! Wish I would have seen this sooner m8!

You're going to want more RAM in order to run Autocad better! But, it depends on what and how big your models get I guess.

And for $575, that's an awesome price for a laptop with a video card in it!

Also you can always add RAM yourself!

Good luck with College! I'm assuming you're going for Engineering. I took the same route!

 

[redhat]

For autocad, you're going to want a minimum of 12GB of RAM, and get a system with a dedicated graphics card.

 

[redhat]

Amazon.com : Lenovo Y40-80 Laptop - Core i7-5500U, 8GB RAM, 14.0" Full HD Display, AMD Radeon R9 M275 2GB, 500GB HDD - 80FA001CUS : Computers & Accessories
This is the one I ended up getting got a killer deal on it! ($575)

That's a great system man. You may want to end up installing more RAM if you experience issues with AutoCAD, but overall you should be pretty solid. I have a Lenovo myself. Mines a Lenovo T450s completely decked out to the max on absolutely everything they have to offer for that line. Lol.Besides their overpriced SSD which I ended up purchasing separately and installing myself. I didn't get the M.2 with it either, because their 16GB M2 they offered for a substantial increase in price wouldn't even hold my pictures.

 

[Jake123]

Yeah we have 32GB of ram in my work laptop, and we run Autodesk inventor, and we still get some issues with some of our models, but they are huge and 20,000+ parts in them.

 

[JayFromEpic]

I gotta agree with everyone else, if your running AutoCAD then I would get something you can upgrade the ram to atleast 12gb which still may not be enough depending on what your classes will have you doing.

 

[Icydud]

AutoCad recs are i7, 12gb ram 2gb GPU.

So if you find anything with that, don't even bother about how well you're going to be able to play csgo. That alone will tear through any source game.

 

[Soap-Money]

Looks like I'll be buying a new RAM kit!

 

[762MM_REPR]

I got a Asus ROG, a few months ago and was very happy with it a little more then you might want to pay but it might be worth it in the long run, you can get it with or without a hard drive and just put in your own. I would HIGHLY recommend an SSD in whatever you get. I push the power button and my laptop is at login screen no joke its faster then my desktop.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834232405

 

[Trippey]

I don't want to discourage you, but in my honest opinion I don't think you need to invest in a workstation laptop, you are better spending the money elsewhere (BOOKS!). Most schools have engineering labs with high power workstations that are free to use if you need more computing power than a regular laptop anyways. For undergraduate engineering work I would recommend any laptop that has at least an i5 and a dedicated graphics chip for basic CAD work.

 

[Soap-Money]

I don't want to discourage you, but in my honest opinion I don't think you need to invest in a workstation laptop, you are better spending the money elsewhere (BOOKS!). Most schools have engineering labs with high power workstations that are free to use if you need more computing power than a regular laptop anyways. For undergraduate engineering work I would recommend any laptop that has at least an i5 and a dedicated graphics chip for basic CAD work.

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Ended up getting this one for $575 I needed one any way and I found a killer deal, definitely will think about that before I upgrade or do anything else with it.