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Hardware / Re: New Build options - mobility vs. utility

« on: 2024-02-11, 21:31:59 »

Thank you very much for the clarifications. So far doing my research :
1. MSI are out of the discussion - not my style - designwise
2. Would love to have glossy OLED screen but only options so far that suit me are Asus ProArt Studio book and basically thats it. Asus's mini-leds are also fine.
3. Want 17 or 18 inch, 16 is a compromise i think, nevermind that in 75% of the time i will use it with a monitor.
4. Workstation grade laptops are way too expensive in my side of Europe, so they are also out of the discussion
5. None of the Asus nor Lenovo (excl. Thinkpads) laptops are listed officially to support 96GB Ram - do you have experience with that and is 96 mandatory.
6. Love the Razer blade 18, but the new model is not yet available. Wouldn't get a 16 razer blade - if the 16 inch screen compromise is to be made I would get a Asus ProArt.
7. In the benchmarks the Ryzen 7945HX seems to beat the 13950hx/13980hx, but there are still no benchmarks for the 14900hx. In Cinebench multi core bench the Ryzen is still better.

So to summerise, Available options to get now
1. Asus ProArt Studiobook - Nice looks, excellent display, Ok pricewise
2. Asus ROG Scar 17 with 7945HX 17' 16:9 Aspect - small compromise , again the looks are not the best for me, but
3. Asus ROG Scar 18 2024 with 14900HX 18' 16:10 Aspect - only looks and highest price of all picks would be an issue
4. Asus ROG Zephyrus DOU with 7945HX 16:10 - a bit exotic with the second screen above the keyboard, but good display and package, I dont know if the ram is soldered
5. Lenovo Legions 2024 model - acceptable design, again not clear when they will be available
6. Razer Blade 18 - Wait for the 2024 model and just get it watever the price, especially if as you said is packaged with the 14950HX - really like the looks and everything, excl. the glowing green snakes on the lid. Had a 15 inch model 4 years ago, full of issues, but I think that they managed to solve most of them,
or get the last year 18 inch model , strangely it is not allowed to configure it with 64 or more ram through razer. The new 16 inch 24 model would be the last option, which allows stock 96 ram, but makes you get the worse display and 4TB ssd which is insane.. Would be happy to get a new PC as soon as possible and I'm not really into waiting till the mid/end of 24 for Razer to release the new 18 inch.


Most reviews in youtube are biased, and don't really give the full picture.

What would you recommend ..

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Hardware / New Build options - mobility vs. utility

« on: 2024-02-11, 15:50:13 »

Hi all,
I'm an architect, new to the forum and coming back to Corona after many years of using other products for the in-house visuals or not doing any at all. Now due to reorganisation I want to start doing some of the work personally in my office and I am in a need to build a PC. I am really struggling to make a final decision because of several details and I think you guys will be able to help me a lot here. It is very imporant to stress out that we are not professional 3D artists and archviz is a part of the design process we do and endgame images are mainly produced for our own comfort and pleasure. We do mostly interiors and small residential projects, so no master plans, huge exteriors nor complicated videos.  I was almost settled on building a SFF station, as I have to move a lot between 2-3 different work places and I was thinking of geting an AIO cooled Ryzen 9 7950X/ i9-14900,  with a RTX 4070Ti Super / 4080 Super in a small 10-11 liter case which i will be able to move around, but when I did some reasearch, reading here and in the benchmark result page I saw that the mobile version of the I9's is only around 15-20% behind the regular one. As I don't need the full factor GPU at any cost ( not gona use F-storm anymore ) I ran in the option of getting a nice mobile station like the Razor blade 18 or the '24 Lenovo legions or Asus G16 Zephyrus all having 13900 HX or the new generation of Intels mobile chips. Big + of this scenario is that in the first option I will have to get a laptop anyway, to have the option to work while travelling, and that would biuld up the cost. Also moving a 10-11kg station here and there is not the most comfortable thing and I am afraid it may damage the thing or lead to issues in the long run. As mobility is very important for me what would you recomend, as I hope most of you run in the need to work on a mobile station from time to time and would know the real picture there. In both cases I have a stationary server/library which will host files and other stuff. Sorry for the long topic and looking forward to hearing your opinion.