Tschumi
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My old alienware 17r has given up the ghost. It was never the hottest possible shit,i bought it chea off ebay us and the seller replaced all the interchangeable parts with Chinese dross, but it's still performed well enough for my purposes all these years, until now. The hard drive has failed and I'm taking it as a sign.
Anyway, i know a few things:
- alienware isn't hot shit anymore my next rig maybe shouldn't be an alienware
- i like the idea of alienware area 51 with replaceable graphics cards but i have a feeling it wouldn't be very future proof and it gets bad reviews anyway.
- i use my laptop mostly for architectural cad these days, which needs a lot of the same hardware gaming needs, but not quite the same intensity.
- i have a console for 4k gaming etc, I'm tired of my colossal 17 inch so I'll be going to 15 inch, i don't really game on pc anymore besides rts and rtwp so yeah I'd like the best graphics card i can find but i don't need anything insane. I don't want the body of my laptop to be distorted to accommodate a jet engine of a graphics card. Wouldn't mind RT capabilities if that's been rendered mainstream yet.
- i don't really have a price point right now, but it's probably $2.5-3k aud/$1.7-2.1k usd. Apparently the Asus ROG Zephryus G15 is good value and depending on ssd size that's about what it costs.
- i like the suite of software that alienware includes, the support and stuff, I'd like the next one to have similar user benefits.
Anyway, I'd appreciate any suggestions.
I'd prefer to support a more indy brand if that's at all possible. ASUS ain't really that, I'm aware.
Thanks!
Anyway, i know a few things:
- alienware isn't hot shit anymore my next rig maybe shouldn't be an alienware
- i like the idea of alienware area 51 with replaceable graphics cards but i have a feeling it wouldn't be very future proof and it gets bad reviews anyway.
- i use my laptop mostly for architectural cad these days, which needs a lot of the same hardware gaming needs, but not quite the same intensity.
- i have a console for 4k gaming etc, I'm tired of my colossal 17 inch so I'll be going to 15 inch, i don't really game on pc anymore besides rts and rtwp so yeah I'd like the best graphics card i can find but i don't need anything insane. I don't want the body of my laptop to be distorted to accommodate a jet engine of a graphics card. Wouldn't mind RT capabilities if that's been rendered mainstream yet.
- i don't really have a price point right now, but it's probably $2.5-3k aud/$1.7-2.1k usd. Apparently the Asus ROG Zephryus G15 is good value and depending on ssd size that's about what it costs.
- i like the suite of software that alienware includes, the support and stuff, I'd like the next one to have similar user benefits.
Anyway, I'd appreciate any suggestions.
I'd prefer to support a more indy brand if that's at all possible. ASUS ain't really that, I'm aware.
Thanks!
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