which Workstation laptop should i buy ?

[faramarz123]

hey guys.
i'm trying to buy a new workstation laptop since my old one does not want to co operate anymore.
the programs i use are : Autocad , photoshop , 3d max.
i use autocad and photoshop the most but i also need some rendering since i need 3d modeling too which makes picking a new laptop more difficult.
i dont care about resolution since i use another display, i dont care about battery life.
my budget is about 1000-1200 $
i've already looked into some laptops manufactured by MSI , Lenovo , hp and Dell ( like precision m3800 or hp omen pro , lenovo w550s , etc...) but the thing is they are kind of an overkill for my kind of work and they are too pricey , and i had no luck in finding a cheaper laptop. can you guys help me a bit or introduce a more suitable laptop to me ? thanks .

 

[dudeman509]

Something like this may be what you're looking for:

http/www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834152925

You'd probably want a 4-core i7 (HQ processor, not the low-power U-variants they call fake i7s) and a decent graphics card. More RAM (this has 12 - 16 probably wouldn't hurt) is a bonus, and a SSD wouldn't be a bad choice either.

 

[faramarz123]

Something like this may be what you're looking for:

http/www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834152925

You'd probably want a 4-core i7 (HQ processor, not the low-power U-variants they call fake i7s) and a decent graphics card. More RAM (this has 12 - 16 probably wouldn't hurt) is a bonus, and a SSD wouldn't be a bad choice either.

well this is an awesome laptop but its been made for gaming purposes. would it be still good enough to handle my rendering work? i was going for NVIDIA quadroPNY graphics which is actually a workstation card. can a GTX card handle rendering as good as quadro cards ?

 

[dudeman509]

Something like this may be what you're looking for:

http/www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834152925

You'd probably want a 4-core i7 (HQ processor, not the low-power U-variants they call fake i7s) and a decent graphics card. More RAM (this has 12 - 16 probably wouldn't hurt) is a bonus, and a SSD wouldn't be a bad choice either.

well this is an awesome laptop but its been made for gaming purposes. would it be still good enough to handle my rendering work? i was going for NVIDIA quadroPNY graphics which is actually a workstation card. can a GTX card handle rendering as good as quadro cards ?

I do a bit of the same work with a [desktop] GTX 970 and it runs everything great. They're not AS well-suited to it, but most of the mobile Quadro cards in a "mobile workstation" with an i7 are probably going to run in the mid-high $1000's, at least from what I've seen from Dell and HP.

 

[hang-the-9]

Get a 2 yr old Lenovo W model, will last longer than just about any new system. If you do professional work on the thing with CAD, you may end up in a job where you need to have a certified system to generate the product. A gaming laptop would almost certainly not be certified.