Will this laptop suit my needs?

[Kandiimann Shane]

Hi my current laptop is not powerful enough. It's a Toshiba Satellite P50-ABT2G22 http/www.pcworld.com/product/pg/1235609190/detail

*Intel® Core™ i7-4700MQ Processor (6M Cache, up to 3.40 GHz)
*8GB DDR3L 1600MHz (4GB + 4GB)
*1.0TB (5400rpm); Hybrid 8G Serial ATA hard disk drive
*2GB GDDR3 NVIDIA ® GeForce® GT 740M with Optimus™ Technology

I make 1080p music videos with a lot of animation and heavy effects, which are usually around 6 minutes long. With my current laptop when about 2-3 minutes of the video is completed, RAM previews and updates in the composition monitor when changing things slow down to the point that i can't really finish the video. Each frame takes like 3 seconds to load. So i guess i need a new laptop.I'm pretty sold on MSI's Dominator pro 888, I just wanted to get some approval. Do you guys think this will get the job done? My only concern is that the processors are very similar. But with 4x more RAM, much better GPU, and the SSD, I'm hoping I'll be able to make my 6 minute, effects heavy, videos extremely smoothly, with no lag. What do you guys think?

http/www.xoticpc.com/msi-gt70-dominatorpro888-p-6941.html?wconfigure=yes

4th Generation Intel® Haswell Core™ i7-4800MQ (2.7GHz - 3.7GHz, 6MB Intel® Smart Cache)
NVIDIA® GeForce™ GTX 880M (8.0GB) GDDR5 PCI-Express DX11 w/ Optimus™ Technology
32GB DDR3 1600MHz [SKU-844AP] (Dual Channel Memory (4x8GB SODIMMS))
1TB HDD + 384GB SSD

 

[Dblkk]

I don't know your budget but I believe the msi had cooling problems. As far as just rendering and effects, the 880m is a huge overkill, in which your battery life will surely show you as well. I'd really recommend the asus g750 series. Its a little bigger and bulkier. But it offers phenominal cooling, and above average battery life. Even without the Maxwell gpu's the asus give 4-6 hours average use and 2-3 hours of gaming. Asus has several models, all will include the 4700 chip which yes the 4800 is a step up, but not a significant leap. I'd recommend probably just the 860m chip, offers great performance, from what ive read the 860m vs the 765m in previous that the new 8060 offers the biggest leap as far as new components vs their older. I'd def recommend at least a 16gb ram upgrade, but the asus and believe the msi offer up to 32gb, this would probably be overkill. But i'd get the asus, with 860m. should be around $1500, grab a 8gb stick of ram for $60, and get a ssd for the second drive to put the os and frequently used programs on. and then keep the stock 1tb hhd for your storage.