New here, hoping for Optimus VIII vs Defiance IV cool running opinions

Trueway

New member
Hello Forum members,

I need to replace a 7-year old Dell mobile workstation (Precision M6500) which I use for intensive browsing, document creation with voice recognition, Photoshopping of fairly large image files, general heavy multitasking. I don't play games at all.

I've studied the specs of the 17.3" Optimus 8 and 17.3" Defiance 4 for quite some time. My question is: if I spec these two 17.3 inch laptops as similarly as possible, so the main difference is the graphics card, which in your opinion would run cooler? I'm thinking this comes down to chassis design, internal layout, heat pipes, fans, whether the lid partially obscures the exhaust vents, etc.

I intend to have a 256GB Samsung SM961 M.2 SSD for OS and apps, and a 500GB Samsung 850 EVO SATA SSD for data, with 2x8GB DDR4 2400 MHz memory.

PCS sales advisors note that the Defiance is overkill, but I don't mind this, and the price of either the Optimus or the Defiance is around half the price of the equivalent Dell.

Any opinions on cool running of these two machines will be most appreciated.
 
Top