Stevenf980
Member
Hi all,
Currently I have a laptop from PC-Specialist which I bought back in 2012 for £1k and it still runs very well with a i7 3610QM, the only thing holding it back is the graphics card for gaming as it has a GTX 660M. (Fortnite is difficult to play in such low settings although Realm Royale is pretty good - overwatch impossible).
So I'm currently looking at spending around £1600/1700 on a PC or laptop (17.3inch) which I will mainly be using for Producing music through Ableton, playing games (mostly Fortnite, Overwatch and Realm Royale) as well as a bit of video editing here and there.
Would like a screen that's at least 120hz (is there much difference between 120 and 144?), Graphics card at least GTX 1070 (pushing the budget for a laptop I know) and was looking at a 2TB HDD Hybrid (or 1TB HDD 7200rpm - I don't really know which is best in terms of performance like what exactly is a hybrid HDD?) with a 512gb SSD and I guess 16gb ram would help with the music/video editing.
For a laptop I can spec all the above at just around £1700 with the Defiance V, however I've read a few reviews on the forums of people having issues keeping itself cool (with one person complaining it's unuseable to play as the keyboard get's too hot). So that lead me to look at a gaming PC. When building the PC I will also then need to purchase a 120/144hz monitor, gaming mouse and keyboard also so please do keep that in mind pricing wise. When it comes to all these motherboards and cooling (would ideally like something that's not gonna heat up my entire room as it's quite a small room I currently stay in and I have enough gadets doing that already haha) and whatnot I literally have no idea how to spec myself a PC whereas a laptop is very simple so if anyone could help build something around that would be really useful.
Also keeping in mind I purchased my last laptop just as new technology came out so was a very good time, does anyone know how far through the current round of hardware we're at - if it's worth waiting a month or two then I probably would.
Thanks in advance for any help
Currently I have a laptop from PC-Specialist which I bought back in 2012 for £1k and it still runs very well with a i7 3610QM, the only thing holding it back is the graphics card for gaming as it has a GTX 660M. (Fortnite is difficult to play in such low settings although Realm Royale is pretty good - overwatch impossible).
So I'm currently looking at spending around £1600/1700 on a PC or laptop (17.3inch) which I will mainly be using for Producing music through Ableton, playing games (mostly Fortnite, Overwatch and Realm Royale) as well as a bit of video editing here and there.
Would like a screen that's at least 120hz (is there much difference between 120 and 144?), Graphics card at least GTX 1070 (pushing the budget for a laptop I know) and was looking at a 2TB HDD Hybrid (or 1TB HDD 7200rpm - I don't really know which is best in terms of performance like what exactly is a hybrid HDD?) with a 512gb SSD and I guess 16gb ram would help with the music/video editing.
For a laptop I can spec all the above at just around £1700 with the Defiance V, however I've read a few reviews on the forums of people having issues keeping itself cool (with one person complaining it's unuseable to play as the keyboard get's too hot). So that lead me to look at a gaming PC. When building the PC I will also then need to purchase a 120/144hz monitor, gaming mouse and keyboard also so please do keep that in mind pricing wise. When it comes to all these motherboards and cooling (would ideally like something that's not gonna heat up my entire room as it's quite a small room I currently stay in and I have enough gadets doing that already haha) and whatnot I literally have no idea how to spec myself a PC whereas a laptop is very simple so if anyone could help build something around that would be really useful.
Also keeping in mind I purchased my last laptop just as new technology came out so was a very good time, does anyone know how far through the current round of hardware we're at - if it's worth waiting a month or two then I probably would.
Thanks in advance for any help
Last edited: