Again, it's the most bearable laptop I could find (and there are no thinkpads sold in my country). How badly did I fuck up?
PS: My old laptop from 2008 died (fan ran at max speed, screen didn't want to turn on, the motherboard shit the bed) and I ended up tossing it into a fire. That's why I'm even buying a new one. Otherwise I'd've just kept my old one.
You where better off buying a desktop or even a console. Laptops are bad and expensive. Poor user
Carson Hall
Dell latitude? Toshiba? Just buy used
Asher Ramirez
>You where better off buying a desktop I already have a pretty good desktop (SLI 1080, non-Ti). I just need something for traveling or testing VR things outside.
Easton Morris
>VR >outside why
Daniel Foster
I'm a VR dev. It might be useful for showcasing things in the future.
Tyler Gomez
Then you probably know better than Sup Forums what you need
Jace Bailey
This. BUILD A DESKTOP BOII
Jacob Kelly
i am thinking of buying Lenovo y520 same specs but cheaper
I have thinkpad t420 8gb whit gnu/linux installed, but it is not bought for android studio. I not even play games and buying a new computer seems a waste
Yeah mate we don't have a proper lenovo store here, and neither can we buy customization laptops like that.
Shit sucks here
Sebastian Miller
Lenovo a shit. Shitty build, faulty hardware, shitty displays. Some laptops have such bad cooling they literally melt. Some require drilling additional holes to fix the cooling.
Jackson Collins
I mean, you think it's same specs but cheaper, but in fact the most expensive part (display) isn't even specified.
Jayden Hughes
Ive got a an asus model with a 1070 and 6700k, it works great for mobile VR / demoing at cons etc. Only thing I ended up doing was making my own fan and voltage curves, also ended up underclocking the CPU core voltage as that shit was running pointlessly hot and is still stable with no actual hit to the performance.
TLDR: Do some minor tweaking and it's a perfectly suitable laptop for mobile VR.
Austin Smith
Thanks, I'll look into doing that. How'd you set your own fan curve? Is that a setting in the BIOS options now or did you use something else?
Caleb Johnson
Are desktop GPU prices still retarded thanks to crypto miners?
Connor Bennett
yes, if you brought a desktop from year ago whit gtx 1070 now it would cost the same or a bit more
Austin Edwards
alot
James Brown
You're doing great man, we all love you here
Carter Russell
For how much can I sell a 1080 now?
Leo Sullivan
Thanks man.
Bentley Phillips
Can anyone point me to the cheapest crap that can deal with pic related. My 5 y old acer e1-531g is almost ded.
In my shitty country they're selling overpriced 2-3 y old lap tops for 1000-1500$. I just want to off myself....
Eli Hall
what country lad
Julian Myers
based It's okay but expect QC issues since it's an asus gaming laptop
Ryan Richardson
>start witcher 3 on my brand new asus ROG >just got to the intro splashscreens >WHIRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR
FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCK, why did I fall for this meme, the warranty is void and I can't even fucking refund this shit
Bentley Young
Bulgaria. All they sell here can be found anywhere else for less. Its a bit complicated but not worth at all. Im thinking of buying a lap top from amazon.de and telling my brother to ship it to me.....idk
>he forgot gpu prices are still shit youre better off with a console or gayming laptop than a desktop
Luke Davis
Bought the dell counterpart in december for essentially $650 ($800 for the i5 with the 1060 with a $150 rebate that eventually came in) and it runs everything I throw at it pretty well, so you probably did well considering
Funny how most of Sup Forums are still stuck in the past thinking that gaming laptops cost twice as much with half the performance.
Juan Martinez
>not a thinkpad you fucked up now back to Sup Forums
Jeremiah Rivera
I will agree however Sup Forums is correct about the QC on these things which isnt the greatest. My friend bought the same one and had to send it back twice due to screen flickering. I wouldve been pissed as shit if I spent $1000 on it (original msrp) and it started doing stuff like that
Nicholas Carter
>No thinkpads in my country read the post faggot
Matthew Richardson
>and there are no thinkpads sold in my country Where do you live, I don't believe you
Daniel Kelly
ThinkPolice banned them ?
Adam Martinez
Good for you, OP. Personally, I find the 15" laptops a bit too big, but to each their own.
Thomas Foster
Gayming Laptop - enjoy your pressed flat, cooked thighs.
Levi Adams
>Amidst all the gaming shit and lightweight overpriced soy crap this is the best one i could find you mean it was the best one you could afford
Charles Bell
VR Dev, ah that's code for unemployed with ambition to become employed by taking your nob out and playing with it
Brandon Edwards
>best one i could find >1080p
Chase Evans
Do you need a dedicated GPU? Do you need something that isn't a desktop? Are you fine carrying a heavy laptop? Are you fine with a laptop with loud fans? Are you ok with faggy RGB lights?
If you answered yes to all of these, then you made a pretty good choice.
