I'm now halfway through school. I'm considering potentially parting out the X79 desktop and selling it. In the fall I will be at either Rollins College or University of Florida, potentially on campus and potentially off, not sure which yet. I'm not really looking for a system to take to class for notes etc, I have an older Kindle Fire HD 7" I dedicated to that usage.
However, I would like essentially a desktop replacement, as it is a bit of a pain to move the behemoth, especially 2x per semester. The most likely replacement would be a high end laptop more so than an ITX. Budget would be let's say under $2500.
Requirements:
Storage: I'd say needs to have at least 120GB SSD, RAID would be nice but not 100% needed. I don't need a ton of space so one drive would do.
CPU: must be i7, just can't step down that much.
RAM: 8-16GB
Display: High end, 1080P minimum
Size? Let's say under 15.4"
GPU: Now this is a tough one, ideally I would like a GTX 970M or 980M.
One that I like is the Razer Bade QHD+ with the 128GB SSD. Total for it with my student discount comes to $2089. I know there's also Sager to consider which I'm open to but I do really like the form factor of the Blade.
I'm not 100% set on doing this, just considering it right now.
Edit: Forgot, what will I be doing with it? 3ds MAX, Kerbal Space Program, homework, Cryengine 3 sandbox and simulations, moderate gaming?, light photo editing, streaming, etc.
post edited by Halo_003 - 2015/05/20 12:53:44