recommend me a windows based laptop

[superstardj01]

Hi all,

I want to upgrade my windows i3 dual core laptop to a much better laptop capable of running larger ableton projects and cpu hungry vsts, I want a laptop as I take my laptop to work and work on prjects in my lunch break, not a mac as I prefer windows, budget around £800, I want a quadcore, I have a spare 8gb of ram to use, Iwould prefer a 17" monitor, I've seen a lenovo Y700 for £799 and an msi for £859.
, any other suggestions would be great.

[Dasheesh]

You will get all the hot brands thrown at you, but I'll tell you HP has been putting out some really nice offerings at very affordable prices lately. I own a new envy and a couple of older Elite books and I love them as far as windows machines go. They just released a new one called the OMEN that is focused at gamers, but sounds like what you are after.

http://store.hp.com/us/en/mdp/Laptops/h ... b=features

[superstardj01]

Ive found these models which would be better?

1) HP Omen 17-w092na Core i5-6300HQ 8GB 1TB + 128GB SSD GeForce GTX 960M 17 Z5C11EA

2) lenovo y700 17isk i7-6700hq 16gb ram 1tb hdd FHD nvidia 960m ultrabook

3) MSI GL72 7QF-1008UK Core I5-7300HQ 8GB 1TB + 128GB SSD GeForce GTX 960M DVD-RW 17.3 Inch

All around the same price.

[Dasheesh]

Nobody can tell you that. There are a few things I can suggest though.

1: the 7000 series is the newest processors. The difference between a 6000 and a 7000 series is that the newer one sip less power. It may or may not extend battery life depending on the size of the battery.

2: Consider size. The larger and clunkier boxes may be a bit of a pain to haul around. I don't know what you are doing with it though.

3: Ports. Make sure it can do what you want it to.

[Ingonator]

You will get all the hot brands thrown at you, but I'll tell you HP has been putting out some really nice offerings at very affordable prices lately. I own a new envy and a couple of older Elite books and I love them as far as windows machines go. They just released a new one called the OMEN that is focused at gamers, but sounds like what you are after.

http://store.hp.com/us/en/mdp/Laptops/h ... b=features

Recently (less than 2 weeks ago) i needed a new notebook that should replace both my 9 years old Sony VAIO notebook (Core 2 Duo CPU) and my HP Pavillion desktop PC (with i5-3350P CPU).
After doing some research i found that one of the current i7-7700HQ based gaming notebooks seems to be the one to go with. Those gaming notebooks usally got a great performance and i was not using for a notebook with lowest power consumption but for one able to replace a desktop PC.

Finally i decided to buy HP OMEN 15.6" (model 15-ce033ng). With a price of 1399 € (incl. 19% VAT) IMO this has a great performance vs price ratio. There might be several better ones but usually those are more expensive and/or got features i might not really need.

Specs for this notebook:
- OS: Windows 10 Home 64-bit
- CPU: Intel Core i7-7700HQ @ 2.80 GHz (4 cores, 8 threads)
- RAM: 16 GB 2400 DDR4
- hard disks (2 internal ones): 256 GB SSD + 1 TB HDD
- GPU: Nvidia Gforce GTX 1050 TI (Max-Q)
- display: 15.6", IPS, non glare, FullHD (1920 × 1080)
- external display connectors: HDMI + mini display port
- wireless: WLAN + Bluetooth
- connections: LAN, 3 x USB 3.1, 1x USB-C 3.1 gen1, soundcard input + output jacks

As an audio interface i got a Focusrite Scarlett 6i6 2nd gen connected. My main DAWs are Live 10 Suite and Cubase Pro 9.5.

When used at home a bigger display (connected via mini display port to DVI cable), a mouse (new HP Omen mouse 600) and an external keyboard are connected.
At the USB-C 3.1 port i currently got a hub with 4 USB3 ports connected.

The old HP Pavillion desktop PC (i5-3350P CPU) is still running in another room with an old 17" display connected but in the next few years i want to use the new notebook as my main PC.
In terms of performance this notebook is much better than any PC i had owned before.

[VariKusBrainZ]

Dont expect to be able to use that 8Gb ram you mention you already have

[Ingonator]

Dont expect to be able to use that 8Gb ram you mention you already have

Is that related to my last post here? if yes which 8 GB RAM are you talking about?

[VariKusBrainZ]

Dont expect to be able to use that 8Gb ram you mention you already have

Is that related to my last post here? if yes which 8 GB RAM are you talking about?

I have a spare 8gb of ram to use

[Ingonator]

I have a spare 8gb of ram to use

OK, i see. So it was related to the OP then.

Personally I am quite happy that my new notebook has 16 GB RAM (quite fast DDR4 2400 MHz) so at least in the next few years i am not expecting trouble concerning this even with using multiple sample libraries in a host project. At least I do not expect problems concerning RAM with the plugins and/or sample libraries i currently own.

[Hooj]

I have a spare 8gb of ram to use

OK, i see. So it was related to the OP then.

Personally I am quite happy that my new notebook has 16 GB RAM (quite fast DDR4 2400 MHz) so at least in the next few years i am not expecting trouble concerning this even with using multiple sample libraries in a host project. At least I do not expect problems concerning RAM with the plugins and/or sample libraries i currently own.

What type of track count can it handle (if you don't mind me asking)? Both of my laptops start to overheat once my project nears a moderate track count.