Hi All
I recently killed my trusty Thinkpad S5 Gen 2 (7300HQ 1050TI 16GB) during a Wi-Fi card upgrade, will hopefully trace the short and fix it someday.
Having said it's lasted about 4 years time for an upgrade, I've shortlisted a few off OzBargain deals and eBay.
Acer Nitro 5 AN515-55, i5-10300H, 8GB RAM, 512GB SSD, 144Hz, Nvidia RTX 3060 @ $1,298 + $150 Credit HN
I will salvage the DDR4 sticks from the dead laptop to bump this to 16GBMSI GF65 Thin 10UE-208AU, i5-10500H 16GB 512GB 144Hz RTX3060 @ $1,199
DELL G5 15 i7-10750H 16GB 512 GB 120Hz GTX 1660Ti TB3 @ $1,379 + $69 cashback
DELL G5 15 i7-10750H 16GB 512 GB 144Hz RTX 2070 MaxQ TB3 @ $1,450 + $43.50 cashback
My primarily use is for work i.e. Coding , Adobe XD PS & AI and the occasional game.
I'd like to future proof this purchase for 3-4 years ( unless I brick it before that :D )
Let me know your thoughts and feel free to drop any suggestions.
Since the use case for the laptop is primarily graphics work you probably want to go with something that has great colours.
Something like the Lenovo legion 5 has 90% sRGB coverage compared to the laptops on your list which are only around 50% mark.
If your primarily using an external monitor then the MSI GF65 Thin appears to be the best deal. Where did you find that for such a good price?
I used notebook check to scope out the colour ranges.
https://www.notebookcheck.net/Lenovo-Legion-5-17IMH-Laptop-R…