Greetings,
Have a question for the experts here. I'm about to take a new military assignment, in another part of the U.S., and my family will remain where they are now. I have a good desktop computer,, between the travel to and from home, as well as the travel for the assignment, I'm in the market for a good laptop.
I like to do some good gaming when home (and that will keep me out of trouble too, away from the family), but I don't necessarily need a lot of horsepower when i'm traveling, or at home visiting (2X times a month, or so).
Therefore, I was thinking about a gaming laptop with an eGPU (and Thunderbolt dock) so that I have power (hooked up to a large monitor) at the home, and a good enough system for the road.
What are people's thoughts on this? What is the minimum I'd want in a system (CPU, graphics card, memory. SSD) knowing that I can add to the hard drive space with an external attached to a good eGPU?
I was looking at the Razer systems, with the Core Choma eGPU, but am open to suggestons for other systems. With the Razer, am I OK getting a system from last year (cheaper), or should I get one of the new ones, and with which internal GPU (knowing I can add on with the eGPU card too).
I've also looked at Alienware and Asus.
My budget is about $3K, without another graphics card (which I can add later on) - I need to get the computer by mid-March as I'll be traveling for 6 weeks in April and May, and need something for the road now, before I actually move.
Appreciate the input.
Have a question for the experts here. I'm about to take a new military assignment, in another part of the U.S., and my family will remain where they are now. I have a good desktop computer,, between the travel to and from home, as well as the travel for the assignment, I'm in the market for a good laptop.
I like to do some good gaming when home (and that will keep me out of trouble too, away from the family), but I don't necessarily need a lot of horsepower when i'm traveling, or at home visiting (2X times a month, or so).
Therefore, I was thinking about a gaming laptop with an eGPU (and Thunderbolt dock) so that I have power (hooked up to a large monitor) at the home, and a good enough system for the road.
What are people's thoughts on this? What is the minimum I'd want in a system (CPU, graphics card, memory. SSD) knowing that I can add to the hard drive space with an external attached to a good eGPU?
I was looking at the Razer systems, with the Core Choma eGPU, but am open to suggestons for other systems. With the Razer, am I OK getting a system from last year (cheaper), or should I get one of the new ones, and with which internal GPU (knowing I can add on with the eGPU card too).
I've also looked at Alienware and Asus.
My budget is about $3K, without another graphics card (which I can add later on) - I need to get the computer by mid-March as I'll be traveling for 6 weeks in April and May, and need something for the road now, before I actually move.
Appreciate the input.