New Laptop Time

[Gandalf]

Hi All,

As the title suggests I’m on the lookout for a new Laptop.

I haven’t had a new one for a while and want this to be predominantly for photo editing, my question I suppose is the usual. How much Ram? Is 16gb enough now a days or should I have to go for 32gb? Should I be looking for 1 or 2TB SSD? Should I then get an external 6TB for back up purposes. I shoot in Raw mainly but do shoot jpg also. I have the Sonys a9 and a7iii so 24 and 33mp.

Any advice would be gratefully appreciated as there are a minefield of choices out there.

I am a hobbyist not a professional photographer, budget is 2.5k.

Cheers

 

[Sangoma]

I posted similar the other day, some of the comments may interest you

Buying a new laptop

Is easy if you want to spend £3500 :) But what if you dont really want to spend much more than £1000? I will not buy Lenovo, and I would prefer not to buy Toshiba or Dell, so that basically leaves me with HP. Closese to what I wiuld like is...

www.talkphotography.co.uk

I only looked at two processors, the i5 13600K and the i7 13700H

Both give good performance for the money, and the performance if very close for photo editing

I chose 32GB memory, and two internal drives, as 2TB and a 4TB.
Still have external storage

You can see the price in the other thread

 

[Gandalf]

Below is the spec I’m looking at, let me know if you think this will be okay, cheers.

Chassis & Display
Recoil Series: 16" Matte QHD 240Hz sRGB 100% LED Widescreen (2560x1600)
Processor (CPU)
Intel® Core™ i9 24 Core Processor 13900HX (5.4GHz Turbo)
Memory (RAM)
64GB Corsair 4800MHz SODIMM DDR5 (2 x 32GB)
Graphics Card
NVIDIA® GeForce® RTX 4070 - 8.0GB GDDR6 Video RAM - DirectX® 12.1
1st M.2 SSD Drive
2TB SAMSUNG 990 PRO M.2, PCIe 4.0 NVMe (up to 7450MB/R, 6900MB/W)
1st M.2 SSD Drive
2TB SAMSUNG 990 PRO M.2, PCIe 4.0 NVMe (up to 7450MB/R, 6900MB/W)
Memory Card Reader
Integrated SD Memory Card Reader
AC Adaptor
1 x 280W AC Adaptor
Power Cable
1 x 1.5 Metre UK Power Cable (Kettle Lead)
Battery
Recoil Series Integrated 99WH Lithium Ion Battery
Thermal Paste
LIQUID METAL PERFORMANCE COOLING
Sound Card
Nahimic by SteelSeries 2 Channel HD Audio
Wireless Network Card
GIGABIT LAN & WIRELESS INTEL® KILLER™ Wi-Fi 6E AX1675i + BT 5.3
USB/Thunderbolt Options
1 x THUNDERBOLT 4 PORT + 3 x USB 3.2 PORTS
Docking Hub
PCS DS110 USB-C Docking Hub: 3 x USB 3.0, 1 x HDMI, 1 x RJ45, 1 x TYPE-C PD
Keyboard Language
RECOIL 16 SERIES RGB BACKLIT UK KEYBOARD
Operating System
Windows 11 Professional 64 Bit - inc. Single Licence
Operating System Language
United Kingdom - English Language
Windows Recovery Media
Windows 11 Professional Multi-Language Recovery Image - Supplied on USB Drive
Office Software
FREE 30 Day Trial of Microsoft 365® (Operating System Required)
Anti-Virus
Norton 360 inc. Game Optimizer - Free 90 Day License
Browser
Google Chrome™
Keyboard & Mouse
INTEGRATED 2 BUTTON TOUCHPAD MOUSE
Webcam
INTEGRATED 1MP HD WEBCAM
Warranty
3 Year Standard Warranty (1 Month Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour)
Dead Pixel Guarantee
1 Year Dead Pixel Guarantee Inc. Labour & Carriage Costs
Chassis
TongFang GM6PX7X (8GB RTX-4070, i9-13900HX, 240Hz QHD)
Delivery
STANDARD INSURED DELIVERY TO UK MAINLAND (MON-FRI)
Build Time
Standard Build - Approximately 3 to 5 working days
Price: £2,222.00 including VAT and Delivery
Unique URL to re-configure: https://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/saved-configurations/recoil-16/G7hRnzM2b0/

 

[Sangoma]

It looks fine, however that i9 is not fast, it is slightly slower than the i7 I mentioned (for most photo processing)

The screen is better if you are looking for that. The video card has more memory. The NVMe is faster, which will make a slight difference.

Certainly a good spec, but for me it is £1000 more for very little gain.

However, I was looking at cost as a major factor in my choice.

My measure for performance is a 5 frame HDR merge, which I am happy to get it down to 30 seconds
For anything else, if it does that it will be fast enough.

Everybody's targets are different.

To me it looks like it will do what you want.