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Question

Planning to buy a new Laptop but cannot decide between 2

Oct 27, 2018 8:39AM PDT

Hi! Recently I've benn lurking on internet searching for a new laptop that I need for my work.
I want to use this programs along with low to heavy gaming
3ds Max (modeling and rendering)
Unreal Engine (Video game design and programming)
Some Photoshop
Little Video Editing
After navigating stores and stores my Options are narrowed to 2 finalists.
I've tried to find one that has both I7 8750H and 1060Gtx but let's say is over my current budget.
Both have the same price in my country.
NOTE: I CANNOT AFFORD UPGRADING COMPONENTS IN NEAR FUTURE

Dell G3:
I7-8750H
1050TI GTX
8GB Ram
128GB SSD
1TB HDD

AND

Lenovo Legion Y720
I7-7700HQ
1060 GTX
16GB RAM
128GB SSD
1TB HDD

What do you think will come more useful for what I want to do?
Appreciate your help

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Well the 1060 wins for gaming.
Oct 27, 2018 9:13AM PDT

But then you went with the Lenovo which uses PWM and can flicker. The 1050 Ti is a fine entry level gamer but a hardcore gamer would skip that for the 1060 or better.

As to upgrades, laptops rarely offer any upgrade path on the GPU so you are stuck with that.

I can't guess which games but try the i5 and 1060 combo search next.

SOURCE: https://www.notebookcheck.net/Lenovo-Legion-Y720-7700HQ-Full-HD-GTX-1060-Laptop-Review.218710.0.html and skip down to PWM.

The PWM rate is very high but if you get the occasional flicker, you know where it came from.

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Dell for sure
Oct 30, 2018 3:47AM PDT

As far as my experience goes with Dell, although I never played any games on it, but yes I had used it for using some real heavy software on it.

And for the fact that I have been using the Dell Machine for the past 6 years now. It is one of the most durable machines available.

The experience have been really very great.

I would recommend going for the Dell Machine. Lenovo's are just ok for normal usage let alone gaming.

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:)
Nov 1, 2018 12:01PM PDT

Hello,

both will work fine and according to your needs! Happy