Hi everyone, I need a very powerful laptop for after effects and I'm having a very hard time finding the perfect one. I use really heavy effects. I can spend up to $3000 and I want RAM previews to load as fast as possible. Any ideas?
what do you guys think of this laptop from http://www.adkvideoediting.com/laptop.asp with the following specs
| Case | ADK - 8600 HW: 17.3" 1920 x 1080 Full HD (16:9) LED Backlit LCD (Matte) Backlite | ||||
| Power Supply | Included | ||||
| Processor | Intel - i7 4800MQ 2.7GHz 6M cache Quad Core with HT (turbo to 3.7GHz) | ||||
| Memory | ADK - 32Gig (4x8gig) 1600 11-11-11-28 Sodimm Lifetime Warranty | ||||
| Operating System | Microsoft - Windows 7 Pro 64 bit OEM | ||||
| Recovery Software | Paragon Backup & Recovery 12 Suite with ADK recovery Flash Drive. | ||||
| OS/Programs Drive | Samsung - 256 GB 840 Pro 2.5" Internal Solid State Drive | ||||
| Source Drive | Western Digital - 750G 7200RPM Hard Drive 16meg cache 5 yr warranty | ||||
| Render Drive | None | ||||
| Cache/Storage | None | ||||
| Removable Media | None | ||||
| External Raid | none | ||||
| Raid Controller | None | ||||
| FW/USB/e-Sata | None | ||||
| DVD-RW/BDR | Included CD-RW/DVD read/write | ||||
| Graphics Card | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 870MX w/6GB GDDR5 | ||||
| Video I/O | None | ||||
| NIC | Included Wired 1GB and Intel Dual Band Wireless-AC and Blue Tooth 4.0 | ||||
| Mouse | None | ||||
| Warranty | Standard 1 yr Parts and Labor Lifetime Tech Support | ||||
| Converter | None | ||||
| Audio Interface | None | ||||
| Audio Software | NONE | ||||
| NLE Software | NONE | ||||
| Plug-ins/DSP | NONE | ||||
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can anyone reccomend something better for around the same price or is this a really good system?
That is a very good basic system, you should call Eric Bowen and go over the details of your workflow to see what changes he might suggest.