Looking for cheap Laptop with Fast Cpu and type c port

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  [Deactivated] on 15/04/2018 - 15:53

  macbook

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    Will Mcdonald on 15/04/2018 - 16:44

    +1

    macbooks are usually a rip off in price

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  Clear on 15/04/2018 - 16:05

  +1

  Keep an eye out for Lenovo deals. Most of them like this Thinkpad E580 have your requirements including USB-C in this year's gen.

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    Will Mcdonald on 15/04/2018 - 16:47

    not too bad actually

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      Clear on 15/04/2018 - 16:48

      Yup and they usually have a PCIe M.2 Slot for an SSD with an additional 2.5" HDD Bay. Heaps better in terms of features and costs than other brands.

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        Kangal on 15/04/2018 - 21:38

        Also to note, that we now have external PCIe connectors that plug directly into an M.2-Nvme slot.
        Right now its only the EXP GDC v9.5, also known as "The Beast", on the market for a stupid price of $60-$200, but in a short-time, with availability and competitors you should see it fall down to $20-$60 instead.

        So if you have one of those older (high-end) laptops, you may be able to actually use this to connect a GPU externally, without needing a USB-C or ThunderBolt 3 connected box.

        On top of that, it should have lower overhead, so latency should improve immensely.
        We're still talking about a GTX 1080 only performing as good as a GTX 1070, but that's still better than a GTX 1060 Ti performance of a Razer Core, or a console. A gaming laptop's internal dGPU would have lower latency but it will be thermally throttled (power and heat) so it won't perform better than these NVMe-external GPU solutions.

        Although the issue with these ones seem to be compatibility, read up the forums for more info:
        https://egpu.io/external-gpu-buyers-guide-2018/

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        Clear on 15/04/2018 - 21:54

        @Kangal: They've been around for a very long time but usually ran off from the same slot as the WiFi card. I never considered these PCIe slots for the SSDs could be use for the same.

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        Kangal on 16/04/2018 - 02:45

        @Clear:
        Yeah, I know the Wifi card ones, but they're pretty slow.
        We've also had the M.2 ones which are faster, but still slower than ThunderBolt 3 solutions.
        Both of the old solutions weren't viable solutions for mainstream users.

        These NVMe ones are very new. They are A LOT faster than the old Wifi ones, they're even faster than TB3.
        So if you end up with an older laptop which has the slot, then yeah, its a possible solution. Especially since TB3-eGPU Boxes are still expensive or restrictive. The best choice seems to be the AKiTiO Node, which is still expensive.

        That's why I brought it up, because you mentioned that some used ThinkPad's come with internal M.2 or NVMe drives, in addition, to the old SATA 2.5" spinning HDD.
        …..You could potentially get a used one, bump the memory to 32GBs, swap in a 1TB WD Blue3D, and attach "The Beast" to the NVMe Drive… maybe driving something like a GTX 1070 (if you get lucky in the Used Market).

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      dcep on 15/04/2018 - 17:39

      mind you, you can get dell 1050Ti at that price without type-C

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  Randxyz123 on 15/04/2018 - 17:26

  +3

  Why do people never put a budget with these posts?

  “Find me a cheap xyz” well is $1000 cheap or is $300 cheap?

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    D C on 15/04/2018 - 21:24

    Yeah, $1000 is pretty high on the 'cheap' scale.

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  ZachBlasphemy on 15/04/2018 - 22:12

  I take it you're trying to do an external GPU setup? Good luck, I hope you find what you are looking for as I like the idea.

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    Will Mcdonald on 15/04/2018 - 23:44

    yeh pretty much. Going to link it up with a gtx 1070 liquid cooled.