2024-04-20 Sunday - Suggested High Performance Laptops

 

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As an architect, I frequently need to explore various new/emerging technologies and architecture scenarios. To allow me to setup various configurations on my local machine - I want to have robust computing capabilities.

I'm continuing to research new laptop products, as they become available in 2024 - and will revise this blog post as I find better candidates.

Hopefully this information may be useful to other researchers, consultants, and teams.

Option #1: 

MSI Titan 18H"
(with most of my wish list configuration options (only missing RAID 1, with 2x 4TB SSD)

• https://www.msi.com/Laptop/Titan-18-HX-A14VX
• https://www.newegg.com/p/N82E16834156588 
  
• https://www.amazon.com/MSI-Titan-Computer-i9-14900HX-Thunderbolt/dp/B0CY9RV1J9
•  MSI Titan 18 HX 18" 
• 120Hz 4K 18" UHD mini LED display, 3840 x 2400, HDR 1000, 100% DCI-P3
• Intel Core i9-14900HX 24-Core (8P+16E, 2.20-5.8 GHz, 14th gen HX-series, "Raptor Lake")
• NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090, 16 GB GDDR6
• 128GB DDR5 RAM (32 GB x 4)
• 4 TB (2 TB x 2) NVMe Gen4x4 SSD [KM: Would upgrade to 4 TB x 2, RAID 1]
  
• WiFi 7
• LAN: Killer E3100G
• WLAN: Killer WiFi 7 BE1750
• Bluetooth 5.4
• USB: 3 x USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-A
• Card Reader: SD7.0
• Thunderbolt: 2 x Thunderbolt 4 w/ DP (1 also with PD3.1)
  
• HDMI: 1 x HDMI 2.1
• Ethernet: 1 x RJ-45 (2.5Gbps)
• Audio Ports: 1 x Headphone/Microphone Combo Jack 
• Speaker: Sound by Dynaudio, 4x2W Speakers 2W x2W Woofer
• Keyboard: Cherry Mechanical KB SteelSeries per-Key RGB (99 Key)
• Touchpad: Seamless EGB Haptic Touchpad
• Webcam: IR FHD w/shutter 
• Power adapter: 400-watt AC Adapter
•  Battery: 4 cell (99.9Whr) Li-Ion
• Windows 11 Pro 64-bit
  
• 7.93 pounds 
• Dimensions: 15.9 x 12.08 x 1.26 inches
• Strange that it says 15.9
  

 

 

[image source: Amazon.com]

 

Option #2:

EXCaliberPC [2024] MSI Raider 18 HX

• https://www.amazon.com/EXCaliberPC-Raider-18-HX-A14VHG-268US/dp/B0D17YRRSF/
• A14VHG-268 US Pro Extreme 
• Intel Core i9-14900HX
• 128GB DDR5 RAM, 
• Hard Drive: 8TB (2x 4TB) Samsung 990 PRO NVMe SSD (Seq. Read 7450MB/s, Seq. Write 6900MB/s) 
  
• NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080, 
• 18" UHD+ 120Hz Mini LED
• Windows 11 Pro

 

Option #3:

 EXCaliberPC [2023] MSI Titan GT77HX 

• https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BTM3M282/
• 13VH-046US (i9-13980HX)
• 128GB RAM
•  8TB (2x 4TB) WD Black SN850X NVMe SSD (Seq. Read 7300MB/s, Seq. Write 6600MB/s) 
  
• RTX 4080 12GB
• 17.3" 4K UHD
• Windows 11 Pro)