So I spotted this for sale and it sounds tempting and a step up from the 4yr old laptop I have. But I'm no computer expert by a long shot. It's refurbished but sounds like it can't be that old and seems to be at the higher end of ZBook specs. Price is NZ$1600, which seems pretty decent from a very quick bit of research at new prices
Specs:
Processor: Intel® Core™ i9-10885H (2.4 GHz base frequency, up to 5.3 GHz with Intel® Turbo Boost Technology, 16 MB L3 cache, 8 cores)
Processor cache: 16 MB L3
Processor chipset: Intel® WM490
Memory: 64GB DDR4
Storage: 1TB NVMe PCIe SSD
Graphics card: Intel® UHD Graphics
Graphics 2: NVIDIA® Quadro® T2000 with Max-Q Design (4 GB GDDR6 dedicated)
Display: 15.6″ diagonal, FHD (1920 x 1080), IPS, narrow bezel, anti-glare, 250 nits, 45% NTSC
I'm currently on an i7 midrange, so that's a step up. TBH I know little to f**k-all about CPUs but that sounds like a decent one for music? It can't be more than 4 years old, but any good for music processing?
64GB RAM is def a nice-to-have
1TB SSD can't be the standard drive, I guess they up-spec'd it. I'm used to making do with 500, so that's also an improvement.
The graphics I guess isn't that important, but from what little I know that's a high spec card that's not your standard issue in consumer gear.
Screen-wise - don't really care as it'll be hooked up to my studio proper-sized monitor.
I was mulling over getting a dedicated desktop for the studio and would probably end up spending 2.5-3k I guess, but then this popped up and it seems a good buy , though obvs 2nd hand with all the risks that entails...
Opinions?
Specs:
Processor: Intel® Core™ i9-10885H (2.4 GHz base frequency, up to 5.3 GHz with Intel® Turbo Boost Technology, 16 MB L3 cache, 8 cores)
Processor cache: 16 MB L3
Processor chipset: Intel® WM490
Memory: 64GB DDR4
Storage: 1TB NVMe PCIe SSD
Graphics card: Intel® UHD Graphics
Graphics 2: NVIDIA® Quadro® T2000 with Max-Q Design (4 GB GDDR6 dedicated)
Display: 15.6″ diagonal, FHD (1920 x 1080), IPS, narrow bezel, anti-glare, 250 nits, 45% NTSC
I'm currently on an i7 midrange, so that's a step up. TBH I know little to f**k-all about CPUs but that sounds like a decent one for music? It can't be more than 4 years old, but any good for music processing?
64GB RAM is def a nice-to-have
1TB SSD can't be the standard drive, I guess they up-spec'd it. I'm used to making do with 500, so that's also an improvement.
The graphics I guess isn't that important, but from what little I know that's a high spec card that's not your standard issue in consumer gear.
Screen-wise - don't really care as it'll be hooked up to my studio proper-sized monitor.
I was mulling over getting a dedicated desktop for the studio and would probably end up spending 2.5-3k I guess, but then this popped up and it seems a good buy , though obvs 2nd hand with all the risks that entails...
Opinions?
Statistics: Posted by kritikon — Wed Oct 09, 2024 10:16 pm — Replies 0 — Views 35