I'm starting a training as a mechanical engineer in September and since my current laptop (6 years old) is slowly coming to an end, I would buy a new laptop that works well with CAD.
During the training is worked with Inventor. In addition, I construct private with CATIA V5.
In addition, I would sometimes gamble on it.
After searching the internet I noticed the Lenovo IdeaPad L340 Gaming. This is probably brand new on the market.
1TB SSD
16 GB RAM
i7 processor (9th generation)
GeForce GTX 1650
Here are more detailed data
https://www.lenovo.com/...81LL0020GE
Is this laptop good for CAD? Would you have alternative suggestions?
In terms of price, 1500 euro would be my pain threshold. This one costs 1.200 euro
Can you do, but a few suggestions / food for thought:
the HDD can be omitted, but (if possible) choose larger SSD. SSDs are much better for notebooks because they are not broken by shocks. Your need for storage space is limited anyway (you can even see what you currently need so).
16GB Ram and i7 (from 2018) is good
17 inches - why 17 inches? Do you only use it at home? At home, you can also connect a large-format monitor. On the go, I would rather take smaller and lighter
I'm writing you from a 13-year-old HP Elitbook. Is designed with an Nvidea Quadro graphics for Autocad. 17 inch. Not bad for that time.
For graphics calculation exceptionally, but the processor is in demand. The GPUs should now all be suitable for CAD. (Is not a 3D game).
Very important is a good display. Ratina Display is the magic word. But such a thing costs too. Dmit you will be happy. So buy a slightly better thing from HP. Do not know me with the current models.
As for the SSD. I gave my a 512er. They are not that expensive anymore. (Samsung or Trancent)
This boots a PC like the flash. It's really fun.
During the training is worked with Inventor. In addition, I construct private with CATIA V5.
Then, first of all, recharchize whether, how far, and via which interface (s) these two CAD programs could additionally provide the computational and rendering performance of a dedicated graphics card in a time - saving and possibly liquid representable manner in the CAD model view; especially for more complex CAD models.
Also, see if, and in how far the CPU carries a fundamental Funze in these two progis, and if via GPU then additionally possibly even algorithms with computational accuracies> FP16 could be helpful or helpful.
Possibly. Could it make more sense to choose a graphics solution from AMD 's Fire Pro, or Nvidia' s Quadro line instead of a gaming Radeon or Geforce? And gaming then better on this Zweckbook rather something subordinate vs. To look at work (CAD).
Retina is simply a definite resolution and a brand name of Apple.
