Help with 2 similar Elimina laptop specs

[Frank Hollister]

Hi all, as per title, I'm looking for help deciding between 2 quite similar Elimina laptop specs. Budgetwise would like to keep below £2k, around £1.5k mark would be better. Use case will be photo/video editing, plex & kodi streaming, gaming. I haven't been playing many remotely modern games on my current setup so would be good to be able to play stuff like the more recent total war games, helldivers 2, space marine 2 when that comes out... Portability is not really a concern, but I don't have the space for a desktop setup at the moment. Coming off a rather old/bad laptop at the moment so either will be a big improvement.

Build 1
Chassis & Display
Elimina Series: 17.3" Matte QHD 165Hz WVA DCI-P3 LED Widescreen (2560x1440)
Processor (CPU)
Intel® Core™ i7 10 Core Processor 13620H (4.90GHz Turbo)
Memory (RAM)
64GB Corsair 3200MHz SODIMM DDR4 (2 x 32GB)
Graphics Card
NVIDIA® GeForce® RTX 4070 - 8.0GB GDDR6 Video RAM - DirectX® 12.1
1st M.2 SSD Drive
2TB SAMSUNG 990 PRO M.2, PCIe 4.0 NVMe (up to 7450MB/R, 6900MB/W)
1st M.2 SSD Drive
2TB SAMSUNG 990 PRO M.2, PCIe 4.0 NVMe (up to 7450MB/R, 6900MB/W)
Memory Card Reader
Integrated Micro-SD Memory Card Reader
AC Adaptor
1 x 180W AC Adaptor
Power Cable
1 x 1.5 Metre Cloverleaf UK Power Cable
Battery
Elimina Series Integrated 54WH Lithium Ion Battery
Thermal Paste
ARCTIC MX-4 EXTREME THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY COMPOUND
Sound Card
2 Channel High Def. Audio + SoundBlaster™ Studio
Wireless Network Card
GIGABIT LAN & WIRELESS INTEL® Wi-Fi 6E AX211 + BT 5.3
USB/Thunderbolt Options
2 x USB 3.2 PORTS (Type C) + 1 x USB 3.2 PORT + 1 x USB 2.0 PORT
Keyboard Language
ELIMINA 17" SERIES MULTI COLOUR BACKLIT UK KEYBOARD
Operating System
Windows 11 Home 64 Bit - inc. Single Licence
Operating System Language
United Kingdom - English Language
Windows Recovery Media
Windows 10/11 Multi-Language Recovery Image - Unlimited Downloads from Online Account
Office Software
FREE 30 Day Trial of Microsoft 365® (Operating System Required)
Anti-Virus
NO ANTI-VIRUS SOFTWARE
Browser
Google Chrome™
Keyboard & Mouse
INTEGRATED 2 BUTTON TOUCHPAD MOUSE
Webcam
INTEGRATED 2.0 MP FULL HD WEBCAM
Warranty
3 Year Gold Warranty (2 Year Collect & Return, 2 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour)
Dead Pixel Guarantee
30 Day Dead Pixel Guarantee Inc. Labour & Carriage Costs
Chassis
Clevo NP70RNE1 (8GB RTX-4070, i7-13620H, AX211, QHD 165Hz, Blank KB)
Delivery
STANDARD INSURED DELIVERY TO UK MAINLAND (MON-FRI)
Build Time
Standard Build - Approximately 3 to 5 working days
Price: £1,875.00 including VAT and Delivery

Unique URL to re-configure: https://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/saved-configurations/elimina-vi-17/74cG3awgGt/

Build 2

Chassis & Display
Elimina Pro Series: 16" Matte QHD 240Hz sRGB 100% LED Widescreen (2560x1600)
Processor (CPU)
Intel® Core™ i7 10 Core Processor 13620H (4.90GHz Turbo)
Memory (RAM)
64GB Corsair 4800MHz SODIMM DDR5 (2 x 32GB)
Graphics Card
NVIDIA® GeForce® RTX 4060 - 8.0GB GDDR6 Video RAM - DirectX® 12.1
1st M.2 SSD Drive
2TB SAMSUNG 990 PRO M.2, PCIe 4.0 NVMe (up to 7450MB/R, 6900MB/W)
1st M.2 SSD Drive
2TB SOLIDIGM P44 PRO GEN 4 M.2 NVMe PCIe SSD (up to 7000MB/sR, 6500MB/sW)
Memory Card Reader
Integrated 3 in 1 Card Reader (Full Size SD / SDHC / SDXC)
AC Adaptor
1 x 230W AC Adaptor
Power Cable
1 x 1.5 Metre UK Power Cable (Kettle Lead)
Battery
Elimina Pro Series Integrated 62Wh Lithium Ion Battery
Thermal Paste
LIQUID METAL PERFORMANCE COOLING
Sound Card
Nahimic by SteelSeries 2 Channel HD Audio
Wireless Network Card
GIGABIT LAN & WIRELESS INTEL® Wi-Fi 6 AX201 (2.4 Gbps) + BT 5.0
USB/Thunderbolt Options
1 x USB 3.2 PORT (Type C) + 2 x USB 3.2 PORTS + 1 x USB 2.0 PORT
Keyboard Language
ELIMINA 16" SERIES MULTI COLOUR BACKLIT UK KEYBOARD
Operating System
Windows 11 Home 64 Bit - inc. Single Licence
Operating System Language
United Kingdom - English Language
Windows Recovery Media
Windows 10/11 Multi-Language Recovery Image - Unlimited Downloads from Online Account
Office Software
FREE 30 Day Trial of Microsoft 365® (Operating System Required)
Anti-Virus
NO ANTI-VIRUS SOFTWARE
Browser
Google Chrome™
Keyboard & Mouse
INTEGRATED 2 BUTTON TOUCHPAD MOUSE
Webcam
INTEGRATED 1MP HD WEBCAM
Warranty
3 Year Gold Warranty (2 Year Collect & Return, 2 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour)
Chassis
TongFang GM6PD0X (8GB RTX-4060, i7-13620H, DDR5,240Hz QHD)
Delivery
STANDARD INSURED DELIVERY TO UK MAINLAND (MON-FRI)
Build Time
Standard Build - Approximately 3 to 5 working days
Price: £1,608.00 including VAT and Delivery

Unique URL to re-configure: https://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/saved-configurations/elimina-pro-iii-16/tmVA6UBccv/


Questions

1) The 17.3 model lets me go up to an RTX 4070 GPU vs 4060 on the 16 model, but it only lets me add 3200 MHz DDR4 RAM vs 4800 MHz DDR5 in the 16. How much, if any, will the difference in RAM close the performance gap?
2) There's not a huge price difference between PCS PRO RAM and Corsair RAM. Is there any reason I'd ever go for PCS PRO?

Anything else I've missed? I don't think the difference between a 17.3 inch and a 16 inch screen will be a great concern for me.

Thanks,

 

[steaky360]

I guess a query from me would be whether portability is something you're bothered about - in theory any way the 16" should be more portable than the 17.3 but that's fairly marginal.

The 17.3 vs 16 in terms of GPU vs RAM - if you're a gamer, I'd always say the GPU will have a larger performance effect than the RAM but for non gaming purposes the faster RAM could help (not sure I've never used photo/video editing software etc).

 

[Frank Hollister]

No, no concerns about portability, I just don't have room for a more permanent desktop setup so I need to be able to tuck it away somewhere, but it doesn't need to travel. I'd have it on my lap some of the time but I do that now with my current 17.3 anyway.

I suppose my main concern would be longevity, how much longer would the one laptop be relevant than the other and would it be worth the extra £300-odd?

Also, can anyone speak to the build quality of the chassis? I've had previous laptops, MSI and Aorus I think, go at the hinges which was a pain.

 

[SpyderTracks]

No, no concerns about portability, I just don't have room for a more permanent desktop setup so I need to be able to tuck it away somewhere, but it doesn't need to travel. I'd have it on my lap some of the time but I do that now with my current 17.3 anyway.

I suppose my main concern would be longevity, how much longer would the one laptop be relevant than the other and would it be worth the extra £300-odd?

Also, can anyone speak to the build quality of the chassis? I've had previous laptops, MSI and Aorus I think, go at the hinges which was a pain.

With a laptop, the first bottleneck will be the gpu which you can’t upgrade so you put as much into the gpu as possible. So the 17” would be a better buy from that perspective.

Also be aware that laptop gpus are less powerful than desktop equivalents, so a laptop 4070 will be around a desktop 4060, just over. So that would get you a mid range experience at 1440p unless you reduce settings. Really for comfortable gaming at 1440p you want a 4080

I would tend to stick with corsair RAM as it’s a known quantity.

Chassis build quality is pretty solid