Planned Laptop purchase... Need advice

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  1. Kinghtsurfer

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    Hello dear friends!

    I'm thinking of getting this for my next laptop which will be purely a music production machine.

    https://www.amazon.com/2020-Dell-G5-Gaming-Laptop/dp/B08KGHJJBR

    Only difference being, I will have 16GB RAM in it.

    Would be grateful if any of you PC experts here honored me with your opinion.

    Thank you!
     
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  3. mrichi

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    Unless you need to upgrade right away, hold off until February or March. Sooner if prices drop for current models. AMD & Intel will be releasing new CPUs for Desktop & Laptop.

    15% to 20% average performance gain
    More PCIe lanes
    PCIe 4.0 from Intel
    More cache from Intel
    Better CCX & cache layout from AMD
    USB 4.0 (USB4)
    Improved network devices
    Improved mainboard memory topology
     
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    Thank you @mrichi .

    I may not be able to hold on till Feb/ March.

    What are your thoughts on the laptop I linked to?

    Regards
     
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    Direct from Dell at $1,199.99 U.S.
    https://www.dell.com/en-us/shop/del...aptop/spd/g-series-15-5505-laptop/gn5505dymns

    For $190.00 more you get the current top tier retail AMD mobile CPU.
     
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    Looks quite good for a laptop at that price. Of course you're gonna have a 144hz screen you won't need but seems a good choice with 16GB.
    I checked the CPU specs, very good.
     
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