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valerie.prochazkova1
valerie.prochazkova1
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February 1, 2023
Question

What laptop would you recommend??

  • February 1, 2023
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Hi everyone!

I have trouble deciding what laptop should I buy for After Effects. In the future, I'd like to create edits like this, with the least possible lags. (My current laptop is laggy af for AE because it's low-end.)

 

I'm deciding between these two:

Acer Predator Helios 300 (for 2150 dollars/47 00 Kč)

  • processor: Intel Core i9 11900H

  • graphics card: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 8GB

  • RAM: 32 GB

 

Lenovo Legion 5 (for 2100 dollars/46 000 Kč)

  • processor: Intel Core i7 12700H

  • graphics card: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti 8GB

  • RAM: 16 GB - I would upgrade to 32 GB but that's additional 90 dollars/2000 Kč

 

Which one do you think is the best for me?

I've been researching for a long time but I'm no expert. I was very sure about Acer Predator Helios 300 but then I came stumbled upon Lenovo Legion 5. If I'm not mistaken, the processor is very important for AE but I don't know which one of these is the better one. (I can't afford a PC btw and I like the fact that laptops are portable.)

 

Thank you for all your answers! 😄

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4 replies

ShiveringCactus
Community Expert
ShiveringCactusCommunity Expert
Community Expert
February 2, 2023

In my experience, when you're really up against it and the renderer is struggling, having more RAM makes a difference.  The current miinimum reccomended for AE is 16GB, so the Lenovo would be able to provide just the minimum specs (unless you are saying you'd spend the extra). 

If you do have the resources, check out this video from Technology Connections who boosts the performance of his laptop via dock - this allows him to add more storage, ram and a different GPU when he can afford it:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pc31L3zJiaU

 

 

OussK
Community Expert
OussKCommunity Expert
Community Expert
February 2, 2023

both looks very similar, but i think the Lenovo is better

ToolfarmJP
Community Expert
ToolfarmJPCommunity Expert
Community Expert
February 2, 2023

MSI is going to release a laptop in which GeForce 4000 series GPU is equipped soon. This model would be also recommendable.

 

Mylenium
Mylenium
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February 1, 2023

If you can afford those expensive notebooks, you can afford a stationary PC in that same class with even better specs. That's not really an argument. That said, the differences would be minor, but I'd definitely get more RAM. The rest doesn't really matter that much because there's one big flaw in your plan: You simply assume that better hardware would make things in AE faster, which may not at all be the case. Many functions are still linear, barely parallelized and do not necessarily use GPU functions, so you could find yourself in a situation where your projects are still slow to work with despite shiny new hardware.

 

Mylenium 

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