Dell XPS 15 i7-8750h vs. Razer Blade 15 i7-8750h

[antic604]

Anyone have practical experience using DAWs on those laptops? With 9th gen mobile Intel processors on the horizon (and new ones using nVidia's 2xxx GPUs) last year's laptops are starting getting discounted, so I'm thinking about getting one - that'd be 250-275% performance boost compared to me "rig"

Provided all other specs are the same (or irrelevant from music-making perspective), CPU performance and cooling in particular is the most important. I found those 2 reviews from a reliable site that'd suggest the Dell is able to hold sustained clock roughly 10% higher than the equivalent Blade 15 and with further undervolting the advantage grows to whooping 28% apparently.

https://www.notebookcheck.net/Dell-XPS- ... erformance

https://www.notebookcheck.net/Razer-Bla ... erformance

Any thoughts on this?

[vstDOG]

The Dell is plagued with DPC latency issues!!

https://www.notebookcheck.net/The-Dell- ... 681.0.html

[antic604]

The Dell is plagued with DPC latency issues!!

https://www.notebookcheck.net/The-Dell- ... 681.0.html

Thanks for the heads up! That does sound serious

[antic604]

"Thanks" for overwhelming feedback.

Just to let you know I ended up getting Lenovo Y730 15'' instead - a bit less "premium" than the two above, but I saved 20-30% and actually couldn't be more happy:

https://youtu.be/KSItbHDSg_4