Themken: Mobile graphics cards are weaker than their non-mobile namesakes with at least lower speed but often less processing units too. It used to be they were 50% of a desktop card but it is not that bad anymore, at least not for all cards. I did not check every model.
I know the mobile version would be slower, I'm hoping for about 20%.
But the cheapest components for a computer was 20% more expensive, and that was with a midi case. For the small area available I was looking at a mini atx case.
Also you can't easily buy below 22" inch HDMI monitors with in built speakers.
By the time I started designed something that would have fitted in her space, I was spending nearly twice than I spent on my Ryzen 1700 + GTX1070 last year.
mechmouse: Wife's laptop is getting too long in the tooth, so looked at making a new PC (easier upgrade options).
Given I'd need to buy a screen and keyboard I couldn't build a machine with similar specs cheaper than this laptop
https://www.scan.co.uk/products/156-asus-rog-strix-gl502vm-fy497t-fhd-g-sync-i5-7300hq-8gb-ddr4-128gb-m2-sata-ssdplus1tb-hdd-6gb-gtx?v=c effing cryto-miners
nightcraw1er.488: That's pretty good specs for the price. I would definitely up the ram to 24gb which seems to be the max, 8gb seems low (was t it the recent battlefield which required 16gb min?). Might have to think about this as was looking to go with a god win 2, however for the extra few bucks for this might be more sensible.
Bought an extra 8 Gig, since the wife browses with dozens of tabs open. Given our original budget was £800ish I didn't want to break the £1200 mark.
