Iam going to buy a new computer, most likelly a laptop, and my friends are telling me to buy a gaming laptop. The thing is..i dont play games.

I use the computer only to play and study poker.

When playing I usually play in 2 sites, use PT4, starshelper, have a couple excell sheets open, firefox and skype sharing the screen to my students.

While studying i use Team Viewer or skype to share my screen, PIO solver, flopzilla, power equilab, HRC, PT4, excell charts and firefox. Sometimes i also use screen cast o matic to record my coaching sessions.

Wich PC would you guys buy if you were in my shoes? Do i really need a gaming laptop?

No, you're going to over pay on GPU at the expense of CPU. Search for one of the 42548188 threads asking the same thing

Ty sir. One of the problems of searching on old threads about IT stuff is them being out dated.

How much are you ok with spending?
How much do/will you use the portability of the laptop?
How many/ what specific external displays do you want to drive from the device
A desktop still gives move power/$ than a laptop.

Gaming laptops tend to favor power over having a thin and light form factor.
Laptop CPUs tend to come in 15w and 45w brackets these days. Systems with the more powerful 45w CPUs tend to be thicker and heavier, but the CPUs are more performant.

If you're driving multiple high res displays, some sort of dedicated GPU may still be desirable. I have a Broadwell based ThinkPad X1 Carbon for work, when I try to drive the internal 2560x1440 panel, an external 2560x1440 monitor and an external 4k monitor all at the same time, the integrated GPU struggles a bit with 2D perf.

For your described uses, you'll want high CPU perf, a large amount of RAM and fast storage, prioritized more or less in that order. If in budget, you'll want a quad core/8 thread CPU (6-8 core/12-16 thread on desktop), 16-32GB RAM and a 512GB+ NVME drive. For cutting back the spend, I wouldn't want to go below 8GB of RAM and 250GB SATA SSD for OS drive and poker DBs.

PLACA GRÁFICA ZOTAC GEFORCE GTX 1050 OC 2GB


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169,90 €
DISCO RÍGIDO 2.5" WESTERN DIGITAL RED 750GB 5400RPM 16MB SATA III


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69,90 €
SSD 2.5" SAMSUNG CM871A 512GB TLC SATA


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119,90 €
MEMÓRIA RAM G.SKILL SNIPER X 16GB (2X8GB) DDR4-3600MHZ CL19 DIGITAL CAMO


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193,60 €
MOTHERBOARD ATX ASUS PRIME Z370-P


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132,90 €
PROCESSADOR INTEL CORE I5-8600K HEXA-CORE 3.6GHZ C/ TURBO 4.3GHZ 9MB SKT1151


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239,90 €
WATER COOLER CPU CORSAIR HYDRO SERIES H60


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88,90 €
FONTE DE ALIMENTAÇÃO CORSAIR VS550W


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45,90 €
CAIXA ATX NOX MODUS COM JANELA PRETA


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27,90 €

Tkx a lot for your help sir. With your guidelines I piked the components above. It costs 1088€.

I will use 2 32 inch monitors 2560x1440.

Is that ok?

That looks like a nice build. If you're building it yourself, I'd consider swapping either to an air cooler or to a 2x12mm fan closed loop cooler instead of the H60 (check out the Corsair H100) if it will fit in your case. The single 120mm radiator closed loop coolers don't deliver enough/any better performance than a high end air cooler, so it generally only makes sense to go closed loop if you can use a 2x120MM radiator or bigger (2x120 is plenty for cooling that CPU.
Video on cooling solutions/where they make sense.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OY2KeVwtbYU
I'd also look at pricing for your SSD in a m.2 form factor. This uses the little slot on your motherboard and leaves you with an additional 2.5" drive slot and SATA power connector free in the future. the CM871A comes in m.2 form factor, look at pricing on the 860 evo m.2 as well.

For connecting your monitors, you'll want to connect 1 over HDMI, and the second using a display port cable (your card has 1 of each). If your monitors have HDMI only, you'll need to grab a Display Port to HDMI adapter. One of these should be around $10-20 US

I dont even know how to tnk you for your help. Awesome stuff. In case you play mtts i give you coaching for free, just pm. <3

Glad to help, your thanks are enough. I don't really play these days but I've gotten a lot of info and entertainment from the forums over the years so I like to contribute to CTH where I can.