Which is the best laptop for Architecture Students and Professionals (Under 80k)

               A laptop is an essential part for an architecture student. First let's understand what kind of Softwares each architecture students have to deal with during his course.

First year is a time for creating hand drafting skills among architecture students. First year students will be required to do many presentations on different topics, so laptop is an essential thing from the very first day. Slowly design exercises will be given and students will be asked to  start with softwares as well. The very first software an architecture students learns slowly during his course is Google Sketch up and AutoCad.

From Second year students will be introduced with the BIM (Building Information Modelling )

Softwares like 

Autodesk Revit Architecture

Graphisoft ArchiCAD

Nemetschek Allplan Architecture

Gehry Technologies - Digital Project Designer

Nemetschek Vectorworks Architect

Bentley Architecture

4MSA IDEA Architectural Design (IntelliCAD)

CADSoft Envisioneer

Softtech Spirit

RhinoBIM (BETA)

For Detailed 3d views and post production works students can use  3dsmax , Cinema4d .

For easy renderings and fast output many offices prefer Lumion , which requires a good performance laptop to function.

For all this Job to be done in a college and during internships students require a very good laptop .


Let me list out you the best configurations required for you.

1.Processor

Intel Processors are always the best in the market. I would suggest Intel i3 and above with processor speed 2.20 ghz and above. The More the speed the better will be the performance.

2.Ram

Minimum 8gb RAM is required if you want a better performance laptop. we usually get laptop with 8 gb and 16 gb ram. Do not go for the 4 gb ram variant. Let me show you a rendering scene and you will understand how important a good ram is.

RAM usage during a small house Rendering

After Rendering

(This Model was designed and rendered using Archicad.)

3.Graphics Card

Minimum 2 gb dedicated graphics is required for this job. I would suggest you to go for the 4gb Nvidia Graphics rather than AMD graphics from my personal experience.

In Nvidia Graphics itself go for the 900m and above series which is more than enough for the work.
I prefer 940MX for better performance.

4.Storage

Minimum 500 gb harddisk is required . I would suggest you go for a 1TB harddisk. Nowadays we can get SSD instead of normal harddisk . SSD are simply the fastest hardisks we get in market. But they are really costly. So its better to buy with a laptop with mixed harddisk minimum 120gb  SSD plus 1TB normal Hardidsk. So install the OS and Applications in the SSD and data can be stored in the normal harddisk. This will speed up the reading and writing time for OS and applications,which is helpfull in less time consumption.

I will suggest you the best laptop available till now which you can buy online

1. Lenovo IdeaPad 110-15ISK 80UD0148IH

• 2.8GHz Intel Core i5-6200 processor
• 8GB DDR4 RAM
• 1TB hard drive
• 15.6-inch screen, AMD R16M-M1-30 2GB Graphics
• Windows 10 operating system

      


2. Dell Inspiron 15 7548 15.6-inch Laptop

• 2.7GHz Intel Core i5-5200U 5th Gen processor
• 8GB DDR3L RAM
• 1TB 5400rpm Serial ATA hard drive
• 15.6-inch screen, AMD Radeon R7 M270 4GB Graphics
• Windows 10 Home operating system

     


3. Acer Aspire E5- 575G- 51VA

• Intel Core i5 7th Gen, 2.7GHz, 3MB Cache
• 8 GB DDR4 2400MHz RAM, 1 TB Hard Disk
• Active Matrix TFT Colour LCD with 1366 X 768 pixel resolution
• Nvidia GeForce 940M Graphics
• Linux operating system

     

4. ASUS R558UQ-DM701D

   

• Intel i7 7500U Processor 2.7G,3M Processor speed
• 8GB Memory RAM, 1 TB Hard Disk, NV GT 940MX 2G DDR3
• 15.6-Inch (16:9) LED backlit FHD (1920x1080) 60Hz Anti-Glare Panel with 45% NTSC
• 2 Cells 38 Whrs Polymer Battery
• 1-year limited International hardware warranty

     




5.HP Omen  - AX248TX

• 2.6GHz Intel Core i5-7300 7th Gen processor
• 8GB DDR4 RAM
• 1TB 7200rpm Serial ATA hard drive
• 15.6-inch screen, Nvidia GeForce 1050 GTX 2GB Graphics
• Windows 10 Home operating system
• Black with carbon fiber finish

    



6.Asus FX553 FX553VD-DM483

• 2.8GHz Intel Core i7-7700HQ processor
• 8GB DDR4 RAM
• 1TB eSATA hard drive
• 15.6-inch screen, Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050 2GB Graphics
• Endless OS operating system
• 2.48kg laptop

    



7.ASUS ROG GAMING LAPTOP GL553VD-FY103T

•    Core i7 7th Gen 7700HQ (2.8 Ghz)
•    8GB DDR4 RAM, 
•    1TB HDD, DVD RW, 
•    4GB NV GTX 1050T GDDR5 Graphics
•    Windows10, 
•     2 Years Warranty

    

8.HP Pavilion 15-AU628TX 15.6-inch Laptop

• 2.7GHz Intel Core i7-7500U 7th Gen processor             
• 8GB DDR4 RAM
• 1TB 5400rpm Serial ATA hard drive
• 15.6-inch screen, Nvidia GeForce 940MX 4GB Graphics
• Windows 10 Home operating system
• 2.03kg laptop
• Comes with Microsoft Office H&S 2016
• HP Wide Vision HD webcam

      

9.HP Pavilion 15-AU626TX 15.6-inch Laptop

• 2.5GHz Intel Core i5-7200U 7th Gen processor
• 16GB DDR4 RAM
• 2TB 5400rpm Serial ATA hard drive
• 15.6-inch screen, Nvidia GeForce 940MX 4GB Graphics
• Windows 10 Home operating system
• 2.03kg laptop             

     

10.HP AU627TX 15.6-inch Laptop

• 3.5GHz Intel i7-7500u 7th Gen processor
• 16GB DDR4 RAM
• 2TB 5400rpm Serial ATA hard drive
• 15.6-inch screen, NVIDIA GeForce 940MX 4GB Graphics
• Windows 10 Home 64 operating system

      

11.HP Pavilion 15-AU628TX 15.6-inch Laptop

• 2.7GHz Intel Core i7-7500U 7th Gen processor
• 8GB DDR4 RAM
• 1TB 5400rpm Serial ATA hard drive
• 15.6-inch screen, Nvidia GeForce 940MX 4GB Graphics
• Windows 10 Home operating system
• 2.03kg laptop
• Comes with Microsoft Office H&S 2016
• HP Wide Vision HD webcam

      

12. HP Pavilion 15-AU113TX 15.6-inch Laptop

• 2.5GHz Intel Core i5-7200U 7th Gen processor
• 16GB DDR4 RAM
• 2TB 5400rpm Serial ATA hard drive
• 15.6-inch screen, Nvidia GeForce 940MX 4GB Graphics
• Windows 10 Home operating system
• 2.03kg laptop

      

13.HP Notebook 15-AU008TX

• 3.1GHz Intel i7-6500U 6th Gen processor
• 16GB DDR4 RAM
• 2TB 5400rpm Serial ATA hard drive
• 15.6-inch screen, Nvidia 940MX 4GB Graphics
• Windows 10 Home (64-bit) operating system
• 9 hours battery life, 2.03kg laptop

     

14.HP 15-Au004TX Gd 15.6 inch Laptop

• 6th Gen Intel Core i7 Mobile Processor i7-6500U, 2.5 GHz, TurboBoost 2.0 up to 3.1 GHz,
• 4 MB SmartCache
• 8 GB PC4-17000 DDR4-2133 (17 GB/s), 2 SODIMM Slots (Upgradeable to 16 GB)
• 1 TB Serial ATA (150 MB/sec @ 5400 RPM), HP ProtectSmart HDD Protection
• 8X SuperMulti DVD Writer (DL) | M-DISC support
• NVIDIA GeForce 940MX, 4 GB Discrete DDR3 Memory ; Optimus Technology, NVIDIA CUDA ; NVIDIA PhysX Technology ; DirectX 12

      

15.HP 15-au623tx (Z4Q42PA)

• Intel® CoreTM i5-7200U (2.5 GHz, up to 3.1 GHz, 3 MB cache, 2 cores) / 8 GB DDR4-2133 SDRAM (1 x 8 GB)`
• 1 TB 5400 rpm SATA / NVIDIA® GeForce® 940MX (4 GB DDR3 dedicated)
• 39.6 cm (15.6) diagonal HD SVA BrightView WLED-backlit (1366 x 768) / SuperMulti DVD burner
• Intel® 802.11ac (1x1) Wi-Fi® and Bluetooth® 4.2 Combo (Miracast compatible) / 1 multi-format SD media card reader
• 1 HDMI; 1 headphone/microphone combo; 1 USB 2.0; 2 USB 3.1; 1 RJ-45 / Windows 10 Home 64