Need a powerful but sub-$1100 laptop for video processing.

[fuzzybabybunny]

It looks like the i-7 4600MQ or 4600HQ is what I need.

A high quality, decently color-accurate screen of 1920x1080 is very important. I can't have the colors look all washed out on a cheap screen.

Here's what I've found:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...el%20Core%20i7

I think the best bang for the buck would be the Lenovo Y510p but I'm very concerned about its thermal management. I hear that it gets very hot, and this thing should have the CPU pegged at 100% during video processing, so it would be completely pointless to get this for speedy processing if the temps rise so high on load that the CPU starts throttling itself.

I need a computer that can run on 100% CPU load with no throttling for an hour at a time. Can the Y510p do this? FYI my friend has the older Y500 and on load during video processing the temps for the CPUs are all around 95C, but I see no throttling going on (still 2.4GHz).

 

[Hail The Brain Slug]

The Y510P would probably work fine so long as you didn't put heavy CPU and GPU load on it simultaneously. In my tests on the one I had for a short time, I could run Prime95 on small FFT (Super hard on haswell processors) and it would operate at full turbo for a short time until it hit 90 degrees, then it throttled back to 2.4 ghz clock and stabilized around 85ish degrees.

This is likely fine for what you're doing, the real problem happened with the GPU on the shared heatsink. It got HOT HOT HOT when I was testing it out.

 

[EliteRetard]

Does size/weight matter? As in, will a 17" unit be fine?
They should offer better thermals with the larger chassis.

I see 17" units w/ a 300MHz faster 4800MQ with lesser GPU for around $1.1k.
Some customization sites even offer higher accuracy screens and/or calibration.

Here's 2 options real quick, you can find many more:

http://www.xoticpc.com/sager-np2670-clevo-w670srq-p-6517.html?wconfigure=yes

http://www.powernotebooks.com/configure.php?special=1719