Bad cooling

Yes

Swift 3 might throttle a bit when hit certain throttle point but still it's a 25W card, not a big issue

You need to do research. Or ask me

SF314-54G - overall better (well-built, light weight, upgradeable RAM, good battery life, affordable etc)

2 cell 30Wh battery...big no

Get Thinkpad E495/E595 if you want Ryzen for cheap (Ideapad S540 sold out aldy)

This post has been edited by ZM Fong: Jun 6 2019, 06:10 PM

TBH 2k budget is low for a decent new model, bump up to 2.5k if possible

Around 2.4k without RAM+SSD upgrades and warranty upgrade

This post has been edited by ZM Fong: Jun 6 2019, 09:23 PM

Max budget? Max weight preferred in kg? Fine with 15 inch?

Many laptops do have i7-9750H/8750H which is already fast, the issue is many of them don't have high power limit (most have 45W limit) / good cooling to maintain the turbo clock for a long time which is important in rendering

If you prefer 17 inch, I'll suggest Illegear Selenite or Rogue. High power limit out of the box and can maintain relatively high clock speed. Refer to my gaming laptop list for more options (if not later others say I bias)

Or go for workstation like Thinkpad P52. More expensive of course

Suggest upgrading RAM by yourself (get x1 16GB and upgrade another 16GB), same applies to storage

SF315-41G - non-upgradeable RAM, poor battery life, last gen Ryzen
SF314-55G - non-upgradeable RAM, limited cooling (10W MX150), high sRGB IPS
SF314-54/54G overall better, cheaper too

This post has been edited by ZM Fong: Jun 7 2019, 03:19 AM

54/54G is completely different compared to 55/55G. I aldy shared in my previous post

Which Ideapad model?

For 1660TI, yes

Different Ideapad model have different pros and cons

There are other slight differences of course like input devices quality since it's a different model

Yes, but don't buy from Acer directly (never buy at MSRP price)

Very low end - definitely not old AMD APU, some have Celeron CPU, 4GB non-upgradeable RAM, 768p TN panel, very small battery

Define high quality display - high sRGB?
Is dGPU a must?
No preference on battery life?
Max weight preferred in kg? (ignore possible <1.2kg)

If you want good quality keyboard, Thinkpad keyboard is the first thing I can think of
Budget cannot extend further?
Good IPS - high sRGB?
6 years of usage is asking too much tbh

Might want to consider Illegear Raven/Raven SE or Level51 Forge 15, however Raven SE and Forge 15 don't have high sRGB option for now
Compare Y740 15 or 17? What's your budget? What games do you play? Any preference on weight and battery life?
How light weight? Give max weight in kg

Mind non-upgradeable RAM?

Lenovo Thinkpad L380 +RAM
Acer Swift 3 SF314-54-55JD / 57FD / 59T5 +RAM - only 128GB SSD (with 1TB HDD)
Lenovo Thinkpad E490 +RAM+SSD
Dell Vostro 5471/5481 +RAM+SSD - OKish battery life
Lenovo Thinkpad E495 +RAM+SSD - OKish battery life
Lenovo Ideapad 330s-14IKB 81F400SFMJ / GMJ / HMJ +RAM - OKish battery life

The top 3 models can get at least 8 hrs according to reviews

This post has been edited by ZM Fong: Jun 9 2019, 07:07 PM