Top 5 Intel PCs for Content Creators - CES 2016
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·Linus Tech Tips
·2016-05-06
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Welcome to our top five Intel-based computers for Content creators at CES
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2016 first up is the Lenovo ThinkPad P40
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yoga this is designed for serious content creation on the go as it's got a
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Quadro m500m GPU they collaborated with
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waycom on the included pen which can detect
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2,48 separate levels of pressure and it
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features a 1440p IPS display that includes tactile feedback to feel more
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like writing on real paper it comes with a Skylake core i7 and up to 512 gigs of
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SSD storage and is expected to be available in q1 of 2016 for
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$33.99 the MSI Vortex is next have you
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ever found yourself wanting a workstation that looks kind of like a
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Mac Pro and is super powerful like a Mac Pro but isn't a Mac well here it is the
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Windows-based cylinder from MSI it
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features a Skylake core 7 desktop processor two desktop GTX 980s and can
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hold two NVMe m.2 drives now although
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there isn't a xon processor or a Quadro or firepro graphics card that you might
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find in a more traditional content creation workstation it's very powerful
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for the size and from our experience programs like Adobe Creative Cloud make
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more use of Cuda than they necessarily do of the quadro features anyway it's
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got plenty of con connectivity four USB 3.1 two mini DPS two USB 3.1 type c's
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with Thunderbolt and it's very quiet as well with MSI quoting low 30 DB under
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load the high-end version will run about $4,000 though a less extreme
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configuration will go for about half of that it's expected to be available later
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this year our third choice if you were thinking what do you mean no quadros no
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xeons well you'll be happy here are the
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Lenovo p50 and p70 mobile workstations
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if you are looking for the ultimate editing or rendering rig that you can
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take with you these are what you want they've got 4K displays with panone
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color correction as well as Thunderbolt 3 in case you know one 14k screen just
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isn't enough for you and the difference between the p50 and the p70 is the size
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of the screen so you can either get a 15.6 in or a 17in you also get three
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Drive Bays with the p 50 and four with the p70 so you have plenty of room for
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storing video or 3D models the p50 starts at $1,600 and the p70 at 2,000
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these ones are available now next up is
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the HP Elite book folio it looks a heck
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of a lot like a Macbook but I assure you it is a Windows PC and although this is
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not the most powerful thing out there and not strictly speaking a you know
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content creation computer from a video editing perspective it's got a an Intel
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Core M instead of like an i7 it also has
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some nice features for serious users who
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create content let's say for example by writing it or by generating business
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proposals it's got a great sound system that HP says they optimized with bang
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and Olson for those oh so important business Skype calls it's got a 180°
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hinge allowing it to fold flat on a table for collaboration and it also o
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features Thunderbolt 3 so it connect to more displays easily and comes with
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either a 4K or 1080p display option
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they're quoting 10 hours of battery life on the 1080p model without quoting
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anything for the 4K making it great for quote unquote creators who are writing
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on the go it starts at $9.99 and is expected to be available in March our
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final content creator PC the p37x V5 or
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p37 wv5 is actually class ified by its
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manufacturer Gigabyte as a gaming laptop
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but personally I'm seeing the content creator side of this as well depending
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on which of the models you opt for you'll get a 980m or GTX 970m graphics
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card you will get a Core i76700 HQ and
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you will get either a 4K Ultra HD IPS display or a 1080p IPS display but where
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this one gets interesting to the content creators is the performance of the
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aforementioned display they are quoting 100% Adobe RGB coverage making this
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awesome for working with photo or video editing in Adobe it features m.2 PCIe
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SSD storage ddr4 memory USB 3.1 type-c
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and the usual gaming uh Creature
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Comforts like a backlit keyboard and programmable macro Keys also something
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that's just as good for Content creation as it is for gaming just ask Taran who
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keeps multiple keyboards on his desk at
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the office so thank you for checking out our top five Intel-based content
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creation PCS from CES 2016 I hope you
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