Benchmark 3.0 This is a good place to start The thread was started 3 years ago.. so I'd check out the most recent couple of pages first A few points.. If you don't NEED a laptop, get a desktop .. you'll get much more bang for your your money Speed is king.. buy the fasted processor you can afford (i7 or i9) don't waste your $$$ on a Xeon. 16g of ram is the bare minimum 32 is better Quadro video cards are your first choice GeForce gaming cards second Do not even think about Intel graphics get a solid state hard drive ..the money you may save is not worth the time you will sacrifice every day.