ASUS Gaming Laptop

[AudioEngineer591]

I plan on buying a ASUS gaming laptop or anything from ASUS. Are they good for Pro Tools 11 and 10? I plan to mainly do video and sound sound design for post production.

[sw rec]

Need specs!

[Shan]

Gaming laptops are usually ideal for running Pro Tools but as sw rec said above, we'll need to see the specs.

Shane

[musicman691]

Originally Posted by Shan

Gaming laptops are usually ideal for running Pro Tools but as sw rec said above, we'll need to see the specs.

Shane

Gaming rigs tend to have one issue that makes them NOT good for audio work - they tend to be loud as hell with their fans. I've known people try and use Alienware gaming rigs for recording and rued the day. Fan noise in these things make the Omni I/O seem quiet as a church mouse.

[sw rec]

From a 'build it yourself" standpoint, I've ALWAYS defaulted to ASUS motherboards. But that's only the first of many parts of the equation.

[mesaone]

Gaming and Pro Tools have similar requirements... Fast multicore processor, 8+ GB RAM, fast internal drives.

But for a laptop, I wouldn't get a gaming-centric model. That graphics horsepower is unnecessary (and causes fan noise, as was mentioned above). Save some money, get a model that doesn't have the latest and greatest GPU. With the money you save, you can get a fast USB3 or eSATA external hard drive for your Pro Tools projects.

[BCnSTL]

I use an MSI GS70.

As others have said - gaming laptops are a good place to look. The GS70 has 3 internal mSATA slots and a traditional 2.5" HDD slot etc.

Fan noise can be noticeable under load but not obnoxious. Good luck!

[Trainwrecker]

I will never buy another Asus Laptop. I have an i7 laptop that they discontinued and nothing was ever released since then. They just walked away. No updated drivers etc. I am not in slow death mode. You might have better luck. I use it as a mobile. But not with PT. I do not move my iloks.

Good Luck, that is just my exp.

[AudioEngineer591]

I plan to buy the MSI GT60 Dominator-424 instead. Is this a good idea? I want my new laptop to be a gaming and audio/video production system.

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/msi-gt60...at247400050000

[musicman691]

Originally Posted by AudioEngineer591

I plan to buy the MSI GT60 Dominator-424 instead. Is this a good idea? I want my new laptop to be a gaming and audio/video production system.

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/msi-gt60...at247400050000

I would NOT want to use this as a production machine. Screen is nice but the keyboard is crap and the fan is loud under heavy use. The touchpad is small. There's a reason most laptops don't have keypads in them and this makes all the other keys small. Couple this with the fact that Best Buy's Geek Squad people aren't the sharpest knives in the drawer, unless you're a computer geek and know your way around systems, you'd be better off going with a purpose built system.

Actually using any laptop unless well built and specified is a crap-shoot and most off the shelf machines will only give you headaches.