• General overview

I'm currently using a 15.6" (fx516) Asus tuf dash f15 with an 11370h and 8 16gb fam and a 1tb 2tb hard drive. I love the keyboard layout coz it's completely centered. No numpad or of up/down row at the right shifting the keyboard.

Laptop is paired up with a master case eg200 which has latest thunderbolt controllers. The egpu is very convenient and I don't plan to go back to a desktop setup. Problems with current setup are simple:

-Current laptop is too big and too bulky now. -Processor too slow CPU throttling (Warhammer 3, cyberpunk2077 etc).

Want a thinner laptop without an Egpu so it doesn't charge extra and doesn't take up more of the laptops thermal envelope either. Plus I plan to use Nvidia cards in egpu which don't interact well with internal dgpu so, can, in specific circumstances consider Radeon inbuilt cards like 6700s in zephyrus g14. But I don't want to necessarily pay for the dgpu inside the laptop. One more thing. 24gigs don't seem to be enough. I have onedrive, Dropbox and gdrice constantly on in the background and windows plus some basic softwares alone take up 25-35% of 24gb ram. Processors I love are 12700h or 6900HS/6800hs for working with egpu. Hard requirement would be thunderbolt4/usb4

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-Total budget (in local currency) and country of purchase. Please do not use USD unless purchasing in the US:

I'm in Asia with very few good options, so get my laptop via travelling friends/family from us/UK/Singapore. Also keep in mind I will be unlikely to RMA/warranty

-Are you open to refurbs/used?

Maybe. Ideally not.

-How would you prioritize form factor (ultrabook, 2-in-1, etc.), build quality, performance, and battery life?

I don't need 2-in-1, I don't need a touchscreen. And while I can get them I don't necessarily want to pay for either. I use old fashioned keyboard shortcuts. 1) performance, build quality, battery life.

-How important is weight and thinness to you?

Quite. I take it to work in the morning and hook upto egpu. And I write here and there so if.its too big. It would become unweildy. Nothing larger than 14 inches but can be thick (not thin)

-Do you have a preferred screen size? If indifferent, put N/A.

14"/13" not bigger than. Need smallest footprint. And will be using monitor when gaming with egpu.

-Are you doing any CAD/video editing/photo editing/gaming? List which programs/games you desire to run.

Warhammer 3 Cyberpunk Control Skyrim/fallout with lots of mods Video editing handbrake Lots and lots of heavy excel/poserbi

-If you're gaming, do you have certain games you want to play? At what settings and FPS do you want?

Warhammer 3 Cyberpunk Control Fallout/Skyrim New elder scrolls Diablo4 General new launched

-Any specific requirements such as good keyboard, reliable build quality, touch-screen, finger-print reader, optical drive or good input devices (keyboard/touchpad)?

Good completely centered keyboard. No numpad. No column on right (hp style). Large mousebad. No touchscreen pls.

-Leave any finishing thoughts here that you may feel are necessary and beneficial to the discussion.

I find great laptops. But all of them with 16 gb ram only. If I could find an Asus ZenBook 14 with a 12700h/12900 and 32gb ddr5 without dgpu, I'd buy it right now. Or a zephyrus g14 with a 6800hs 6700s with 32gb. Or any Lenovo slim with Intel 12h gen or Ryzen 6000zeries.

If anyone has any leads in either of the countries. Thankssss 😍😁