I'm assuming that the Stealth has a good enough integrated keyboard that people will be satisfied with that.Īt this time, my conclusion would be that it's too close to properly conclude that the Stealth+Core setup is consistently pricier than an equivalently sized desktop+ultrabook. Same assumption with an external mouse and external display. Note that I'm assuming both options would use roughly the same "caliber" of GPU, so that was assumed to be the same price for comparisons sake and can therefore be omitted. That's a total of $1700 - $2100 before you add the discrete GPU, external mouse or external display.However, since this is a dual-system setup, I think $1000 is a reasonable "cap" for the ultrabook budget. If you need more features, you can get at or above $1000 for a respectable ultrabook. It's ~$700 at the low end, but I think a low end ultrabook is tolerable since you don't need to store games on it.
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For the ultrabook, the venerable UX305 series seems like an excellent "bare minimum" option (but a damn good one!).Note that certain parts like the RAM & SSD are very skimpy and some people may spend ~$100 more for higher quality "brand-name" parts. I made an illustrative build for a hair over $1000 after rebates without a dGPU (anything <10" fits). Silverstone's FT-03 Mini got close enough.It gets a lot easier (and cheaper) once you release that condition. If you're going the ultrabook & Core-sized desktop route, then you'll have fun trying to find a full-featured miniITX case that's close to the Core's dimensions.That's a total of $1400 to $2000 before you add the discrete GPU, external mouse or external display (if any).The Core, itself, will probably be $200-$400 (just speculating).
That means you're forced into the priciest $1600 SKU (you can save $400 off that if you can live with a quarter TB). Half a TB feels like the minimum for your game storage drive. The biggest problem with the Stealth is storage.It's no accident that it comes with a higher end 15W CPU and it seems to be slightly chunkier than the thinnest ultrabooks out there - so hopefully cooling is satisfactory.
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