List of Most Powerful Custom Laptops
The powerful custom laptops around are the clevo laptops but they are not sold by the makers directly to customers. Their laptops are branded and sold through boutique resellers. Some of these include Eurocom, Falcon, Origin, and Maingear. All laptops sold by these resellers are not equal. The various resellers offer different customizations. For instance they don't all offer the same processors and amounts of memory. That is why their laptops differ in terms of power. Some of these custom companies will give much better options in terms of processors, video cards, ram, hard drives and other upgrades. Many of the lists I've seen online for most powerful laptops are missing some of the most powerful laptops sold. I am going to provide tables that compare the laptops as they come with basic features and them with the best of everything.
My #1 Most Powerful Custom Laptop for this is list is Eurocom. The Eurocom models Panther 2.0, Panther 3.0, Panther4.0 are some of the most powerful laptops I've seen. Two of these laptops can be upgraded to have 6 physical cores and 12 threads and one can actually be upgraded to have 8 physical cores and 16 threads! The Panther 4.0 is definitely the most powerful on this list but I'd also like to show the 2.0 and 3.0 models from Eurocom.
Lets start with the Eurcom Panther 2.0.
The Eurocom Panther 2.0 is incredibly powerful and usually used as a mobile workstation. Thats right, this thing is designed as a replacement to a desktop workstation. It is just as much or more powerful than a lot of the desktops you will see in stores. It is often used by 3D designers, engineers, animators, and graphics professionals. If you plan on using it for gaming do not get the NVIDIA Quadro line of video cards because they are not for gaming. The NVIDIA Quadro line are for things like 3D design and though they are the most powerful video cards out there, they are not designed to work with games. The most powerful video cards for gaming is the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680MX. As for processors, well you can use any of these processors for gaming. The base model has 4-cores 8-threads with 8MB cache and you can actually upgrade beyond that to have a 6-core Intel Xeon processor X5690 with 12MB L3 cache! This model also comes with up to 24GB of RAM and this model comes with a 17.3" display. The price really depends on what hardware upgrades you get and whether or not you buy any of Eurocom's software packages and external displays. A lot of the software and external display packages are meant for graphic design. It also depends on how many hard drives you buy and what kind. This laptop model with the basic package is around $2999. When you upgrade the video cards, processor, RAM, and give do things like give it the best 4 hard drives possible it is over $22,000 (getting it with Windows Server 2008 will add $1295 to this price). If you add in their with their graphics expansion modules, digital content creation, multimedia and graphics, CAD, CAE, CAM, 3D and animation stuff it will be over $30,000.
Now lets take a look at the Panther 3.0
The Panther 3.0 is very powerful and is often used as a mobile server. It is used by people like network managers, database developers, training centers and military personnel who traveling often and want access to powerful computing. Like I wrote earlier if you plan on using it for gaming do not get the NVIDIA Quadro line of video cards because they are not for gaming. The NVIDIA Quadro line are for things like 3D design and though they are the most powerful video cards out there, they are not designed to work with games. The most powerful video cards for gaming is the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680MX. As for processors, well you can use any of these processors for gaming. The base model has 6-cores 12-threads with 12MB L3 cache and you can actually upgrade beyond that to have a 6-core Intel Xeon processor X5690 with 12MB L3 cache! This model also comes with up to 24GB of RAM and this laptop model comes with a 17.3" display. The price really depends on what hardware upgrades you get and whether or not you buy any of Eurocom's software packages and external displays. A lot of the software and external display packages are meant for graphic design. It also depends on how many hard drives you buy and what kind. This laptop model with the basic package is around $2999. When you upgrade the video cards, processor, RAM, and give do things like give it the best 4 hard drives possible it is over $19,000 (getting it with Windows Server 2008 will add $1295 to this price). If you add in their with their graphics expansion modules, digital content creation, multimedia and graphics, CAD, CAE, CAM, 3D and animation stuff it will be over $26,000.
Now lets take a look at the Panther 4.0
The Panther 4.0 is the most powerful custom laptop on this list. It is easily the most powerful custom laptop money can buy. Like the Panther 3.0 this laptop is also categorized as a mobile server. The base model comes with 6 physical cores and 12 threads. This model can be upgraded to have a processor that has 8 physical cores and 16 threads. This laptop model comes with up to 32GB of RAM and comes with up to 4 drives. This laptop is the only one on this list to have 8 physical cores and 16 threads so this thing is seriously powerful! Remember if you plan on using it for gaming do not get the NVIDIA Quadro line of video cards because they are not for gaming. The NVIDIA Quadro line are for things like 3D design and though they are the most powerful video cards out there, they are not designed to work with games. The most powerful video cards for gaming is the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680MX. As for processors, well you can use any of these processors for gaming. The base model has 6-cores 12-threads with 12MB cache and you can actually upgrade beyond that to have a 6-core Intel Xeon processor E5-2687W with 20MB L3 cache! The price really depends on what hardware upgrades you get and whether or not you buy any of Eurocom's external displays or express card slot upgrades. It also depends on how many hard drives you buy and what kind. This laptop model with the basic package is around $3499. When you upgrade the video cards, processor, RAM, and give do things like give it the best 4 hard drives possible it is well over $22,000 (getting it with Windows Server 2008 will add $1295 to this price). If you add in their with their graphics expansion modules and express card slot upgrade it will be over $23,000.
The Panther 4.0 is the most powerful custom laptop on this list. It is easily the most powerful custom laptop money can buy. Like the Panther 3.0 this laptop is also categorized as a mobile server. The base model comes with 6 physical cores and 12 threads. This model can be upgraded to have a processor that has 8 physical cores and 16 threads. This laptop model comes with up to 32GB of RAM and comes with up to 4 drives. This laptop is the only one on this list to have 8 physical cores and 16 threads so this thing is seriously powerful! Remember if you plan on using it for gaming do not get the NVIDIA Quadro line of video cards because they are not for gaming. The NVIDIA Quadro line are for things like 3D design and though they are the most powerful video cards out there, they are not designed to work with games. The most powerful video cards for gaming is the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680MX. As for processors, well you can use any of these processors for gaming. The base model has 6-cores 12-threads with 12MB cache and you can actually upgrade beyond that to have a 6-core Intel Xeon processor E5-2687W with 20MB L3 cache! The price really depends on what hardware upgrades you get and whether or not you buy any of Eurocom's external displays or express card slot upgrades. It also depends on how many hard drives you buy and what kind. This laptop model with the basic package is around $3499. When you upgrade the video cards, processor, RAM, and give do things like give it the best 4 hard drives possible it is well over $22,000 (getting it with Windows Server 2008 will add $1295 to this price). If you add in their with their graphics expansion modules and express card slot upgrade it will be over $23,000.
My #2 Most Powerful Custom Laptop for this list is Malibal. The most powerful of the Malibal models is the Malibal Nine X570SE. This model comes with a 17.3" display. The base model comes with a processor that has 4 physical cores and 8 threads. When fully upgraded this model can also have up to 6 physical cores and 12 threads. This laptop model comes with up to 32GB of RAM and comes with up to 4 drives. The prices will vary depending on what upgrades you get. If you get this laptop model in the basic package it will cost around $2500. If you upgrade things like the processor, display, video cards, and add up to 3 of the best available hard drives it will be over $8000. If then you do that and also switch an optical drive space for DVD/Blue-ray out for another hard drive it will be over $9000. So lets take a look at its specs.
My #3 Most Powerful Custom Laptop for this list is AVADirect. The most powerful of the AVADirect models is the AVADirect P270WM. This laptop comes with a 17.3" display. AVADirect classifies this laptop as a Gaming Netbook. The base model comes with a processor that has 4 physical cores and 8 threads. When fully upgraded it can come with up to 6 physical cores. This laptop model comes with up to 32GB of RAM and comes with up to 3 drives. The prices will vary depending on what upgrades you get. If you get this laptop model in the basic package it will cost around $2400. If you upgrade things like the processor, display, video cards, RAM, and add up to 3 of the best available hard drives it will be over $7600. If then after that you also upgrade with their best discrete sound card it will be over $8200. So lets take a look at its specs.
My #4 Most Powerful Custom Laptop on this list is Origin. The most powerful of the Origin models is the Origin EON17-SLX PRO. This laptop comes with a 17.3" display and is classified as a custom mobile workstation. This model can have up to 4 physical cores and 8 threads. This laptop model comes with up to 32GB of RAM and comes with up to 4 drives. The prices will vary depending on what upgrades you get. If you get this laptop model in the basic package it will cost around $2000. If you upgrade things like the processor, display, video cards, RAM, and add up to 2 of the best available hard drives with a mSATA drive it will be over $6700. If then after instead of getting RAID with the hard drives(they don't let you do both) you get an optical bay hard drive caddy(will mean also not getting a blue-ray drive) so you can have an extra hard drive it will be over $7200 Lets take a look at its specs.
My #5 Most Powerful Custom Laptop for this list is Falcon Northwest. The most powerful of the Falcon Northwest models is the Falcon DRX. This laptop model comes with a 17.3" display and is classified as a desktop replacement. This laptop can come with a processor that has up to 4 physical cores and 8 threads. This laptop model comes with up to 32GB of RAM and comes with up to 2 drives.The prices will vary depending on what upgrades you get. If you get this laptop model in the basic package it will cost around $3000. If you upgrade things like the processor, display, video cards, RAM, and add up to 2 of the best available hard drives it will be over $7500. Lets take a look at its specs.
My #6 Most Powerful Custom Laptop for this list is Sager. The most powerful of the Sager models is the Sager NP9370. This laptop model comes with a 17.3" display and is classified as a gaming laptop. This model comes with up to 4 cores and 8 threads. This laptop model comes with up to 32GB of RAM and comes with up to 3 drives. The prices will vary depending on what upgrades you get. If you get this laptop model in the basic package it will cost around $1700. If you upgrade things like the processor, display, video cards, RAM, and add up to 2 of the best available hard drives and a mSATA it will be over $6300. Lets take a look at its specs.
My #7 Most Powerful Custom Laptop for this list is Alien. The most powerful Alien model is the Alien M18x. This laptop model comes with a 18.4" display and is classified as a gaming laptop. This model comes with up to 4 physical cores and 8 threads. This laptop model comes with up to 32GB of RAM and comes with up to 3 drives. The prices will vary depending on what upgrades you get. If you get this laptop model in the basic package it will cost around $1999. If you upgrade things like the processor, display, video cards, RAM, and add up to 2 of the best available hard drives it will be over $6900. Lets take a look at its specs.
My #8 Most Powerful Custom Laptop for this list is Maingear. The most powerful Maingear model is the Maingear Nomad 17 [HM77]. This laptop model comes with a 17.3" display and is classified as a gaming laptop. This model comes with up to 4 physical cores and 8 threads. This laptop model comes with up to 32GB of RAM and comes with up to 2 drives. The prices will vary depending on what upgrades you get. If you get this laptop model in the basic package it will cost around $1500. If you upgrade things like the processor, display, video cards, RAM, and add up to 2 of the best available hard drives it will be over $5300. If then after that you also upgrade with their best speakers it will be over $5700. Lets take a look at its specs.