Build 400 – Nexus Core: AI Development Laptop

Nexus Core is an AI development laptop, designed around a 24-core Core Ultra​ 9 275​HX processor and an RTX 5090 Mobile 24GB video card.
AI Development Laptop

Description

Nexus Core is an AI development laptop, designed around a 24-core Core Ultra​ 9 275​HX processor and an RTX 5090 Mobile 24GB video card.

General System Design

This build is designed around a 24-core Core Ultra​ 9 275​HX processor and an RTX 5090 Mobile 24GB video card.

Software Workload/Customer Need

This customer needed a powerful mobile workstation to handle their growing professional workload that would last a long time.

This workstation is designed for WSL2, Docker, Cursor, GitHub MCP, Anthropic Claude, MongoDB, Ollama Local/Ollama Cloud, Python, HTML, Java, JS, PowerShell, Batch, CSS, CAD, animation, and gaming.

Upgrades were made at the factory for increased cooling power via liquid metal compound and improved thermal pads.

This build was influenced by our EVOC-18 Core Ultra 9 RTX 5090 128GB Laptop.

System Spec

Chassis: EVOC ​X​5​801-18 Core Ul​tra​ 9 275​HX/RTX 5​090 Q​HD+/2​40hz​

Memory: Crucial Pro 2x64GB DDR​5-5600

OS Storage (NVME): Western Digital Black SN8100 2TB

Main Storage (NVME): Western Digital Black SN850X 4TB

OS: Windows 11 Pro

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Design Rationale

  • The Ul​tra​ 9 275​HX gave the customer a great amount of single-core performance for general use, multicore performance for heavily-threaded tasks, and solid support for 4 memory sticks.
  • The customer was fine with our recommended memory setup.
  • The customer was fine with our recommended storage setup.
  • The customer was fine with our recommended video card.

Customer Review

“I contacted Chris Touchberry of Top Flight Computers to build a custom workstation-grade laptop for a powerful AI development platform to create AI-powered applications. What I received was absolutely outstanding – it’s exactly the high-performance workstation I wanted and needed!

The build quality is exceptional, and this machine is a true “hot rod” workstation that delivers incredible performance for AI development workloads. While it came with Windows 11 pre-installed, I’ve since installed CachyOS/Linux with KDE Plasma, and the combination runs fantastically on this hardware.

The system handles intensive AI computations with ease, and the customization options were perfect for my specific development needs.

Chris provided excellent communication throughout the process and delivered a machine that exceeded my expectations. The attention to detail in both the hardware selection and build quality is evident. This isn’t just a laptop – it’s a powerhouse development station that’s perfect for serious AI work.

Highly recommended for anyone needing a custom-built workstation! I couldn’t be happier with my investment.”

JP, McKinney TX

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