Help choosing the best compute for Rendering in Vray

[shannakae]

Hey y'all, i am getting ready to buy a new gaming laptop so that i can build and render my models faster! I have a budget of up to 1500. There are a lot of great options out there. It appears at this price range i will need to choose between a better dedicated graphics card (discrete), or more ram. Also I am not sure what a dual core means but that sounds like it is also important. So my question is, which is more important? More ram or a better graphics card. And what makes a better graphics card (the ram or the actual card)?

Also if someone could the difference between processors for my purposes that would be super helpful.

I am going to be rendering with Vray so i guess that is important because some programs are designed to work off of just ram while others take advantage of the dedicated graphics card from what i understand. So does anyone know if Vray will perform better with a better dedicated graphics card or a lot more ram?

Things i defiantly need a Solid state drive either 512 or a hybrid drive with 1 tb of storage and a smaller ssd for ruining my programs. Thoughts on the hybrid drives? 17" Screen.