I suggest a lenovo W520, as it supports coreboot with open source hw
init and me cleaner (which nerfs but does not disable ME - it is
impossible to disable ME, dell/purism are lying) you can also use an
egpu for additional graphics power and install an ivy bridge processor
for better power figures.
I would also look in to the TALOS 2 (OpenPOWER9) which is a very high
performance owner controlled workstation with libre firmware for both
the board and BMC (even the microcode is owner controlled and has
documentation supplied, there is absolutely no hardware code signing
enforcement).
POWER is now the worlds only owner controlled performance cpu arch due
to both intel and AMD adopting black box supervisor processors and
hardware code signing enforcement.
https://raptorcs.com
It also supports CAPI and PCI-e 4.0, which I imagine might interest you.
Notes:
There isn't much point using qubes with hardware that has ME/PSP,
especially newer hardware that doesn't have open source init (ex: what
you listed and of course the faux-libre purism laptops)
"Gaming" or "Workstation" laptops end up being a pain in the ass to
carry around so if you don't really need one I wouldn't get one, or get
a lower power device that supports an EGPU setup.
You can't pass through a laptop GPU like that as both the iGPU and dGPU
considered a primary video adapters - you would have to purchase an eGPU
if you want a GPU in a VM and you also need a secondary usb controller,
monitor, audio device etc.
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