Computer and Laptop Tech Thread

[yubby24]

What particular brand of gaming laptop did you bought? I was eyeing for Machinike not that expensive but have good reviews by laptop factory.

Acer Nitro 5 (AN515-57-535Z). i5 11400H and RTX 3060 gpu 16gb RAM (additonal 8GB was free c/o Acer promo). Played only Tomb Raider (done na) and currently playing Rise of the Tomb Raider. So far satisfied naman sa performance. Fans can be a bit loud kapag gaming. Pero tahimik naman kapag light load lang.

[Jun aka Pekto]

This place is still alive. HE HE. The old FX-8350, which had this site bookmarked, died a couple of months ago and I just plain forgot about this place.

Anyway, I got rid of all my legacy PCs from a decade(+) ago aside from the i7-10700. In their place, I assembled 3 new DIY PCs: an i3-12100F/RX 6600/16GB RAM, R5 5600X/GTX 1660 Super/32GB RAM, and an i5-12400/RTX 3060/16GB RAM. The Ryzen 5 is mainly for work and encoding/transcoding duties while the two Intel ones are mainly for gaming. I still game at 1080p. So, nothing fancy.

[JohnM]

Just got my youngest son a 3060 Ti today. Ran Furmark to compare it against my eldest's setup.

Ryzen 5600/6650XT scored around 9600
Ryzen 3100/3060Ti scored around 10100

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[Vodka]

planning to get these...

been using Thinkpads all these years. time to upgrade the old desktop which has a super old AMD "thuban" which is a 6-core but w/ a defective core so it's sold as a 4-core, but i re-enabled the good core to make it 5-core. slow AF by today's standards also has an ancient HDD seagate Cheetah 15,000 rpm (SAS interface). a cheap SSD would run circles around this cheetah

[_Qwerty_]

anong laptop nyo from the office and how often do you upgrade? mag 3 years na tong laptops namin.. puro Dell latitude.. last time I checked worth 70K nung brand new..

[yubby24]

anong laptop nyo from the office and how often do you upgrade? mag 3 years na tong laptops namin.. puro Dell latitude.. last time I checked worth 70K nung brand new..

Thinkpad T14. Ryzen 5 Pro w/ 16GB RAM. We refresh every 3-4 years.

[Dr.Kamiya]

ASUS VivoBook Ryzen 5 5500U.

Almost time for an upgrade, but I'm having it delayed till local suppliers have some good Ryzen Phoenix Point units available. 7840H/S or 7940HS will be nice.

[Jun aka Pekto]

I don't think I'll replace my old 2013 ASUS RoG G46VW. Instead, I'll buy an SFF PC like this one:
Beelink Mini PC SER5 equied with AMD Ryzen 5 56H(up to 4.2GHz) 6C/12T, pre-in Windows 11,16GB DDR4 RAM 5GB NVME SSD,4K output of Triple Display via Dual HDMI&Type-C, Mini Gaming Office mini desktop Computer


and then just hook up a portable monitor and small keyboard/mouse. I use an external keyboard and mouse anyway because I find laptop keyboards and track pads not optimal for my needs.


I also don't use laptops much in public.

[Vodka]

so now AMD's market cap is bigger than intel. i'm not surprised coz this is just a great product. it used to be that AMD was just an "OK" option. this thing runs fast and cool

cheap board doesn't have nvme slot but that's ok coz i've got a samsung sata lying around

ram o.c. to 3200 works ok

board has 1x hdmi, and 1x dvi. dual monitor works

[Walter]

Replace the stock CPU cooler with aftermarket and it can run even faster and cooler ...