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couleur
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Since Ram is so expensive these days, I suppose 16GB should be enough until prices come down.
"Enlightenment is man's emergence from his self-imposed nonage. Nonage is the inability to use one's own understanding without another's guidance. This nonage is self-imposed if its cause lies not in lack of understanding but in indecision and lack of courage to use one's own mind without another's guidance. Dare to know! (Sapere aude.) "Have the courage to use your own understanding," is therefore the motto of the enlightenment."
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tonizito
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| Posted: Wed, 25th Oct 2017 14:51 Post subject: |
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For a middle of the road laptop,do you guys recommend getting something branded or from some shop that assembles them? I seem to remember at least one in the uk
| boundle (thoughts on cracking AITD) wrote: | | i guess thouth if without a legit key the installation was rolling back we are all fucking then |
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| Posted: Wed, 25th Oct 2017 23:26 Post subject: |
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| tonizito wrote: | | For a middle of the road laptop,do you guys recommend getting something branded or from some shop that assembles them? I seem to remember at least one in the uk |
Only laptops for gaming I'd ever order from is anything from Sager/Clevo/Whoever else buys their laptops from Sager and rebrands them |
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tonizito
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| Posted: Thu, 26th Oct 2017 09:48 Post subject: |
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Since when is 2000+ € a "middle of the road" laptop price... wait, don't even want to know 
And I'll look into sager/clevo but those don't seem likely to find in the UK...
What about getting one from here
https://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/laptops/
or some other site/shop like that instead of buying a branded laptop from amazon, etc?
| boundle (thoughts on cracking AITD) wrote: | | i guess thouth if without a legit key the installation was rolling back we are all fucking then |
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tonizito
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| Posted: Thu, 26th Oct 2017 23:29 Post subject: |
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What you say about this, mens:
| Quote: | Chassis & Display
Optimus Series: 15.6" Matte Full HD IPS LED Widescreen (1920x1080)
Processor (CPU): Intel® Core™ i5 Quad Core Processor 7300HQ (2.5GHz, 3.5GHz Turbo)
Memory (RAM): 8GB Corsair 2133MHz SODIMM DDR4 (1 x 8GB)
Graphics Card: NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 1050 Ti - 4.0GB GDDR5 Video RAM - DirectX® 12.1
Hard Disk: 500GB SERIAL ATA II 2.5" HARD DRIVE WITH 8MB CACHE (5,400rpm)
Memory Card Reader: Integrated 6 in 1 Card Reader (SD /Mini SD/ SDHC / SDXC / MMC / RSMMC)
AC Adaptor: 1 x 120W AC Adaptor
Power Cable: 1 x 1 Metre Cloverleaf European Power Cable
Thermal Paste: EK-TIM ECTOTHERM THERMAL COMPOUND
Sound Card: Intel 2 Channel High Def. Audio + SoundBlaster™ Cinema 3
Bluetooth & Wireless: GIGABIT LAN & WIRELESS INTEL® AC-8265 M.2 (867Mbps, 802.11AC) +BT 4.0, vPRO
USB Options: 1 x USB 3.0 PORT (Type C) + 2 x USB 3.0 PORTS + 1 x USB 2.0 PORT
Battery
Optimus VIII Series 6 Cell Lithium Ion Battery
Keyboard Language: SINGLE COLOUR BACKLIT PORTUGUESE KEYBOARD
Operating System: Genuine Windows 10 Home 64 Bit - inc DVD & Single Licence
Operating System Language: Portugal/Portugal - Portuguese Language
Office Software
FREE 30 Day Trial of Microsoft® Office® 365
Anti-Virus
BullGuard™ Internet Security - Free 90 Day License inc. Gamer Mode
Browser
Microsoft® Edge (Windows 10 Only)
Notebook Mouse
INTEGRATED 2 BUTTON TOUCHPAD MOUSE
Webcam
INTEGRATED 1MP HD WEBCAM
Warranty
3 Year Standard Warranty (1 Month Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour |
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Bear in mind this is for someone that will have their mind blown away playing at 30 fps @ medium (or even low) settings
And this is just one choice, we'll be checking them clevo, sager and xmg stuff near black friday.
Or maybe even a cheap dell XPS.
| boundle (thoughts on cracking AITD) wrote: | | i guess thouth if without a legit key the installation was rolling back we are all fucking then |
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JackQ
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| Posted: Tue, 30th Jun 2020 11:55 Post subject: |
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Bump, my dell xps15 was disappointed (too many hardware issues) never the less, excellent hardware, I decided to get new laptop now that my xps 15 is in issues again and I am run out of warranty.
Any advice? I want something mid range with similar experience
How is Lenovo ?
Thanks
"Fuck Denuvo"
Your personal opinions != the rest of the forum
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| Posted: Tue, 30th Jun 2020 13:01 Post subject: ***** |
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JackQ
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| Posted: Tue, 30th Jun 2020 13:04 Post subject: |
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The Lenovo Yoga 940c seems to be what I am looking for, I am basically done with dell.
Would you recommend?
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| Posted: Tue, 30th Jun 2020 14:26 Post subject: ***** |
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JackQ
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| Posted: Tue, 30th Jun 2020 14:33 Post subject: |
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What about the full hd non 4k models?
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| Posted: Tue, 30th Jun 2020 14:44 Post subject: ***** |
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| Posted: Wed, 1st Jul 2020 01:17 Post subject: |
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Yes, grab a Ryzen 4000 Laptop paired with a 1650/ti or 2060 (non max-q) if you want to game. Are there 1440p laptops? 4K is absolute overkill and 1080p has barely enough space to display everything I need 
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JackQ
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| Posted: Wed, 1st Jul 2020 06:19 Post subject: |
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I almost ordered Lenuvo, but looks like I might get free Laptop from the new job I am starting next week, So I decided to give it a chance
It's not gonna be special laptop or the level of the xps 15, but It may be enough for most stuffs I need for handeland computer, and I am already mostly gaming at home or streaming.
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tonizito
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| Posted: Sat, 19th Sep 2020 16:12 Post subject: |
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Back in this fookin thread.
Looking for a middle of the road laptop, no gaeming or workfriendly stuff. So far the lists I've been seeing for 2020 single out the HP envy and Acer Swift 3, I'm more inclined toward the latter.
Any other suggestions? Looking for something aroud 800€ max, with a discrete GPU (no onboard garbagio, thank you very much) and a solid CPU.
| boundle (thoughts on cracking AITD) wrote: | | i guess thouth if without a legit key the installation was rolling back we are all fucking then |
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| Posted: Sun, 20th Sep 2020 02:36 Post subject: |
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tonizito
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| Posted: Sun, 15th Nov 2020 19:59 Post subject: |
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It's over, the nightmare is finally over! 
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What a mess, where to begin? Maybe next time spend more than the minimum on a "gayeming" laptop? Or monitor it closely so shit like this never happens again.
So add an i7-7700 runni- er, throttling at 100ºc frequently + back exaust + stiff hinges + couple of years and you'll end up breaking the shitty plastic where the hinges are screwed on. Ordered a new top cover, because poor design on this also means that the hinges are only attached to one of the covers. But holy shit:
- the touchpad is GLUED on the top cover (was able to pull it out in one piece though, but it was one hell of a fight)
- some unknown board GLUED to the top cover too, but after following the wires it turns out that it's not even connected...?
- turns out that the bottom cover is also fucked upon closer inspection, but it's only some cosmetic damage and it doesn't quite close the gaps correctly at the back
- and all this using the double heatpipe cpu cooler, can't even imagine how hot this shit gets with the single one
Still need to try and loosen the hinges with a small enough wrench, use better thermal paste than coolermaster high performance and try and "polish" the cpu heatsink with some very very fine sandpaper to see if it's possible to turn on turbo for the CPU again. If not, it will stay off with Throttlestop 8.70 while using RLECViewer for more aggressive fan control. It's a bit depressing to have an i7 running at 2.7GHz vs 3.GHz turbo mode, but so far it's the only way to guarantee that it stays below 95ºc.
This shit isn't even mine, if it was I'd give it a hand trying to see if it would be possible to undervolt the CPU while keeping turbo mode on but I'm not that bored anyway.
POS Clevo 850! 
| boundle (thoughts on cracking AITD) wrote: | | i guess thouth if without a legit key the installation was rolling back we are all fucking then |
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| Posted: Mon, 16th Nov 2020 00:33 Post subject: |
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What is venting on bottom cover like?, if poor, is there no way to modify it yourself whilst you have the unit apart?
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| Posted: Mon, 16th Nov 2020 10:05 Post subject: ***** |
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tonizito
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| Posted: Mon, 16th Nov 2020 10:20 Post subject: |
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| scaramonga wrote: | | What is venting on bottom cover like?, if poor, is there no way to modify it yourself whilst you have the unit apart? |
IIRC even without the bottom cover in place and with turbo mode active it still hit 100ºC under heavy load. I'll test it again when replacing the thermal paste.
| Areius wrote: | | Clevo is Chinese garbage. |
Yep
| boundle (thoughts on cracking AITD) wrote: | | i guess thouth if without a legit key the installation was rolling back we are all fucking then |
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tonizito
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LeoNatan
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| JackQ wrote: | | my dell xps15 was disappointed |
What did you do to disappoint it?
Is that Denuvo's younger brother? |
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| Posted: Tue, 17th Nov 2020 11:14 Post subject: |
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And now the correct advice: don't bother with a "gaming laptop", buy a console or computer instead if you want games.
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Buy a Dell XPS or Macbook Pro, they are built well, have good performance and power draw. Intel GPU or APU if its an option is the best option for a laptop, else you get an overheating, noisy as fuck, battery draining laptop.
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tonizito
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| Posted: Tue, 17th Nov 2020 13:16 Post subject: |
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I'm now trying to convince my old man to buy a HP Pavilion Gaming 15-ec1017np (AMD Ryzen 5 4600H/16GB/512GB SSD/GTX 1650Ti/15,6'') for 700€. And not for me but for himself 
Even if it will be used mostly for internet browsing, with a little luck that shit will last 12 years like my last Acer or ~20 like the ol' HP DV5000 that I still have up and running.
| boundle (thoughts on cracking AITD) wrote: | | i guess thouth if without a legit key the installation was rolling back we are all fucking then |
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| Posted: Thu, 19th Nov 2020 23:19 Post subject: |
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Looking for a laptop too. Just for playing emulated games really (PSX, PS2, GC etc) and watching movines when i'm on the slow shift at work. It's hard finding one as there is always one or another fault with them.
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