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Question Gaming laptop recommendations

Thanks! I'll keep looking for good deals. Sent from my SM-G950U using Tapatalk
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- Post #3
- Aug 7, 2019
- Forum: Laptops
Question Gaming laptop recommendations

Hi all, My daughter is currently using one of my old workstations for light gaming (Xeon X5650, 24 GB RAM, GT730 graphic card). My wife is complaining that the computer takes too much space and would like me to find an affordable laptop as replacement. My daughter would use the computer mostly...
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- Thread
- Aug 6, 2019
- Replies: 6
- Forum: Laptops
Dell Latitude 5580, unusually slow?

As mentioned above, a SSD will likely fix your issue. I have a Dell Inspiron 11 that was extremely slow and was barely usable, it turns out the hard drive was the problem. It had a slow 500GB hard drive that I replaced with a SSD and it was like having a brand new computer. My kids use it all...
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- Post #4
- Apr 19, 2019
- Forum: Laptops
Are business laptops generally the best for students?

I cannot speak for all the older Thinkpad, but I know the T460 have a much better battery life than the T430 for example. The newer processors are more efficient, also the battery size might be different.
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- Post #4
- Mar 11, 2019
- Forum: Laptops
Are business laptops generally the best for students?

I have a Thinkpad T460, I got it for less than $400 on ebay (FHD, i5-6300U, 8gb RAM, SSD) with over 1 year of warranty left. It is a great machine, not the lightest, but very robust and very good battery life. I would say that it would be ideal for a student. I upgraded the memory to 16GB abd...
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- Post #2
- Mar 11, 2019
- Forum: Laptops
Question Lenovo t450s - Do you think this is a hardware or software issue?

This is a weird issue and I am glad you were able to fix it. I have a Thinkpad T460 (i5-6300U, FHD, 16GB RAM, 1TB SSD) running windows 10 pro and I have never experienced any of the issues you mentioned with it. It is a good machine, I was considering upgrading to a T480 this year and get a...
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- Post #3
- Feb 21, 2019
- Forum: Laptops
Question If you had a laptop with a missing bottom case and zero way to purchase a new one what would you use?

You could 3D print one. I would love to here about this new, not yet available laptop!
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- Post #3
- Jan 22, 2019
- Forum: Laptops
What is (are) your favorite desktop environment(s)?

Posting from Ubuntu Mate, which is my favorite desktop environment and distro.
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- Post #14
- Jan 22, 2019
- Forum: Open Source
Question Is it bad to keep the case open?

I will echo the previous comments, you will have no issue keeping the case open for a while.
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- Post #11
- Jan 22, 2019
- Forum: Computer Building
Benchmark your computer @4K with Handbrake 1.1 and H265! NOW WITH ZEN3!

Here is the result using my old dual Xeon workstation (16 cores, 32 threads) ------------------------------ encoded 1806 frames in 416.47s (4.34 fps), 11820.04 kb/s, Avg QP:29.09 HandBrake 1.1.2 (2018090500) - 64bit OS: Microsoft Windows NT 10.0.17134.0 - 64bit CPU: Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2690...
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- Post #96
- Dec 6, 2018
- Forum: CPUs and Overclocking
Upgrade Dell Precision T3500 to Windows 10?

I have a T3500 (X5650 with 24GB RAM) running Windows 10 without any issue. You should be fine.
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- Post #5
- Nov 27, 2018
- Forum: Windows
Intel "Coffee Lake" Builders Thread

8700k for sale on ebay for... $999 starting price. I am wondering how many were available for sale today. http://www.ebay.com/itm/Intel-Core-i7-8700K-Coffee-Lake-6-Core-3-7-GHz-LGA-1151-300-Series-95W-BX80684-/272874869966?hash=item3f889c14ce:g:bO0AAOSw22dZ1ef5
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- Post #408
- Oct 5, 2017
- Forum: CPUs and Overclocking
Intel "Coffee Lake" Builders Thread

What a disappointing launch and day! I took off work and drove to MicroCenter in Houston, and came back with nothing but wasted time! I should have called before going. I will wait for the CPU to be available before buying the mother board and memory. I am guessing it's going to be at least a...
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- Post #407
- Oct 5, 2017
- Forum: CPUs and Overclocking
Intel "Coffee Lake" Builders Thread

It looks like it is store pick up only and, I checked Houston's store and it is sold out. This is a very frustrating launch, I am considering picking up a 1800x at $349 from MicroCenter...
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- Post #332
- Oct 5, 2017
- Forum: CPUs and Overclocking
Intel "Coffee Lake" Builders Thread

Microcenter has the 8700K for ... $499!!!! http://www.microcenter.com/search/search_results.aspx?Ntt=8700k
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- Post #331
- Oct 5, 2017
- Forum: CPUs and Overclocking

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