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In other news, I think it's time for me to perform my semiannual system image on my laptop. :P
 
I probably don't want to make system images. Just regular backups. I almost always nuke the entire thing anyway.

The SSD seems to be faster, but mostly on the apps launching after sign in. The initial boot times - the time to get to the desktop - doesn't seem to have been improved. At least the disk no longer thrashes and it finishes booting faster.
 
System images? ha I think going barebones to the point of only backing up drivers and Music, videos and pics to a hard drive is all I need.

I've been looking into getting a high end laptopop next year and let's say so far I've ;learned that it's not as easy as intel i7 -> i5 -> -i3 when there's different models in each group. There's also AMD which I am not really knowledgeable on.
 
Dter ic said:
System images? ha I think going barebones to the point of only backing up drivers and Music, videos and pics to a hard drive is all I need.

I've been looking into getting a high end laptopop next year and let's say so far I've ;learned that it's not as easy as intel i7 -> i5 -> -i3 when there's different models in each group. There's also AMD which I am not really knowledgeable on.
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Well, on the Intel side, laptop-wise, for burst workloads (most computing that isn't compiling, video encoding, or gaming):

Atom < Atom-based Celeron and Pentium < Core-based Celeron and Pentium < i3/m3 < dual-core i5/m5/m7 < dual-core i7 < quad-core i5 < quad-core i7.

If sustained workload, dock the m3/m5/m7s by one tier.

You can find out if a given i5 or i7 is a quad-core model by the -Q suffix at the end of the CPU models. You can also find out if a Celeron or Pentium is Atom-based by an N- prefix at the beginning of the CPU models, too.

Ignore anything AMD on the mobile space.

How high of a budget are we talking about? I might be able to give pointers.
 
Team Fail said:
So I found MSI Afterburner, and I might try overclocking my GPU to try getting better FPS in GTAV. I hope it works out well.
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Run something in windowed mode (1280x720 minimum) (a good thing to try is either Unigine Heaven or Valley) and adjust the settings on the fly. Dial back when you see glitches. Try 20 MHz increments first, then dialling back by 5 MHz after you spot errors. Do this for base/boost/turbo and memory, where applicable.

Don't forget to bump your power limits, and if desired, temperature limits. Make sure that your power supply has enough spare amperage for the rail your video card is on!

I usually just dial back an extra 5 MHz after I think I see no more errors just in case the stray frames appear very rarely.
 
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Well, my resolution is 1920x1080 so Windowed Mode will probably help, although some games i have don't do Windowed Mode (Skyrim, although I haven't dug into the settings much yet, but I'm sure GTAV does). While I do run on a battery, I often keep my laptop plugged in when gaming, but I really should keep an eye on power consumption.
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Skyrim actually has a windowed mode, but you probably shouldn't rely on it too much, as vertical sync doesn't have an effect, which might wreak havoc with the game physics.

Easier to just test with the Unigine benchmarks. If it's stable there, it probably is in most other games unless you're thermal throttling. Keep an eye on temps and the power limits to see what you're getting bottlenecked.

Also, consider overclocking more mildly than usual since you're overclocking a laptop. Make sure you don't run into thermal issues. Desktop video cards are significantly more lenient in this regard - their over-engineered coolers make you basically limited only by the silicon quality and your power supply.
 
killer150 said:
lol when my brother says that 2009 model core i5 750 is too slow for gaming. For me core i5 so far is good for high demanding games.
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Really, anything Sandy Bridge or later is good.

Sometimes I think that's because CPU performance pretty much got stuck. We're still getting improvements on them, but I think the majority of them went to the efficiency and the processor graphics.

This is actually a good thing, mind you - Windows tablets are now viable gaming machines. :)

I think I might actually get a Windows tablet again, something that runs on an Atom...
 
Team Fail said:
That or else wait for Skylake to make it into regular PCs.
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They're getting there. They always do. It's just that it's so early for Skylake.

I just replaced a failing Seagate HDD from a netbook and put a spare Toshiba inside. At least the netbook should keep going for a while.

Also managed to sell that, albeit at half the street price. It was otherwise lying there, so... :)
 
Zach said:
Can I just say that downloading Linux distros through torrenting is much faster than direct downloading? :P haha
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I usually find much better luck with a nearby mirror over HTTP. Then again, my ADSL connection prevents me from going beyond 4 Mbps. And the upload speeds are pathetic.

Still waiting for FO service to roll out here.
 
Team Fail said:
I'm considering doing one for my laptop now that I've had about a month to play around with it and see how it can handle, but I'd have to get some time for that first.
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Cool! I'd love to see a writeup on your laptop for sure!

Twiggy said:
I would totally love to get a brand-new small laptop and review that. :P
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Perhaps you can review an already-owned device? :)
 
How does one actually do a legitimate in-depth review of a device? I mean, I've had my desktop for about 2 or 3 months now and if I was going to write a review for it I'd probably get as far as "it works good for everything i need it for, can't hear it over my computer and it never smells like its about to burst into flames. A-ok"
 
I could also jump on the review bandwagon with the desktop I currently have (self-built) and a Desktop I'm building for my family for Christmas. Like a comparison of the two builds :D

Speaking of the Christmas computer, all the components are arriving back in England so I'm extremely happy about that, since I was worried some wouldn't make it in time for Christmas.
 
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How does one actually do a legitimate in-depth review of a device? I mean, I've had my desktop for about 2 or 3 months now and if I was going to write a review for it I'd probably get as far as "it works good for everything i need it for, can't hear it over my computer and it never smells like its about to burst into flames. A-ok"
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Basically just a list of the features, pros/cons, and what you like about the device is all that a tech review is.

For a detailed example, here's a review Engadget has on the Moto X from last year: https://www.engadget.com/2014/09/11/moto-x-review-2014/
 
After 3 days 2 night camp, I finally came back to home. Well, I had a duty for controlling public audience system. I used my friends laptop and found out that SSD is damn fast. Although the hard disk space is very small, the speed is X10 faster than HDD.

The laptop is acer aspire Windows 8.1 with 1,8Ghz dual core Core i-5 and Geforce 710M ( It's worse than Radeon 6670 lol)
 
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