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Put it off too long. Here's to my final laptop purchase 🍻 (lemmy.ml)
submitted 7 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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[–] [email protected] 24 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Here's what I got and why:

CPU: Ryzen™ 7 7840HS - I could have gotten the more expensive one, but based on the Framework forums, they seem identical. If I want a better CPU later, I'll buy one that actually has a performance boost

RAM: DDR5-5600 - 32GB (2 x 16GB) - I don't need 64GB (current system is 32GB and never had any issues). Also heard that more RAM = more time to go to sleep and wake up. Reason I went for two, 16GB sticks instead of one 32GB stick is in my mind - 2 RAM sticks can send memory faster than 1 stick, ya? (Who knows, but yolo)

Storage: WD_BLACK™ SN850X NVMe™- M.2 2280 - 2TB - I'm perpetually at 1TB on my current laptop, so 2TB sounds good. I cba to deal with a secondary drive

Expansion Bay Module: Graphics Module (AMD Radeon™ RX 7700S) - Nobrainer, let's play some games!

Expansion Cards: DisplayPort (2nd Gen) - 🖕 HDMI. 3 x USB-A so I can plug in mouse/keyboard/headphones. 2 x USB-C so I can plug in a charger and future-proof for the world of USB-C dominance

[–] [email protected] 10 points 7 months ago (3 children)

I ask the most important question:

Which Linux Distribution are you gonna use?

And before you answer: There are wrong answers 🤪

[–] [email protected] 7 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

Prolly Arch with XFCE 🤪. Imo there's no "wrong" Linux distro, thanks to things like Flatpaks they're mostly all the same

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

Arch is the correct answer 😜

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Are you saying I shouldn't have installed Hannah Montana?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

Am curious about this too!

[–] [email protected] 8 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

Reason I went for two, 16GB sticks instead of one 32GB stick is in my mind - 2 RAM sticks can send memory faster than 1 stick, ya? (Who knows, but yolo)

I think this is what you're referring to

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multi-channel_memory_architecture

I don't have the experience to confirm if your hardware can take advantage of that, but maybe?

With a TDP of 35 W, the Ryzen 7 7840HS consumes only little energy. AMD's processor supports DDR5 memory with a dual-channel interface.

https://www.techpowerup.com/cpu-specs/ryzen-7-7840hs.c3033

Downside being that it's harder to upgrade to 64Gb later on if you only have two slots.

Anyways congrats!

[–] [email protected] 6 points 7 months ago

Downside being that it’s harder to upgrade to 64Gb later on if you only have two slots.

Not harder, just more expensive. 😂