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Post by Lesterstrat on Dec 14, 2023 21:15:04 GMT -5
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Post by reverendrob on Dec 15, 2023 1:11:26 GMT -5
Given it's got shared memory for the video (not a dealbreaker for your stated purposes, and even if it had dedicated VRAM) - you want MORE memory than 8 gb.
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Post by Leftee on Dec 15, 2023 8:01:48 GMT -5
I agree with Rob. 16Gb of RAM is one of my starting points.
I have no idea how the latest family of AMD processors run. Maybe someone will chime in. If they’re good, that would be an avenue to a decent low-cost machine.
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Post by reverendrob on Dec 15, 2023 8:03:24 GMT -5
I agree with Rob. 16Gb of RAM is one of my starting points. I have no idea how the latest family of AMD processors run. Maybe someone will chime in. If they’re good, that would be an avenue to a decent low-cost machine. Both the AMDs and Intels run fine for the stated purposes. Where the Intel and Nvidia still win is GPU speed/driver integration - AMD's GPUs are GOOD but there's just not the embedded support for them on AI and similar things. I'm stuck CPU-bound because of that and need to get a NVidia card for Stable Diffusion to run well. It does a good job, but 5-10m an image versus 30s ....yea, about that. |
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Post by K4 on Dec 15, 2023 9:43:01 GMT -5
I've got the 11 inch version of that laptop. I use it for tuning automobiles. Like has been said it works well, just a bit slow loading programs. You do want more RAM if it is upgradable. Mine isn't and I'm stuck with 8. But for the purpose I use it for it works well.
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Post by Lesterstrat on Dec 15, 2023 10:31:47 GMT -5
Any recommendations that won’t break the bank?
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Post by Leftee on Dec 15, 2023 11:09:50 GMT -5
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Post by themaestro on Dec 15, 2023 12:57:48 GMT -5
I like Leftee's suggestion.
I play around with older computers. To me the biggest item that will speed up a computer is have a solid-state disk (SSD). Most all the new computers have moved to them. All the newer operating systems (Windows, Mac and linux) are extremely disk intensive. Replacing any spinning disk drives (HDD) with SSD is the first thing I do. The difference is noticeable and often dramtic.
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Post by Leftee on Dec 15, 2023 13:29:45 GMT -5
Big fan of the SSD here! "No moving parts" was a significant life-span improvement - especially in laptops.
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Post by Lesterstrat on Dec 15, 2023 15:11:50 GMT -5
Is Windows 11 fine? If so, I’ll go with that one. It fits my budget.
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Post by Mfitz804 on Dec 15, 2023 15:28:11 GMT -5
Big fan of the SSD here! "No moving parts" was a significant life-span improvement - especially in laptops. The lack of a SSD is what my first reaction was. That’s why it’s so cheap. I just bought this one for the office. SSD, nice size touchscreen, 32 GB DDR4 RAM, and a bunch of other stuff we won’t need because it gets used mostly for Zoom. Dell Inspiron 3511 Laptop, 15.6" Full HD Touchscreen, Intel Core i5-1135G7 (Beats Intel i7-1065G7), 32GB DDR4 RAM, 1TB PCIe SSD, SD Card Reader, HDMI, Wi-Fi, Windows 11 Home, Black a.co/d/fV9LWAl |
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Post by Lesterstrat on Dec 15, 2023 15:31:05 GMT -5
Also, do you guys ever buy the protection plan? I never do for anything else, but computers are a bit of different animal.
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Post by Leftee on Dec 15, 2023 17:20:44 GMT -5
Only for our daughter.
She’s a destroyer of things.
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Post by Lesterstrat on Dec 15, 2023 18:00:26 GMT -5
Only for our daughter. She’s a destroyer of things. Well, I ordered the laptop you linked. I think it’ll fit the bill fine! |
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Post by Vibroluxer on Dec 15, 2023 18:13:41 GMT -5
Also, do you guys ever buy the protection plan? I never do for anything else, but computers are a bit of different animal. Big No. |
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Post by Leftee on Dec 15, 2023 18:21:00 GMT -5
You can blame me if it sux.
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Post by rickyguitar on Dec 15, 2023 19:41:03 GMT -5
Also, do you guys ever buy the protection plan? I never do for anything else, but computers are a bit of different animal. No. |
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Post by reverendrob on Dec 16, 2023 6:38:48 GMT -5
I still use spinning platters for big storage, but OS I've used SSDs for ages.
I've had a single point of SSD failure, and ironically it wasn't on the system drive. I bought a brace of them when I built this box and one of the set of four died. I was able to replace it for $50 and got 4x the capacity of the one that puked.
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Post by Leftee on Dec 16, 2023 8:06:00 GMT -5
Was it in a RAID?
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Post by reverendrob on Dec 16, 2023 9:38:58 GMT -5
Nope, just a separate drive. Wasn't even one of the heavier use ones. |
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Post by 009 on Dec 16, 2023 11:09:23 GMT -5
Nope, just a separate drive. Wasn't even one of the heavier use ones. Were you able to salvage any data from that drive? I heard that when an SSD goes bad, it and all data on it are gone/non-recoverable. I bought an SSD, thinking I could use that for my Win10 OS and my HDD for saved data, but I could not figure out how to do that. It's almost as confusing as gaining admin rights to a file or folder you're lock out of.... |
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Post by reverendrob on Dec 16, 2023 11:16:41 GMT -5
Nope, just a separate drive. Wasn't even one of the heavier use ones. Were you able to salvage any data from that drive? I heard that when an SSD goes bad, it and all data on it are gone/non-recoverable. I bought an SSD, thinking I could use that for my Win10 OS and my HDD for saved data, but I could not figure out how to do that. It's almost as confusing as gaining admin rights to a file or folder you're lock out of.... It was pure death, I ended up shooting it until it was piles of plastic and burning the remains. Thankfully it was a program drive so I reinstalled things and restored from backups - no loss buta couple current images that were being generated. |
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Post by Lesterstrat on Dec 16, 2023 12:05:42 GMT -5
You can blame me if it sux. Btw, what time should I expect you (it’s supposed to arrive Tuesday) over to set it up? |
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Post by Leftee on Dec 16, 2023 13:59:54 GMT -5
If I leave now…
😂
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Post by Leftee on Dec 16, 2023 18:50:05 GMT -5
I was in Ft. Smith and Lowell 3 weeks ago.
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Post by Lesterstrat on Dec 16, 2023 21:37:59 GMT -5
I was in Ft. Smith and Lowell 3 weeks ago. . Fort Smith is around 2.5 - 3 hours from us (Hot Springs Village). |
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Post by Lesterstrat on Dec 20, 2023 21:00:13 GMT -5
Thank you guys for your help! I got the one Lefty recommended. It came in today and, surprisingly, my computer illiterate self was able to get it setup and going. Not a minute too soon either. I have a backlog of rods I’m trying to inventory (AFTER the fact).
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Post by LTB on Dec 21, 2023 1:05:46 GMT -5
Thank you guys for your help! I got the one Lefty recommended. It came in today and, surprisingly, my computer illiterate self was able to get it setup and going. Not a minute too soon either. I have a backlog of rods I’m trying to inventory (AFTER the fact). I am glad you got that one Lefty recommended! Hope it does really well for you |
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Post by Leftee on Dec 21, 2023 9:24:52 GMT -5
I’m glad it’s worked out. 😎
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