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GuiGuy
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The latest bad news.

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bigbenaugust
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This is going to get interesting when everyone's machines are 30% slower and a lot of drivers don't work.
--Ben

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timkb4cq
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Glad my machines are AMD.
HP Pavillion TP01, AMD Ryzen 3 5300G (quad core), Crucial 500GB SSD, Toshiba 6TB 7200rpm
Dell Inspiron 15, AMD Ryzen 7 2700u (quad core). Sabrent 500GB nvme, Seagate 1TB

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Adrian
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30% is a LOT. I suspect many people would be avoiding the last upgrade and say "screw security".

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#5 Post by topcat »

Wow - sure picked a bad time to change my preference from AMD to Intel before buying my last 3 pc's a couple years ago...
Zotac ZBOX-ID91-U (desktop system)
SanDisk Extreme Pro 240GB SATA III SSD
G.SKILL 8GB DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800)

ZOTAC ZBOX nano ID62-U (media streamer)
Silicon Power Slim S60 120GB SATA III SSD
G.SKILL Ripjaws 4GB DDR3L 1600 (PC3L 12800)

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A first range of tests by Phoronix
We will have to wait a bit before evaluating correctly the situation. It seems it will be very usage dependant

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I have one AMD box in my stash. Oddly, it is also the machine running MX.
--Ben

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#8 Post by asqwerth »

My old AMD laptop has terrible battery life and runs really hot even doing simple stuff like browsing the web and working on documents. Even on MX15/16.

I can't say I'm gonna run back to it with open arms, especially with my non-intensive usage.
Desktop: Intel i5-4460, 16GB RAM, Intel integrated graphics
Clevo N130WU-based Ultrabook: Intel i7-8550U (Kaby Lake R), 16GB RAM, Intel integrated graphics (UEFI)
ASUS X42D laptop: AMD Phenom II, 6GB RAM, Mobility Radeon HD 5400

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asqwerth wrote:My old AMD laptop has terrible battery life and runs really hot even doing simple stuff like browsing the web and working on documents. Even on MX15/16.

I can't say I'm gonna run back to it with open arms, especially with my non-intensive usage.
Did you try to disassemble your laptop, clean it up and, above all, change the heat paste. I just made it for two laptops and I gained between 20 and 30°C (54°F) :eek:

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#10 Post by asqwerth »

I'm quite ignorant about hardware, I confess. I thought heat paste was something only gamers and people who really pushed their processors to the limit considered changing.

As for opening up my laptop, I did it recently because I had to remove the hard drive. It seemed pretty clean on the inside. What am I supposed to clean?
Desktop: Intel i5-4460, 16GB RAM, Intel integrated graphics
Clevo N130WU-based Ultrabook: Intel i7-8550U (Kaby Lake R), 16GB RAM, Intel integrated graphics (UEFI)
ASUS X42D laptop: AMD Phenom II, 6GB RAM, Mobility Radeon HD 5400

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