What's the first thing you do when you get a new laptop or system?
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Intel doesn't make their own servers, they make AMD64 clones (or IA64 which are all Intel, but those effectively died out many years ago, no one is buying Itanium anywhere, let alone in the SMB.) AMD64 is essentially the only architecture that exists in the SMB market until ARM moves in.
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Picked up a semi-cheap ASUS gaming laptop that has a lower-end graphics card and amazingly, it can do the 3 1440p screens at 60 Hz out of the box w/ 2 cables and THE BUILT IN screen as well. I'm going to go 3 portrait and the laptop landscape on a stand. Pretty amazed at what this $1250 eyesore can do.
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And best of all it can take 32GB of RAM. EEE.
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The new $1250 laptop with:
And without:
Rapid mode.
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Ok so upon further research it turns out that 2 of the sticks are buried deep in dismantling and 2 are easily accessible. I'm not feeling super confident about the process to get to those other 2 sticks, but desperately want to put in all 32GB. Do you guys know how to find someone that can safely do the install? I don't trust the Geek Squad at Best Buy and have found that they typically have less knowledge than your typical techdestrian. Are there warranty service providers in every state that I might go to? If so how do I find someone trustworthy. Thx.
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@creayt said:
Ok so upon further research it turns out that 2 of the sticks are buried deep in dismantling and 2 are easily accessible. I'm not feeling super confident about the process to get to those other 2 sticks, but desperately want to put in all 32GB. Do you guys know how to find someone that can safely do the install? I don't trust the Geek Squad at Best Buy and have found that they typically have less knowledge than your typical techdestrian. Are there warranty service providers in every state that I might go to? If so how do I find someone trustworthy. Thx.
You'd have to do that with MSI or someone authorized by them to keep the warranty.
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@thecreativeone91 said:
@creayt said:
Ok so upon further research it turns out that 2 of the sticks are buried deep in dismantling and 2 are easily accessible. I'm not feeling super confident about the process to get to those other 2 sticks, but desperately want to put in all 32GB. Do you guys know how to find someone that can safely do the install? I don't trust the Geek Squad at Best Buy and have found that they typically have less knowledge than your typical techdestrian. Are there warranty service providers in every state that I might go to? If so how do I find someone trustworthy. Thx.
You'd have to do that with MSI or someone authorized by them to keep the warranty.
Ah, didn't think of that. The laptop is actually ASUS so I'll try going through them first. Thx.
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@creayt said:
@thecreativeone91 said:
@creayt said:
Ok so upon further research it turns out that 2 of the sticks are buried deep in dismantling and 2 are easily accessible. I'm not feeling super confident about the process to get to those other 2 sticks, but desperately want to put in all 32GB. Do you guys know how to find someone that can safely do the install? I don't trust the Geek Squad at Best Buy and have found that they typically have less knowledge than your typical techdestrian. Are there warranty service providers in every state that I might go to? If so how do I find someone trustworthy. Thx.
You'd have to do that with MSI or someone authorized by them to keep the warranty.
Ah, didn't think of that. The laptop is actually ASUS so I'll try going through them first. Thx.
Did you return the MSI?
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@thecreativeone91 said:
Did you return the MSI?
Sure did. It had a few dealbreakers, mostly a
- Very subpar screen
- MISSING LEFT WINDOWS KEY WTMFF how do you use a PC in 2015 without the left Windows key? I tried mapping it to the Caps Lock key but it was just a productivity killer.
- Got super loud under even weak load.
The great news is the new ASUS, which was a few hundred $ cheaper, delivers on all of those fronts. Under the most intense load I put the MSI under it's still just about silent. It has these giant vents in the back and pushes all of the airflow out that way so you never feel it. It's even cold enough to use to game on your lap, which I did last night. Played a few rounds of Dota 2 on my lap in bed while watching The Fly w/ the gf. Super duper impressed w/ the ASUS so far with the singular exception of it being very ugly. But it also somehow, even w/ a GTX 965 instead of a 970 like the MSI, is able to do my 3 27" 1440p monitors AND its built-in screen, which the MSI could not.
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@thecreativeone91 said:
It seems to happen with most expensive laptops. They just aren't worth it.better to keep desktops for performance and laptops for mobility.
I owe you an I told you so. Ditching the ASUS too and back on my workstation. Ordered a new motherboard and GTX 980. Going to pick up a weaker laptop.
Turns out that even on the highest end gaming laptops money can buy ( that aren't $4,000+ w/ SLI and 3 minutes battery life ) you can't develop for Oculus, which is my next little adventure.
Sidenote: God it's good to be back on a desktop
