AndyGamming

Hi!

Last night I looked in the case and noticed less light than it should have.
The RGBs on the motherboard did not work, except for the ports that come out behind the case.
I closed the PSU from the button, left it for a few minutes, turned it back on and the LEDs come back on.
I enter RGB Fusion to change the colors, but there is a big surprise..the colors don't change ..
I tried bios upgrades / downgrades, bios reset by removing the battery, windows reset, deactivation of the bios settings, but in vain.
The LEDs are on even when the PC is turned off.
I tried to make changes directly from the bios, but no results.
What do you think it could be?
Can be this solved on warranty or should I wait for a new update?

1 hour ago, Darkseth said:

Well, he said he want's to watch movies too.

 

The macbook Air will give a MUCH better experience there than a Thinkpad T-series. I had both here, speaker can't even compare. Macbook Air wins here by ALOT
And the Display was better too on the Macbook.

Let alone the navigation because of the much better Touchpad and gestures.

 

So from me: Macbook > Any Thinkpad for Multimedia.

In Fact, i would even say: do NOT get any Thinkpad model, because the speakers are trash.

 

But i wouldn't get a Macbook Air, when the Apple Silicon Macbook Pro 13" will probably come with very minimal price difference, and ALOT more performance.

So you're suggesting to waitfor the next mac gen?

1 minute ago, kelvinhall05 said:

Don't get a Macbook (or any Mac for that regard) unless you NEED MacOS and aren't interested in doing a hackintosh.

 

Do you have a screen size preference? And what do you mean by "good display"?

Hi, by saying good display I mean a bright display, with good colors and view angles.

About screen size, I'd say around 14 inch.

Hi, as I mentioned in the title, I'm looking for a laptop for college. I'm not using it for gaming, just office and watching movies.

The main atuu for this laptop should be the screen, to have the best experience while watching movies.

I was looking at a MacBook Air, but I cant really decide.

The bugdet is around 1000-1200 euros.

3 minutes ago, Darkseth said:

How much more expensive would the Macbook Pro 13" base model (2 Thunderbolt, 256/8gb) be?
If it's not too much, you could think about.
Otherwise, the Air should be just fine for office.
But that also depends what kind of Office... Extremely Large excel files with calculations etc might become a bit more taxing.

Also, Browser Games do let the CPU hit 100°C (i tried a random clicker Game, Doge Clicker 2).

Edit: How about Dell XPS 13 models?
Or Thinkpad T490/T495~? Their Screen is "okay", in my Opinion the Macbook Air display is better. And  Speakers are MUCH better on the Macbook Air.

The difference of the price between the Air and the 13 inch Pro 2020 would be like 400€. Same for the XPS 13 models.

It’s normal activity, not something that would blow up a laptop.

2 hours ago, Darkseth said:

For THIS, the Macbook Air does not have a thermal problem. Maybe, the Fans will start at their minimum very silent 2700 rpm~, below 70°C, but that's it.

Basic office, browsing like normal people (maybe <10 normal Tabs?), streaming, no issues. Typing Documents/notes, also no problem.
Performance of the Dual core is also perfectly fine for these Tasks.

The only issue will be, if you need some more performance headroom. Even the i5 Quad Core won't be magically better, since it will throttle even faster (4 Cores heat up mo re than 2). It also is always a few °C hotter. However, 

If you don't mind opening it up, this will increase the thermal headroom greatly: 

 

Or this: 

You can take that black thing away on the bottom part, so the thermal pad has direct contact with the Aluminum of the Bottom Case.
I personally did NOT do this Mod on my 2018 Model, and i had absolutely no thermal issues ( = it never hit 100°C) during normal, everyday Tasks.

 

If you do this Mod, even the i5 Quad Core will be decent, and have a bit more headroom for the future (Even if it throttles, Multicore performance is still above the Dual Core).

But the i3 will be fine if it's much cheaper (US/UK the price difference is 100 bucks, here in germany it's only 50€)

Aaand the Results: 

Still, keep in Mind... You only get the Macbook Air here, if MacOS is what you need/want. Otherwise... there are many <1000 bucks Notebooks, that are very good. Thinkpad lineup for example, HP Elitebook, etc.
Every Notebook has it's own Pros and Cons.

 

Display: I had the 2018 Air, the 2019 and 2020 have the same Display, but with Truetone. I liked the Display alot. 400 nits brightness is perfectly fine, it's sharp, the calibration is great. I enjoyed videos with it.
The 16:10 Format (instead 16:9) is absolutely great. Every Notebook should have that. You will love that for Office/browsing.

Thank you for the detailed comment. I'm just looking for good office performance and a nice screen for movies.

I'm from Romania and the difference of price for the i5 version is 50$.

I checked for windows ultrabooks, but I didn't really found something interesting.

The only models which seems interesting are the Lenovo Yoga S740 and the Asus Zenbook, but I think that there are some models I didn't checked.

7 minutes ago, George. said:

both are pretty solid, I'd probably buy the Zenbook, since I'm more of a Windows kind-a-guy. And if it's a cheaper deal I'd spend the rest of the difference money on an external HDD +/- some extra dongles (but that's a techie's preference).

 

What do you want from a laptop?

The macbook has a better screen (since you care about that), maybe that's your selling point? 

It also has stronger native encryption if you worry that someone might try to hijack stuff from you in public places (since we're talking about college)

I want it to be portable and get the best screen experience in terms of movies. It will be used just for the basics, like browsing, office work. So yes, that's why I looked over the Macbook. I won't gaming on it because I have the desktop for this job.

The Macbook seems perfect in this budget, but I don't know if the thermal problem it's a big issue as it's talked about.

1 minute ago, George. said:

which Zenbook?

https://www.asus.com/Laptops/ASUS-ZenBook-14-UX434FAC/

Hi!

For a few days now I looked for a laptop for college. There are so many options, with their ups and downs, and I can't really decide over a model.

The laptop it's going to be used at office work, browsing and movies. The main advantage of the laptop should be the screen.

The models which got my attention are the MacBook Air 2020 and the Asus Zenbook.

What do you think and what would you recommend?

Hi, I'm looking to buy a new keyboard.

I was thinking to get a Logitech G413.

What do you think?

2 minutes ago, rice guru said:

I mean probably... Skull Candy isn't exactly a company a lot of people would call quality

Well, recommend me some good quality earbuds.

I'm not really good at this

Hi, i want to buy a pair of Skullcandy Sesh, currently I have a pair of Skullcandy Smokin Buds.

What do you think, the sound quality will be about the same?

Hi, it is ok to have in Idle about 29-30 degrees and in full load about 43 degrees?

9 minutes ago, Streetguru said:

Probably just keep the RAM then, you can always try overclocking it

 

that board is alright, but you might need a way to update the bios for Ryzen 3000, AMD has boot kits, or a local PC shop might have a spare CPU lying around

Here's how Ryzen 3000 scales with memory
 

 

The Motherboard comes Ryzen 3000 ready

3 minutes ago, Streetguru said:

If it's not much more expensive look for a 3200mhz CL16, or 3600mhz CL16 kit

 

and just make sure the board has the latest bios, or is an MSI MAX board, or some MSI B450 boards have USB bios flashing.

 

and also make sure it has a 4 phase VRM with a decent heatsink.

As a motherboard, I think i'll go with Gigabyte Aorus B450 Pro.

The difference it's atleast 20$ for 3200mhz.

2 minutes ago, Streetguru said:

Probably just need to reinstall windows or replace your hard drive/SSD, very hard to kill a CPU/RAM>Motherboard

 

but a 3600 is better for 144hz gaming

 

what's your budget/country?

I'm from Romania.

I can get a Ryzen 5 3600x + 16gb 3000mhz + a B450 motherboard.

2 minutes ago, Streetguru said:

What's your monitor resolution/refresh rate and what do you need the PC for?

 

Your GPU is fine for 1080p gaming

I have an Asus MG248QE 144hz

I think that the CPU it's at the end of its powers because I have some freezes even on loading apps.

In the newer games, the drops are pretty visible, even in the menu.

Hi, is it worth upgrading from i5 4690k stock to ryzen 5 3600?

Now I have as a GPU, a GTX 1060 6GB

I'm from Romania and I said 380$ as an orientative price.I'm from Romania and I said 380$ as an orientative price.

I'm playing League of Legends, PUBG and almost everything which is released.

I'm playing 1080p and I'd like to play mostly on high settings.

I don't stream.

The mobo size doesn't matter.

Hi, I'd like to upgrade my current platforma, which has an i5 4690k.

What would you sugget to buy?

This pc is used just for gaming.

Now, I have a GTX 1060 6GB

The budget is around 380$

1 minute ago, Princess Cadence said:

Would be helpful if you stated the entire list of hardware you already have.

Ok

CPU: i5 4690k

GPU: GTX 1060 6GB

RAM: 16Gb Ram

MB: MSI B85 G43

Storage: SSD 120gb Intel + HDD Seagate 500GB

PSU: Seasonic 620W

Hi,

Lately, my cpu started to get weaker, an i5 4690k and i can't do overclock because i have a MSI B85 G43, I have freezes and fps drops which is kinda annoying. I thought about to get a new CPU, an upgrade to i7 4790k or to go on coffe lake. What should i do?

1 hour ago, PartyWire said:

So, you pretty much live 500Km from Bucharest? What about the same Company you bought it from has a store closer to you, they should accept it because they are essentially the same store, just in another place.

This is a big online market, without physical store.

Romania :))

I'm in the north of my country, the store is in the south