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Thanks! That spec sheet does seem pretty promising, and Samsung does appear to have proper software support on top of all that.

There's a few price comparison websites that I've been using, though this is the only one available in English: https://www.kimovil.com/en/compare-smartphones This other one is unfortunately only in Portuguese, but it does add a few more local stores: https://www.kuantokusta.pt/c/157/smartphones The first website seems pretty extensive, just make sure it's either Shipment from Portugal or Shipment from your Continent, to guarantee no customs taxes (no customs when transacting inside the EU). If it's from somewhere outside the EU, like India, UK, US, or China, it will be stopped at customs and I'll have to pay VAT + Import Duties, making it considerably more expensive. I've also noticed some cases where the offers for brand new phones are, in fact, not brand new, specially for older iPhone models like the XS, that I was looking into after the suggestion from the other forum member. Though for most phones from other brands it seems to be categorised just fine. Thanks for helping out.

Putting it into numbers it does seem pretty bad, even considering power efficiency upgrades from the newer chipset. I will still consider it as an option if nothing in the Android space seems as good of a deal when it comes to usability and performance though, but the battery life does seem pretty concerning.

I don't really have a need to stick to iPhones as I mentioned, and I steered the post away from iPhones as I expected them to be overpriced and thus overbudget, however I appreciate your input on iPhone alternatives as well. I'm having a hard time finding any XS that isn't refurbished, and I'm kinda skeptical on refurbished phones, specially if I can't even see the phone in person before buying it. As for the SE 2 (just to be sure, that's the 2020 model right) I did find a brand new one for 400 euros, which is slightly above budget but I can still manage, however it does seem like an "old" phone in a way. Would you say the battery life is at the very least better than the iPhone 7 Plus (I'm at 82% health btw), and is it still worth the price considering I'm not strictly bound to iPhones? Also, thanks for the quick response

I see, a shame on the software support, but at the very least I'm hearing a somewhat familiar name for once. How likely is it that getting stuck on Android 12 could lead to missing on app support? Also can you give me a few pointers on their available models? Thanks for the quick response

I've been using an iPhone 7 Plus that I got used from a friend for over 2 years now. I would like to upgrade as it gets extremely hot, specially during video playback (Youtube/Tiktok), and the battery life is just abysmal. I'm at approximately 350€ budget (I'm from Portugal, no Pixel phones here btw), and I'm not locked to the walled garden. No-one I talk to uses iMessage, and I should be able to (I hope so at least) transition from Apple Pay to Google Pay without an issue. What I use my phone for: Media (Youtube, Tiktok, VLC), Social stuff (Twitter, Reddit, Discord, Teams), Google Chrome, Spotify, contactless payments. I might want to try some light gaming if that's an option at this budget. I don't care about camera performance at all as I won't be using it. What I'd really like is: Good battery life, snappy performance when moving from app to app and just using apps in general, a decent looking screen (anything OLED I guess would be an upgrade already) and at least 2 years of OS updates would be ideal. I'd also like to keep the phone size close to my 7 Plus or even smaller. On another note, I'd really want to avoid Xiaomi. I've had a Redmi 5 Plus before my current iPhone and it was an awful experience: ads on system apps, basically 0 updates whatsoever, horrendously slow and sometimes even crashing... It was just awful, even for a "cheap" phone. I've looked around some price comparison websites but I'm honestly just super lost. There's many identical looking phones from all sorts of weird brands and the specs are all over the place. I haven't shopped for a phone in ages and it really is looking a whole lot harder. Thanks for anyone who can help me narrow down my search. It would help a lot. I know I might have to compromise on some of my "wants" but I'd like as good of an overall experience as I possibly can at this limited budget.

Oh that's even better! I might just stick with it for the time being then and keep a close eye on temps. I can let loose the RPMs as well. Googling and looking through information on coolers I did come across people talking about hot VRMs with their higher end CPUs, so I'm wondering, would my setup be good at keeping the VRMs cool? This is how my setup is right now: 2x Front - Intake 1x Top, towards the back - Exhaust 1x Back, Exhaust and the CPU cooler, with 2 fans, pointing towards the back of the case I'm afraid the flow against the motherboard might not be enough for the VRMs to stay cool, should I swap my airflow direction, as in, intake from the back/top and exhaust out the front, as well as flip the cpu cooler fans so they push towards the front? Or will I be fine just as is? I'm not sure I can check VRM temperatures digitally, though if I can I'd like to know how, I usually use CPUID HWMonitor for my temps, but I don't think it shows VRMs anywhere.

That's nice to hear, considering I get a good deal on a 5900X/5800X3D and my motherboard is good to go for those, what cooler would you recommend to pair with them? Btw I forgot to list it, the 5900X is retailing for 440€ (=440$), VAT included. Thanks for the quick response

Hello, I'm looking towards an upgrade for my system as I've been experiencing some slowdowns, specially on Apex or very crowded places in WoW, on what I assume might be due to low IPC and very low boost performance on my CPU (R5 3600). I've messed around with settings until I eventually gave up, my CPU rarely gets to 4.1 GHZ other than occasional spikes, and mostly sits at 3.9 to 4.0 GHZ. Considering it should boost up to 4.2GHz, either that's bollocks or I've got a really unlucky sample. Manual overclocking seems to not help either, and instead just ruins stability or has me pumping the voltage to uncomfortable levels. My idea is, should I wait, extend budget, and rebuild my entire platform later this year, with AM5 or even Intel (saving maybe the GPU, Drives, Case, PSU), or upgrade CPU for now and be done with it? Is there something else I should look to upgrade instead? I'm trying to go for a more price/performance approach, so upgrading the whole platform would be a consideration if sticking to my current AM4 platform (mobo/ram) would hold me back even with a CPU upgrade. I'm not sure how good my current motherboard is, or the RAM for that matter, and if they can still "hold up" with just a Zen 3 upgrade. Or am I just wasting money with the Zen 3 upgrade and not really fixing my issues here? I really can't tell and so I'm here asking for help. Budget (including currency): possibly no more than 400€ (=400$), willing to extend if reasonable Country: Portugal Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Mostly gaming (Apex Legends, League, VALORANT, Genshin, WoW) at 1440p 144Hz, occasionally streaming to friends over discord. My Current Build: CPU: Ryzen 5 3600 MOBO: MSI B450-A PRO MAX (on Agesa 1.2.0.2 as some people claim the newest versions lowered frequency boosting / PBO performance, so I just played it safe) RAM: HyperX Fury 3466MT CL16 2x8GB GPU: PNY RTX3060ti XLR8 REVEL EPIC-X RGB Dual Fan SSDs: NVME Toshiba RC500 (500GB), Crucial MX500 (1TB) PSU: Bitfenix Whisper M 650W COOLER: Arctic Freezer 34 DUO CASE: Phanteks Eclipse P400A with included 2 fans + 2x Arctic P12 PWM PST fans MONITORS: LG 27GN800-B (1440p 144hz, main monitor), PHILIPS 243V7QDSB (2nd monitor, 1080p 75hz) Here's the best pricing at my local retailers, VAT included: 5600X 240€ 5700X 330€ 5800X 330€ 5800X3D 500€ (quite a bit above budget but maybe it could go down in price next month? though is it really 170€ worth of value over a regular 5800X?) If my MOBO can handle something as high as the 5800X stable, would I need a new cooler? I'd have to factor that into the pricing too. Thanks for helping.

Yes I'm always on the latest driver as the old ones seem to have bigger issues than the latest ones in terms of crashing stuff up, it's unfortunately still very unstable and as someone who came from an Nvidia card it feels really unpolished

Hey guys, so I've upgraded my PC a while ago with an RX5700 hoping I would get the performance I needed, while not overspending and going beyond what I really needed for the upcoming years. However I noticed in a few titles that my 7600k (OC @ 4.8GHz) is lagging behind, with CPU usages fixed at 100% and background applications like Discord and OBS (even with AMD encoder) FREEZING when playing recent titles like COD: Modern Warfare, and sometimes even freezes on Forza Horizon 4, I realised it was time to go for a overhaul of my system. I will be keeping my PSU as it's recent, as well as the RX5700, and I will be keeping my old SSD and HDD, although adding more storage in the process too. The rest of the PC will be built new, as I intend of saving the current setup, mixed with my old GPU and PSU, and passing it down to my dad, who's in need of an upgrade as well. The purpose of this build is to be a mid-tier setup, capable of at least streaming some gameplay through discord to my friends without hiccups, which I can't with my current setup due to the CPU. I'm asking you for advice on the purchase, I'm mostly already settled on what I'm getting although I could be missing some important aspects in compatibility and overlooking other important aspects, so please give me your opinion on this planned setup! Phanteks Eclipse P300 Air 54,9 Arctic P12PWM PST 120mm x5 VALUE PACK 29,99 AMD Ryzen 5 3600 199,9 Team Group Kit 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4 3200MHz Dark Pro CL14 8Pack Edition 134,9 MSI B450-A PRO MAX 90,9 Arctic Freezer 34 eSports Duo 33,9 Thermal Grizzly Kryonaut 0 Sapphire Radeon RX5700 Pulse 8GB 0 Bitfenix Whisper M 650W 0 WDC Blue 1TB EZEX 0 Samsung 850 Evo 250GB 0 M.2 2280 Toshiba RC500 500GB 3D TLC NVMe 69,9 Edit: For clarification, everything marked with 0 is something I already own Anything I should change? This totals at about 615 euros and I don't intend on extending my budget unless it's a very nice price-value proposition to go over this My biggest concerns are the case (although this is the new P300 with the mesh front), the fans, and the motherboard, as I can't get a definitive "this is an awesome buy, go for it" feedback just from looking through the reviews and specs of said items. Thanks for your help!

Hey! Slightly late reply but I didn't have much time yesterday to mess around with the overclock So I've been going around it for a little while, following the Anandtech post's clocks and voltages. I did my stress testing with Realbench I ran it at 4.6ghz with cache at 4.3, at 1.114v (idk what happened, i input 1.150 on the bios but Intel XTU gave me only 1.114v), got temperatures of about 70ºC in stress testing Then ran it at 4.7ghz, with cache at 4.4, at 1.200v (showing 1.199 on Intel XTU). It sat at around 76ºC to 78ºC after i made my fans spin faster and earlier, with small spikes to 81ºC. Idling on 4.7ghz is jumping massively, from 45ºC to 50ºC, might be because of the fan curves kicking it way faster past 50 and quickly cooling it back to 45ºC, then slowing down and repeating this cycle over and over... I've checked the temperatures with both Intel XTU and HWMonitor. Are these results satisfactory to pair up with a 2060super/5700xt? Should I switch my thermal paste too? I've got Artic MX-2 currently, which has been there for a good 2years now. Maybe it's time to replace, but what should I get? Quick edit: Should i try to lower my voltages too? I've followed this post: https://www.anandtech.com/show/10969/the-intel-core-i57600k-91w-review-the-more-amenable-mainstream-performer/11 Quick edit2: Not sure if it's any relevant but the room temperature is 24.3ºC, so quite cold

Well, if the prices for the custom cards will be the same then I'm totally interested in waiting the 1 or 2 weeks for this to happen, like I mentioned in the post I'm not interested in the Ray Tracing, and I'm not sure I'll have any particular need for CUDA cores in specific. So if I can get a custom cooler 5700XT card for 440€ and that can perform better than the 2060Super it seems like a nice deal to me Would a 550w PSU be enough for either of these cards if I'm overclocking my i5?

I'll give it a go then, at which temperatures and clocks should I stop to stay on the safe side? I didn't even know about the 7800's existence, but a quick googling shows me that it's on other socket (LGA2066 instead of 1151) and around 500 dollars (can't even find it in my country)... Maybe you meant the 7700k? Though at 370€ brand new for just hyperthreading and a little bit more clock it seems a bit overpriced... And I can't really say much about the used market in my country as it's very hard to find anything, people don't sell used parts very often here Seems like a nice plan My CPU is stock right now, but it seems to idle at 4.1ghz and when at 100% it goes to 4.2ghz, as if it's constantly turbo-boosting... Maybe my motherboard or power settings are making it constantly boost? Does this mean if I raise my base 3.8ghz clock to 4.2ghz it will constantly boost all the way to 4.6ghz?

Hello, I've been wanting to upgrade my PC since the beginning of the year and I was put off by some real life friends of mine who said "wait! just wait! you're fine for now, there will be new stuff coming out later this year". And I've waited... But recently I've been hitting the wall when it comes to gaming performance. Hitting max VRAM in some games and dropping frames very often (sometimes even in League of Legends, in late game, when there's a baron buff), I've just reached my limit with my poor old 3gb GTX1060 I've previously made a thread here, in January, asking for advice on upgrading, but now I'm coming back with a higher budget and more and more confusion as there's so many new releases in both the GPU and CPU markets... My Budget: I'm unsure if I can keep my system as is From what I've seen I'll need a new PSU since mine is outdated and could be unreliable, even if it meets the power target. The CPU is a big question mark for me. Can I keep the i5? I noticed my CPU reaching 100% very easily. I'm currently not overclocking it and with only the Hyper 212x I don't think I can overclock a lot... I never even tried out of fear of overheating the PC or just making it very unstable overall. So... if I'm only upgrading the GPU (and the PSU) I would set a limit of around 500 euros for the budget If my i5 is not enough to handle a new GPU, I was thinking about maybe going with a Ryzen 3600, extending my budget to double (1000 euros) The Current PC: CPU: Intel i5 7600k Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212x GPU: ASUS GTX1060 DUAL OC 3GB MOBO: MSI Z270-A PRO SKT1151 RAM: GSkill PC4-19200 2400MHz 16GB (2x8gb) AEGIS CL15 DDR4 SSD: Samsung 850 EVO ULTRASLIM 250GB SSD HDD: Western Digital Blue 1TB HDD 7200RPM PSU: Seasonic S12ii GB 520W 80plus Bronze Case: Cooler Master CM590 iii Window The target use: 1080p gaming (I have a dual monitor setup, primary monitor at 75hz and secondary at 60hz, both 1080p, usually game on the primary) Some of the games I play or intend to play are CSGO, League of Legends, Rainbow 6 Siege, Overwatch, Anno 1800, Destiny2, Black Desert Online, Monster Hunter World, Forza Horizon 3 and 4, etc Streaming smoothly is not necessarily within my needs but would be a nice bonus (for screen sharing on Discord, which with my current setup seems to make me drop quite a lot of frames) I'm not sure I will be using RTX on my games, but with the RX 5700 blower card at 380€ the AMD offering seems a bit overpriced (maybe?) Now for the prices and items that I have in my area of residence... GPU: MSI GeForce RTX 2060 Ventus XS 6G OC - 374,9€ Zotac GeForce RTX 2060 AMP! Edition 6GB - 379,9€ (This one is clocked higher than the MSI by about 90mhz for just 5€ more) MSI GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER Ventus 8G OC - 444,90€ MSI GeForce RTX 2070 Ventus 8G - 474,90€ Sapphire Radeon RX 5700 8GB - 384,90€ (stock reference cooler and clocks) Gigabyte/MSI/Sapphire Radeon RX 5700 XT 8GB - 439,90€ (they're basically the exact same card, same stock reference cooler with same clocks and price) PSU: Seasonic Focus Plus Gold 550W Full Modular - 84,9€ Corsair RM550x Series 80PLUS Gold Full Modular - 94,9€ In case of needing to upgrade the rest of the PC: AMD Ryzen 5 3600 - 218,9€ MSI B450-A Pro - 94,9€ (should have a button to flash BIOS without CPU, I think) GSKILL Ripjaws V 16gb (2x8GB) DDR4-3200MHz CL14 - 138,3€ So my question is how to best go about upgrading, I wouldn't want to spend my 1000 euro bigger budget unless I really needed to upgrade the CPU At the same time, I'm not sure at which point am I overspending on the graphics card, so which would be the sweet spot, the 2060? the 2070? or in-between, with the 2060 super? Would the AMD cards still be relevant at their current price tag even if just available with reference card blower style coolers? As for what I'll be doing with my old parts, the used market here is not the best, hard to sell and hard to buy, so my older components will be used to upgrade the other family rig (which is basically all built out of donations from my old PC parts), so no money can be extracted out of my current parts to make the upgrade easier Thanks to anyone who can contribute to this thread and to making my final decision on the upgrade... It's been some tough months trying to hold on with the upgrades but I think it's finally time I'll go through with it