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I fail to see how that is just browsers fault. You did a shit job of trying to get your point across by having two browsers open side by side in an non controlled environment.

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I'm using Windows 11 Ghost Spectre on both of my PC (Xeon E3-1225 v2, basically a i5-3470) and my laptop (Core M-5Y10c), certainly both are supposed to not supported by Windows 11. The laptop only got 4 GB of RAM (and unfortunately no way to upgrade it), and Ghost Spectre actually made that laptop feels kinda alive again, even better than stock Windows 10 that previously installed on there.
 
If your mom are actually got used by Windows, I don't think adding 'additional learning curve' by using Linux would've worth it, especially when she got used by Microsoft Office. That i7-6500U and 12 GB RAM actually would've still got some really good power for daily use on Windows. Although, I agree with @Inception9269 with Linux Mint if you prefer to use Linux.

@RnClank42 There are lightweight unofficial Windows iso's like Tiny10, Tiny11, as well as Windows 11 Ghost Spectre. If you use Rufus to make a bootable USB, you can disable hardware requirements, and create an offline local account. Whatever you do don't use AtlasOS, that being the thing Linus made a video about, while glossing entirely over how much of a security nightmare it is, and the fact that by default it will never receive any updates.
 
As far as Linux goes, if you do want to go down that route, Linux Mint is the one I recommend. There's Mint Cinnamon which is based on Ubuntu, and Mint Debian that's based on Debian. Honestly either one would probably work just fine. That distro being one that's regarded as easy to use, and there shouldn't be a need for her to have to open up or do anything with the terminal (aside from entering her password whenever she goes to do updates or install things through the software manager).
 
As a person that owns an HP Pavillion laptop though, there is an issue that I always run into, no matter which Linux distribution I use on it, that being that after the OS's are installed, anytime I ever turn on or reboot the laptop for the first minute or so my keyboard will not work no matter what I do. Apparently this is some kind of compatibility error I think with the hardware (at least in my case, this problem might not exist for you).
 
The solution that I found was to open up the terminal and type in "sudo nano /etc/default/grub" to open the grub file, grub being the bootloader that most distributions use (I avoid those that use the SystemD bootloader since this solution doesn't work with that to my knowledge). Once you're in that file, where you see GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX= and GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT= paste this here so that it looks like this instead (to save the file in nano you need to press ctrl+O to save, then ctrl+x to exit it).
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash i8042.dumbkbd=1" GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX="quiet splash i8042.dumbkbd=1" Like I said, you probably don't have to worry about that problem, since your Pavillion is older than mine (which is 11th gen Intel), but if you do decide to go with Linux, that is a solution if you do run into that same problem.

If your motherboard supports M.2 with NVME (yet please provide with the model for the motherboard (ex. MSI B75M) so we can provide an accurate answer), then it should supports it albeit with reduced performance. 
 
https://nvmexpress.org/everything-you-need-to-know-about-the-nvme-2-0-specifications-and-new-technical-proposals/

The 3060ti, its considerably faster than the 3060 non Ti's.

The second one is indeed cheaper with 12 GB of RAM, so I'd pick on it. All 3060 even on different OEMs should've perform the same anyway.
 
Edit: I didn't realize if there's a 3060 Ti there. Get that instead.

If your motherboard supports M.2 with NVME (yet please provide with the model for the motherboard (ex. MSI B75M) so we can provide an accurate answer), then it should supports it albeit with reduced performance. 
 
https://nvmexpress.org/everything-you-need-to-know-about-the-nvme-2-0-specifications-and-new-technical-proposals/

It's using a non-standard motherboard power connector and power supply. You won't be able to just swap a regular power supply in. You will need to buy an adapter that converts the standard 24pin connector to the Dell proprietary crap. If you search on ebay there's people selling adapters for the Optiplex 9020. Search "Optiplex 9020 24pin to 8pin power adapter". They're about $10. Just make sure it lists support for the 9020.
 
Do you already have the R9 290X you want to use? If you don't already have the card it might be cheaper & easier to look at a newer, lower power draw card like the 1650 or 1050ti that gets power just from the PCIe slot so you don't have to replace the power supply. Used those cards are around $70-$100. The R9 290x would perform better, but will consume 4 times as much power and will also require the cost of a new power supply (and extra adapter) that can run it.

If the price's nearly the same then it's your pick whether you want OEM or third-party. But in my friend's experience of using an Anker fast charger, it still reliably works after 5 years on his S10. Really doesn't too matter actually, as the A13 would only charge on 15W anyway.
 
The point is, don't get cheap on things you use daily, especially with electronics like charger. The hazard of 'saving' by using cheap charger really outweighs the risk of another medical bill.
 
Agreed with @BiotechBen. You can't really expect a device will run smoothly if the hardware itself sucks, even with good OS. Samsung lower-range segment isn't something you would compare against another brands unfortunately, and phones at the price point would've only 'usable' for 2-3 years anyway.
 
It's comparison between Galaxy A13 vs Redmi Note 11, which priced close enough for me to compare, and technically (from their synthetic benchmark) it's nearly twice the performance. 
https://www.gsmarena.com/compare.php3?idPhone1=11402&idPhone2=11336
 
Unfortunately, you don't get Samsung for their lower-end products, they're darn sucks. But for their middle-end to flagship segment, it's indeed a consideration.
 
 
Thanks lol

If the price's nearly the same then it's your pick whether you want OEM or third-party. But in my friend's experience of using an Anker fast charger, it still reliably works after 5 years on his S10. Really doesn't too matter actually, as the A13 would only charge on 15W anyway.
 
The point is, don't get cheap on things you use daily, especially with electronics like charger. The hazard of 'saving' by using cheap charger really outweighs the risk of another medical bill.
 
Agreed with @BiotechBen. You can't really expect a device will run smoothly if the hardware itself sucks, even with good OS. Samsung lower-range segment isn't something you would compare against another brands unfortunately, and phones at the price point would've only 'usable' for 2-3 years anyway.
 
It's comparison between Galaxy A13 vs Redmi Note 11, which priced close enough for me to compare, and technically (from their synthetic benchmark) it's nearly twice the performance. 
https://www.gsmarena.com/compare.php3?idPhone1=11402&idPhone2=11336
 
Unfortunately, you don't get Samsung for their lower-end products, they're darn sucks. But for their middle-end to flagship segment, it's indeed a consideration.
 
 
Thanks lol

The A13 started as a low spec phone to begin with, I wouldn't expect it to be feeling like a speedy new phone after 2 years. Buying a well specced phone is not the same as software support being good. The only galaxy x3 phone specced lower than the A13 is the A03 which is borderline manufactured ewaste. The 0 and 1 tiers are ultra budget options from Samsung.

It's totally fine if you want to use 3rd party charger and cable, as long as it's the reputable brand ones and it does have quality, especially with fast chargers above 5V 2A.
 
I killed an iPhone 6s because of a (way too) cheap 5V 2A charger brick. It gave me two lessons: don't go way too affordable, and don't f*ck with way too cheapo electronics.
 
I use Aukey's charger as my 3rd party option since 2019, Anker would've my choice too as I saw my relatives using it and it's indeed darn reliable too. For 3rd party brand, it's rather expensive in my opinion (because there's quality on it), but it's still way cheaper than Samsung's own brick.
 
I specifically picked Samsung A34 instead of Redmi Note 12 Pro (near-same specs, even the Redmi have better camera) because of the software, even the A34 is indeed more expensive.
 
Samsung's One UI are actually the one top-notch 'manufacturer stock' Android that I would enjoy use for daily drive nowadays tbh.

Why would it be more degrading for the cell to go to 0% from 85% compared to going from 100% down to 0%? That makes no sense at all (to me). Charging it to 85% causes less stress on the cells copared to charging it up all the way. That results in a longer lifespan. I can prove this by telling you that my battery, after 1.5 years of using it daily, has only lost around 3% of capacity, while my old phone, which I always charged to 100% each day, lost around 40% after four years and had an estimated capacity loss of 10%/year. But when I started charging it to just 80%, the estimated capacity loss went down to around 3%/year. I agree with you that discharging the battery to 0% isn't too healthy for it. but I find it unnecessary to restrict a phone from booting when it's under 15%. It's fine for the battery to be at 10% or below, but it shouldn't stay there for long, I agree with you on that. I also don't use a case for my phone and put it down onto a metal surface when I'm charging it so that the battery gets cooled while being charged quickly and it doesn't exceed 30°C.
But feel free to educate me if I'm wrong here, but that's what I have learned so far

This is the problem. An old school Sandy Bridge/Ivy Bridge-era i3 processor, with enough RAM (8 GB perhaps), and a SSD, could do the same job fine enough for all of the users. Heck, my office are still using Sandy Bridge-era components and I do a lot of engineering drafting job while opening loads of Chrome tabs, it simply still works decently. Assume if you even could go for the latest generation of hardware, Intel 12th gen Celeron would do the job really fine.
 
Problem is with such setup that you thought about with only 1 server to 3 users, when that one server went down, all three people couldn't work, and in some critical times, it could potentially dangerous for business when some urgent things happens on one of the user.
 
 
Yes, this is cool, but it doesn't offer the reliability that enterprise users actually prioritize. Not to meant to cut off your idea, but this kind of setup, if I thought, really unsuitable for office use, as the same of above I explained is the reason. 
 
Hence why, LMG staffs are using one PC per-person still.
 
I'm an avid Linus viewer too, and every single one of those multi-user server PC he made, unfortunately, is basically only for gaming use.
 
This won't be even cost effective at all. You could get two PCs for two staff for that price of that one extender.

This is the problem. An old school Sandy Bridge/Ivy Bridge-era i3 processor, with enough RAM (8 GB perhaps), and a SSD, could do the same job fine enough for all of the users. Heck, my office are still using Sandy Bridge-era components and I do a lot of engineering drafting job while opening loads of Chrome tabs, it simply still works decently. Assume if you even could go for the latest generation of hardware, Intel 12th gen Celeron would do the job really fine.
 
Problem is with such setup that you thought about with only 1 server to 3 users, when that one server went down, all three people couldn't work, and in some critical times, it could potentially dangerous for business when some urgent things happens on one of the user.
 
 
Yes, this is cool, but it doesn't offer the reliability that enterprise users actually prioritize. Not to meant to cut off your idea, but this kind of setup, if I thought, really unsuitable for office use, as the same of above I explained is the reason. 
 
Hence why, LMG staffs are using one PC per-person still.
 
I'm an avid Linus viewer too, and every single one of those multi-user server PC he made, unfortunately, is basically only for gaming use.
 
This won't be even cost effective at all. You could get two PCs for two staff for that price of that one extender.

you'll spend more money doing this, than just giving each user a 'base tier but acceptable' system.
 
running USB and displays long distance is costly business, ideally you need to give each VM a separate USB controller, you're stuck slappig multiple GPU's in wether you like to or not, ... at that point you're out the cost of a pretty decent desktop for each user.
 
if you want to cheapskate, do yourself and your users a favor, and buy some refurb HP/dell office critters that are haswell or newer, slap an SSD in there if it doesnt have one already, and call it a day.

This is the problem. An old school Sandy Bridge/Ivy Bridge-era i3 processor, with enough RAM (8 GB perhaps), and a SSD, could do the same job fine enough for all of the users. Heck, my office are still using Sandy Bridge-era components and I do a lot of engineering drafting job while opening loads of Chrome tabs, it simply still works decently. Assume if you even could go for the latest generation of hardware, Intel 12th gen Celeron would do the job really fine.
 
Problem is with such setup that you thought about with only 1 server to 3 users, when that one server went down, all three people couldn't work, and in some critical times, it could potentially dangerous for business when some urgent things happens on one of the user.
 
 
Yes, this is cool, but it doesn't offer the reliability that enterprise users actually prioritize. Not to meant to cut off your idea, but this kind of setup, if I thought, really unsuitable for office use, as the same of above I explained is the reason. 
 
Hence why, LMG staffs are using one PC per-person still.
 
I'm an avid Linus viewer too, and every single one of those multi-user server PC he made, unfortunately, is basically only for gaming use.
 
This won't be even cost effective at all. You could get two PCs for two staff for that price of that one extender.

This is the problem. An old school Sandy Bridge/Ivy Bridge-era i3 processor, with enough RAM (8 GB perhaps), and a SSD, could do the same job fine enough for all of the users. Heck, my office are still using Sandy Bridge-era components and I do a lot of engineering drafting job while opening loads of Chrome tabs, it simply still works decently. Assume if you even could go for the latest generation of hardware, Intel 12th gen Celeron would do the job really fine.
 
Problem is with such setup that you thought about with only 1 server to 3 users, when that one server went down, all three people couldn't work, and in some critical times, it could potentially dangerous for business when some urgent things happens on one of the user.
 
 
Yes, this is cool, but it doesn't offer the reliability that enterprise users actually prioritize. Not to meant to cut off your idea, but this kind of setup, if I thought, really unsuitable for office use, as the same of above I explained is the reason. 
 
Hence why, LMG staffs are using one PC per-person still.
 
I'm an avid Linus viewer too, and every single one of those multi-user server PC he made, unfortunately, is basically only for gaming use.
 
This won't be even cost effective at all. You could get two PCs for two staff for that price of that one extender.

If you have a disposable oven, sure. You're not supposed to use the oven for food, ever, after baking a GPU due to the chemicals from the PCB/solder AFAIK.
 
^^^ +1 for this. Also you can try downclocking the core or VRAM and see if that helps, could prolong the useful life a bit if you want to hold on to the card.

As above said, but you can always go for 500W for a little future proofing and some little efficiency improvement.
Cheapest option (that I'm at-least comfortable to go with if budget is restricting you) would be something on C tier in this PSU tier list. https://cultists.network/140/psu-tier-list/

You likely are not going to get any RGB or water cooling on that budget. Realistically you can either get a good PC with no RGB and no water cooling or a potato with fancy water cooling and RGB for that price.
 
 
If you want RGB that’s gonna cost extra. Watercooling, even with an AIO, is a no go at this budget, the stock cooler is good enough to cool a CPU like the 12100f and 12400f.
 
You’re a middle schooler, or are looking for a PC for one, so you’re probably going to want a big extra storage HDD or even a large SSD. Why? Kids love games like COD and such, and those games are MASSIVE. You could spend a little more and buy a 1tb SSD (the same model I picked would be good, just the 1tb model) or also get a nice big HDD. Here’s the same list with the 1tb SSD and a big HDD. Plenty of storage for all your games. https://pcpartpicker.com/list/XhmZjZ

For systems with dGPUs the video card generally defines what PSU you want.  As far as  decent PSUs go they generally don’t happen at all for less than 400w which is probably more than you need anyway, though I don’t know much about the 750.

Rma the board

i7 4790s used to be pretty easy to find used. They were put in many, many pre-builts back in the day and can be found relatively cheap.
 
I wasn't able to really find anything better than this in the online used market: https://www.ebay.com/itm/165706283811?hash=item2694dd3b23:g:alMAAOSwS5JjOs88&amdata=enc%3AAQAHAAAAoFSRozIJ4vVwWBPpR%2FXDXgFIPWOHn0XWsxLZ9035dhv6bTk3azRu%2F3FHR92TRG8I8Kdxh%2Bp9RMx%2BIZ7BtB%2Fjcubksk%2BQT%2FhNPEaWVs%2FcDtAmB7gO07ToB9oet4tfzoxj5SEZgbz9gkAB%2BYLenVQ%2BrlORHaiOCp%2BFKCoMcENkG18T7kWZVKbDJjQVhDIdixpuucesLzjQ9qMdgM8EO69wfd8%3D|tkp%3ABk9SR6D_y4L2YA
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