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Laptops have become too "thin and light" at the expense of everything else

Laptops have become too "thin and light" at the expense of everything else

Laptops have become too "thin and light" at the expense of everything else

Most people act like 200g will break their back and would take an overheating soldered mess with a shallow keyboard and no durability of that means they cAn shave off a few extra gramms

Laptops have become too "thin and light" at the expense of everything else

Laptops have become too "thin and light" at the expense of everything else

Laptops have become too "thin and light" at the expense of everything else

How that power supply hasn't caught fire is a mystery that I would frankly rather leave unsolved. Change the power supply to something that ain't a fire hazard. For example a Be Quiet Pure Power Gold 500W

Avoid using the system. A shit power supply can kill the entire system in a split second. You won't even notice until it's too late should the power supply decide to N itself.

First - never buy by brand. Always look at the specific models.
Second - wattage is not your issue

Your system barely pulls 300W - the issue is that the current power supply cannot supply more than 200W continuously.

Buying used is always a risk. For power supplies, I'd advise new as everything else depends on it for safety

If you want a bright fire - yes

If you want a stable computer - hell no. Get a reliable power supply such as the Corsair TXM 550W or Be Quiet Pure Power Gold 500W

Do you two honestly believe the Cougar that cannot even deliver rated power can actually and SAFELY power a 2700X and 1070 Ti? Seriously?.... It's going to pop like a fire cracker with cheap chinese capacitor shrapnel.

No, I don't think so. You're ignoring everyone's advice of your own Volition.

Mining the laptop will keep the card on power overload and at high temps constantly. Don't you think overloading it 24/7 may have a teeny tiny negative impact?

I fully expect this to be broken on the OS and firmware scheduling side like Zen was in 2017. Intel need heavy duty commitment to make this works DN have to do some very careful management as, if a critical process gets assigned to a little core under heavy workloads, this could produce massive stutter in applications such as editing, games, photography and etc. It will be interesting to see it play out

You know what also matters? Design flaws that break the machine fast.

Like the following.

If your laptop is in a humid room, the display connector shorts out the CPU data pin to the Display VID pin and sends up to 52 volts to the CPU, killing it instantly.
The fuzes are low quality and never serve their function of saving any component when there is overload.
The TB3 controllers frequently fail and explode (literally, look at Rossmann for evidence)
The display flex cables are super fragile and tend to tear if you open it slightly more aggressively.
The internal power circuitry is routed via the keyboard and trackpad so if your tracpad has issues, the whole system fails. For comparison, most laptops can have the trackpad explode and still continue to work fine. Even 200$ chromebooks aren't this retardedly designed.
The cooling solution runs the CPU and GPU at 100*C so as to be thin which in turn causes damage over time and destroys them as anything over 90 is not safe for them long-term
The Apple customer support on offer is utter shit and you will get quoted 300-1000$ for their design flaws even if it's not your fault

Just, this is in 3000$ laptops. This is insane. Even 500$ Acer Aspire models are more durable, not to mention the military standards of business-class laptops like ThinkPads, EliteBooks or Latitudes.
Apple's laptops LOOK good but are absolutely terrible if you know the basics of electrical engineering or PCB design

We have no concrete information but we can just remember 2004-2005 when Dell were being paid 1 million per month by Intel to avoid Athlon 64 x2 sooo...imagine 10 million per month.

Get a Lenovo Legion 5 with a 4800H and 1650 Ti. The cooling on it is impeccable and the performance superb.

Main mistake is investing into an XPS - they're notorious for being poor quality and having therma/power issues. Not to mention eGPU is basically dead.

50 points for covering business laptops but -10 points for the track points comments - you can use a lower profile nib (they are replaceable)
 
Overall, I give the video 40 STYLE points

I mean, just do some basic googling? You really don't have to spend that much on a phone considering you can get those specifications for half the price of the extremely expensive flagships that you're eyeing

Dual CPU is probably the reaaon

All of them are shit value.
 
The mobile 2060 is not really that much faster than 1660 Ti due to power limits. Look for a properly cooled Ryzen and 1660 Ti model. An example is the HP Omen 15 or the Asus Zephyrus G14/15. Also consider the Eluktronics RP-15. And you can skip intel options as a whole. The i7 10750H is slower than the Ryzen 5 4600H while the i7 is hotter and has worse battery life. The 7nm Renoir COUs from AMD are extremely good in laptops and deliver dekstop-like performance for less money.

Asus Zephyrus G14 or G15
Lenovo Legion 5
Asus A15 with a 1650 Ti or 1660 To.
 
All come with Ryzen 4000 CPUs so they have battery life ranging from good to excellent.