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HP sticks to Intels guidelines for their Pro, Elite and Z lineup. When you run those CPUs on actual Intel stock specifications the k CPU will outperform the non-k by quite a bit after the turbo timer runs out because PL1 of the k is 125w and 65w for the non-k. Consumer DIY boards tends to completely ignore the turbo timer and run PL2 all the time, in this instance the k and the non-k will be pretty close. 5200 is listed in HPs specifications as maximum supported memory speed for 32GB DIMMs

You will have to reactivate Windows, so if the reason for doing this is to transfer your Windows license from the old laptop to your new computer this will not work

The WWAN module needs to be supported by the bios to work, you can’t just by a random one and expect it to work. You also have to spec the laptop with WWAN support when you order it, if you don’t it won’t have have the required antennas installed

Every Chromebook I have tested has auto displayed to external monitors, and every laptop I have tested have set the external display as main display when the built in display is not connected As you got the board for free, how do you know it is working at all? You only have one USB-C port, I guess you are using a dock to both supply power and get video. The dock might not be compatible I have seen Chromebooks that will not post without a battery You are also missing a daughter board. Some Chromebooks will not post without its daughter board

As a field service technician I love the fact that my Lenovo laptop has built in cellular. I open the lid and it is online instantly. All of our technicians have laptops with cellular, but we usually buy the cellular module separately and install it ourselves. I only have one phone plan, but two SIM cards. One normal and one data only.

This is completely normal. Your battery will have a healthy charge (probably around 60%), but the laptop will be in shipping mode which artificially disconnects the battery. By plugging in the charger shipping mode will be disabled

No it will not. Your laptop doesn’t support USB-C alt mode, it is not capable of outputting a display signal to any USB-C dock

If you have any distortion in your setup the distortion will be amplified in each step. If you have a conventional setup with analog audio from the PC/sound card to a set of powered speakers the most likely point for distortion to occur is in the analog step. If you set the windows volume to 100% and the powered speakers low you will amplify the distortion less than if you do it the other way around. If your powered speakers are connected digitally it will matter less, but if there is any distortion from the amplifier itself you will notice the same behavior

The 12900T is a factory option for that model, but the 135w psu is required and for all I know they might use a different motherboard and/or cooling solution when it is configured with the higher end CPUs

Its fast DDR3 (2133MT/s) vs slow DDR4, the performance is going to be very close The Lenovo is there top end product and the better option, that said they are both getting pretty old by now

I haven’t spent a lot of time with it yet, buzzy at work and traveling in the weekends, but this is my first impressions of it It feels cheap to me, but I am used to high end laptops with a price tag to match. I don’t think it’s too bad for its price. The screen is good and the touch works great. The touch pad is not amazing, but it isn’t bad either. Same with the keyboard. CPU performance is very good. I have no tested any GPU performance, I got it for photo editing, and GPU performance doesn’t matter for me. It works great with a Lenovo USB-C docking

I gave up finding something that I liked with the newest COP and ordered a Lenovo Ideapad Flex 5 16" AMD. It ticks most of you boxes, but no the CPU and only one USB-C The config I got: Processor - AMD Ryzen™ 7 7730U Processor (2.00 GHz up to 4.50 GHz) Operating System - Windows 11 Home 64 Operating System Language - Windows 11 Home 64 Nordics (EN/FI/SV/DK/NO) Microsoft Productivity Software - Microsoft Office Trial Memory - 16 GB LPDDR4X-4266MHz (Soldered) Solid State Drive - 512 GB SSD M.2 2242 PCIe Gen4 TLC Display - 16" WQXGA (2560 x 1600), IPS, Glare, Touch, 100%sRGB, 400 nits, 60Hz, Narrow Bezel Graphic Card - Integrated Graphics Camera - FHD with Dual Microphone Pen - Lenovo Digital Pen Color - Arctic Grey Fingerprint Reader - Fingerprint Reader Keyboard - Backlit, Storm Grey - Nordic Wireless - Wi-Fi 6 2x2 AX & Bluetooth® 5.1 or above

The quote is from the Intel arc website, the way I read this is that all 12700H have the same graphics, but laptop manufacturers are not allowed to put the Xe branding on their products if it doesn’t ship with dual channel memory

I have already ordered Cherry MX Black Hyperglide, Cherry MX Red Hyperglide, Cherry MX Clear Hyperglide, Gateron Milky Yellow Pro, Gateron Silent Black INK v2 and Gateron Baby Kangaroo. Ordered 5x of each, it was the minimum quantity, so I can get a good feel of what I like. Thinking of putting stiffer switches in the windows keys

It is almost exactly 10 years since I got my first mechanical keyboard, a Qpad MK-85 with Cherry MX red. Apparently the first ever keyboard offering full n-key roll over on USB (no idea if that is true or not). It has held up pretty good, but I broke one of the feet e few months back and the soft touch coating is starting to deteriorate so I decided to treat myself to a new keyboard Ended up with a Ducky One 3 Daybreak with Cherry MX Browns I see a lot of hate for the MX Browns, I am going to stay with them for now, but I absolutely hate the way the space bar feels, I have to get a linear switch for it