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The ZenBook UX580GE will throttle the i9 8950HK so bad due to insufficient cooling that it will perform like the i7 8750H on the XPS 15 9570... so there's that if you want to save up.

 

Either ways 4k on a 15inch screen is a completely waste.

 

 

Personal Desktop":

CPU: Intel Core i7 10700K @5ghz |~| Cooling: bq! Dark Rock Pro 4 |~| MOBO: Gigabyte Z490UD ATX|~| RAM: 16gb DDR4 3333mhzCL16 G.Skill Trident Z |~| GPU: RX 6900XT Sapphire Nitro+ |~| PSU: Corsair TX650M 80Plus Gold |~| Boot:  SSD WD Green M.2 2280 240GB |~| Storage: 1x3TB HDD 7200rpm Seagate Barracuda + SanDisk Ultra 3D 1TB |~| Case: Fractal Design Meshify C Mini |~| Display: Toshiba UL7A 4K/60hz |~| OS: Windows 10 Pro.

Luna, the temporary Desktop:

CPU: AMD R9 7950XT  |~| Cooling: bq! Dark Rock 4 Pro |~| MOBO: Gigabyte Aorus Master |~| RAM: 32G Kingston HyperX |~| GPU: AMD Radeon RX 7900XTX (Reference) |~| PSU: Corsair HX1000 80+ Platinum |~| Windows Boot Drive: 2x 512GB (1TB total) Plextor SATA SSD (RAID0 volume) |~| Linux Boot Drive: 500GB Kingston A2000 |~| Storage: 4TB WD Black HDD |~| Case: Cooler Master Silencio S600 |~| Display 1 (leftmost): Eizo (unknown model) 1920x1080 IPS @ 60Hz|~| Display 2 (center): BenQ ZOWIE XL2540 1920x1080 TN @ 240Hz |~| Display 3 (rightmost): Wacom Cintiq Pro 24 3840x2160 IPS @ 60Hz 10-bit |~| OS: Windows 10 Pro (games / art) + Linux (distro: NixOS; programming and daily driver)
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6 minutes ago, Princess Luna said:

Either ways 4k on a 15inch screen is a completely waste.

how come? explain

 

7 minutes ago, Princess Luna said:

The ZenBook UX580GE will throttle the i9 8950HK so bad due to insufficient cooling that it will perform like the i7 8750H on the XPS 15 9570... so there's that if you want to save up.

is that under very heavy load?

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1 minute ago, kiyaa said:

is that under very heavy load?

Under any load, these laptops do not have adequate cooling for the kind of "high end CPU" Intel is pushing to the market, they just slap it there because a bigger number on the specs sheets is good for marketing but performance wise the i9 will be equal to the i7.

 

2 minutes ago, kiyaa said:

how come? explain

It simply gets to a point pixel density is far too dense to matter, you will have scaling issues with Windows at 4k, your battery will be drained a lot sooner as well, unless you will do extensive professional work where 4k is justified like high end photography or drawing you're better off sticking to 1920x1080p for a 15 inch screen.

Personal Desktop":

CPU: Intel Core i7 10700K @5ghz |~| Cooling: bq! Dark Rock Pro 4 |~| MOBO: Gigabyte Z490UD ATX|~| RAM: 16gb DDR4 3333mhzCL16 G.Skill Trident Z |~| GPU: RX 6900XT Sapphire Nitro+ |~| PSU: Corsair TX650M 80Plus Gold |~| Boot:  SSD WD Green M.2 2280 240GB |~| Storage: 1x3TB HDD 7200rpm Seagate Barracuda + SanDisk Ultra 3D 1TB |~| Case: Fractal Design Meshify C Mini |~| Display: Toshiba UL7A 4K/60hz |~| OS: Windows 10 Pro.

Luna, the temporary Desktop:

CPU: AMD R9 7950XT  |~| Cooling: bq! Dark Rock 4 Pro |~| MOBO: Gigabyte Aorus Master |~| RAM: 32G Kingston HyperX |~| GPU: AMD Radeon RX 7900XTX (Reference) |~| PSU: Corsair HX1000 80+ Platinum |~| Windows Boot Drive: 2x 512GB (1TB total) Plextor SATA SSD (RAID0 volume) |~| Linux Boot Drive: 500GB Kingston A2000 |~| Storage: 4TB WD Black HDD |~| Case: Cooler Master Silencio S600 |~| Display 1 (leftmost): Eizo (unknown model) 1920x1080 IPS @ 60Hz|~| Display 2 (center): BenQ ZOWIE XL2540 1920x1080 TN @ 240Hz |~| Display 3 (rightmost): Wacom Cintiq Pro 24 3840x2160 IPS @ 60Hz 10-bit |~| OS: Windows 10 Pro (games / art) + Linux (distro: NixOS; programming and daily driver)
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8 hours ago, Princess Luna said:

 

Either ways 4k on a 15inch screen is a completely waste.

 

 

 I disagree, having gone from a 1080p 15" display to a 4K display has made a huge difference. Everything is very sharp (Text, Video, Images etc.). I honestly would say 1080p in 2019 is a bad choice and that 1080p is obsolete even on a 15" display.

 

Having said that, I myself have the UX580GE, It's a good laptop ,but the battery life could be a bit better. I've personally replaced the thermal paste on mine to liquid metal. A 100% synthetic load on the CPU and GPU (/w liquid metal) wouldn't throttle the i9 below base clock (2.9GHz). Here's a video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u3IEB3OJD_Y

 

 

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8 hours ago, kiyaa said:

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Why must UHD panel?

 

Any links of online stores? Usage? Preferred max weight and min battery life?

Desktop specs:

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AMD Ryzen 5 5600 Thermalright Peerless Assassin 120 SE ARGB Gigabyte B550M DS3H mATX

Asrock Challenger Pro OC Radeon RX 6700 XT Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (8Gx2) 3600MHz CL18 Kingston NV2 1TB PCIe 4.0 NVMe SSD

Montech Century 850W Gold Tecware Nexus Air (Black) ATX Mid Tower

Laptop: Lenovo Ideapad 5 Pro 16ACH6

Phone: Xiaomi Redmi Note 10 Pro 8+128

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