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On 5/20/2022 at 9:36 AM, trelamenos said:

but isn't supposed the r5 5500u to be better?

Well, yea it is. 6 Cores 12 Threads vs. 4 Cores 8 threads.

Also, you have a Vega 7 instead Vega 6 Graphic, so tghe Graphic is better too.

Both are a "Cheap Entry-level Series", so you can take either. Unless one of them has a Backlit Keyboard.

 

If you don't need the maximum Performance (like those 6 Cores), you might think about a refurbished Thinkpad T580 with Intel 8th Gen 4-Core Chip.

Yes, performance will be a little behind. But Build quality will be a alot better.

But the older integrated Graphic is alot worse.

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Need some information about my first budget laptop for casual use, movies and light gaming. I have around 550€ and i am between Lenovo IdeaPad 3 15ALC6 r3 5300u and Hp 255 G8 r5 5500u. They are around the same price but isn't supposed the r5 5500u to be better? Happy to hear any and all recommendations. Thank you.

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Really depends on another specs (RAM, storage, etc), but I guess that HP would be the winner if I searched about those two.

Humor me, as you should do.

 

Daily drivers, below.

 

Diccbudd PC

Intel Xeon E3-1225 v2 || ASRock B75M Motherboard || MSI GeForce GTX 1650 Gaming X 4G || Hynix 2x8 GB DDR3 1600 MHz RAM || 480 GB Pioneer APS-SL3 SATA SSD // 1 TB Seagate 2.5" HDD || be quiet! System Power 9 500 W PSU || Cooler Master T20 CPU Cooler || Samsung S19D300 Monitor || Fantech X6 Knight Mouse || VortexSeries VX7 Pro Keyboard

 

Samsung Galaxy A34 5G

8GB RAM, 256GB Internal Storage, 128GB SanDisk Extreme, and you could find the rest of the specs on the interwebz lol

 

Lenovo ThinkPad L390 Yoga

Intel Core i5-8365U || 8 + 16 GB DDR4 (don't ask, gf bought me the 16 GB RAM as my birthday present lol) || Samsung 256GB SSD

 

Personal Server: CasaOS, Home Assistant, ESPHome, Jellyfin.

AMD E-350 || 3GB DDR3 || 120GB random SSD || 1TB Toshiba HDD

 

Audio

Redmi TV Soundbar || KZ EDX Ultra + KZ APTX Bluetooth Module || JCALLY JM6 CX31933 DAC

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9 hours ago, trelamenos said:

Need some information about my first budget laptop for casual use, movies and light gaming. I have around 550€ and i am between Lenovo IdeaPad 3 15ALC6 r3 5300u and Hp 255 G8 r5 5500u. They are around the same price but isn't supposed the r5 5500u to be better? Happy to hear any and all recommendations. Thank you.

Both laptop's have 8gb ram with a second slot and 512 gb ssd with another slot and ips fhd display.

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On 5/20/2022 at 9:36 AM, trelamenos said:

but isn't supposed the r5 5500u to be better?

Well, yea it is. 6 Cores 12 Threads vs. 4 Cores 8 threads.

Also, you have a Vega 7 instead Vega 6 Graphic, so tghe Graphic is better too.

Both are a "Cheap Entry-level Series", so you can take either. Unless one of them has a Backlit Keyboard.

 

If you don't need the maximum Performance (like those 6 Cores), you might think about a refurbished Thinkpad T580 with Intel 8th Gen 4-Core Chip.

Yes, performance will be a little behind. But Build quality will be a alot better.

But the older integrated Graphic is alot worse.

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