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Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-1165G7 @ 2.80GHz

Intel i9 13900K, nice room heater.

I'm messing around with old laptop -- still runs W11 (install via dism /Apply-Image so bypass all the restrictive stuff without fiddling around)

Only 8GB RAM but still performs fine for testing etc - and if it gets broken or stolen I couldn't care.
Usually run linux on it and with a W11 as a VM it still works OK -- two concurrent VM's strains it a bit though). These older i5 CPU's are 100% capable of running W11 and are far better than some of the junk celerons STILL being installed in newer "mini PC's".



Here's this very same laptop running fine a W11 Canary build W11 Pro VM


but you CAN run a concurrent XP VM on it too -- XP still has so little CPU use it's barely noticeable !!!

Here's a bit of nostalga -- and I do prefer the old Windows XP Luma black theme with the slightly curved title bars -- W11 looks so bland now by comparison. This runs concurrently with W11 pro VM -- no issue even on that old laptop. (Firefox ESR still works for most websites if using a Win XP VM and no problem if you have SAMBA on a NAS of sharing files etc).



You don't need to splash out on mega expensive new hardware (unless your boss is paying you bonuses in tax free accounts in the Cayman Islands). For most people they just chuck hardware away too quickly. -- I'm not anti new stuff - and many need it - but far too many just chuck stuff in the bin that they really don't need too.

I've probably got more out of this old laptop than the designers ever thought possible (and I do have a load of new stuff too BTW).

Cheers
jimbo

jro11 said:

Does Ryzen sell laptops?

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I have two laptops with Ryzen CPUs:

Acer Swift 3
CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 2700U
GPU1: AMD Radeon RX Vega 10 (1GB RAM)
GPU2: AMD Radeon RX 540 (2GB RAM)

ASUS TUF Gaming A15 (2022)
CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 6800H
GPU1: AMD Radeon 680M (512MB RAM)
GPU2: Nvidia RTX 3060 (6GB RAM)

AMD laptops usually have special AMD CPUs referred to as APUs. APUs are CPUs with built-in integrated graphics. This is shown as GPU1. These laptops may also have a second optional GPU referred to as GPU2. GPU2 can either be from AMD or Nvidia.

AMD Ryzen 7 3700X

03hdfatboy said:

AMD FX-9590 Vishera 4.7GHz Stock/5.2GHz OC’d

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how did you overclock your hardware? Is it different for Intel and AMD?

AMD Ryzen R7 5800X
AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT (12GB)

5800X3D/4790k

Ryzen 5 5600G
Ryzen 7 7730U

Gemini_37 said:

5800X3D/4790k

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Welcome to the club @Gemini_37

AMD Ryzen 9 5950X 16-Core Processor 3.40 GHz

Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-10700K CPU @ 3.80GHz

no1yak said:

Intel i9 13900K, nice room heater.

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It sure does get hot. With just the stock intel fan, I wasn't happy with it getting to 100C before throttling cut in. After much trial and error, I discovered this BIOS trick. If I run the CPUZ bench, I can run it for 15 mins and it maxes out at 80C.

thecaretaker said:

It sure does get hot. With just the stock intel fan, I wasn't happy with it getting to 100C before throttling cut in. After much trial and error, I discovered this BIOS trick. If I run the CPUZ bench, I can run it for 15 mins and it maxes out at 80C.

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I want to purchase one.

AMD Ryzen 9 7900 12-Core Processor

Sold both the 4790k and 5800X3D systems - used some parts in the closet from old build stock inventory for my temporary rig to use for a year or so (new parts just older). Profile updated.

Intel i9 13900KS 24 core overclocked
Per core Performance cores: 5.7 GHz all-core GHz, Efficiency cores 4.4 GHz all cores, hyperthreading disabled.
Ring (Uncore) up to 5 GHz

EK Dark Nucleus 360mm AIO water cooling with Phanteks T-30 radiator fans. Very good at cooling this beast.

AMD Ryzen 9 7900x cooled by Arctic Liquid Freezer III 360 and supported by 2x16GB, Kingston 6200MHz Cl30 RAM.

Processor Intel(R) Core(TM) i9-14900KF 3.20 GHz with Corsair h150i Elite Capellix XT AIO
Installed RAM 64.0 GB (63.8 GB usable)
On Asus z790 ProCreator WiFi MB