Solved Do you have an PC upgrade plans??

BunnyJ · Aug 13, 2021

Winuser said:
I'm curious If I'm going to like straying from an Intel CPU. I was going to wait to buy a new laptop until I got talking to my wife. We both decided that with our son taking courses at the community college he could get more use from a laptop then with a desktop. It's a win win situation. I get a newer laptop and he get a laptop that is newer and better than the old desktop he is using now.

Laptops are the best option for college IMO. I wish we had them when I was in college. But I went in the early 80's.

SIW2 · Aug 13, 2021

Winuser said:
I'm starting to give serious thoughts about updating to a newer laptop. I have an Acer Spin with a 6th gen i7 CPU. The two I'm looking at have the AMD Eight-core Ryzen 7 4700u CPU. If I'm an Intel person so I don't know how these compare to the Intel CPUs. These are the two I'm looking at. Micro Center - Computers, Electronics, Computer Parts, Networking, Gaming, Software, and more! Are either one worth buying to replace my old Acer Spin? My Acer will be donated to a family member.

The link opens a page that says micro center at the top. The rest is blank

Winuser · Aug 13, 2021

BunnyJ said:
Laptops are the best option for college IMO. I wish we had them when I was in college. But I went in the early 80's.

When I was in school the pocket calculator was a big thing. We weren't allowed to use them though.

Winuser · Aug 13, 2021

SIW2 said:
The link opens a page that says micro center at the top. The rest is blank

I don't know why the page doesn't load. If you scroll down, I list the two laptops on the Micro Center (St. Davids) web site.

SIW2 · Aug 13, 2021

There is no down scroll, only side scroll. So the page is blank

iPanda032 · Aug 13, 2021

If GPU's ever come back down to reason I'd like to upgrade my 2070 to 3080 or by that time 4070 will probably come out. Or whatever Nvidia calls the next gen GPU.

Winuser · Aug 13, 2021

SIW2 said:
There is no down scroll, only side scroll. So the page is blankView attachment 5481

The scroll is not on my post. The scroll is on the thread. I went with the HP Envy x360 convertible 15-ds1083cl 15.6" 2-in1 laptop computer refurbished. It's an in store only purchase. The closet Micro Center store to me is in St. Davids Pa. That's the website I found it on. it might be available on other Micro Center local sites. I doubt you will find it on the main Micro Center online site because it's a in store only purchase.

barman58 · Aug 14, 2021

Unless you are continuously benchmarking your laptop, (which is a sort of sport for some, which is fine), I doubt you wold be able to tell processors apart just from using Windows, you would see a difference in performance between your old and new laptops which is a good thing ...
Just enjoy it

Winuser · Aug 14, 2021

My new HP laptop is partially setup. I have setup my MS account and installed Macrium Reflect 8 and made an image. Now I'm going to join it to the Insider ring and update to the Dev build of Windows 11. I'll install my other programs after upgrading to Windows 11.

BunnyJ · Aug 17, 2021

Well.,. I've been giving the upgrade some thought and I would love to get a dedicated GPU/Graphic card.. a Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050 Ti. Price wise it's not to bad/expensive and it would be a huge upgrade to my rig. The current Vega 8 is ok but the 1050 Ti is about 200% better. I want to get it in Feb.

barman58 · Aug 17, 2021

Jeff It's a shame you're in the states, I have a Zoltac? 1050 Ti 4GB in my parts bin - I could have done you a good deal on, but shipment and duties would make it not worth it

BunnyJ · Aug 17, 2021

barman58 said:
Jeff It's a shame you're in the states, I have a Zoltac? 1050 Ti 4GB in my parts bin - I could have done you a good deal on, but shipment and duties would make it not worth it

Thanks.. but yeah.. the shipping would be outrageous. With my increase in SS and tax return next year I should be able to get one with no issues. Due to inflation I should get around a 6.2% increase in SS.

barman58 · Aug 17, 2021

Jeff have you taken a look at the AMD options, I recall you run an AMD processor and the GPUs around the Price of 1050TI favor the AMD

UserBenchmark: AMD RX 570 vs Nvidia GTX 1050-Ti

gpu.userbenchmark.com

Just a thought :wink:

bobkn · Aug 17, 2021

BunnyJ said:
Thanks.. but yeah.. the shipping would be outrageous. With my increase in SS and tax return next year I should be able to get one with no issues. Due to inflation I should get around a 6.2% increase in SS.

Sent you a private conversation. It may be worth a look.

Winuser · Aug 18, 2021

BunnyJ said:
Thanks.. but yeah.. the shipping would be outrageous. With my increase in SS and tax return next year I should be able to get one with no issues. Due to inflation I should get around a 6.2% increase in SS.

Searching the web I found that if nothing changes the average raise should be about $77.00. We should know for sure in October.