Computer and Laptop Tech Thread

[jut703]

Super mahal na talaga ngayon, no choice lang kasi kelangan na. This was bought from Lenovo's Lazmall. Touchscreen din sya like the Yoga. Lenovo was selling an 8GB RAM, 500GB SSD version for an even more expensive 43K. Grabe considering these are "entry level" specs

Normal price for 8GB RAM, 500GB SSD, and a touch-screen. Even pre-covid ganyan na price.

Typically I recommend to friends to just get a 30-something k laptop (usually comes with 4GB and 256 GB SSD) then upgrade the RAM to 8GB for about 2.5k.

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[Wh1stl3r]

Normal price for 8GB RAM, 500GB SSD, and a touch-screen. Even pre-covid ganyan na price.

Typically I recommend to friends to just get a 30-something k laptop (usually comes with 4GB and 256 GB SSD) then upgrade the RAM to 8GB for about 2.5k.

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Super out of touch na pala ako sa prices haha.

[mokong22]

Yan ata yun mga galing china?

yap yung galing china seller, kunin ko na sana pero nag bago isip ko, back up laptop ko lang kasi just in case, gusto ko yung thinkpad badge hehe and naka dual heat sink na rin, pwede na sa aaa games just upgrade the ram.

[jut703]

If anyone has any tips - my laptop regularly lags when I have a combination of Excel, Powerpoint and Webex/Teams with video on and screen shared.

My RAM is never fully utilized, my CPU doesn't reach 100%, and I still have about 200GB free space on my SSD - yet my screen still hangs from time to time.

Specs (Lenovo X1 Carbon):
- i7-8550U quad-core processor
- 16GB RAM
- 512GB SSD

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[StockEngine]

If anyone has any tips - my laptop regularly lags when I have a combination of Excel, Powerpoint and Webex/Teams with video on and screen shared.

My RAM is never fully utilized, my CPU doesn't reach 100%, and I still have about 200GB free space on my SSD - yet my screen still hangs from time to time.

Specs (Lenovo X1 Carbon):
- i7-8550U quad-core processor
- 16GB RAM
- 512GB SSD

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hows the cpu temps? heat could throttle the cpu

download cpu-z for temp monitoring.

[glenn_duke]

If anyone has any tips - my laptop regularly lags when I have a combination of Excel, Powerpoint and Webex/Teams with video on and screen shared.

My RAM is never fully utilized, my CPU doesn't reach 100%, and I still have about 200GB free space on my SSD - yet my screen still hangs from time to time.

Specs (Lenovo X1 Carbon):
- i7-8550U quad-core processor
- 16GB RAM
- 512GB SSD

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Go to Device Manager
Change default printer to XPS document.

Its excel causing the lag.

[jut703]

Go to Device Manager
Change default printer to XPS document.

Its excel causing the lag.

Interesting fix, why is Excel causing the lag?
I find that the lag typically happens when I go on video or share screen.

BTW my default printer is already XPS document and I still get my usual lag.

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[ray_noel]

Bilhin ko yung acer keyboard, 500. Charot.

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Sorry just saw this post...
Hehe... ayaw mo ba sa k380?


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[ray_noel]

If anyone has any tips - my laptop regularly lags when I have a combination of Excel, Powerpoint and Webex/Teams with video on and screen shared.

My RAM is never fully utilized, my CPU doesn't reach 100%, and I still have about 200GB free space on my SSD - yet my screen still hangs from time to time.

Specs (Lenovo X1 Carbon):
- i7-8550U quad-core processor
- 16GB RAM
- 512GB SSD

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Have you check in task manager for GPU consumption?

Might be bottlenecking issue when you do video on and screen shared....


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[jut703]

hows the cpu temps? heat could throttle the cpu

download cpu-z for temp monitoring.

Di nababasa ng CPU-Z or HWmonitor yung processor temps ko. I used CoreTemp though and it's pretty normal naman:


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[StockEngine]

I forgot, baka naka power saving mode? Im on Max battery life mode coz im on the road all the time. It does lag on several office apps lol.

[jut703]

I forgot, baka naka power saving mode? Im on Max battery life mode coz im on the road all the time. It does lag on several office apps lol.

Nope. Naka-balanced mode ako. Nagraramp up naman to 3.6 GHz pag full load but the i7-8550U is known to throttle early (down to 1.8 GHz).

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[Wh1stl3r]

Found a kindred spirit.

5 reasons I still use a big, heavy desktop that sits in one room while everyone else is going mobile | Business Insider

[jut703]

Found a kindred spirit.

5 reasons I still use a big, heavy desktop that sits in one room while everyone else is going mobile | Business Insider

In the gaming world, it's almost exclusively desktop. Very few laptop gamers.

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[StockEngine]

Nope. Naka-balanced mode ako. Nagraramp up naman to 3.6 GHz pag full load but the i7-8550U is known to throttle early (down to 1.8 GHz).

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Which browser are you using? Clear some cache perhaps. Try another browser? Internet protection? Play with some settings.

[Wh1stl3r]

In the gaming world, it's almost exclusively desktop. Very few laptop gamers.

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Maybe because of the price difference bro. They also tend to last longer (maybe due to better cooling?) and provide better performance at a lower price.

[jut703]

Maybe because of the price difference bro. They also tend to last longer (maybe due to better cooling?) and provide better performance at a lower price.

Definitely the price/performance ratio bro. Plus the upgradeability. Most gamers also prefer a bigger screen so that's another plus vs a smaller gaming laptop screen.

Was a PC gamer back in the day, but it's an expensive hobby. There's still a pretty big desktop PC following til today though, so desktops will be here to stay.

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[jut703]

Have you check in task manager for GPU consumption?

Might be bottlenecking issue when you do video on and screen shared....


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I've checked, I only use up about 20-30% GPU when sharing screen:



Interestingly, Teams is quite the RAM hog - using even more RAM than Photoshop. [emoji28]


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[jut703]

Which browser are you using? Clear some cache perhaps. Try another browser? Internet protection? Play with some settings.

Not a software issue. Have already checked everything you mentioned.

I seem to have found the issue though - I'm constantly hitting the 100 deg C limit of my processor at max load so it throttles down and thus hampers performance:

Solution: Undervolting via Throttlestop. 90mV undervolt on the processor and 30mV on the GPU. My temps dropped by an average of 10 degrees even at full load:

Laptop now keeps at higher Turbo Boost for longer, even maintaining peak clock speed of 4 GHz.

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[oj88]

^ Another reason why gamers prefer desktops: Thermals.