Computer and Laptop Tech Thread

[yubby24]

Yes I ask our IT because in the office they have all 4 brands and Brother is no good according to them something to to with the small print head. Warranty for both Canon and Epson is 2yrs I did ask Electroworld when I bought my HP Ink Tank.

Thanks for the feedback. So so far, my money goes to Canon na.

[Walter]

[LIST][*]P7,380 -- Intel Core i3 12100F 4C/8T 12mb 125W LGA1700, Box -- LESS 155, IF bought with PC set : PHP 7225 [*]P5,280 -- MSI PRO H610M-G DDR4 (LGA1700) H610, mATX, 2*ddr4[*]P4,325 -- 16gb ddr4 3200 ADATA XPG D60G RGB CL16 1.35v, pn: AX4U3200316G16A-ST60[*]P4,195 -- 500gb Samsung 970 EVO PLUS SSD NVMe Gen3, 512mb DRAM, R|W: 3500|3200 480k|550K, pn: MZ-V7S500BW[*]P20,550 -- Gigabyte RTX 3050 Gaming OC, pn: GV-N3050GAMING-OC-8GD -- LESS 200, IF bought with PC set : PHP 20350[*]P4,495 -- Seasonic Core GC650, 650watts PSU, gold, pn: SSR-650LC[*]P3,550 -- Montech Air 1000 Premium Mesh TG, White, ATX, 4x120mm aRGB

If you can afford ... increase SSD to 1TB ... also try to get a standard ATX sized motherboard instead of mATX to lower cost ...

[dr. d]

we have two brothers,
a color 3-in-1 DCP-J100, and a monochrome laser.
no issues, except that the DCP's ink has become a bit more difficult to source over the counter since covid.

[JohnM]

Set up a PC for my eldest son today. Took advantage of the 12/12 sale. Most parts were delivered 12/15 except for the case fans which are still in transit. Will leave the side panels open until they arrive and monitor temps via overlay. The room has AC anyway.

Ryzen 5600
16gb 3200 CL16 RAM
MSI B550M PRO-VDH Wifi (wireless speed sucks so I plugged it into one of my extra mesh routers that even on wireless backhaul is still a lot faster)
MSI 6650xt
Seasonic bronze 550w PSU

If prices go down further I might upgrade my younger son's 1650 Super.

[SRGuy]

Set up a PC for my eldest son today. Took advantage of the 12/12 sale. Most parts were delivered 12/15 except for the case fans which are still in transit. Will leave the side panels open until they arrive and monitor temps via overlay. The room has AC anyway.

Ryzen 5600
16gb 3200 CL16 RAM
MSI B550M PRO-VDH Wifi (wireless speed sucks so I plugged it into one of my extra mesh routers that even on wireless backhaul is still a lot faster)
MSI 6650xt
Seasonic bronze 550w PSU

If prices go down further I might upgrade my younger son's 1650 Super.

Bro can you share the link for your trusted seller? Thanks.

[Deestone]

Thanks for the feedback. So so far, my money goes to Canon na.

Yes Canon printer quality especially for photos is much more vibrant. This HP ink jet has been with me for 2 months now I just noticed when printing photos you should not touch the picture or else it will get erase and picture quality is just okay even on best mode.

[JohnM]

Bro can you share the link for your trusted seller? Thanks.

Iba-iba bro: IT World, PC Chain, PCWORX (na di pa rin dumadating ang fans ordered 12/12), Seasonic, EasyPC. I had to mix and match based on price and model. I also had to keep each package below 25k for COD.

[yubby24]

Took advantage of the payday sale yesterday and bought a gaming laptop. First time to buy thru online store. Now I'm looking at RAM and ssd to upgrade it when it arrives.

Yes Canon printer quality especially for photos is much more vibrant. This HP ink jet has been with me for 2 months now I just noticed when printing photos you should not touch the picture or else it will get erase and picture quality is just okay even on best mode.

Di pa natuloy yung pagbili nito. Kinailangan ng backup laptop for my wife's work.

[oj88]

Creative founder Sim Wong Hoo, the man behind Sound Blaster, has died

If you played DOS games during the late 80's to the mid 90's, PCs didn't sound good. All we had was the PC's built-in speaker, aka. PC "buzzer", for sound and adding an ISA bus sound card were considered a luxury.

In 1992, I remember me and my younger brother pooling our resources to buy a Creative Sound Blaster Pro (1.0) sound card with a 2X-speed CD-ROM Drive combo. It included the games Alone in the Dark and Indianapolis 500: The Simulation, among others. We bought it from a shop in Virra Mall (Lamco) for a whopping P4,500. Factoring in inflation, that's close to P20,000 in today's money.

[Deestone]

Took advantage of the payday sale yesterday and bought a gaming laptop. First time to buy thru online store. Now I'm looking at RAM and ssd to upgrade it when it arrives.



Di pa natuloy yung pagbili nito. Kinailangan ng backup laptop for my wife's work.

What particular brand of gaming laptop did you bought? I was eyeing for Machinike not that expensive but have good reviews by laptop factory.

[yubby24]

What particular brand of gaming laptop did you bought? I was eyeing for Machinike not that expensive but have good reviews by laptop factory.

Acer Nitro 5 (AN515-57-535Z). i5 11400H and RTX 3060 gpu 16gb RAM (additonal 8GB was free c/o Acer promo). Played only Tomb Raider (done na) and currently playing Rise of the Tomb Raider. So far satisfied naman sa performance. Fans can be a bit loud kapag gaming. Pero tahimik naman kapag light load lang.

[Jun aka Pekto]

This place is still alive. HE HE. The old FX-8350, which had this site bookmarked, died a couple of months ago and I just plain forgot about this place.

Anyway, I got rid of all my legacy PCs from a decade(+) ago aside from the i7-10700. In their place, I assembled 3 new DIY PCs: an i3-12100F/RX 6600/16GB RAM, R5 5600X/GTX 1660 Super/32GB RAM, and an i5-12400/RTX 3060/16GB RAM. The Ryzen 5 is mainly for work and encoding/transcoding duties while the two Intel ones are mainly for gaming. I still game at 1080p. So, nothing fancy.

[JohnM]

Just got my youngest son a 3060 Ti today. Ran Furmark to compare it against my eldest's setup.

Ryzen 5600/6650XT scored around 9600
Ryzen 3100/3060Ti scored around 10100

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[Vodka]

planning to get these...

been using Thinkpads all these years. time to upgrade the old desktop which has a super old AMD "thuban" which is a 6-core but w/ a defective core so it's sold as a 4-core, but i re-enabled the good core to make it 5-core. slow AF by today's standards also has an ancient HDD seagate Cheetah 15,000 rpm (SAS interface). a cheap SSD would run circles around this cheetah

[_Qwerty_]

anong laptop nyo from the office and how often do you upgrade? mag 3 years na tong laptops namin.. puro Dell latitude.. last time I checked worth 70K nung brand new..

[yubby24]

anong laptop nyo from the office and how often do you upgrade? mag 3 years na tong laptops namin.. puro Dell latitude.. last time I checked worth 70K nung brand new..

Thinkpad T14. Ryzen 5 Pro w/ 16GB RAM. We refresh every 3-4 years.

[Dr.Kamiya]

ASUS VivoBook Ryzen 5 5500U.

Almost time for an upgrade, but I'm having it delayed till local suppliers have some good Ryzen Phoenix Point units available. 7840H/S or 7940HS will be nice.

[Jun aka Pekto]

I don't think I'll replace my old 2013 ASUS RoG G46VW. Instead, I'll buy an SFF PC like this one:
Beelink Mini PC SER5 equied with AMD Ryzen 5 56H(up to 4.2GHz) 6C/12T, pre-in Windows 11,16GB DDR4 RAM 5GB NVME SSD,4K output of Triple Display via Dual HDMI&Type-C, Mini Gaming Office mini desktop Computer


and then just hook up a portable monitor and small keyboard/mouse. I use an external keyboard and mouse anyway because I find laptop keyboards and track pads not optimal for my needs.


I also don't use laptops much in public.

[Vodka]

so now AMD's market cap is bigger than intel. i'm not surprised coz this is just a great product. it used to be that AMD was just an "OK" option. this thing runs fast and cool

cheap board doesn't have nvme slot but that's ok coz i've got a samsung sata lying around

ram o.c. to 3200 works ok

board has 1x hdmi, and 1x dvi. dual monitor works

[Walter]

Replace the stock CPU cooler with aftermarket and it can run even faster and cooler ...