Recent content by severinsen70

Just be careful when dealing with delicate components like in a laptop. Ram is generally an easy upgrade, although make sure your laptop supports dual channel ram (2 sticks) as opposed to just 1. I'd also recommend upgrading to 8gb, 3-4GB isnt that much of an upgrade and will require you to...

For your price point I'd be looking at 7th gen i7's/8th gen i5's. The 6200U is an old dual core cpu and the GPU is pretty weak. A 940mx (entry level ultrabook gaming gpu typically) is much more powerful. It also depends what you want in a laptop, a smaller form factor(ultrabook) will typically...

First thing I do when getting a new PC; either A. remove all the bloatware, or B. Install a fresh windows install which also removes all the bloatware companies throw into these laptops for us.. That'd be my first step. Also if it uses an HDD rather than an SSD load times will be longer. As...

What gpu?

That's odd you're getting bad frame rates, I've played those games on my MX150 graphics card (way less powerful than 1050) granted not on high settings but I get playable frame-rates on my little ultrabook. Your system should be able to play those games. Have you checked temps while gaming...

I am actually typing from a new 720s with 8th gen processor. I've not experienced any heat issues whatsoever, sure it gets a little warm after gaming for a while but that's expected in a small form factor. I know on the 720s there is a dual fan cooling system which may help to keep overall temps...

i5 > AMD, *IF* the intel has dedicated graphics. Until Ryzen is out I wouldn't purchase AMD over Intel unless you needed to do so to fit a budget. AMD uses an APU for graphics, I just gave away an old HP laptop of mine with AMD A10 APU and R7 graphics I think, bought an i5 8250 and MX150 and the...

Send it to the Smithsonian?

What's your budget? I purchased (https://www3.lenovo.com/us/en/calstatelaepp/laptops/ideapad/ideapad-700-series/Lenovo-IdeaPad-720S-14IKB/p/88IP70S0833) a month ago and it's an awesome all-around system I use for casual gaming and work. If you're wanting something smaller but with a larger...

In terms of gaming, it'll be the MSI or Y520 as they have the 4gb version of the 1050, not the 2gb. However, these 2 systems only have 4gb of ram, which will need to be upgraded in the near future (4gb should suffice, but 8 is really optimal to play current AAA titles). I would go with the...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=metU1dc3X1E Short answer, yup.