So my mom has a laptop that's about 18 months old. It's still running fine, but after watching a Paul's Hardware vid where he upgraded his parents' PC, I'm thinking of taking it from her and doing the following:
* Swap hard drive for SSD (I may have done this when I bought it; I can't remember)
* Fix an annoying keyboard bezel issue, if possible (there's a corner of the kb bezel that depresses when you push on it and I want to see if there's a way to support it or otherwise secure it)
* Do a general cleaning, and possibly set her up with an external drive for backup (mostly photos)
* ......other things (clean up/upgrade the Windows install, run the Spyware programs/apps, clean up the desktop)
Am I forgetting anything? Am I crazy for doing this? The laptop is a Lenovo, so I expect it to have fairly decent take-apart-ability.
I personally wouldn't strip the laptop down to the keyboard if I could avoid it. It seems like more effort than it is worth for the majority of laptops.
One thing to keep in mind is to use something like teamviewer to do the maintenance stuff (you can even check the hard drive type in the system properties) really easily from your own home. Removing any lenovo bloat is a really good idea.
if it doesn't have an SSD that is the single biggest/best upgrade you can make to a computer. Period.
For backup, I wouldn't do an external drive, she'll never remember to do it. Do some kind of online service. I'm partial to carbonite but there are others like crashplan, etc. Carbonite is I think $70/year and does automatic online backup of the entire machine.
At absolute worst pay for some onedrive storage and have it so all of her pictures she syncs end up in a onedrive folder which is then sync'd to the cloud.
So my mom has a laptop that's about 18 months old. It's still running fine, but after watching a Paul's Hardware vid where he upgraded his parents' PC, I'm thinking of taking it from her and doing the following:
* Swap hard drive for SSD (I may have done this when I bought it; I can't remember)
* Fix an annoying keyboard bezel issue, if possible (there's a corner of the kb bezel that depresses when you push on it and I want to see if there's a way to support it or otherwise secure it)
* Do a general cleaning, and possibly set her up with an external drive for backup (mostly photos)
* ......other things (clean up/upgrade the Windows install, run the Spyware programs/apps, clean up the desktop)
Am I forgetting anything? Am I crazy for doing this? The laptop is a Lenovo, so I expect it to have fairly decent take-apart-ability.
If it's a Lenovo, make sure to get rid of any bits of that Superfish nonsense.
So my mom has a laptop that's about 18 months old. It's still running fine, but after watching a Paul's Hardware vid where he upgraded his parents' PC, I'm thinking of taking it from her and doing the following:
* Swap hard drive for SSD (I may have done this when I bought it; I can't remember)
* Fix an annoying keyboard bezel issue, if possible (there's a corner of the kb bezel that depresses when you push on it and I want to see if there's a way to support it or otherwise secure it)
* Do a general cleaning, and possibly set her up with an external drive for backup (mostly photos)
* ......other things (clean up/upgrade the Windows install, run the Spyware programs/apps, clean up the desktop)
Am I forgetting anything? Am I crazy for doing this? The laptop is a Lenovo, so I expect it to have fairly decent take-apart-ability.
If it's a Lenovo, make sure to get rid of any bits of that Superfish nonsense.
So, I just got my shipment with the processor, HDD, and all that other fun stuff. Just need the AM3 bracket, and we're in business.
...AM4 bracket?
Nope, AM3.
One of the very nice features of the MB I bought is that it has both AM3 and AM4 mounts. Which is good, since my AIO only has the AM3 bracket, and Corsair is taking their sweet time sending me the AM4 version. (To be fair, they did give it to me for free.) That said, it only shipped with an AM4 backplate, so I need an AM3 backplate, which should be arriving tomorrow.
So, I just got my shipment with the processor, HDD, and all that other fun stuff. Just need the AM3 bracket, and we're in business.
...AM4 bracket?
Nope, AM3.
One of the very nice features of the MB I bought is that it has both AM3 and AM4 mounts. Which is good, since my AIO only has the AM3 bracket, and Corsair is taking their sweet time sending me the AM4 version. (To be fair, they did give it to me for free.) That said, it only shipped with an AM4 backplate, so I need an AM3 backplate, which should be arriving tomorrow.
Wait, I'm confused. I thought AM3 and AM4 were fundamentally incompatible, like putting an Intel 1150 chip in an 1151 socket. Is that not true?
So, I just got my shipment with the processor, HDD, and all that other fun stuff. Just need the AM3 bracket, and we're in business.
...AM4 bracket?
Nope, AM3.
One of the very nice features of the MB I bought is that it has both AM3 and AM4 mounts. Which is good, since my AIO only has the AM3 bracket, and Corsair is taking their sweet time sending me the AM4 version. (To be fair, they did give it to me for free.) That said, it only shipped with an AM4 backplate, so I need an AM3 backplate, which should be arriving tomorrow.
Wait, I'm confused. I thought AM3 and AM4 were fundamentally incompatible, like putting an Intel 1150 chip in an 1151 socket. Is that not true?
I'm not talking about the socket, but the mounting bracket and backplate for the CPU cooler.
So have any of you mucked around with Ebates? I know they offer rebates for Amazon, but those rebates appear to be restricted by category, and don't seem to include electronics/computers. It's not 100% clear though.
What's going on with Intel sockets? Is 1156 the newest and going to be the most common going forward? Previous part picker list had a 1151 mobo, and I'm wondering if I should move over to different socket type.
What's going on with Intel sockets? Is 1156 the newest and going to be the most common going forward? Previous part picker list had a 1151 mobo, and I'm wondering if I should move over to different socket type.
wait, what? 1156 is super old. Like, discontinued in 2012 old.
What's going on with Intel sockets? Is 1156 the newest and going to be the most common going forward? Previous part picker list had a 1151 mobo, and I'm wondering if I should move over to different socket type.
wait, what? 1156 is super old. Like, discontinued in 2012 old.
Their number scheme makes no sense!
Edit:
Alright, sorry it does look like 1151 is latest greatest.
What's going on with Intel sockets? Is 1156 the newest and going to be the most common going forward? Previous part picker list had a 1151 mobo, and I'm wondering if I should move over to different socket type.
wait, what? 1156 is super old. Like, discontinued in 2012 old.
Their number scheme makes no sense!
it's just the number of pins in the socket, has no correlation to date.
Pick the CPU you want and then find the most recent MB with features you want that supports whatever it is. Don't think about socket type until you've picked the CPU.
Typically, multiple options are included with the AIOs. Hedgie lucked out.
The issue is that the platform is new enough that manufacturers would rather have the people who need the bracket request it, instead of shipping a part that 90% of the people buying it won't need.
Is there a benefit to overclocking a CPU to just its turbo/boost frequency? My Ryzen 1700 has a base of 3.0 GHz and a boost of 3.7 GHz. I overclocked it to 3.7 GHz, but I'm curious if there's any real performance benefit to doing that if it can boost that high anyway. Maybe it guarantees it runs at those speeds versus hoping it does?
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Is there a benefit to overclocking a CPU to just its turbo/boost frequency? My Ryzen 1700 has a base of 3.0 GHz and a boost of 3.7 GHz. I overclocked it to 3.7 GHz, but I'm curious if there's any real performance benefit to doing that if it can boost that high anyway. Maybe it guarantees it runs at those speeds versus hoping it does?
If you're disabling turbo and then overclocking it to the turbo boost... don't do that. There's no gain. There are no situations where the processor won't boost up to it's max clock rate when needed, so you're not gaining any performance and you're just wasting power.
Edit: unless ryzen's turbo boost only boosts one core or something fuckey, but I don't think that's the case.
Is there a benefit to overclocking a CPU to just its turbo/boost frequency? My Ryzen 1700 has a base of 3.0 GHz and a boost of 3.7 GHz. I overclocked it to 3.7 GHz, but I'm curious if there's any real performance benefit to doing that if it can boost that high anyway. Maybe it guarantees it runs at those speeds versus hoping it does?
If you're disabling turbo and then overclocking it to the turbo boost... don't do that. There's no gain. There are no situations where the processor won't boost up to it's max clock rate when needed, so you're not gaining any performance and you're just wasting power.
Edit: unless ryzen's turbo boost only boosts one core or something fuckey, but I don't think that's the case.
I went back to the default settings, and I noticed Windows and its programs seemed to launch/run slower. I guess by keeping the clock higher I may be maximizing my system performance? I didn't need to raise the voltage for pushing it to the turbo clock rate, either.
I may try pushing it higher later, but my initial tests doing so weren't as exciting as some other people's. I'm not sure if a 100 MHz increase is worth it for the increase in voltage and temperature, at least not until I get an AIO cooler.
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Typically, multiple options are included with the AIOs. Hedgie lucked out.
The issue is that the platform is new enough that manufacturers would rather have the people who need the bracket request it, instead of shipping a part that 90% of the people buying it won't need.
Oh, right. AM4? Okay, that is too new. Eventually I'm sure they brackets will end up in the package.
Is there a benefit to overclocking a CPU to just its turbo/boost frequency? My Ryzen 1700 has a base of 3.0 GHz and a boost of 3.7 GHz. I overclocked it to 3.7 GHz, but I'm curious if there's any real performance benefit to doing that if it can boost that high anyway. Maybe it guarantees it runs at those speeds versus hoping it does?
If you're disabling turbo and then overclocking it to the turbo boost... don't do that. There's no gain. There are no situations where the processor won't boost up to it's max clock rate when needed, so you're not gaining any performance and you're just wasting power.
Edit: unless ryzen's turbo boost only boosts one core or something fuckey, but I don't think that's the case.
I went back to the default settings, and I noticed Windows and its programs seemed to launch/run slower. I guess by keeping the clock higher I may be maximizing my system performance? I didn't need to raise the voltage for pushing it to the turbo clock rate, either.
I may try pushing it higher later, but my initial tests doing so weren't as exciting as some other people's. I'm not sure if a 100 MHz increase is worth it for the increase in voltage and temperature, at least not until I get an AIO cooler.
The real reality of OCing is that doing so is mainly a benefit for people who are almost constantly maxing out their performance anyway. People who don't generally do a lot of intensive work will see performance gains on an OC, but as LD50 says, are wasting power for a gain the turbo tends to take care of on its own.
Only you can determine if you need the constant speeds the OC will give you. And if you just want it, we don't judge here.
Except for LEDs. Because you're assuredly doing it wrong!
I don't know what the OC situation is with ryzen, but with my devil's canyon i7 I don't need to disable turbo to OC; OCing can just increase the maximum turbo speed. If you take a look at the real time clock rate/clock multiplier changes you'll understand why I say there's no benefit to disabling turbo: the turbo features are so good now they can change the clock speed from millisecond to millisecond. I bet any performance changes you saw were unrelated to your OC changes.
So, smoke test was successful, though the inability to set things up until I got the AM3 bracket meant that I had to go pick up my wife right after. So when we get home, assembly.
So, smoke test was successful, though the inability to set things up until I got the AM3 bracket meant that I had to go pick up my wife right after. So when we get home, assembly.
I still do not understand why you need an AM3 bracket for an AM4 CPU and how that was a thing that had to be ordered (I know my Kraken came with the AM3 bracket) but at this point I'm not going to bother.
I'll worry about it if/when I ever decide to build an AMD PC.
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* Swap hard drive for SSD (I may have done this when I bought it; I can't remember)
* Fix an annoying keyboard bezel issue, if possible (there's a corner of the kb bezel that depresses when you push on it and I want to see if there's a way to support it or otherwise secure it)
* Do a general cleaning, and possibly set her up with an external drive for backup (mostly photos)
* ......other things (clean up/upgrade the Windows install, run the Spyware programs/apps, clean up the desktop)
Am I forgetting anything? Am I crazy for doing this? The laptop is a Lenovo, so I expect it to have fairly decent take-apart-ability.
One thing to keep in mind is to use something like teamviewer to do the maintenance stuff (you can even check the hard drive type in the system properties) really easily from your own home. Removing any lenovo bloat is a really good idea.
For backup, I wouldn't do an external drive, she'll never remember to do it. Do some kind of online service. I'm partial to carbonite but there are others like crashplan, etc. Carbonite is I think $70/year and does automatic online backup of the entire machine.
At absolute worst pay for some onedrive storage and have it so all of her pictures she syncs end up in a onedrive folder which is then sync'd to the cloud.
Yea that's what I personally use, but one advantage to onedrive, especially on Windows 10, that it's just built in.
If it's a Lenovo, make sure to get rid of any bits of that Superfish nonsense.
https://support.lenovo.com/us/en/product_security/superfish_uninstall
...AM4 bracket?
Nope, AM3.
One of the very nice features of the MB I bought is that it has both AM3 and AM4 mounts. Which is good, since my AIO only has the AM3 bracket, and Corsair is taking their sweet time sending me the AM4 version. (To be fair, they did give it to me for free.) That said, it only shipped with an AM4 backplate, so I need an AM3 backplate, which should be arriving tomorrow.
Wait, I'm confused. I thought AM3 and AM4 were fundamentally incompatible, like putting an Intel 1150 chip in an 1151 socket. Is that not true?
I'm not talking about the socket, but the mounting bracket and backplate for the CPU cooler.
wait, what? 1156 is super old. Like, discontinued in 2012 old.
Their number scheme makes no sense!
Edit:
Alright, sorry it does look like 1151 is latest greatest.
it's just the number of pins in the socket, has no correlation to date.
The issue is that the platform is new enough that manufacturers would rather have the people who need the bracket request it, instead of shipping a part that 90% of the people buying it won't need.
I'm seriously considering the Enthoo Luxe Tempered now that my PC is up off the floor and visible.
If you're disabling turbo and then overclocking it to the turbo boost... don't do that. There's no gain. There are no situations where the processor won't boost up to it's max clock rate when needed, so you're not gaining any performance and you're just wasting power.
Edit: unless ryzen's turbo boost only boosts one core or something fuckey, but I don't think that's the case.
I went back to the default settings, and I noticed Windows and its programs seemed to launch/run slower. I guess by keeping the clock higher I may be maximizing my system performance? I didn't need to raise the voltage for pushing it to the turbo clock rate, either.
I may try pushing it higher later, but my initial tests doing so weren't as exciting as some other people's. I'm not sure if a 100 MHz increase is worth it for the increase in voltage and temperature, at least not until I get an AIO cooler.
Oh, right. AM4? Okay, that is too new. Eventually I'm sure they brackets will end up in the package.
The real reality of OCing is that doing so is mainly a benefit for people who are almost constantly maxing out their performance anyway. People who don't generally do a lot of intensive work will see performance gains on an OC, but as LD50 says, are wasting power for a gain the turbo tends to take care of on its own.
Only you can determine if you need the constant speeds the OC will give you. And if you just want it, we don't judge here.
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And for a Friday special, here's the mod you need if you want more compute power instead of better graphics:
I feel like my 1050Ti would have trouble even pushing that many pixels while just browsing the web.
I still do not understand why you need an AM3 bracket for an AM4 CPU and how that was a thing that had to be ordered (I know my Kraken came with the AM3 bracket) but at this point I'm not going to bother.
I'll worry about it if/when I ever decide to build an AMD PC.