Saccharin Jazz

I have always preferred desktop PC's over laptops. I wanted to upgrade my gaming PC but waited a bit too long and hit the RAM price pump and decided to just chill with what I have.

Currently Rig: Ryzen 5600x with RTX 3070 + 32GB DDR4.

I'm still on Windows for gaming but holding on to 10 with extended support. Have some random mini-pcs running linux distros but they are low performance. Same with the stack of chromebooks running Kali that I've gathered over the years.

I don't really want to contribute to any big tech at this point or the American economy in general. But I like to computer. All I do is computer.

I want a daily driver that I can be somewhat mobile in, as in, not have to computer at desk chair but can computer from couch or bed.

What's the best bang for buck right now on laptops? I see some HP models on Ebay running PopOS that seem like a decent deal?

Open to recommendations, suggestions, comments, criticisms, and concerns.

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Jan 17 at 8:17pmWeb
Show threadSimon ZerafaJan 17

@sleepwave

That's a fairly good specification. It might be worth investigating to see if upgrading the GPU would be of benefit for gaming 🙂🤷‍♂️

Show threadDance the Manta RayJan 17

@sleepwave

What's the best bang for buck right now on laptops?

For my constraints, ex-lease Dell Latitude 5XXX. It'll be at least 3 years old, but the spec will be OK, and the construction better than new laptop of same price. (Assuming it doesn't have to do gaming.)

Show threadSaccharin JazzJan 17

@mediaevalfishsandwich Yeah, that's pretty close to what I'm looking for. I do have a fondness for ThinkPads, which was originally what I wanted. I was never a fan of HP but I keep coming back to the HP Dev One (https://hpdevone.com/).

$500ish USD for refurb or openbox seems pretty reasonable for the Dev One but seeing Latitude 5450's for the same price range. Looks like the Latitudes CPU outperforms the Dev One, and has DDR5 vs DDR4 on the DevOne. BUT less storage on the Latitude and Windows has never even touched the DevOne.

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Show threadFox Ritch 🇩🇪Jan 17
@sleepwave install sunshine on your main pc and moonlight on one of your chromebooks. thats the best way to get high end performance into a light and portable formfactor.
Show threadvikkeläJan 17

@sleepwave that's quite a good machine anyway, got a 3080 and didnt yet hit a boundary that something wouldnt be playable, but i also do not have the need for always the best graphics...

For a laptop, well there are so many models i actually cannot give you recommendations there, just set your boundaries like performance, screensize, portability and batterylife and search for used models which fit that specs, or are slightly out of it. A lot of them will run linux, if unsure check with some search for the specific model + linux.

Show threadTruls (Klarname)Jan 17
@sleepwave Used Lenovo from their T series are quite robust and run fine on Linux