We have a Surface Pro 2 that we've been using as a kitchen computer for 4 years (10" display, Core i5, 4 GB RAM, 64 GB SSD). It's dying.
Things we liked about it:
1) Cheap (purchased as open-box refurbished unit at Microcenter for ~$300 including Type Cover)
2) Versatile (can easily edit Word...
Indeed. It's a curiosity question with regard to threadripper and the relationship between package power and power allocated to the CPU cores themselves when operating at the default TDP limits.
The Anandtech review appears to show a potential performance issue caused by running at higher...
An inquiry for folks who have spent some time running their 1950X at stock speeds to satisfy my curiosity:
Background: When running the 1950X CPU at stock speeds but with RAM "overclocked" (e.g. running at 1.35V and DOCP speeds instead of "default" 1.2V JDEC speeds), there is a possibility of...
If you want someone to justify your purchase, here you go: If having the best possible gaming performance will make you a happier person and let you sleep better at night, and you can easily afford a new motherboard and CPU, go for it. Sell the current parts, reclaim 60-70% of the purchase...
123-125 watts at idle sounds high. These guys measured 48W at idle on their gaming desktop (with GTX 1080 no less) and 125W during "content creation" loads (i.e. CPU heavy, not GPU). I've seen similar 40-60W numbers [system idle at wall] in other Ryzen reviews. Maybe you have some power...
Indeed, that's what I've arrived at: Doubling the power usage yields only a 15-20% increase in clock speed. And you lose turboboost for single threaded tasks. And you lose all advanced power management. There also appears to be some legitimate binning happening, given how much voltage (and...
Two things in response:
1) At stock speeds, the Ryzen chips are binned to have an impressive amount of performance per watt -- if you have an application that can use 8 cores and 16 threads. But you definitely trade single-threaded performance compared to Intel's highest clocked chips.
2)...
Hi Folks,
One more try for the picture, which is a 1000 words, as the saying goes. Here is a link to Google Photos in case this doesn't work:
https://photos.app.goo.gl/hKZvGb1N9lQESzBy1
Things to consider:
1) Increasing the base clock to just 3.4 GHz on this 1700 resulted in a 109W increase...
Thanks folks! This is a helpful start!
The video posted by Reinvented is quite worrying. *See table below, which is a screenshot with my annotations*. This particular system is showing a 93W increase in power draw under load at just 3.2 GHz. Mind you, this is full system power at the wall...
Is there potential for an "eco-friendly", near-stock-voltage overclock of a Ryzen 1700 that won't cause a loss of single-threaded performance?
I'd like to maintain low idle power usage AND keep load power reasonable. What is "reasonable" to me? Generally no higher than the stock 1800X (about...
I just wanted to finish my story, in case someone else is in a similar situation with their Vaio Z.
I found a used LCD VGA cable on eBay for under $10 delivered, took the laptop apart, and installed the "new" cable. When I fired-up the laptop... The same black vertical line appeared in the...
Thanks. I know the displays are available, but I was hoping to get some greater insight into whether it is the display or the cable (not sold with the display) or another issue. I know it is gamble either way (my issue might be from a different cause), but I'm happy to learn from someone...
I tried to send a private message, rather than revive this VERY OLD thread, but apparently I don't have enough posts to send messages to the administrator group.
I'm curious to know if your father repaired his Vaio Z's screen (2010 era with 1080p display) and what the cause of the problem...
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