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The high power intel chips prior to Alder Lake are unable to be sufficiently cooled in a laptop of 2kgs or less. The result is excessive throttling, terrible ba
by hackerfromthefu 5y ago
The high power intel chips prior to Alder Lake are unable to be sufficiently cooled in a laptop of 2kgs or less. The result is excessive throttling, terrible battery, and heat.
The Ryzen 4x/5x chips handle these chassis nicely however and I'm unsure about new Alder Lake ones.
- mcv 5y agoMine is probably pre-Alder Lake, so this certainly fits my experience. For my son, I got a Thinkpad E495 with a Ryzen 3700. It can go forever on a battery charge, but it lacks the spill-resistant keyboard as far as I can tell.