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I am this close to replacing my desktop (AMD 5500(?) + AMD 7600) with a 7840U (probably in the form of a Minisforum model). Day to day, I do some web browsing a
by 0cf8612b2e1e 3y ago
I am this close to replacing my desktop (AMD 5500(?) + AMD 7600) with a 7840U (probably in the form of a Minisforum model). Day to day, I do some web browsing and Python programming. It seems silly to have this huge footprint machine sucking down probably 50-100W constantly when I can a book-sized machine that probably idles around 10W for minor performance difference in 99% of cases.
- jwells89 3y agoI can see the appeal. My daily driver is an M1 Max MBP which I’m happy with, but if I were to build a Linux productivity box (no gaming, that’s handled by a different machine), something like a 7840U on an ITX board with a cooler just big enough to practically never be audible would sound pretty great.
- scns 3y agoAll Ryzen 7000 have a small GPU. It is not meant for gaming but enough for productive work. You can get 12 cores at 65W with the 7900. Could be passively cooled for complete silence. [edit] The 7900 delievers ~89% of the performance of the 7900X at 170W. 7700 & 7600 90% compared to the X counterparts.
- pcchristie 3y agoI'm the exact same, but moving from a desktop (which I've always had) to a laptop such as the Framework laptop. I'd just like 10-20% better graphics performance than what's available without losing the 13" form factor.
- nottorp 3y agoM2 mac mini on my desk uses 9.7 W right now at "idle". Quotes because I vnced into it to see the power consumption. Under the desk there's a linux box made with a Ryzen 5600G, that one does 20W at idle.