Quantcast
Channel: MX Linux Forum
Viewing all articles
Browse latest Browse all 5176

Chat • Re: Buying a new laptop. I beg for your advice!

$
0
0
In case anyone is interested I ordered a TUXEDO desktop PC. Its specification (manufacturer's blurb) is as follows.
Chassis

High-quality processed noble housing:
- only 41,0cm deep, 17,5cm wide and 35,8cm high
- 1x Case fan preinstalled

Power supply:
Manufacturer: Seasonic / Xilence (Bequiet)
Certification: 85+ Gold
Voltage: 100-240V
Power output: Individually depending on hardware equipment
Power usage: depending on hardware and system load
Noise level: Temperature controlled 14cm Ultra-Silent fan

Noise growth / Cooling / Ventilation / Fan
Temperature controlled silent fan!

Mainboard:
Manufacturer & Chipset: AMD B650 Chipset
256 Mbit AMI UEFI BIOS
Form Factor: Micro ATX (24,4 x 24,4 cm)

Network / Ethernet / LAN
1x LAN:
- 1x 2.5 Gigabit Realtek RTL8125BG (2.5 Gbit / 1 Gbit / 100 Mbit)
- Supports Wake-On-LAN
- Supports PXE, uvm.

Wireless LAN / WLAN / WIFI
AMD Wi-Fi 6E RZ616
- Supports MU-MIMO TX/RX
- Supports 20MHz, 40MHz, 80Mhz, 160Mhz bandwidth in 2.4GHz/ 5GHz or 6GHz bands
- Supports 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax
- Supports Bluetooth 5.2

Sound / Audio:
7.1 CH HD Audio (Realtek ALC4080 Audio Codec)
- High Definition Audio
- 2/4/5.1/7.1-channel
- S/PDIF Out

Rear Mainboard connectors:
1x RJ-45 LAN Port with LED (ACT/LINK LED and SPEED LED)
1x DisplayPort 1.4
1x HDMI Port 2.1 with HDR (max. 4K@60Hz)
1x USB-C USB 3.2 Gen2x2 20GBit/s (backward compatible)
3x USB-A USB 3.2 Gen2 10GBit/s (backward compatible)
4x USB-A USB 3.2 Gen1 5GBit/s (backward compatible)
1x Optical S/PDIF out
2x Antenna connectors
5x Audio jacks: 1x Line in; 1x Front Speaker; 1x Rear Speaker; 1x Subwoofer; 1x Mic-In

TUXEDO AMD B650 Mainboard

Mainboard connectors internally (partially populated by your configuration):
4x DDR5 DIMM-Sockel
1x PCI Express 4.0 x16 Slot, running at x16
1x PCI Express 4.0 x16 Slot, running at x4
1x PCI Express 3.0 x1 Slot
6x SATA 6Gb/s connector(s)
2x M.2 slots
1x CPU Fan
1x Pump Fan
6x System Fan
2x Front Panel
1x Chassis Intrusion
1x Front Audio
2x Addressable V2 RGB LED connector
2x RGB LED connector
1x TPM pin header (Support TPM 2.0)
4x USB 2.0 ports
2x USB 3.2 Gen1 Type A ports
1x USB 3.2 Gen2 Type C port

Storage connectors:

1x M.2 Socket (M2_1)
- Supports M Key type 2260/2280 M.2 PCI Express module up to Gen4 x4
1x M.2 Socket (M2_2)
- Supports M Key type 2260/2280 M.2 PCI Express module up to Gen4 x4
6x SATA 6Gb/s
- Supports RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5 and RAID 10 for SATA storage device, SATA_A1 & SATA_A2 don't support RAID function.

Ports

Front:
2 x USB 3.2 Gen1 (formerly USB 3.0)
1 x Headphones
1 x Microphone

Main processor

Ryzen 7000 CPUs "Raphael"
Due to the low performance of the integrated graphics unit (iGPU), this model can only be ordered with a dedicated graphics card (dGPU)

Memory

Type: DDR5 DIMM
Dual channel mode (with 2 modules)
I made the following configuration adjustments.
1x TUXEDO CORE One AMD-Ryzen-Series Gen7 + Micro-ATX Tower

AMD Ryzen 5 7600
CPU-Cooler up to 130W at least
32 GB (1x 32GB) DDR5 DIMM 5600MHz Corsair
32 GB (1x 32GB) DDR5 DIMM 5600MHz Corsair
1 TB Samsung 990 PRO (NVMe PCIe 4.0)
4 TB HDD (Seagate PRO / 7.200 rpm / SATAIII / 3.5")

without additional mass-storage (upgradable later)

No extension in front slot 1

CORE One mATX Tower
AMD Radeon RX 6400 | 4GB GDDR6 | 1x DisplayPort 2.1 + 1x HDMI 2.1
with 4x USB-C 3.2 10GBit Addon-Card (1 PCIe Card)
AMD B650 Chipset
Ultra Silent 750 (80+ Gold | 135mm | 750 Watt | Modular)
AMD Wi-Fi 6E RZ616 (802.11ax | 2.4, 5 & 6 GHz | Bluetooth 5.2)

TUXEDO OS (recommended)

Windows 11 Pro installation

2 years warranty (Incl. parts, labour & shipping)

UK power cord | G C14

Assembled within 2 weeks when in stock
I'm expecting to receive it by the end of the month or maybe the beginning of October. It cost €1,728 including no-charge shipping.
Based on my research I couldn't get better value for money for the given specification if I had wanted to buy a new laptop and anyway a desktop PC is fine for my needs.

There are several matters that need to be discussed, but that would be a topic for another thread.

Statistics: Posted by andymx — Sun Sep 15, 2024 1:43 pm



Viewing all articles
Browse latest Browse all 5176

Trending Articles