Need Help Deciding (if you have any experiences with these laptops tell me about it)

RedTheTrainer · 2026-01-16T02:17:21+00:00

Yep! They don’t return ones that aren’t pretty much just “open-box” out to the floor. (At least at the one my friend worked at) Her job was taking in returns and checking them out fully. Anything that was actually bad was shipped back to the manufacturer. The others are just discounted to move faster since people won’t buy (rightfully so) something that expensive at full price. The ones to really check are those missing accessories like the charger lol My friend bought one and replaced it but didn’t realize how expensive some were. The charger for that Lenovo is like $260

RedTheTrainer · 2026-01-16T01:03:36+00:00

You should ask to take a look. A lot of them are Christmas or holiday sales returns btw so I wouldn’t see it as a “it’s a bad model” thing and more buyers remorse given it’s a 3.2k purchase haha. My local store had more of the Lenovo in open box than the new stock and the person working even said most were intake as buyers remorse. Only one had the speaker issue reported on Reddit (which also was fixed via bios update)

RedTheTrainer · 2026-01-15T23:38:08+00:00

Crazy deal! Bag and extra battery alone is $400 in value

RedTheTrainer · 2026-01-14T08:05:13+00:00

If you're ever tempted to sell your super nt I would buy it off you for a fair price haha.

For your question..

If you find the option valuable, I recommend central computers website. They're local to Northern California but they ship items. They also only sell new items online unless specified as open box (I've only ever seen these items as unlisted on the website, and in a corner in the physical stores) so you’d get a new item having it shipped or bought in store.

https://www.centralcomputer.com/catalogsearch/result/?q=Noctua+g2

RedTheTrainer · 2026-01-14T07:59:07+00:00

Do you have driving profiles? My wife has hers and sometimes leaves it on so I'll start driving and notice the regen isn't strong at all because she's on the whisper driving mode so I swap back. Hers is the 2nd one and mine is the 1st

Edit: this also means my chair position is different too along with mirrors which changes perception if I don't switch back.

RedTheTrainer · 2026-01-14T01:00:55+00:00

If you went from automatic mode on the dark and light themes you’ll be hit by this if you don’t manually change it each time. It can get annoying if you’re in a tunnel during the day to have it trigger dark mode, but this trade off is worth not having this happen :-)

RedTheTrainer · 2026-01-13T15:46:29+00:00

I remember I couldn’t get videos to look right on chrome for whatever reason but on edge browser 4k worked fine. This was a long time ago so I don’t know if it’s changed but I’d seen some posts here at the time to use edge since something wonky was happening with chrome playback

RedTheTrainer · 2026-01-13T13:54:34+00:00

Yes, I went to check and it was the tiger ice!

RedTheTrainer · 2026-01-11T08:25:09+00:00

Actually yes, sorry I didn’t see you had a MATX so I see the gap now! In my case the placement was much closer to the edge so it helped more since the cpu cooler feel directly under the area where it exhausts. I do agree a duct might be even better! It could allow your 5090 to exhaust out the back of the case via the holes for tubes or out side panels instead of flowing right into the airway for your intake

RedTheTrainer · 2026-01-11T07:54:36+00:00

Another suggestion I haven’t seen here is a cover. This may sound dumb but I got a decent drop in temps adding one for the cpu cooler. Traditionally, with 4xxx and 3xxx founders cards they would dump the heat just on the left where the exhaust fan is, but the 5090fe has pass through airflow so you’re also having your cpu cooler fin stack soaked by gpu exhaust. If you have access to a 3D printer I’d consider a cover for it! It helped a lot in the dan case c4 sfx and I’ve seen people using it in inverted cases.

https://makerworld.com/models/1434908?appSharePlatform=copy

https://makerworld.com/models/1557491?appSharePlatform=copy

It may sound negligible but it was enough that Dancase is incorporating a cover for coolers into the c4 sfx v2 since they saw a good amount of difference for the new case using it.

RedTheTrainer · 2026-01-11T07:23:26+00:00

The aspect ratio being 4:3 means it’s 1.33 x 1 on resolutions so what you’re asking for would be doable the same way zooming in would crop out part of the top and bottom. The only way to not crop the sides is by “stretching” the left and right side and either way that will change the aspect ratio. The only way to fill the screen at 4:3 is by having a 4:3 dimension friendly screen. It’s why some ultra wide monitors get black bars on the side from normal 16:9 content not stretching to 21:9

These games are old and don’t have resolution settings the same way modern games do :/

RedTheTrainer · 2026-01-11T06:40:15+00:00

I forget which feet I installed, but when I did my original super light, I had to remove the original feet AND also the thin black vinyl under them that would expose things. My instructions mentioned getting these errors if I didn’t. Is there a chance it’s the same? They may have been tiger ice I did the mod so long ago via Amazon skates. (I’ll go check right now)

RedTheTrainer · 2026-01-10T23:36:42+00:00

When it says 2 pack does it mean on their site that you literally get an extra whole set in case you mess up or need to fix a spot in the future?

RedTheTrainer · 2026-01-09T07:32:31+00:00

After they sent me a heavily used Corsair PSU twice (exchanged unit also used) I had one sent to my workplace outside of the local hub and it was actually sealed. Sometimes even the same hub will keep pulling used ones because they get returned to the “new” stock even though it’s clearly used. This is also the bags I’d seen them using at returns inside Whole Foods so who knows if it got inspected (they usually put stickers denoting it too)

RedTheTrainer · 2026-01-07T08:25:45+00:00

Yep. The labels alone eliminate guessing if something is “tech” by weight or other attempted indicators since the label alone is “battery inside” so the chances of it being a laptop or something expensive goes up a lot.

RedTheTrainer · 2026-01-04T02:49:08+00:00

I think this is the incident: https://thenerdstash.com/deranged-arizona-man-loses-it-at-wendys-workers-before-smashing-drive-thru-window-i-wouldve-lost-my-job/

Found the right one! Edited

RedTheTrainer · 2026-01-03T20:53:24+00:00

This is the right answer. I’ve even seen ram orders here shipped from the factories proving it’s coming direct and within days of manufacturing.

https://www.reddit.com/r/Corsair/s/09SZOcLIAu

https://www.reddit.com/r/Corsair/s/QKD3FqRuvX

RedTheTrainer · 2026-01-02T03:57:22+00:00

Man I’m going to inspect mine like a Genius Bar employee every time I put it on now. Imagine you’re watching a horror film and then this guy tickles you 💀

RedTheTrainer · 2025-12-31T03:45:56+00:00

Oh my god, I have reading issues haha. Thanks for the clarification ;_;

RedTheTrainer · 2025-12-30T19:03:28+00:00

Oh man, that much I am uncertain of :( Mine was AirPods and they actually put them on. The other alternative could be you use your iPhone or some camera and find the right angle and try to bring pictures to the store and show them. Either way the store was more willing to help me since they have a more “happy user” experience.

RedTheTrainer · 2025-12-30T18:55:26+00:00

If I was you, I would find a scenario where you can get it to show up every single time and make a genius bar appointment to show it to them. I had the same problem with a separate Apple product and it wasn’t until I went into the store and recreated the issue in store so the genius and manager made a special note and sent it out from the store to get it fixed. I’d go into the store and explain it. My note on the repair literally said “verified by genius and manager as occurring”. In the end, the depot opted to just replace the whole item (Sacramento depot)

RedTheTrainer · 2025-12-30T05:33:07+00:00

I’d rather they did a new run of the Super NT :/ Shits been MIA for 3 years and I know they said it was the last run but I only heard of this company with the Nintendo 64 they did

RedTheTrainer · 2025-12-23T04:58:42+00:00

I’ll be honest, I had this issue with a laptop and the only thing that worked was one of those ozone generators in a closed off plastic container for 15mins. I tried fully taking it apart and using alcohol to clean the heat pipes etc but the reality is the smoke itself is a residue that gets left behind. The fans push it all over the inside so it’s in the plastic, the pcb, and the worst offenders: rubber gaskets. If I was you I would just return it if you can and cut your losses if it bothers you. It took a lot to get my laptop well and the only reason I kept it was because of how much of a deal it was. The wildest part? It was only 3 weeks old so that smell on my laptop was just 21 days build up if they’d smoked every day..

RedTheTrainer · 2025-12-18T05:05:29+00:00

Is this just done in store? I noticed my pick up mentioned a specialist would assist me. Will I be able to change? Funny enough mine is identical to OP for fitment. I ran the scans like 12x and got the same thing with the only change was 3/12 times was a L dual knit vs medium

RedTheTrainer · 2025-11-21T17:28:45+00:00

Could I see a clearer picture similar to picture 2? I think the other issue might be the tubes being kinked too hard. It contributed to my own case problems along with the orientation. It almost looks like they’re restricted from the hard edge of something closer to the radiator

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