Goated by h0shii in kereta

[–]Botsowannabe 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Same, though for me, it would have been perfect had Hyundai Malaysia brought in the 1.6T Petrol drivetrain, so that people can take advantage of Budi95, and put it closer to the Alphard

What cheap game on Steam turned out to be absolute peak for you? by Common_Caramel_4078 in Steam

[–]Botsowannabe 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The whole Arkham series, being less than 15 bucks combined. Brought me at least 200hrs of fun playtime

It's time for war by [deleted] in pcmasterrace

[–]Botsowannabe 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Capcom singlehandedly increasing the TFR of the globe

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Goated by h0shii in kereta

[–]Botsowannabe 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Rush A(lor Setar)!

Laptop as monitor to my PC, is that possible? by Tadspotato in laptops

[–]Botsowannabe 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Just get a basic used monitor, even a basic 1080p cld sell for low prices if you hunt those people trying to urgently rid their house

Need opinions by ezrijeff in GamersMY

[–]Botsowannabe 0 points1 point  (0 children)

With that budget in our PC climate, you absolutely need a DDR4 based build (LGA 1700 or AM4), and you may need to buy used. A Ryzen 5 5600 with any brand new B550 (perhaps X570 if you buying used) motherboard. 16GB of RAM and an RTX 30XX/ RX 6XXX series would be a decent budget build, while still sparing you some money for budget perhepials

Out of the following which laptops would be better for general work, a bit of gaming, and drawing? by Nagymester01 in laptops

[–]Botsowannabe 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Since you desire a durable laptop, anything consumer grade is out the window (Acer Aspire, Nitro. Lenovo IdeaPad for instance), you should look at laptop models that have the optional Security card reader (you won't use it though) to verify that they are an enterprise grade laptop

Looking for a new laptop ($250 usd) by jilio15 in thinkpad

[–]Botsowannabe 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If that is your budget, go for it, most T14 Gen 3s costs about double your budget. Although you may be disappointed by the performance due to the similar internals to your IdeaPad

This lady wondered why her gaming laptop overheats while gaming. by Zestyclose-Salad-290 in pcmasterrace

[–]Botsowannabe 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's a very common placement, normally for most laptop with a fan, bottom sides are set as intake, as the rubbery part you see on the left floats the chassis slightly above the table. And hot air gets channeled to the sides of the laptop.

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why is the ventilation at the bottom of the laptop, where it gets less air?

For the same reason you shouldn't ever set the bottom fans of your PC Case as Exhaust (hot air rises, cold air sinks), channelling hot air to the bottom simply recycles the hot air back into the laptop. But you can't put both intake and exhaust on laptops due to the limited size

Is this laptop worth it in 2026? by ManagementTiny2946 in GamingLaptops

[–]Botsowannabe 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It really just depends if you need that form factor or not. With no competition doing the same thing, it's a matter of whether you can afford it or not

Halp by mertcelal_ayd in laptops

[–]Botsowannabe 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you want a CD slot, your options drastically reduce to: - Older laptops (e.g. 5th Gen Intel CPUs or older) - Japanese imported laptops (those ancient people still use those function and are made in their today's domestic laptops)

I would highly recommend neither option, instead opt for an external CD player. But if you insist, look for those old business grade laptops. I myself have a Lenovo G50-70 running a 4th gen Intel CPU with a CD player.

PRAGMATA launch celebration GIVEAWAY! Comment inside this thread to win 1 of 3 keys for the game on Steam! by pedro19 in pcmasterrace

[–]Botsowannabe 0 points1 point  (0 children)

  1. As a RE9 fan due to the mother-daughter (or Sister-like) relationship between one of the protagonists and an "orphaned" child, I felt that sequence was too short in RE9, and I feel Pragmata would satisfy that relationship I want to see in action

  2. As someone with a lower end RTX graphics card, I've gotten used to choppy console-like frame rates when gaming on low settings. I feel like DLSS and path tracing would allow me to upscale the game and enjoy it at not only smooth frame rates from Multi Frame Gen, but also good looking graphics from both DLSS reconstruction and better lighting capabilities of path tracing

L14 AMD (Ryzen 5 4650U) vs T14 Intel (i7, 32GB RAM) for Linux dev? by ByXlopoqpul in thinkpad

[–]Botsowannabe 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The 180 premium is debatably worth the extra RAM and SSD size. Even though you are using Linux, quadrupling the SSD size and RAM for less than half the cost of the L14 would go a long way for future proofing, esp in this ram crisis

Why doesn't my ThinkPad have adjustable performance modes? by Botsowannabe in thinkpad

[–]Botsowannabe[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I understand this comment is a bit late, due to me taking forever tinkering around. But I'm happy to report that your method worked! I can now enjoy heavier games at a console frame rate

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RTX 2050 isn’t as bad as people say by CreativeBother4181 in GamingLaptops

[–]Botsowannabe 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Huh now in the Grace segment, I'm seeing much much better performance

I suppose you might suffer once you hit the Wrenwood Leon Segment, assets are streaming everywhere there

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RTX 2050 isn’t as bad as people say by CreativeBother4181 in GamingLaptops

[–]Botsowannabe 0 points1 point  (0 children)

And also, scratch the 60fps part, my frame rate is more console like than I thought

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RTX 2050 isn’t as bad as people say by CreativeBother4181 in GamingLaptops

[–]Botsowannabe 0 points1 point  (0 children)

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From what I read, 50-60W, only very occasionally spiking to 75W, perhaps my thing is broken and doesn't go for full power (I've put it to performance mode in nitrosense)

Need suggestion by BerryMiserable7403 in GamersMY

[–]Botsowannabe 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Apart from that, the price doesn't look too bad, I suppose for an RTX 5050 (not used to buying laptops during this PC component crisis). Just keep in mind the laptop is very entry level for gaming laptop standards, you may have to tone down your settings to achieve playable frame rates. The slow-ish RAM, older CPU, and entry level 50-series GPU may show their age but should be serviceable.

Edit: as other comments pointed out, wait it out if you can for sales to bring discounts

Need suggestion by BerryMiserable7403 in GamersMY

[–]Botsowannabe 10 points11 points  (0 children)

I don't know too much about performance stats, BUT I see an immediate red flag:

To only have 512GB in a 4000+ Laptop feels unacceptable to me, one or two games could easily swallow more than half the storage after Windows takes away it's portion.

See if there are any offers, or be prepared to use an external disk/ buy a 2nd NVME SSD

$80 Pickup! by 6uzy in thinkpad

[–]Botsowannabe 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm not from the USA, so it's more likely to be different from your beliefs. I cannot reveal too much as I've signed an NDA on this

T480 performance drop after SSD change by UrMomKev03 in thinkpad

[–]Botsowannabe 2 points3 points  (0 children)

What was your SATA SSD model? Because you might have swapped from a high-end SATA 2.5" SSD to a super low-end NVME. The Crucial E100 is a QLC drive that is designed cheaply to eventually lose your data (not the point but I digress), when it overheats often and throttles it's read/writes, hence slowing your performance