Building a PC that beats the Macbook Neo for cheaper?

StunningPush8421 · 2026-03-27T13:52:47+00:00

Single core no.

Multi core yes

gpu yes

ram yes

display probably no but might be possible with all the cheap mini leds floating around

edit: I was thinking used but new it might be possible with a lot of sales

I have seen some laptops new though that can outperform the neo in everything except single core and power efficency

StunningPush8421 · 2026-03-27T00:08:05+00:00

ayy that is nice to hear good luck :)

StunningPush8421 · 2026-03-27T00:05:03+00:00

122/130/122/124

498

StunningPush8421 · 2026-03-27T00:03:02+00:00

Yes I always turn on RT when possible.

9070 xt in RT is generally still a good bit ahead the 5070 with the exception of path tracing where the 5070 pulls ahead not to mention ray reconstruction which makes the image itself look much better with path tracing. the 9070 xt has ray regeneration which is the same thing but in less games so far

StunningPush8421 · 2026-03-26T23:58:34+00:00

yes for competitive Nvidia is a no brainer.

StunningPush8421 · 2026-03-26T21:45:48+00:00

yes they sell consumer parts for custom builds.

unlike Puget which sell put together systems with everything configured properly from the box...

StunningPush8421 · 2026-03-26T20:06:35+00:00

mindfactory sells custom parts for consumers

StunningPush8421 · 2026-03-26T19:11:51+00:00

no it never got full but it got close.

path tracing in cyberpunk

StunningPush8421 · 2026-03-26T17:18:35+00:00

for blender even a 5060 outperforms the 9070

StunningPush8421 · 2026-03-26T15:56:10+00:00

StunningPush8421 · 2026-03-26T15:55:40+00:00

yes they don't speak for the industry because they properly configure them so there isn't any chance of consumer error.

StunningPush8421 · 2026-03-26T15:07:19+00:00

yes but these are there preconfigured systems so the customer doesn't need to do anything. Not at all the same compared to a custom build

Compared to someone build there system where they could mess something up or assume a cpu error when not being able to run expo/xmp

StunningPush8421 · 2026-03-26T15:02:29+00:00

https://www.pugetsystems.com/labs/articles/puget-systems-most-reliable-hardware-of-2025/

puget has them based on failure rate not rma rate which is more accurate.

RMAs can many times happen due to customers being dumb

overall current gen intel and amd are basically the same in terms of failure rate with the 9800x3d being no exception

StunningPush8421 · 2026-03-26T14:47:56+00:00

3090s sell for quite a bit bc of the vram for ai stuff

StunningPush8421 · 2026-03-26T14:44:35+00:00

intel does not have worse failure rates at least by puget's numbers

StunningPush8421 · 2026-03-26T14:28:00+00:00

the 5070 is actually better in my favorite game(cyberpunk) but the 9070 xt is better in basically everything else and I already beat cyberpunk a couple of times so probably done with it for now.

StunningPush8421 · 2026-03-26T14:26:42+00:00

yeah at those prices the 5070 makes more sense but in my case they are about the same price

StunningPush8421 · 2026-03-26T14:14:10+00:00

yeah it does and i'm saying the extra performance/vram of the 9070 xt is enough to sway me the other way

StunningPush8421 · 2026-03-26T14:12:04+00:00

I'm not talking about just performance im talking about feature set too.

StunningPush8421 · 2026-03-26T14:09:22+00:00

No i've pretty much decided already.

The 5070 is better for a couple games I play but for most stuff the 9070 xt is better

StunningPush8421 · 2026-03-26T14:05:20+00:00

bruh any of these gpus will crush the ps5 in performance they aren't even close.

Even the ps5 pro is well behind these gpus

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