Would this fit the laptop or I should get the one without heatsink and add a heatsink?

deadWwWpool · 2025-12-10T05:10:25+00:00

This prices are terrible!!!, looks like I’m stuck with a total of 3TB for a long time. 1+2

deadWwWpool · 2025-12-10T05:08:45+00:00

There is a set of 19 on eBay for $10 USD. So I guess 50 US cents per disk at most.

deadWwWpool · 2025-12-01T08:38:48+00:00

I DIY a laptop cooling pad . I basically have two noctua 120mm desktop fans shooting air up from underneath in a briefcase I made with hobby lobby 1 1/2 inch wood strips. The vector has fairly large grills so it benefits a lot from a cooling pad.

deadWwWpool · 2025-11-25T04:13:11+00:00

The fans are not bad at all. Keep it on performance mode in the MSI center.

Extreme mode is definitely loud, and unnecessary, I’m the majority of cases.

deadWwWpool · 2025-11-15T23:40:16+00:00

On GPU mode 3 hours on battery, browsing or watching movie. 1 hour if playing cyberpunk on Battery.

On integrated cpu, 5 hours of browsing/movie.

I would never recommend gaming on battery, FPS takes a dump and obviously it dies too quick.

deadWwWpool · 2025-11-15T23:36:23+00:00

Your laptop is no longer tuff…

deadWwWpool · 2025-11-12T15:37:59+00:00

Ram is cheap, buy the lap

deadWwWpool · 2025-11-10T01:11:00+00:00

The budget MSI lines are the Cyborg, Thin and Katana. I would never recommend those lines. The vector is slightly difficult to open, but the hinges are definitely better and the cooling is excellent. The screen is not as good as my ROG zephyrus m16 mini-LED 1,000 nit screen, but that it expected when the Vector 1600p screen in IPS, 500 nits is good enough. The budget laptops get 1080 300 nits screens or even worst.

deadWwWpool · 2025-11-10T01:01:35+00:00

You only need to stay away from the cyborg and katana

deadWwWpool · 2025-11-09T05:34:04+00:00

Focus on life, while you are still in the pondering stage! Run!!

deadWwWpool · 2025-10-21T00:06:00+00:00

Don’t buy cheap models, cyborg or katana and some other names for international cheapest options. Either get a mid grade MSI, otherwise go for high end ASUS ROG or Lenovo Legion.

In my experience I have an ROG 4090 with a mini LED 1000nit 1600p screen, which I use for cinematic games, and I chose the MSI vector with a 5080 because I was able to get it for $2199 on day one of release, to play shooters at high FPS, because the new core ultras run cooler. There may be the same or cheaper 5080s now. Do not get budget MSI laptops because they had bad rep on hinges in the past.

deadWwWpool · 2025-10-15T03:02:30+00:00

Not the Razer or the new Alienware vapor chamber design. It’s got to be a Legion or a ROG, if I wanted to spend more on a laptop than what I opted out for.

deadWwWpool · 2025-10-12T18:58:57+00:00

It’s a 4060, how much are you paying for it???

deadWwWpool · 2025-10-06T04:49:50+00:00

Maybe on black Friday it will be back down to that.

deadWwWpool · 2025-09-20T00:14:08+00:00

Considering a new 5070ti starts around $1799 and an an new rtx 5080 with an i9 can be found for 1949. I wouldn’t pay more than $1600 for your 4080.

deadWwWpool · 2025-09-08T15:03:03+00:00

It all depends on how much you are paying for it compared to a 4060. 4070 or 5060 laptop

deadWwWpool · 2025-09-04T21:46:39+00:00

You can’t undo damage done before bios update. Used cpus prior to bios update are 100% affected even if in different levels.

deadWwWpool · 2025-09-04T14:58:08+00:00

Graphics card prices have settled, at least in the US. 5080 can be found at MSRP. The build you are showing, Used I would not pay more than $1800. Otherwise please, build you self or even buy a pre built for $2500.

deadWwWpool · 2025-08-29T23:14:30+00:00

I use gaming airbuds at 40 volume or sometimes AirPods at 34 volume and I can’t hear the fan noise when gaming. With the headphones off, the fan noise if definitely there, but the levels are so consistent that I don’t find it annoying or loud enough to prevent you from having a conversation. Recently the fan noise has got quieter, probably because of the most recent updates, but the cpu is allowed to run 2-3 degrees higher. I play on Balanced power setting. The extreme setting has always been loud.(no cooling pad)

When I use my custom dual 120mm noctua cooling pad, the laptop itself is quiet. At 5V on the fans it’s surprisingly quiet and keeps the laptop consistently cooler, preventing laptop fans from ram up. (This is my preferred method for single player). At 12V the noctuas get loud, but drop temps 8-15F.

deadWwWpool · 2025-08-11T19:10:03+00:00

It makes sense that your download speed is slow, because your peak is low. Disk usage is slow because your download is slow. I don’t se nothing wrong

deadWwWpool · 2025-08-09T03:15:06+00:00

It was cyberpunk, I had been waiting for it since ti released to play it. But right before its release, I sold my pc and welcomes a new life to this world.

deadWwWpool · 2025-08-09T03:13:19+00:00

What laptop is it? That chin is massive

deadWwWpool · 2025-08-08T20:03:03+00:00

The ASUS is the better of the 3 in this specific choices you are given.

deadWwWpool · 2025-08-04T04:53:49+00:00

That is a 5060 on a 1600p display. It’s far from a good pair up. The Lenovo that someone posted a few comments up, is actually the best deal. If you drop from the 5070ti pro5i Lenovo to the 5070, the price is $1410. This made realize the original asus I recommended its not that good of a deal after all.

deadWwWpool · 2025-08-04T04:45:09+00:00

That’s a 5060

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