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11 sats \ 2 replies \ @xplor 16 Dec \ on: What are you running for a PC? AMD, Intel, Mac? tech
Sorta confused when I listen to these reviews, they seem to launch into it from the angle of a gamer. Still feel I don't know what it is that makes Ryzen win over Intel.
I'm torn between AMD and M series for which seems to be better for my needs (audio DAW, video rendering, compiling software.)
Mostly I find M1 chip is efficient (guess now a 2021 M1 is pretty old) and has never struggled with the modest tasks I throw at it.
Have AMD 6900HX/680M on my daily driver, and I push that a bit more. Seems to use more power and is a bit louder when busy, but amazes me that it can do a lot for the price point.
If macs had upgradable disks and memory, I'd consider a new M series, but don't like that prospect.
In fairness I've not even tried anything more powerful than an N200 Intel, which is pretty good with low power consumption. Maybe someone else can pitch in how i3, i5, i7, i9 run. Didn't some Intel series have some issues?
I love my m1 macbook air. I am not using it for anything super heavy but it's very fast for just toks of chrome tabs and the battery lasts forever even 3 or 4 years later.
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I voted for AMD, mostly because it was my surprise that a ~400US it does so much. Was expected some issues with a smaller brand nuc from HK. Minisforum is the brand, would recommend. Maybe the M1 seems to do much better for specific tasks like querying a local LLM. But I have rarely used that.
I'd say for SB computer, rasPi/ARM chips are not bad. Maybe not as cheap as they used to be, and now that there are so many more powerful competitors at the same price. But I just admire the form factor. They still make decent mini servers, lite desktops.
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