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Any reason not to use my 13 as my only PC? (alien.top)

submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Just got my 13 with the 7840 and I'm realizing that even the integrated GPU is more powerful than the one in my old PC, which has an i7 4790k and a GTX 970.

Is there any reason I shouldn't just sell that relic and just run the Framework docked at home? I lose a little desk space, but I'm failing to see why I should keep using this desktop.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

I plan to use mine as my only computer once the growing pains/BSODs I've been having are figured out. Another nice benefit will be that it's insanely efficient by comparison, drawing less under full load than your old CPU alone and far, far less under idle/light use conditions.

You can always add in an eGPU dock down the line if you want some more graphics power, too (though keep in mind that's more viable for a current gen midrange card since the data bandwidth becomes more of a bottleneck toward high end cards). A nice benefit of that will be that you can dock up with only a single cable for graphics, power and peripherals, too, and so far with my GPD G1 (also AMD based), I've found I can just hotplug it without any issues which is super convenient - it may be a bit more convoluted if you're running an Nvidia based card in your enclosure, but I can't say for sure.