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Differences Between The 5 7640U 55wh vs 7 7840U 61wh? (alien.top)

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

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Going to pre-order one or the other tomorrow. No gaming, watching x265 10bit movies, general browsing and work tasks through Fedora. It hurts losing the 61 but how much of a difference is the $320? (Already have a 990 Pro waiting.)

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

You won't be able to watch video in 10bit on the Framework as it doesn't have an HDR display. It will just downsample to 8bit as necessary

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

Gotcha.

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

I think the only reason to get the 7840U is because you have the money and are happy to invest it in a little bit of performance and comfort. The difference in battery life is probably not that much and for the price difference you could get one or two 99Wh power banks (or buy the larger battery separately) instead.

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

The biggest difference between the two processors is the iGPU, if you're not getting it for gaming it's definitely not worth it. If you were getting it for gaming, the performance increase is pretty minor and still probably wouldn't be worth it.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I ordered a 7640U (hopefully shipping this week), because I don't need the extra processing power. Planning to upgrade to the 61Wh battery afterwards, though, and hopefully figure out an enclosure to turn the 55Wh into a power bank.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

So it can be upgraded at a later date?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Yep! Looks to be out of stock at the moment, but framework sells it directly. https://frame.work/products/battery?v=FRANGWAT01

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

In Austria(Europe), it's still in stock. But yeah, it's one of the reasons for my decision to purchase a framework laptop, as i can get a battery replacement directly from them. And you don't need to buy an expensive aftermarket one.

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

Ordered the 7640 this morning. Thanks!