Re:MacBook Air M4
by wyclif on Thursday March 06, 2025 @12:20AM
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I'd be interested in hearing about the specs. Planning on building a new Linux desktop soon.
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It has a Ryzen 9900X, 64GB of DDR5, AMD Radeon RX6600XT, 2x2TB Hanye NVMe, ROG B650 ATX motherboard and 850W power supply.
I bought the system mostly to increase the single core performance from the Ryzen 5 3600 I had before. As well as to get rid of all the little 256GB SSD disks I had in the previous one.
850W is an overkill and will affect efficiency. I'd go with less power.
Re:MacBook Air M4
by whatagreatboy on Friday March 07, 2025 @12:57AM
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Then you suddenly want a Nvidia GPU on the side and you need more power.
Is 850W really "overkill"? I don't know. I suppose it depends on how likely it is you will expand and add devices.
Re:MacBook Air M4
by Dylan16807 on Wednesday March 12, 2025 @10:34PM
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If I go look up an arbitrary 850 watt supply (seasonic focus gold), it looks like it wastes about 10% plus 5 watts anywhere from 0-60% load. So extra capacity doesn't hurt that one.