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1173 points davikr | 2 comments | 12 Nov 25 17:59 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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paxys ◴[12 Nov 25 19:40 UTC] No.45905239[source]▶
A bit too sparse on details.

- No price

- No indication for whether the CPU/GPU/RAM/SSD are upgradable or all soldered together on the board.

- "4K gaming at 60 FPS with FSR" but doesn't mention what kind of games it can run at that quality.

- No performance benchmarks, or mention of what the equivalent retail CPU/GPU to their custom one is.

At face value this seems like a $500-600 PC, and that's also the price it would be able to compete with consoles at.

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legitster ◴[12 Nov 25 20:05 UTC] No.45905670[source]▶
> No indication for whether the CPU/GPU/RAM/SSD are upgradable or all soldered together on the board.

Almost certainly. This is the direction the industry is heading, and the perverse unavailability of high-end discrete graphics cards is the nail in the coffin.

See also the Framework PC.

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1. esskay ◴[12 Nov 25 20:16 UTC] No.45905869[source]▶
We do have an indication. The RAM and SSD are both upgradable. The RAM is SODIMM, and storage is NVME
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2. SchemaLoad ◴[12 Nov 25 23:08 UTC] No.45908198[source]▶
I feel like these are the only things worth upgrading even in a desktop too. Unless you are the kind of person who buys the new CPU every year, upgrading anything in a desktop usually means replacing almost everything.

Every time I've looked at upgrading a part in my PC it's been the case where the CPU socket has changed, memory has changed to the next number of DDR, etc so it's basically just buying a new one of everything but the storage, psu, and case.

There are absolutely cases where I've wished I could upgrade the storage in devices though.