Moving from PC to Laptop based setup [Need Tips]

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Hi, I am currently a civil engineer, and I am a research assistant in the university I study my masters at too. So I basically need the ability to unplug my device and take it with me on the go to the site or my Uni office [Portability].

I am currently mainly depending on my first love, my 7 year old setup that i built by myself rocking the i5-7600K, 16GB RAM, and the GTX 1060 3GB. I have purchased in 2022 a laptop that i havent used alot since then which is the Asus rog strix g512LV, it has the i7-10750H , 16GB RAM and the rtx 2060 6GB.

Now I am planning to move everything I have from the PC to the Laptop, Tho I am still concerned about somethings:

  1. Stability & Durability: everyone knows a desktop PC is much more stable and have a longer life than a laptop, a big minus is that the laptop I have is the first gen of asus laptops that is using liquid metal instead of thermal paste making me more concerned. To extend the laptop life as much as possible I can change the battery every now and then by myself.
  2. Battery life: I am forced to always carry a brick as this laptop is shit in terms of battery, I will have one at home and another [After market one] in my backpack. The concerning point is : The after market one if it was of worse quality it could fry my laptop i heard! This is the exact one i am planning to buy as it shows the exact same part number as the OEM charger I have https://www.amazon.ae/gp/product/B0CY52CST4/ref=ox_sc_act_title_1?smid=A3CEGCYV4M76FF&th=1 [Not affiliate, genuinly need advicing]
  3. Thermals & Sound: I am using a liquid AIO cooler in my pc, it is quite and stable in terms of temps, I tried to play the same game on both devices [Tomb Raider series], and my laptop was stuttering hard eventhough it has better components! I am planning to use Illano V12 Ultra & G-Helper to mitigate heat and extend the laptop life as much as possible.
  4. There is 1 piece of info I am never able to find anywhere , the laptop has 2 ports at the back of it , one is hdmi 2.0 and one is type c that supports dp 1.4 i think , which one connects to dgpu and which one connects to igpu? What is the difference , which one is better ? Can I use both at the same time for multiple monitor setup?

Now my plan is to set up power plans in my laptop after fully formatting it and deblouting it.

  • On battery I limit the CPU power to 50% , not sure if I can do the same to GPU tho.
  • At home [Meaning plugged into power and cooled with the help of illano V12] I intend to allow it to boost and have max performance.
  • If connected to Wall plug and not at home i am planning to limit cpu to 99% [I heared this prevents the extra boost thing so I can have lower temps].
  • All the time G-Helper will be used to limit cpu temps to a max of 85% [Except for at home].

I sadly dont have enough money to buy a new laptop now :frowning: thus it isn’t an option. I am planning to get the asus rog zephyrus g16 5070ti at somepoint tho but it wont be soon ever. I wanted to know:

Am I on the right track? Is there anything I am missing? Are my precautions correct and may extend the laptop life well beyond 5 years from now?

Any advice will be much appreciated!

Sorry this was too long, and Thanks

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I am currently rocking a 2021 MSI katana. Ik a bit or two about laptop longevity. Except battery life and a few bad keys in the keyboard I don’t see any issues with it. The battery and the keyboard is replaceable but I am not spending money on fixing that laptop as I am planning to buy a new one this year.

  1. A laptop battery can be replaceable but for a new battery to get bad it usually takes 500-600 charge cycles which is usually takes a year or two to achieve.
  2. It is recommended to use the company provided charger with your laptop. If you buy a bad cheap charger then it really can fry your laptop. You need to research which kind of charger does your laptop support. Idk much about this but I heard there is a specific requirement you need to look at the charger for charging your laptop (non- company affiliated chargers).
  3. You have a gaming laptop. The strix lineup has a good cooling solution so I find it hard to believe it would stutter. Maybe you are under-volting your CPU or something or you’re playing the game unplugged.

No need to undervolt your laptop through bios. You can simply just use it in low power mode or quite mode to make it use less energy.

If you have a good cooler then why the need to limit your CPU? I don’t think the temps would be that high.

If my MSI laptop could survive for 5 years (barely) without me taking any precautions then your laptop could absolutely work for 5 years if you take some precautions. The only replacements I think you would need to make would be the battery and maybe when it’s too old you need to replace the keyboard.

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update:

I actually started formatting and installing clean windows then installing apps onto the laptop so i can make the full shift. But as the worrying kid in me started shouting [test the thing before you use it] I knew i had to test it. And daym it was surprising!!! The laptop thermal throttels on Youtube. I got that using G helper with CPU boos on [Efficient enabled] and HWInfo64 was running, with G helper in the background, these were the only 3 programs running and it thermal throtteles !!

If I set the CPU Boost to [Disables] it doesnt throttle any more but it still stutters on YT and it is too laggy and slow. DAYM

I guess I will have to either buy a new laptop or ask an asus service centre to reapply the liquid metal for me (I think it is the problem because some cores are okay and some cores reach 99 or 100 degrees celcius).

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