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Yep it's pretty awesome to be able to have one device purposed for a specific set of tasks. Usually we end up having multiple laptops because we keep our old ones for something else after replacing them with something newer. It's always nice to have one device that does everything though. At some point you start getting clutter because of the sheer number of devices you amass over the years. I do prefer keeping my old machines though, because it means my newer stuff will last longer since it will get used less than it otherwise would. Intelligent usage balancing across your devices does wonders for their lifespans. I'm always paranoid that something is going to break on me the next day.😆🤣😂

I use all my computers, all for different purposes as well. Generally, I have one main laptop I use all the time, both for work and gaming. This is always the most powerful laptop I have. In addition to this laptop, I have a desktop with similar specs so I have a backup machine with similar processing power just in case I need a backup. It's also good to have when friends come over since it serves as a convenience for them. Either they don't have to bring anything since the hardware is provided to them by me, or they get to use something good if they don't own a gaming computer. In addition to these two machines, I still have my 3 older laptops. One I'm using for my job doing software/game development using Unity. Another is my Alienware 17, which was my main laptop before I got my Clevo X170, and I used it for school in my last semester of college. It now serves as a backup to my Clevo X170 if I need a portable backup gaming machine. The third is my first gaming laptop, which I used for school since I got my Alienware 17. I now have it loaned out to one of my friends who is still in school and needed more processing power for engineering and design software. I was no longer using that machine in my last semester of college.

The 3060 is the best bang for buck GPU on the laptop side of things this GPU generation. The laptop 3080 performs about as good as the desktop 3060 TI does, so I'd suggest keeping your HP Omen and waiting for the next generation of laptops if you want a performance upgrade for a reasonable price. If you absolutely need the performance now, there isn't any 3080 laptop that is reasonably priced. You'll have to shell out at least an extra $1000 to get one, and it'll be about a 35% increase in performance over a 3060. If you're ok with a portable SFF desktop, you can try going that route, which is what I would recommend with the current state of things with the laptop market. The 3060 TI seems to be the best bang for buck GPU on the desktop side this gen.

New SFF cases by Sliger coming out on April 18th: This is gonna be epic! A console style case that can fit an ATX motherboard, and another case that can fit an E-ATX motherboard and has 360mm radiator support? Yes please! I think I have finally come across the perfect case! Both of them are getting carrying handles as well. I'm glad I held off getting the Fractal Node 202 I was originally planning to use in my next build. I was hoping a case like the ones I linked to would become a reality one day, and they have! The only way to improve this further is to allow 420mm radiator support. Sliger's console style cases are very portable, so I have no doubt they'd execute excellently on such a case.

@electrosoft There's also the Sliger SV590, which is an SFF itx case capable of housing a 360mm AIO. Some people managed to cram a 420mm radiator in it with custom water cooling. Unfortunately there doesn't seem to be a slim console style case that can mount a 360mm or 420mm radiator in a flat orientation like with the GPU.

Thank you very much for that heads up. Good thing there is in fact an SFF case that can fit an ATX motherboard, and that's the P-ATX V2. Only downside is that it's a boutique case, so limited production runs. But there's always legos, hehe😁.

I was hoping something like Slabtop would come to the market as that is essentially a laptop style chassis for desktop parts. Unfortunately, that product never came to the market. My plan for my ultraportable SFF gaming PC is to get a mini-ITX motherboard, a future core i9, an Arctic Liquid Freezer II 420 AIO, 32 GB of actually good DDR5 RAM (whenever that happens), and a mid-range GPU. I will be powering it using 2 HDPLEX 400w picopsus, and get 2 Bixpower CP300s to battery power it when I need to use the system away from a power outlet. I will be using a portable 17 inch usb-c powered 144Hz screen as well. The one component I can't seem to find is a case I want for this build. I'm seriously considering building one out of legos because I can't find what I want.

I have a question. How much power can a mini-ITX motherboard push into the CPU? I know the 8-pin CPU EPS connector is rated for 250 watts, but I'm wondering if the CPU can be supplied more than that on a mini-ITX motherboard. My plan is to build a portable PC for my next build because I doubt there will be any laptop in upcoming hardware generations that would be worth buying. They all suck now. I really hope proper DTRs make a comeback in the future, but I want a contingency plan ready if that doesn't happen. If I cannot push more than 250 watts to the CPU on a mini-ITX motherboard, I think I'll go with a micro-ATX motherboard, but I wanted to consult you guys first. My current plan is to get a mini-ITX motherboard, a future core i9, an Arctic Liquid Freezer II 420 AIO, 32 GB of actually good DDR5 RAM (whenever that happens), and a mid-range GPU. Like every system I've ever had, I want to overclock the crap out of it, hence the 420mm AIO I picked for a mini-ITX based build and my question on the capabilities of mini-ITX motherboards.

Good thing we got the SM model buddy. I had a feeling this would happen, so I didn't bother waiting for the KM. I do wish we had 11th Gen support on the SM though. A binned 11900K in our zTecpc models would be a beast!

Ah you beat me to this and the KM-G thread. I was going to recreate the owners lounges from NBR when I acquired extra time. From all I've gathered, it seems the SM-G gives people less problems than the KM-G. I wonder why that is. I really don't think there was a point in even releasing the KM-G. Releasing a BIOS update for 11th gen support on the SM-G and giving it an RTX 30xx card would've done the trick.

I still have a few tabs open from the NBR forum. I don't want to close them because if I do, I won't ever see an NBR forum page again. I'm glad the forum was able to be archived. I believe it's downloadable too, so we can all have a personal copy of all the knowledge contained there.

I'd definitely take a huge IPC increase. I love my single core performance. Nova Lake's IPC is going to be a huge jump over my current 10900K. I'd imagine you'd be able to brute force your way to 144 fps in anything with that kind of performance.