Vasudev

Yep. I'm trying out my long time passion of using eGPU with desktop GPU and didn't wanna buy another 3000-4000$ laptop and instead went with thinkpad P14 with USB4 support. The GPU fans are not running at all even with 50+ videos waiting to be encoded with h265 and Av1 on FHD-QHD. On 4k it starts to choke on longer video. Then again, DLSS 4 transformer image preset caused significant power reduction from 180W to 100W and even more efficient than 980M and super cool from the factory paste and pads at 84C on memory and 60C on GPU core at an ambient temp of 40C. Laptop GPU power isn't enough for me anymore.

Just an update, switching to Chromium in phases after latest firefox fiasco. I can't even turn off their AI after latest update v136.

You were able to get 9070XT at MRP? In India 9070 and XT are at 929 and 964$. I got 4070S last month at 800$ and its still higher by 100-200$ on WIndforce OC in March 2025. Asus, MSI are crossing over 1000$ for 4070S & 4070S Ti. Blackwell stocks are vaporware and even local distributors were unaware.

I can't even remove it once inserted on my gigabyte windforce 4070S OC GPU on ATX 3 PSU MSI ABN. Its just too tight. It was scary for me coming from 6+2 cables which were easy to remove and route.

Hey everyone I'm taking mini steps into desktop realm once again after 15 years. My first step is I got eGPU and didn't want a laptop with nvidia. Chose a USB4 thinkpad and 4070 Super. I'm totally impressed with out of the box GPU temps and is super silent and 0 rpm fan on heavy encode test using Av1 Temps were 54C on 3GB 90Mbps game capture. Did try my hand with AI tools through Nvidia broadcast and its quite good. Cost wise I know its expensive considering India has high tariffs. I managed to get least expensive 4070 Super GPU called Gigabyte Windforce OC at $900. Original MRP just 1900$. I was waiting for 5070 or 5080 but it was nowhere to be found in India and after talking with my local distributors I went with Ada. I have been using FSR 3 for a quite a while but DLSS 3.5 at Quality is pretty good and I had to nitpick my recording otherwise it was pretty good. I wanted to check if anyone had covered this material regarding blackwell compute performance and why its a sidegrade unless you're on 3-4 older GPU generations. Blackwell Architecture PDF

I got myself P14s Gen 5 and an 4070 Super eGPU with ADT-UT3G

I just went with paid Dolby Atmos Effects which I got on heavy rebates with new PC and linked to my MSFT account. The effects now works on my old alienware and lenovo which are almost a decade old.

Got my hands on PTM7950 thermal pad which I specifically bought for my 4070 Super thinking temps would be bad out of box and so far its been good with core temps at 65C and memory hotspot at 84C with ambient temp of 29-35C with >90% humidity.

My Custom ISO comes without Edge and EdgeWebView for both 23H2 and 24H2 using Dism hidden flags shared by abbodi1406 from MDL and shared my findings/results as well. I switched back to Chromium builds and trying out Min Browser in portable modes.

Closing this thread because I've migrated to Omada AX3000 for the past 2 weeks and so far no issues. Thanks Mr. Fox and JeanLegi

Only few Zyxel were listed WAX630,NWA110ax,NWA220AXE in India. I went with Tplink Omada Ax3000 EAP650. I had forgotten this doesn't require app like current mesh AP and works through local IP and setup was super quick with much better speeds and stability. Thanks. Once the testing is done, I'll replace Deco M5 and make Omada a wall mount.

Thanks Mr. Fox. I didn't know you used a switch, thought you were on WiFi 7BE routers already with AX401 intel card. Still need to do some research though.

@Papusan @Mr. Fox @jaybee83 Any recommendations for a stable AP without random disconnections and highly customizable. I did find some openWRT but they don't have warranty support in India. Thanks

Should I add this paste to the list? Anyone has reviews of TG Phase Change Pastes?

Hey guys just got a Zen 4 8840HS I benched using Cinebench R23 with balanced mode and perf mode on Benchmate 12 on Windows 11, yes it's a mess performance is all over the place. I got 13600 on balanced power profile, 14500 with high perf mode with temps pushing to 96C due to slow fan response and no proper flat surface since they used heatpipes as heatsink. Its running with IC graphite pad. Wifi is soldered Qcomm and was thermal throttling with 10GB Windows ISO. Added a thermal pad to SSD,NIC/WLAN to reduce temps by 10C. I wanted to know if the scores are good for 8c/16T 40W CPU.