best value laptops/notebooks for teenagers

ToneControl · October 2019

Heartfeltdawn said:

SO yes, Intel XTU. It's powerful and it's good. What it does is allow you to tune the Intel processor-equipped computer it is installed to.

Once installed, you will have to restart. Load it up, don't join the Intel PIP, and you'll come to a screen looking a bit like this.

https://cdn.lo4d.com/t/screenshot/intel-extreme-tuning-utility.jpg

-Go to Advanced Tuning and you will be on the All Controls screen.

-Disable Turbo Boost Short Power Max Enable
-If the Intel Turbo Boost Technology is Enabled, Disbale that (it is on the same screen)

Try those two for starters and then go to Stress Test. Select CPU Stress Test and zap it for five minutes. Check what the max temp your CPU goes to using the graph at the bottom of the screen.

REMEMBER TO DO THIS PLUGGED IN ie. NOT ON BATTERY. If you can sort this when on mains power, then battery settings are usually a bit 'softer' and the processor is dialled down a bit.

Right now 2 mins 30 seconds in my CPU (i3-8130u) is running at 100% utlization, 70 c and th fan noise is not excessive at all. It's not drowning out the fridge here in the kitchen and it's not a loud fridge at all.

It does sound from the reviews I was reading last night that the Spin lappies are fairly unviersally noisy. If you feel the noise is too great and return them, I can thoroughly recommend the Swift 3 or 5. The mroe I use my 3, the more my mind is blown that I have this lightweight bit of kit that I can do so much with.

cheers, will test this tomorrow

ToneControl · October 2019

ToneControl said:

Heartfeltdawn said:

SO yes, Intel XTU. It's powerful and it's good. What it does is allow you to tune the Intel processor-equipped computer it is installed to.

Once installed, you will have to restart. Load it up, don't join the Intel PIP, and you'll come to a screen looking a bit like this.

https://cdn.lo4d.com/t/screenshot/intel-extreme-tuning-utility.jpg

-Go to Advanced Tuning and you will be on the All Controls screen.

-Disable Turbo Boost Short Power Max Enable
-If the Intel Turbo Boost Technology is Enabled, Disbale that (it is on the same screen)

Try those two for starters and then go to Stress Test. Select CPU Stress Test and zap it for five minutes. Check what the max temp your CPU goes to using the graph at the bottom of the screen.

REMEMBER TO DO THIS PLUGGED IN ie. NOT ON BATTERY. If you can sort this when on mains power, then battery settings are usually a bit 'softer' and the processor is dialled down a bit.

Right now 2 mins 30 seconds in my CPU (i3-8130u) is running at 100% utlization, 70 c and th fan noise is not excessive at all. It's not drowning out the fridge here in the kitchen and it's not a loud fridge at all.

It does sound from the reviews I was reading last night that the Spin lappies are fairly unviersally noisy. If you feel the noise is too great and return them, I can thoroughly recommend the Swift 3 or 5. The mroe I use my 3, the more my mind is blown that I have this lightweight bit of kit that I can do so much with.

cheers, will test this tomorrow

thanks for all that effort, sadly my CPU is not compatible with XTU

Heartfeltdawn · October 2019

@ToneControl that is odd.My Swift is also a mobile processor (as denited by the U series). If you want to try an older version of XTU, then this Reddit thread gives links.

https://www.reddit.com/r/overclocking/comments/9uog50/intel_xtu_uncompatible_with_i5_8250u/

It also mentions Throttlestop. This would work but it isn't as user friendly as XTU.

The Reddit thread also mentions this guide:

https://kallelilja.com/2018/12/workaround-xtu-attempted-to-install-on-an-unsupported-platform/

That's proper geek fiddling though.

ToneControl · October 2019

Heartfeltdawn said:

@ToneControl that is odd.My Swift is also a mobile processor (as denited by the U series). If you want to try an older version of XTU, then this Reddit thread gives links.

https://www.reddit.com/r/overclocking/comments/9uog50/intel_xtu_uncompatible_with_i5_8250u/

It also mentions Throttlestop. This would work but it isn't as user friendly as XTU.

The Reddit thread also mentions this guide:

https://kallelilja.com/2018/12/workaround-xtu-attempted-to-install-on-an-unsupported-platform/

That's proper geek fiddling though.

I could do that, but easier to return these ones

now thinking of this
https://www.costco.co.uk/Computers/Laptops-MacBooks/HP-Laptop-Intel-Core-i5-8GB-RAM-512GB-SSD-14-inch-Notebook-14-cf1020na/p/301005
which is on offer next week at £480

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