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I have a friend who is trying to decide between the following 3 laptops: Dell Inspiron 14 7490 Dell Latitude 7400 Lenovo x1 carbon (+ ext. GPU?) The 3 things that matter to him are: -- being light and therefore portable -- reasonable build quality -- being able to play non-AAA games at...

Thank you! But I think I wasn't very clear... sorry :( . I already have a Macbook with two partitions, one of which is the main MacOS partition and the other of which is a Windows partition I installed with BootCamp. Now I want to clone the entire computer to another Macbook to save time...

@Lutfij Thanks. I didn't know cloning Windows 10 caused a mess. I was trying to save time reinstalling software under Windows. If I am going to use Boot Camp to install Windows from scratch, what software would you recommend to copy the primary MacOS partition? (Presumably I will need...

I need to clone a Macbook (15", 2018, Mac OS 10.14) to a new Macbook with identical specs. The source drive has a Windows partition which I'd like to clone too. I've done some searching but neither Carbon Copy Cloner nor Stellar Drive CLone support this with Mojave. Can anyone recommend any...

Whoa -- never got an email and missed all the other suggestions (which are a bit over my head) -- but thanks, all. The WiFi adapter (https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B01EYTGI7G/?tag=pcp0f-21) doesn't have great reviews. Could someone recommend another? This is on sale on Amazon...

Let's go with that. It's a bit more than I had planned to spend, but I'm going to see whether work would be OK with me reusing the 1TB SSD from my dead work PC... now I'll wait to Black Friday and order everything (except the GPU which is on its way already). Thanks *very much* for all the...

It's going to push up the price noticeably (by about £40), but the reviews of https://www.kitguru.net/components/cases/leo-waldock/fractal-design-define-mini-c-case-review/ suggest it's good at reducing the noise, and it has 4 slots for 140mm fans so I can increase the cooling later if it turns...

@logainofhades Thanks for the tweaks. Not sure about the case --- it only has a 120mm fan option, so it will be noisier? @SgtScream I was very tempted, but my worry was that in 3 years or so the graphics wouldn't hold up for games (even on low specs) any more. I'm also more confident building...

I've just been reading the motherboard reviews on ASRock - AB350M Pro4 Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard https://www.amazon.co.uk/product-reviews/B06X9LN3QK/ref=acr_offerlistingpage_text?ie=UTF8&showViewpoints=1 and they are _very_ mixed (avg. 2.7 stars).... is it an issue that's been fixed by...

Thanks again @julienruc. The cooler master is 120mm only and reviews suggest it's not that quiet. The Thermaltake has >Standard equipped with one 120mm rear fan along with optional three 120mm or two 140mm intake fans as well as one 120mm/140mm exhaust fans provides efficient airflow for the...

@julienruc The tempered glass case you mentioned: will the lights from inside be distracting when watching TV with the lights off? Is there something similar that doesn't have a glass side?

Not looking that pretty isn't a problem -- I often play things on lowest settings. But it would be nice to have something that still works in 3-4 years. I'm dithering now. :( I already ordered the Radeon 570 after your earlier post, but I might be able to cancel. Edit: Ah, I'll stick...

@julienruc this is actually going to sit next to my TV, and I'm going to use it to watch TV much more than to play games. So it's mostly a HTPC. (Games are really only for when I have a friend round + we want to play something multiplayer.) Still, looks like everything should be fine. I'll...

@julienruc -- that's really helpful to know; thanks. I was also glad to see https://www.guru3d.com/articles-pages/sapphire-radeon-rx-570-nitro-4gb-review,8.html showed the card was v. quiet.

@julienruc I've taken the advice and ordered the video card!