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Looking to buy a Serval ws. Looking for info on it (alien.top)

submitted 1 year ago by BrooklynBillyGoat@alien.top to c/system76@hardware.watch

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Hello everyone. I'm looking to buy a serval ws for Black Friday. I'm thinking the GeForce rtx 4060 and 32-64gb ram w 2Tb os memory.

My use case is mostly all cs and work related. I don't use my laptop for games. Maybe Netflix but that's about it. I'll be running some machine learning algos but anything super intensive I can put on a nvida board if necessary.

Curious about how this laptop operates,

Does it run hot at low loads and how does that change with more intense loads?

In terms of out the box compatibility issues did you face anything notable that was unresolvable?

Did you choose their pop_os? And if so how is it?

What are your general thought on the laptop itself? Construction I hear is solid and issues seem resolvable mostly.

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[–] 1EyedFlyingManeater@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I just got mine. I haven't had any compatibility issues. I'm using Pop OS so the gaming drivers work out of the box. Fan revs up occasionally, but the chassis never gets hot. If anything, the fan is the only annoyance, but with this kind of performance, it's a welcome trade.

[–] BrooklynBillyGoat@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

Thanks for the review. I anticipate the fans be running. I kinda like the whitenoise