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System Name | AlderLake / Laptop |
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Processor | Intel i7 12700K P-Cores @ 5Ghz / Intel i3 7100U |
Motherboard | Gigabyte Z690 Aorus Master / HP 83A3 (U3E1) |
Cooling | Noctua NH-U12A 2 fans + Thermal Grizzly Kryonaut Extreme + 5 case fans / Fan |
Memory | 32GB DDR5 Corsair Dominator Platinum RGB 6000MT/s CL36 / 8GB DDR4 HyperX CL13 |
Video Card(s) | MSI RTX 2070 Super Gaming X Trio / Intel HD620 |
Storage | Samsung 980 Pro 1TB + 970 Evo 500GB + 850 Pro 512GB + 860 Evo 1TB x2 / Samsung 256GB M.2 SSD |
Display(s) | 23.8" Dell S2417DG 165Hz G-Sync 1440p / 14" 1080p IPS Glossy |
Case | Be quiet! Silent Base 600 - Window / HP Pavilion |
Audio Device(s) | Panasonic SA-PMX94 / Realtek onboard + B&O speaker system / Harman Kardon Go + Play / Logitech G533 |
Power Supply | Seasonic Focus Plus Gold 750W / Powerbrick |
Mouse | Logitech MX Anywhere 2 Laser wireless / Logitech M330 wireless |
Keyboard | RAPOO E9270P Black 5GHz wireless / HP backlit |
Software | Windows 11 / Windows 10 |
Benchmark Scores | Cinebench R23 (Single Core) 1936 @ stock Cinebench R23 (Multi Core) 23006 @ stock |
When I use an external 2.5" drive connected to my laptop, the connector gets pretty warm/hot, the drive itself is not hot at all, is this normal?
Once my current drives in my laptop are full I'm planning on buying a 2.5" 500GB/1TB samsung 850 evo and install games on it as external drive, or is that a bad idea?
I'm using such as this connector:
Once my current drives in my laptop are full I'm planning on buying a 2.5" 500GB/1TB samsung 850 evo and install games on it as external drive, or is that a bad idea?
I'm using such as this connector:
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