I’m assuming it’s using the dockur/windows image* the same as WinApps, which seems to be pre-registered ime.

You can boost the 395 up to 120W, which might be where Framework is pushing it too, but those benchmarks are labelled 55W and that’s what AMD says is the default clock without adjustment. I’d love to see how the benchmarks compare at that higher boost but I’d imagine it’s diminishing returns similar to most GPUs. I think the benefit to using it in a lounge gaming PC would be the super low power draw, but you would need to figure out a display MUX switch and I don’t think that’s simple with desktop cards. Maybe something with a 5090 mobile would be the go at that point, but I have no idea how that compares to the 395 and whether it’s worth it.

Correct me if I’m wrong here, but is the 395 not leagues ahead of something like a 4090 when it comes to performance per watt? Here’s a comparison graph of a 4090 against the Radeon 8060S, which is the 395’s iGPU:

Source.

Now that’s apparently running at the 395’s default TDP of 55W so that includes the CPU power. It’s also clear that a 4090 can trounce it on sheer performance when needed. But if we take a look at this next graph:

Source.

This shows that a 4090 has a third of the performance while still running at 130W, more than twice the TDP of the entire 395 APU.

Edit: This was buried in the comments under that second graph but here’s the points scored per Watt on that benchmark: 130W = 66 / 180W = 85 / 220W = 92 / 270W = 84 / 330W = 74 / 420W = 59 / 460W = 55 and this clearly shows the sweet spot for a 4090 is 220W.

That’s all valid for your usecase, but you were saying that you didn’t think many people would use it that way at all and that’s what I was saying I didn’t agree with. As well, a HTPC is kind of a different use case altogether to a lounge room gaming computer. There’s some overlap for sure, but if you want zero compromise gaming then you’re going to want all that CPU.

I don’t know that that is necessarily true. Having a gaming machine that can play any game and dynamically switches between a high-power draw dGPU and a genuinely capable low-power draw iGPU actually sounds amazing. That’s always been possible with every laptop that has a dGPU but their associated iGPU has often been bottom of the barrel bc “why would you use it” for intensive tasks. But a “desktop” build as a lounge room gaming PC, where you can throw whatever at it and it’ll run as quietly as it can, while being able to play AAAs at 4K60, sounds amazing.

I second navidrome for music. It’s awesome that copyparty has a media player, and it’d pawbably be great for organising your library remotely. Once it’s organised though, you really want something that has proper mobile clients with offline track abilities and there’s heaps of choices that work with the subsonic API.

I think the mainboard from the Framework Desktop meets your requirements: https://frame.work/au/en/products/framework-desktop-mainboard-amd-ryzen-ai-max-300-series?v=FRAFMK0002

This is my original comment: https://threadiverse.link/lemmy.blahaj.zone/comment/16113252

I wasn’t snarky to begin with, and I don’t owe anyone politeness.

ELI5 is a pretty established thing that’s self-evident.

You’re really a chummy type, aren’t ya?

Oo, thanks for the tip!!

Depends on their tastes I guess. Stardew Valley is cheap, you can put hundreds of hours in and it does “couch co-op” off a single PC. It also doesn’t require very good hardware either.

I’m sorry you weren’t able to understand it, do you need an explain like I’m five?

As other people have mentioned, I’m going to recommend 8bitdo! They have quality controllers for super reasonable prices, include niceties like rear paddles for much cheaper than Microsoft or Sony include those, and you can get Xbox clone controllers with or without official branding. Those are both US$70, have bluetooth as well as a 2.4GHz adapter and include a nice looking charging dock for setting up on your TV unit or similar.

Their Pro 2 controller is also great, I’ve had one for three or four years now and can highly recommend it. Though it’s just been replaced with the Pro 3 that like above includes a dock and 2.4GHz adapter. One thing I liked more about the Pro 2 is it has a removable battery pack that you can replace with a couple AA batteries.

Notion, Obsidian and Evernote are also second brain apps. None of the major ones are open source though, which is what makes this project cool. It’s fine if that’s not useful for you, but the way you’re replying is kind of reductive, and honestly a bit mean.

https://www.jeffgeerling.com/blog/2022/tv-thats-not-necs-pi-powered-55-display

A lot of people see the Celeron name and recoil, but the modern ones are quite competent.

The 8840U is equivalent to the Z1E that’s in the Lenovo Legion Go and ROG Ally X, so it’s a super competent chip! If gaming is your main use case, you might wanna check out Bazzite :)

So essentially a Steam Link/Moonlight thin client? Yeah, I like the idea of that.