Ordered 512GB Friday 11/17, Washington state (waffled on upgrading far too long). Shipped out of California, UPS received Tuesday 11/22, says “On the Way”. Est date Wednesday 11/29.
So glad they didn’t use Fed Ex as I’d like to actually get a box with a deck in it.
See also: You’re in the US but didn’t order until Friday. Delivered in 3-5 business days my left nut, we’re on day two and there’s not even a shipping label.
(I fully realize it’s my fault for dawdling)
Consoleport add on for WoW, limited on controls though so maybe stick to a hunter or made, lol.
I believe you can run it natively or with proton or something, there’s a few guides out there. I tried it on the Ally and it worked well.
PTM7950, phase change stuff.
It’s kind of a pain to use vs simple paste, but my god (a pain because it’s very thin between two sheets of plastic, like a screen protector). Dude on Etsy sells them in perfectly cut pieces for the deck, or find a legit place to buy a bigger sheet. Pop it in the fridge for an hour or so, have a pair of fine tweezers ready after cutting to size.
Full cpu/gpu core load on my deck it stays around or below 80 now. At most the CPU or GPU may climb to 81C if one is getting hit harder (like 9-10w+), but generally 70-78C and fan stays below 6000. Before, temps would sit in the low to mid 80s, with fan 6300 or higher.
Lenovo uses it on their Legions too. I can go full 40-50w+ CPU / 130-140w GPU and temps hit ~85/70 respectively (5800H / 3070 Legion 5 Pro).
Teamgroup is fine. I’ve used their T-Force ram in multiple PC builds, and have had that exact card in my deck since July with zero issues. R/W are as advertised. Will it last as long as a Sandisk? Who knows…but in my anecdotal experience of decades with tech, I’ve only had one SD card die and it was a Samsung (not its fault, ROG Ally fried it).
I went with the 512GB, you can use the $100 towards a 2TB drive (Micron and WD options for ~$140-150). I already have a 2TB WD drive in mine that I’ll swap over. This does require comfort with disassembly, so some YouTube tutorial watching and a basic ifixit kit as well I guess (you want a pry tool and guitar pick tool at the least).
And you can always get a good matte tempered glass screen protector (generally a pair) for like $10-15 (I got the Jsaux, been great on my OG 64GB deck).
I have a deck already…I’ll survive the wait with my meager 400 nits and 40wh battery.
I’m having a mild FOMO-ment, but it’ll pass. If they had updated the SOC to Z1 level, my deck would already be posted on marketplace, but they didn’t. I’m already happy with the battery life, the screen is fine (especially with Vibrant deck and a matte screen protector), and I’ve got a 2TB nvme in there.
Hell, it’s been my main computer for the past week as my Legion is in the shop, and it’s been doing great (dual boot with Clover).
512GB - Samsung - no dead pixels