Any real reasons left to go with a desktop / tower over a laptop? (Faster / more powerful perhaps?)

[d0rian]

FWIW after reading about the Intel NUC's ITT, I actually bought one of the higher-end models (i7-10710U / 64GB ram). My previous setup sounds like it was similar to yours: high-end gaming laptop w/ 32GB running 2-3 external monitors...wanted to know what I was missing by having 32 instead of 64GB. Answer seems to be not much. I'd say performance is a little bit speedier / snappier on the NUC, but nothing dramatic. Heat issues haven't seemed to be an issue thus far with the NUC, which was a concern given small form factor...I guess I wish I'd bought it instead of the laptop since it was like a third the price.

Hm, might have to amend this: I sat back down yesterday (after ~2 months of using this NUC without issue) to find that the machine had apparently rebooted on its own, and there was a black screen like the below saying "System has recovered from an over-temperature condition."

Quick google search found many other threads about NUC and heating issues. Not saying that it's a pervasive problem with the line, but given the form factor, it's the issue I and others were concerned about ITT and it doesn't augur well that this happened after only 2 months of use.

 

[HobbyTrading]

Quick google search found many other threads about NUC and heating issues. Not saying that it's a pervasive problem with the line, but given the form factor, it's the issue I and others were concerned about ITT and it doesn't augur well that this happened after only 2 months of use.

The NUC has indeed limited cooling possibilities due to its small form factor and no external heatsink. This limits the performance of the CPU. However, I am surprised to see that the CPU got overheated. You would expect that once the CPU gets hot the clock speed would be throttled down, thus resulting in less power dissipation.
I am using a NUC for several years now and it is running almost 24/7. However, it is idle most of the time. I have not experienced any temperature issue with it. It is serving me well.

 

[kmiklas]

Both.

 

[maxinger]

Previously I used 2 computers.

I cut it down to one.
Specifications:
Intel core i7-9700 with
AORUS H370 Gaming 3 Motherboard &
two Geforce GTX 1660 graphic cards
ie can connect to maximum 8 monitors.


Even with that, charts will most likely freeze during US session due to heavy internet traffic / charting software limitation ...

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[apdxyk]

something is wrong with your input/output/RAM_bus[?]

and how much RAM?

 

[wrbtrader]

Both.

Yep and they're cheap these days.

wrbtrader

 

[kmiklas]

I have a tower, two laptops, an iphone and ipad