Recent content by pad406

Thanks for the heads up on the drives. My, about to be, retired laptop is 2012. I tend to buy the best, within reason, at the time as the extra upfront costs is more than recouped by the additional lifespan. I had included the gold warranty and dead pixel but, again, thanks. Great to hear...

Yes, I'm aware. It'll spend 85% of it's life in my office, but occasionally I do need to go to client sites. Liquid cooling is not an option for the 4060. It's a proprietary s/w that I've been asked to look at. Haven't seen the details as yet, but now that I think about it, quite likely it will...

You're correct SQL doesn't as yet (some limited stuff came in SQL2022). But other aspects could. Recoil seems to be the only option for an i9 and the minimum graphics cards is the 4080.

Hi all Thinking of one of these to replace my aging old Dell XPS i7. Not into gaming but for a forthcoming project I want something capable of handling some serious SQL DB work and math calculations. Appreciate that most people here are more into their gaming, just looking for thoughts. The...