The new Q4OS rig may be a bit overkill

tlmiller76 · 2025-04-15 03:40

Found a deal on a Lenovo ThinkPad P14s Gen5 AMD that was too good to pass up, so the L14 (specs in sig) has been retired from active modern OS testing, and moved to the Q4OS Trinity testing position. Might be a little overkill for needing Trinity, however.

crosscourt · 2025-04-15 04:11

Whats your take on the new Gen5? You might say its a bit of overkill, LOL!

Ive gone in the opposite direction to you as im using more older hardware right now from Intel 8th gen up. Best cpu Im using right now is a Ryzen 5 5600g with a RX 6600 videocard.

tlmiller76 · 2025-04-15 16:11

I'm thoroughly unimpressed with the Gen5. Still only a 52wh battery, but with OLED and Zen4 HS CPU, battery life is....not good.

crosscourt · 2025-04-15 18:42

52wh?? Ive got older laptops that can do better than that. Its funny as I havent really moved much on newer tech as the more reviews I read and the more systems I test locally, Im just not impressed for the price. Many find their slightly older hardware performs as well or better and they just dont want to upgrade. In terms of gaming most of the newer games arent that good so my present hardware can play most of the games I really want to play.

In your case its nice to be able to hear from someone trying the hardware so we can see if its worth it.

Versus Gen 3, how big is the difference?

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tlmiller76 · Yesterday 03:58

Performance? LOADS. Probably 40% faster CPU, and 75% faster Memory (the soldered Gen3/4's were more than double). And faster storage (gen4), but you can't feel the difference there. But the BIGGEST difference is in the iGP, going from Vega 8 to RX 780M...more than double. It's a huge improvement, yes, but I can get near to 9 hours on the L14 (57wh battery), the P14s Gen5 struggles to break 5.

Now, my E14 Gen6, THAT'S nice. Older Rembrandt R7 7735U, 64GB DDR5 4800, 4TB, 57wh battery, and while it's not offered on that model, low power 400-nit 100% sRGB WUXGA screen. Around the same 9 hours of battery as the L14 G3, but 5% faster CPU, 50% faster memory, the same faster gen4 drive as in the P14s, and near 100% gain in iGP with the RX 680M. Fantastic laptop that one is.

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crosscourt · Yesterday 18:54

9 hours is really good for the level of performance. Ive got nothing that can match tha,t except for the Chromebooks which can go close to 12 hours but are not even close to the system performance of your system.

What are we talking pricewise for these various systems if someone wanted to go out and buy one.

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The new Q4OS rig may be a bit overkill

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