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This is a reported post for a post in the topic <input class="cms_keep_ui_controlled" size="45" title="[post param=&quot;system76 serval&quot;]243[/post]" type="button" value="post Comcode tag (dbl-click to edit/delete)" />, by jacobgkau<br /><br /><comcode-quote param="2">Hello there,<br />I use my Serval on a daily basis, and I can say without question that it&#039;s the best computer I&#039;ve ever had. The only upgrade I&#039;ve performed since my review is adding an additional 32GB of RAM for a total of 48GB. It&#039;s been able to handle every task I&#039;ve thrown at it, and since the RAM upgrade, I can multitask a huge amount with it as well.<br />The biggest issue I&#039;ve had with it is an overheating problem. To be clear, this does not happen under normal usage&ndash; it&#039;s perfectly stable when I&#039;m CPU rendering a video <i>or</i> GPU rendering an animation. However, if I try to GPU render an animation in Blender <i>and</i> CPU render a video in Kdenlive at the same time, the CPU temperature will often break 100 degrees Celsius, which causes the computer to immediately shut down. This is a little disappointing, as I specifically asked about thermals before I bought the machine and System76 assured me that they performed &quot;extensive testing.&quot; That said, it hasn&#039;t been a problem since I now know not to render on both chips at the same time.<br />As far as build quality goes, I would have preferred it be made of metal, as the little ding in the plastic that I pointed out in my review does make the whole thing look a little cheaper than it really should. However, I don&#039;t actually touch the laptop all that often, as I&#039;m most often using it with an external keyboard/mouse/display, so the materials don&#039;t really bother me. I do transport it every now and then for events, and it feels solid when closed. The display hinges are still very tight (in a good way), for what it&#039;s worth. The biggest con in terms of build quality is the screen&#039;s backlight bleed, which I showed in my review.<br />If I was going to get another laptop, I would absolutely go with System76 again. You just can&#039;t beat them in terms of performance. If I was going to get a desktop, however, I would build my own rather than purchasing one from System76 at this time. I&#039;m very concerned with the direction that NVIDIA&#039;s Linux support is going, and unless their open-source driver situation changes, I wouldn&#039;t buy a desktop from System76 until they offer an AMD graphics option. For a laptop, though, AMD <i>isn&#039;t</i> an option for performance, so again, I&#039;d totally go System76, especially because they also have desktop CPUs in their higher-end models.<br />Let me know if you have any further questions!<br /></comcode-quote><br />//// PUT YOUR REPORT BELOW \\\\<br /><br /> Add: Add: Font Size Color [Font] Arial Courier Georgia Impact Times Trebuchet Verdana Tahoma Geneva Helvetica [Size] 0.8 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 4 [Color] Black Blue Gray Green Orange Purple Red White Yellow This is a reported post for a post in the topic [post param="system76 serval"]243[/post], by jacobgkau [quote="2"] Hello there, I use my Serval on a daily basis, and I can say without question that it's the best computer I've ever had. The only upgrade I've performed since my review is adding an additional 32GB of RAM for a total of 48GB. It's been able to handle every task I've thrown at it, and since the RAM upgrade, I can multitask a huge amount with it as well. The biggest issue I've had with it is an overheating problem. To be clear, this does not happen under normal usage-- it's perfectly stable when I'm CPU rendering a video [i]or[/i] GPU rendering an animation. However, if I try to GPU render an animation in Blender [i]and[/i] CPU render a video in Kdenlive at the same time, the CPU temperature will often break 100 degrees Celsius, which causes the computer to immediately shut down. This is a little disappointing, as I specifically asked about thermals before I bought the machine and System76 assured me that they performed "extensive testing." That said, it hasn't been a problem since I now know not to render on both chips at the same time. As far as build quality goes, I would have preferred it be made of metal, as the little ding in the plastic that I pointed out in my review does make the whole thing look a little cheaper than it really should. However, I don't actually touch the laptop all that often, as I'm most often using it with an external keyboard/mouse/display, so the materials don't really bother me. I do transport it every now and then for events, and it feels solid when closed. The display hinges are still very tight (in a good way), for what it's worth. The biggest con in terms of build quality is the screen's backlight bleed, which I showed in my review. If I was going to get another laptop, I would absolutely go with System76 again. You just can't beat them in terms of performance. If I was going to get a desktop, however, I would build my own rather than purchasing one from System76 at this time. I'm very concerned with the direction that NVIDIA's Linux support is going, and unless their open-source driver situation changes, I wouldn't buy a desktop from System76 until they offer an AMD graphics option. For a laptop, though, AMD [i]isn't[/i] an option for performance, so again, I'd totally go System76, especially because they also have desktop CPUs in their higher-end models. Let me know if you have any further questions! [/quote] //// PUT YOUR REPORT BELOW \\\\ View all Use of this website implies that you agree to the website rules and privacy policy.