System76

17 readers

1 users here now

A community for the System76 company, a manufacturer of laptops, desktops, and server computers that are both affordable and powered by Linux.

founded 11 months ago

MODERATORS

[email protected]

Looking to buy a Serval ws. Looking for info on it (alien.top)

submitted 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

3 comments fedilink hide all child comments

Hello everyone. I'm looking to buy a serval ws for Black Friday. I'm thinking the GeForce rtx 4060 and 32-64gb ram w 2Tb os memory.

My use case is mostly all cs and work related. I don't use my laptop for games. Maybe Netflix but that's about it. I'll be running some machine learning algos but anything super intensive I can put on a nvida board if necessary.

Curious about how this laptop operates,

Does it run hot at low loads and how does that change with more intense loads?

In terms of out the box compatibility issues did you face anything notable that was unresolvable?

Did you choose their pop_os? And if so how is it?

What are your general thought on the laptop itself? Construction I hear is solid and issues seem resolvable mostly.

top 3 comments

sorted by: hot top controversial new old

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I just got mine. I haven't had any compatibility issues. I'm using Pop OS so the gaming drivers work out of the box. Fan revs up occasionally, but the chassis never gets hot. If anything, the fan is the only annoyance, but with this kind of performance, it's a welcome trade.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

Thanks for the review. I anticipate the fans be running. I kinda like the whitenoise

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

I have had a Serval WS for about 4 years now. I love it. Early on, the fans were an issue as it got really loud. However, after updates, that situation calmed down. I also have a fan platform I leave it on, since I basically use the laptop as a 3rd screen. I have a dual monitor setup with a USB keyboard and wireless mouse.

It has the AMD Ryzen 9 3900 processor, with NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070, 64gb of RAM, 2 Tb of storage. I bought it because I had large full C++ compiles that would take forever. However, with the 24 cores, I could get it done in about 1 hour.

The only problem I have now is that I have a small issue with the bottom lines on the laptop display. However, I do not use that screen so much, so it is bothering me, but not really. I planned to create a post with a picture of it.

I have consistently used Pop-OS!

So far, so good.