u/Fit-Peanut-5237

I’ve been on WIFi on my pc and I cannot run Ethernet because it’s too long across room. But I will discuss to my parents to get me Ethernet setup.

I planning to join high school esport team this year and I want to improve but it’s seem WIFI lag had prevented me from getting better and consistent.

I only play Fortnite and I can’t hit consistent edits or building due to lag and I have powerful pc and it shouldn’t be cause this lag. I had experience ping spikes, packet loss, and lag on wifi.

So do you think switching it actually improve your in game mechanics and skills? Why and how it can ? Is there a benefit using Ethernet?

Thanks and I want to know if it actually improve and convince my parents get me wired connection setup.

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**Country**

United States

* **Budget**

$700 USD max

* **Are you open to refurbs/used options? **

prefer brand new but refurbished/used is ok if cannot be found.

* **Screen size**

Ideally between 13 inches to 14 inches

* **Weight limit**

Balanced, not too heavy

* **Purpose**

I intended to use it for school and personal use. I want to ensure it performs well and lasts me for a few years.

I will use it for general tasks like watching movies, school work, storing photos and running VMs for experiments as well.

* **Form factor**

2 in 1 laptop

* **Intended usage**

Not for gaming, I own a PC but mainly browsing and a virtual machine

* **Desired battery life**

8 hours at minimum, ensure it all day in school

* **Please list, in order of most important to least important, the priority between Size, Weight, Performance, Battery life**

Battery life and performance

* **Info/Requirements**

It has an Intel Core i5 or Ryzen 5, 16gigs of ram and least 512gb SSD. Must run on windows OS, not anything like Chromebook or Linux based.

Prefer for futureproofing without replacing it.

Thank you for helping me find it

Hello.

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I am an android user and have been using it for 1 year. My phone is cracked and lasts 1 year of support and I want to switch to iPhone.

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The hard choice is that getting 15 pro over 17e is better despite losing 2 years of support because people told me on r/apple server. I never had an iPhone before so it's gonna be my first time buying an iPhone.

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I prefer 256GB of storage and I live in US so what is safest to buy these from? Do you recommend iPhone 17e or iPhone 15 Pro?

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Thanks for help

Hello, I need help with this build. So I have a prebuilt Powerspec G527 that has Ryzen 5 7500X3D, Powercolor RX 9060 XT 16GB, 32GB DDR5, 1TB SSD, and B850M motherboard for $999 back to November 2025.

i‘m considering to upgrade both CPU and GPU to a 9850X3D and RTX 5070 Ti along with Z20 SFF case swap for engineering such as 3D modeling and I also play games too.

i could have built my own PC but the RAM and SSD prices have skyrocketed so I’m forced go with a prebuilt from nearly micro center.

Do you think I should upgrade it or stick with this prebuilt and do SFF swap only? Thank for your help.