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The original was posted on /r/framework by /u/No_Tart_1619 on 2024-07-14 01:09:17+00:00.

I bought a launch day 11th Gen i5 and I’ve generally been enjoying it but have had a few problems over the years, mainly that it runs really hot and loud, and the battery life is extremely poor.

I just took delivery of a Ryzen mainboard and 61Wh battery and installed them and it’s how it always should have been. The CPU/chassis is a normal temperature and is pretty much silent in normal use, and I’m no longer tethered full time to the charger.

I still have a few early adopter issues that have been fixed on newer laptops like the flexible top panel, crappy speakers, dodgy hinge etc but I decided I couldn’t justify spending any more than I already was, on fixing these issues so I’ll just have to put up with them.

If you buy a Framework 13 today it’s pretty much a completely different laptop than if you bought one on launch! I’m just glad I can get mine most of the way there with upgrades, if a little annoyed early adopters had quite so many issues to fix

As a bonus, the old i5 board is in the cooler master case and is now running Proxmox as my home server: much more powerful than the Celeron in my NAS that was running stuff previously