So… Dark Forest strike? paint them?

Shocking: Young people want to see what’s it like elsewhere.

Some Mediatek chips are doing this, that is bt audio cutting out while WiFi doing things. Nothing fancy, 1080p video on YouTube will cause that.

Did they somehow fixed industry / industrialisation? It felt like there is a tiny Factorio in this game, but had a lot of limitations when it came out.

I think most are made in China and just relabeled under some EU brand.

Looking at IKEA smart plug with “Made in China” on it…

As other said IKEA and Shelly devices are solid choices.

Either you’ll stick to one brand and live in their ecosystem or you’ll have 10 apps for controlling various parts of your home. This typically leads to HomeAssistant and Zigbee works great there.

If you want less DIY solution, then Loxone (Austrian or German) or perhaps Jablotron (Czechia). These will cost a lot lot more tho.

Nope, you roll with iGPU.

I actually have the same igpu as is in 8700G in my laptop (ryzen 7840U), probably somewhat nerfed as it’s a mobile cpu. To be honest I did not expect that I will be playing Diablo 4 on it.

But sure, you can squeeze in a GPU if you cheap out on some other stuff or buy used parts. Like the laptop I mentioned above - used HP Elitebook for about €750. Hands down the cheapest a the best laptop I ever bought. And "unfortunately " far more gaming capable than I thought.

Hmm let’s see…

• Mobo - some B650 - 100 EUR
• CPU - Ryzen 8700G - 250 EUR
• RAM - 16G - 200 EUR
• PSU + Case + Mouse + Keyboard - 150 EUR
• SSD 1 Tb 150 EUR

Total 850 EUR and you are left with 150-200 for games or hdd or rainbow cables if you are into that stuff.

Needless to say SSD and RAM prices suck.

Note: $1000 + 20% VAT is roughly 1050 EUR

However your options are much better when you’re building a PC with a $1000 budget.