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Stock 2017 Proton Persona scrub or not?

M.Harris — Wed, 01 Jan 2025 00:56:44 +0800

Stock 2017 Proton Persona running stock sized rims, 15x6j (taken info from car brochure), with stock sized 185/55r15 tyres, will they fit 205/50r15 tyres? Will they scrub the fender or inner walls and suspension? Any recommendation on tyre brands and models that sells 205/50r15 tyres?

Expected release time and pricing of new hardware

M.Harris — Mon, 19 Feb 2018 21:59:50 +0800

My laptop is ancient and I'm starting to get impatient to go out and buy a new laptop. Its a ThinkPad R61 with Mobile Intel® 965 Express Chipset Family integrated graphics. Its a Mahathir era laptop (Pak Lah era at best) and really am looking forward for Rosmah era laptops. The gaming benchmark as of of today is awesome. Maybe like 15-30 ish FPS for lowest graphics and resolution for runescape and can't even even Minecraft (not supported, not sure because of hardware or software issue, safe to say this laptop is pre Minecraft era). Even some online games on websites like kongregate.com are laggy or unplayable. As for why I am stuck with it for so long, it's because it's a handed down laptop from my parent which was given to me around 2014. So far rumors are saying successor for 10 series Nvidia graphics cards are very far away since they haven't even launched the desktop version yet. As for intel, they have launched 8 series g chips but haven't seen or heard any laptop models yet and now the rumours are saying 8 series h are coming in Q1 of 2018. So if intel launches the new 8th gen h series, how long do we have to wait until laptop manufacturers starts selling laptop models equipped with it and how long will Malaysia have to wait until it is launched here properly to ensure warranty are available here? And how much will the pricing is expected to rise (or fall, if possible) at launch and the price drop for older 7 series h laptop expected? Generally asking how far behind are we in terms of launch dates and the expected price fluctuations for old and new hardwares prices? Personally I'm itching to get a laptop mid march because of my birthday.

HP Pavilion 15-cb094tx vs HP OMEN 15-CE032TX

M.Harris — Wed, 17 Jan 2018 21:05:18 +0800

Same brand, same processor and graphics cards, even down to the ram and memory specs. Not sure what's the difference of both of them, does 1 have more pros over the other?

Trying to squeeze budget for Nvidia GTX 1050

M.Harris — Thu, 04 Jan 2018 18:16:51 +0800

I've been looking at Acer laptops mostly because they have the longest warranty which is 3 years. Aspire series seems to be below 3k for i5-8250 mx150 and about more than 3k for i7-8550 with the same graphics. I could go above 3k but wondering if could get away with gtx 1050 equipped laptop, say below 3.5k. I'm also wondering if mx150 laptop could run Forza Horizon 3 or maybe their latest game Motorsport 7, not highest settings ofcourse, just wondering if it can even run them tbh. I hope you guys could recommend me laptops that are priced around 3.5k and more than 1 year warranty, 2 years at least, 3 would be awesome. And preferably with Windows, I don't know how to use a computer with an OS xD Please and thank you very much!
TLDR : 2 years warranty, with Windows, and gtx 1050 for around 3.5k (or less)

Brand, range and even sub range confusion

M.Harris — Thu, 31 Aug 2017 20:50:27 +0800

I've been surfing the internet a lot to look at UHP (ultra high performance) that are available locally. First off, my wheels are 15x6j and from googling around, 175 to 185 are ideal width and max width are 195. My car came with Silverstone kruizer 185/55 r15 tyres and i don't think a proton comes stock with UHP tyres. It has done 4.8k km and I don't know how long it's gonna last. I'm planning to rotate, balancing and alignment after next service at 6k km. I'm not sure if it the sc does it though. If they don't, doing it at third party tyre shouldn't void the warranty right? I guess I have to confirm with them next service. So I have been Googling pretty much most brands local website to identify the UHP tyres and so far, it's hard to recognise the the top of the line position within the brand. And for some brands, I don't even know which one of their range is UHP tyres. There's even sub brand UHP tyre conflicts for example, the Bridgestone Potenza. Within Potenza there's like many sub range for it and I just assumed the s001 is above re003 simply because it's higher above the list. problem is the price, only Michelin provides the price and the others simply dgaf I guess. So my plan is to rotate, balance and align during next service and idk, keep doing it every service until it needs changing when they say it? If they do I'm planning to change all 4 and increase the width to 195. At first I want Potenza simply because I know that's the UHP tyre since my dad had good experience for them. Then I discovered that Michelin PS3 is available at the size I want and that its more expensive compared to Potenza in Lazada. But for 195 on Michelin local site, it's 296 a piece and I got a feeling that balancing and alignment cost extra. No pricing for the Potenza on their Bridgestone's local site but they're sub 300 ringgits. I've also identified Yokohama advan and Goodyear f1 to be UHP but idk which sub range to choose. As for continental, idk which one is their best of the best UHP tyres. Hankook have radar chart so it's easy to identify the UHP tyres. So far I want the PS3 because it seems to be mentioned lots of time both here and other online sources followed by Potenza. But if it's 296 ringgit a piece with no guarantee of balancing and alignment price included, 1.2k sounds a bit too much if I could get 4 Potenza from Lazada from around 1k ish. The reason I'm looking for UHP tyre is because I drive aggressively especially when I'm driving alone and I want maximum fun without voiding the warranty, so original wheels and I'll check with the sc next service if increasing the width voids the warranty or not. Sorry for the massive wall of text and I hope I could get helpful replies from experienced people here, thanks!