I got this laptop for Christmas ‘21… over the last month I randomly get BSOD (at random or when disconnecting an HDMI / usb device), which I initially thought could have been faulty drivers, but I don’t think that’s the case. I tried a new wireless mouse and my issues seemed to be behind me for a bit. Now tonight, the laptop got another BSOD then the screen was just black. It finally booted up again, then this happened… anyone know what I should do? I’m by no means a computer expert, so any help would be greatly appreciated.

Why can people not understand that there is no throttling issue in everyday use. Every cpu throttles under 100% load. How often do you need 100% load for a longer period of time? If you don't you will be very happy with the i7. I got it and i see it throttling maybe once a week - simply because you never run on 100% for long

I use a T480s (i5-8250U) with a external GTX 1080 and the only game I have a CPU bottleneck on is Battlefield V! I would stick with a quad core if you want to do any gaming. I upgraded from a T470 with a dual core i5-7300U. The newer CPUs (7th gen and up) have higher single threaded scores which makes productivity work super snappy and very close to the newest CPUs.

For reference, I got a really good deal on my i5-8250U/8GB/256GB T480s for around $450. I upgraded to 16GB/512GB (fast Samsung NVMe) for an extra $90, so I had a total of ~$550 into my computer. I would go cheaper if you are shooting for the best value, like other users have said. I hope this helps!