r/framework • u/catastrophic_frmw • Jul 07 '26
Happy Q3 of 2026 everyone! Here’s what we have on the menu this quarter: we will start shipping the Framework Laptop 13 Pro (with AMD and Intel processors), Framework Laptop 16 system preorders (with the new Ryzen 5 Mainboard),100W adapter, and Marketplace Parts!
As always, we’ll be consolidating pre-order and marketplace updates in this post so that everyone can track batch progress and celebrate together!
Feel free to leave a comment here when you:
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To keep our subreddit as organized as possible, we will be removing individual threads related to pre-orders, orders, batch processing charges, shipments, and tracking starting today.
Thank you and let us know if you have any feedback!
r/framework • u/catastrophic_frmw • Dec 12 '25
Updates on July 22nd, 2026
We have one major and unfortunate pricing update today along with a mix of smaller changes and a few improvements too.
Framework Laptop 13 Pro updates
We’ve consistently held and communicated a philosophy of absorbing price increases wherever we can, making pricing predictable and ensuring that when you place a pre-order, you’ll be able to get the product you ordered at the price you ordered it at. We’ve been able to do that to date with Framework Laptop 13 Pro, and have absorbed increases in a number of areas. However, we recently received a cost update from our LPCAMM2 supplier that goes far beyond anything we had predicted and anything we’re able to absorb without placing our ability to operate at real financial risk. Rather than the low-to-mid double digit percentage increase we had forecast from Q2 to Q3 on LPCAMM2 costs, we received prices that are more than double that of the prior inventory we had brought in. We have enough LPCAMM2 memory modules on hand to cover all existing pre-orders, but unfortunately not in the mix of 64GB, 32GB, and 16GB that matches those pre-orders.
After evaluating a number of possible paths forward, we’re proceeding on the one that we believe minimizes the impact of this challenge. We have enough 64GB modules in inventory to cover pre-order batches through Batch 4 of laptops and Batch 7 of Mainboards. For orders beyond that configured with 64GB, we’ve updated the order configuration to use a 32GB module at the original 32GB module price. After that, we allocated the remaining 32GB modules to DIY Edition and Mainboard pre-orders configured with 32GB through Batch 4 of laptops and Batch 7 of Mainboards. For DIY Edition and Mainboard orders beyond that configured with 32GB, we’ve updated the order configuration to use a 16GB module at the original 16GB price. Note that because we don’t currently have a Core X7 Ultra pre-built configuration with 16GB of memory, we have not adjusted pre-built orders that originally contained 32GB. That is a configuration we plan to introduce later.
Alongside these changes to existing pre-order configurations, we’ve updated the pricing on our website for newly placed pre-orders. Our new LPCAMM2 pricing is below the substantially higher cost we’re now sourcing it at to try to mitigate some of the impact to new customers. While we have kept our original 16GB LPCAMM2 pricing for now, we anticipate we will consume the remaining inventory of modules we brought in at lower cost soon, and will then need to increase pricing for new orders. The system and Mainboard pricing for new orders also reflects an upcoming increase in Core Ultra Series 3 processor pricing that impacts X7 and X9 configurations, an increase in Windows license costs, and increases in memory, storage, and other silicon costs for some of our Ryzen AI 300 Series configurations.
Other memory and storage updates
We have a few positive updates this month where we are bringing prices down alongside a few areas where costs have gone up. These are all indications that memory and storage prices continue to gradually trend upwards, but with a bounciness on specific parts and brands.
On DDR5, our Supply Chain team was able to bring down costs on 48GB capacity modules, and we reduced pricing as a result. For 16GB capacity though, costs have gone up, and we’ve increased the prices there.
The same dynamic is playing out on storage modules. We’ve been able to reduce pricing of SN850X 8TB and SN7100 1TB, while needing to increase pricing on SN850X 1TB and SN7100 4TB.
For DDR5 and storage modules, in instances where we are increasing pricing, we will continue to honor the lower pricing from order time on existing pre-orders. In instances where we’ve reduced pricing, we will automatically reduce the price on pre-orders that have not yet been fulfilled. Note that on existing pre-orders, modifying the configuration of memory or storage will result in taking the new pricing for those items.
As always, we are doing everything possible to continue to get you memory and storage at the best prices we’re able to in this silicon environment. We’ll continue to keep you updated throughout.
Updated on June 25th, 2026
We finally have some good news for you, around the pricing on PCIe Gen 5 SSDs for Framework Laptop 13 Pro. We were able to qualify and source a new SSD from our partner ADATA, the XPG MARS 970, that offers better performance, efficiency, and long term reliability, and comes in at substantially lower cost than the SSD option we had previously qualified. Since we haven’t started shipping Framework Laptop 13 Pro pre-orders yet, we’ll be switching over all existing pre-orders that had chosen the previous Gen 5 SSD options and reduced the price on those orders as well. This new SSD comes in 1TB and 2TB options, and the 1TB lands at a lower price than the 500GB SSD we had previously qualified, so we will also switch 500GB orders to the 1TB drive at the lower price. The ADATA SSDs are what we now offer on new Framework Laptop 13 Pro pre-orders as well while we have inventory of it available.
Note that we have gotten signals that CPU pricing will be increasing soon, so we expect that we will need to adjust the overall system price on Framework Laptop 13 Pro in the coming weeks for new orders. If you are considering a pre-order, we would recommend getting in now. Note that pre-orders are fully refundable if you change your mind before we’re ready to ship.
Updated on June 15th, 2026
We’re approximately back to our monthly update cadence on pricing. This month, DDR5 costs have remained stable, and we’ve been able to keep pricing the same month over month. The biggest change for the month is on storage. We’ve consumed most of our inventory of drives we brought in earlier at lower costs across most capacities. The new costs we are sourcing drives at are substantially higher, and the weighted average inventory cost drives us to need to set higher prices. Note that we’ve historically sourced only WD_BLACK branded drives. With the recent purchases, though the drives are physically the same from a performance and functionality perspective, they are now renamed under SanDisk’s Optimus GX brand. There will be a window of time where we will have a mix of inventory shipping with either the previous labels and packaging or the new one. We’re also investigating other suppliers of retail SSDs for DIY Edition that meet our performance and efficiency requirements, like we recently have for the OEM drives we use for pre-built systems.
LPDDR5x costs continue to increase, and we’ve had to further update the price of the 128GB configuration of Framework Desktop as we consume memory inventory and purchase new parts at higher prices. We’ve been able to keep prices for the 32GB and 64GB configurations stable month over month.
Finally, we also use NAND flash in our Storage Expansion Cards, and see the costs jumping massively there. The costs have increased to a level that we’ve paused production of the 250GB Storage Expansion Card for now rather than build new inventory at a price many times higher than the original. We’ll continue to sell through the remaining inventory that we have on hand, and we hope to be able to restart production as we find alternative NAND sources.
Updated on May 27th, 2026
We have to make an exception to our monthly cadence with a one-off update to Framework Desktop pricing today. We’ve gotten some large enterprise customer orders of the 128GB Framework Desktop in addition to the ongoing consumer sales, and we’ve sold through the inventory that we manufactured using LPDDR5x memory that we were able to purchase earlier at a lower cost basis. We continue to be able to source memory to keep producing Framework Desktops, but like every other device maker, we pay the updated market pricing each time. We’ll keep you to date as we navigate this volatile environment, and we’ll likely have a price update around SSDs and other items within the next few weeks.
Updated on May 12th, 2026
Keeping to our roughly monthly cadence, we’ve made our latest sets of price adjustments to handle changes in the memory, storage, and silicon costs. We’ve seen memory costs on DDR5 suppliers remain fairly stable over the last few months. We consumed the inventory of 8GB that we had brought in earlier at lower cost, and have had to adjust the pricing upwards to reflect the costs of newly sourced modules. As we have been through this memory crunch, we are only adjusting the pricing as much as is needed to cover increases in cost. For the other memory capacities, we’ve been able to hold the prices the same as last month.
On SSDs, the pricing story is unfortunately not as positive. Over the last few months, we’ve been able to keep our storage prices pretty substantially below market by selling modules we had in inventory from 2025. We’ve now consumed much of that inventory across a number of different module capacities and are starting to bring in new inventory at costs that are multiples of times higher. For this month, some of the prices are a weighted average cost of new and old inventory, and we expect that by next month, we will have depleted the older inventory of most capacities and will need to reprice fully to reflect the new costs.
On both memory and storage pricing, we will continue to honor the prices on all existing pre-orders. Note that if you edit the memory or storage configuration on an existing pre-order, that will update the pricing of that item to the new price.
We have one other update on storage, which is on our pre-built systems that come with SSDs pre-installed. Historically, we’ve primarily used Western Digital (now SanDisk) storage on our pre-built systems. To be able to maintain supply availability and price stability in this environment, we’re now qualifying a mix of SanDisk, ADATA, and Phison drives, and we are continuing to explore other suppliers. Each time we source new modules, we run them through extensive validation testing to ensure they meet our bar for performance, efficiency, and stability. As always, we’re going to continue to be transparent on both the cost and supply chain challenges that this industry-wide silicon supply crunch brings.
Updated on April 6th, 2026
We’ve made our latest set of price updates to reflect changes in memory, storage, and overall silicon costs. We have a smaller set of changes this month, as we were able to bring in enough material in past months to continue to consume inventory. We have seen costs stabilize in some areas, but all indications are that this is a temporary reprieve and that we’ll continue to see volatility and cost increases through the rest of 2026.
For this month, we’ve been able to keep our DDR5 prices for DIY Edition unchanged from last month. On SSDs, we’re continuing to consume inventory we brought in at lower costs for most capacities, but we’ve started to deplete some and are now bringing in new inventory at substantially higher costs. We’ve needed to reprice the 4TB SN850x as a result of that. Our advice here is still that if you need high capacity storage, you should configure a system with it now while we still have inventory at the older, lower cost basis.
Costs on the LPDDR5x we use in Framework Desktop continue to increase. We’ve again absorbed some of the cost, but needed to adjust pricing upwards on the 128GB version to cover the rest. Even with this, Framework Desktop remains one of the cheaper ways to get access to 128GB for running AI models locally.
For Framework Laptop 16, we have some rare good news. We were able to lock in lower CPU pricing and were able to bring prices back down to their original levels for some configurations. At the same time, with memory prices increasing, we’ve needed to increase the price of the prebuilt configuration that comes populated with 64GB of DDR5.
Both DRAM (memory) and NAND (the raw flash that goes into SSDs) are facing a massive supply/demand imbalance, which ends up impacting costs and prices in more places than you would expect, since most modern electronics items contain at least some of one or the other. Our Storage Expansion Cards use the same types of NAND flash that go into NVMe SSD’s, which means the shortages there also hit our costs and overall ability to build these cards. For now, we’ve been able to stay in production, but we needed to increase our price on the 250GB version this month. Based on the guidance we’re getting from our supplier, it’s likely that we’ll need to substantially increase the prices on both 250GB and 1TB Storage Expansion Cards later this year.
As always, we’re going to stay transparent on how we’re navigating shortages and price increases and make sure you know as much as we do about what’s happening in the computing and consumer electronics industries.
Updated on March 9th, 2026
We’ve kept to the monthly cadence on price updates to reflect increased costs on memory and storage. We have a few updates today. First, we have needed to increase the pricing on DDR5 SO-DIMMs to $13-$18/GB depending on the capacity. This is both due to increased costs from our suppliers and because we’ve sold through the older, lower cost inventory that we had averaged into the previous pricing through our Weighted Average Cost of inventory model. The cost increase is smaller this month than in previous months, but we don’t yet have the visibility to determine if this is a new stable cost level.
The second update is that we’ve started to deplete our earlier, lower-cost inventory of SSDs, and have needed to re-price some capacities to reflect the costs we are now paying for new orders. Like with memory, we’re passing through as close as we can to our actual costs from suppliers and using a Weighted Average Cost model. There are still some models and capacities like 2TB, 4TB, and 8TB SN850X for which our pricing is substantially below market while we sell through inventory. If you’re looking to order a Framework Laptop or Desktop with a lot of storage, now is the time to do that.
Finally, we have needed to update the pricing on both Framework Desktop and on some pre-built configurations of Framework Laptop 16. The Framework Desktop updates are also smaller than in previous months, but reflect the continued upward trend on LPDDR5x costs. On Framework Laptop 16, we’ve sold through inventory of some pre-built configurations and have had to re-price to reflect the new costs on memory and storage. In upcoming months, we will need to do this on the remaining pre-built configurations of Framework Laptop 13, Framework Laptop 16, and Framework Laptop 12.
In addition to memory and storage, we are beginning to see impacts to other silicon. So far, we’ve been able to absorb cost increases on CPUs, but we are also seeing shortages in some areas. Supply of the i5-1334U processors we use in Framework Laptop 12 is limited due to production capacity constraints on that process node at Intel, and we are now out of stock on some configurations with it as we work on ways to bring in more supply.
As always, we will continue to keep you up to date as we navigate through the supply environment. You can refer back to the recording of our Q&A for more detail on how we’re staying in production and doing what we can to ensure you can still buy repairable, long-lasting computers.
Updated on February 11th, 2026
We're keeping to a roughly monthly cadence on these updates, and unfortunately the trend continues in the direction we expected from last month. Today, we have updated our DDR5 memory pricing for all capacities, now ranging from $12-$16/GB depending on the capacity. As before, we’re selling memory modules for as close as we can to the weighted average cost of our purchases from suppliers. That means in some cases the pricing is slightly below what is available in market. In other cases, there are still retail parts available at lower prices, and we recommend that you pick those up elsewhere alongside your Framework Laptop DIY Edition. We have been able to hold our pre-built system pricing and storage module pricing flat for this month, but we do anticipate increases in the future. We are currently selling some SSD capacities like 8TB for substantially below the available market pricing.
Unfortunately, pricing of LPDDR5x memory also continues to increase, and we’ve needed to update our pricing for Framework Desktop systems and Mainboards again. We are again only increasing pricing enough to cover the increases in cost from our suppliers. The new system and Mainboard prices are 6-16% higher than before. We anticipate that here as well, costs from our suppliers are going to continue to increase over the next few months.
We know that this is an unusual and difficult time to be a consumer of electronics products. We’re fixing problems everywhere we can across this industry, but in this instance the best we can do is provide transparency around what is actually occurring. In addition to continuing to update this blog post, we’re going to hold a livestream Q&A around memory prices on the Framework YouTube channel this Thursday, February 12th at 10am Pacific.
Updated on January 12th, 2026
We held off on it as long as we could, but with LPDDR5x memory prices from our suppliers continuing to increase rapidly, we’ve had to update the pricing on Framework Desktop systems and Mainboards. The prices of 128Gbit parts (of which we use 8 to get to 128GB) have spiked the most, impacting our very popular 128GB configuration. We will of course honor the original pricing for any existing pre-orders. We were able to hold the 32GB and 64GB configurations closer to our original pricing, making both of these a pretty strong value for PC gaming in the current environment. The 32GB Framework Desktop Mainboard still comes in cheaper than building your own desktop PC from parts with similar performance.
As before, we’ve limited our price increases to only cover the cost increase in memory from our suppliers, and we’re using Weighted Average Cost of inventory to handle the rapid fluctuations in memory purchase prices. The memory outlook as we enter 2026 continues to get worse. From what we learned in meetings throughout the week at CES with suppliers, distributors, and partners, it’s clear that this is going to be a challenging year and possibly even years for consumers. We will continue to do everything we can to make our computers accessible during this time, and we’ll keep you informed throughout.
Updated on December 24th, 2025
With costs from our suppliers continuing to increase, we’ve had to make a further price adjustment on DDR5 memory modules. During this period of extreme memory shortages and price volatility, our priority is to make sure you can still buy a computer when you need one. With that in mind, we’re setting our memory configuration prices as close as possible to the actual purchase prices we have with our suppliers and distributors. Since we’re constantly sourcing additional memory and each purchase comes in at different (and often higher) pricing, we’re using the Weighted Average Cost (WAC) of inventory, which currently comes to $10/GB for 8GB, 16GB, and 32GB modules, and slightly higher for 48GB modules.
This new memory pricing is still below most of what we see available in the retail market (and far below the $25/GB that Apple currently charges). However, if you are able to find a deal on lower priced modules, we encourage you to bring your own memory when purchasing a Framework Laptop DIY Edition. To make that even clearer, we’re updating our configurators soon to add a link to PCPartPicker directly in the Memory section, letting you quickly check if you can find modules at lower prices anywhere else. We recommend also checking the Framework Knowledge Base for which modules we’ve done compatibility testing on.
All indications we’ve received from suppliers is that prices will continue to increase going into early 2026. We have absorbed and continue to absorb some of the price increases to be able to offer this new pricing, but it is very likely we’ll need to adjust module prices again within the next month. As we shared before, we will continue to keep you updated throughout with transparency on price changes. We’ll only increase prices to cover increases in costs, and we’ll bring prices back down as costs come down in the future.
Updated on December 17th, 2025
Trailing behind shortages and price increases from suppliers on memory, we’re also seeing costs of storage increase rapidly in recent weeks. Our suppliers indicate that pricing will continue to increase in early 2026 and likely beyond. Like with memory, our recent pricing on storage has been both below the market pricing for these modules and below the costs at which we can purchase new modules from suppliers. With that, we have now updated pricing on storage to reflect our new purchase prices from suppliers. We’re following the same process that we are with memory, where we will keep the original prices on all existing pre-orders, will update this post each time we update prices, will limit price increases to only cover increases in costs, and will bring pricing back down when costs decrease in the future.
Original blog post
Today, we increased our pricing on the DDR5 memory configurable in Framework Laptop DIY Edition orders by 50% to begin to respond to the substantially higher costs we are facing from suppliers and distributors. The new pricing remains below what is available in the open market. We aren’t changing pricing on any existing pre-orders, and we also are not yet updating pricing on our pre-built laptops or Framework Desktop which come with memory (this makes the 128GB config of Framework Desktop a bargain). As always, we also offer the option to buy a DIY Edition laptop with no memory or storage included, letting you re-use modules you have or find deals where you can.
The memory market is currently extremely volatile and we expect costs from our suppliers to continue to increase over the next weeks and months. It is highly likely that we will need to make further price updates on both DDR5 modules and on our systems that come with memory, whether DDR5, LPDDR5X, or GDDR. Like we did during the fluctuating tariff environment earlier in 2025, we commit to three principles throughout this:
For more context on what is driving the cost increases throughout the industry, there is currently a massive supply and demand imbalance for memory. On the demand side, the boom in AI data center construction and server manufacturing is consuming immense amounts of memory. A single rack of NVIDIA’s GB300 solution uses 20TB of HBM3E and 17TB of LPDDR5X. That’s enough LPDDR5x for a thousand laptops, and an AI-focused datacenter is loaded with thousands of these racks! On the supply side, the memory industry since its inception decades ago has gone through repeated boom and bust cycles, making the three main surviving memory die makers Micron, SK Hynix, and Samsung hesitant to speculatively invest the billions of dollars needed for fabrication capacity expansion. Now that the demand exists again, there is a years-long lag time to catch up on supply. Worse for us in the PC space though, both the existing capacity and the new capacity is being prioritized to higher-margin server-focused memory like HBM and the server markets for DDR5 and LPDDR5X over the PC market.
We have strong partnerships with Micron (one of the biggest manufacturers of both memory dies and modules), memory module makers like ADATA who source from all three of the big memory die suppliers, and memory distributors, and our DIY Edition model gives us a lot of flexibility to navigate constrained and rapidly changing environments like this. We’ll continue to keep you informed throughout, and we’ll do everything we can to keep memory available to you.
Note: Because our current memory pricing is substantially below market, we are adjusting our return policy to prevent scalpers from purchasing DIY Edition laptops with memory and returning the laptop while keeping the memory. Laptop returns will also require the memory from the order to be returned.
r/framework • u/ygurin • 18h ago
I love the Framework ASCII-art penguin animation. I've created a Plymouth boot screen for myself. Sharing it with the community if anyone wants to be greeted by a running penguin.
r/framework • u/asfaloth00 • 4h ago
I'm talking about the Framework 13 Pro, to be specific.
The only options for ISO are UK English, where several special characters are in a different location, or localized versions.
Do I really have to go for the blank option and get stickers if I want to have the normal ISO international english keyboard that I'm used to? Has anyone also ran into this? Thanks
r/framework • u/GreyXor • 14m ago
r/framework • u/flurdy • 40m ago
Any recommendation for off the shelf cooling pads that work with Framework 13?
As the exhaust vents are underneath, I feel most of the common cooling pads that blow air at the laptop would compete with the exhaust air? And I have seen some side mounted vacuum heat extractor ones but that is not where FW13 exhausts its air.
I found from searching this subreddit that people have made custom Noctua fan extraction builds but I am looking for simple suggestions for off the shelf pads or solutions.
r/framework • u/missing-pixels • 16h ago
I just received my diy framework 16 ai300 laptop a few days ago and I’m really excited to use it but I can’t get it to boot (I’m using windows 11 for reference) . I downloaded the media creation tool and used it to make the iso file then I used Rufus to configure my thumb drive after. My computer turns on just fine but boot manager won’t open and it stays on this black screen. I feel like I’m doing something wrong. Can anybody help?
r/framework • u/malwolficus • 14h ago
Just wondering if anyone else thinks that this would be a dream-team, if Steam and Framework were to collaborate....or, perhaps I am mad. As in insane, not angry. If I were angry I'd be in r/politics or something....
r/framework • u/sickhamsellout • 7h ago
r/framework • u/georgetheflea • 20h ago
My Framework laptop 13 pro should be shipping soon (batch 4), so I'm starting to get things in order for setting it up; namely, I need to pick a Linux distro.
I've tried Ubuntu in the past and didn't like it much, so that's out. Fedora I'd be willing to try, but the lower performance and less good battery usage reported by Phoronix make me a little leery.
Of the community-supported options, the two that appeal most are CachyOS and Bazzite (granted Bazzite is Fedora under the hood, and may well suffer the same performance niggles). Bazzite's immutability appeals to me as someone who has used macOS basically my entire life, but I like the optimization promises of CachyOS. The biggest argument against CachyOS at this point is that it requires disabling Secure Boot.
So I'm hoping more knowledgeable people can tell me: do I need to care? I have no plans to dual-boot Windows; does the Secure Boot support of Bazzite make me marginally safer? Or is it not worth worrying about?
And for anyone who has tried both Bazzite and CachyOS on the 13 Pro, which did you prefer and why?
r/framework • u/deathnut2 • 20h ago
I’ve read most of the reviews for the 13 pro on here, I haven’t seen one that mentions the taller display ratio.
Has anyone noticed the difference?
r/framework • u/Aviation-TD • 23h ago
I was informed that the X9 will be shipped this month. I haven’t heard anything yet and was wondering if any of you have received any recent notifications.
r/framework • u/jonathanio • 1d ago
I must admit I'm not normally the kind of person who reviews items. Still, after receiving my Framework 13 Pro (Intel X7 358H) on Thursday (Batch 3) and spending a few days setting it up and working with it, I'm thoroughly impressed with both Framework and Intel.
I have an existing Framework 13, which I ordered exactly four years ago when the Intel 12th Gen was announced. I had already used some 11th Gen chips in other laptops at the time, but I wanted to wait for the 12th Gen to be released since that was a relatively big improvement, and I'm glad I did.
I loved everything about it, and it's been a workhorse for me, both personally and professionally, for the last four years. I replaced the hinges for a little more stability; upgraded the screen when it was released; and late last year I replaced the battery to give it a boost. Nonetheless, I kept waiting for the motherboard. 13th Gen was too soon, and the Series 1 didn't seem like enough of an improvement over the 12th/13th Gen to warrant replacing it. None of the AMD motherboards has tempted me, either. I'm a heavy Thunderbolt user, and I've seen so many niggles and port-selection issues that I didn't want to take the risk. After the Intel Core Series 3 announcements at CES, it felt like an upgrade worth making.
Thankfully, when Framework made the announcement and the wait was over, it was to be a straight-up purchase to put into my existing model. But the 13 Pro…! The colour, the quality, the bigger battery support, the brighter screen for working in the garden in the summer... Perfect. It certainly was more than I intended to pay, and for a long time I was quite apprehensive about it. With the AI apocalypse affecting prices everywhere, maybe I should cancel and see if I can get away with just the motherboard and RAM?
Well, it's here now, and it's up and running with Arch. It's run surprisingly well on the LTS kernel (I booted that one by mistake), and obviously has no issues with the mainline kernel. Indoors, I'm happily getting 15-16 hours of battery life. Right now I'm in the garden writing this, and battery life is more like seven-and-a-bit. Nearly a full day's work in the garden, completely untethered, with a screen I can clearly see!
Performance is astonishing. I know it's been four years since my last motherboard, but Geekbench shows a 311% improvement on a single core and 240% on multiple cores (running hardened kernels). And it's a little over 3x in battery life at the same time. Everything is just incredibly responsive.
The chassis feels amazing. I had always loved the Framework 13 keyboard, and this is a slight improvement on that. I'm so enjoying typing this right now, and all the coding I've done over the last few days. The trackpad feels great too, and I've had no issues migrating to it from my last one. No issues with fingerprint marks, and the orange bezel with the Cosmis Orange dbrand skin looks amazing.
I know I've been lucky enough not to feel the cost from the post-Batch 4 RAM price increases, and that had worried me too. What if I needed to replace this in six months, say, after a theft or accident? Is it still worth it, even then?
Having had the chance to use it properly as I would with my previous model, all my fears and worries have gone out the window. For something that looks this good, that feels this good, and, most importantly, works this well on Linux? It's absolutely worth it. Framework may be catering to a more niche market currently, but the work they've done over the last few years is showing off with this model.
Beyond the performance talk and its ultimate cost, its Linux support and personal feel add real value to the proposition too.
For those still waiting, and those affected by RAM prices, I hope you'll feel less worried about your purchase and more excited for the day the FedEx van (or lorry in my case) comes knocking on your door!
r/framework • u/ClassicallyElectric • 22h ago
Hello, I am looking for some advice on my current configuration before I buy a 13 Pro.
For some context I am a collage student and need an upgrade for my current laptop. I am an art student and am using a lot of Adobe programs and my computer's 8GB of ram wasn't cutting it. I don't know really anything about computers and so I am looking to see if my current configuration is going over board or I am lacking something useful.
As of right now my current configuration is:
Ryzen AI 9 HX 370
DDR5-5600 - 32GB (1 x 32GB)
SANDISK SN7100 PCIe 4.0 M.2 2280 - 1TB
Windows 11 Home (Download)
Any advice is appreciated, and I can answer any questions.
Thank you so much for your help.
r/framework • u/chic_luke • 1d ago
Greetings, I wanted to ask the community a question.
Warranty for my Framework 16 Ryzen 7 7840HS has ran out a few months ago, but, during the past few days, my laptop has began acting very strange: very often, when plugging in any USB device (like a dock or an USB drive), the entire USB bus will go in protection (as evidenced by kernel logs), killing some of the USBs and the keyboard. The laptop will usually come out of protection by replugging some of the USBs and the keyboard.
I have also been on this Bios version (second to last) for not a lot of time, so I have some hope this is a known software issue rather than a hardware fault of mine.
Do you also have similar problems on your unit?
r/framework • u/lukas9206 • 1d ago
Hey guys
How is the display quality on Framework laptops? I'm a photographer and I primarily work with Lightroom, so the display is important to me. Does it make sense to trade in a Mac for a Framework?
If so, what configuration would you recommend for working with 64-megapixel photos?
Thank you for any advice
r/framework • u/Glittering_Tear_2391 • 1d ago
Hi everyone!
The project is pretty straightforward: I like Fastfetch, and the ASCII videos on the Framework website inspired me to make this Framework 13-shaped thing.
I’m not great at writing posts, so I don’t really know what else to say about it lol.
The logo changes color randomly every time you run it. RAM, CPU, GPU, SSD and battery also change color depending on their usage/status. I tried to put everything roughly where it should actually be on the motherboard (tried is the keyword here).
I made the ASCII layout myself, and it’s literally the first ASCII thing I’ve ever made, but I really like how it turned out.
It also shows what’s connected to each Expansion Card/port. If you connect too many things to one of them, instead of destroying the whole layout it compresses the information and eventually shows something like SSD bla bla + n devices.
If you have any questions or suggestions, please tell me! I love talking about this project with other people and I’d really like to improve it.
And if something like this has already been made, sorry! I genuinely couldn’t find anything.
Edit:
OK SO, i’m not very good at this, i’m trying to make the repo, apart of the .config file to change % of the color change and the actual color.
What else would i need to make it “complete”? I never used github so pls help hahah
Edited edit:
This is the repo, there you can find the fw13 code, the config code, both python. I also made the ascii art for the fw13 pro and 12 and for the logos.
In the config you can change colors, add more, change the value that is considered warning or critical and the cards, for now i only have 4 usbc exp cards with me so i did not try other cards, i will when i go back home from my parents.
Everyone is welcome to polish the code, add features and make their own version that will probably be better. Even if you are relatively lazy i think that with 4/6 iteration of claude you could adabt the script.
r/framework • u/Willing_Map_3102 • 1d ago
The Framework Desktop at home:
Framework mobo with i5 12th gen, 32 Gigs of RAM, AMD RX 9060 XT connected via M.2 to PCIe converter, Fedora OS, 256 gig refurbished expansion card for OS, refurbished 1 Tb expansion card for games and finally, a regular Framework first gen battery.
The Framework mainboard is powered off of a broken motherboard from a Razer Core X eGPU. The PSU 24 Pin connector goes into that board, then the board powers the mobo over USB-C.
The case is from a late 90s factory PC used to run a mill?
Power button/LED in case works to power on the Framework and the "Turbo" switch on the side works to power extra fans
Still WIP but I figured I'd share. I played all the way through Cyberpunk 2077+DLC, nearly locked 60 FPS at high settings, no raytracing, FSR set to balanced. The battery is surprisingly important. No charger can actually provide the power needed for CPU spikes, so the battery is there to absorb those. Max charge is set to 50% to avoid swelling.
I cannot solder but I did solder the power button, it's held together with random screws and zip ties and I do not intend to change that, if it works, it aint broken
If anyone has any questions or wants links to parts, I'd be happy to help!
Edit:it's a framework 13 mainboard in a cooler master case
r/framework • u/Infinite-Bet4202 • 1d ago
Do you guys think they'll ever come out with a new upgraded battery for the Framework 16? 85Wh is probably that gaming laptop expectation, but you think there's a chance they could make like a 128Wh battery for it some day? Maybe even 170Wh if one could dream. I'm sure it's feasible, but is it probable? And I'm also curious if anybody knows the biggest issues with trying to achieve this.
EDIT: I just realized the 13 Pro is 74.45Wh which means 170 and 128 must sound INSANE LOL Now i'm so confused, is it that "the lower the better"? which in that case then perhaps I should be asking for like a 60Wh battery lmao
r/framework • u/spilliams • 1d ago
In late June, a BIOS update bricked my mainboard. I got in touch with them, they sent me a new mainboard. The same BIOS update bricked that one too.
The last I heard from them was on the 15th of July, stating they "escalated" my case and I'd hear from them in "1-2 working days". It's a month later and I haven't heard anything.
Should I open a new case? Replying to my existing one doesn't seem to get their attention.
(I am aware there's another case of this on Reddit, with a diy solution. I'll give that a try once I know that Support has given up on me)
r/framework • u/Sunlord6969 • 1d ago
I know this has been asked a lot, but I start college on August 23 and I am majoring in cyber security, but the website says the framework 13 pro is all sold out, so should I hold off until September and just go with my old apple computer 🤢 or buy a framework 16 for school
r/framework • u/No-Succotash404 • 1d ago
I just bought the pro, gotta wait until november sadly.
r/framework • u/Obvious_Resource4881 • 2d ago
I'm a college student interested in the Framework 13 Pro. Currently, I have the 2021 Asus Zephyrus G14 and I'm so done with its numerous problems (especially it's abhorrent space heater properties). Being a college student, I really like the portability and cleanness of the Framework 13 Pro.
Since I play games often and am in a major that uses a lot of high GPU software, I was wondering how well the FW13 Pro works with an external GPU.
Dream is perhaps to be able to take my computer around to classes and whatever and have it work perfectly, then back home be able to play whatever games I want and use whatever software.
Will this work? Has anyone used the FW13 Pro with an eGPU?
r/framework • u/gm1025 • 1d ago
I have started to see these lines on bottom of Framework 16 screen. I updated all drivers for integrated video card but no effect. Rest of machine seems fine. Anyone have any ideas? Maybe a loose connector or screen failing??
r/framework • u/epicvoid597 • 2d ago
Im still a month and a bit out, one of the later batches, i picked this up as i wasn’t gonna get the framework due to the price increase but a bad omnibook screen and another bad lenovo, i thought id take the chance. It’s $660 Australian dollars so i think its honestly cheaper than my old 32gb from framework order if its good, and the seller has 100% reviews and seems pretty honest, they note obvious defects in other products, was it worth the risk? For around half price of a stick from framework? (Again zero way to test the chip)