Bought this XMG Apex 16 Max in April because it had an Easter deal for 2400 €. It has a 2TB SSD, 32GB 5600MT/s fast DDR5 RAM and a ryzen 9 9955hx paired with a rtx 5070 ti.

Absolutely love it, especially because of the mini LED display. Undervolted the CPU in BIOS via curve optimizer on all cores with a value of -20 and no crashes or noticed instabilities ever since. Limited FPS at 75 and switched from Nvidia Optimus to dGPU only to enjoy games in max settings and still have low CPU temperatures. I never really saw the GPU running hot except when benchmarking or using extreme settings in recent games with higher FPS limits.

I know this CPU is built to push and boost hard until it hits its temp limit but since I often play on the couch with the wife watching TV I like to minimize fan action as much as possible and still keep the mean temps low without compromising on quality settings. On top of that 75 FPS is more than enough for my old gamerdad eyes and definitely more than they were used to.

No regrets!

Got myself the beautiful Zephyrus with 5080, 32Gb RAM and 2Tb storage. Paid a lot of money for it, and I don’t know if I like it or not. It’s annoying to have all of these performance regimes, few from windows itself few from Armory and few from G Helper, I feel that they always mix with each other because every time I turn on the laptop - I have no idea what regime I’m now. Sometimes the Hide Taskbar gets deactivated by itself, and the dGPU transition to iGPU and vice versa makes the screen freeze for a little bit. Maybe I just need to learn how to use it, however so far it’s just somewhat complicated lol

My conditions:

1. Should must have 386H CPU

2. Should have OLED

3. Should be under $3500 only. Not a cent above that.

Budget: max $1000

Country: USA

Use case: gaming and I am an engineering student so i want to make a project with AI agents

Preferred specs: rtx 5050 , 16 RAM

Hi everyone. I need help identifying a performance issue with my Dell G16 laptop.

English is not my first language, as I am a Spanish-speaking user. I used a translator to write this post, so I apologize if some technical terms or sentences are not completely clear.

My specifications are:

• CPU: Intel Core i9-13900HX
• GPU: NVIDIA RTX 4070 Laptop GPU
• Original charger connected
• G-Key Turbo mode enabled
• CPU and GPU fans running at 100%
• Game tested: God of War
• Graphics API: DirectX 11

The game normally runs between 90 and 120 FPS, but at certain moments the performance suddenly drops to around 30–60 FPS.

The strange thing is that when the FPS drop happens, GPU usage and power consumption also decrease instead of remaining close to 100%.

In one of the screenshots, when the game was running normally, MSI Afterburner showed approximately:

• 99 FPS
• GPU usage: 90%
• GPU temperature: 80°C
• GPU power consumption: 117 W
• VRAM usage: approximately 6 GB
• CPU usage: 33%
• CPU temperature: 86°C
• Reported CPU clock speed: approximately 2117 MHz

In another screenshot, during the performance drop, it showed:

• 58 FPS
• GPU usage: 62%
• GPU temperature: 82°C
• GPU power consumption: 88.8 W
• VRAM usage: approximately 6.6 GB
• CPU usage: 71%
• CPU temperature: 89°C
• Reported CPU clock speed: approximately 1814 MHz

What concerns me is that when the FPS drops, GPU usage falls from around 90% to 62%, and GPU power consumption decreases from approximately 117 W to 89 W. At the same time, CPU usage increases and the reported CPU clock speed appears to decrease.

I am also using Dell’s G-Key Turbo mode. Alienware Command Center shows that both the CPU and GPU fans are running at 100%, but the FPS drops still happen even when using the maximum-performance profile.

The Alienware Command Center screenshot shows:

• G-Key Turbo mode enabled
• CPU fan at 100%
• GPU fan at 100%
• CPU temperature: 49°C
• GPU temperature: 34°C

That screenshot was taken outside the most demanding part of the game, so those temperatures should not be directly compared with the in-game screenshots. I am mainly including it to show that Turbo mode was enabled and both fans were already running at maximum speed.

I've always gamed on a desktop, but I'm traveling a lot more for work now, so it's finally time to switch to a gaming laptop.

Budget: Around $2,500–$3,500
Country: US
Use Case: Mostly AAA gaming (Cyberpunk 2077, Black Myth: Wukong, GTA VI when it comes out), plus everyday use while traveling.
Preferred Specs: RTX 5080/5090 if possible, 32GB RAM, 1TB+ SSD.
Notes: I'd rather pay more for something that's well-built, runs reasonably cool, and still feels like a good buy 4-5 years from now. I don't really care about flashy RGB or extra gimmicks

What would you buy again?

Hi everyone,

I recently bought a Lenovo Legion 5i imported from Dubai to India for ₹1.40 lakh.

Specs:

Display: 15.1" OLED

CPU: Intel Core Ultra 7 255HX

GPU: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060

RAM: 16GB

Storage: 512GB SSD

I'd like to know if I got a good deal for the price.

Is ₹1.40 lakh worth it for these specs?

How does this compare with the Indian pricing?

Are there any disadvantages to buying a Dubai-imported Legion (warranty, charger, support, etc.)?

Any tips or recommended settings for a new Legion owner?

Over the past few years, many manufacturers have shifted gears towards more thin and light gaming devices as opposed to the traditional thick and bulky ones. Out of curiosity, what was the first gaming laptop that was designed to be thin and light?

Super deal on Facebook marketplace. Seller wanted $1250 but agreed to $1000 cash. Works perfectly and in excellent shape!

Only 16gb ram so that’s the first upgrade. Next looking to do some undervolting and tuned fan curves because this thing is loud.

Acer - Predator Helios Neo 16S Al Gaming Laptop - 16" OLED 240Hz - Intel Core Ultra 9 - NVIDIA GeForce RTX
5060 - 16GB - 1TB - Obsidian Black

With current pricing I thought this was a great deal especially since projections have pc hardware still rising.

rog strix g16 2025
$1500 marketplace buy
92% battery life
He bought 8 months ago, still on warranty for 3 months
Went from 128 MB graphics card to 12 GB, I run val and max I could get on old laptop was 40fps, now rocking 400, holy shi*
Good deal?
I got a little knowledge on the specs for price ratio after scrolling here for a few weeks, under the impression it was an absolute steal which is why I purchased

So I so I’ve been trying to upgrade my PC by doing adjustments on the performance and other things that ChatGPT told me that it Could be useful but I thought that maybe someone on Reddit may have any tips that is useful. I asked ChatGPT to tell me all the data that might be useful. So if anyone wants to help me to upgrade the performance or strength that my PC has well laptop I will Thank You Very Much.

Laptop specs:
Model: Dell Latitude 5440
CPU: Intel Core i5-1335U (13th Gen, 10 cores / 12 threads: 2 Performance cores + 8 Efficient cores, up to 4.6 GHz)
GPU: Intel Iris Xe Graphics (integrated)
RAM: 16 GB DDR4 (please let me know if dual-channel matters)
Storage: NVMe SSD (upgradeable if needed)
OS: Windows 11 Pro
I’m mainly interested in improving gaming performance. I know this isn’t a gaming laptop, but I’d like to know:
What hardware upgrades are actually possible?
Can I upgrade the RAM (32 GB or 64 GB)? Would dual-channel improve gaming performance?
Can I replace the SSD with a faster PCIe NVMe drive, and would that make any noticeable difference in games?
Is there any way to use an external GPU (eGPU) with this model? Does it support Thunderbolt 4, and is it worth it?
Are there any BIOS settings, power settings, undervolting, or other tweaks that can improve FPS?
Are there any common modifications or optimizations that Latitude 5440 owners recommend for gaming

The gaming laptop ı bought is working great but ı noticed that its getting hotter ı think when ı play a demanding game the cpu (a AMD ryzen ai 350) used to get around 70 degree celcius and the GPU (a rtx 5060) used to get around 60 degree celcius but now they are both getting a little bit warmer first it was 72 for the cpu then it was 75 and for the gpu first it was 61 to 62 and now its around 63 ı know that this is a very minor increase but still an increase it might have happened because the place ı played them in is hotter but ı am still unsur about it so ı wanted to ask.

im planning to buy a new gaming laptop to keep for 3-4 years. my budget is around 1300 dollars. i want to make sure the laptop has 16gb ram fhd screen and most definitely 1tb storage. the thing is i dont know that much about laptop specs and stuff so i dont know if rtx 5050 is good enough. i usually play ganes like dead by daylight, roblox, minecraft backrooms games and stuff similar to that. maybe some games that need a lil high specs like detroit become human. im ok if i need to lower to medium graphics in the late years but what are your suggestions is this good enough what to tweak?

Budget: 1400$

Country: North cyprus

Use case: gaming

**Budget:** 5000$-5500$
**Country:** USA
**Use Case:** Gaming, school, video editing:

Hi, looking for a good gaming laptop!:) i play completive games so a high refresh rate or above average refresh rate would be great! but when i want chill and have a laid-back night, i play solo player games, usually at high-quality settings to enjoy it the most.

**specs** high refresh rate, a fair amount of storage 1T -2T, screen size can be big or small:) and rtx50 series

**notes** i have been looking at the alienware 16x aurora laptop, lenovo legion pro 7i, and the razor blade 18. are those well recommended ones or should i look for better ones?

So I have an Asus Rog Strix laptop from 2023. And it seemed normal for most of it, despite having a faulty drive it was doing everything fine.

One day I opened it up and I was unable to connect to the internet, I was genuinely confused. I am currently reinstalling windows if it could help at all.

If anyone has suggestions please do let me know! x

Budget: Up to $2700, but I would really like it to be more like $2k. I'm willing to pay to get what I want if I know I'm going to be disappointed otherwise. Any money I save is likely going towards a handheld, so I gotta keep some in the piggy bank.

Country: USA

Use Case: Gaming, music production, coding, ML modelling.

PoE & PoE2, D4, Last Epoch, Grim Dawn (can you guess my favorite game genre yet?!)

Modded Minecraft (I will often host a server from my laptop for myself and my fiance to play on from our desktops)

Preferred Specs:

14-16" screen, likely OLED or mini LED if anyone does that

Strong processor. I can't skimp here, PoE is a very CPU heavy game and the music production stuff is, too.

32GB of RAM because RAM is now so expensive that buying it lower and upgrading it myself actually doesn't make financial sense most of the time (what a change from the olden days...)

5070ti, maybe a 5080 if it was worth the money.

Laptops that feel plastic-y and flexible drive me up a wall. So I would prefer a decent build. It really does help things to last longer.

Notes:

My current laptop is a gigabyte Aero 15x with an i7 8750h, gtx 1070maxQ, upgraded 32gb RAM and 1+2tb drives in it.

I'm probably going to steal the extra 2TB nvme out of it for the new laptop.

What I disliked about this laptop:

Gigabyte's software

Fan noise

Backlight bleed on the screen.

Speakers are pretty awful.

Why did I do the dislikes first? Because that's the shorter list. Once I got around the gigabyte software and managed to get things stable with updated drivers, it's really been a joyous laptop. The build is fantastic, it still looks and feels new 8 years later.

This old laptop does an admirable job with PoE 1&2 up until I get into even moderately juiced maps and then it falls to pieces.

This is not my main rig, I have a built out desktop. I'm doing a lot of traveling this year and I was kinda miserable on a recent trip due to the outdated performance of this laptop, promoting me to look into replacing it.

Other quirks:

I've read some things about some laptops coming with badly applied liquid metal that needs to be replaced, that doesn't phase me. I've built many computers and repasted every component that uses thermal compound I've ever owned (even using liquid metal myself a couple of times).

The point for me which has seemingly made things tricky is the desire for a numpad. If not for that, a Zephyrus G16 or G14 seem like the obvious choices.

I've seen mixed reviews of the legion 7i pro, because some people don't like the plastic. I'm also not sure how much the nearly 1" thick build will bother me, being used to the aero15x which is quite thin. I also fully understand that the thin build is likely why I take issue to its jet engine fan noise. I have seen B&H have an i9 275HX + 5080 version of this on sale for ~$2600 a few times recently, and that was tempting but at the top of my budget.

My brother had mixed experiences with an MSI laptop a few years ago but I'm willing to give them a look. Is the Raider 16 max decent? It looks like that might be another top contender. I dislike the super gamer aesthetic but that's not a deal breaker for me.

Interested to see what folks here say, I've done a bit of research on my own but I always learn new things when I post stuff like this.

Hello everyone 😄

I want to buy a laptop for content creation so video and photo editing (Canva, Cap Cut, Premiere Pro).

I also do occasional gaming (like 1 or 2 times a month. I play games like: The Last of Us part 2, Hogwarts Legacy, Tomb Raider Remastered I-II-III all in full HD or less if it's not playable).

I have 2 options (all under 2000€):

- Legion 5i 15:

Intel Core Ultra 7 255 HX

GPU: Nvidia Ge Force RTX 5070 8Gb

RAM: 32 Go

SSD: 512 Go

Screen: 15,1" OLED WQXGA.

- Legion 5 15AHP11:

AMD Ryzen™ 7 250

GPU: Nvidia GeForce RTX™ 5060 8GB

RAM: 16 Go

SSD: 512 Go

Screen: 15.3" OLED WQXGA.

Price: both cost 1499,99€.

So which one do you think will be the best? I read that there were fan noise problems with the Intel Ultra 7 255 HX and also wifi problems with Realtek but I don't know it it's the AMD or the Intel version that has the wifi problem so i don't know which one to choose as the speed of the wifi is also really important for me. And I heard there were also heat problems in the Intel one?

Also, there are Loq laptops so I don't know which laptop between these two or a Loq should I buy?

Thank you very much for your help!!

Budget: 1500€ or 1700€ max.

Country: France.

Use case: video editing and photo editing a lot (Canva, Cap Cut, Premiere Pro).

Also light gaming (once or twice a month max) : The Last of Us 2 + Hogwarts Legacy + Tomb Raider Remastered I, II, III in a full HD configuration if it's possible.

Preferred specs: NVIDIA RTX GPU preferred but open to an AMD GPU. For the CPU : Intel or AMD. RAM : not lower than 16 GB. Storage : no lower than 512 Gb.

Notes : the laptop needs to weight 2,3 kilos maximum (5,2 or 5,3 lbs max) and for the size : the screen needs to be between 15,1" or 16" maximum.

Budget: $1000-$1200
Country: USA
Use Case: Casual gaming with minor work for college
Preferred Specs: Decent battery life

This HyperX OMEN 16

OR

This Lenovo LOQ

Spent 550 on a HP Victus 13th gen i7 with 1tb storage 32gb ddr4 and a rtx4060 i want to know if it was a good purchase for that price because im not super well versed on gaming laptops but it seemed like a good deal judging by the prices these days

Hi Guys, need your help to make a decision.

The Legion pro 5 5070ti costs 2050€ with intel core ultra 9 275HX 32 GB ram 1 TB

The Zephyrus g16 5070ti 2026 Costs 3150€ with intel ultra 9 386H also 32 gb Ram and 1 tb

the zephyrus has a better Anti Reflective OLED screen (pro 5 also has OLED but I've seen it's basically a mirror), Much better battery life (we are talking about 9-10 hours more) and Absolutely better speakers, other then the light chassis. But I don't know if that's worth a 1100€ difference (1255$).

What do you think?

Budget: £1600-£2000 ($2100-£2600)

Country: UK

Use Case: Mainly for gaming (I have a macbook for school), I want to run standard modern AAA games decently well, and then want high fps/performance in games such as valorant/overwatch.

Preferred Specs: I don't really care about battery life as I don't see myself using it on the go too much. I do not think I am too picky in general, I mainly just want good performance. Would also want the fans to not be excessively loud (I know it's kind of expected but I have seen some really insane ones)

Hi all. I've had this laptop for about 3 years now and have never had any issues with it until recently. Recently, about 5 minutes into playing a game that just had an update, my laptop fully crashed. Upon restarting, the battery wouldn't charge. I finally fixed this by uninstalling and reinstalling the battery drivers.

I figured the crash was due to a bug in the update so I decided to play a different game. 3 minutes into it, the same thing happened, including the battery not charging on restart.

Now, this keeps happening with multiple games, including the battery issue every time. I've made sure all my drivers are up to date. I've cleared up some memory. I've tried running diagnostics. I can't find anything wrong and don't know what to do. Please help.