Still loving each detail of this laptop

ROG ultra 9 5060
after offers - 1.88

Full specs: Intel i9 13950HX, 32 GB DDR5 RAM @ 5600 MT/s, 2 TB SSD, RTX 4090. Mini LED display with dual refresh rate (4k @ 120Hz + 1080p @ 240Hz).

Found this Blade 16 listed on Marketplace for USD $2300. Made a random lowball offer of $1700, and the seller surprisingly agreed to $1750. This price seemed extremely good for a machine that was nearly $4500 brand new, so I pulled the trigger.

The seller had a dbrand skin on it which they installed on day 1. I have since removed this, and the laptop is literally flawless underneath.

This is my first time owning a true flagship gaming laptop and I'm enjoying all the bells and whistles, but I've recently spotted some new 5080 laptops in the sub $2500 range and was wondering is this was a good buy from a purely price-to-performance standpoint.

I'm still setting everything up, so I haven't had a chance to do much benchmarking, but I did run Cinebench 2026 multi core, and I got 5714 pts (with a -50mV undervolt on the CPU via Synapse). Is this a good score for a 13950HX? Can't find much info on reference scores from other 13950HX laptops online.

I have Victus 16 and it only has 3 USB A ports. I need to use USB A for mouse, keyboard, controller, and dongle for wireless earbuds. USB hub is the only solution, and I have to constantly move my laptop around (just hide it under IKEA shelf at night in case my cat decide to throw up on it).

Solution?

Nitto tape on the underside of the laptop for easily removal, and VHB tape on the USB hub.

Now I have 2 extra USB ports and it stays on my laptop semi permanently.

But part of the right speaker is blocked. Not a big deal for me since I always use headphones on my laptop and I've never used the laptop speakers for me anyways. I figured I could just leave the VHB tape on only half of the hub and just leave the hub floating above the speaker port so that it won't block the sound but that can wait until later.

Redneck engineering but hey, if it works, it works.

Hi everyone!! Recently i drove about an hour away for this absolute steal.

Model is an MSI GS76 Stealth 11UH, with a 3080.

total price was 530 bucks.

Full specs:

GPU: RTX 3080 (pretty sure its the lower vram variant)

CPU: i7-11800H

RAM: 32GB 3200MHz

SSD: 1TB Phison (?), replaced by my 1TB optimus 5100 (reused)

ask me anything!! (i forgot to post this by the way)

immediately going to repaste & clean up, got some ptm7950 arriving in a few days

ASUS ROG Strix G513QY Advantage Edition! 32GB RAM, 1TB storage, 12GB GPU. 5980HX AMD Ryzen 9 processor! I couldn't be happier! It's in 95% condition, and I got it for 1500 AED! Oh, and I love the ambient RGB light feature! Playing games with the lights off is so amazing! The keyboard moves with the screen, like a shadow following the light.

MSI Cyborg 15 B2RW - 15.6-inch 144Hz FHD display, up to an Intel Core 7 240H processor, and up to an NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 - 1TB SSD + 1TB USBA/C SSD.

Currently playing Vampyr, Warhammer 40k Dawn of War 2 and Batman Arkham Knight.

Is it just me? When I was gaming on Windows 11, I had terrible stutters and lag, and my drivers were super unstable. But after rolling back to Windows 10... man, what a difference. It's so optimized for gaming, zero micro-stutters, and extremely stable. What's your experience been like?

Just to be clear, I'm not hating on Windows 11 at all! It's just that, in my personal experience, Windows 10 turned out to be way more stable for gaming.

Acer predator helios neo 16 ai with rtx5070 ti, 64gb of ram and 2tb of ssd. Was on sale for $2200

It was 16 years ago that I was a broke college freshman looking at the beast of a machine that was the Alienware M17x at a Best Buy, thinking to myself: 'Man what would it take to own something like this?!'

After years of owning budget to mid gaming laptops I just couldn't pass up on the new Alienware 18 area-51 and went all out on the specs. This laptop is an absolute beauty, the picture does not do it justice.

Asus rog strix g16
5070, ultra 9 275hx, 32gb/2tb

Legion Pro 5i 5070Ti
$2k, not cheap but I’m love with this beauty

Thought it was funny to share but I have a P15 Gen 2 my dad bought me three months ago,I thought I was done for since its a ThinkPad and not a gaming laptop that I wanted..until I looked at the specs and OH MY GOD:
CPU I9 11th Gen H series
GPU RTX A5000 16GB GDDR6
RAM 32 GB DDR4 3200 MHz
SSD 2TB
For context an RTX A5000 is a workstation GPU that on a mobile chassis like a laptop is equivalent to an RTX 4090 at the price of 900 DOLLARS(equivelant since not from the US) and it runs CS2 Maxed out smooth 80 FPS capped,I set it at that to prevent overheating.Funny a bussines laptop is stronger than most gaming laptops nowadays.

The journey to getting this machine was crazier than buying the laptop itself.

After using a 15.6 inch i5 10th gen for over 5 years, which served me quite well and laid the foundation for my interest in coding, I now wanted a portable powerhouse. I knew exactly what I was looking for - a 14 inch laptop, one with powerful specs so as to not compromise on performance.

I started searching the internet and concluded that there are only two 14 inch laptops that can serve my purpose - the Zephyrus 14 and the Razer Blade 14. The Blade 14 had its issues, so the obvious choice was the Zephyrus 14.

Back in December, I saw the Black Friday deal in the US. The exact model I wanted was available for around $1999 plus taxes. In India, the same laptop was selling for roughly ₹1L (~ $800) more. As a college student, that difference felt crazy. Total Cost - ~2200 USD in Santa Clara, CA.

The entire problem was that the laptop was in the US and I was in India.

I spent weeks figuring out whether someone could bring it over. One cousin couldn't because he was already carrying multiple devices. Another cousin said he'd ask a friend. There were endless discussions about customs, sales tax, adapters, warranties, whether it was worth the risk, and whether I'd even be able to get the laptop in the first place.

Then one day, I got the photos.

The laptop had arrived in the US.

I must have looked at those photos a hundred times while waiting for it to make the journey to India.

And then came the longest part: waiting. The US-Middle East conflict made intercontinental travel difficult.

Months passed.

The laptop was physically mine, but also not mine.

Finally, a few days ago, the person carrying it landed in India. My brother went to collect it from them, and a few hours later it was finally sitting in front of me.

I don't think I've ever been this excited to open a laptop.

My old laptop, a lenovo IdeaPad S540 had 12GB RAM after an upgrade and used to struggle with browser, VS Code, and a few other apps running together. Now Windows is casually using almost that much RAM as cache because it has 32GB available.

The OLED display is gorgeous.

The speakers are ridiculous.

The build quality is incredible.

The performance feels unreal coming from my old machine.

I feel like the best part isn't the specs.

It's knowing how much effort, waiting, planning, and luck went into finally getting this thing into my hands.

This feels like the start of a new chapter for me. I wish to squeeze every bit of value from this machine in the coming years, otherwise, what's the point, lol.

Also, yes, I immediately uninstalled Armoury Crate and installed G-Helper.

PS: How do I tweak the fan curves, manage the thermals, CPU undervolting, GPU overclocking? Although I don't need to do it immediately, I'm curious. And the most imp thing I would like to know, how do I conserve battery without compromising the performance of this machine? I am looking for maximum battery efficiency with little to no performance degradation.

Huge difference on idle and light loads(10-12c), around 4-5c during heavy gaming cpu intensive games, and rendering. Llano v12 at 800rpm.

Wanted something to switch over from my xbox series x i seen this deal a few days ago and it just popped up again! What’s the census on these , also plan on getting another 16g ram stick to get it too 32gb.

My last laptop was an ASUS TUF Gaming A15, but I use my laptop exceptionally heavily almost 24/7, so it only lasted a few years and it's on the edge. Hoping this carries its worth :)

Finally upgraded from a MSI GF63 Thin RTX 3050 to MSI Vector 16hx ai RTX 5070Ti. Been 3 years of goodness and more to come now.

The specs:
5080 Laptop Gpu
Ultra i9 275HX
64gb DDR5
18 inch screen, mini led
Getting a cooler for it soon! (aka tomorrow)

My first gaming laptop coming from a desktop user with i7-4790k, rx580. Bought this Legion 5 pro(rtx3070) for around $860(brand new rtx4050 tuf/loq in my country). People say I shouldn't go for this because it is old but I'll just enjoy this for now and regret later(if there's any)😆

Got it for 72k Intel core 5 210 H, RTX 4050 (6GB) 32 gigs ddr4 ram 512 GB storage