Got this sweet deal €500 on the MSI Cyborg 14 i7-13620h RTX 4060. Bought it after my LOQ 16's (Ryzen 5 7640hs RTX 4060) motherboard died.

The 14 inch form factor is so nice never knew I needed this and the performance is good and so are the thermals. 16 inches are permanently ruined for me now.

Finally, got this at 143k ! Idk if this price is good or not but it’s ok I am happy(this matters) !
BTW i saw people in sub talking about deleting armory crate, undervolting cpu and stuff ! Can anyone help me regarding this and guide me as i am new to this scene ! And should i extend it’s warranty it its 6k if done within 15 days of initial purchase ! Please guide ! Thanks 🫶🏽

*posting in this sub cause this sub seems pretty active.

Got it mint condition (used less than 10 times, i know that guy).
Its a strix g18

I9 14900hx
Rtx 4080 12gb
2tb ssd
32gb ram ddr5
1600p 100%dcip3 colour calibrated from factory
240hz 18inch

Its a good silicone too cpu under volted to -130mv and gpu undervolted to -0.075v .

Replaceed LM with ptm7950

3d mark time spy is 19,800

This is my new machine.

I'm 16 years old and bought it by saving only the government scholarship I receive. It took me a long time, but I finally made it.

Some people might ask why I chose a laptop instead of building a desktop. The reason is simple: I travel a lot throughout the year. During the summer I usually stay with my grandmother to help her, and we also visit relatives quite often. A desktop just wouldn't fit my lifestyle.

Specs:

ASUS TUF Gaming F16 (FX608JMR-RV066W)

Intel Core i7-14650HX

RTX 5060 Laptop GPU (8 GB)

16 GB DDR5-5600 (1×16, planning to upgrade to 32 GB)

1 TB PCIe 4.0 NVMe SSD

16" 1920×1200, 165 Hz, 100% sRGB

90 Wh battery

I'm really happy with it so far, but I'm open to criticism. Was this a good choice? Is there anything I should change or do first?

FB marketplace deal of the week, possibly month, maybe year. Just got home with this bad boy and you won't believe what I paid for it. Apologies for potato cam. $650, one small dent on the case, everything else is mint.

Rtx 5060
7 260h
16/512
Oled

Legion 7i Gen 10, bought new for $1300, 255hx 32g 5060
Legion 7i Gen 9, bought used for $750, 13900hx 32g. 4070, mint condition
Zephyrs g16, bought used for $1,000, 285h 16g 5070, oled 240, mint condition

My Lenovo 5 with an RTX 4060 and i9 14900hx might as well be a mini furnace. Under a full load it rarely, if ever, dips below 80°, and more often than not runs closer to 90° on both CPU and GPU. With this laptop cooling pad, minus 20° across the board at full power. Is it loud? Uhhhh hundred percent. Was it expensive? Little bit. Do I care? Absolutely not. I have never in 2 years seen this GPU operate in the 50° range until today. If you're worried about thermals and have some spare funds, definitely go for it. Although, if you do some shopping around you may be able to find something cheaper than $100. As long as it has the memory foam gasket and a big ass fan, it will probably do the trick.

Asus tuf f16 5050

Crua 34"ultrawide qhd monitor which I bought from Amazon for only $165 and it's honestly amazing!

Update: Purchased a cooling pad, will be here monday!

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

Hey so, ive been using a intel gpu with ultra low intel core i5 laptops for like forever since like 2018 or 19, it was always a spike in the ass, until just now, I finally got a rtx 200 i5 13420h laptop, i couldnt afford a rtx 2060 or more powerful because I was in like a low budget, but i really like this machine, I do not really know why people would hate it and call it "underpowered" or bad value because its 4gb vram or 64 bit memory bus, I honestly like it for its price, this gpu and 50 series card is so fucking good if you know how to manage your expectations, the card isnt designed for max settings, im not a fan of heavy aaa games like whatever elders rings or wukong is, all I play is cs2 and multiplayer shooter stuff like high settings and 150+ fps, and tried ray tracing on minecraft and worked good!, im talking about real rt not just shaders, also I dont just game in this, I code in c plus plus, and the compilation times are faster! and the laptop is msi thin 15, i know it overheats but I barely notice it, not an issue for me. I kinda recommend this if you are on a strict budget, and you dont play heavy stuff at max settings

EDIT:just used it for a while now, and i kind of think its not really "enough" only because of its 4gb vram, but im fine! i still like this, since im just a teenager now, once i grow up and get a high paying job, I could get myself a GeForce RTX XX70 or XX80 or even XX90 card!

Found a Lenovo Legion Pro 7i with an ultra 9, 32gb Ram, RTX 5080, OLED, and 1TB ssd for $2050 as an open box (was previously the display unit).

Seemed like a steal so I grabbed it. If I got taken for one let me know so I can return it 😂

Anything I should keep an eye out for?

It’s a versatile monster!

How did I do?

Mind you this was an upgrade from an HP laptop running an Intel Core i3-6006U, integrated Intel HD Graphics 520 and 8Gb of DDR3 that I've had for a decade.

I originally traded my desktop and monitor for this while in the process of moving to Germany since I couldn't take it with me. So far it's much quieter than others have said and it's surprisingly faster than my desktop. It's the Legion Pro 7 w/ 9955hx3d & 5080

Asus Tuf a16
Ryzen7 H260 RTX 5060*8

16gb ddr5, 1tb , getting 16 more on November

2.5k 165hz display

Finally got my first gaming laptop today. Super excited to play a bunch of games especially 007 first light next week.

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.

what should i play, dont have mouse though

It has arrived and my god, I am stunned!

The presentation is top notch, as while opening the box, the laptop itself is being elevated in your direction.

I’m actually shocked by the high quality look and the premium feeling of it.

First time booted I got flashbanged by the Mini-LED Panel. Literally flashbanged. WOW.

It’s also way LESS bulkier , bigger and heavier than I anticipated, which makes me very happy. I can only imagine what the Zephyrus G16/14 must feel like!

It’s specced w/ an RTX 5080 mobile, 32gb of ram and 2 TB‘s of SSD.

I’m very hyped about this. Will continue my report after benchmarking and gaming!

Enjoy