Is The Walmart Overpowered Gaming Laptop Really THAT BAD?
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- Walmart has decided to make their way into exclusive gaming laptops and desktops with the Overpowered branding. These laptops appear to be designed for esports games according to the box, however there are some weird design decisions made around the pricing of 1,000 dollars. The base model fell in price rapidly, so for the bargain price of 600 dollars, is this laptop really that bad?
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The fan speed was for immersion. You can almost feel the wind in your face as you drive down the streets of Los Santos
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haven't you heard of wind force that's what wall mart was going for lol
"Localize Mother 3 you cowards."
You're a hero.
Not all heroes wear capes.
Bingo 👌🔥
+DR. F.U. Some have man buns
The fan translation would likely be better. I think they don’t localize it because half of the main cast of characters are magical transvestites.
My brother literally just earlier said I need to play this game lol
*fans spinning up* Well, the loud mechanical keyboard isn't an issue anymore.
*(Until it blows apart, showering your class with mechanical key shrapnel)*
When he first started talking about the fans with the mic down next to them, I was like "Oh, that's not so bad." Cut to 10 seconds later when the jet turbines kick on... "Okay, now it sounds like it's preparing for liftoff."
This is a tongfang barebones chassis usually found being used by boutique pc companys. Only thing OverPowered did was add RAM, storage and branding. This is why it has a great screen and keyboard. It's actually a very good Chassis normally found in expensive custom laptops. the strange matching of a 144hz and a 1050 is likely due to the OEM having way to many of the 1050 models lying around and sold them at a discount to OverPowered. The barebones nature of this product is key here. It's very difficult for a 3rd party company (OverPowered) to mess things up since they didn't really build it. The i7 1060 model for 799 is a great deal and not likely much higher than bomb cost for OP.
Maybe get a SouljaBoy Esports Laptop instead he will release as soon as his Esport-Team launches?
If he doesn't get in hot water before then
enough of Soulja Boy
Made me laugh for then it should had
Lemme guess, that one will come pre-installed with 200 cracked PC games?
@@Eltrotraw possibly already did, might be serving 20 years
This was a really really really good video, your videos have improved a hell of a lot over the past year or so.
Yea watch Linus Tech Tips for hardware reviews. SpawnWave isnt seasoned enough for these reviews...
3:08 - 3:13
Not all heroes wear capes... They just do tech reviews.
Too bad the heroes are sometimes retarded as well.
Love your videos man, I’ve learnt so much watching you!
Man late reply but luv your vids
That laptop was seriously ready for take off.
PlayStation 4 Pro: Hold my beer
The switch in the dock hold my massive inconvienent beer bottle
You can break that Warranty Seal, they cannot deny you coverage unless you actually break something.
@Jay Arre technically that is the law although no companys actually follow it
I don't think the laptops are that bad, but they do not compete with MSI which is literally sold there as well...
Or Dell or HP...
So why buy them?
the price
They’re for moms when they’re Christmas shopping and they see these.
ZAYAN H your not much of a gamer are you - the only real issue I have with that laptop is it’s battery and heat sink/fan design
The initial $1000 was well overpriced but now it’s $530 it is actually quite a good deal
But Proto
Show me an MSI with a 144 HZ panel i7 8750h and 1060 with 16 gb ram for 799. You won’t until the 11/20 series comes to laptops.
Thanks for this video. I just impulse ordered the 17+ version with the i7 and GTX 1060 with 32 GB RAM for $999 a couple of days ago and I wanted to make sure I didn't make a mistake. Very thorough analysis especially of the hardware and build quality that I appreciate very much. I'm glad I snagged it for that price as it is sold out now. I was a little concerned because of mixed reviews but those reviews seem to be more critical when it was being reviewed at its original price of $1699 where you could get more established brands with equivalent hardware for similar prices.
"Hard drive sounds bad" Me: "I bet it's a Seagate" *Watches* *is a Seagate* Me: "Called it!"
I know this comment is 11 months old now but with everyone commenting about how seagate is shit, what would you recommend? Particularly in the 7200 rpm range?
@@OtioseFanatic I've never had any issues with Western Digital.
GeneralChangOfDanang thanks for letting me know. However I would like to inform people that the new laptop that replaced this one in Walmart’s in house range, the evoo gaming laptops they have now, will not accept 1tb 2.5 inch drives. They are just too thick. Can only take thinner, lower capacity drives or SSDs. Buyer beware.
Thanks for this Spawn, good video, definitely sounds like a deal at $500-600. I like having higher refresh screens for viewing video and stuff and if it's colours are good, doing stuff in Photoshop would be a treat.
Be aware that color accuracy on this laptop is pretty bad, wouldn't suggest doing professional work on it.
Recreational stuff is fine! But just a heads up.
@@ChandlerCharityTV Where'd you hear that? All I've been hearing is the exact opposite.
"..dont wanna take it out completely..." *pulls hdd out*
Now a days "gaming" laptop is more about RGB lighting than performance. When I think about a gaming laptop I think a laptop with a great screen and the ability to play modern games with decent settings, but more and more gaming has become about the looks and RGB lighting.
i wouldnt buy any laptop without backlight.. or even keyboard nowadays
This laptop focuses on a great screen? You should love this, set the keyboard to white and it won’t bother ya!
The issue is it doesn't have the specs to drive the screen at that resolution, unless you're playing something ridiculously easy like CS. Putting a 1050 with a 144 Hz panel is just an odd combination. If they had put a 60 Hz panel in with a 1060 it would've been balanced much better. This is aimed squarely at 2 kinds of people: Those who want a CS box, and those who don't know any better.
Dave Lee did a review of this as well, except with more games. 1080p high settings for Overwatch only got 88 fps. th-cam.com/video/idjy3AUmozY/w-d-xo.html
If you hook up a 144 Hz 4K monitor to a desktop running integrated graphics are you going to have an amazing gaming experience just because you have a great screen?
Flashy lights sell my man! Never question flexing it with RGBs 😂😂😂😂
WHAT YOU MEAN MATE RGB GIVES 30FPS GAINS ON EVERY GAME
"Localize Mother 3, you cowards!!!" Lol! Pure gold!
My dad: *Buys supposed "gaming laptop"
Laptop: Ohoho, I got ya now!
I don't understand Walmart's ideas for things they sell. I mean, I know they're trying to be as cheap as possible most of the time, but some of the ways they do that are just baffling. I've gotten some really weird ass appliances from them. Afterward, I've written to the manufacturers about some things that I found stupid and the response has always been "oh that was a walmart specified manufacture and we have nothing to do with it after that.
Just so everyone knows... These "Overpowered" laptops are rebrands of Tongfang laptops. (Tongfang is a Chinese ODM) Specifically this one is probably the GK5CN5Z, and the higher end modle is the GK5CN6Z.
Origin PC's laptops are also Tongfang rebrands. (A lot of 'Boutique PC' makers laptops (like Sager) are rebrands of Chinese ODMs)
The 17.3" model is a Tongfang GK7CN6S
For those of you that were able to grab the 1050 or 1060 model, congrats!. These were the price/performance deal of 2018. You had to repaste, add a 2nd stick of RAM to get dual channel, and perform a clean install windows. But after that, this thing is a beast. I added an NVMe drive on top of this and it is a great laptop. Some 1060 models were configured for the 150w power supply and had to be re-configured for the 180w power supply. All the driivers are available on the OP website, along with a BIOS and EC update.
Why does his "This" intro sound eerily similar to Doug Demuro?
Seeing the next step up in this line would be interesting. What would be even more interesting is if you tried repasting this laptop with a better compound, tried undervolting it, and maybe even throwing that second stick of ram in to get dual channel support. It would be cool to see just what kind of performance someone could get out of it with ideal tweaks.
The battery is tiny because of the mechanical drive. If they left that out and put in a (more expensive) M.2 drive of equivalent capacity all of that space could go to extra battery. Dual channel is better than single channel, but with a mobile processor it's not nearly as much of an issue. You won't be hammering the RAM nearly as hard as if you had something like an 9700K.
The cooling issue... Most laptops share cooling between the CPU and GPU. The reason for this is the GPU runs much hotter than the CPU in almost all scenarios, and needs more cooling. Rather than designing an offset solution with a beefier GPU cooler and smaller CPU cooler, it's easier to design a shared cooler with the proper heat dissipation rating. To put it in perspective better, the TDP of the 8300H is 35-45W, depending on configuration. The TDP of the 1050 Notebook is 75W. You'd need almost twice the cooling solution stuck to the GPU as the CPU if you were to have them separate.
Edit: F'd up a word cause I'm still in a food coma. Merry Christmas.
Some insight on the assumptions of parts used. The single stick or RAM is best because it leaves room for upgrade and they can buy bulk of one kind of RAM stick for a lower cost. The display panel may be the same as higher specced models for cost savings from bulk purchasing and variance in assembly leading to lower build costs. Shared cooling heat pipes is actually good in general and raises the thermal displacement in general with rare exception to some loads. As cost savings they may have the same cooling system in all skus. Also having the CPU warming up the GPU or vice versa is not a big deal, should have minimal effect on longevity of either, and in cases overall may actually extend the life of both chips. I think they went for bulk purchasing savings with assembly savings with minimal parts variance. Walmart loves to leverage their bulk purchasing power to be competitive by lowering costs.
To be honest, this was likely a Black Friday deal; my Walmart had a bunch just for Black Friday. They aren't normally sold in stores. A lot of retailers are doing this thing where certain products are made purely for Black Friday.
Awesome thanks for the info!
honestly i thought that was the sound of rain in GTA5
What is a recommendation for a NON gaming laptop for less than $800 ? All opinions help me out thank you
I cranked the fans on my ROG GL702 and the video was genuinely louder. And this is a loud machine.
Now those warranty stickers are just to let the OEM know something is potentially messed with and can't just out right say your warranty is void if they're damaged. We're still gonna get bent over regardless
ADR technically those stickers are illegal in the USA and that regardless of if they are damaged or removed warranty service must still be provided if the system is not damaged. However these big companies know no one will bring them to court knowing they will have to spend more on lawyers than actually just paying for the repairs. Wish there was a class action lawsuit for this stupid shit
I agree, this is a strange, but good, laptop. Would definitely like to see you review the other Overpowered laptop as well.
Awesome review and tech wave video Jon(SW). The Overpowered range at Walmart is pretty dodgy guys so I would be buyer beware if you looking at getting something from that range.
That laptop has better specs than my life :(
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First video I had to downvote. Lot of misinformation here, or at least, it sounds like you kinda know what your'e talking about but not really.
1. Shared heatpipes: this is not an issue and in fact makes more sense since these days components can get really toasty. The GPU has a much higher TDP than the CPU and needs the additional cooling.
2. Too much paste: there is no such thing as too much thermal paste, it's just a foolproof way to make sure that you didn't miss a piece. This is not something you should be doing with a conductive thermal paste like liquid metal, but for conventional pastes it makes no difference
3. Soldered in components like CPU, GPU and the ports (USB, HDMI etc.) has been standard for a while now. MXM add-in cards haven't been a thing for a very long time now. These days you can get an external Thunderbolt 3 enclosure and stick in a card there. The fact that the USB boards are not soldered in but modular and you have 2x NvME slots as well as another hard drive and swappable memory already makes this more modular than 95% of all other gaming laptops out there.
5. Just because it can't push more than 60~75 FPS in most games on high doesn't mean a 144hz screen is useless. You can probably get around 90Fps if you drop down some settings and in esports titles hitting 144Fps shouldn't be a problem. Also, you will notice the difference in fluidity just browsing and doing other stuff.
4. You don't need to pull out the screen to identify it, just use a program like HWinfo and it will show you the make and model of the screen used
At $530 this laptop is honestly a steal, the $800 1060 model with i7 is cheap too. My Alienware 13R3 was €1900 when I bought it new 2 years ago and it has a 7700HQ, GTX1060 and 16GB of Ram. Sure it has a bit better build quality, but I've had many issues with it. If I could get the same thing and a higher refresh rate screen at €1000 less I would jump on it without thinking twice.
Imagine knowing so much about the product you're buying, and then you buy an alienware
Merry Christmas!
The priority's really off here.
I sort of get why you might prioritize the keyboard higher in a laptop vs. desktop since you can't easily replace it but it still shouldn't take priority over the main hardware.
and the panel... wtf is the point of 144 hz if the only games that can take advantage of it are 7th gen or older/esports titles?
it's not like esports pros are going to be using a laptop >.>
Personally I'd still rather get a used Lenovo Thinkpad with an AMD APU so I can run a Linux distro like Mint Mate on them without much issue, In fact I run Mint 19.1 mate a Lenovo ThinkPad X140e, and it can still game decent at 720p 60hz with 8GB DDR3L, and I paid all of $80. Just have to keep your eyes open on eBay for a good deal.
Definitely sounds like a good starter for the family on a budget with little tech. background. Thank you for your presentation.
Man you weren't kidding. Sounds like a swarm of bees in there!
Remember kids....if you get into PC's...don't sound like an entitled prick when discussing components. This is actually a solid laptop and well worth the 799 price.
I ordered this same Laptop when it hit $600 and I've had no complaints, it's been constantly impressing me for what I've been able to run on it given the price I paid. For 1k, it's a joke and you can get much better but at $600 it's a steal you'll likely not match, especially with that screen.
Sure, you'll max out at 48-72frames on most modern games but if you're like me with diminishing interest in the modern AAA scene, this is still a great pickup. I've been primarily playing last gen games like Left 4 Dead 2 and PC exclusives like Agony Unrated.
Do you emulate on this laptop? What kind of performance do you get?
@@BewilderedBird I haven't dabbled too much into emulation yet since all my older consoles still work but I have been running Dolphin without a single issue. Temperatures stay low and my framerates stay high across the board.
I purchased both the I5-1050 and I7-1060. I7 for myself, i5 for my girlfriend, they’re quite nice.
I returned an Asus Strix Hero for it, 30 dollars was a small few for such an upgrade. The thermals and chassis build are far better even with the stronger hardware.
For anyone seriously considering these laptops check out Bob of All trades for the 15 inch and OwnOrDisOwn for the 17 inch in depth reviews.
120htz screen, lose the rgb, keep the $600~ price and tbh it's not terrible.
I just wish there were nice laptops/smartphones that weren't over engineered to be as thin as possible. If I wanted thin and hated my money I'd just buy an iMac Air.
Then you should be looking at Lenovo Thinkpads, and if you are on a budget used Thinkpads can be a good deal if don't mind a 60hz screen. I have a Lenovo Thinkpad X140e I got used for $80 USD off an eBay education surplus auction that's built like a mini tank(11in screen with a 13in body) with an AMD A4-5000, 500GB HDD, 4GB DDR3L(dropped in another 4 GB from a dead Lenovo Chromebook), 11in 720p screen, and a removable battery, and with Mint 19.1 Mate, and the latest 4.20 kernel updates it can actually run a lot of indie games, and esports type games fine. Just keep in mind if you want to go Linux look for a Thinkpad with an AMD GPU or APU as they are better supported in Linux., and keep your eyes open on eBay surplus education, and surplus business auctions as they get rid of stock for a good deal.
You should try the Acer nitro 5 with the 16GB of ram and gtx 1050ti I have one and it has been overall pretty decent, definitely better than the laptop in the video
60 Hz screen. The 1050 struggles with 1080p high settings enough that a 60 Hz monitor is all you need.
Omnom Bacon this laptop not targeted for AAA games for maxed settings. They would mainly be used for league, CS and fortnite. Having 144 FPS on fps’s and league would be nice for such a cheap laptop.
This does not run Fortnite at 144 Hz at 1080p high. That's hardly maxed. This does not run Fortnite at 60 Hz at 1080p high. 49 fps on high settings. I'd love to see how it struggles with epic settings. Is Fortnite a AAA game? So there goes one of the 3 games you say it'd be used for. Having 144 Hz in Fortnite in such a cheap laptop is something this laptop can't do, unless you turn the settings WAY down.
As for League, I'm not seeing any benchmarks done for it.
Again, as I said elsewhere, this is simply a CS:GO box. It can't handle anything else at the 144 Hz without turning the graphics way down. Tell me, is a high refresh rate good when you have to turn everything down to minimum settings or off?
th-cam.com/video/idjy3AUmozY/w-d-xo.html
6:53 that is a godawful wave animation on that keyboard.
Review the bigger, 17" model! That one has an i7 and a 1060! I want to see the differences!
www.walmart.com/ip/OVERPOWERED-Gaming-Laptop-17-2-Year-Warranty-144Hz-Intel-i7-8750H-NVIDIA-GeForce-GTX-1060-Mechanical-LED-Keyboard-256-SSD-2TB-HDD-32GB-RAM-Windows-10/887474519
Just say it - it's a fortnite laptop.
Even Fortnite can't make full use of this laptop
My full desktop 1050 (ti) can barely hit 144 and it's on lowest settings. My Acer nitro 5 with a 1050 can't reach it
Patrick De Laurentiis I say it’s more of a league and CS laptop. You would struggle to get 144fps unless on low/medium settings.
hey that's pretty good I could hit those in my 1060 legion Y530 but I wouldn’t play fortnite even if you payed me to do so.
SenshiBuredo that’s a 1060, the 1050 wouldn’t be able to do that well with fortnite. Tho for league and cs, you’ll get 144 FPS with mixed settings easily.
You understand everything tech wise and explain it without making it too complicated. subbed.
These may not be bad for a casual gamer I suppose but for the price of some of these laptops you could just build a proper pc and then you'd know for a fact what's in it. Watching other videos dealing with walmart pc's they list it'll have a certain item but upon further inspection you'll find that you aren't getting that particular hard drive, graphics card etc.
I fucking love your channel. I stumbled across it a couple of weeks ago and I’m so happy I did. You upload so much content and it’s all consistently amazing. You’ve quickly become one of my favorite TH-camrs and I just felt the need to thank you for your work.
3:07 *_God has joined the server_*
I already own the 17" version but would love for you to do a review on it! Get the word out!
The $800 model is better than most other laptops on the market with the same price
8:35 lmfao it sounds like there's a hydra following you
I would actually buy that if it was still available, but likely end up spending more and go to the I7 version. They focus more on quality, better screen, better keyboard and serviceability, then just having super high specs which I like. This is actually a very good deal even at the higher price, considering with other brands, something with the I7 version mainly DDR 4 memory and to get the good keyboard, lcd and expand-ability for both another SSD and mechanical HDD drive, you have to spend around $1600 and up in some cases.
As matter of fact I going to try to order it now, as been thinking about upgrading.
I got the 17" myself and I wasn't even in the market for a new laptop, but I couldn't pass up the deal!
I thought Acer's built horrible laptops and desktops until Walmart join the mix now I feel bad for cracking on Acer lol
Have you considered creating a split cooling for it,as suggested ?
It's so weird to see a laptop where they didn't totally half ass it as demonstrated by the well above standard frankly pretty sweet screen and what sounds like an absolutely fantastic mechanical keyboard. But to then pair that with a system that sounds anemic and underpowered and you have a price that just doesn't match. I mean you got a battery that's basically useless if it only lasts 2 hours for all this you may as well just get a really decent desktop for that price. And yes I am very interested to know if that stronger version is far and away Superior to this as usually (especially in the case of a laptop that can't be upgraded) it's worth spending the money up front to avoid having issues later.
Also what's that higher-tier version going for nowadays?!
(Edit: just checked both this and the slightly higher end version are both out of stock, however the $1,600 one down to now $999 is still available though that's too rich for my blood)
As someone who studied acoustics at university I can't help but question what was the point of placing the microphone right in front of the fan? I know it wasn't scientifical measurment or anything but nobody plays the games with thier ears there. Aside from that great video as always.
That benchmark is so old, it runs 60fps on my onboard video.
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Csgo?
jesus christ that sounded like a jet engine taking off when you were showing the sound of the fan during gameplay
Yo I bet Spawn is hocking this the second the video is done haha
Damn do I wish I had found this channel when I was shopping around for a laptop
It's not bad. It's just not good.
So it's meh then
Average huh🤔
averge ? show me any laptop with 144hz and fking mechanicle keyboard under 1000$ lmfao
You’re right, it’s fantastic. I love mine.
@@DougTheSnowMan agreed
for 600 hundred dollars its a great laptop, and the screen looks gorgeous with that tinny vezzels
Damn, i paid $1300 for a laptop a bit weaker than this. OOF. When Walmart beat out Lenovo ThinkPad T570...
*slaps this laptop
This bad boy can fit 200 passengers into it lmao
Hope you had a good Christmas
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i think people don't understand that laptops and desktops are build differently so since the desktop are bad they assume the laptops are bad also.
Back in stock! I bought the $799 OP laptop today! 144hz ssd hhd 1060 i7 8750H! First time I'm happy buying something from walmart!
Just found your channel and love all the break downs and opening up systems you do! I feel like i actually learn something!
I appreciate that you're bucking the TH-cam lynch-mob mentality and just giving an honest review. I've been building PC's for well over 20 years now and for the money, this is a pretty good deal. Also if that is in fact a Seagate Pro drive, those are WD's good stuff, so if it's loud or seems wonky, then you probably got a bad drive - but the Pro label means it has at least a 3 year warranty, and in the desktop world it's 5-years, so it's not junk by any means. Very good keyboard, very good screen, easily user upgradeable - mean, for the money, it's a nice system. Just too bad they didn't put a few more dollars into getting a 1050ti instead.
The $799 model is a hell of a deal and the sweet spot. 1060, i7, 16GB RAM. Swap the single stick of 16GB RAM for 2 sticks (or just add another stick) so it runs in dual channel and you have a great machine that you'll have to spend ~ twice as much. These are just a branded Tongfang (forum.notebookreview.com/threads/tongfang-gk5cn5z-and-tongfang-gk5cn6z.815943/). Same as Origin PC and others. You could easily flash other machine BIOS or wait till Overpower puts theirs up (which they might have already). Hopefully Tongfang releases an update with better fan controls. In the meantime I would suggest to check that TURBO fan mode is turned OFF in gaming center. If you aren't gaming or don't need the extra power you can switch to "Office Mode" which will limit CPU to 35W instead of 55/65 of gaming mode but will be considerably quieter.
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A whole 8 GB of DDR4 RAM? Sign me the fuck up!
Great video my dude. I'd be very interested to see what happens if you called the company regarding the hard drive and software giving you errors; and see how they respond.
They leave a slot open to add ram, but have a warranty sticker on the bottom to where you have to open it to even add ram? Makes sense.
Just adding in that the gtx 1050 tends to get advertised as an esport gpu
I’m really enjoying your videos man! I just found your channel yesterday.
Linus Tech Tips reviewed the higher spec model with an i7 and a GTX 1060. The high refresh rate screen made a lot more sense on that model, as it was able to hit the full refresh rate of the screen in some games. However, they did find that the system didn't live up to the full potential of the CPU and GPU, so your concern with the cooling was well placed. The OverPowered was well behind another computer with the same components (but which cost a lot more money than the current Walmart price)... but was good for $800.
Awesome review spawn, you should try adding better thermal paste on it to see if that helps with the cooling and keeping the fans quiet
Loved the video! Very clear and just enough depth and detail. Would it be possible for you to take a look at the other 2 OverPowered laptops (15+ and 17+), I'm really curious to see a comparison between all of them.
Also, others have mentioned having issues with power limit throttling when playing games and only using single channel RAM that comes installed by default (i.e. CPU will only pull about 35W for the i7 models, don't think I've seen anything for the i5 model). Have you experienced anything like this? My theory is simply that with single channel RAM most games are just too memory dependent and thus can't put enough load on the CPU to really even push it to max so it doesn't need to boost all the way to the max frequency and pull 45+ watts. But when you put in the dual channel memory now the CPU can really be pushed harder and do more memory options at once and thus it starts to draw more power under a heavier load.
To test it you'll want to make sure you have the Fan mode set to Game Mode and the Performance Mode set to Equilibrium (in the OP Control Center app). Do not use High Performance or Gaming for the performance modes since that just causes the CPU to idle at the max frequency all the time and you won't really be able to tell if it is boosting because of load.
Lastly, if you want to minimize fan noise and heat you can try undervolting the CPU core and cache (the i7 can easily do -0.125V), this helps drop temps without hurting performance at all and is pretty simple to do using ThrottleStop.
that model is only 500 bucks now
for 1k u can get a Intel i7-8750H, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060, Mechanical LED Keyboard, 256 SSD, 2TB HDD, 32GB RAM.
i would buy now if i was in the US.
I also jumped on this deal for the 17+... Getting it tomorrow and I'm super excited to start editing on it which it will do easy with just 1080p vids. The fact that we get so much RAM and storage is beautiful and the fact that it's a FULL 1060 and not a Max q is great if I want to play some games on medium settings. I also can't wait to add more storage just because we can! Ha
@David Lewis hows the laptop doing
@@FubarDraco_ hows laptop going
@David Lewis know any better for less than 1k?
i buy loud keyboards just to piss people off
tetsuo strider I thought I was the only one that die that LoL
I have a Dell G7 and I really like it. Around the same price but with better specs with an I7 and a 6GB GTX 1060. The screen is 60hz but as a console gamer 60fps is better than what I usually play.
The M.2 is set in an SSD format but the 2ndary empty slot is setup for an PCIE for true M.2 formats . :)
the 144hz screen is worth it
8:30 sounds like my ps4
similar power, similar shit ;)
@@Xenoray1 this low end laptop is quite a bit more powerful than a ps4
yeah you right, but in some games the ''ps4'' gpu is a bit faster: th-cam.com/video/9KsQyUnVPbE/w-d-xo.html@@SUPERULTRAMAGNUM and i think ps4 games are more optimized so i think we can say similar ^^
If that is true, you should clean it and/or replace the thermal paste on your PS4.
I love my super silent Xbox One X :)
Discovered your channel recently and I must say you make good content!
I've had my Samsung laptop for about 6 or 7 years, with a Pentium Dual CPU. I wish I had the money to blow right now, because this Samsung has seen better days! LOL Great Review too!
With these all black device teardowns, you really need a more direct overhead light. The device just sucks up all the indirect light hitting it.
Oh man that's even louder than the Helios 300 turbo mode fan.
Are there any in-built diagnostics on these Walmart OP laptops (e.g., that could be launched from the BIOS or with a Function key at start-up)? I always like to immediately test the hardware of any new system I purchase, and especially since these do not offer ECC memory, I'd like to be able to run full-blown memory and processor diagnostics right out of the box-before I take time to set-up the system for actual use.
you should liquid metal it and see how it helps with the fans and temps.
At one point the 1060 laptop went out of stock and I thought I missed out, but it came back briefly and I swooped in to get it just in time and it never came back in stock. I'm loving it so much, I did buy another RAM chip for dual channel. The fan does get super loud 🔊 not kidding on that, but I put on headsets so idc. Only real complain is the light bleed from the bottom left. Idk how I can make that go away.
The 144hz craze is so weird nowadays. We gamed on 120hz crts back in 1998. Then everyone forgot and now they sell 144hz very expensively even though in crts it was just a setting 20 years ago... I for one prefer image quality over hz and it's getting more difficult to find good looking cheaper 60hz monitor. Everything is 1440p panel which scales badly with everything.
And with nvidia still not supporting freesync, it ia still better to lower hz to average achievable fps and enable vsync
I do like that hdmi port on the back. Hate having mine on the side all the time.
This laptop sounds like the one I took with me to college. The fan made it sound like a jet was going overhead outside. This continued until I opened it up and cleaned the dust out. After that, it was hard for other people to tell it was running.
But this one, it sounds loud and it's brand new. That's really off-putting. Imagine the kind of problems it's going to have a few months later on.
8:25 literally the exact same way my 2013 retina macbook pro 15 fans work. if i'm browsing or watching youtube it's fine, but the moment i start any kind of semi-intensive program, those poor fans go 0-100 real quick