The Cheapest Gaming Laptop From Best Buy...

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[@duffman638]

LOL everytime Dawid does his transition to the sponsor segment, I always expect him to say " and the sponsor for todays video is LINODE"

[@STORMFIRE07]

You mean “LinOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOde”

[@TKIvanov]

LINODE! LINOOOODE! LUHNOOODE!

[@jabezhane]

I keep meaning to sample that for my phone.

[@hamdanali2036]

and every time he said linode i always think he’s gonna say lenovo

[@TheSykoRC]

LINOOOOOOOODE. ;))

[@Bassjunkie_1]

It's madness that dual channel is such an oversight when it's such a performance boost or performance reduction!

[@JudeTheYoutubePoopersubscribe]

Manufacturers will do anything to save a buck or two.

[@jameswang7362]

I'm pretty sure it's not single-channel vs dual-channel. It's the doubling of the memory. When he was playing without the upgrade the RAM usage was consistently near 8GB, the maximum. This causes large amounts of disk swapping which bottlenecks the CPU.

[@Dominik12335]

@@jameswang7362 it is dual channel vs single channel cuz dual channel doubles your data rate -.- It's not always about the amount but about the speed of information exchange between cpu and memory, which gets crippled down nearly twice with single channel ram. Of course, exceeding RAM capacity is an problem too.

[@xMaFiaKinGz]

DDR5 fixes this issue with laptops

[@vmafarah9473]

My older Dell 7567 was a stuttering below 5fps in origins, after dual channel performance was increased by 20%, now the stuttering was completely gone.

[@StudioPluche]

From the time the laptop leaves the factory until it gets in your hands the video drivers are out of date so it's always good to update them. The last driver update from nvidia gave a huge boost in performance for games like CP2077.

[@veganssuck2155]

dont shorten cyberpunk lol

[@fireball4thewin108]

​@@veganssuck2155 yeah...

[@robinthenoble6347]

@@veganssuck2155 LMFAO I had to read it twice to see what you meant =D

[@uG0TRobbed]

In addition to the comedy, I can't tell you how much I appreciate the sound mixing and high resolution of your vids.

[@ansonjia5146]

Bought my TUF A15 from Canada Computers almost 2 years ago. It was my first proper "gaming" device and I experienced above 30fps gaming for the first time. One of the fans is dead so I ghetto-rigged a desk fan to blow into the heatsink but I'm getting it replaced this Christmas. Love the channel btw.

[@scarecrow5848]

I'd just say build your own PC. you can get make really good desktops in this day and age, even with a budget of sub-$500 USD!

[@spcw568]

true, but 500 dollars usd can get u much more than 500 cad. You could probably get a igpu, or a r3/12100, and a used gpu of some sort.

[@trr4gfreddrtgf]

Holy crap, what a coincidence, the fan on my Asus Tuf F15 broke after a few months, how long did yours last?

[@ansonjia5146]

@@trr4gfreddrtgf After 1 year I noticed on startup that my fan had a bad vibration but went away shortly after. 1/2 a year after that, the vibration became constant and then it died a few weeks later. So it lasted around 1.5 years.

[@ronank2432]

@@scarecrow5848 y tho it aint broke

[@flappitty]

The GPU seems to just sit at 70 to 71 degrees even after the ram upgrade so i'm thinking they might have applied a thermal limit rather than it being a CPU bottleneck at that point.

[@OnTheRocks71]

No mention of what power profile was set in Armoury Crate. I think it defaults to Performance which won't let the GPU reach its maximum potential, gotta go to Turbo mode for that. That makes the laptop even louder though in terms of fan noise. On my 3060 machine I find the Performance setting to be just enough to get me by, and it's better than having the fans running at "jet turbine on takeoff" speed.

[@ronank2432]

@@OnTheRocks71 i dont get the fan noise thing on portable pc just get a good headphones

[@Klosop]

@@ronank2432 no

[@googlewolly]

@@ronank2432 Do you mean that you literally don't hear it with headphones, or do you mean that you don't understand how it's an issue for some people?

[@kizl666]

@Ronan K agreed never cared if my fans are loud even on my tower. Lmao

[@jeffclagg]

Congrats on the 500k subs! Love your take on tech and the funny spin you put on it.

[@internet_userr]

His channel is growing slowly I mean 100k in 8 months Mr beast makes about 3 times as much in a day

[@alderwield9636]

​@@internet_userri bet you compare everything in your puny life to mrbeast

[@Avgosbos]

@@internet_userr imagine comparing to mrbeast bruh

[@LifeofBoris]

CAN I HAVE IT

[@pixell3607]

real boris comment with 9 likes, thats a first

[@thephantom1885]

no

[@Aryx_Playz]

it's boris

[@IpadAcc.]

Its boris

[@galtramte4741]

How does this have 62 likes ???!?

[@foxpopuli6982]

@5:47 "Break the laptop back together" Ohhhhh I'm stealing that phrasing. It's absolutely perfect, and I love it

[@thecodex0994]

I don't always watch on release but this is the best chilled out tech channel thats informative without being overly technical

[@nathanielmillington4950]

Very exciting to see a review on the newest version of my very first gaming computer. The nostalgic factor is through the roof!

[@robertdavis6508]

Well you make that sound better then you truly meant. "Screwing for three hours to get your laptop open."

[@MikeRigz-qp8mp]

Love the fact I just got the same laptop about a month ago in a 16g ram and a RYZEN 4600H. First time owning a laptop and it works good enough for me lol

[@AnthonyMartinez6567]

I have to say I have grown to love your videos. They always make me laugh especially on long drives stay awesome my friend keep up the amazing content.!!

[@akumaurufu7524]

Yeah, with the TUF series in general, the ram seems to be a limiting factor by default. Had to reuse my 16GB ram into the 2nd channel for 24GB total on my A17 and it made a huge difference though planning on replacing the 8GB one with another 16GB one at some point

[@zhon5311]

I got an Acer Swift X for 780 new and I really enjoy how powerful it is while not looking like a gaming laptop. The battery life is great too.

[@anthonynoelson827]

Did you get it from that amazon discount atm? How is it doing so far? The build quality? Performance? Any problems you occured?

[@zhon5311]

@Anthony Noelson yes, got it for the Amazon price. It's a great laptop at that price point. The biggest pros are the specs (5800u 3050ti) it jams into a weight you can hold in 1 hand. It has half the power as my main PC and can play mostly all games at medium to high settings. With the 60hz display, anything over 60 is overkill on the main display so most games come out smooth as butter. The performance of the Acer Swift X is actually insane for the size and price you get. 14 inch ultrabook gaming. Another huge plus is the amazing IPS screen it ships with. Has amazing color accuracy because the laptop is marketed towards creative professionals. My biggest gripe would be the speakers and keyboard. Speakers were cheaped out and are bottom facing, making them muffled on a bed or table top. Keyboard has really strange placement for the power button, sleep button, and pgup pgdown buttons where you'll end up accidently pressing one all the time. No big deal to me I can get used to it. Another gripe would be the color scheme. Silver and Gold gets dirty easily. Bottom line it's an awesome laptop if you need a thin and light laptop that has power to do productivity or gaming. It works perfectly as a college laptop.

[@anthonynoelson827]

@@zhon5311 okay cool. Thanks for your review! Very helpful

[@satsumagt5284]

I saw somewhat similar gains from adding a second stick of RAM to my Odyssey (i5-9300H + GTX 1650). It's a little beast now.

[@selwyntan4014]

For its price, it really is a decent laptop. Thanks for sharing these affordable options!

[@antondovydaitis2261]

I would hold out for a 3060 and 16GB RAM for the same price. Bought a Gigabyte G5 GD with 3060 and 16GB in July from Best Buy for $699.99.

[@THEGRANDTOUR-kt3jh]

@@antondovydaitis2261 gigabyte build quality sucks tho and they have warranty issue i got the legion 5 brand new has been awesome so far

[@antondovydaitis2261]

@@THEGRANDTOUR-kt3jh Obviously, if I could afford a Legion, that would be much better, but I feel I got my $700's worth.

[@jesusbarrera6916]

it's actually terrible value for the price... heck a year ago you could get a similar setup for the same price with a RYZEN 5 5600H

[@mdhafigurrahaman3441]

@@jesusbarrera6916 ikr I got my laptop last year for £700 (now it's £630) and it came with dual channel 8gh ram and a Ryzen 5 5600h. I hate how some manufacturers will use a very weak CPU in their budget laptops and say it's 'good value" when there are many others with a much more powerful CPU

[@f0rg]

I have exactly the same laptop 1.5 year now but with 16 gigs of RAM pre installed. And it's funny how cooling solution is made. Mine opens with one hand just fine and it takes a little bit of air from keyboard and prevent it to get hot. And it's kind of laptop that better to use just on table without "helping" it with cooling pads

[@srivatsansamraj2768]

There's something called a turbo mode. You can use that by pressing the fan button on the laptop. (idk if it's still present or not, ROG strix budget ones have those...) and that turbo mode literally overclocks and maintains it at 4-4.3 GHz idle and reaches 4.4Ghz max at games and stuff and I'm pretty sure it makes a difference in games...

[@Ash_1277]

Was waiting for this since saw the story!! 💙🔥

[@DeRock401]

I’m happy to see your channel grow so big! I remember a couple years ago when I built my first pc I messaged you on Twitter and you helped me and responded to all my questions man. Happy holidays Dawid

[@raylopez99]

And now? Dawid won't give you the time of day! Way to go! Just kiddin'.

[@unwavering_sightseer7818]

Something about your videos brings me joy. Keep up the great videos!

[@huzudra]

I usually skip the sponsor parts but that's a pretty slick looking AIO cold block topper.

[@AnnaDoes]

The sound the laptop made being closed really got me 😅

[@evillohuntcasualplayer7974]

I have a previus version of this laptop with a 9300h cpu and for gaming I always need to remember to swich the profile in armory crate to unlock the cpu tpd and clock, I also had to add the 2nd stick of ram and replace all the termalpaste to improve the performance since for some reason the stock one appreared to be dried up from the start

[@evillohuntcasualplayer7974]

@Silvio Balaško I evem replaced that weid glue that tey used on the vrm with folded termalpads they seem to work better^^

[@MegaTerryNutkins]

Good that they still have the dual M.2 & single 2.5" bay configuration, something a lot of budget laptops don't have and it enables you to chuck an older SSD in the 2.5" bay which would otherwise be useless. I have an older TUF with a Ryzen 4600H & 1660ti which has been great, upgraded to 16gb and 4tb of SSD storage.

[@MrR2185]

I am honestly impressed how well this thing runs games after the RAM upgrade. 60 fps in Cyberpunk with a 1650 and a 4-8t CPU is surprising. Also, regarding the memory speeds, you may need to look for XMP profile settings in the BIOS. I have an MSI GF65 (3060 with 10500H) and I had the same issue and to enable XMP after adding the very same RAM you used in this video. As always, I love your humor. Keep up the good work!

[@evillohuntcasualplayer7974]

it the bios is like the older one I have it's kind of useless to even go in there since there are no usefull setting inside :\

[@PatientXero607]

There are no XMP settings in the BIOS on these laptops. They were built to run at JEDEC standards, and 10th Gen was 2666 MHz at the time.

[@Hito_kun]

@@PatientXero607 really? I thought this only happened with the AMD Laptops. Really sucks if you can't set XMP even when you have an Intel CPU

[@hailgod1]

@@PatientXero607 no. their ram was jedec 2933. u just need to buy the right one.

[@atiebiss]

@@hailgod1 I have 8gb single channel 2933 standard. And planning to upgrade it to dual channel. So what RAM brand is the right one?

[@gamin546]

Man I really wished dual channel was the standard for laptops, yes you can just upgrade it yourself, but not everyone does that (mostly because they're probably just scared to open their laptop).

[@atrociouscow]

What you said is true I’ve been saving for some upgrades but my dad is so old fashioned that he refuses to buy the upgrades

[@kael2965]

But upgradeable cpu would be nice.

[@AC-rx6fr]

​​@@kael2965eah, upgradable cpu would be very nice and upgradable gpu. Luckly framework is trying to make something like that

[@KuntalGhosh]

​@@kael2965upgradable cpu was there back in the 3rd gen days. From 4th & 5th gen it all went bga because everyone wanted to slim the laptops down. And a socket adds few millimetres of height.

[@Peter-vz6vp]

fr man i upgraded my laptop from 8gb to 16gb dual channel 3200 mhz and its made a huge difference in performance

[@30secondsofrelax15]

i really enjoy your stuff dawid, keeo it up!

[@nil0ww598]

Keeo 🗿

[@TKIvanov]

KappaPride

[@vladimirdelima2519]

great review! It gives a reasonable option for gamers on a budget, specially upgrading the RAM. I couldn't stop watching what I think was a Bambino watch on your wrist. Good taste for watches!!!

[@dannybrennan31]

"break the laptop back together" is an accurate description a lot of the work I've done on laptops

[@markmarbaniang2859]

It's worth mentioning that disabling core isolation on windows 11 pre installed on these laptop significantly improves the performance as well, great video Dawid!

[@arandomcommenter412]

I don’t quite understand what you’re saying

[@KYRUXI]

@@arandomcommenter412 there's a setting called core isolation that slows down your computer by ALOT you should disable it

[@AC-rx6fr]

​@@KYRUXIi have no idea how it works, but wouldnt it have an effect on laptop's temperatures?

[@KYRUXI]

@@AC-rx6fr i mean yeah and the RAM i think

[@kr7kenold]

I've got the same laptop as you and after changing to the same kit of 16 gb i was blown how much an improvement made and i love it. The noise it makes is a bit too much but on silent its very very SILENT. Best mid range laptop.

[@Accorinrin]

I have the same laptop. How did you add more ram, is it easy to do so?

[@juanpablovilla3937]

@@Accorinrin Its really easy to add more ram, just look a video in youtube, follow it and you're good

[@Accorinrin]

@@juanpablovilla3937 thanks, pal

[@bbpoItergeist]

@@Accorinrin would u recommend this laptop? I want something to play LOL

[@Accorinrin]

@@bbpoItergeist I really would recommend it if you're on a tight budget. It will run league perfectly. I added extra ram to it and it's much faster

[@bierrollerful]

Dawid delivering that laptop crunching ASMR...

[@MarkGibbons]

I really hope to see WZ2 in your future testing!

[@prod.7aco194]

I actually picked this up in 2020 for I think $500, it was the exact same specs just with a 60 hz refresh rate. Served me pretty well but I got a new one for university cause it was so damn heavy and I also needed something more powerful to run programs for classes. I liked it at the end of the day tho, it was cool to see a bit of a retrospective on it!

[@jahyeet1137]

Do you happen to still have it?

[@prod.7aco194]

@@jahyeet1137 yes, why?

[@Wind0wsMediaPlayer]

are you a CS major by any chance? which laptop did you buy for uni?

[@loganricherson3749]

​@Windows Media Player honestly, you don't need an extremely powerful laptop as a CS major. Most programs that you would write for a class can be done on a potato and there are usually computer labs when more powerful computers are required. I'm graduating in 2024 and I've been able to do all of my programs assignments on my crappy duel core laptop from 10 years ago. I recently bought a lenovo ideapad gaming 3 used for $600 because I'm studying abroud next semester and can't bring my desktop. Obviously, having a better laptop makes things more efficient and quick but it's not necessary to get a gaming laptop for CS. Now, for stuff like game development, you will need a more powerful system, if you're uni doesn't have a lab for it, but that's a compleatly different subject

[@Wind0wsMediaPlayer]

@@loganricherson3749 i see! i’ll be moving to canada this fall to study computer science as an international student. guess i’ll bring my potato dual core there and see if i can get by using it. otherwise i’ll maybe wait for some good warehouse deal on some samsung 2-in-1 laptop with an i7 and 16 GB RAM, they seem quite appealing to me and can be bought for around 950 CAD

[@jabezhane]

I'd always test these machines with a factory build and then do a clean fresh driver build. Any laptop I buy I rebuild straight away.

[@TheMemeBull]

The Asus TUF Gaming FX505D was my first real gaming PC/Laptop. I used to be a console player until my friend recommended I step up to a PC. I bought this and it was slightly better than console gaming, but clearly was limited in a lot of ways. I later upgraded to building a PC myself, but I still use that laptop sometimes.

[@mayureshpatil1873]

You are my new favourite review channel now.

[@hydrochloricity]

FidelityFX really lengthened the lifespan of a lot of older GPUs- the fact it's hardware agnostic was such a consumer-oriented move.

[@stuartlunsford7556]

I love that it's been two years and my $650 Omen15 with 4800h/1660ti is still an insane deal!

[@TheHonestTruth]

Literally what I got. Price and all lol

[@KeaganMaher]

I saw one of 4 slots used for the ram in task manager and immediatly thought that theres more ram slots under the keyboard like some older workstations had

[@JacobJosephVanStraten]

Funny commentary as usual , the funnier the better !

[@fv101]

dawid i was thinking of your videos and i went to see if you had anything new posted this video was posted 58 seconds ago coincidence?

[@IsaiahBrooks]

The desing is very cool. The ports are also very good, the screen being 144hrz and the m.2 + ram upgradeabilaty ports are a nice adition. The bloat-ware situation is not bad at all witch is always a plus. The cyberpunk proformance was a suprise for the better. I think you to have a stick of ram bundled in to the cost of the laptop with that you have a very capable system and a great upgradeable laptop. :)

[@eddiedub2061]

Dawid truly does tech stuff

[@JinghisKhan]

There is also that 2.5 inch bay too so you can add both an extra M.2 Drive AND a 2.5 inch HDD for mass storage or a SATA SSD.

[@basedemt6608]

As other commenters have said, you need to get JEDEC standard ram that runs at 3200mhz or whatever the max that older chipset will support is. XMP isn't an option in just about any new laptop. In my Acer Predator 300 I had to research this like crazy, and chose the Kingston Fury 32GB kit. Runs at 3200mhz with no XMP control, just right out of the box. Would probably unlock at least a little more performance if you went with a higher MHz JEDEC standard RAM kit.

[@quietc0smos]

I own this laptop in the 16gb variant and it's actually quite decent tbh.

[@HA05GER]

ive got the rtx2050 version and i put the 8gb extra in it for dual channel. runs really well. i cant fault it.

[@1cyrux]

Hey bro

[@andrew3139]

I appreciate the radiation warning on the back. I must say that it makes me hesitate using it as a true laptop on my sensitive body bits. You'd think the hexagons would block those rads.

[@maxcornejo20]

Your videos are so different in a good way

[@iestynwilliams2198]

I bought this for approx. £650 last Christmas in the sales, as I needed a new laptop capable of playing at least some games. It is generally a great starter laptop, but I agree with Dawid it gets very noisy very quickly!

[@raycool488]

I can agree because I myself have the exact same model shown. You can solve the fan noise issue by going into ARMOURY CRATE in your laptop and select silent mode. Or, you can press and hold on the FN key and click F5 and you can see either silent, performance, or turbo mode. (turbo mode will show if plugged in to AC).

[@shanzayabid1004]

I was about to buy this exact laptop but I found another laptop which is an HP Victus which is just $100 CAD more than the Asus TUF and it is worth it. Does have a ton of simularities but feels like a huge difference when you are using it. If you have the budget to buy it for $799 I recommend buying that. P.S. I bought it for sale

[@tortrac958]

you sounded so northern irish when you said ''shite''' at the end of the video ahaha

[@tyraelpl]

Wow! Crazy leap in game perf with dual channel, incredible!

[@toast1264]

Which fossil did you pick?

[@nightwheel]

I have this laptops previous cousin. Mine has a 9th gen Intel i7 and a 1650. Slightly different LCD lid cover. But the same overall chassis design. I've had to upgrade the RAM on it to 16 gigs but it's been a fairly okay laptop for what I got. Would love to have something way more powerful but I was on a budget and had to make a decision on which way to go.

[@TKIvanov]

"previous cousin"?? 🤣

[@barryj0413]

They have been putting the 1650 in since like 7th gen Intel. It's disappointing they are still using it in new laptops.

[@TKIvanov]

@@barryj0413 7th gen with a 1650?? I want examples

[@nightwheel]

@@barryj0413 Well it was this or one with a Ryzen paired with a 1660. A quick check online showed the Ryzen on offer actually bottlenecked the 1660. So I went with the one with the i7 and 1650. Mine also has a 120hz screen while the Ryzen one was 60hz.

[@SWISS-1337]

Microcenter must love you. You mention them almost every episode, sponsor or not.

[@puokki6225]

As proven by Hardware Unboxed, the cooling on that model can be significantly improved with some precise-yet-violent Dremeling, which is not exactly glowing praise towards Asus's product design department.

[@sixtyinsix]

I remember that episode. Quality hackery.

[@TKIvanov]

Yo! I've missed that one... Imma check it out 🤣

[@jabezhane]

I had a Dell in recently that the customer thought needed a new fan. It was really loud, fan going like the clappers, temps off the charts. Looked at the bottom, big intake vent area...what's the issue? Took the bottom plate off...the whole intake area the fan sucks up from was covered with a thick black plastic sticker. The kind of stuff you get wrapped round a laptop HDD. 5 minutes with a scalpel cutting out the slots and the laptop was purring. I do wonder if these companies really know what they are doing sometimes.

[@CrazyIans]

Some time ago, I wanted to buy this laptop(not the same specs). I thought it was a very good deal, but all of the reviews I saw said that this laptop runs very hot, and that the CPU and the GPU are thermal thorttling(correct me if I said it wrong). I am very surprised that this laptop isn't thermal thorttling

[@aleksazunjic9672]

It is not thermal throttling because neither GPU or CPU are running at full speed 😆All the bloatware taking up RAM serves as sort of passive cooler 😆

[@Fros_t.]

Hey, I also own this laptop and would like to upgrade it to 16gb, do I just need to buy 1 8gb ram stick and what ddr type ram would I need to buy?

[@cosminmilitaru9920]

"you can still upgrade it! after ruining the laptop's innocence, but you still can!" that is exactly how breaking the plastic feels!!!

[@StormyMainShorts]

David

[@Beisepimp]

I'm suprised, that the CPU is that "bad" . I've expected the GTX 1650 would be the problem in this case :D I have the same laptop, only with i5-11400h and RTX 3060.

[@karan3952]

Lol I was also shocked 🤣

[@jesusbarrera6916]

there should be a thermal limit... no modern 4 core CPU can really bottleneck a 1650 laptop

[@karan3952]

@@jesusbarrera6916 I did some search online and the I5 10300H is a perfect CPU for 1650 I think it would be a driver issue sir something

[@aisponek]

I've got a one of TUF's laptops and despite being about twice the price it's got the same bottom plastic half on it. Given I don't use it all the time it's barely even noticeable. The screws on the back are also my biggest gripe with it. I wanted to install another NVME and it's a huge pain in the ass to get the back off.

[@zoeycasa6497]

Great video. Thank-you

[@mikestech1197]

It says no views somewhy

[@JFHeroux]

QUICK NOTE from an IT tech: You normally start opening the laptop starting at the hinges and towards the front... although some manufacturers simply can't be bothered with conventions or even planning a good way to open their products (especially cheap consumer products like this one).

[@TocyBlox]

IT Tech here too. I disagree. This laptop uses the same design as their more expensive tuf laptops (upwards of 1,100). This laptop actually came with a “lifting screw” on the front right corner where it stays in place and lifts the bottom cover up from the case. This implies they want you to open from the front. Also the cover toward the back part of this laptop covers the vents. It’s almost impossible to open it from the back. I’ll say it’s designed good but executed badly. The clips are too tight. I’ll rather open this than laptops 5-10 years ago. Where everything is UNDER the keyboard. On Dells and Lenovos that I normally work on, you can open however you wish lol. The clips are carbon fiber and very lose.

[@Techskills2077]

I really love ur content, u're the best tech content creator

[@HectorLopez-fe1ix]

Nice vid Dawid👍🏼

[@stormbreaker82]

Good day everyone ❤️

[@STORMFIRE07]

Well well well, if it isn’t that same tuf A15 that created controversy for having little to no air intakes for the fans, thus resulting in high temps and reduced performance (Hardware Unboxed has a video on it, two in fact, one named “Don’t buy the asus tuf a15 2020 model” and another “asus claims we are wrong about tuf a15”)

[@-Gadget-]

And undoubtedly, both sucked 🤔 And this after their "denying" there was anything wrong, with the first iteration or the follow up 🤦🏼‍♂️🤣

[@VinnyVidiVintage]

Those bottom hexagons radiation warnings made me think of Umbrella Corp from Resident Evil.

[@albertmorrison6568]

🤣🤣🤣loved the shite at the end never heard anyone outside of the UK say that before lol you have just went up even further in my estimation Dawid 👍👌👌

[@randomizedcontent9461]

I got a variety of this laptop a couple years ago called the asus tuf f17. It’s pretty much the same but it has a 17 inch monitor instead of a 15 inch monitor. It also has an Intel cpu. I definitely would recommend this laptop, it works well for what it is.

[@thetalesofdaneandco]

I have this laptop. Is it the 3050Ti 11400H version?

[@randomizedcontent9461]

@@thetalesofdaneandco nah I have the 1650 ti version

[@HaloMG]

i remember my friend has this exact laptop except 1660, it has frequent issues regarding it's fans, that brush the insides when it comes loose and make a scraping noise. obviously started after the warranty finished, and sends it back to get fixed, after which it comes back in 6 months, this thing is the reason i decided to stay away from Asus and went with an Alienware X15 instead. The build quality also reminds me of Old HP Pavilions, though i guess for how cheap it is, you can't really fault it that much on that,other then the fact that you are still wayy better of with a legion device.

[@jayjayhooksch1]

At 6:20 what do you mean by de-elma? I don't get the reference, but Im figuring you mean some type of de-bloating software. Do you have a video where you do such a thing, I would love to get rid of some of the bloat and constant pop ups I get from my expired MCafe lol

[@branikkkk]

Oh god I love those cheap jokes. Like that best hexagon per dollar value. You always makes me crack Dawid. Thanks

[@JohnnyProds]

Yo

[@adiplayz8115]

When i came here it shows no views nice69

[@Varmint260]

I bought a laptop with a 10500H and an RTX 3060 last year because it was the same price as a desktop 3060 during The Scalpocalypse. It also came with a single 8Gb stick and putting a 2x16Gb setup into it made a similar difference.

[@LiLBitsDK]

the laptop 3060 is really just a glorified 3050 though but it works fine

[@codex-9365]

Back in august I was gonna buy this because it had rgb but then I saw an hp pavilion for the same price with higher refresh rate less storage but an r5 5600h and I’m so happy I did when you compare the performance

[@allthingssimulation]

Buy the cheapest laptop on ebay

[@OB_fox]

Yoo

[@krypton1260]

Hey, it's my old gaming laptop. The issue with fps in games and them crashing is... the wireless card, upgrade it to a pcie+usb one and you're good (eg. intel ax210). For some reason the pcie+pcie stock card doesn't work too good and you lose a bunch of performance.

[@themitri7738]

i like dawid more than the other tech youtubers.. budget pcs and laptops needed more attention!!

[@urmum6867]

I loved the plutonium joke 😂

[@ficklampa]

Deepcool new logo makes me think of randomfrankp every time I see it, lol. Also, very jealous of the cheap sale prices you guys get over in US/CA

[@NotchTown]

I used to have the same laptop but the ryzen version with r5 4600h and GTX 1650. I used to get cpu temps of 95 degrees frequently and GPU temps of around 80 degrees. Seems like ambient temperature is a real deal 😂

[@andrewjohnson3974]

Great video - i have one of these. I am confused as to which GPU you are showing though. In this laptop there is the AMD inbuilt GPU for desktop type stuff and then theres the NVidia GPU for gaming (least i think thats how its meant to work). I think you showed playing with the settings on the AMD side when surely the NVidia settings are what you should be looking at? I know for the games i play, i have to specify in windows that each game is to use the NVidia card. Were all the games you showcased using the AMD or NVidia GPU here? I am just curious as its made me doubt the use of the nVidia card unless it is connected to an external monitor. Maybe i am just generally confused ;-)

[@halbmetallmensch]

First thought I had seeing the TUF background wallpaper was, if the display or GPU has some defect and it's a graphical glitch!

[@telepop123]

Impeccable use of the word 'shite' by Dawid.

[@jahyeet1137]

6:04 genuinely the best description of 2022

[@Akira_drafts]

His humor is just awesome🤣🤣🤣

[@SPIN_89]

“Feels a bit light for something with plutonium” 😂😂

[@IvannaNukya]

What is the program you use to test games on your computer? I really want to get that.

[@MoChuang343]

Omg the hexagons give me PTSD from the A15 2020 that has those stupid vents blocked.

[@devrandvar]

That performance improvement after the RAM upgrade was wild, It never ceases to amaze me how much companies kneecap their products to save a few pennies. I suspect that the ram they used must have had something more going against it then just the single channel. I wish you would have tested it in at least one game with just 1 stick of the good ram to see if there was something else going on there. Still a very interesting video, great work Dawid giving people a really good example of a case where a relatively simple upgrade to a laptop really matters.

[@aleksazunjic9672]

This is mostly lack of RAM, not single channel problem. Difference between 2x8 GB and 1x16 GB is few percent.

[@AchiragChiragg]

​@@aleksazunjic9672surely GTA 5 didn't need more than 8GB of RAM to run at 60+ fps

[@aleksazunjic9672]

@@AchiragChiragg Depends on OS. Modern versions of Win 10 and 11 eat up 4GB RAM like cookies 😄 Thus you are left with barely 4 for all other stuff. 8 GB RAM was enough for GTA 5 on Win 7, but on Win 10 ...

[@AchiragChiragg]

@@aleksazunjic9672 I can run GTA 5 with 8GB of dual channel DDR4 RAM on my laptop running Windows 10.

[@dchang29]

Can you share what software you're using to show the CPU/GPU temperatures and usage? Thanks