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An unreasonably fast laptop for a reasonable price.
I'm not going to post a super long review, just what I cared about, what this laptop is, and what it isnt.
Pro: Insane performance per dollar. Maxing out stuff like Diablo 3, WoW, Overwatch, DOOM, Various Source engine games (TF2, Halflife 2, black mesa, etc) will be butter smooth. This is a near-desktop replacement device.
Pro: One of the best non mechanical keyboards. Great travel distance and key responsiveness
Pro: Lighter than I expected. It's not an ultra-thin notebook, but very travel friendly.
Pro: Premium Feel
Pro: Gorgeous Display. It's a 144 Hz IPS display. It's gorgeous. There is some lightbleed when displaying almost all black screens, but that's expected. Not going to count that as a con.
Con: It can get warm, to the point of discomfort near the WSAD keys, which I assume the GPU is located internally. I turned on the coolboost feature or whatever its called and this helped.
Con: Bloatware. Took about 5 minutes to remove, but nobody likes bloatware.
Con: Drivers out of box are a joke. My network performance was horrible until several driver installs and windows updates completed. Drivers are extremely out of date (8+ months old) out of box.
Neutral: Design language is typical angsty 14 year old, red and black, stark angles, and angry looking PREDATOR logos. I personally don't care, some people might not like the loud looks.
Neutral: PredatorSense software: It lets you slightly OC the 1060, which I did. It also lets you set fan curves. There's plenty of third party software that does all this already but it's nice of them to try.
Neutral : 2 year limited warranty: I hope I don't need it.
Neutral: NO Mechanical storage hard disk: It only has a 256gig NVME. Not a big deal because I use this exclusively for a handful of games to play while at work, but this might be a turn off for some.
Overall, I am happy with this having spent $1200. I would not pay a cent more, but most laptops in this tier DO cost 1400+. If you want something to play games on the go, are cheap, but demand decent quality, there is your go-to laptop.
July 2018 · Electronics · verified purchase