troy gessner
At the time of purchase, the 16GB RAM/512GB SSD was the same price as the 32GB RAM/1TB SSD (2499), So i opted for the better specd version (2080 Max-Q variant) This laptop beats out my desktop (1070) in FPS for every game i play, which is mostly Total War Warhammer 2 and Black Ops 4. It gets hot in the lap, so if that is where you play most comfortably, i would reccomend also purchasing a cooling pad, to elevate it and increase thermal performance. After an undervolt applied to the CPU, with fans running at almost max on a custom profile, there was no thermal throttling, and I was able to achieve steady performance with no bottlenecking while gaming for hours on end. Very convienient to have a physical Turbo Boost button, so youre not ALT-TABing out of your games to adjust fan speeds and overclocking, which can be a pain. The amount of I/O they put into this laptop is honestly ridiculous considering the slim form factor. everything you would need, including thunderbolt 3. Overall, great laptop with great portability and performance, chose this laptop over the zephyrus due to the keyboard placement, which was a dealbreaker for me considering i do 99% of gaming with the laptop on my lap.
