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Any love for 17.3" gaming laptops here? I believe this thing is one of the best for gaming on the market. It's super light, is made with magnesium alloy, and comes with a high-density (170ppi) QHD IPS panel with plenty of power under the hood.
Liquid metal comes STOCK on this 8 core, 16 thread Intel 10875H with a 1 year standard warranty.
The RTX 3070 comes with an extra power boost in this model.
The battery is almost as big as they come - 91WHr.
The NVMe SSD is basically Samsung's OEM version of the 970 Evo.
Eluktronics is a lesser-known brand that has been picking up traction in the tech community and is growing a stellar reputation as a first-rate laptop boutique. They typically boast class-leading performance in both processing power and graphics scores. The MAX-17, as I understand it, is their premium positioned thin-and-light notebook.
I have no affiliation with Eluktronics but am in the market to buy.
The price is $200 off of Amazon retail price and competitive with similar products. Oh, and it comes with peripherals as a bonus! The price of the laptop alone with the same spec on Eluktronics.com is $2249.
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It runs hot because it ekes out every bit of wattage possible to get the best performance. I guarantee this 3070 will outperform many laptop 3080's as the 2070's and 2070 Supers have historically outperformed their 2080 and 2080 Super brethren when they are allowed to. It's based a lot on wattage and also if you can disable Optimus with a mux switch in the BIOS. This Eluktronics machine, like most of their line, has the right features to get the most out of the included hardware.
https://youtu.be/Ojr8gToJcgA
https://youtu.be/Nn5lEQIKzqI
Start looking beyond paper specs and figure out what actually makes these machines tick and outperform almost everything else in their class.
[EDIT: To clarify - the best possible thermal interface material for a laptop - cooling depends on lots of factors]
Upvoted for specs + price point.
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I should add that this "drying up" was around the 1 or 2 year mark, not right away or anything. People typically report seeing Temps and/or performance steadily get worse first and that plateau.
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Just thought I'd post a resource for those considering a laptop with liquid metal (or any computer really). Im in no way trying to imply LM compound for a heat sink can't be excellent. I just thought I'd make known some of the past issues and concerns around how LM compound interacts with copper and aluminum if not utilized properly (heat sink really needs to have some kind of protective coating where the liquid metal will be utilized).
http://forum.notebookr
I wouldnt hesitate to buy this.
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Also, thanks for making me aware that ASUS applies liquid metal on some of their laptops. This is a newer development.
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