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expiredSehoneyDP posted Aug 18, 2023 11:21 PM
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Deal Details
Micro Center has Gateway Creator 15.6" Gaming Laptop (GGNC51518-BK) on sale for $399.99. Select free store pickup where stock permits.
Thanks to Deal Hunter SehoneyDP for sharing this deal.
Thanks to Deal Hunter SehoneyDP for sharing this deal.
- Note: Availability for pickup may vary by location.
- 15.6" 1920x1080 FHD 120Hz IPS Display
- Intel i5-11400H 2.7-4.5GHz 6-Core / 12-Thread Processor
- 16GB DDR4 Memory
- 512GB M.2 PCIe Solid State Drive
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 4GB Graphics
- 802.11ax Wi-Fi + Bluetooth 5.1
- Backlit Keyboard
- Windows 11 Home
- Ports:
- 1x HDMI
- 2x USB 3.1 (Gen 1 Type-A)
- 1x USB 3.1 (Gen 2 Type-C)
- 1x USB 2.0 (Type-A)
- 1x Ethernet
Editor's Notes
Written by SaltyOne | Staff- About this Deal:
- Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars from customer reviews.
- At the time of this posting, our research indicates that this is $99.01 lower than the next best available prices starting from $499. -SaltyOne
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Micro Center has Gateway Creator 15.6" Gaming Laptop (GGNC51518-BK) on sale for $399.99. Select free store pickup where stock permits.
Thanks to Deal Hunter SehoneyDP for sharing this deal.
Thanks to Deal Hunter SehoneyDP for sharing this deal.
- Note: Availability for pickup may vary by location.
- 15.6" 1920x1080 FHD 120Hz IPS Display
- Intel i5-11400H 2.7-4.5GHz 6-Core / 12-Thread Processor
- 16GB DDR4 Memory
- 512GB M.2 PCIe Solid State Drive
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 4GB Graphics
- 802.11ax Wi-Fi + Bluetooth 5.1
- Backlit Keyboard
- Windows 11 Home
- Ports:
- 1x HDMI
- 2x USB 3.1 (Gen 1 Type-A)
- 1x USB 3.1 (Gen 2 Type-C)
- 1x USB 2.0 (Type-A)
- 1x Ethernet
Editor's Notes
Written by SaltyOne | Staff- About this Deal:
- Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars from customer reviews.
- At the time of this posting, our research indicates that this is $99.01 lower than the next best available prices starting from $499. -SaltyOne
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Top Comments
The i5 11400h is a two (soon to be three) gen old mid-range 6-core processor that is rather weak by current gen standards (12th gen and beyond intel processors were a major generational leap over 11th gen). That being said, the 3050 will be the bottleneck in 99% of games anyways. As long as you don't tend to do productivity work or play extremely cpu heavy games the processor shouldn't be a major concern at this price tier.
The 3050 is the last gen lowest mainstream tier mobile gpu, and is significantly weaker than the desktop version. It'll do just fine for 1080p gaming as long as you don't want to play the latest Triple-A titles with max settings at high refresh rates, but the lack of vram (4gb is extremely poor for 2023) and overall weak performance means it is firmly bottom budget tier for discrete gpus. It will still run circles around the integrated graphics in current gen apus though, beating even the top of the line phoenix point apus. A mobile 3060 can be up to 50% faster (depending on wattage) and has 50% more vram, however the cheapest I've ever seen a new 3060 laptop go for is ~$600. Rtx 4000 series laptops offer a significantly worse price to performance ratio currently.
16gb of ram is the current standard; it's last gen ddr4 memory, but at this price you won't get better. The specs say 16gb "onboard" and a max of 16gb, so I assume it's soldered, but I'd be happy to be proven wrong. The Gateway websites' questions and answers page for this model has an answer indicating that it supports up to 32gb, but some answers Gateway have given are contradictory, so I'd take them with a grain of salt.
A 512gb ssd is still smaller than it should be, but many laptops in this price range only have a 256gb ssd. According to the Gateway questions and answers page this model supports pcie gen 3 and "has a 2.5 SSD slot and a 2nd M.2 slot", but once again I am unsure of the veracity of this answer.
Assuming this model uses the same screen as the previous model, it's the standard disappointing budget gaming laptop fare. The previous models' screen measured at 235 nits of brightness and 44% of the DCI-P3 color gamut, which is quite bad, though not significantly worse than other gaming laptops in the $500 and below range. It being 120hz is nice at least.
The array of ports on this laptop is decent, there's no thunderbolt but for the price it's perfectly fine.
Battery life is supposedly quite poor, but that's only to be expected when it comes to budget gaming laptops since portability isn't the main priority. Likewise it's a bit bulkier and heavier than any laptop without a dgpu is.
Overall, this is an extremely good value for a budget tier gaming laptop.
Edit: The user KyleZ9225 has posted a link to a youtube video which confirms this laptop has 2 memory slots so the memory is upgradeable, and confirms it has both an additional m2 and 2.5" sata slot. It does not confirm whether or not the usb-c port is full function and has video output.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ocgm0nT
Man it even has 16gigs of ram straight out of the box.
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Does anyone know if the Display has high sRGB %?
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The i5 11400h is a two (soon to be three) gen old mid-range 6-core processor that is rather weak by current gen standards (12th gen and beyond intel processors were a major generational leap over 11th gen). That being said, the 3050 will be the bottleneck in 99% of games anyways. As long as you don't tend to do productivity work or play extremely cpu heavy games the processor shouldn't be a major concern at this price tier.
The 3050 is the last gen lowest mainstream tier mobile gpu, and is significantly weaker than the desktop version. It'll do just fine for 1080p gaming as long as you don't want to play the latest Triple-A titles with max settings at high refresh rates, but the lack of vram (4gb is extremely poor for 2023) and overall weak performance means it is firmly bottom budget tier for discrete gpus. It will still run circles around the integrated graphics in current gen apus though, beating even the top of the line phoenix point apus. A mobile 3060 can be up to 50% faster (depending on wattage) and has 50% more vram, however the cheapest I've ever seen a new 3060 laptop go for is ~$600. Rtx 4000 series laptops offer a significantly worse price to performance ratio currently.
16gb of ram is the current standard; it's last gen ddr4 memory, but at this price you won't get better. The specs say 16gb "onboard" and a max of 16gb, so I assume it's soldered, but I'd be happy to be proven wrong. The Gateway websites' questions and answers page for this model has an answer indicating that it supports up to 32gb, but some answers Gateway have given are contradictory, so I'd take them with a grain of salt.
A 512gb ssd is still smaller than it should be, but many laptops in this price range only have a 256gb ssd. According to the Gateway questions and answers page this model supports pcie gen 3 and "has a 2.5 SSD slot and a 2nd M.2 slot", but once again I am unsure of the veracity of this answer.
Assuming this model uses the same screen as the previous model, it's the standard disappointing budget gaming laptop fare. The previous models' screen measured at 235 nits of brightness and 44% of the DCI-P3 color gamut, which is quite bad, though not significantly worse than other gaming laptops in the $500 and below range. It being 120hz is nice at least.
The array of ports on this laptop is decent, there's no thunderbolt but for the price it's perfectly fine.
Battery life is supposedly quite poor, but that's only to be expected when it comes to budget gaming laptops since portability isn't the main priority. Likewise it's a bit bulkier and heavier than any laptop without a dgpu is.
Overall, this is an extremely good value for a budget tier gaming laptop.
Edit: The user KyleZ9225 has posted a link to a youtube video which confirms this laptop has 2 memory slots so the memory is upgradeable, and confirms it has both an additional m2 and 2.5" sata slot. It does not confirm whether or not the usb-c port is full function and has video output.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ocgm0nT
Gateway brand was purchased by acer, they now use the brand as their entry level everything brand so yes nothing about this laptop will feel premium, but for the $400 you cant complain its still a deal that wont be beat for awhile.
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Gateway brand was purchased by acer, they now use the brand as their entry level everything brand so yes nothing about this laptop will feel premium, but for the $400 you cant complain its still a deal that wont be beat for awhile.
Yeah no worries, its rare not to have a laptop anymore without video out. The USB C is a bummer but for the price cant complain for those who just want to game and do school work on a very small budget.
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Check the questions and answers at bottom
AstroCancer
· 11 hours ago
Is the ram upgradeable on this model? What is the maximum supported? 1
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Gateway USA · 9 hours ago
Greetings
The GGNC51518 uses 16 GB DDR4 RAM and can be upgraded up to 32 GB. For additional support with our products, please reach out to us via chat on www.gatewayusa.
https://www.dell.com/en-us/shop/d...AAAdh_wAng
After Amex offer, this might come down to $730
Check the questions and answers at bottom
AstroCancer
· 11 hours ago
Is the ram upgradeable on this model? What is the maximum supported? 1
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Gateway USA · 9 hours ago
Greetings
The GGNC51518 uses 16 GB DDR4 RAM and can be upgraded up to 32 GB. For additional support with our products, please reach out to us via chat on www.gatewayusa.
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