Advice for gaming laptop

[St3rling]

Hey guys,

I'd appreciate some advice on the following laptop, not an expert with these things tho but I've managed to put one together.
Due to my lifestyle I'd rather just stick to the laptop without the use of any external monitors, mainly for heavy gaming (95%) and browsing the web also need quite a bit of a storage and my top budget is £1.9k, here it goes:

Chassis & Display
Recoil Series: 17.3" Matte Full HD 144Hz 72% NTSC LED Widescreen (1920x1080)
Processor (CPU)
Intel® Core™ i7 Six Core Processor 9750H (2.6GHz, 4.5GHz Turbo)
Memory (RAM)
16GB Corsair 2666MHz SODIMM DDR4 (2 x 8GB)
Graphics Card
NVIDIA® GeForce® RTX 2070 - 8.0GB GDDR6 Video RAM - DirectX® 12.1
1st Storage Drive
1TB SEAGATE 7mm SERIAL ATA III 2.5" HARD DRIVE WITH 128MB CACHE (7,200rpm)
1st M.2 SSD Drive
1TB ADATA SX6000 Pro PCIe M.2 2280 (2100 MB/R, 1500 MB/W)
Memory Card Reader
Integrated 3 in 1 Card Reader (SD / SDHC / SDXC)
AC Adaptor
1 x 230W AC Adaptor
Power Cable
2 x 1 Metre UK Power Cable (Kettle Lead)
Battery
Recoil II Series 46WH Lithium Ion Battery
Thermal Paste
ARCTIC MX-4 EXTREME THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY COMPOUND
Sound Card
2 Channel High Def. Audio + SoundBlaster™ Cinema
Bluetooth & Wireless
GIGABIT LAN & WIRELESS INTEL® Wi-Fi 6 AX200 (2.4 Gbps) + BT 5.0
USB/Thunderbolt Options
1 x USB 3.1 PORT (Type C) + 2 x USB 3.1 PORTS + 1 x USB 2.0 PORT
Keyboard Language
PER-KEY RGB BACKLIT UK QUIET MECHANICAL KEYBOARD
Operating System
Windows 10 Home 64 Bit - inc. Single Licence [KUK-00001]
Operating System Language
United Kingdom - English Language
Windows Recovery Media
Windows 10 Multi-Language Recovery Image - Unlimited Downloads from Online Account
Office Software
FREE 30 Day Trial of Microsoft® Office® 365 (Operating System Required)
Anti-Virus
BullGuard™ Internet Security - Free 90 Day License inc. Gamer Mode
Browser
Firefox™
Notebook Mouse
INTEGRATED 2 BUTTON TOUCHPAD MOUSE
Webcam
INTEGRATED 1MP HD WEBCAM
Warranty
3 Year Gold Warranty (2 Year Collect & Return, 2 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour)
Dead Pixel Guarantee
1 Year Dead Pixel Guarantee Inc. Labour & Carriage Costs
Delivery
STANDARD INSURED DELIVERY TO UK MAINLAND (MON-FRI)
Build Time
Standard Build - Approximately 7 to 9 working days
QTY
1
£1,737.00
inc VAT and Delivery



Any feedback would be much appreciated, thank you

 

[Oussebon]

Spec looks very good tbh. Not much to say

If 15.6" is an option, the Vortex laptop has a gsync screen, but if you prefer 17.3" and/or aren't fussed about gsync then the above's great

 

[St3rling]

Thanks mate 😊 In terms of thermals would it be worth getting a bigger chassis e.g. Octane? or does this handle cpu and gpu fine? Had a look on the Octane but that would be like 300-400 quid more

 

[St3rling]

Sorry I’ve just seen that someone has already asked this question in an other thread 😅

 

[Oussebon]

The Octane is a bigger chassis because it has a desktop CPU in it (which uses more power, generates more heat, and so needs beefier cooling), and it also supports the RTX 2080. So temps won't be lower, it's just able to manage the additional heat from the components it has.

But it costs a fortune, is huge, and isn't really what most people who are after a gaming laptop should be looking at as the first port of call. It's a good product, but for more of a niche I think

 

[St3rling]

Makes sense mate, I get it, thank you! tbf I’ll stick to this recoil, reasonable price and size indeed😊

Pulling the trigger next week Thursday, ah I can’t wait 😁

 

[St3rling]

Although one last question, how does this laptop handles heat coming from gpu and cpu? With my old laptop for me 75-85 Celsius is normal under heavy load so if this is more or less the same I’m happy 🙏

 

[Oussebon]

It may well be to the higher end of that, or even the high 80s with peaks to the 90s. Sometimes low 90s is what you see some users report.

Intel's CPUs are just hot these days - which is what happens if you keep trying to push frequencies higher and higher and stuff more and more cores into the system, all on the same architecture you've had since 2015.

This is the new normal.

They work, and the laptops are fine, it's just something you should be aware of.

 

[St3rling]

Well if those temps won’t damage laptop components over time I’m happy with that, thanks mate 👍😊