Vyper 3 - Advice Before Purchase

[ESwindells]

Hi All,

I'm close to purchasing the laptop below to replace an ageing laptop. The laptop will be used primarily for gaming and day to day use. It'll be the sole machine with no other desktop PC or console in the household.

Please can anyone advise if any changes need to be made? I'm considering both this unit and the Recoil 4 but I chose the Vyper due to the similar specs but lower overall cost. I could stretch the the more expensive Recoil if people consider it to be worth the extra money.

Any and all advice welcome! Thanks in advance.

Chassis & Display
Vyper Series: 15.6" Matte Full HD 144Hz 72% NTSC LED Widescreen (1920x1080)
Processor (CPU)
Intel® Core™ i7 Eight Core Processor 10875H (2.3GHz, 5.1GHz Turbo)
Memory (RAM)
16GB Corsair 2666MHz SODIMM DDR4 (2 x 8GB)
Graphics Card
NVIDIA® GeForce® RTX 2070 SUPER - 8.0GB GDDR6 Video RAM - DirectX® 12.1
1st M.2 SSD Drive
1TB SAMSUNG 970 EVO PLUS M.2, PCIe NVMe (up to 3500MB/R, 3300MB/W)
Memory Card Reader
Integrated 3 in 1 Card Reader (Full Size SD / SDHC / SDXC)
AC Adaptor
1 x 230W AC Adaptor
Power Cable
1 x 1 Metre UK Power Cable (Kettle Lead)
Battery
Vyper Series Integrated 62WH Lithium Ion Battery
Thermal Paste
ARCTIC MX-4 EXTREME THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY COMPOUND
Sound Card
2 Channel High Def. Audio + THX Spatial Audio
Bluetooth & Wireless
GIGABIT LAN & WIRELESS INTEL® Wi-Fi 6 AX201 (2.4 Gbps) + BT 5.0
USB/Thunderbolt Options
1 x THUNDERBOLT 3 PORT + 3 x USB 3.1 PORTS
Keyboard Language
VYPER SERIES RGB BACKLIT UK 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 365® (Operating System Required)
Anti-Virus
NO ANTI-VIRUS SOFTWARE
Browser
Google Chrome™
Notebook Mouse
INTEGRATED 2 BUTTON TOUCHPAD MOUSE
Webcam
INTEGRATED 1MP HD WEBCAM
Warranty
3 Year Silver Warranty (1 Year Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour)
Dead Pixel Guarantee
30 Day Dead Pixel Guarantee Inc. Labour & Carriage Costs
Chassis
TongFang GM5MPHY (8GB RTX-2070 SUPER, i7-10875H, 144Hz, Blank KB)
Delivery
TIMED DELIVERY TO UK MAINLAND - MON-FRI (BEFORE 2PM)
Build Time
Standard Build - Approximately 7 to 9 working days
Price: £1,878.00 including VAT and Delivery

 

[Grinty]

Are you going to be using an external monitor? My understanding is that the RTX2070S is for 1440p/144Hz gaming, so it's overkill for the laptop's screen.

I'm also a bit confused why you have an option to put a GPU with a TDP of 215W in a laptop with only a 230W power brick - maybe someone else here can enlighten me?

 

[Notapcspecialist]

That’s a mobile GPU - there’s no real ‘thing’ of being too powerful for the screen in a laptop form factor. You will struggle to hit 144fps, which is the screens limit, on the most demanding newer titles anyway (control etc).

The desktop variant of the 2070 is the perfect 1440p/144hz card.

The rtx2070s is a great laptop card and the build looks great. I can’t comment on the particular laptops as I have a different one, so will leave that to others.

 

[Grinty]

So the days of the laptop version of a GPU having an M on the end are gone...

Thanks for correcting me

 

[briggm]

So the days of the laptop version of a GPU having an M on the end are gone...

Thanks for correcting me

That's kind of been replaced by Max-Q, which are lower powered variants similar to what the "M" were. So looking at the 2070 Super, the Max-Q I believe comes with a TDP of 80w and 90w, the full laptop version (often called Max-P) has a TDP of 115w and like you said, the desktop card has a TDP of 215w.

For the average buyer it's all very confusing.