G5 KF-E3US333SH w/ Core™ i5-12500H, 8GB, 512GB M.2 SSD, 15.6in FHD, GeForce RTX™ 4060, Wi-Fi 6, BT 5.2, Win 11 Home
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Sunday, August 13, 2023
By: Nicholas
From: Ottaaa
Strengths:
Best deal for a 4060 laptop
Plays everything really well even at 3440x1440 get really high fps
Very quick and snappy. For the price match I had, this can't be beat. (MemX matched a door crasher sale!)
Weaknesses:
Fans are a tad loud but a upgraded bios helps
Additional Comments:
Best value for money
Friday, April 7, 2023
By: HTS
From: Edmonton
Strengths:
-Price was to my budget at that time of purchase.
-4060 GPU. Videos and gaming looks amazing.
-WiFi 6 makes connectivity very fast.
-Last gen CPU can handle the work and games I throw at it.
-Ease of upgrading and repairs.
-Surprisingly light for its size.
Weaknesses:
-Screen looks washed-out under certain light.
-Power adaptor block can get uncomfortably warm, especially during charging.
-Cooling an issue. Both GPU and CPU gets hot to the point that I feel the heat from the keyboards.
-During high def video games and watching 4K movies, fans ran full speed and sounded like a jet taking off.
-Only 8GB of RAM and 500GB of SDD space.
-Windows 11. Enough said.
Additional Comments:
Gigabyte did make a great 4000 GPU series laptop, but it does comes with it downsides.
This is my first new purchase of a laptop in over 6 years. One that is not a hand-me-down, open box, or 2nd hand from someone I know. The price was within my budget at that time and it allowed me to invest in a new laptop with latest gen specs.
The problems (weaknesses) I listed can be remedied with some work arounds.
For the cooling problem: I recommend to check the thermal paste on GPU and CPU. Also get a laptop cooling pad that helps airflow to bottom of laptop.
For the RAM and SDD: Both can be upgraded with higher GB RAM cards and a higher volume SDD. I upgraded both when parts were on sale.
Microsoft windows 11: Wish microsoft wasn't so annoying or intrusive in my life. May think of installing a different OS. Will look into other options like Steam OS or Linux.
Overall: Not bad but not great either. If you want a laptop that can do both work and games for short periods of time this might work for you. I will stick with this unit until I can keep it cool during normal operations or it catches fire.
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