Been searching for a budget-friendly gaming laptop for the past 3 days. This was listed @ $1799 on PC Case Gear, Scorptec & Mwave - but tonight it is magically $1599 on Mwave only. Hope it helps someone!!!
FWIW I was tossing up between this one, MSI Sword 15, Acer Nitro 5 (i7 and r7), Asus ROG Strix and Dell G15.
This new price point did it for me.
**EDIT: wow, lots of comments. I guess I should have mentioned that this won't really be used for gaming, so prob shouldn't have put 'gaming', although it is marketed as that. Hence why I'm happy with the GFX card as is.
My non-negotiables were 144Hz screen, 2KG weight max, and a built-in webcam. Good battery too (had better battery specs than all i was comparing).
So far, I'm super happy with it (Y)
Specs:
RAM: 16
Hz: 144
CPU: i7 11800H
GFX: RTX 3050-P
Screen: 15.6"
Ghz: 4.6
Battery: 4-cell 62Wh
Weight: 1.9kg
SSD: 512GB
Warranty: 2Y (upgrade to 3Y for $200 extra)
4GB 3050 is crap, dude.