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Intel NUC X15 i7-12700H, A730M 12GB 80W, 15.6" FHD IPS 144Hz Laptop Kit $1019.15 ($995.17 eBay+) Delivered @ Comp Alliance eBay

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Intel NUC X15 i7-12700H, A730M 12GB 80W, 15.6" FHD IPS 144Hz Laptop Kit $1019.15 ($995.17 eBay+) Delivered @ Comp Alliance eBay
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Look Up on 07/10/2023 - 19:31 ebay.com.au (934 clicks)
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Sub $1K clearance pricing for the X15 barebone
For reference, the previous gen 3060 X15 was cleared out at $1099
With ASUS now officially owning the NUC portfolio, the ROG tax guarantees future NUC laptops - if they are even released - will be overpriced
Arc A730M performance = at least RTX 3060 Mobile since Intel's driver team levelled up plus the extra benefit of double the VRAM

BYO RAM, SSD and OS required

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Intel Core Alder Lake i7-12700H Processor (6P + 8E core / 20 thread, 24M Cache, up to 4.70 GHz)
2x DDR5 SODIMM slots, max 64GB
2x M.2 2280 NVMe PCIe SSD slots, 1x Gen 4 + 1x Gen 3
Intel Arc A730M 12GB GDDR6 video
15.6” narrow bezel, IPS 16:9, FHD 144Hz
1x Thunderbolt 4/USB4 Type-C port with DisplayPort 1.4b connectivity, 3x USB 3.2 Gen1 Type-A ports, 1x full-size HDMI 2.1 TMDS Compatible port, 1 x 3.5mm Combo Audio Jack
Intel i225-V 2.5Gb LAN
Intel Wi-Fi 6 AX201 + Bluetooth v5.2
Black anodised aluminium chassis
358.3mm x 235mm x 22.2mm
2 Years warranty

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  • Feeblely on 07/10/2023 - 19:52
    +1

    What is the weight and battery life?

  • FireRunner on 07/10/2023 - 20:01
    +2

    Is the GPU actually locked at 80W? Notebookcheck says it ranges from 80-120W. If so this will probably perform much worse than the RTX 3060 NUC X15

  • tlazolli on 07/10/2023 - 20:06
    +1

    Previous gen had the QHD screen :'(

  • vid_ghost on 07/10/2023 - 20:11
    +1

    This is interesting

  • The Value on 07/10/2023 - 20:13
    +5

    12GB video memory. Impressive.

  • Zeee on 07/10/2023 - 20:30

    Can it output resolution of 4k at 144hz?

    • Brrrrt on 07/10/2023 - 20:52

      Yes. There is a hdmi 2.1 and TB4 port which should be more than capable of 4k144hz. Performance at 4k is another question.

      • Zeee on 07/10/2023 - 21:13

        I see… Thanks

  • Brrrrt on 07/10/2023 - 20:39
    +7

    Not sold on this at all.

    Bad screen (budget 144hz in 2023 basically signifies 45% ntsc), no ram and ssd all require upgrade which immediately bumps up the real $ needed to make it a full fledged machine.

    @FireRunner brought up an interesting point. And 80w is more than likely what it can sustain since this is of different chassis to last years x15. Here you are getting only two exhaust at the back - which basically confirms why it got a low tdp - the cooling is definitely suboptimal for this rig.

    notebookcheck gave a good thumbs up for the a730m but that was in a Quanta chassis with sigficantly more beefy cooling. can not find any reviews on this chassis. will update if i find anything or any documention on tdp and such

    Edit: get drivers n bios updates here in case you do grab this machine. couldnt find anything on gpu wattage yet. or if it have a mux switch of sorts - last years x15 didnt.

    • CHUNITHM Luminous on 07/10/2023 - 21:00

      One of my friends has this machina and he says the thermals are decent. Not sure about the GPU tdp though. I'll ask him.

      • Brrrrt on 07/10/2023 - 21:09

        if he dont know how to test, can you ask him to install furmark & hwinfo, make sure laptop is in performance powerplan, stress test in furmark and check gpu power draw in hwinfo? cheers

        • CHUNITHM Luminous on 07/10/2023 - 21:09
          +3

          Yeah he already has those and he said he will do it later. I will update this post when he responds.

        • FBI on 07/10/2023 - 21:22

          What laptop would you recommend around 1200 please. For IT work please (App support). TIA✌️

          • Brrrrt on 07/10/2023 - 21:24
            +2

            @FBI: any laptop deals posted here at this range should be a-ok.

            I dont think you need a dgpu, so perhaps watching for a deal similiar to this

            • FBI on 08/10/2023 - 00:35
              +1

              @Brrrrt: @Brrrrt Many thanks 🙏

    • Makaroni on 07/10/2023 - 23:24

      thanks and agreed. having to add RAM and SSD kills it. No deal.

      Really regret not jumping on this last year https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/736134

  • bdl on 07/10/2023 - 20:51
    +2

    Every time I see Arc I think of this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LnixKERWGgo

  • Tanjil Madbor on 07/10/2023 - 21:00

    Is this a good laptop for students? I am more concern about battery life and portability

    • CrispyChrispy on 07/10/2023 - 21:18
      +1

      Students as in primary school? High school? Uni?

      If they're not doing anything graphically intensive, don't really need a dGPU. Can knock off a $$$ or two and save some money.

      The laptop doesn't look exceptionally light or bulky for that matter, so moving it around a lot shouldn't be too big of an issue. Otherwise a 14" lappy is a nicer size for portability's sake imo.

  • groupwest on 07/10/2023 - 21:33

    Decent spec compared to lenovo thinkpad slim. It looks heavy though.

  • umexcuseme on 07/10/2023 - 21:37
    +1

    Bought one of these a couple months ago. Intel's quality has gone to shit. Constantly sounds like a jet taking off and even minor tasks take the CPU to max temp, causing it to throttle down. Took me a week of resetting the OS and installing different drivers to get it to be able to sleep. Hibernate still doesn't work. WOL took another week and it only works half the time (only computer I've ever encountered which only sometimes responds to WOL magic packets). About once a week it blue screens.

    Doubt I'll be buying another Intel thing again.

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