1 of 1 people found the following review helpful I love it. My last laptop had a GTX1070 in ..., February 2, 2018 Picked up the version with the 2k screen, I love it. My last laptop had a GTX1070 in it which was great, but this one with the GTX1080 and 32 gig RAM is much better. Able to play games like Rise of the Tomb Raider and Assassin's Creed Origins at 2k resolution with fully maxed graphics - hair physics on, etc - perfectly smooth. The laptop gets a little warm, but for me it's no hotter than my ASUS ROG was. Expect warm, this is a 10 pound laptop with a full GTX1080 in it. This isn't meant to go on a lap! Noise level: Nearly silent for normal running, but gets quite loud when you boot up a game and the fans spin up. Watching videos or normal non-gaming use, it's very quiet. As a PC gamer, I'm so used to loud fans it doesn't bother me, but know that this needs heavy cooling for the video card it uses. It will be loud for any games (wear headphones and it doesn't matter - but people nearby will hear the fans roar). I can't say anything about the default setup, as the... Read more 31 of 33 people found the following review helpful Aleinware R4 17, Gtx 1080, 32 GB, July 18, 2017 Lots of Reviews pointed at the heating problem of these models but all is solved with the 7th generation and these machines are a mobile beast, i got the top end model equipped with the i7 7820HK, Gtx 1080,32GB Ram and it slices through games like a hot knife through butter,performance wise it excell in speed and loading capabilities no stater or hiccups and even with the most intense gaming session you will always get a consistent Frames respectable enough coming from a laptop and not a gaming desktop. the keyboard area is relevantly cool compared to other gaming laptops, i got a Cooler Master NotePal X-Slim just to keep it elevated ( not because it needs it, the laptop is designed to cool on flat table-top on its own) more than i like it elevated. screen is crisp and despite being a TN pannel it surely is a high end model with accurate colours and adequately bright output, i do prefer it with its 120hrtz, Gsync than the Full HD or the 4k 60 hrtz models. the body is made of a very... Read more Powerful laptop but has one problem, January 14, 2018 Awesome laptop.. very powerful and would.buy again. I took a star off cause the design of the heatsink was much to be desired. So it reached high temps really fast so if you buy the laptop just watch those temps |