Is this a good spec for laptop gaming?

Ejaycol

Member
Hey all,
spent the day really checking benchmark tests on the RTX range and a bunch of AMD Ryzen CPUs and think I'm quite happy with this, felt for the gaming and general coding I'll be doing, spending anymore on like the AMD Ryzen 7 4800h or Ryzen 9 3900x felt like the results would be negligible for the price id pay.

This is pretty much the most I'm willing to pay right now.

However the RTX 2070 is worth the comprising of the cpu. Thoughts?

Chassis & Display
Nova Series: 15.6" Matte Full HD 144Hz 72% NTSC LED Widescreen (1920x1080)
Processor (CPU)
AMD Ryzen 5 3600 Six Core CPU (3.6GHz-4.2GHz/36MB CACHE/AM4)
Memory (RAM)
16GB Corsair 2666MHz SODIMM DDR4 (2 x 8GB)
Graphics Card
NVIDIA® GeForce® RTX 2070 - 8.0GB GDDR6 Video RAM - DirectX® 12.1
1st Storage Drive
1TB Samsung 860 QVO 2.5" SSD, SATA 6Gb/s (up to 550MB/sR | 520MB/sW)
Memory Card Reader
Integrated Micro-SD Memory Card Reader
AC Adaptor
1 x 230W AC Adaptor
Power Cable
2 x 1 Metre UK Power Cable (Kettle Lead)
Battery
Nova Series Detachable 4 Cell Lithium Ion Battery
Thermal Paste
STANDARD THERMAL PASTE FOR SUFFICIENT COOLING
Sound Card
2 Channel High Def. Audio + SoundBlaster™ Cinema
Wireless/Wired Networking
GIGABIT LAN & WIRELESS INTEL® Wi-Fi 6 AX200 (2.4 Gbps) + BT 5.0
USB/Thunderbolt Options
1 x USB 3.2 PORT (Type C) + 2 x USB 3.2 PORTS + 1 x USB 2.0 PORT
Keyboard Language
15" NOVA SERIES UK KEYBOARD
Operating System
Windows 10 Home 64 Bit - inc. Single Licence [KK3-00002]
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
Microsoft® Edge (Windows 10 Only)
Laptop Cooling Stands
CoolerMaster NotePal L2 Laptop Cooler, up to 17.3 inch
Keyboard & 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)
Chassis
Clevo NH55AFW (8GB RTX-2070, 144Hz N7, Blank KB)
Delivery
STANDARD INSURED DELIVERY TO UK MAINLAND (MON-FRI)
Build Time
Standard Build - Approximately 8 to 10 working days
Price: £1,329.00 including VAT and Delivery

Unique URL to re-configure: https://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/saved-configurations/nova-15/E3RUsENMsP/
 

Ejaycol

Member
For gaming, the 3600 is perfectly fine...majority of games are GPU heavy rather than CPU heavy.

Personally, I'd change the SSD to a PCS one and then add in a 512GB PCS M2 drive for the faster loading speeds etc Slightly more but worth it I feel

Other than that, you should be good to go I think...no idea if the chassis is the right one or not as I'm not a laptop person. @SpyderTracks Any input here please? Thank you

I just noticed I can take NVMe in the 2nd option so I've opted for that :)
@SpyderTracks is the chassis and power supply adequate for this setup?
If so I'll get this ordered today!
 
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Ejaycol

Member
True...but then the 1TB PCS M2 drive is only £3 more than the Samsung drive you selected and has triple the read speed and double the write speed. You choice obviously but seems silly not to take advantage of it (the PCS level M2 drives are good drives...I have one in my desktop system)

Oh I'll have to double check that, but since posting my specs I've omitted the SATA 3 SSD and taking the NVMe 1tb ssd that's available in the 2nd slot :)
 
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