What are the specs on your laptop? I have a G14 with a 4800H (with the 1660ti) but it apparently is a special version running at 35 watts. Runs cool, but based on other reviews comparing it to laptops with a similar Ryzen configuration, it is considerably slower than the 4900hs version.

I have a g14, I want to get a 144hz monitor. Is that possible and do you face any problems when doing that

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can you turn off the light?

the review is toooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo later, it is better than the 15'' it is better than 13''

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that what she said... Feelsbadman

Self burn... those are rare...

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Do you have the 1080p version? How's the screen? :)

Took 4 days to make, feelsbadman. Glad you liked it!

You make a good point. I was going to say my spec doesn't matter because it can be configured with different CPUs and GPUs, but you mean to give the viewer context into the class of laptop. I'll look into a way of incorporating it smoothly

@@InfinityLabsTech Exactly.

Ez. Throw ice bomb over his head and lock on missiles. Need to lock before throwing ice bomb though. If that fails, either super shotgun then lock on missiles, or super shotgun then BFG right in front of him. Or if you wanna be cheap and lazy, just shoot rockets to his side and remote detonate behind him. It'll stagger and let you super shotgun or ballista. I want to try out the Taras Nabad arena mod. You get to face three marauders at once haha

@@InfinityLabsTech Haha, thanks for the advice! I think in the new DLC they pit you against three marauders at once. Hope to see you try it in some of your content!

I had a midterm recently and was like hmmmm where's my webcam. Luckily I had a USB webcam that I bought 5 years ago. I think they could reasonably improve the cooling by a large margin if they used a big vapor chamber with bigger fans to accommodate the higher wattage Ryzen CPUs and a full fat 3060. Big hopes for this gem of a laptop

I'm looking at a helios 300 and it's got a 2060 with an i7-10750h for $1200 new. I have a laptop with a 1050 and an i5-8300h right now. So I'm not sure if I should get this Helios or wait for laptops with a 3000 series and the new intel/AMD chips. Do you think the prices will be comparable?

@@UnlimitedHatred wait do you have the lenovo legion y530, just curious as it has the same spec as yours

@@InfinityLabsTech I have midterm this Wednesday. Fortunately, it won't be monitored. this is definitely my ideal size! It's so rare to see a good 14 inch gaming laptop. I'm glad you made a review on it.

@@UnlimitedHatred personally, if you really need a laptop now, I wouldn't wait since it might be a while until they update the specs on the newer gen laptops. However, if you can wait, that'll be awesome since you can see how big of a performance jump you'll get from the new gen and if you feel that it's not significant enough, you can always get the last gen helios 300 at an even cheaper price.

But there is no dual channe land second ssd slot

what about temperature and fan noise?

@@aawishkhan Mine runs at about 80c on the cpu and 75c on gpu during Warzone. Fan noise is pretty audible, but non existent with headphones, fans do there job flawlessly

@@aawishkhan fan noise is noticeable on a quiet room but I always use headphones so I don’t notice it, temps might reach 80C and up but you can easily disable boost and get 65C max on Intense games. Disabling the boost might drop a maximum of 5 frames on games like battlefield 5 but on average it might drop 3. I don’t know about other games but there’s basically no difference on boost disabled.

How much did you get it

@@bosley8292 which graphics settings? Is it possible to a game all day long? Will it heat? How much fps are u gettin on different games Sorry for bad englisg xd

Any updates now? Still working?

I just got one as well. It's a very well rounded machine. I got it thinking I'll probably just end up returning it because of some major flaw, but I really am having trouble finding that, so it looks like I'll probably be keeping it.

Nice. Have fun!

@@N57Icarus yes me too. i just got same as yours yesterday.

FYI it does run word at 120 fps solid.

XMG core 14

And... How is it? I hope you enjoy it

@@makarpronin2008 yeah, small but powerful ❤️

One technology making 2060 worth getting is DLSS. It makes a machine much more future-proof, scaling low-rez for higher one and giving lots of FPS. 1660 Ti can’t do that, so not worth it IMO. 1650 - i guess, if it’s cheap and you’re ok with it... But is it cheap enough? G14 - not a budget laptop by definition.

how does charging your battery to 60 or 80 percent put less wear on it?

@@mikemijora2358 first it bypasses charging completely even on max load, that's just due to having a big PSU, but on certain laptops with weak chargers, you can see battery drain even with the charger plugged in, which means you're wasting battery charge cycles even with the charger plugged in, it happens on macbooks quite a lot, this feature guarantees that no charging happens beyond your target %, batteries also get trickle charged at 100%, having the battery fully charged for a prolonged period of time decreases the life of the battery, higher potential energy increases the chemical stress in the electrodes which speeds up degradation, keeping it at 60-80% is the best way to store batteries

@@mikemijora2358 Batteries work by the cells getting “excited”. When the laptop is constantly at 100%, that will constantly keep the battery in the excited state, and it will heavily the longevity of the battery. That is why most lithium batteries are about 50% when they are being shipped, so that they last in storage as long as possible. Over discharging to 0% also heavily impacts the battery.

How?

Happy you enjoyed the video! I was playing DOOM Eternal and A Story About My Uncle. DOOM is just pure gameplay, very nice to sit down and relax to once you get the hang of quick weapon swapping.

@@InfinityLabsTech Lol just noticed this while tying comments. I thought it was sorry about my uncle

Never uncomfortably hot, even on the performance fan profile. There's Windows > Performance > Turbo > Manual (max fans). Performance is pretty quiet, not very loud IMO but the surface near the top of the keyboard gets hot like a hot tub. With fans at full speed, it's warm at most (while gaming). Light use, I don't think it really warms up. Part of that might be because the surface uses a material that's thermally insulating. Like how silicone is used for oven mitts because they insulate heat very well. Soft feeling and thermally insulating, but don't quote me on that. I would first need to confirm the material used for the surface finish.

@@InfinityLabsTech wow, cool. Thanks!

How r the thermals so far?

@@shabab189 not gonna lie, I was playing MW warzone earlier and it got pretty hot. But I was playing with RTX on and everything on ULTRA so it makes sense. But I do play with an external keyboard mouse and monitor so it wasn’t an issue since I wasn’t touching the laptop

@@shabab189 performance was amazing tho! I went from a gtx1660 ti with an i7 9750 to this

@@jesusrios324 did you opt for the ryzen 9 4900?

@@shabab189 yes

Don't know if you know this but Bob of all trades has a video on how to make the G14 run cooler. You also check out the reddit sub for the 14 for more information on this.

I have the exact same configuration, and I’m finding even with simple/light games like fall guys and planet coaster on the lowest possible settings the CPU&GPU are hitting 65-70 Celsius, which is after the thermal fix, and the chassis is hot to the touch especially at the very top of the keyboard and around the WASD keys. Not hot enough to cause concern but hot enough to warm enough to make me check anxiously what my temps are mid game 😂

@@snarkybynature Thanks for the info, I took a look, didn't get to apply changes yet and verify how it goes.

@@joshuawells4842 noticed exactly the same with the chassis burning at the very top. You can't leave your fingers on it. I ran flight Sim and Forza Horizon 4, both run quite well but it gets me anxious about the lifespan of the laptop when I see it getting so hot.

I use 125% regardless of the task I'm doing. Default scaling is too big, barely fits any content on my screen.

Great! At least i got someone that can affirm my settings 😊, will stick with 125% then. Thanks

How is it with video and photo editing, would you recommend?

It's true for anything that has a battery. It's due to the fact that batteries tend to degrade over time.

Probably not if you dont know about it. It should have Anime matrix in the name. Not a huge loss in my opinion.

1 month ago.. but anyways yes.

You'd probably notice the reverse direction. It's a bit like going back to 30fps once you've used 60/75/90.

So here's the thing right. I don't doubt that some people can subconsciously tell the difference between response times because I have trained my ears to tell small differences between different headphones and different keyboards, but only because I have extensive experience with both category of products. I'm not trained in response times so I can't tell, and I also focus too much on the gameplay to even tell 144hz from 60hz (for example, it takes a lot of concentration to rapidly switch between 10 different weapons in DOOM Eternal). If you take the time to compare a good monitor against a bad monitor side by side, you can learn what to look out for and be able to subconsciously tell what response times you're looking at. To answer your question, someone with little to no experience will likely not be able to tell if their response times are good or bad without concentrating hard and actively looking out for it. And even then, unless you've seen what good response times look like, you probably won't be able to tell since you don't have a point of reference.

Uhh LMFAO I was gonna say 65 watts is enough for light-moderate use, but gaming off the USB-C port will slowly drain the battery. This implementation is a convenience feature, it doesn't support the full 100 watt USB-C spec that would otherwise have fully powered it.

He forgot many things. If he started explaining everything then the video will be very long. Anyways he has given a very good review

@@InfinityLabsTech I'm not even sure 100w would've powered it unless the CPU was clock/power restricted, 65w+35w=100w just in silicon already.

Make sure you have it set to use the Nvidia GPU in all the tests

Probably this because the main issues here are the heat and loud fans which is a tradeoff for the portability and size of this laptop. I guess the questions you should be asking yourself is if you want the battery life? the portability? which price points? camera no camera? Comparing the cons of each will help you decide on one :).

Damn, everybody talks about the G14 like it's the perfect thin and light... Thank you for giving some actually useful advice!!

I have the top spec'd G14 in black, zero issues with it thus far, love this perfect laptop! No wifi issues, no heating issues. GPU hovers around 70-72C in warzone, and CPU hovers around 65C after boost turned off. Experience no difference whatsoever after boost has been turned off.

@@mcmossimo it doesn't matter that you have the highest model, all models share the same network card. I guess you were lucky.

Do you now when the next model comes out

@@kash7553 probably q2, 2021

@@harshpatil9825 Perfect. Thanks for getting back

Design is a broad term. Graphics design , yeah it'll do. CAD design in something like Fusion 360, eh depends on the complexity of your models but should be acceptable. Web and UI design in something like Figma should be fine on a potato. 1650 Ti should be fine for casual gaming, which I would define as 1080p medium. Again, what you mean by design and the complexity of your projects will dictate how fast of a computer you need. But I don't believe that configuration will fail to meet minimum requirements for any big programs.

@@InfinityLabsTech That's exactly right! I do graphic design and UI/UX design. Thank you for this reply, now I know what I have to go for!

I use it on my lap or bed for general browsing/word processing, but it impacts sound quality during content consumption, really need a hard surface to make the most of those speakers! As for gaming I’m too much of a chicken to try it on my lap or bed because of restricted airflow to an already rather warm chassis.

Appreciate all you guys giving your answer. Been looking to get this laptop, and I've been worrying whether it's a good laptop to carry around when lockdowns end.

Varies from country to country what configuration is available unfortunately. I tried to get the Ryzen 74800HS with RTX2060 Max-Q 120Hz and was told I’d have to wait until January for it in black, so I had to get the white instead, safe to say I’m very happy with my purchase.

looks maybe more luxury, but the white one comes with more luxury hardware example 2060max q and 16gb 120hz screen....also ryzen 9...unfortunately cant find a model with these specs in space grey

I wish the white model had a white keyboard, the silver looks cheap

Oh you want mechanical keyboards do ya? Do not fret, I have around $4000 in custom mechanical keyboards that I will soon make a video on. As for the 15G, I'll review it if I get access to one, but I can't guarantee anything because I've never spoken to anyone from Gigabyte.

@@InfinityLabsTech r/mk intensified

If it's just a desktop replacement then sure, go for the Omen. I own the g14 and I love it because it's really portable, performant and has decent battery. If you don't need the portability or the battery or you want it to run cooler, a bigger laptop will probably serve you better.

@@TheThonanth Thank you so much! Yes, I will actually be using the laptop as my primary device. Ultra portability is not a requirement for me, but at the same time no portability (i.e desktop) is also not an option. I've been stuck with the g14 vs omen 15 dilemma for a long while now, so thank you so much for your input! 😄

@@TheThonanth thanks it helps alot.. im prolly gonna get omen 15 2020, cuz its more cheaper but still g14 is slightly better than omen.

Ryzen 9 should be far fetched ryzen 7 would be good for laptops u r not getting enough performance fpr the money you are paying bcz of the ppwer and colling limitations.. but if u want best of best and value isn't ur preference then you can go with r9 n 2060.

@@mcmossimo really?? .i think its mostly bcz of GPU and ryzen 9 is not a big play in ur performance gain.given the size 14" i m pretty skeptical that it would give the ryzen 9 performance really

RTX 2060 Max-Q

The one I reviewed had the 1660 Ti Max-Q, and sources online say the 2060 is also Max-Q.

Its hv one ssd nvme slot or two ?