The Laptop to Buy Right Now - LG Gram 2018 Review

[AlexTheGreatish]

The LG Gram is full of compromises, has LG been able to tweak the 2018 model enough to make all the RIGHT compromises?

Buy LG Gram Z980
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[Nicnac]

ew bezel though

[LeapFrogMasterRace]

If only i had an extra GRAMD to afford it hahahhaah

[MrUnderground]

Why Fortnite

PUBG is much better

[Kevin Chou]

Dave2D mentioned in his review that the 15 inch model thermal throttles a ton while attempting to use an egpu, but Linus says it ramps up very nicely. Who is correct?

Also, how does this compare to the Samsung Notebook 9, which seems like the same product except cheaper and more powerful.

[howasaur]

36 minutes ago, Kevin Chou said:

Dave2D mentioned in his review that the 15 inch model thermal throttles a ton while attempting to use an egpu, but Linus says it ramps up very nicely. Who is correct?

Also, how does this compare to the Samsung Notebook 9, which seems like the same product except cheaper and more powerful.

I'm wondering the same as well.

 

I am seriously considering getting a 15" model, but have second thoughts about its thermal performance and may just get a XPS

[orbitalbuzzsaw]

3 hours ago, howasaur said:

I'm wondering the same as well.

 

I am seriously considering getting a 15" model, but have second thoughts about its thermal performance and may just get a XPS

The XPS doesn't offer a 1060 model though. Honestly at this price point invest in something like a Razer Blade.

[jefire411]

24 minutes ago, orbitalbuzzsaw said:

The XPS doesn't offer a 1060 model though. Honestly at this price point invest in something like a Razer Blade.

https://www.amazon.com/HIDevolution-Gigabyte-15W-BK4-i7-7700HQ-Compound/dp/B072K1C99Z/ref=sr_1_6?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1520186347&sr=1-6&keywords=HIDevolution&refinements=p_n_feature_two_browse-bin%3A562241011

[orbitalbuzzsaw]

11 minutes ago, jefire411 said:

https://www.amazon.com/HIDevolution-Gigabyte-15W-BK4-i7-7700HQ-Compound/dp/B072K1C99Z/ref=sr_1_6?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1520186347&sr=1-6&keywords=HIDevolution&refinements=p_n_feature_two_browse-bin%3A562241011

That's a good option too.

[jefire411]

7 minutes ago, orbitalbuzzsaw said:

That's a good option too.

and it's a seller that puts in the good paste on the gpu and cpu. I'd by this laptop if the mobile CPU market wasn't weird. I'm waiting on a coffelake HQ processor and maybe a new nvidia gpu to come out.

[Miles1080]

Hey I'm a newbie to the forum, I know my decent lot about computers though. 

My main issue is I don't know what would be better a high end laptop, or my own build of a pc. Although im struggling to find a decent small case because I need portability for my pc build. So I'm wondering if switching to a laptop would be a better option. But this will Stop my investment being affordable, because laptops are normally alot more expensive, and less powerful then something like a well built pc.

Someone please give me a suggestion.

[ahuckphin]

Are the non thunderbolt 3 equipped models basically the late 2017 models? 

[orbitalbuzzsaw]

10 hours ago, jefire411 said:

and it's a seller that puts in the good paste on the gpu and cpu. I'd by this laptop if the mobile CPU market wasn't weird. I'm waiting on a coffelake HQ processor and maybe a new nvidia gpu to come out.

You'll be waiting a while - it takes some time to mobilify new GPUs

[Satisfoxy]

If I wasn't broke all the time because I own a house I'd buy this, but only the one with thunderbolt.

[jefire411]

7 hours ago, orbitalbuzzsaw said:

You'll be waiting a while - it takes some time to mobilify new GPUs

speaking fo this particlar laptop, Gigabyte's teaser video suggest a 144hz panel. I'm fine with that, but it also looks iek they made it thinner, which would mean worse thermals if they haven't done anything to improve on it. 

[shelwyn]

If it was just a little prettier I'd buy a nice 13 inch gram as a gift to my parents. I'd almost be embarrassed gifting this to my parents hahah. That battery life is really nice but the looks... Maybe there are covers on sale somewhere lol

[radman180]

Does anyone know if the laptop supports raid?

 

[AlexTheGreatish]

3 hours ago, radman180 said:

Does anyone know if the laptop supports raid?

Yup, it has two M.2 slots, only at SATA speeds though.

[Samvmp]

Cool,, but can't seem to find where i would buy one in Canada...?

Anyone had better luck?

[AlexTheGreatish]

On 6/30/2018 at 6:35 PM, Samvmp said:

Cool,, but can't seem to find where i would buy one in Canada...?

Anyone had better luck?

Nope.