One could be forgiven for wondering why we’ve picked a gaming laptop such as the Eluktronics MECH-15 G3, which comes with an RTX 3070 GPU, above some of the other RTX 3080 laptops listed below. Well the simple fact is this particular RTX 3070, with its variable TGP of 125-140W packs a punch above many lower TGP versions of the RTX 3080, and competes with the majority you’ll find in laptops at this price range. The Eluktronics MECH-15 G3 isn’t the most powerful laptop here in terms of FPS generation (that honor goes to the MSI Ge76 Raider), though it does scrape into second place, but in terms of price per performance, this laptop is the definite winner.
Depending on where you buy it, you can find this laptop well within this price range, and for that you get a great array of specs: a 2TB SSD, 32GB of RAM (both of which can be upgraded to 4TB and 64GB respectively), an SD card reader, a great quality trackpad, and a mechanical-like keyboard! Keyboard preference is of course somewhat subjective but we found it to be a pleasure to type on and a mechanical-like keyboard will be an attractive feature for many.
The 1440p 165Hz display is as good as you’d need for a gaming laptop – with solid response times (around 7ms gray to gray), a great contrast ratio and superb color accuracy. At 98% sRGB color gamut the laptop won’t quite do for professional color grading, but definitely suffices for gaming.
In terms of the downsides, like many gaming laptops the speakers aren’t the best, though not terrible. The laptop only comes with Freesync rather than G-sync, which is a feature we miss. Build quality isn’t as good as on some of the better-known brands on this list, though we wouldn’t describe it as bad. The fans on the machine get fairly loud under load, so we’d advise wearing headphones.
Battery life depends on the specifications of the version you go with. Although the version listed here comes with the Intel Core-i7 10875H, if you can get hold of the AMD 5900HX for a good price we would heartily recommend it, as the battery life on that model is substantially better, not to mention the CPU performance also being superior.
All things considered, the Eluktronics MECH-15 G3 is one of the best value, high-end gaming laptops you’re likely to come across.
