A question for illegear and also sifus here. What is the drawback of gaming laptop version of RTX 2060 vs desktop version? In terms of real life fps impact?

Sorry, I am newbie to gaming laptop. Wanted to build a ITX but looking into gaming laptop as alternative option for the sake of portability.

Perhaps I rephrase my question, lets take RTX 2060 as an example. What is the difference between a desktop RTX-2060 vs laptop RTX-2060 vs laptop RTX-2060 max q. I am more curious towards the desktop vs laptop non max q, as I place performance above the footprint and weight.

Thanks for all the info, appreciate your input. 20% of difference is still bearable I guess. I got few more questions (sorry, always sceptical about gaming laptop).

1. Illegear selenite, will it throttle under long hour, graphic and cpu intense gaming?
2. How does it compare to Asus Strix Scar 2 GL704 which comparable in terms of pricing?

Still undecided whether I should go mini ITX route or gaming laptop, since mini ITX + monitor will definitely be cheaper by about RM 1.5k.

Thanks guys for all the advice. Did a big of googling of Asus Strix Scar 2, indeed it is plagued with temp issue. Seems like I am close to making a decision to go for selenite rather than ITX.

Maybe just last 2 questions.

How is the audio quality of selenite? (heard that it is subpar for previous model).

How is the brightness of the IPS panel?

Decided to go with Illegear after a rather long consideration. Just to share, the whole decision making was separated into 2 parts.

1st, ITX vs gaming laptop, and I went for gaming laptop despite its higher cost and slightly lower performance. Bring along ITX and setting up monitor, kb and mouse at multiple places simply isn't pratical.

2nd, Illegear vs other established players. This is simpler as after some time of researching, Illegear seems to check all the points with one possible downside which is the inferior audio system.

Hopefully I don't regret my purchase as this is my very first gaming laptop, and I went with a custom builder

BTW, any good notebook cooler to recommend here?

This post has been edited by l2k: Mar 2 2019, 03:15 PM

I end up picking selenite, mainly due to its 17 inch with a close to 15inch footprint, along with rtx 2060, 2tb hdd, others are all standard I guess (e.g. Intel i7, 512Gb ssd, mech keyboard.. Etc)

This post has been edited by l2k: Mar 2 2019, 05:16 PM

My thought initially is to raise up the laptop and at the same time help abit on the cooling department. Watched a few youtube videos, a quality cooler like CM notepal x3 seems like able to reduce GPU temp by few degrees, not so much for CPU somehow.

Found one interesting which is Deepcool m6, a cooler with speaker However, it seems like it is not sold here.

This post has been edited by l2k: Mar 2 2019, 06:43 PM

Hmm, for my Selenite config, I just opted for the default 512GB nvme SSD, I do not really know which brand is it. Another option is 256GB Samsung PM981 M.2 PCIe NVMe without increasing price. So naturally I favor bigger SSD than a speedier one.

This post has been edited by l2k: Mar 2 2019, 08:15 PM

Yeah, you are right. The xpg 8200 pro is currently one of the best value to performance NVME SSD. Actually in my planned ITX build, I picked this model. Samsung is kinda overpriced IMO.

Hey guys, received my selenite

Any recommendation of "must-have" software for
- tuning (undervolt)
- temp and fps monitor
- battery charging protection software?
- any others?

This post has been edited by l2k: Mar 13 2019, 02:12 PM