No offense, but I see lots of illegear, L51 and other rebranded Clevos as part of your recommended list. Those laptops are a real hassle to get RMA especially if you dont stay in KV or in KV but not close to their HQs.

But the list seems to be missing some of the good lower-end models released recently (or gone thru price cut)?

Now you can get Dell G5 1650 for under 3.5k and also MSI Alpha 15 with R7 and RX5600 for about 4.2k. Would those be significantly better than Illegear Raven and L51 Forge (especially the low-spec OEMs)?