G5 GD - 15.6" FHD IPS Anti-Glare 144Hz, Intel Core i5, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Laptop GPU 4GB GDDR6, 16GB Memory, 512GB SSD, Win11 Home, Gaming Laptop (G5 GD-51US123SO)

Had this laptop for two years, since then I've refrained from leaving a long term review until nowLet's not overexcite ourselves. Understand what this Laptop is. It is a portable powerhouse for the AVERAGE consumer. This is a great laptop. Will it replace your midrange to high end desktop? No. With that being said, for a mobile unit this thing is solid. Quick and snappy even underload. I've edited videos at 1080, used photoshop and recorded videos and it has never felt slow. Keyboard is rubbery and build is plastic. All the money went to the MOBO, CPU and GPU. Looks like a government laptop, so I guess it's a plus if you wanna deter people.Gaming: if you're coming from ancient hardware, this thing is a god send even at 4gb Vram. Ignore the 8GB+ elitist max graphics snobbery (low settings now a days look great). Plays the latest titles at 1080 and 1440 60fps depending on the game pretty reliably. If you're playing less demanding games that I do like Genshin and Star Rail, Apex, etc. this goes max settings at 60 all day NO frame dips! You do have to tune your settings to make it run right which takes time (driver updates, BIOS, CPU OC/Turbo boost etc, task manager)WHAT IT'S NOT FOR: If you're a software engineer or AI creator or something demanding, don't buy this. It's not meant for you since it will not allow you the GPU bandwidth. Also, if you're going to max out a 2024+ triple A game on this, lower your expectations because it won't do it very well. If you know what you're using this for and know that you can absolutely game on this with some compromises, this is as good as it gets since you can do everything from content creation, editing, business tasks, gaming, internet surfing AND be portable.THINGS TO NOTE: battery sucks - don't expect to leave it unplugged for long, laptops run HOT so a good quality laptop cooler is HIGHLY recommended to extend the life of your laptop (Genshin max settings saw 90*c temps on CPU and GPU, IETS laptop cooler reduced to 60-70 with same settings), LOUD laptop fans while gaming (I wear headphones so doesn't matter lol). Two years later and it never gave me any issues. Runs like a dream and does what I ask it to. 4 stars because it needs to be constantly plugged in

I bought this specifically to play the HBS Battletech mod BEX: commanders edition. Money well spent. Yeah the fans are loud but it means I can run my game for hours no noticable loss in performance. 3050 gpu, 16gb of RAM with an i5-11400 for under $800 yes please.Ok now that I have had this thing for a minute and run more than a few multi-hour sessions. GPU can get warm but it responds very well to the cheap gaming laptop cooling stand I bought. To the point the loud internal fans are not loud at all. Graphics are great, thing is blazingly fast. Seeing rain drops, cloud shadow, wind, birds etc in my game is awesome. I would definitely recommend.Note, reviews of gigabyte customer service stink so I added an Asurion protection plan but would still buy it again. Everything else with an 11th gen chip, 16gb ram, 144mhz screen and 3050gpu is significantly more money.