EVGA SC17 17.3" 4K Gaming Laptop, Intel Core i7, 32 GB DDR4, 1 TB HDD, GeForce GTX 980M; Free Backpack w/EVGA.com Registration, (758-21-2633-T1)

Honestly the best laptop I've ever used. The build quality is superb and its gaming potential is fantastic. Can play just about everything Max settings 1080p 60 fps. It weighs quite a bit. The single downside I can think of is it only has 2 USB ports. I bought a very small USB 3.0 hub by Inateck, used some double sided tape and attached it to the lid for 4 extra USB ports. Other than this laptop is great. The overclocking is very awesome and it doesn't get much hotter from stock clocks. 2 or 3 more degrees celcius hotter on GPU and 5 or 6 degrees on CPU when going from 3.6 GHz to 4.2 GHz. The fans are very quiet. Yes they will make some noise under load but not enough that you will notice them with your speakers on. Either pick this thing up now or wait for the Gsync model coming soon. You won't regret this purchase

Would not buy, after using it to actually game with, this laptop doesn't play very well. You can only press up to 3 keys at once because of hardware limitations, and the computer can barely handle games like PUBG on low settings. I constantly get FPS lag while in game.

This laptop has been nothing but trouble since I got it. First, 4k isn't compatible with way too many things in gaming, making the 4k screen more of a hassle than a feature. After a few months the screen developed a blotch in the middle of it, I sent it back for it to be repaired and after getting it back it has multiple stuck pixels.

This is a very nice laptop. It's great looking, very fast and has a gorgeous display. Unfortunately the power supplies are junk. My third one in 4 months just failed. They all fail the same way, they stop working and start making a soft clicking noise. Of course EVGA's replacement policy is such that they will only send you a new one after the broken one gets to them, unless you are will to put a deposit on a credit cardI've been told the power supply from the Dell M4800 will work as well and is much better. I'm going to try one of those.Update : Picked up a power supply for a Dell M6800. Same wattage (240W), same voltage (19.5v) and same plug. Worked out of the box, let's see if it lasts better.Final update : It's been 8 months since I moved to the Dell M6800 power supply with my SC17. I have not had a single problem since. Both the laptop and the power supply have been flawless under daily use. It's too bad that EVGA bundles since a great laptop with such a crappy power brick and that their support handles this prevalent problem in this manner.

I love this laptop. It's great; the best I've ever used. But there are a few issues... The power supply that comes with it is extremely flaky, and I had to go through RMA twice - once for a weak hinge and then a monitor issue. EVGA's customer support has been *absolutely stellar* though, replacing the power supplies and assisting me with my problems expediently.

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There is no service manual available for this laptop.The 4k resolution makes it hard to see anything on the tiny monitor.There are heat issues, it idles at over 90 degrees c.I went through 4 thats right 4.. power supplies via RMA.The fans on the GPU stopped working.The battery swelled inside, because you cant really game it its not plugged in, and need a TORX screwdriver set to open it and unplug the battery as needed.The swelling made the touch pad unusuable...The USB ports were underpowered and caused problems with all my SteelSeries peripherals.The spacebar on my first one before i RMAd it, only worked half the time. You can not even PAY EVGA to fix this laptop once the warranty is gone, it's done for. This is only the tip of the iceberg on reasons to NOT buy this. I am VERY disappointed in EVGA. However, the RMAs were fast and easy and painless. There are no replacement batteries through evga, you have to hunt one down from china on ebay and say a prayer it's not trash. What do I do now that the capacitors are fried around my GPU and they wont fix it, 2 or 3 years later. I just wasted 80.00 and 3 months with my laptop in a local repair shop.. they couldnt even get the right fans to replace the dead ones inside. STAY AWAY!!! Get GIGABYTE or MSI, OR ALIENWARE! Call the company and ask them if they service outside of warranty. Make sure you have access to service manuals!

The clickpad (touchpad with embedded buttons) is centered on laptop base, not under keyboard, so while you are typing your right hand covers it and your right palm heel presses right next to it. For me, the typing cursor jumps to the mouse cursor every 20 or so keystrokes---because the pad spuriously signals taps, interpreted as mouse clicks. Even adjusting settings to maximum palm check and heaviest touch (so that to send a tap you have to strike the pad squarely---really not practical), during typing I still get spurious tap events, even when my hands are entirely 1/2" or more away from pad's surface.I suspect the spurious signaling is from force transmitted laterally from my right hand through the palm rest, suggesting that the rest flexes too much. The palm rest surface is plastic, unlike the rest of the case (aluminum). I have seen this flexing issue on Dell Latitude and Precision models for years---one reason I have started looking to other brands. AlienWare boxes don't have this issue, e.g. As far as I can tell, all the manufacturers are using the same basic touchpad technology from Synaptics, so I would blame the packaging. (I even tried installing the touchpad driver available for AlienWare---no change.)I will be sending this unit back and trying something else.