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3.17 out of 5stars
(12 reviews)

Most helpful positive review

5.00 out of 5 stars review
Verified Purchaser
01/30/2019
Persistence paid off!
Finally managed to snag one at this price after checking daily for week! Incredible bargain as the Keyboard/backlighting are great, the screen is incredible, great performance with gaming and photo editing Cons: +edges are indeed pretty sharp +audio is a bit quiet overall +battery is weak But those are pretty minor issues i expected upon order, 5/5 Very happy with purchase!
Jdf

Most helpful negative review

1.00 out of 5 stars review
Verified Purchaser
08/17/2021
DO NOT BUY!
Absolutely horrible software, do not buy. Battery life is horrible and the PC is extremely unstable. Right after my warranty ended my Keyboard broke, and the PCs software keeps forcing the laptop to reset and reboot. DONT WASTE YOUR MONEY ON THIS!
King
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  • 2.00 out of 5 stars review
    Verified Purchaser
    11/28/2021
    Not recommended and won't buy this brand
    The price point was great at the time of purchase. This machine gets overheated easily and it is very heavy. I have a black line on the screen within a month but I didn't want to go through the RMA process. Also I have all the latest bios and firmware. For me, the biggest issue with this laptop is that it constantly automatically shuts itself off without any warning when I started playing game. I play Heroes of the Storm which is not GPU / CPU intensive and really annoying when it happens (it happens very frequently even if I had turbo fan mode on / physical laptop cooler).
    LJ
  • 2.00 out of 5 stars review
    Verified Purchaser
    09/06/2021
    Dead in 2
    I bought this at Christmas of 2018, and I had been using as my daily system. One morning Aug 2021, 2
    Ying
  • 1.00 out of 5 stars review
    Verified Purchaser
    08/17/2021
    DO NOT BUY!
    Absolutely horrible software, do not buy. Battery life is horrible and the PC is extremely unstable. Right after my warranty ended my Keyboard broke, and the PCs software keeps forcing the laptop to reset and reboot. DONT WASTE YOUR MONEY ON THIS!
    King
  • 1.00 out of 5 stars review
    Verified Purchaser
    03/15/2021
    Wish I Never Got It.
    Have had this laptop, but only used it for school until recently I've tried some gaming, because that is what it is advertised for. Unfortunately this laptop can't handle it despite the specs because the laptop gets unimaginably hot even just on discord calls. Battery would start not charging. Checked power cord because my brother has the same laptop, but his actually works and doesn't seem to be a power cord issue. Sent it in for repair under the warranty and took about three months before I got it back. Nothing about it was fixed no parts were replaced it took them three months to factory reset the computer and call it a day. Nothing has been fixed quite literal trash at this point.
    Neo
  • 1.00 out of 5 stars review
    Verified Purchaser
    10/17/2020
    This whole computer is basically a joke
    This was the worst computer I ever had. It is so hot it has literally burnt me, the edged are sharp, it overheats like crazy. It crashes nonstop, literally. It comes and goes in waves, but the hardware began failing shortly after purchase and I sometimes got up to 10 crashes a day (on very rare days I easily hit a boatload of 40 crashes, sometimes crashing while it was booting). It calls itself a gaming PC but just playing Skyrim causes it to go crazy and overheat, and often the computer just shuts off. The screen is janky, the display has issues that come and go and require the brightness to always be set to the lowest setting, the audio quality is garbage. Gaming is impossible when even 10 year old games freak out my GPU and make it near IMPOSSIBLE to do anything worthwhile, Skyrim has so low framerate that it is unplayable. Sometimes the Wifi won't turn on for some reason. I feel cheated out of my hard earned money.
    Zachary
  • 5.00 out of 5 stars review
    Verified Purchaser
    01/17/2020
    Pretty nice
    I like this laptop and I use it every day. It's lightweight and the screen is beautiful, plus I was able to get it on sale. I had to send this in for warranty just within a year, but they were very responsive and was able to service it quickly. Fantastic customer service on their end. The only gripe I have is the keyboard layout and spacing, I find myself hitting the wrong characters, but other than that, they keyboard itself is nice to type on. Laptop speakers could be better.
    savannah
  • 5.00 out of 5 stars review
    Verified Purchaser
    01/30/2019
    Persistence paid off!
    Finally managed to snag one at this price after checking daily for week! Incredible bargain as the Keyboard/backlighting are great, the screen is incredible, great performance with gaming and photo editing Cons: +edges are indeed pretty sharp +audio is a bit quiet overall +battery is weak But those are pretty minor issues i expected upon order, 5/5 Very happy with purchase!
    Jdf
  • 4.00 out of 5 stars review
    Verified Purchaser
    01/11/2019
    Don't let the name fool you
    This laptop gets a lot of hate from the PC community, but let's make it clear, this is not the same as the OP desktops. Tonfang manufactures these for Walmart and Walmart puts their name on it. Some of the branding might be garish, but under the hood this thing is a beast for a laptop. With some light tweaking, the i7-8750H really shines (See pic). Same specced laptops in the same chassis from other system integrators are well over $1100. At $799 this laptop is a steal. Grab it while you can.
    h00t
  • 4.00 out of 5 stars review
    Verified Purchaser
    12/26/2018
    Linus Tech Tips recommended
    Everything you need to know about this laptop you can watch from this video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q13t_r8o4rY Caveat: get yourself a dual channel kit or just pop in another 16GB stick to make it dual channel to avoid throttling. Other than that, for $800 it is a great value proposition for the parts that you're getting. Keep in mind it is still a plastic chassis so you do have to baby it a little bit. Regardless, if you treat your gear well, your gear should treat you well as well. It's a policy I've always tried to keep with my own personal gear (as well as people). Do onto others as you would have them do onto you. Happy Holidays and Happy Gaming. ;-)
    sleeplessinva
  • 5.00 out of 5 stars review
    Verified Purchaser
    12/22/2018
    Everything I ever wanted in a Laptop
    It's actually everything that I ever wanted in a laptop. A sizeable 1080p matte screen, yet a very manageable form factor, responsive and fast in performance mode, yet also has long battery life (6+ hours) when running in power save mode. A back lit keyboard with number pad (programmable back lite is very cool), dedicated graphics card, fast ssd and also large hdd. It has all the ports I wanted; hdmi, ethernet, usb3, sd, headphone, mic. There will be fan noise while taxing the cpu and gpu, but I think it's normal and I usually have earbuds on anyway so it doesn't bother me. At least it doesn't overheat like my old 17" Macbook Pro. Built in speakers are equivalent to most phones, but I don't ever use them since I usually use earbuds or a sound system. I actually like that they didn't waste money on trying to get "good" speakers. They also didn't waste money on a touchscreen nor some kind of gimmicky way for it to be folded into a tablet form factor. I like that it's a generic design. If you don't like the logo, just cover it up with a sticker.
    nhinja
  • 5.00 out of 5 stars review
    Verified Purchaser
    12/20/2018
    Best bang for your buck
    What's not to like? Excellent gaming performance on a budget. Only reason I'd look anywhere else would be if I wanted a bigger screen. Then I'd buy the 17" Overpowered laptop. No idea how long these process will hold up but I'm glad I got mine when I did!
    awesome
  • 3.00 out of 5 stars review
    Verified Purchaser
    12/12/2018
    Very mixed feelings...
    The specs are an excellent value for the money. That's where the good ends. I am very torn as to this unit. First of after owning for several days and using non stop and currently writing the review on it, the keyboard is very sub-par. I can't count how many mistakes I made so far... It really is not "mechanical" at all but rather some sort of proprietary clicking sounding mushy mechanism. I often miss key registers by not pressing hard enough, and sometimes double type (period symbol happens all the time) This is my biggest criticism. It is the most important part of the machine since it's used the most and feels very half-baked. Keys slope weirdly outward and I often find myself hitting the wrong key. It also feels cramped. The numerical pad did not need to be included and it would have been better to space the keys out better. Case is nice and sturdy, but does have sharp edges that will dig into your skin depending on how you are resting your hands on the laptop. Screen is nice and bright for a gaming laptop, with nice color gamut, however there is significant light bleed coming in from the bottom, visible on black and dark gray backgrounds. The 144hz panel is great for games that will utilize those high refresh rates. This means mostly older titles like CS GO and the like. The battery life is abysmal, but this is somewhat ok with a gaming laptop. Trackpad is absolute trash. Tracking is bad, and clicking feels laborious. Lack of thunderbolt 3 port is disappointing paired with rest of specs. RGB and overall look of the machine is nice. I will not be keeping this unit. My biggest gripes and reason for return are the bad keyboard and the light bleed on the screen. The two things we use the most on our machines should have been perfect, and I would have been able to overlook the rest.
    TechFreak