Gigabyte G5 KF 15.6" 144Hz i5 16GB (Upgraded) RAM 512GB RTX4060 Gaming Laptop $1299 Delivered + Surcharge @ Centre Com

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lookingforadeal7 on 04/02/2024 - 10:50 centrecom.com.au (370 clicks)
Last edited 04/02/2024 - 11:02 by 1 other user

New low for this laptop on OzB, not sure how it stacks against the Acer Nitro 5.

Experience top-performance with the Gigabyte G5 KF laptop, featuring a 15.6" FHD 144Hz display for stunning visuals. Powered by a 12th Gen Intel Core i5-12500H processor and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 GPU, it delivers smooth multitasking and powerful gaming. Equipped with 16G(Upgraded) DDR4-3200 RAM and a 512GB M.2 SSD, this Windows 11 Home laptop offers fast dispatch and delivery across Australia. Upgrade your computing experience with this reliable, high-quality Gigabyte laptop.

Surcharges: 1.2% Card & PayPal, 2% AmEx.

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  Look Up on 04/02/2024 - 11:11

  +13

  …not sure how it stacks against the Acer Nitro 5

  Poorly

  Slower CPU i5-12500H vs i7-12650H
  Slower RAM DDR4 vs DDR5
  Slower GPU 4060 75W vs 4060 140W
  Smaller battery 54Wh vs 58Wh

  This is a max $1K 4050 class laptop with a low spec 4060 shoved in

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    lookingforadeal7 on 04/02/2024 - 11:18

    -1

    https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/766276 but it was worth $2000 only 7 months ago?

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      xyron on 04/02/2024 - 11:54

      +3

      What makes you think it was worth $2000 7 months ago? That deal only has 7 votes.

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        lookingforadeal7 on 04/02/2024 - 11:57

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        I don't think it was, that's the point

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    Grey 13 on 04/02/2024 - 11:21

    Actually the 4060 max TDP is only 115W so the 140W claim is mostly buzzword anyway.

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      meong on 04/02/2024 - 11:26

      +1

      140W is usually with dynamic boost of an extra 15W but only in low cpu load conditions

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        T4tech on 04/02/2024 - 12:10

        yeah and its really hard to hit 140W in real world application anyways

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      Look Up on 04/02/2024 - 12:29

      +3

      … so the 140W claim is mostly buzzword anyway.

      No

      The Acer has a 280W AC power adapter and higher spec cooling to run the max 140W TGP

      This Gigabyte runs a 150W AC adapter and low spec cooling design consistent with a $1K gaming laptop

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    huu on 04/02/2024 - 12:43

    +1

    Thanks for the write up.. in market for a laptop but dont know much about it, good to see comparison like this.

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    Sinnerator on 05/02/2024 - 09:13

    +1

    4xxx 4060 GPU power TDP/Wattage IS NOT similar to 3xxx series 3060 TDP/Wattage in Laptops. Higher wattage 3xxx laptop GPUs had much improvement over lower wattage, wereas this is NOT the case for 4xxx laptop GPUs
    Jarrodstech did a youtube explaining it.
    Any improvement cuts off at around 80w in 4xxx laptops.
    So you will see MINIMAL gains in a 140w 4060 Laptop GPU over an 80w one.
    Cooling in this laptop and an adequate PSU will be much more important.
    Also these laptops are notorious for crap quality.

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      ceebee on 15/03/2024 - 14:57

      +1

      Also these laptops are notorious for crap quality.

      Notorious on OZb due to a vocal minority that shit on GB all the time. Sure, maybe they are not the best quality brand but they aren't bad enough to deserve a neg at all. The quality (in my experience) is much better than Acer for example. And anywhere else they get pretty decent reviews, especially the parts, motherboards etc. A bunch of people here neg them (and other Taiwanese brands) all the time and push Lenovo a bunch. So when my laptop died after 10 years (It was actually a custom Gigabyte) I went looking for a replacement on here and I got a brand new gaming Lenovo (It was branded as 'gaming' by Lenovo, but not a 'real' gaming laptop like the Legion or anything, but still, it should have been decent) because Lenovo is a 'good' brand and gets 'good' reveiws and because of people like you on here on the GB deals saying GB quality sucked and are crap on every GB post ever.

      The Lenovo died after 2 months. Like major hardware 'device does not POST' failure, lights were on but nobody was home. I couldn't run memtest or even linuxboot it or anything to troubleshoot at all— couldn't get into the BIOS either but who knows because Lenovo actually hides BIOS commands on startup. Tech guy at Officeworks was at a complete loss too. I had used it half a dozen times at that point. It was absolutely brand new.

      Other things I didn't like about Lenovo; it had no screen protector film or anything around the laptop. Was literally a laptop in a box with the two foam inserts and a piece of paper for the manual which made it feel cheap to me. Again, they hide BIOS commands on startup, had a bunch of invasive Lenovo brand bloatware, had no discernible screws in the back (I was considering upgrading the RAM down the line), still got very hot with games, but it 'felt' sturdy I guess and it had a decent screen. The best thing about it was that it was still under warranty, and their customer service gave me a return authorization within 5 minutes so I could get a refund. So their CS was good— not sure about how they are with out of warranty stuff though. They offered to fix it but I said no as I have never in my adult gaming life of over 20 years had a computer randomly cark it in 2 months. One day it turned on the next day it didn't. The only time something came close to this kind of hardware failure was an old HP tower with Windows Me on it which died (power) because Me would never shut down and had to be unplugged constantly. But even that took a good year before it up and died.

      My point is, I would never go Lenovo again based on my personal experience even though it's 'better' than most brands. I think they are fine but I personally think it's always a crapshoot no matter what brand you buy (especially laptops) because of manufacturers trying to get the most out of cheap parts etc. Shit just fails sometimes and I think Lenovo is no exception and I don't think GB is really that much 'worse' than them. Paying more yielded me nothing— so far my GB feels and runs the same as my gaming Lenovo, with maybe it feeling a bit lighter in the chassis. Overheating is the same. Most of it is the same. (Box was much nicer though). I certainly wouldn't shoot my mouth of saying they are 'crap quality' without even using one, but I guess people here do.

      So yeah, GB and MSI are as not as big as Lenovo so they can be slightly worse quality. But even the big names can have crap components and crap quality.

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  kaikor on 04/02/2024 - 12:19

  Now all these other shitty gaming laptops still asking for expensive price, and compare with Acer Nitro, it is now become ozbargainers best value gaming laptops!

  If Acer will bring in more of their Neo & non-Neo models with a super competitive prices, sure will become the king of gaming laptops in the near future!

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  TheFunkySalsa on 04/02/2024 - 21:38

  Are we comparing it with this one? Looks like this model wipes the floor with the deal on offer here:
  https://store.acer.com/en-au/acer-nitro-v-i7-13620h-ips-144-…