I think I found a better deal, but from a brand that is relatively unknown so I'm not willing to take the risk myself.
Any deal experts who've come across this before pls review this one ;)
Erazer Deputy P60 Laptop (i5-12450H, RTX 4060, 16GB RAM, 1TB SSD, 15.6" FHD 144Hz) $1149 + Delivery from $10 @ Erazer
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PChawklates on 28/07/2025 - 16:42 erazer.com.au (334 clicks)
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Gaming laptops generally have poor colour reproduction so that isn't that big of a concern. RAM being 3200 mhz for an Intel i5 12th gen is not a big concern compared to AMD. Biometrics sensor is not a deal breaker for plenty. Bloatware is standard for many brands and can be removed using 3rd party tools. Loud fans is normal for gaming machines. The quiet ones are extremely thermally throttled (down to even 45W from 140W).
My only concern is that it's untried-and-tested.
Gaming laptops generally have poor colour reproduction
Depends on price point, this is not a valid generalisation. 45% NTSC is particularly poor
The quiet ones are extremely thermally throttled
Power-limited is a more accurate description. Thankfully it’s not common to have thermally throttled designs where they run at 100% until it hits 100degC then clock speeds and power draw drop off. Much better to have a consistent frame rate that’s lower than a few minutes, if that, of good frame rate then awful dips as the system keeps hitting the thermal limit.
Also not all cooler designs are made equal, for example the Legion 7 can handle a 165W GPU and be quieter than an Acer Nitro with an 80W GPU.
Well, NTSC is wider than sRGB. The ratio of NTSC to sRGB is "72% of the NTSC color space is equivalent to 100% of the sRGB color space". Now consider the Katana, which is one of the most well-known mid-range RTX xx60/70 laptops. It's literally just 60% sRGB which is about the same as the 45% NTSC of this laptop.. I mean yeah $2500 xx60/70 laptops would have 99% sRGH or 70% NTSC. But at $2500, I'm already on RTX 4090 (like my HP Omen RTX 4090 laptop was indeed $2500).
@marshmall0w2: Yeah ok, I can agree with your statement if it was amended
Gaming laptops at this price point generally have poor colour reproduction
It's definitely a compromise to get the price down but it's what you have to expect at this price range
I've tried all the slim gaming laptops such as Gigabyte Aero, MSI Stealth, etc and they were all noisy and thermal throttling.
I tried a slightly chunkier Alienware M15 R3 and it was thermal throttling at 100c.
Then i had the Legion Pro, it was quiet, it didn't thermal throttle.
I tested using Cinebench stress test btw.
Just saying, just because its quiet doesn't always mean it was thermal throttled to cool it down (using Power Limit).
The Gigabyte Aero I had were power limited and it was still loud 😅
Hmm true. It can be quiet and not thermally throttled but very rarely. Usually it's just a sign of one or either of power limiting or proactive thermal capping.
It’s one of the laptops that fall into the odm category, Much like metabox. These guys just slap their name into the laptop and box and call it a day. You’re paying for any support services from Erazer. Can’t comment on the actual laptop itself.
Looks like a cleanskin eg clevo V150.
Built cheap, seems like an good price for laptop with a decent GPU. Expect the rest to be ok, noisy when gaming, etc.If it fails out of warranty, good luck.
Above comments are correct. This is generic-rebadged. The P60 model naming is a giveaway and is how Clevo-then-branded laptops like Metabox also names their laptops. There's a reason I don't link these deals to folks asking me to link deals. And that's because it's untried-and-tested. Warranty isn't my issue here necessarily as ACCC is pretty strong when it comes to consumer protection. My deals are still HP and Lenovo laptops that go really cheap during EOFY or end of season or clearance deals particularly on eBay with eBay Plus.
Fair enough
Wasn’t Medion bought years ago by Lenovo?
Yeah Lenovo holds a majority stake in Medion. This laptop isn't manufactured by Medion though, it's likely a Clevo or a Tong Fang laptop
There are also local brands in Australia that resell Tongfang / Clevo machines using their own brand name, like
https://aftershockpc.com.au/ (Tongfang reseller)
https://www.metabox.com.au/ (Clevo reseller)
https://www-clubic-com.translate.goog/test-produit-528045-te…
French review of a higher end model with RTX 4070 with a score of 7/10
Some of the downsides they talked about:
Strong point is the low price for the graphics card. Which is I think as cheap as it gets for RTX 4060 machine but a lot of things were sacrificed to hit the low price point