Max 17, 5900hx, rtx 3080, 64gb, 2tb ssd, 2tb western d.black, grizzly thermal paste.
I haven't PC gamed in almost 15 years. I bought the max 17 in August 2021 and have been blown away. I wanted something strong, reliable, versatile, and something that is going to have a running start at holding up against upcoming hardware. And this laptop has everything I could want in a desk rig, with the convenience of being portable when I travel.
Battery life is strong but always best to have plugged in while gaming obviously. The graphics is fantastic and smooth. The qhd screen is clear with a incredible refresh rate. My ONLY issue is the slight screen clouding that occurs with these screens and monitors anywhere. It's minor, not a big deal and hardly noticable. But I would love to see eluktronics put OLED screens in the future for these types of quality laptops. While at home, I have the max 17 connected to my 65" lg OLED C1 and the quality with the two is amazing. Fps holds strong even in balanced mode averaging around 130. Great laptop to multitask in extended mode while playing b4b. Great heat handling capacity for having so much features in such a compact case. But it IS a laptop, so i use a thermal take cooling riser; not needed but why not? its all it needs while in beast mode over clocking for that added security.
I have gaming friends that platform with PS5 and Xbox one and thought I was crazy for paying 4k for a gaming computer. They boast their consoles are solely for gaming and are far better than what a simple laptop can do and that no way the max 17 could out perform no matter what I paid. I have exclaimed; "This is by far no simple laptop." Something they conceded to when I gave them the opportunity to try the max 17 themselves for a truly spectacular gaming experience. Even had them considering switching to p.c.
Any time I have had a question or was unsure about something, customer service is always friendly and quick to respond either over the phone or email. I always feel respected when dealing with the staff and I'm always given helpful responses, even non hardware related tech questions. Great company and great products. Thanks eluktronics! 5 stars!
Max 17
I've never played a video game. I use this top-of-the-line Max 17 to run three large external monitors for work: investment management.
Max 17, 32GB, 3070
Incredibly small and light, the MAX 17 is dwarfed by my previous Omen 17 but far surpasses it on performance. Great value for money, excellent build quality, shipped in a day or so. Recommended.
Mobile monster
Was skeptical at first just because I havent heard of this company before but the computer is awesome. Looks sweet and is an absolute beast. Only thing is it needs to be plugged in to really harness its power. Effortleessly runs games max settings when plugged in but struggles when disconnected. I find myself lowering my game settings to get suitable FPS when there isnt a power connection available. Still, no biggie as usually where you will be doing heavy game/work sessions youll be somewhere with power accesible so wont run into issues there. Really happy with my purchase and am excited to be able to take this mobile powerhouse with me so I can work and play around the world with the same power as my at home desktop [when plugged in ;) ]
Max 17
This computer has it all, the screen is beautiful, and the gaming experience is the best.
Max 17
My first expensive gaming rig and I love it...the thermal conductance/heat dissipation is incredible even with the 3080 cranked playing Cyberpunk 2077. Seems like a sturdy unit - love the magnesium body.
almost perfect
i was looking a long time for a quad-hd >120fps laptop with Ryzen 9 and RTX 3080, and couldn't find anything like it except eluktronics.
the good:
i like the MAX17 because i can use it for regular work and for gaming.
in "office mode", doing regular dev work and watching youtube, this thing doesn't use a lot of processing or battery, and can be used for a good 4-8 hours, depending on screen brightness.
also, this thing is very light, very thin, doesn't get too hot, no loud fans in office mode, just a regular beautiful large-display laptop that you can take to a cafe to work.
in "balanced mode" and "beast mode" it can easily run high end graphics at 175fps.
really nice smooth graphics. the fans kick on in these modes, but they're not high-pitched, and not too loud. solid machine, i love it.
the meh:
i'm not a fan of keyboard layout. lack of separation between letters, arrows, and numpad is annoying for touch-typing. lack of dedicated (or even Fn) pg-up pg-dn home and end keys is annoying when numpad is locked.
the bad:
lots of issues putting this machine to sleep and it staying asleep.
i've settled on just always using hibernate mode instead of sleep.
eluktronics tech support was responsive trying to fix this issue, but no luck so far.
i've seen others on r/eluktronics with the same issue, so i know it's not just me.
also, upgrading to latest nvidia driver killed my framerate, so i had to rewind my system state to uninstall the driver.
i'm a little scared about upgrading to win11, but then again, it might fix all the issues.
UL17
This is my second Eluktronics laptop. My first lasted 6 years and I sold it for a great price after showing its FPS performance. This has been the upgrade I've been looking for for a long time. (5900 & RTX3080) I travel for work and spend an unfortunate amount of time in hotels. Last week I finally played through Cyperpunk and wow, this computer made it worth while. I can hook my Vive up to it at home and play all the VR games. When unplugged it defaults to CPU graphics which keeps it quiet, limits framerates and saves batteries. It's overridable but the feature does exactly what it intends to, lets me play any game anytime. As soon as you plug it in, you hear that GPU kick on and away you go mid game. I personally love the brandless RGBless look. It's a covert killer and maybe in 6 years I'll buy another.
Incredible Product
I waited a few weeks before writing this review to ensure that my Max-17 with a 5800 and RTX 3080 performed as expected, and it has actually exceeded my expectations. I'm blown away by the thermal performance of this machine in the different modes. If you want this thing to be quiet, it will whisper. If you want this thing to crush fps, it'll do that for you, too. The MUX switch is an absolute must on these newer computers, and the interface Eluktronics gave us to use to switch this, even without having to go into the BIOS, is awesome. No bloat on this machine, does exactly what you'd think it would, except likely better, and wow is it light, especially for a 17 inch machine. One last note - the customer service has been stellar. There's no messing around, and they get answers, and if needed, solutions for you FAST. That alone is a reason to pick one of these up. 5 stars, without a shadow of a doubt. Cheers.
Met my expectations
It arrived on time & was ready to go after a few Windows updates. I only wish they had more options for dskins or offered protective covers as an add-on. Other than that, it has met my expectations & I'm happy with my purchase.
According to expectations
I bought the ryzen 4800H version with 32GB of ram. It is fast, comfortable, everything is working very well. This replaces my old HP Envy with a 4th gen i7. The difference in weight between the previous notebook and this one is very significant. It feels solid, light, much more portable than the previous one, despite the 17 inches. At first I was concerned about the quality of the QHD screen, since I compared it to the old HP. Because that was always a problem that I found myself with, all the computers with a premium screen were with an Intel processor. So far there are brands that include mediocre displays with the ryzen processors. It seemed to me at first that the HP had a brighter and sharper screen, that's because I had tried to customize the screen. After I did the analysis, I paid for a screen calibrated by Eluktronics and went back to this setting. So I searched YouTube for very high quality 4K nature video images and made the side-by-side comparison, synchronizing the playback in both. The clarity of detail, color accuracy, and natural-looking image on the Eluktronic screen were significantly better than my previous notebook. In my reviews for months, I had already read that one aspect that distinguishes a good screen from a low quality one is color reproduction. Compared to my good HP screen, the MAX 17 screen shows a significant improvement in image details, better saturation and color reproduction, especially red. Red birds and flowers appear with better color saturation. The image looks more natural, closer to reality, with a good brightness. These last two years I have managed the purchase of three notebooks from HP and Asus brands for my environment, in all cases the Achilles heel of both was their lackluster screens. The keyboard feels good and solid, the sound from the speakers is good. Perhaps the only thing I would have liked are two USB ports on the left side, as well as it is on the right. I thought I was going to miss the fingerprint reader, but the infrared sensor for Windows Hello does a very good job and now I don't feel it missing. I find it excellent that they offer premium performance for both processor brands. Very satisfied with the product.
So far, so good
Really liking this laptop so far. I travel a lot, and you have to find the right bag to fit it, but it is fantastic. The power brick is a bit large but definitely manageable. Fans can be loud, but not piercing. More of a flat noise instead of a jet engine sound that I had from my old machine, and the fans can be easily tuned to your liking. Ventilation is also pretty incredible for a laptop this thin.
I've only had the Max-17 for a few weeks so I can't comment on the long term durability, but no complaints.in terms of performance. I feel like I got the right machine for my needs, and Eluktronics has been great to deal with. I highly recommend.
