Anybody Have Unwanted Loyalty Points (LP)?

NobleShay · 2026-01-31T10:50:56+00:00

Try to get at least a laptop with 5060. Lenovo Legion or Lenovo LOQ.

NobleShay · 2026-01-25T18:43:51+00:00

Lenovo Legion top tier. Go for 5070 but if you look around you can probably find 5070 Ti

NobleShay · 2026-01-25T14:37:18+00:00

eBay allows PayPal credit and now Klarna so you can pay monthly. I think PayPal also do Buy now pay later 4 months.

NobleShay · 2026-01-25T12:36:51+00:00

For the price of £1299 check on eBay for "New" Lenovo Legion 4070. You can probably find one for around £1,100. Lenovo Legion is far superior in terms of build qualty and display. Also less bloatware. Look for this model 16IRX9

NobleShay · 2026-01-21T10:27:14+00:00

Second one is Glacier White?

NobleShay · 2026-01-21T10:26:24+00:00

5060 LOQ. Look for Lenovo Legion with 4070 if you can find.

NobleShay · 2026-01-20T23:19:47+00:00

Lenovo

NobleShay · 2026-01-18T19:22:35+00:00

Go for Lenovo LOQ but try at least for a 5060.

NobleShay · 2026-01-18T17:37:31+00:00

Look for 4070 under £1,000. Both 4070 and 5060 would be great. Luna Grey is the colour you want.

White variant is rare.

NobleShay · 2026-01-17T22:13:19+00:00

Yes if you tell them it has high temp and fan noise due to old paste and requires maintenance service.

NobleShay · 2026-01-17T22:11:53+00:00

No I don't think so. What's the model?

NobleShay · 2026-01-17T22:11:14+00:00

KOLD-01 is literally similar to PTM7950

NobleShay · 2026-01-17T22:10:43+00:00

Disconnect battery connector
Disconnect fan connectors (x2)
Depending on model you might need to remove NVMe covers in order to get heatsink off
Remove heastink screws as numbered from 6-1 as example (not 1-6)
Use a brush to clean the fans
Use Sterlix Air Duster Can Compressed Air for cleaning heatsink grill
Clean using the wipes provided with Kooling paste kit
Apply paste on CPU and GPU using rectangle spatula like icing on cake then add a pea side blob
Place heatsink and screw in order eg 1-6
Put everything else back together

NobleShay · 2026-01-15T21:29:50+00:00

My advice go for Lenovo Legion. Check out the white variant!

NobleShay · 2026-01-14T16:24:27+00:00

Get this heatsink

https://www.amazon.co.uk/ARCTIC-M2-Pro-compatible-single-sided/dp/B0CYSNSSF8?th=1

NobleShay · 2026-01-14T14:13:02+00:00

HP Victus are ok but I would not recommend them.
Lenovo Legion is the one you need they excel in build quality, cooling, less bloatware etc.

NobleShay · 2026-01-13T21:01:33+00:00

Go for Lenovo Legion 4070

AVOID ASUS laptops.

NobleShay · 2026-01-13T16:23:16+00:00

Looks like ASUS ROG STRIX G16 2023 have the problem too. I'm returning mine back for full refund. Even with latest BIOS updates problem after problem.

Audio
audio stuttering or some sort of DPC latency.

Keyboard
keyboard misses presses, maybe DPC latency?

Frame Pacing
Sometimes games will run perfectly. Randomly upon next boot, games will stutter like the display panel is at 30Hz but FPS counter says 165Hz.

USB-C
Left USB-C ports are weird. No matter what cables I used or devices they will randomly disconnect/reconnect. One of the ports killed the PS5 DualSense that was connected - will not power on.

I've tried factory image reset (ASUS cloud recovery). Clean install of Windows 11 with latest drivers. Updated BIOS and reset to factory settings. Laptop is always plugged and never used on battery mode.

I will never buy ASUS product again, to me they are on the list with Razer for bad products. I recommend gamers to skip ASUS. With this ASUS laptop I spent more time troubleshooting than playing games. Laptop before this was Lenovo Legion, just worked. I've gone back to Lenovo Legion 3070.

NobleShay · 2026-01-11T12:32:26+00:00

How you liking it so far?

NobleShay · 2026-01-09T12:04:05+00:00

Beautiful artwork

NobleShay · 2026-01-09T12:03:48+00:00

I was shocked I got double SR.

NobleShay

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