Got a Ryzen 5900HX and RTX 3080 laptop for only $230! Seems unbelievable, but I couldn't resist

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Just went into a local seller in my country’s e-commerce and found this gem. Seller said it got BSODed during GPU driver installation but it keeps intrigued me since usually a failed GPU only happened when it stopped displaying or having many artifacts during usage. Even with the GPU failed, it might be still a decent laptop with a Zen 3 processor and APU with 1440p screen. So I pulled the trigger and hoped I don’t get scammed.

When it arrived, the GPU went absolutely fine and even play games and did benchmark/stress tests pretty well. Idk what happened but getting an RTX 3080 for this price is just insane for me. This will be my new daily laptop, replacing my Legion 5.

The Aftershock Apex 15R. It uses the same chassis (Tongfang GM5ZG7W) as some laptops like XMG Neo 15 E21 and Eluktronics Mech -15 G3. The BIOS are compatible to each other though the XMG hotkey layout is different.

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Wow, you’re incredibly lucky!

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Micah said:
Wow, you’re incredibly lucky!

Sometimes a little faith goes a long way!

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That’s an amazing deal! I have a lower spec model, the 5800H with an RTX 3070, and it runs almost everything flawlessly.

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Fallon said:
That’s an amazing deal! I have a lower spec model, the 5800H with an RTX 3070, and it runs almost everything flawlessly.

Even if the RTX 3080 isn’t perfect, I could still use it as a powerful Linux machine. Planning to get a bigger SSD for games like Indiana Jones.

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@Finley
Might be a low TDP variant then.

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Emory said:
@Finley
Might be a low TDP variant then.

It’s not a low TDP. The benchmarks in the image show it performing below average, which isn’t typical for a 5900HX with a 3080.

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Finley said:

Emory said:
@Finley
Might be a low TDP variant then.

It’s not a low TDP. The benchmarks in the image show it performing below average, which isn’t typical for a 5900HX with a 3080.

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@Vic
Still, my RTX 2080s scored around 12k, which is significantly higher.

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Drew said:
@Vic
Still, my RTX 2080s scored around 12k, which is significantly higher.

It seems like a cooling issue more than anything. It’s impressive they managed to fit a full-power RTX 3080 into such a slim design.

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@Vic
That’s a solid improvement.

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A laptop with an RTX 3080 that performs as well as the RTX 4060 and has 16GB of VRAM? That’s a jackpot right there.

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Lyle said:
A laptop with an RTX 3080 that performs as well as the RTX 4060 and has 16GB of VRAM? That’s a jackpot right there.

The RTX 3080 should outperform the 4060 unless it’s a very low TDP model. From the benchmarks, it seems this one is indeed a lower power version, yet it still outperforms a laptop 4060 in many respects.

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@Aris
What are the Timespy scores for the 4060m then?

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Zane said:
@Aris
What are the Timespy scores for the 4060m then?

Typically between 9,500 and 10,000 without overclocking. Assuming no overclocking on the 3080 too.

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Aris said:

Zane said:
@Aris
What are the Timespy scores for the 4060m then?

Typically between 9,500 and 10,000 without overclocking. Assuming no overclocking on the 3080 too.

It’s surprising how close the 4060m is to the 3080m, I expected a bigger gap.

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@Zane
Yeah, this 3080 is likely a low TDP version.

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Zane said:
@Aris
What are the Timespy scores for the 4060m then?

The highest scores I’ve seen are between 12,000 and 12,500.

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Zane said:
@Aris
What are the Timespy scores for the 4060m then?

Here are some rough estimates for the RTX 4060 power variants: 8800 for 80W, 9900 for 90W, 10,500 for 100W, and 11,500 for 100W overclocked.