The Apex 15R is a gaming laptop from Aftershock featuring an Intel i7-8750H CPU and Nvidia GTX 1060 graphics, dual channel memory, and a fast 144Hz screen. In this review I’ll cover the features the laptop has to offer, thermals, battery life, undervolting, overclocking and perform a series of game benchmarks at all setting levels to help you see how it performs so you can decide if it’s worth it.
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https://www.aftershockpc.com.au/welcome/Productinner/apex15r
This laptop uses the TongFang GK5CN6Z chassis, so should perform very closely to others that also use it, such as the Wallmart Overpowered gaming laptop, the Recoil II, or Eluktronics Mech 15. Despite having the same chassis however, each company is able to put their own unique spin on the laptop in terms of customization options and support.
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Please review Illegear laptop
the omen 15 got that thunderbolt support is a killer
ASUS ROG Zephyrus GX501 is better
I have this laptop and my gpu and cpu seems to reach 80 degrees when playing witcher 3 at high settings even at max fan speed. i did opt for the conductonaut thermal paste, yet it still reach this temperatures… could it be that they forgot to apply it? should i go to the shop and have them apply it?
How do u boost the power limit on gpu and cpu?
@Jarrod Tech I am very proud of you bro! and I have the Illegear Onyx with me! I’m so happy and im not regret of buying it.
Illegear Onyx spec:
ILLEGEAR ONYX 2nd Version 2018
▪Intel i5-8300 8th Gen 3.9GHz boost
▪Nvidia GTX 1050Ti 4GB
▪15.6″ FHD 60Hz
▪Professional Color Calibrations
▪Mechanical Keyboard
▪Brown Switches Key Cap 2
▪Thermal Grizzly Kryonout
▪16GB DDR4 RAM 2666Ghz *Dual Channel
▪256GB Samsung PM981 M.2 NVMe SSD
▪500GB Samsung 970 EVO M.2 NVMe SSD
▪2TB HDD Seagate Firecuda
▪Windows 10 Pro License
▪Warranty 3 years
▪Illegear Matmaster Gaming Mousepad
For those who wants this in their country. search for this brands
America and UK is the Eluktronics Mech-15
for the Asian market it is called the Eleargo.
For the australian market it is called metabox or aftershock.
in the philippines, It is called Redfox veangeance magearo.
There’s really only three things I’d like to see with this laptop:
1) 1070 max-q option
2) Larger battery option (remove the 2.5″ drive bay)
3) Have the RGB effects set via firmware so that the control center software doesn’t need to run for the RGB effect you set to persist
This would be a fantastic laptop that looks professional that could game on the side if number 3 were a thing especially. I was really leaning towards this laptop once the brown switches came out but found out the RGB wouldn’t be able to be set and persist through different OS’s (say you wipe windows, you’d need to reinstall the control software to tone it down again). In the end, I had to go with the Gigabyte Aero15x instead because of this. I could have lived with the 1060 and smaller battery size (and a few extra dollars in my pocket), but not with a rave party going on in an office meeting each time I turn on the laptop
Singaporean and looking into the MX 17 PRO with 1060 GPUs or looking into another one from them with better GPUs. All in all they have great stuff at Low prices
This looks exactly like ILLEGEAR ONYX.
is yours windows 10?
Good video
There’s a 17inch version, I would like to see that
Overpriced.
Please review Lenovo Y530 and Y730. Please 🙂
No thunderbolt
Hi jarod, can you do a review on msi ge75?
Does this support thunderbolt 3 with 4 PCIe?
What do you think of this vs. the Metabox Prime S? I saw this brand after I had bought my Prime S, most impressive thing for me has been that lower temperature, disappointed with the smaller battery though. Great review again.
Cool.
wow Singaporean here. didn’t know aftershock expanded to overseas
Oh look they have a bar like scar 2
Yay Singapore tech proud Singaporean here
Nice-looking machine.
I need a laptop for engineering works (autocad, Etabs and GIS only!) But it must be fast .. what do you think of lenovo idea pad 320 with these specifications
i7 8550u
8 GB ram
1 TB HDD
AMD 4GB
Btw, it costs 692$ .. is it good 🙂
It’s a good chassis . Our Mech G2 which is the same thing reviewed very well.
In the States this chassis gets used by several Third-party boutiques. It is made by Tong Fang and it is the same company Walmart is using for their Overpowered laptops.
This laptop is insanely expensive for a 1060 and 8750h, it only has 8GB of RAM, and it’s 2300 Australian!
jarrod which company do u think australia wide has the best rebranded laptops? I’ve already bought one from metabox and their customer service is basically zero apart from Kong Computer, whom is so helpful i find myself surprised. I love clevo laptops. is this a clevo model?
It feels a lot like a ‘white-branded’ TongFang chassis clone. Dave2D made a video about it regarding Walmart OP gaming machines
Well, Once you add 8GB*2 RAM(Which is a must imo), a NVMe Sammy SSD 500GB you are already looking at 2700$AUD, for this kind of price, good luck competing with devices like ASUS Zephryrus GM501GS/GX531 or Aero 15x. You can get them on sale for A$2500-2700 with better brand presence, better GPU(GTX1070 or 1070Max-Q).
Bootleg scar 2
ASUS FX705GM , it just came out
Hey man, looking at getting a laptop after the New Year, just wondering what response time this 144hz panel has?
Can’t seem to find it on their website.
Chur from NZ
Awesome video!!, I have a suggestion for another video, do a review of the digital storm Equinox
FINALLY A POPULAR TECH REVIEWS SINGAPORE COMPANY LAPTOP WOOO
In Singapore this is the equivalent of 2.2k AUD
I wonder if possible to swap out the 46whr battery with bigger ones since there huge space if one don’t need additional hard-disk space
Why is the performance here lower than the one you reviewed with the new Helios 300?
Hi can you please tell me the model number for that display? I’m looking to upgrade my 60hz screeen to a 144hz screen by myself and I can’t seem to find the right model for that display. Thanks :3
The poor battery life kills it for me personally, I prefer my laptops to be universal, like Dell G3
Hey Jarrod I really like your channel and hope it grows, but to be honest there is one big flaw, when showing the charts you should not read every single number, just show it and tell us what you think, when you read them 1 by 1 it gets really boring.
Oh thats my laptop ! I just have it with a drifferent name and this is probably my favorite laptop. I have replaced paste with kryonaut as well and with throttlestop i dont pass 78C on cpu and 67C on GPU.
Great review by the way.