MAINGEAR Element 15.6 FHD 144Hz Gaming Laptop Notebook PC Intel Core i7-9750H 2.6GHz GeForce RTX 2070 MAX-Q 8GB GDDR6, 32GB DDR4-2666 Memory, 2TB NVME SSD, Windows 10 Pro, Thunderbolt 3, WiFi6

I have been using the Maingear Element for two weeks. I would definitely recommend this product if you're wanting a fairly high powered gaming laptop with good thermals and good battery life that is still light weight and thin(ish).The Pros:- I bought this at $1899, which is a GREAT value given the outstanding specs in the model I got (2 TB SSD, 32 GB RAM, RTX 2070 Max-Q, Intel 9th Gen i7, 15.6 inch 144 Hz FHD display).- It's surprisingly lightweight and thin given what's inside.- The display looks awesome. Gaming at 144 HZ looks so smooth, and the contrast and viewing angles are impressive. (There are several 240 HZ and 300 HZ displays on gaming laptops.... but like.... why?) I have played WarFrame and Portal 2 with max settings, and it consistently ran at 144 FPS for two hours without the fans getting too loud. Note that I have always used a laptop stand, which probably helps.- The thermals are quite good for such a thin chassis. There are tons of air intake slots and vents. The middle of the laptop directly above the function keys get very hot to the touch after an hour of continuous gaming, but that heat somehow doesn't transfer onto the keys very much, which is impressive!- The casing hides finger prints and smudges quite well, and the build quality is solid.- The RGB lighting on the keyboard is very bright and easily customizable. I didn't think I would care about this feature, but I actually had fun spending a couple hours messing around with the different settings.- The trackpad is very smooth and registers single/double finger tap gestures and two/three finger swipe gestures very well.The OKs:- The stereo separation is decent and the sound quality is fine for laptop speakers. Don't expect these to be as good as MacBook speakers.- I would prefer a bigger trackpad and would like the whole thing to be clickable, but the top 1/3 isn't clickable. Don't expect this to be as good as a MacBook trackpad, but it's good enough.- The chassis isn't the nicest feeling or looking material. It feels a bit rough/textured, though you could argue this is a good thing for the laptop won't slip out of your hands. I'd also prefer it to be black, but it's a space grey with a hint of green maybe? Overall it looks nice - it's just not my favorite looking laptop.- I played a ray tracing demo game on Steam called Quake II, and it only ran at like 30 FPS at high settings. If you really want realtime ray tracing in games just get a desktop with a fully powered RTX 2070 instead of this power-starved "Max-Q" version.The Cons:- The battery charger is huge - it's thicker than the laptop and weighs 30 ounces (0.85 kg) with the cables. I know this laptop needs a lot of juice, but it's still a con to lug this giant charger around when traveling.- The speakers don't get super loud, but that's probably because they fire downward into the desk.

Not a bad laptop, and a pretty good value. The GPU is thermally limited to 75C, which prevents it from running at its best. Not a huge issue. Battery life was abysmal at 2 hours until I performed a BIOS update, which brought it up to about 6.5 hours. Build quality is decent. The magnesium alloy avoids fingerprints, but feels almost identical to plastic. The screen has a decent amount of flex and wobble, but not horridly so. The keyboard takes some getting used to, and the RGB is a pain to configure. The "white" option has a blue hue due to the nature of the lighting they use, which again, wasn't a huge issue. The flaws were nitpicky and I had decided to keep it, until I discovered a bad pixel on bootup after a restart. Pretty frustrating.

Considering similar computers with 16GB RAM and a 1TB SSD run you around $1800, the MAINGEAR Element with the 32GB RAM and 2TB SSD for another $200 makes since to me. As noted in other reviews the battery drain issue you may encounter is resolved from a BIOS update. MAINGEARs customer service is extremely nice and easy to work with. Everything on the computer runs quickly and the overall aesthetics of the computer are nice.

I have had many laptops over the years, from MacBook Pros to the Razer Blade, to the Surface Pro, and even some MSI gaming laptops.This laptop has amazing battery life for it's specs. I easily get 7 hours of use out of it a day. I also love how easily upgrade-able the SSD and RAM are. It's a beast to game with, and the performance is truly unbelievable for how small it is. Trackpad is great, webcam is not so great but there is windows hello and it works fine.Unbelievable deal, and Maingear support has been amazing!

Great laptop, fits my needs nicely. Although the speakers are a bit quiet, I tend to use headphones anyways so it's not a big deal.

Laptop is well built. Light weight and very thin for the performance. When it didn’t thermal throttle it ran very well. High frame rate and all.Once the gpu reaches 75c it throttles. Cpu also ran hot if you didn’t undervolt.