**Unboxing and First Impressions: Meta Box Alpha X with NH 58 RC Laptop**

In this article, we will delve into our hands-on experience with the Meta Box Alpha X laptop, specifically the NH 58 RC model, which caught our attention with its impressive specs and value for money. As a gamer, I was eager to see how this laptop would perform in real-world scenarios.

**Benchmarking Performance**

To assess the performance of the NH 58 RC, we conducted a series of benchmarks using the built-in tools on the laptop. First, we tested Far Cry 5 with Ultra settings and the built-in benchmark at Ultra settings with the NH 58 RC highlighted in red as a game that prefers CPU power. We were pleased to see good results, with average frame rates still close to those of the RT X 2060 machines and fair one percent low results, comparable to Shadow of the Tomb Raider.

We also tested the laptop's performance in Battlefield 5 with Ultra settings. Our results showed that the NH 58 RC was doing quite well, with an average FPS of over 60 frames per second, even outperforming the thermally throttled LG 5 with RT X 2060. However, the one percent low result was excellent due to the higher CPU power limit and smaller default undervolt.

**Storage Performance**

In addition to its impressive performance, we also tested the storage capabilities of the NH 58 RC using Crystal Disk Mark. Our results showed that the 512 GB M.2 SSD was performing reasonably well, with read speeds almost doubling the write speeds. The SD slot, while not outstanding, was still decent and ahead of most other laptops in its class.

**Thermal Testing**

One of the standout features of the NH 58 RC is its thermal performance. We conducted a series of thermal tests using software such as FurMark and Prime95 to assess the laptop's cooling system under various load conditions. Our results showed that the laptop was able to maintain solid turbo speeds even under combined CPU and GPU stress tests, thanks to its high 60-watt CPU power limit.

**Screen and Keyboard**

The NH 58 RC features a 144Hz screen, which we were excited to test out. While our expectations were not met entirely, as the contrast ratio was slightly lower than average, the screen still performed well overall. The keyboard lighting, however, was limited to only one color, which may be a drawback for some users.

**Design and Build Quality**

The NH 58 RC has a clean and professional design that sets it apart from more typical gamer laptops. The laptop's chassis is sturdy and well-built, with a removable battery that allows for quick replacement. This feature is particularly useful in situations where you need to replace the battery quickly, such as when traveling.

**Conclusion**

In conclusion, our experience with the Meta Box Alpha X NH 58 RC laptop has been overwhelmingly positive. With its impressive performance, clean design, and value for money, this laptop is an excellent choice for gamers and tech enthusiasts alike. While there are some minor drawbacks, such as the limited keyboard lighting and lower-than-average contrast ratio on the screen, these are easily overlooked considering the laptop's overall strengths.

**Updated Pricing**

At the time of our testing, the base model NH 58 RC was available in Australia for around $1,550 AUD, while the upgraded version with dual-channel memory and a 144Hz screen was priced at around $1,710 AUD. For international viewers, the same laptop is available on Amazon for around $1,200 USD, which is comparable to the AC Helios 300. However, we expect the Helios 300 to be more expensive in Australia, potentially pushing $2,000 AUD.

**Final Thoughts**

Overall, our experience with the Meta Box Alpha X NH 58 RC laptop has been excellent. Its impressive performance, clean design, and value for money make it an attractive option for gamers and tech enthusiasts. We recommend considering this laptop as one of the best options in its class, especially here in Australia where bigger brands tend to cost more than they do in the US.

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enthe meta box alpha X and H 58 RC is a well-priced flap top for the specs that you get and it's using one of the best clever models I've tested to date with excellent thermals for the performance on offer so let's find out how well it performs in this detailed review starting with the specs my unit has an Intel i7 9750 H CPU NVIDIA GTX 16 60 TI graphics 16 gig of memory running and dual channel a 15.6 inch 1080p 144 hertz screen and a 512 gig MDOT 2 nvme SSD it's also got Gigabit Ethernet 802 dot eleven AC Wi-Fi and Bluetooth 5 however hardware can be customized while ordering you can check the options as well as updated pricing using the link in the description the laptop has a silver body with the metallic lid while the interior seems to be plastic the edges are smooth but I found the front corners a bit rough if you push up against them otherwise overall it feels quite well built the weight of the laptop is listed at 2.2 kilos bare-bones so expect differences based on hardware selection though mine was under this with the 180 watt power brick and cable for charging included the total weight rises to 2.7 kilos the dimensions of the laptop are 36 point one centimeters in width twenty five point eight centimeters in depth and just under two point eight centimeters in height so not exactly thin but not quite thick either the smaller overall footprint gives us thin bezels around the screen which are about eight millimeters based on my own measurements the 15.6 inch 144 hertz 1080p IPS screen looks ok all viewing angles were fine though there's no G sync here I've measured the color gamut of the screen using the spider 5 prior and my results return to 96% of srgb 67% of ntsc and 72% of Adobe RGB at 100% brightness I measured the panel at 304 nits in the center and with the 630 to 1 contrast ratio so overall about average for a gaming laptop and still decent for other tasks like photo or video editing though the low contrast was occasionally noticeable but this is for the 144 Hertz panel expect different results with the 60 Hertz option backlight bleed wasn't looking too great in this photo there while actually viewing darker content I'd say it was pretty minor in my unit better compared to other meta box units I've covered in the past anyway however results will vary between laptop and panel there was some screenflex however it seemed quite sturdy with the hinges being out towards the far corners it couldn't quite be opened up with one finger as there's more weight towards the back including the cooling and battery but it felt stable on my lap despite the thin screen bezels the 720p camera is found above the display in the center the camera is pretty average not great while the microphone sounds alright the keyboard in my unit has RGB backlighting however you can only customize the entire thing in one's own with the included control center software it's got four levels of brightness or can be turned off and even the secondary functions on all keys get lit up overall I liked typing on the keyboard the small shift on the right may annoy some but I don't personally use it so didn't notice here's how typing sounds to give you an idea of what to expect it was a little keyboard flex while pushing down hard which I think should be expected given the keyboard is removable no issues during normal use thorough the touch pad has precision drivers and worked well it was smooth to the touch but doesn't actually press down it's got separate left and right click buttons learn fingerprints and dirt are hard to see on the silver finish and as a smooth surface it's easy to clean on the Left there's a Kensington lock air exhaust vent USB 3.1 gen2 on type a port USB 2.0 type a port and 3.5 millimeter microphone and headphone jacks on the right there's a USB 3.1 gen2 type a port mini DisplayPort 1.2 output SD card slot and air exhaust vent on the back there's one air exhaust vent on the left corner the right isn't actually event then from left to right we've got a USB 3.1 gen2 type-c port with DisplayPort 1.3 support no thunderbolt or HDMI output the version isn't specified that I could run an external 4k monitor at 60 Hertz which seems to indicate 2.0 Gigabit Ethernet port and the power input I like that they've got the bulky ir such as HDMI Ethernet and power on the back end out of the way meanwhile the front just has some status LEDs towards the right-hand side on the lid there's the meta box logo in the center and the bits on the side light up why from the screens backlight underneath it looks like this heaps of ventilation holes however not that many of these cutout areas actually allow air through but we'll see how well the cooling does soon the speakers have found towards the front left and right corners they sounded ok for laptop speakers perhaps a little above average here's what we're looking at in terms of maximum volume while playing music and the latency mantras ult's were looking pretty good the bottom panel can be removed by taking out 12 screws with a Phillips head screwdriver and the two screws in the back corners are slightly longer the battery is also easily removable so if you have a spare you can quickly swap in a fully charged one a nice and uncommon feature these days underneath the battery there are three more Phillips head screws to take out before the bottom panel can be removed so 15 screws all up I had a look underneath the keyboard and while it looks like they ask for holes here none of mine had screws in them so while taking the bottom panel off just be careful if it's stuck there might be screws under here that need to be taken out first once inside from left to right we've got access to the Wi-Fi card single 2.5 inch drive bay 2 memory slots and 2 m2 slots I believe one m2 slot supports either solder or PCIe but to use the second PCIe only slot the first slot must also be populated with the PCIe drive at least according to the specs powering the laptop is a removable four cell 49 watt hour battery with a full charge and just watching youtube videos with the screen on half brightness keyboard lighting off and background ups disabled I was able to use it for three hours in one minute the Intel integrated graphics were in use during this test thanks to land video optimists while playing The Witcher 3 with medium settings and invidious battery boost set to 30fps the battery lasted for one hour and nine minutes and the framerate didn't drop at any point the result while gaming was about average in this test though lower than I'd like to see outside of gaming but at least the battery is easy to swap so you could get spares I'll also note that I never saw the battery drain with the 180 watt power brick plugged in throughout any of my testing thermal testing was completed with an ambient room temperature of 22 degree Celsius so expect different temperatures in different environments also keep in mind there are heat pipes shared between processor and graphics so a change in one of these will affect the other all testing was completed with the performance profile enabled for best performance and better performance generally equals more heat the laptop did come under vaulted by just minus 0.05 volts out of the box so this should help a little at the bottom of the graph at idle in the quiet mode the temperatures were pretty good considering the fans were completely silent the rest of the results are combined CPU and GPU workloads and are meant to represent worst-case scenarios as I tested them for extended periods of time the gaming tests in the upper half were done with watchdogs turn while the stress tests were done with the aida64 CPU stress test with only stress CPU checked and the heav'n benchmark at maximum settings to fully load the system all tests were completed with the fed at maximum speed as you'll hear soon under these workloads it ran up to max speed anyway so I didn't need to test it with it manually raised starting with the stress tests with everything default the hottest CPU got was 84 degrees Celsius which is honestly an impressive result for the i7 9750 H these days under this same workload in most other machines I've covered it easily rises above 90 degrees keep in mind all these tests are with the default - 0.05 volt on the Volt so we could probably improve them further by pushing this more though my particular unit didn't like going much further so I haven't tested with other levels it would vary by chipler the cooling pad improved thermals by 5 to 6 degrees in the stress tests and by 7 to 9 degrees while gaming a bit more than I expected considering the few events underneath these are the average clock speeds for the same tests - shown not only are we getting excellent thermals there are no power limits preventing us reaching the full 4 gigahertz all core turbo boost speed under this stress test during the stress tests the CPU is averaging a 51 watt TDP and peaked at 56 watts pl-1 is set to 60 watts so quite impressive results and a good configuration I guess this is what you're able to do when the machine isn't too thin just quickly here's what we're looking at in Cinebench at stock so pretty average results for the 97 50 H based on the few machines I've tested so far as for the external temperatures will actually be putting your hands at idle it was in the low 30s so fairly average while under stress test the results were basically the same as gaming getting to the low to mid 40s in the centre so a little warm but still fine as the fan noise produced by the laptop I'll let you have a listen to some of these tests I do idle in the quiet profile it was completely silent I couldn't hear any fair noise at all while gaming or under stress test it was at maximum speed already so there was no difference at least while testing in performance mode definitely not quite as loud as many other machines I've tested next let's take a look at some gaming benchmarks I've tested these games with these Nvidia drivers with performance mode in the control center software enabled battlefield 5 was tested in campaign mode and it was running well with ultra settings still above 70 FPS averages with the 1% loan not too far behind and around 120 FPS possible at low settings apex Legends was tested with either all settings of maximum or all settings at the lowest possible values as it doesn't have predefined setting presets it played all right at maximum settings we could get a massive 66% higher average framerate at minimum farcry new dawn was tested with the built-in benchmark and the results say were pretty good due to a good cpu performance as this is a game that works well with highest CPU power assassin's creed Odyssey was tested with the built-in benchmark and is another that relies on the CPU so has seen good results in lower settings with this test in particular The Witcher 3 was tested with hex disabled and was still playing well with ultra settings decent average frame rates third 1% lows were a bit further behind so I'd probably just stick to high settings shadow of the term raider was tested with the built-in benchmark and the results are great at lowest settings compared to other machines thanks to that CPU performance while highest settings was still able to average above 60fps csgo was tested using the you let achill FPS benchmark and like always high frame rates were possible from this test even maximum settings are giving us average FPS above the refresh rate of the 144 Hertz display dota 2 was tested in the middle lane with an average amount of action going on and the results were very good with ultra settings still giving good average FPS to utilize our 144 Hertz display Rainbow six siege was tested with the built-in benchmark and tends to favor invidious nuturing architecture compared to other games at maximum settings 120 FPS averages were reached with around 100 for the 1% lower with 200 FPS just reached alert fortnight was tested using the replay feature and generally it runs quite well on modern hardware with over 100 fps in my test at epic settings while medium settings was giving 1% lows higher than the refresh rate of the display so running extremely smoothly overwatch is another game that is well optimized and runs on pretty much anything even with epic settings it was playing well with the average FPS not too far behind the refresh rate of the screen watchdogs 2 is a resource intensive game but it was still playing well enough at Ultra though the 1% lowers were a bit lower than I'd like at very high settings it was running perfectly fine and still able to average above 60 fps to get some context let's see how it compares with some other gaming laptops use this information as a rough guide only as tests were done at different times with different drivers here are the results from far cry 5 using the built in benchmark at Ultra settings with the NH 58 RC highlighted in red as a game that prefers CPU power we're getting good results here with average frame rates still close to the RT X 2060 machines and fair one percent low results - in shadow of the Tomb Raider with the built-in benchmark at highest settings the NH 58 RC was behind the Helios 300 with same specs as that machine has a higher out of the box under vault and also over clocks the graphics but we'll compare these more soon in battlefield 5 with ultra settings we're seeing the NH 58 RC doing pretty well the average FPS was still more than the thermally throttled LG 5 with RT X 2060 but the one percent low result was excellent due to the higher CPU power limit and small default undervolt overall the gaming performance was pretty good all games ran well even at higher setting levels I found the 16 60 TI to be a great sweet spot in terms of value for money when it comes to laptops especially when paired with dual channel memory and the i7 9750 H CPU like we've got here and in the 144 Hertz screen upgrade and this laptop is offering a great gaming experience now for the gaming benchmarks I've tested heaven valley and superposition from Unigine as well as fire strike times pi and VR mark from 3d mark just pause the video if you want a detailed look at these results I've used crystal disk mark to test the storage and my 512 gig m2 and VM a SSD was performing alright with read speeds almost doubling the writes the SD slot was pretty decent - not amazing but definitely ahead of most others for updated pricing check the links in the description as prices will change over time at the time of recording in Australia the base model goes for about fifteen hundred and fifty Australian dollars though about one hundred and sixty more to get dual channel memory and the 144 Hertz screen like I've got here for my international viewers the same clever chassis is being sold on Amazon for around twelve hundred US dollars in the US this is the same price as the AC Helios 300 which I think I would lean towards personally if they're the same price however here in Australia I'm expecting the Helios 300 to be a fair bit more expensive I wouldn't be surprised if the Helios 300 is around the 2000 Australian dollar mark given they're still selling the last gen model here for that price so at least here in Australia the NH 58 RC is probably going to offer better value so what did you guys think about the meta box Alpha X and H 58 RC laptop let's summarize the good and the bad while having decent specs to play basically any modern game with good settings the laptop has a clean and professional design without the typical gamer aesthetic the performance is honestly quite impressive once you consider the thermals and fan noise I was seeing some very nice results with regards to thermal testing when compared to other machines with the same specs that cost more money I liked that the bulky I are including hdmi ethernet and power i found on the back of the machine and out of the way the i/o is otherwise pretty decent with SD card slot and type-c port though USB 2.0 in 2019 is a bit odd and as is usually the case with these clever units no Thunderbolt 3 support the removable battery is also nice to have you could buy spares and very quickly swap in a fully charged one if you want which would be good as outside of gaming battery life was on the lower side as usual with most of these clever units I've tested the screen bleed seems to be more present when compared against other machines otherwise again I just have to mention how impressed I was with the thermals considering the highest 60 watt CPU power limit which allowed us to maintain solid turbo speeds under combined CPU and GPU stress tests there's not really much else to say overall I found it quite good if I had to pick some more negatives it would be that the 144 Hertz screen had a lower contrast ratio than what I'd consider average and the keyboard lighting can only be at the one color though I don't consider these deal-breakers I just can't find much else default like the other Alpha X model I've covered the NH 58 ad this is easily one of the best clever units for meta box I've tested so far based on the specs overall performance and price I think the Alpha X series is offering great value for money especially here in Australia web bigger brands cost way more than they do in the US let me know your thoughts down in the comments and if you're new to the channel consider getting subscribed for future laptop reviews and tech videos like this onethe meta box alpha X and H 58 RC is a well-priced flap top for the specs that you get and it's using one of the best clever models I've tested to date with excellent thermals for the performance on offer so let's find out how well it performs in this detailed review starting with the specs my unit has an Intel i7 9750 H CPU NVIDIA GTX 16 60 TI graphics 16 gig of memory running and dual channel a 15.6 inch 1080p 144 hertz screen and a 512 gig MDOT 2 nvme SSD it's also got Gigabit Ethernet 802 dot eleven AC Wi-Fi and Bluetooth 5 however hardware can be customized while ordering you can check the options as well as updated pricing using the link in the description the laptop has a silver body with the metallic lid while the interior seems to be plastic the edges are smooth but I found the front corners a bit rough if you push up against them otherwise overall it feels quite well built the weight of the laptop is listed at 2.2 kilos bare-bones so expect differences based on hardware selection though mine was under this with the 180 watt power brick and cable for charging included the total weight rises to 2.7 kilos the dimensions of the laptop are 36 point one centimeters in width twenty five point eight centimeters in depth and just under two point eight centimeters in height so not exactly thin but not quite thick either the smaller overall footprint gives us thin bezels around the screen which are about eight millimeters based on my own measurements the 15.6 inch 144 hertz 1080p IPS screen looks ok all viewing angles were fine though there's no G sync here I've measured the color gamut of the screen using the spider 5 prior and my results return to 96% of srgb 67% of ntsc and 72% of Adobe RGB at 100% brightness I measured the panel at 304 nits in the center and with the 630 to 1 contrast ratio so overall about average for a gaming laptop and still decent for other tasks like photo or video editing though the low contrast was occasionally noticeable but this is for the 144 Hertz panel expect different results with the 60 Hertz option backlight bleed wasn't looking too great in this photo there while actually viewing darker content I'd say it was pretty minor in my unit better compared to other meta box units I've covered in the past anyway however results will vary between laptop and panel there was some screenflex however it seemed quite sturdy with the hinges being out towards the far corners it couldn't quite be opened up with one finger as there's more weight towards the back including the cooling and battery but it felt stable on my lap despite the thin screen bezels the 720p camera is found above the display in the center the camera is pretty average not great while the microphone sounds alright the keyboard in my unit has RGB backlighting however you can only customize the entire thing in one's own with the included control center software it's got four levels of brightness or can be turned off and even the secondary functions on all keys get lit up overall I liked typing on the keyboard the small shift on the right may annoy some but I don't personally use it so didn't notice here's how typing sounds to give you an idea of what to expect it was a little keyboard flex while pushing down hard which I think should be expected given the keyboard is removable no issues during normal use thorough the touch pad has precision drivers and worked well it was smooth to the touch but doesn't actually press down it's got separate left and right click buttons learn fingerprints and dirt are hard to see on the silver finish and as a smooth surface it's easy to clean on the Left there's a Kensington lock air exhaust vent USB 3.1 gen2 on type a port USB 2.0 type a port and 3.5 millimeter microphone and headphone jacks on the right there's a USB 3.1 gen2 type a port mini DisplayPort 1.2 output SD card slot and air exhaust vent on the back there's one air exhaust vent on the left corner the right isn't actually event then from left to right we've got a USB 3.1 gen2 type-c port with DisplayPort 1.3 support no thunderbolt or HDMI output the version isn't specified that I could run an external 4k monitor at 60 Hertz which seems to indicate 2.0 Gigabit Ethernet port and the power input I like that they've got the bulky ir such as HDMI Ethernet and power on the back end out of the way meanwhile the front just has some status LEDs towards the right-hand side on the lid there's the meta box logo in the center and the bits on the side light up why from the screens backlight underneath it looks like this heaps of ventilation holes however not that many of these cutout areas actually allow air through but we'll see how well the cooling does soon the speakers have found towards the front left and right corners they sounded ok for laptop speakers perhaps a little above average here's what we're looking at in terms of maximum volume while playing music and the latency mantras ult's were looking pretty good the bottom panel can be removed by taking out 12 screws with a Phillips head screwdriver and the two screws in the back corners are slightly longer the battery is also easily removable so if you have a spare you can quickly swap in a fully charged one a nice and uncommon feature these days underneath the battery there are three more Phillips head screws to take out before the bottom panel can be removed so 15 screws all up I had a look underneath the keyboard and while it looks like they ask for holes here none of mine had screws in them so while taking the bottom panel off just be careful if it's stuck there might be screws under here that need to be taken out first once inside from left to right we've got access to the Wi-Fi card single 2.5 inch drive bay 2 memory slots and 2 m2 slots I believe one m2 slot supports either solder or PCIe but to use the second PCIe only slot the first slot must also be populated with the PCIe drive at least according to the specs powering the laptop is a removable four cell 49 watt hour battery with a full charge and just watching youtube videos with the screen on half brightness keyboard lighting off and background ups disabled I was able to use it for three hours in one minute the Intel integrated graphics were in use during this test thanks to land video optimists while playing The Witcher 3 with medium settings and invidious battery boost set to 30fps the battery lasted for one hour and nine minutes and the framerate didn't drop at any point the result while gaming was about average in this test though lower than I'd like to see outside of gaming but at least the battery is easy to swap so you could get spares I'll also note that I never saw the battery drain with the 180 watt power brick plugged in throughout any of my testing thermal testing was completed with an ambient room temperature of 22 degree Celsius so expect different temperatures in different environments also keep in mind there are heat pipes shared between processor and graphics so a change in one of these will affect the other all testing was completed with the performance profile enabled for best performance and better performance generally equals more heat the laptop did come under vaulted by just minus 0.05 volts out of the box so this should help a little at the bottom of the graph at idle in the quiet mode the temperatures were pretty good considering the fans were completely silent the rest of the results are combined CPU and GPU workloads and are meant to represent worst-case scenarios as I tested them for extended periods of time the gaming tests in the upper half were done with watchdogs turn while the stress tests were done with the aida64 CPU stress test with only stress CPU checked and the heav'n benchmark at maximum settings to fully load the system all tests were completed with the fed at maximum speed as you'll hear soon under these workloads it ran up to max speed anyway so I didn't need to test it with it manually raised starting with the stress tests with everything default the hottest CPU got was 84 degrees Celsius which is honestly an impressive result for the i7 9750 H these days under this same workload in most other machines I've covered it easily rises above 90 degrees keep in mind all these tests are with the default - 0.05 volt on the Volt so we could probably improve them further by pushing this more though my particular unit didn't like going much further so I haven't tested with other levels it would vary by chipler the cooling pad improved thermals by 5 to 6 degrees in the stress tests and by 7 to 9 degrees while gaming a bit more than I expected considering the few events underneath these are the average clock speeds for the same tests - shown not only are we getting excellent thermals there are no power limits preventing us reaching the full 4 gigahertz all core turbo boost speed under this stress test during the stress tests the CPU is averaging a 51 watt TDP and peaked at 56 watts pl-1 is set to 60 watts so quite impressive results and a good configuration I guess this is what you're able to do when the machine isn't too thin just quickly here's what we're looking at in Cinebench at stock so pretty average results for the 97 50 H based on the few machines I've tested so far as for the external temperatures will actually be putting your hands at idle it was in the low 30s so fairly average while under stress test the results were basically the same as gaming getting to the low to mid 40s in the centre so a little warm but still fine as the fan noise produced by the laptop I'll let you have a listen to some of these tests I do idle in the quiet profile it was completely silent I couldn't hear any fair noise at all while gaming or under stress test it was at maximum speed already so there was no difference at least while testing in performance mode definitely not quite as loud as many other machines I've tested next let's take a look at some gaming benchmarks I've tested these games with these Nvidia drivers with performance mode in the control center software enabled battlefield 5 was tested in campaign mode and it was running well with ultra settings still above 70 FPS averages with the 1% loan not too far behind and around 120 FPS possible at low settings apex Legends was tested with either all settings of maximum or all settings at the lowest possible values as it doesn't have predefined setting presets it played all right at maximum settings we could get a massive 66% higher average framerate at minimum farcry new dawn was tested with the built-in benchmark and the results say were pretty good due to a good cpu performance as this is a game that works well with highest CPU power assassin's creed Odyssey was tested with the built-in benchmark and is another that relies on the CPU so has seen good results in lower settings with this test in particular The Witcher 3 was tested with hex disabled and was still playing well with ultra settings decent average frame rates third 1% lows were a bit further behind so I'd probably just stick to high settings shadow of the term raider was tested with the built-in benchmark and the results are great at lowest settings compared to other machines thanks to that CPU performance while highest settings was still able to average above 60fps csgo was tested using the you let achill FPS benchmark and like always high frame rates were possible from this test even maximum settings are giving us average FPS above the refresh rate of the 144 Hertz display dota 2 was tested in the middle lane with an average amount of action going on and the results were very good with ultra settings still giving good average FPS to utilize our 144 Hertz display Rainbow six siege was tested with the built-in benchmark and tends to favor invidious nuturing architecture compared to other games at maximum settings 120 FPS averages were reached with around 100 for the 1% lower with 200 FPS just reached alert fortnight was tested using the replay feature and generally it runs quite well on modern hardware with over 100 fps in my test at epic settings while medium settings was giving 1% lows higher than the refresh rate of the display so running extremely smoothly overwatch is another game that is well optimized and runs on pretty much anything even with epic settings it was playing well with the average FPS not too far behind the refresh rate of the screen watchdogs 2 is a resource intensive game but it was still playing well enough at Ultra though the 1% lowers were a bit lower than I'd like at very high settings it was running perfectly fine and still able to average above 60 fps to get some context let's see how it compares with some other gaming laptops use this information as a rough guide only as tests were done at different times with different drivers here are the results from far cry 5 using the built in benchmark at Ultra settings with the NH 58 RC highlighted in red as a game that prefers CPU power we're getting good results here with average frame rates still close to the RT X 2060 machines and fair one percent low results - in shadow of the Tomb Raider with the built-in benchmark at highest settings the NH 58 RC was behind the Helios 300 with same specs as that machine has a higher out of the box under vault and also over clocks the graphics but we'll compare these more soon in battlefield 5 with ultra settings we're seeing the NH 58 RC doing pretty well the average FPS was still more than the thermally throttled LG 5 with RT X 2060 but the one percent low result was excellent due to the higher CPU power limit and small default undervolt overall the gaming performance was pretty good all games ran well even at higher setting levels I found the 16 60 TI to be a great sweet spot in terms of value for money when it comes to laptops especially when paired with dual channel memory and the i7 9750 H CPU like we've got here and in the 144 Hertz screen upgrade and this laptop is offering a great gaming experience now for the gaming benchmarks I've tested heaven valley and superposition from Unigine as well as fire strike times pi and VR mark from 3d mark just pause the video if you want a detailed look at these results I've used crystal disk mark to test the storage and my 512 gig m2 and VM a SSD was performing alright with read speeds almost doubling the writes the SD slot was pretty decent - not amazing but definitely ahead of most others for updated pricing check the links in the description as prices will change over time at the time of recording in Australia the base model goes for about fifteen hundred and fifty Australian dollars though about one hundred and sixty more to get dual channel memory and the 144 Hertz screen like I've got here for my international viewers the same clever chassis is being sold on Amazon for around twelve hundred US dollars in the US this is the same price as the AC Helios 300 which I think I would lean towards personally if they're the same price however here in Australia I'm expecting the Helios 300 to be a fair bit more expensive I wouldn't be surprised if the Helios 300 is around the 2000 Australian dollar mark given they're still selling the last gen model here for that price so at least here in Australia the NH 58 RC is probably going to offer better value so what did you guys think about the meta box Alpha X and H 58 RC laptop let's summarize the good and the bad while having decent specs to play basically any modern game with good settings the laptop has a clean and professional design without the typical gamer aesthetic the performance is honestly quite impressive once you consider the thermals and fan noise I was seeing some very nice results with regards to thermal testing when compared to other machines with the same specs that cost more money I liked that the bulky I are including hdmi ethernet and power i found on the back of the machine and out of the way the i/o is otherwise pretty decent with SD card slot and type-c port though USB 2.0 in 2019 is a bit odd and as is usually the case with these clever units no Thunderbolt 3 support the removable battery is also nice to have you could buy spares and very quickly swap in a fully charged one if you want which would be good as outside of gaming battery life was on the lower side as usual with most of these clever units I've tested the screen bleed seems to be more present when compared against other machines otherwise again I just have to mention how impressed I was with the thermals considering the highest 60 watt CPU power limit which allowed us to maintain solid turbo speeds under combined CPU and GPU stress tests there's not really much else to say overall I found it quite good if I had to pick some more negatives it would be that the 144 Hertz screen had a lower contrast ratio than what I'd consider average and the keyboard lighting can only be at the one color though I don't consider these deal-breakers I just can't find much else default like the other Alpha X model I've covered the NH 58 ad this is easily one of the best clever units for meta box I've tested so far based on the specs overall performance and price I think the Alpha X series is offering great value for money especially here in Australia web bigger brands cost way more than they do in the US let me know your thoughts down in the comments and if you're new to the channel consider getting subscribed for future laptop reviews and tech videos like this one\n"