Metabox Alpha-X NH58ED Laptop Review - RTX 2060
**The Meta Box Alpha X and NH 58AD Laptop Review**
I suspect due to its excellent CP performance covered earlier in Shadow of the Tomb Raider with the built-in benchmark at highest settings, the NH 58 AD is a little behind the other 20-60 laptops I've tested though not too far off. One FPS higher with the G 5 and two more with the Scar - while my Horas 15 got an even higher result here in Battlefield 5 with ultra settings.
We're seeing the NH 58 EB doing pretty well average FPS is ahead of the G 5 below it and only just slightly behind the Scar - with same specs though the 1% Low score from the Benchmarking Tool is a fair bit higher actually coming out second out of old laptops tested again most likely a side-effect of the good CPU performance. However, all the gaming performance was pretty good at higher settings it was about average compared to other 2060 laptops I've tested perhaps a little lower medium to low settings were mostly ahead here which would most likely be due to the nice CP performance covered earlier as lower settings tend to be less GPU bound.
Now for the benchmarking tools I've tested Heaven Valley and Superposition from Unigine as well as Fire Strike, Time Spy Portroyal and VR Mark from 3D Mark just pause the video if you want a detailed look at these results. As we saw earlier we've got the option of overclocking the graphics and underbolting the CPU to increase performance so let's see how this actually helps in gaming. Far Cry 5 was retested using the built-in benchmark at 1080p with the manual tweaks shown by the red bars at low settings that was basically no change then some nice improvements to 1% Low with the other levels with a smaller boost to average FPS at Ultra settings that was just a 2.7 percent improvement to average framerate.
So we can get some extra performance with some simple tweaks I've used Crystal Disk Mark to test the storage and my 500 GB M.2 SSD was performing alright however this will of course vary based on the storage you select. The SD card slot was tested with a V90 card and the results were ok decent reads but a little lower on the writes.
**Updated Pricing**
At the time of recording in Australia at the base model goes for about $1,650 and 100 more to get dual channel memory like I have here exact price will depend on what you select. The exact configuration I've got here is just over $1,900 Australian dollars for my International viewers that's around $1,050 US dollars once he converts the currency and removes our taxes which seems quite good for an eye 78758 and on TX 20-60 laptop.
**The Verdict**
What did you guys think about the Meta Box Alpha X and NH 58AD laptop. Let's summarize the good and the bad while having powerful 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 the thermal testing compared to other machines with the same specs that cost more money.
I liked that the Bokya are including HDMI, Ethernet, and USB 2.0 ports on the back of the machine and out of the way the IR sensor was 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 game performance was a bit of a mixed bag in general that performed closely to other laptops with the same specs that I've tested there with the trend of being a little behind at high settings will you actually notice these small differences in most cases while actually playing nor probably not.
There was some imperfections when testing screen bleed though this was barely noticeable when viewing darker content and the results were better when compared to other Meta Box units I've recently tested. 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 set to one color though I don't consider these deal-breakers.
I just can't find much else default this is easily one of the best clever units from Meta Box I've tested so far based on the specs overall performance and price I think they've got a real winner here I can see why so many people have been asking me to test it out. Let me know your thoughts down in the comments and if you're new to the channel get subscribed for future tech videos like this one.
"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enthe meta box alpha X and H 58 ad is a well-priced laptop to the specs that you get and was one of the best performing clever machines I've ever tested let's find out why and what's on offer in this detailed review starting with the specs my unit has an Intel i7 8750 h cpu nvidia r TX 2060 graphics 16 gig of memory running and dual channel a 15.6 inch 1080p 144 hertz screen and a 500 gig m2 SSD it's also good Gigabit Ethernet 800 2.11 AC Wi-Fi and Bluetooth 5 however the hardware can be customized while ordering you can check the options along with updated pricing using the links in the description the laptop has a silver body with a 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 thirty six 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 pretty good all viewing angles were fine though no g-sync available here i've measured the current color gamut using the spider 5 prior and my results returned 95% of srgb 66% of ntsc and 71% of Adobe RGB at 100% brightness I measured the panel at 352 nits in the center with a 500 to 1 contrast ratio so overall pretty good for a laptop free to gaming or other tasks like phone or video editing decent color gamut and above average brightness though a little lower on the contrast but this is for the 144 Hertz panel expect different results with the 60 Hertz option backlight bleed wasn't looking great in this photo there while actually viewing darker content I'd say it was pretty minor and unit better compared to other meta box units I've covered recently anyway however results will vary between laptop and panel it was a bit of 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 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 customise the entire thing in one zone with the included control center software it's got four levels of brightness all 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 it sounds to give you an idea of what to expect that 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 though the touch pad has precision drivers and what dwell 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 harder 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 though HDMI output the version isn't specified but 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 and 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 white 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 with music playing and the latency mod results seem to indicate that it was alright the bottom panel can be removed by taking out 12 screws with a Philips 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 I had a look underneath the keyboard and while it looks like there are screw holes here none of mine had screws in them so while taking the 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 two memory slots and two empty slots I believe one m2 slot accepts 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 and with a full charge and just watching youtube videos with the screen on half brightness keyboard lighting off and background apps disabled I was able to use it for three hours and 58 minutes the Intel integrated graphics were in use during this test thanks to Nvidia Optimus while playing The Witcher 3 with medium settings an invidious battery boost set to 30fps the battery lasted for one hour and 11 minutes and the framerate didn't drop at any point the results while gaming were about average I'll also note that I never saw the battery drain with the 180 what power brick plugged in throughout any of my testing thermal testing was completed with an ambient room temperature of 21 degrees 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 at the bottom of the graph at idle the temperatures were pretty good the rest of the results are combined CPU and GPU workloads the gaming tests in the behalf were done with watchdogs to as I find it to use a good combination of CPU and GPU the stress tests represent a worst case scenario and we're done by running the aida64 stress test and heaven benchmark at the same time in order to attempt to fully load both the processor and graphics i've got all tests listed with the fan at maximum speed that's because under all of these workloads it was running at full speed so there's no need for me to test both default and maximum starting with the stress test with everything at default the CPU was on the hotter side at 93 degrees Celsius and was power limit rolling though to be fair it was running with a 58 watt TDP average here many laptops cap this to 45 watts under combined CPU and GPU load so we should be getting some good performance here despite the higher temperatures more on that in the next graph by applying a minus 0.15 volt under bolt to the CPU the temperature in this workload lowered by 8 degrees and the graphics went back a couple - as there's less heat in those shared heat pipes with the thermal take massive 20 cooling pattern use the CPU dropped back a further 7 degrees while the graphic slowed by 4 there was a similar pattern noted in the gaming tests overall the temperatures were cooler when compared with the stress tests and we could get some nice improvements from under bolting the CPU and a little further with the cooling pattern use these are the average clock speeds for the same tests - shown out of the box the CPU performance is actually quite good averaging 3.6 gigahertz overall 6 cores even went under combined GPU load at the same time the minus 0.15 volt on the vault allows us to reach the full 3.9 gigahertz all quarter by boost speed of the 87 50h CPU which is excellent and as we saw earlier this also lowered temperatures it was a similar deal in the gaming results though less of a CPU boost with the under vault and the clock speeds on the GPU rise further here despite me not actually overclocking it I'm thinking some of this is due to the cooler temperatures allowing GPU boost to work better these are the clock speeds I got while just running CPU only stress tests without any GPU load so even out of the box we're hitting the 3.9 gigahertz all quarter buy boost speed no problem so no change here with the under vault with the temperatures though we can see that the under vault is lowering the temperature by 13 degrees so while not needed to improve performance under this workload it does help it run cool here's what we're looking at for the average TDP under these same tests so again a pretty big drop-off in power usage with the under multiplied to demonstrate how this translates into practical performance I've got some Cinebench cpu benchmarks here the results here were great I don't think I've ever got multi-core scores this high on the 8750 H before and these are average over five runs to account for possible throttling in Cinebench are twenty we do see a difference between stock and the under voltar which I think goes to show why the Nuart 20 version is a better task it's a more intense workload so triggers pal them at throttling at stock where r15 was not as for the external temperatures will actually be put in your hands at idle it was in the low 30s fairly average while gaming the rest rest area is still perfectly cool while the keyboard rises to the low 40s warm to the touch but not hot with the stress tests running it was a bit warmer in the mid 40s right in the middle as for the fan noise produced by the laptop I'll let you have a listen to some of these tests at idle it was close to silent just slightly audible while gaming or under stress test with the fans at default speed we can see and hear that they're the same as if I manually set the fan speed to maximum there's no difference under these workloads that said there the fan noise was by no means loud I'd consider these results average compared to other laptops I've tested in the same tests which is good considering the temperatures seen earlier overall I was quite impressed with the results from the thermal testing at stock yes it will run a bit hot though the higher clock speeds are there thanks to the higher CPU TDP which had no trouble going above the 45 watt Intel spec and up to 60 even under combined CPU and GPU tests for extended periods of time when you consider this the temperatures are actually not too bad at all with a simple CPU under bolt we can easily get full clock speeds on the CPU even under these worst-case combined CPU and GPU stress tests while lowering the temperatures to what I consider acceptable at the same time the fans were about average even when at maximum and the keyboard area only got warm with the rest rest staying cool finally let's take a look at some gaming benchmarks I've tested these games with these and video drivers and windows fully updated with performance mode in the control center software enabled apex legends was tested with either all settings at maximum or all settings of the lowest possible values it played well even with max settings the 1% low was still above 60 third minimum settings would boost average FPS almost 39% farcry new dawn was tested with the built-in benchmark and the results here were pretty good actually beating out the razor blade 15 with 20 80 max q slightly in average FPS at all setting levels Assassin's Creed Odyssey was tested with the built-in benchmark and it was performing pretty well not quite as good as the asou scar 2 with the same specs that ahead of the throttling del g5 with same specs The Witcher 3 was tested with hex disabled and once again the performance was all right considering it still played fine at Ultra settings for context the Dell g5 was slightly better at Ultra in this test while the asuka 2 was slightly behind shadow of the Tomb Raider was tested with the built-in benchmark and the results here was similar to other laptops with the same specs but we'll compare this game to some other laptops soon csgo was tested with the aletta caliph PS benchmark and lack aways 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 derrida 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 heads display Rainbow six age was tested with the built-in benchmark and tends to favor invidious new occurring architecture compared to other games I've only recently started using a 100% render scale but the results seem close to other 2060 laptops tested fortnight was tested using the replay feature and generally it runs quite well on modern hardware with over 100 fps in my test even at epoch settings and almost double possible at low settings all right for watch is another game that is well optimized and runs on pretty much anything even with epic settings and use 140 FPS was possible so it can still run very smoothly even while looking great with much higher possible at lower settings if you prefer watchdogs 2 is a resource intensive game although I can play it as long as I've got a constant 30 FPS so ultra settings did play fine though it was a little behind some other 20 60 laptops like the g5 and Scutter Ghost Recon is another demanding game with ultra settings always killing performance in all but the highest spec laptops however 60 FPS was still achievable in this test with very high settings pub G was tested using the replay feature and the results were a bit below what I was expecting I used this exact same replay on the Dell g5 with same specs and it was getting around 20 FPS higher at Ultra settings so not too sure why this game wasn't performing as well here Doom was tested using Vulcan and this game generally runs quite well on modern hardware and there was no exception here with 130 FPS average is possible even maxed out at Ultra with 100 for the 1% learn 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 with ultra settings with the NH 58 ad shown up the top in red in this test the average FPS is close to the Dell g5 with same specs and just a touch below the asou scar - with same specs though the 1% lower was the best with the NH 58 ad which i suspect due to its excellent CP performance covered earlier in shadow of the Tomb Raider with the built-in benchmark at highest settings the NH 58 ad is a little behind the other 20 60 laptops I've tested though not too far off one FPS higher with the G 5 and two more with the scar - while my horas 15 got an even higher result here in battlefield 5 with ultra settings we're seeing the NH 58 EB doing pretty well average FPS is ahead of the g5 below it and only just slightly behind the scar - with same specs though the 1% lawyer from the meta box is a fair bit higher actually coming out second out of old laptops tested again most likely a side-effect of the good CPU performance however all the gaming performance was pretty good at higher settings it was about average compared to other 2060 laptops I've tested perhaps a little lower medium to low settings were mostly ahead here there which would most likely be due to the nice CP performance covered earlier as lower settings tend to be less GPU bound now for the benchmarking tools I've tested Heaven Valley and super position from Unigine as well as fire strike time spy portroyal and VR mark from 3d mark just pause the video if you want a detailed look at these results as we saw earlier we've got the option of overclocking the graphics and under bolting the CPU to increase performance so let's see how this actually helps in gaming far cry 5 was retested using the built-in benchmark at 1080p with the manual tweaks shown by the red bars at low settings that was basically no change then some nice improvements to 1% low with the other levels with a smaller boost to average FPS at Ultra settings that was just a 2.7 percent improvement to average framerate so we can get some extra performance with some simple tweaks I've used crystal disk mock to test the storage and my 500 gig M to solder SSD was performing alright however this will of course vary based on the storage you select the SD card slot was tested with a V 90 card and the results were ok decent reads but a little lower on the writes for updated pricing check the links in the description as prices will change over time at the time of recording in Australia at the base model goes for about 16 hundred and 50 Australian dollars though a hundred more to get dual channel memory like I have here exact price will depend on what you select the exact configuration I've got here is just over 1900 Australian dollars for my International viewers that's around 1050 US dollars once he convert the currency and remove our taxes which seems quite good for an eye 78758 and on TX 20 60 laptop so what did you guys think about the meta box Alpha X and H 58 ad laptop let's summarize the good and the bad while having powerful 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 the thermal testing compared to other machines with the same specs that cost more money I liked that the bokya are including hdmi Ethernet and paola I found on the back of the machine and out of the way the IR was 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 game performance was a bit of a mixed bag in general that performed closely to other laptops with the same specs that I've tested there with the trend of being a little behind at high settings will you actually notice these small differences in most cases while actually playing nor probably not there was some imperfections when testing screen bleed though this was barely noticeable when viewing darker content and the results were better when compared to other meta box units I've recently tested 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 set to one color though I don't consider these deal-breakers I just can't find much else default this is easily one of the best clever units from meta box I've tested so far based on the specs overall performance and price I think they've got a real winner here I can see why so many people have been asking me to test it out let me know your thoughts down in the comments and if you're new to the channel get subscribed for future tech videos like this onethe meta box alpha X and H 58 ad is a well-priced laptop to the specs that you get and was one of the best performing clever machines I've ever tested let's find out why and what's on offer in this detailed review starting with the specs my unit has an Intel i7 8750 h cpu nvidia r TX 2060 graphics 16 gig of memory running and dual channel a 15.6 inch 1080p 144 hertz screen and a 500 gig m2 SSD it's also good Gigabit Ethernet 800 2.11 AC Wi-Fi and Bluetooth 5 however the hardware can be customized while ordering you can check the options along with updated pricing using the links in the description the laptop has a silver body with a 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 thirty six 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 pretty good all viewing angles were fine though no g-sync available here i've measured the current color gamut using the spider 5 prior and my results returned 95% of srgb 66% of ntsc and 71% of Adobe RGB at 100% brightness I measured the panel at 352 nits in the center with a 500 to 1 contrast ratio so overall pretty good for a laptop free to gaming or other tasks like phone or video editing decent color gamut and above average brightness though a little lower on the contrast but this is for the 144 Hertz panel expect different results with the 60 Hertz option backlight bleed wasn't looking great in this photo there while actually viewing darker content I'd say it was pretty minor and unit better compared to other meta box units I've covered recently anyway however results will vary between laptop and panel it was a bit of 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 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 customise the entire thing in one zone with the included control center software it's got four levels of brightness all 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 it sounds to give you an idea of what to expect that 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 though the touch pad has precision drivers and what dwell 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 harder 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 though HDMI output the version isn't specified but 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 and 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 white 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 with music playing and the latency mod results seem to indicate that it was alright the bottom panel can be removed by taking out 12 screws with a Philips 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 I had a look underneath the keyboard and while it looks like there are screw holes here none of mine had screws in them so while taking the 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 two memory slots and two empty slots I believe one m2 slot accepts 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 and with a full charge and just watching youtube videos with the screen on half brightness keyboard lighting off and background apps disabled I was able to use it for three hours and 58 minutes the Intel integrated graphics were in use during this test thanks to Nvidia Optimus while playing The Witcher 3 with medium settings an invidious battery boost set to 30fps the battery lasted for one hour and 11 minutes and the framerate didn't drop at any point the results while gaming were about average I'll also note that I never saw the battery drain with the 180 what power brick plugged in throughout any of my testing thermal testing was completed with an ambient room temperature of 21 degrees 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 at the bottom of the graph at idle the temperatures were pretty good the rest of the results are combined CPU and GPU workloads the gaming tests in the behalf were done with watchdogs to as I find it to use a good combination of CPU and GPU the stress tests represent a worst case scenario and we're done by running the aida64 stress test and heaven benchmark at the same time in order to attempt to fully load both the processor and graphics i've got all tests listed with the fan at maximum speed that's because under all of these workloads it was running at full speed so there's no need for me to test both default and maximum starting with the stress test with everything at default the CPU was on the hotter side at 93 degrees Celsius and was power limit rolling though to be fair it was running with a 58 watt TDP average here many laptops cap this to 45 watts under combined CPU and GPU load so we should be getting some good performance here despite the higher temperatures more on that in the next graph by applying a minus 0.15 volt under bolt to the CPU the temperature in this workload lowered by 8 degrees and the graphics went back a couple - as there's less heat in those shared heat pipes with the thermal take massive 20 cooling pattern use the CPU dropped back a further 7 degrees while the graphic slowed by 4 there was a similar pattern noted in the gaming tests overall the temperatures were cooler when compared with the stress tests and we could get some nice improvements from under bolting the CPU and a little further with the cooling pattern use these are the average clock speeds for the same tests - shown out of the box the CPU performance is actually quite good averaging 3.6 gigahertz overall 6 cores even went under combined GPU load at the same time the minus 0.15 volt on the vault allows us to reach the full 3.9 gigahertz all quarter by boost speed of the 87 50h CPU which is excellent and as we saw earlier this also lowered temperatures it was a similar deal in the gaming results though less of a CPU boost with the under vault and the clock speeds on the GPU rise further here despite me not actually overclocking it I'm thinking some of this is due to the cooler temperatures allowing GPU boost to work better these are the clock speeds I got while just running CPU only stress tests without any GPU load so even out of the box we're hitting the 3.9 gigahertz all quarter buy boost speed no problem so no change here with the under vault with the temperatures though we can see that the under vault is lowering the temperature by 13 degrees so while not needed to improve performance under this workload it does help it run cool here's what we're looking at for the average TDP under these same tests so again a pretty big drop-off in power usage with the under multiplied to demonstrate how this translates into practical performance I've got some Cinebench cpu benchmarks here the results here were great I don't think I've ever got multi-core scores this high on the 8750 H before and these are average over five runs to account for possible throttling in Cinebench are twenty we do see a difference between stock and the under voltar which I think goes to show why the Nuart 20 version is a better task it's a more intense workload so triggers pal them at throttling at stock where r15 was not as for the external temperatures will actually be put in your hands at idle it was in the low 30s fairly average while gaming the rest rest area is still perfectly cool while the keyboard rises to the low 40s warm to the touch but not hot with the stress tests running it was a bit warmer in the mid 40s right in the middle as for the fan noise produced by the laptop I'll let you have a listen to some of these tests at idle it was close to silent just slightly audible while gaming or under stress test with the fans at default speed we can see and hear that they're the same as if I manually set the fan speed to maximum there's no difference under these workloads that said there the fan noise was by no means loud I'd consider these results average compared to other laptops I've tested in the same tests which is good considering the temperatures seen earlier overall I was quite impressed with the results from the thermal testing at stock yes it will run a bit hot though the higher clock speeds are there thanks to the higher CPU TDP which had no trouble going above the 45 watt Intel spec and up to 60 even under combined CPU and GPU tests for extended periods of time when you consider this the temperatures are actually not too bad at all with a simple CPU under bolt we can easily get full clock speeds on the CPU even under these worst-case combined CPU and GPU stress tests while lowering the temperatures to what I consider acceptable at the same time the fans were about average even when at maximum and the keyboard area only got warm with the rest rest staying cool finally let's take a look at some gaming benchmarks I've tested these games with these and video drivers and windows fully updated with performance mode in the control center software enabled apex legends was tested with either all settings at maximum or all settings of the lowest possible values it played well even with max settings the 1% low was still above 60 third minimum settings would boost average FPS almost 39% farcry new dawn was tested with the built-in benchmark and the results here were pretty good actually beating out the razor blade 15 with 20 80 max q slightly in average FPS at all setting levels Assassin's Creed Odyssey was tested with the built-in benchmark and it was performing pretty well not quite as good as the asou scar 2 with the same specs that ahead of the throttling del g5 with same specs The Witcher 3 was tested with hex disabled and once again the performance was all right considering it still played fine at Ultra settings for context the Dell g5 was slightly better at Ultra in this test while the asuka 2 was slightly behind shadow of the Tomb Raider was tested with the built-in benchmark and the results here was similar to other laptops with the same specs but we'll compare this game to some other laptops soon csgo was tested with the aletta caliph PS benchmark and lack aways 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 derrida 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 heads display Rainbow six age was tested with the built-in benchmark and tends to favor invidious new occurring architecture compared to other games I've only recently started using a 100% render scale but the results seem close to other 2060 laptops tested fortnight was tested using the replay feature and generally it runs quite well on modern hardware with over 100 fps in my test even at epoch settings and almost double possible at low settings all right for watch is another game that is well optimized and runs on pretty much anything even with epic settings and use 140 FPS was possible so it can still run very smoothly even while looking great with much higher possible at lower settings if you prefer watchdogs 2 is a resource intensive game although I can play it as long as I've got a constant 30 FPS so ultra settings did play fine though it was a little behind some other 20 60 laptops like the g5 and Scutter Ghost Recon is another demanding game with ultra settings always killing performance in all but the highest spec laptops however 60 FPS was still achievable in this test with very high settings pub G was tested using the replay feature and the results were a bit below what I was expecting I used this exact same replay on the Dell g5 with same specs and it was getting around 20 FPS higher at Ultra settings so not too sure why this game wasn't performing as well here Doom was tested using Vulcan and this game generally runs quite well on modern hardware and there was no exception here with 130 FPS average is possible even maxed out at Ultra with 100 for the 1% learn 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 with ultra settings with the NH 58 ad shown up the top in red in this test the average FPS is close to the Dell g5 with same specs and just a touch below the asou scar - with same specs though the 1% lower was the best with the NH 58 ad which i suspect due to its excellent CP performance covered earlier in shadow of the Tomb Raider with the built-in benchmark at highest settings the NH 58 ad is a little behind the other 20 60 laptops I've tested though not too far off one FPS higher with the G 5 and two more with the scar - while my horas 15 got an even higher result here in battlefield 5 with ultra settings we're seeing the NH 58 EB doing pretty well average FPS is ahead of the g5 below it and only just slightly behind the scar - with same specs though the 1% lawyer from the meta box is a fair bit higher actually coming out second out of old laptops tested again most likely a side-effect of the good CPU performance however all the gaming performance was pretty good at higher settings it was about average compared to other 2060 laptops I've tested perhaps a little lower medium to low settings were mostly ahead here there which would most likely be due to the nice CP performance covered earlier as lower settings tend to be less GPU bound now for the benchmarking tools I've tested Heaven Valley and super position from Unigine as well as fire strike time spy portroyal and VR mark from 3d mark just pause the video if you want a detailed look at these results as we saw earlier we've got the option of overclocking the graphics and under bolting the CPU to increase performance so let's see how this actually helps in gaming far cry 5 was retested using the built-in benchmark at 1080p with the manual tweaks shown by the red bars at low settings that was basically no change then some nice improvements to 1% low with the other levels with a smaller boost to average FPS at Ultra settings that was just a 2.7 percent improvement to average framerate so we can get some extra performance with some simple tweaks I've used crystal disk mock to test the storage and my 500 gig M to solder SSD was performing alright however this will of course vary based on the storage you select the SD card slot was tested with a V 90 card and the results were ok decent reads but a little lower on the writes for updated pricing check the links in the description as prices will change over time at the time of recording in Australia at the base model goes for about 16 hundred and 50 Australian dollars though a hundred more to get dual channel memory like I have here exact price will depend on what you select the exact configuration I've got here is just over 1900 Australian dollars for my International viewers that's around 1050 US dollars once he convert the currency and remove our taxes which seems quite good for an eye 78758 and on TX 20 60 laptop so what did you guys think about the meta box Alpha X and H 58 ad laptop let's summarize the good and the bad while having powerful 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 the thermal testing compared to other machines with the same specs that cost more money I liked that the bokya are including hdmi Ethernet and paola I found on the back of the machine and out of the way the IR was 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 game performance was a bit of a mixed bag in general that performed closely to other laptops with the same specs that I've tested there with the trend of being a little behind at high settings will you actually notice these small differences in most cases while actually playing nor probably not there was some imperfections when testing screen bleed though this was barely noticeable when viewing darker content and the results were better when compared to other meta box units I've recently tested 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 set to one color though I don't consider these deal-breakers I just can't find much else default this is easily one of the best clever units from meta box I've tested so far based on the specs overall performance and price I think they've got a real winner here I can see why so many people have been asking me to test it out let me know your thoughts down in the comments and if you're new to the channel get subscribed for future tech videos like this one\n"