PCSpecialist Recoil 17 R LC Laptop Review

Mat Mynett June 20, 2023 Featured Tech Reviews, Lifestyle, Mobile, Notebook, Reviews

Rating: 8.5.

The Recoil 17 R LC gaming laptop from PCSpecialist features an Intel Core-i9 13900HX CPU alongside an Nvidia RTX 4080 GPU. It also features compatibility with their laptop liquid cooling unit, an external radiator and fan that cools the internals with distilled water. How does cooling technology that is usually reserved for high end desktop PC' handle cooling a high end gaming laptop? We're putting it through our usual tests to find out.

Timestamps

00:00 Start
00:42 Intro and key specs
02:15 CPU, GPU and memory
03:48 Display + storage config
04:33 So how does the liquid cooling work?
05:43 Battery, build quality and speakers
06:43 Keyboard + trackpad
07:42 Test setup
08:30 Power, thermals and clocks
10:18 CPU/system benchmarks
11:21 Gaming benchmarks and DLSS 3
15:32 Mat’s closing thoughts

Specification

Chassis & Display – Recoil Series: 17″ Matte QHD 240Hz sRGB 100% LED Widescreen (2560×1600)
Processor (CPU) – Intel® Core™ i9 24 Core Processor 13900HX (5.4GHz Turbo)
Memory (RAM) – 32GB Corsair 4800MHz SODIMM DDR5 (2 x 16GB)
Graphics Card – NVIDIA® GeForce® RTX 4080 – 12.0GB GDDR6 Video RAM – DirectX® 12.1
Liquid Series® Laptop Cooling – PCS Liquid Series® Laptop Cooler
1st M.2 SSD Drive – 2TB SAMSUNG 990 PRO M.2, PCIe 4.0 NVMe (up to 7450MB/R, 6900MB/W)
Memory Card Reader – Integrated SD Memory Card Reader
AC Adaptor – 1 x 330W AC Adaptor
Power Cable – 1 x 1.5 Metre UK Power Cable (Kettle Lead)
Battery – Recoil Series Integrated 99WH Lithium Ion Battery
Thermal Paste – LIQUID METAL PERFORMANCE COOLING
Sound Card – Nahimic by SteelSeries 2 Channel HD Audio
Bluetooth & Wireless – GIGABIT LAN & WIRELESS INTEL® Wi-Fi 6E AX211 (2.4 Gbps) + BT 5.3
USB/Thunderbolt Options – 1 x THUNDERBOLT 4 PORT + 3 x USB 3.2 PORTS
Keyboard Language – RECOIL 17 SERIES RGB BACKLIT UK KEYBOARD
Operating System – Windows 11 Home 64 Bit – inc. Single Licence [KUK-00003]