I bought this as it was mentioned #1 on a site listing best Under $500 gaming laptops. I was given pause that it had such low RAM (4g) but it looked easy enough to upgrade so dropped another $50 on a 16G ram set.The laptop itself seems OK...everything worked. I didn't have super high expectations at the 350 or so price point.The ram upgrade was not too bad. It could have been easier. An access panel for such an obvious upgrade would have been preferred to having to take the whole back panel off. But all in all, acceptable.The screen seems not terribly crisp to me. It is OK but..meh. I haven't tried too many games to really put it thought its paces yet but what I have tried ran well.My biggest complaint is the keyboard. If I would have looked at this closer I probably would have passed on the purchase. The keys are tiny and flat. The number pad is all jacked up with keys that are traditionally on the far right placed up above the num pad. Anyone that uses a num pad will quickly be annoyed as your traditional typing is not possible. Also in order to use the F1-F12 keys you have to hold down a FN key..otherwise those keys default to multimedia functions like volume up and down. I read this may be able to be adjusted in the bios but i have yet to check.  For me...the keyboard is just to small and awkward. If you are wanting to use this for gaming or work that is keyboard or typing intensive you may want to look elsewhere.My gut feeling is this was made to be bare bones no frills laptop with above average CPU and graphics power for the price point knowing it was ripe for upgrading (take out of Win S mode and RAM). As it is, pretty week, but if you are willing to upgrade the ram the guts become pretty solid. Everything else about it is kind bleh.