Eurocom Nightsky ARX15: "The world's most powerful 16C/32T AMD Ryzen 9 based 15.6-inch superlaptop" coming soon with prices from US$1,999 to over US$15,000

[Redaktion]

Eurocom has announced the Nightsky ARX15 superlaptop that can be fitted with up to a 16-core AMD Ryzen 9 3950X processor. The laptop starts at a price of US$1,999 but a multitude of diverse configuration options can take the price for the Eurocom Nightsky ARX15 beyond US$15,000.

https://www.notebookcheck.net/Eurocom-Nightsky-ARX15-The-world-s-most-powerful-16C-32T-AMD-Ryzen-9-based-15-6-inch-superlaptop-coming-soon-with-prices-from-US-1-999-to-over-US-15-000.467696.0.html

[Kirill]

Meanwhile, AMD recommends 240mm liquid cooling for this processor.

[Aegis]

There is no way this laptop can properly cool down the CPU.

[deksman2]

There is no way this laptop can properly cool down the CPU.

Depends on the cooling assembly really... however, XMG tried it with 3950x running in eco mode (65W), and the thermal results (not to mention the noise) were not exactly ideal.

A 17" unit with better cooling would be more capable though (I don't understand why are they trying to cram such high powered items into 15" chassis though... it seems really stupid).

Take Acer Predator Helios 500 PH517-61 with Ryzen 2700 (65W) and Vega 56 (limited to 120W).
Acer specifically reworked the cooling to accommodate AMD stuff, and it resulted in a very cool and quiet laptop.
If you stress both the CPU and GPU, neither goes over 75 degrees Celsius and the fans are not really audible.

So, a 3950x running in ECO mode (or 3900 non X) in that unit might actually work nicely.

However, a 3950x without an ECO mode might be more difficult (I think the cooling would need to be reworked again to increase the capacity of the pipes and accommodate 105W TDP (although ideally it should really be 144W (because that's what the 3950X goes up to when fully stressed).

The Vega 56 is amazingly efficient though and has large compute. Its a desktop chip soldered to the B450 mobo, and Acer did TDP limit it to 120W, however its only 5% behind the TDP unlocked desktop part... and you can still overclock and undervolt it to achieve desktop GTX 1080 performance WITHOUT exceeding 120W TDP limit (which is not crazy at all if you play around with the HBM frequencies and voltages mainly).

[okidoki]

Eurocoms laptop specs always appealed to me but their design is terrible - a haphazard combination of utilitarian and chic.
Eurocom, if you're building a monter truck of laptops DON'T put lipstick on it and dress it up in curvy shapes. We already have "gaming" laptops to thank for that.