There is an obvious "wind shift" in the notebook market this year, that is, the purchase budget has generally declined: low-priced notebooks are more favored, and those high-quality + high-premium laptops are cold as a whole.
But in this wave of budget reduction, some consumers seem to have a bias in the basic cognition of laptops, and ask me in the message area whether it is recommended to buy a notebook of about 1000 yuan?
In fact, I was also very curious about how rebellious this kind of computer could be, so I bought a laptop priced at 1199 yuan, which is not a miscellaneous product.
Let's take a look at how it performs:
酷比魔方 GTBook 15 Gen2
Swipe left to see the interface
Left side of the fuselage
The right side of the fuselage
It is configured as follows:
Intel N95 处理器
No memory, install it by yourself
No hard disk, install it yourself
15.6-inch 1920×1080 resolution, 45% NTSC color gamut, 60Hz refresh rate, IPS screen
Battery capacity 45Wh
厚度 18.2~18.8mm
Weight 1.57kg
The adapter weighs 140g
The reference price is 1199 yuan
Its advantages and disadvantages are as follows:
Merit!
1. The barebones version is only 1199 yuan, which is cost-effective
2. The interface rate is high, and it supports PD charging
3. In the thousand-yuan machine, the CPU performance is stronger
Shortcoming!
1. The trackpad feels very bad
2. All-plastic body, average texture
3. Low color gamut screen
【Upgrade Suggestions】
This laptop is not difficult to disassemble, and the back cover can be removed after removing the screws of the D case.
The test machine is equipped with a single 8GB DDR4 3200MHz, and the machine only has one memory slot, so it should be noted that although the N95 processor is compatible with DDR5 memory, the slot on the motherboard of the machine only supports DDR4 memory.
The test machine is equipped with a 500GB SSD, the model is Samsung 980Pro, the slot only supports PCIe 3.0×4 and NVMe, and the machine only has a 2280 M.2 slot.
【Purchase Suggestion】
1. Pursue the ultimate cost performance
2. There are certain requirements for the interface rate
3, there are no requirements for the screen and performance, the Kubi Rubik's Cube GTBook 15 Gen2 is a "beggar" notebook, which has shrunk to the extreme in the most core configuration, so the price can be so cheap.
In terms of screen, the measured color gamut volume is 53.8%sRGB, the color gamut covers 53.1%sRGB, taking sRGB as a reference, the average ΔE is 5.7, the maximum ΔE is 25.03, and the maximum brightness of the measured screen is 307nits.
It's not covered with the sRGB color gamut,So it's normal for the color accuracy to be outrageous,But it should be noted,It's not just the color that the low color gamut screen is different,Contrast、The performance of the response speed is also very bad,It's an all-round difference。 In terms of interfaces, there is a USB-C 10Gbps (supporting 45W PD charging and DP1.4 video output), HDMI2.0, USB-A 10Gbps and DC power ports on the left side of the fuselage;
On the right side of the fuselage, there is a USB-A 10Gbps, USB-A 2.0, TF card slot, and a 3.5mm audio jack.
In terms of battery life, the test score of daily application simulation script is 6 hours and 3 minutes.
In terms of noise, due to the repeated adjustment of the fan when the machine is baked, its full-load decibel value is 40~44dB. (33.5dB ambient noise)
Kubi Rubik's Cube GTBook15 Gen2 does not even have a memory hard disk at the minimum, so in fact, if you want to install it to a normal level, the price of the whole machine should be about 1500 yuan. Because its performance is too weak, and the screen quality is also very bad, the basic audio-visual office experience is very poor, so we won't do too much shopping guidance. If your budget is only about 1500 yuan, then my advice is not to consider laptops, second-hand at this price is also "Iraqi quality", I really recommend saving a little money.
【Heat Analysis】
The picture above is a real shot of the disassembly of the Kubi Rubik's Cube GTBook 15 Gen2, a combination of a single fan and a single heat pipe.
Room temperature 25 °C
Reflectance1.0
BIOS版本：ND001.L1.15M003
Since the N95 requires less than 7W to run the frequency to the fullest, we use the Stress FPU for stress testing to achieve maximum power consumption.
In the full load state, the performance mode is turned on, the CPU temperature is up to 62°C, stable at 59°C, the power consumption is about 12W, and the core frequency is maintained at 2.7Ghz.
Swipe left to see the temperature on the back of the oven
Oven back temperature
The surface temperature is shown in the graph above, with keyboard keycaps up to 40.2°C appearing on the "F3" key, WASD keys at 37.3°C, and arrow keys at 28.6°C. The temperature of the left wrist rest is 28.5°C, and the center point of the back is 32.5°C.
In general, the cooling performance of the Kubi Rubik's Cube GTBook 15 Gen2 is decent, and the low temperature is not because of how good the heat dissipation design is, but because the power consumption of the chip is very low.
【The Pig King's Conscience Conclusion】
In fact, I feel that the Kubi Rubik's Cube GTBook series is a bit of a sword, deliberately pursuing low prices, and giving up a lot of experience.
Constrained by the limitations of the N95 processor itself, single-channel memory is understandable, but the single-channel bandwidth of DDR4 is simply too low, and it would be mitigated if the socket was changed to DDR5.
The same goes for the screen, not pursuing high brush or high brightness, but I'm willing to add a little upgrade to a high color gamut.
Although I have always felt that N95 is not a processor that normal people can tolerate, but after all, it is in the 1000~2000 price range, and it is OK to boot normally without getting stuck, and the requirements cannot be too high......
So to sum up, if the memory and screen are improved
(Optional)
, even if the price is +300 yuan, it is a relatively normal notebook within the price of 2000,
The image will be much better than the current low color gamut + single-channel DDR4.