iBUYPOWER Valkyrie CZ-17 Pro Reviews

The iBuypower Valkyrie CZ-17 laptop is a multimedia powerhouse with some gaming prowess. It's good, but not necessarily the best at this price point.

Users looking for a high-end 15.6-inch gaming solution have plenty to choose from including the MSI GX60 and GT60, Eurocom Racer 2.0, Maingear Nomad 15 and Asus G55VW, to name a few. The selection of 17.3-inch notebooks with GTX 680M GPUs, however, are somewhat fewer without going the barebones route. In this category, the pre-built Valkyrie CZ-17 is well suited for gamers who want something larger than the more standard 15.6-inch screen without the potential hassles of dealing with barebone components. Because of its MSI origins, the iBuyPower Valkyrie offers an overall quality and accessibility similar to the GT70, but is made even better with both a larger touchpad and a stiffer, more appealing outer lid. It sacrifices the SSD RAID capabilities as found on its MSI sibling for a less expensive price tag that is perfect for those who are simply looking for a 17.3-inch notebook with one of the most powerful single GPU solutions currently available. The small chassis complaints that do exist, such as the inconsistent sensitivity of the touch-based controls, are so minor that the core experience remains unaffected.