Maybe some of owners of this laptop like to use mechanical compact keyboard.
SC17 have Bluetooth and Filco Manila AIR is Bluetooth keyboard is probably great choice.
With Brown, Black, Blue, Red switches... 
 

 
https://www.diatec.co.jp/en/det.php?prod_c=1468
 
Or Logitech MX Master Bluetooth Mouse.
I could not use laptop without this little help. 
With them it's completely different situation.
 

hi I'm currently in UK and was wondering if i can buy this laptop from this site? do you have it in stock? 

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hi I'm currently in UK and was wondering if i can buy this laptop from this site? do you have it in stock?

US site: http://www.evga.com/Products/Product.aspx?pn=758-21-2633-T1
In stock
 
EU site:
http://eu.evga.com/Products/ProductList.aspx?type=16&family=Laptop+Family&chipset=SC17
Not in stock

Performance of mobile Intel CPU and mobile NVIDIA GPU compare to desktop always stop me and probably more people to look further.
When I think that i7 could give same performance as desktop i5 I look with different eyes.
People who used on laptops don't look like that, but people who used on desktop probably yes.
Now I see some laptops on market with desktop CPU even GPU.
Imagine GTX1080 on 1080p, 17.3". How long you could play with that, up to 2020 on max.
But they are not so slim and they are heavier.
 
 

Look laptop with i7-6700K and GTX980...
 

 
It's much better when Inside are best performance Intel and NVIDIA could offer with Skylake and Maxwell or Pascal.
Laptop with i7-6700K and GTX1080 or new i7-7700K and GTX1080 could be crazy good gaming platform.
Some people maybe like and 21-24" laptop.
Mostly for people who want laptop not because they could play games 1-2h in park or on street.
Because they could easy to move in bedroom, living room to connect with TV, bring with them over weekend if they go somewhere, on vacation and to connect him on the wall, normal. Intel i7-6700K  4.2 and GTX1080 could be great combination. 
I bet inferior performance of mobile hardware keep people with desktop.

the laptop is outstanding and all, but how is the temps when overclocked and a heavy games?

davidlestermbaron
the laptop is outstanding and all, but how is the temps when overclocked and a heavy games?

this!
 
I have a Alienware Mx18r2 with 675m in SLI...and that thing gets HOT.

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The Alienware 17 R3 is also a big brick which is larger in size in every way.  So, there's that.  EVGA is obviously limited in terms of expansion due to their priority of keeping its size to a minimum.  If having a bunch of drives is important to you, go with the Alienware 17 R3.  Me, personally, I don't want a bunch of drives.  The thing I care about most is size.  Even if the laptop had the ability to add a bunch of drives, I wouldn't.

This laptop would be perfect for me if the size were a just little bit smaller.  A 17" laptop doesn't fit under an airline seat.  But, if I had to buy a 17" laptop, by specs alone, the EVGA SC17 would be my choice over the Alienware 17 R3.  Your priorities will sway you one way or another.  Nothing can have the best of everything.

You do realize the alienware 17 R3 and the SC17 is a 17.3" laptop.. and the alienware isn't huge right? It's thinner than the Asus Rog counterparts.

Yes, of course I realize that they both have 17.3" screens. Read what I typed. Regardless of the screen size, the Alienware 17 R3 is larger. It is wider and it is thicker. It's pretty easy to get the dimensions online and check for yourself. The Alienware is 5.4% wider and 28.6% thicker. That was my point. It's easy to fit more (unwanted) expansion bays into a thick brick. If you want thick brick, buy thick brick.

 
This is more or less what I was saying, the SC17 is obviously smaller and for a reason, some people enjoy and or need smaller form factor.  The inherent problem I have is with them marketing this laptop as an Enthusiast grade Laptop.  When I think enthusiast grade I tend to think about expandability and upgradeability both of which this laptop is massively lacking.  Thunderbolt 3 could have solved half the issue and it really wouldn't have made the laptop any bigger than it already is, in my personal opinion that is an obvious glaring omission to an otherwise fairly decent small form laptop, still wouldn't label in enthusiast grade though considering the limited expandability.

I see where you're coming from, but you have to understand if you want true upgradeabilty you need to be able to upgrade the GPU and CPU. Currently the 6820HK in the laptop is one of the best you can get without going with a full desktop cpu. And at the time the 980M was the best they could offer. Now the newer one has a 1070. While it would be nice to swap out the GPU for a newer one you would need a thicker chassis. And that's going against what they were aiming to do with this laptop. Now I do think it's stupid there is only one m.2 slot. They easily could've had 2. But,  it comes with a 256gb so it's easily upgraded to a 1TB and the hdd can be swapped for a 2TB ssd. So the expandability is still there.

In stock now at EVGA.com

EVGA_JacobF
In stock now at EVGA.com

Any idea when we will start seeing them at other retailers (Amazon primarily)??