That's not quite
what happened.
The First Impression
Out of the box,
the LX15PRO doesn't scream "budget laptop," and that's worth noting
right away. The all-metal A/D shell has a cool, slightly matte finish that feels
more premium than the price tag suggests. It's not the thinnest 16-inch laptop
I've used, but it's not bulky either — it slides into a backpack without
complaint, and at just over 50Wh battery capacity, it's not the heaviest thing
you'll carry around either.
The
hinge folds flat to 180 degrees, which sounds like a small thing until you're
trying to show something on your screen to someone sitting across a table. It's
a nice touch that a lot of laptops in this range skip entirely.
Under the Hood: Where It
Actually Matters
Here's
where I paid closer attention. The LX15PRO runs on an AMD Ryzen 7 7735HS — 8
cores, 16 threads, boosting up to 4.75GHz. On paper, that's a serious chip for
the price point. In practice, I threw a mix of tasks at it: multiple Chrome
tabs with a dozen or more open, video editing in the background, and a couple
of matches of a competitive shooter to see if it would choke.
It didn't.
The
Radeon 680M integrated graphics aren't going to compete with a dedicated RTX
card, and I want to be honest about that upfront — this isn't a machine for
maxing out settings on the latest AAA releases. But for mainstream esports
titles, and the kind of games most people actually spend hours in, it holds a
stable frame rate without the fan noise turning into a jet engine. AMD's FSR
upscaling tech helps here too, smoothing out the rougher edges when you push
it.
What
surprised me more was how well it handled sustained load. A lot of laptops in
this bracket throttle hard after twenty minutes of anything demanding. The
LX15PRO's 35–54W adjustable power release seems tuned to avoid that cliff —
performance dipped slightly under long sessions, but it never fell off a cliff.
Memory, Storage, and the Upgrade
Path
This
is where the LX15PRO quietly wins some points. It ships with 16GB of DDR5 RAM,
which is fine for most day-to-day use, but the real story is that it's
user-upgradable to 64GB across dual SO-DIMM slots. Same story with storage: the
512GB NVMe SSD is solid enough to start, but there are dual M.2 slots supporting
up to 4TB total if you outgrow it.
I
appreciate this more than I expected to. So many manufacturers solder
everything down now, forcing you to buy the specs you'll need in three years
today, at today's inflated prices. The LX15PRO lets you buy what you need now
and grow into it later. That's a genuinely user-respecting design decision, and
it deserves credit.
The Small Things That Add Up
A few details
stood out that I didn't expect to care about:
The
keyboard is backlit, which matters more than people admit when you're working
late or gaming with the lights off. The WiFi 6 connection held steady through
several video calls without the stutter I sometimes get on cheaper machines.
And the physical camera switch — a small metal slider over the webcam — is a
nice privacy touch that costs the manufacturer almost nothing but says a lot
about attention to detail.
Port
selection is generous too. HDMI 2.0, dual full-function Type-C (one supports
fast charging at 20V/5A), USB 3.2, and a standard headphone jack. I didn't need
a dongle bag once during testing, which is rarer than it should be in 2026.
The
16-inch display, running at 1920x1200 in a 16:10 aspect ratio, gives you
noticeably more vertical space than the standard 16:9 panels most laptops
still ship with. For work — spreadsheets, documents, browser tabs — that extra
vertical real estate is genuinely useful. For gaming, it's a matter of
preference, but I didn't miss the wider aspect ratio as much as I thought I
would.
Where It Falls Short
No
review is honest without the caveats. This is integrated graphics, not a
discrete GPU — if you're chasing ray tracing and ultra settings in the newest
releases, this isn't your machine. The screen, while sharp and well-proportioned,
isn't a high-refresh panel, so competitive players chasing every frame
advantage should look elsewhere. And while the battery holds up reasonably well
for mixed use, gaming sessions will drain it faster than the marketing numbers
suggest — which is true of basically every gaming laptop ever made, but worth
repeating.
The Verdict
The
MALLRACE LX15PRO isn't trying to be a flagship gaming rig, and it doesn't
pretend to be. What it does well is cover a lot of ground competently: solid
processing power, respectable integrated graphics, an upgrade path that
respects your wallet, and build quality that punches above its price point.
If
you're a student who games between classes, a remote worker who wants something
that can double as a weekend gaming machine, or just someone who doesn't want
to spend flagship money for flagship-adjacent performance — this is worth a
serious look.
It
won't replace a dedicated gaming desktop. But for the price, and for what most
people actually need day to day, the LX15PRO earns its spot on the shortlist.
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Have you used the MALLRACE LX15PRO or a similar Ryzen 7735HS
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