WEBVTT 00:00:00.080 --> 00:00:07.040 The RG Alli X is better than my original Ally in a few key ways. It has much 00:00:05.120 --> 00:00:13.040 longer battery life, compatibility with full-size M.2 SSDs, and slightly tuned 00:00:10.480 --> 00:00:17.440 performance. Only problem is it costs like $250 00:00:15.200 --> 00:00:22.880 more. What if there was a way that I could upgrade my original Ally to get 00:00:20.240 --> 00:00:28.960 most of the benefit of the Ally X? That is where the J SAW JSOX battery and 00:00:26.880 --> 00:00:34.719 thermal upgrade kit with back plate for ROG Ally comes in along with this random 00:00:31.439 --> 00:00:37.280 little adapter I found on AliExpress. 00:00:34.719 --> 00:00:40.960 Okay, well that's disappointing. Now, there's nothing I can do about the 00:00:38.559 --> 00:00:45.600 additional memory speed or capacity in the LAX, so it will perform a little bit 00:00:43.120 --> 00:00:51.680 better than my machine, but the goal is for less than $100 to get most of the 00:00:48.320 --> 00:00:54.559 benefit of ASUS's upgraded machine on my 00:00:51.680 --> 00:00:57.840 original hardware. Scan QR code before installation. Check accessories and 00:00:56.160 --> 00:01:02.800 tools. Watch video tutorial. Read instruction tutorial. Don't mind if I 00:01:00.239 --> 00:01:06.479 do. Hey, there we go. Installation tutorial. And woo, whole page of 00:01:04.720 --> 00:01:11.360 precautions. You are not going to have a warranty anymore. Cool. Wow. It comes 00:01:09.119 --> 00:01:19.280 with all the tools you need. Screwdriver. This manages to feel both 00:01:14.240 --> 00:01:21.920 cheap and expensive at the same time. 00:01:19.280 --> 00:01:27.520 Oh. Oh, I thought the the bearing for the top was just loose, but it's 00:01:24.320 --> 00:01:29.280 actually another bit. I'll probably use 00:01:27.520 --> 00:01:33.600 the precision screwdriver set from ltstore.com. What else we got in here? A 00:01:31.840 --> 00:01:38.720 little pair of generic side cutters. Look at this. Clear labels with exactly 00:01:36.720 --> 00:01:45.040 where every one of these screws goes with little highlighted red dots. Love 00:01:41.040 --> 00:01:48.880 to see it. Ooh, new battery. It's not 00:01:45.040 --> 00:01:51.520 quite the 80 W hours of the LiX, but 65 00:01:48.880 --> 00:01:55.759 W hours is a lot more than the 40 W hours in the original Ally. I can't 00:01:53.680 --> 00:02:01.200 necessarily speak to the quality of the battery. Maybe it's good, maybe it's 00:01:58.000 --> 00:02:03.119 not. I guess I get to find out. Finally, 00:02:01.200 --> 00:02:08.000 there's a replacement back plate. And there's even more. We got gloves and 00:02:05.439 --> 00:02:13.200 ooh, nice little heat sink here with 00:02:09.920 --> 00:02:16.200 pre-applied thermal pads. Okay, I feel 00:02:13.200 --> 00:02:16.200 ready. 00:02:17.280 --> 00:02:23.760 Well, first things first, let's get this battery disconnected. There we go. Do 00:02:21.920 --> 00:02:27.760 not disassemble. Sorry. They mean the battery itself, 00:02:25.440 --> 00:02:32.239 though. We're going to reuse the original rear paddle buttons from the 00:02:30.319 --> 00:02:36.239 back plate that the Ally shipped with, as well as our original triggers. Since 00:02:34.720 --> 00:02:41.760 we're looking at the original, there are a couple key differences. The fan filter 00:02:39.360 --> 00:02:47.120 mesh appears to be a little bit looser on the replacement. We no longer have 00:02:44.720 --> 00:02:52.160 the cool little like holographic accent here, and instead of an ROG logo, we've 00:02:49.519 --> 00:02:57.120 got a regular old fan intake fan, which honestly is probably better for cooling. 00:02:54.640 --> 00:03:01.680 Is this thicker? Could you Can you tell? It appears that it's not. They've just 00:02:59.760 --> 00:03:08.080 removed this stuff that would get in the way of having a larger battery here. Ah, 00:03:04.239 --> 00:03:10.959 this can come off. See you later, buddy. 00:03:08.080 --> 00:03:15.200 There we go. And now, four screws later, we can pull out the original battery. 00:03:13.200 --> 00:03:19.040 There's my warranty void sticker. See you later, buddy. I have no idea how 00:03:17.360 --> 00:03:24.400 this would impact, say, for example, if I ran into the SD card slot problem on 00:03:21.519 --> 00:03:30.239 mine. Mine's an original launch unit, so it wouldn't have any mitigations or 00:03:26.319 --> 00:03:32.000 fixes. And whoop, there she is. The 00:03:30.239 --> 00:03:35.840 instructions so far have been excellent. And this is a really nice bit here. They 00:03:34.080 --> 00:03:39.440 tell you to inspect the battery and make sure that there's no punctures or 00:03:37.680 --> 00:03:42.959 bulging before you put it in your device. You never know what's going to 00:03:41.120 --> 00:03:46.080 happen in shipping. And I really appreciate them taking user safety 00:03:44.480 --> 00:03:49.920 seriously like that. Everything looks pretty good to me. Let's put our buttons 00:03:47.680 --> 00:03:53.599 back on here. Nice. I've wanted to do this upgrade for 00:03:51.920 --> 00:03:58.959 a while. I've been using my Ally a lot lately to play tape to tape and I found 00:03:56.000 --> 00:04:03.439 myself extremely limited by its battery life. You know, it was actually Sam from 00:04:01.120 --> 00:04:06.799 editing who kind of got this on my radar. Just like all the upgrades you 00:04:05.120 --> 00:04:13.439 can make to the original Ally. >> You're modifying it. >> Oh no. Hey, look at that. I wouldn't 00:04:11.200 --> 00:04:16.560 even know the Oh, they don't have as nice uh finish on the back of the 00:04:15.040 --> 00:04:21.680 plastic. Okay, I think it's time for us to put the battery in. Oo, no it isn't. 00:04:19.359 --> 00:04:26.080 First, we're going to have to trim some protruding supports. This is the first 00:04:24.400 --> 00:04:30.160 minor deficiency I've seen in the instructions. They show you kind of 00:04:28.080 --> 00:04:34.720 where to clip at it, but they don't show you what the finished good job looks 00:04:32.000 --> 00:04:39.040 like. So, I'm not 100% sure how much of this I need to remove. 00:04:37.199 --> 00:04:45.520 Let's see if the new battery goes in. Hey, there we go. Okay, this glove does 00:04:42.160 --> 00:04:48.720 fit. You cannot acquit. Secure the four 00:04:45.520 --> 00:04:51.120 screws for the battery. Now we plug the 00:04:48.720 --> 00:04:55.199 battery in. I'm really impressed so far. The instructions and pictures have been 00:04:52.960 --> 00:05:01.120 very clear, easy to follow along with, and dude, we're only 20 minutes into 00:04:58.240 --> 00:05:06.400 this. Apply the included photosensitive adhesive strip to the photosensitive 00:05:03.520 --> 00:05:09.840 sensor. Dude, we're almost there. Now I just got to put on my little additional 00:05:08.000 --> 00:05:14.240 heat sink. I got to be honest with you guys, I don't know how much more this is 00:05:12.320 --> 00:05:20.560 going to do to cool the ally, but it certainly can Ooh, interesting. It said 00:05:17.919 --> 00:05:24.400 that it was Ally compatible, but this is clearly not one of those right angle 00:05:23.039 --> 00:05:31.680 things. I didn't stop and look at it that closely. Uh, this is useless. I am 00:05:28.320 --> 00:05:32.800 stuck with the original 2230 Ally SSD. 00:05:31.680 --> 00:05:37.600 Okay, we're going to have to throw something on screen to show you guys. 00:05:35.680 --> 00:05:41.840 Was it also supposed to cut So, you can see it reverses the direction. It makes 00:05:39.199 --> 00:05:46.240 it come this way. Was it also supposed to come with a right angle and then I 00:05:43.680 --> 00:05:50.479 just didn't get it or lost it? Guess I'm not upgrading my SSD today. And besides, 00:05:48.720 --> 00:05:55.520 it seems like you have to kind of choose between upgrading the cooling of your 00:05:52.639 --> 00:05:58.800 SSD and also getting a little bit more heat away from this heat pipe and 00:05:57.199 --> 00:06:03.360 probably some incidental air flow from these fans over these fins here and 00:06:01.280 --> 00:06:07.919 upgrading your SSD. I'm a little surprised that this is just held on with 00:06:05.680 --> 00:06:13.759 thermal pad and then the one screw that goes through here, but I guess that's 00:06:09.840 --> 00:06:15.280 enough. Okay, back cover on. I can't 00:06:13.759 --> 00:06:19.840 believe we didn't make the console thicker. I was really expecting it to be 00:06:17.440 --> 00:06:23.840 thicker. I figured out what these are. They're little plugs for the XD mobile 00:06:21.759 --> 00:06:27.840 port. There we go. Okay, that's something. Here's a couple 00:06:25.280 --> 00:06:30.639 adhesivebacked um like grippy things for the rear buttons. I never really use 00:06:29.600 --> 00:06:37.120 them, so I'm not going to bother with that. But I might put on these joystick grip enhancers. Oh, they are not great. 00:06:35.120 --> 00:06:42.479 Not very grippy. They're actually less grippy, but larger. I'm probably going 00:06:40.160 --> 00:06:46.400 to hold off on those personally. Okay, time to find out if this worked. 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I forgot to mention the LAX has Thunderbolt, but that to me is 00:08:07.039 --> 00:08:13.599 not a major benefit because I actually have an XG Mobile eGPU. So, the XG 00:08:11.680 --> 00:08:16.560 Mobile connector is higher performance. So, I would actually prefer that over 00:08:15.840 --> 00:08:22.000 Thunderbolt. >> Is the SM better? 00:08:19.919 --> 00:08:25.840 >> Yes, but it almost seems like a byproduct of them having to make it 00:08:23.599 --> 00:08:30.800 thicker to fit that bigger battery. So, these bulges come out a little bit more 00:08:28.319 --> 00:08:35.200 compared to the original Ally. Um, the triggers are also larger and stuff. 00:08:33.120 --> 00:08:38.719 Personally, I have not found that it makes a meaningful difference in my 00:08:36.640 --> 00:08:43.599 limited time with the Liix, though for me. Let's set these up the same. Am I 00:08:41.120 --> 00:08:47.760 not able to I can't move it down. Are you serious right now? Okay. Well, I 00:08:45.680 --> 00:08:51.600 guess it just kind of is what it is on the fan curves, and then we'll just have 00:08:49.519 --> 00:08:56.720 to account for that they're slightly different. Okay. Both of them are in a 00:08:54.160 --> 00:09:03.680 manual performance profile that puts us at about 25 watts with spikes up to 30 00:09:00.240 --> 00:09:05.120 watts. Okay, 60% screen brightness. CPU 00:09:03.680 --> 00:09:09.519 is turboing a little bit higher on the OG Alli. GPU's clocks are locked, but 00:09:07.519 --> 00:09:14.080 that's what we expect. Temps are identical and at least part of it 00:09:12.560 --> 00:09:18.800 probably just comes down to the fan curves, but the Ally is quite a bit 00:09:15.920 --> 00:09:24.080 louder. As I recall, ASUS also upgraded the fan geometry on the Alli X to make 00:09:20.959 --> 00:09:26.399 it quieter. So, um, 00:09:24.080 --> 00:09:31.040 given equal temps, we're going to have to give this to the Alli X's fans. 00:09:28.720 --> 00:09:34.560 Battery draw is near identical. That means our power profiles are behaving 00:09:32.880 --> 00:09:39.440 the same way. And I figure we'll just use the like the Steam Deck performance 00:09:36.640 --> 00:09:45.279 profile here. Already, I'm learning some pretty interesting stuff. My frame rate 00:09:42.320 --> 00:09:48.800 is slightly higher on the Liix, which we would expect because it does have 00:09:47.279 --> 00:09:52.959 slightly faster memory, which when you're using onboard graphics is very, 00:09:50.959 --> 00:10:00.160 very important. So, we're getting about 35 36 FPS ripping around. And over here, 00:09:56.160 --> 00:10:02.080 we're getting more like 34 35. 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Of course, AAA games 00:11:22.640 --> 00:11:28.240 aren't really my jam, so why don't we try something a little lighter? And once 00:11:25.680 --> 00:11:32.399 again, the Alli X runs measurably faster in spite of its CPU running at a lower 00:11:30.160 --> 00:11:36.240 frequency. And it even manages to be a degree cooler. But again, I don't even 00:11:34.240 --> 00:11:41.600 play DA games. I pretty much just play this game. And I usually play it in the 00:11:38.800 --> 00:11:45.360 silent or 15 watt profile. So all that really matters to me is how much longer 00:11:43.600 --> 00:11:48.480 I can run away from the wall. I guess I also wouldn't mind knowing what the 00:11:46.640 --> 00:11:53.360 performance is. Oh man, the performance really is a lot better on the X, isn't 00:11:50.320 --> 00:11:55.279 it? 113 versus about 95 FPS. 00:11:53.360 --> 00:12:00.160 Realistically, it doesn't matter. Either of them is running fine, but like dang. 00:11:58.560 --> 00:12:03.839 really didn't realize it was that big of a deal. Thermals are identical now that 00:12:02.160 --> 00:12:09.200 I have both of them in a more reasonable power profile. So, 17 watts on the Alli 00:12:06.079 --> 00:12:10.880 X and 15 watts on the Alli. The noise on 00:12:09.200 --> 00:12:17.360 both is acceptable. It really doesn't make that much of a difference till you ramp up the fans. And as for battery 00:12:14.320 --> 00:12:19.760 life, well, after the Labs had a look at 00:12:17.360 --> 00:12:24.800 it, depending on how power- hungry the game is, you can get anywhere from a 00:12:21.519 --> 00:12:27.760 massive improvement to a very 00:12:24.800 --> 00:12:31.680 significant, albeit more modest one. In conclusion, 00:12:29.519 --> 00:12:36.880 makes it quite a bit heavier, limits you from upgrading your SSD if you use the 00:12:34.160 --> 00:12:41.120 thermal upgrade module, and doesn't have the texture on the back that I guess I 00:12:38.959 --> 00:12:44.639 don't miss that much, but I definitely do miss a little. I could probably put 00:12:43.360 --> 00:12:50.000 the old battery back in there if I really needed to, or I could upgrade to the X, but for how much I paid, 80 00:12:48.079 --> 00:12:54.399 bucks, man. I'm getting a lot of the benefit of the $250 X upgrade. Plus, I 00:12:53.279 --> 00:13:02.240 don't have to deal with the hassle of like selling my old ally and then probably taking a loss on that as well. 00:12:58.480 --> 00:13:05.040 You know what? Overall, pretty happy. 00:13:02.240 --> 00:13:09.279 Great job, Jel. And great job you for being subscribed 00:13:06.720 --> 00:13:09.279 to ShortCircuit.