1 00:00:00,330 --> 00:00:04,180 - Sure, lots of gaming laptops have loads of FPS and 2 00:00:04,180 --> 00:00:09,540 vapor chambers or whatever the crap, but I don't want to carry this in my backpack. 3 00:00:09,540 --> 00:00:13,280 Super heavy. I want something more like this. 4 00:00:13,280 --> 00:00:17,220 The new Alienware X15, and well, I haven't seen it yet, 5 00:00:17,220 --> 00:00:19,723 so I guess we'll see if it's good or not pretty soon. 6 00:00:22,210 --> 00:00:27,340 Oh, fancy box. Can you see that? There's like an exploded view of the laptop. 7 00:00:27,340 --> 00:00:30,460 We'll open that in a second though. Here's the charger. 8 00:00:30,460 --> 00:00:34,950 It's not type C, although I would not expect you to be given it's 240 Watts, 9 00:00:34,950 --> 00:00:39,660 which is very impressive. Look at the size of this thing for 240 Watter, 10 00:00:39,660 --> 00:00:44,930 that is not bad. Oh, Alienware, strike number one. 11 00:00:44,930 --> 00:00:48,090 We have a USB type C two Ethernet adapter, 12 00:00:48,090 --> 00:00:52,290 which means there's presumably no Ethernet on this laptop, 13 00:00:52,290 --> 00:00:56,734 which makes me sad. Here we go. (smooth RnB music) 14 00:00:56,734 --> 00:01:01,370 Do do do do. (beep) (laughter) 15 00:01:01,370 --> 00:01:05,223 It's very fancy, more exploded view, but this time in black and gloss, 16 00:01:06,440 --> 00:01:12,420 and we get our laptop. This is quite thin and surprisingly light. 17 00:01:12,420 --> 00:01:16,490 The XPS15, just under two kilograms, 18 00:01:16,490 --> 00:01:19,962 where as the Alienware X15, 19 00:01:19,962 --> 00:01:23,370 2.3 kilograms. So it is a little bit more, 20 00:01:23,370 --> 00:01:27,780 that is rather light for a gaming laptop, especially given this has a 3080 in it. 21 00:01:27,780 --> 00:01:31,720 So right off the bat, the IO is not fantastic. 22 00:01:31,720 --> 00:01:37,210 We have full-size HDMI, like to see that. USB type C, mini SD reader, 23 00:01:37,210 --> 00:01:41,290 Thunderbolt, and USB type A, 24 00:01:41,290 --> 00:01:45,230 one USB type A and that's it. The most confusing part here 25 00:01:46,070 --> 00:01:50,720 is that it looks like there's lots of space where they could have put, like, 26 00:01:50,720 --> 00:01:54,150 if they had two or three USB type A's back here, 27 00:01:54,150 --> 00:01:57,640 that would be just so much nicer and so much more usable, 28 00:01:57,640 --> 00:02:00,960 because like right now you're going to plug in a mouse, 29 00:02:00,960 --> 00:02:05,003 and you're done, that's your USB right there. On the X17, 30 00:02:06,350 --> 00:02:09,933 we have two USB type A's, full-size Ethernet, 31 00:02:10,820 --> 00:02:14,330 and also mini DisplayPort. Was there one of those on here? 32 00:02:14,330 --> 00:02:21,920 No. What is definitely undeniable though, is that this is very thin for a gaming laptop. 33 00:02:22,200 --> 00:02:26,560 Okay. Oh, it just started up. I didn't even have time to tell you about our sponsor, 34 00:02:26,560 --> 00:02:29,880 Ridge Wallet. Thanks to Ridge Wallet for sponsoring today's video. 35 00:02:29,880 --> 00:02:34,090 We give you a compact wallet to keep your pant bulge down. It has RFID blocking plates 36 00:02:34,090 --> 00:02:37,750 to keep people from stealing your info, and there are over 30 colors and styles, 37 00:02:37,750 --> 00:02:43,630 including carbon fiber and burnt titanium. Save 10% and get free worldwide shipping by using offer code 38 00:02:43,630 --> 00:02:48,830 CIRCUIT at Ridge.com/circuit. How is this looking, at as a small track pad. 39 00:02:49,720 --> 00:02:55,000 That's my first impression. Alienware did the same thing with the X17, 40 00:02:55,000 --> 00:02:59,390 where they sacrificed track pad size in the name of venting. 41 00:02:59,390 --> 00:03:03,580 So, vents along the sides, vent along the top, 42 00:03:03,580 --> 00:03:07,900 vents along the other side, vents on the back, 43 00:03:07,900 --> 00:03:12,100 and also there's a bunch of venting on the bottom. 44 00:03:12,100 --> 00:03:17,210 This apparently is very well cooled. Look, there's half my IO gone. 45 00:03:17,210 --> 00:03:21,530 Stupid. All right, we are downloading some games, 46 00:03:21,530 --> 00:03:24,710 and it's already a bit on the loud side. 47 00:03:24,710 --> 00:03:28,800 Let's go to hardware info and try and figure out just 48 00:03:28,800 --> 00:03:32,230 how hot it is getting, like we are just installing games. 49 00:03:32,230 --> 00:03:38,280 It shouldn't be too bad. Peak CPU temperature so far is 95 degrees. 50 00:03:38,280 --> 00:03:41,650 So, that's kind of hot. 51 00:03:41,650 --> 00:03:46,123 Actually, what I'm going to do, let's make sure that this is totally fair. 52 00:03:48,150 --> 00:03:52,583 I love these desk pads, but it's probably not great for the thermals. 53 00:03:53,730 --> 00:03:57,300 Don't want people getting mad at me in the comments. All right, while the games download, 54 00:03:57,300 --> 00:04:01,753 let's just figure out how the rest of it is. Track pad, it's too small. 55 00:04:03,040 --> 00:04:06,100 I was just using it and my finger stopped being on 56 00:04:06,100 --> 00:04:09,180 the track pad and started being on the keyboard, when I thought it should have still been 57 00:04:09,180 --> 00:04:13,840 on the track pad, so, but it's RGB, 58 00:04:13,840 --> 00:04:18,680 Most track pads can't say that much. Okay, Brandon just said, "it's a gaming laptop, 59 00:04:18,680 --> 00:04:24,000 will you use the track pad all that much." Maybe not, but the Zephyrus M16 60 00:04:24,000 --> 00:04:29,583 has a really, really good track pad, and it's a similar size to this, 61 00:04:30,890 --> 00:04:35,080 so I want a big track pad. (typing) Keyboard is fantastic. 62 00:04:35,080 --> 00:04:39,750 I do wish that there was an option so that I could give Alienware a bit more money, 63 00:04:39,750 --> 00:04:43,070 and they would give me their really excellent Cherry keyboard. 64 00:04:43,070 --> 00:04:47,383 It still is, like, A+ territory for gaming laptop keyboards. 65 00:04:48,280 --> 00:04:54,050 It's just not like the cherry one. One thing that is rather disappointing for me, 66 00:04:54,050 --> 00:04:59,860 I didn't care on the 17, but on the 15, I really want 16 by 10. 67 00:04:59,860 --> 00:05:03,513 So like, there's loads of space here, like you can see 68 00:05:03,513 --> 00:05:06,540 there's bezel down here that could be not bezel. 69 00:05:06,540 --> 00:05:10,790 There's also a lot of hinge, that could be screen, and not hinge. 70 00:05:10,790 --> 00:05:14,080 The panel itself though, it is very good. 71 00:05:14,080 --> 00:05:19,120 I would not get this one. So this is the 1080p, 360 Hertz version. 72 00:05:19,120 --> 00:05:26,670 This right here is, like, try hard mode, you're trying to get ranked in CS:GO or whatever. 73 00:05:26,710 --> 00:05:30,563 There is a 1440p version that's 240 Hertz, 74 00:05:31,830 --> 00:05:36,830 240 Hertz is a lot of Hertz and 1440p is wicked, 75 00:05:37,130 --> 00:05:41,330 so I would go for that one for sure. Let's go over the full specs here though. 76 00:05:41,330 --> 00:05:45,890 So for the CPU, we have an i7-11800H, so eight cores. 77 00:05:45,890 --> 00:05:49,093 I think that's 4.7 gigahertz total. 78 00:05:50,030 --> 00:05:53,100 32 gigabytes of RAM, 3,200 megahertz. 79 00:05:53,100 --> 00:05:56,940 We have, oh, it looks like two, one terabyte SSDs 80 00:05:56,940 --> 00:06:00,760 in a raid zero config, super speedy. 81 00:06:00,760 --> 00:06:04,340 Oh cool. I was thinking our download was really fast, 82 00:06:04,340 --> 00:06:07,660 It's peaked at 140 megabytes per second, 83 00:06:07,660 --> 00:06:12,180 and that's because this little adapter right here is two and a half gig. I wasn't expecting that, 84 00:06:12,180 --> 00:06:15,940 but that's quite an awesome little adapter then. 85 00:06:15,940 --> 00:06:22,670 And we also have an RTX 3080. So, we don't get the RTX 3080 in this laptop. 86 00:06:22,670 --> 00:06:25,970 I'm just going to say that, even if it is well cooled, 87 00:06:25,970 --> 00:06:30,140 you're kind of just wasting your money. It's 110 watt version, 88 00:06:30,140 --> 00:06:33,260 and at that point you might as well get the 110 watt version 89 00:06:33,260 --> 00:06:37,930 of the RTX 3070. I guess, do we just start some gaming? I want a game. 90 00:06:37,930 --> 00:06:41,110 One problem I've noticed almost immediately, 91 00:06:41,110 --> 00:06:46,470 is that, not only is the track pad super small, but because they have all this venting up top, 92 00:06:46,470 --> 00:06:50,860 the keyboards move down, and my hand just is not comfortable. 93 00:06:50,860 --> 00:06:56,970 It's like it's resting here, but like, my wrist is kind of resting off of the edge 94 00:06:56,970 --> 00:07:01,640 in a rather uncomfortable manner. It wasn't really a problem when I was typing, 95 00:07:01,640 --> 00:07:05,030 to kind of go like that, but when I hit WASD, and like, 96 00:07:05,030 --> 00:07:09,830 a finger comes down to shift, it's sort of hanging off the edge in like this weird, 97 00:07:09,830 --> 00:07:15,173 not super comfortable way. Also, this screen is not particularly bright. 98 00:07:16,410 --> 00:07:18,910 Having trouble figuring out what's on the go here, 99 00:07:19,900 --> 00:07:23,460 but, actually Brandon, can we turn the lights down a little bit in here? 100 00:07:23,460 --> 00:07:30,070 Okay, yeah, I just looked it up, so both of the 1080p panels are only 300 nits, and like, 101 00:07:30,400 --> 00:07:35,550 we turn the lights down in here, and this is actually a very good looking display, and, 102 00:07:35,550 --> 00:07:38,413 the 360 Hertz of it is very nice, 103 00:07:39,350 --> 00:07:43,000 but the 1440p panel is 400 nits, 104 00:07:43,000 --> 00:07:47,250 and I probably wouldn't have had to ask Brandon to turn on all the lights in here, 105 00:07:47,250 --> 00:07:52,376 if I was using that one. I don't know quite how many FPS we're getting right now, 106 00:07:53,930 --> 00:07:58,173 but it's more than enough for Valheim, it's easily in the hundreds, I would say. 107 00:07:59,780 --> 00:08:03,010 Right in the basement, we're getting like 30, 40 FPS. 108 00:08:03,010 --> 00:08:05,123 That's kind of about what I would expect. 109 00:08:06,250 --> 00:08:10,553 That's kind of all that you get in this house. 110 00:08:11,730 --> 00:08:17,260 Well, I just opened up Hardware Info, CPU's been hitting a hundred degrees Celsius, 111 00:08:17,260 --> 00:08:23,900 love to see that. How's the GPU doing? Oh, the GPU, at least, is doing pretty good. 112 00:08:23,900 --> 00:08:27,370 So, maximum of 75.9 degrees, 113 00:08:27,370 --> 00:08:31,820 they have clearly preferred GPU cooling over CPU cooling 114 00:08:31,820 --> 00:08:36,430 in this chassis. You're not using open back headphones if you buy this thing. 115 00:08:36,430 --> 00:08:41,380 While we wait for battlefield to finish installing, let's check out the webcam. 116 00:08:41,380 --> 00:08:45,000 Testing, testing. I have no clue if the audio is working in this clip, 117 00:08:45,000 --> 00:08:48,883 but it looks okay-ish. 118 00:08:50,200 --> 00:08:55,390 This isn't great. That's for sure. I don't expect a whole lot out of these webcams. 119 00:08:55,390 --> 00:09:00,450 The one thing that is nice about the webcam though, is that, along with the webcam, 120 00:09:00,450 --> 00:09:05,040 you also get Windows Hello facial recognition. Awesome way to get into a device. 121 00:09:05,040 --> 00:09:08,680 Really like to see that. Wow, this is running incredibly well, 122 00:09:08,680 --> 00:09:14,410 so I'm an ultra right now, and we are getting 190 FPS. 123 00:09:14,410 --> 00:09:17,620 That is extremely good for this game. 124 00:09:17,620 --> 00:09:21,120 This is definitely not a super bright display, 125 00:09:21,120 --> 00:09:25,400 but at the same time, I wouldn't be incredibly concerned about it, 126 00:09:25,400 --> 00:09:31,690 unless you, like, game outdoors or something, because most of you aren't gaming with studio lights on you. 127 00:09:31,690 --> 00:09:36,120 So again, in Battlefield there, we hit a hundred degrees on the CPU. 128 00:09:36,120 --> 00:09:40,050 Now, if that's a bad thing or a good thing, it's kind of hard to say. 129 00:09:40,050 --> 00:09:44,360 We don't have the time in a ShortCircuit to figure it out, but it's the sort of thing where, 130 00:09:44,360 --> 00:09:47,500 a hundred degrees on the CPU in a thin laptop like this, 131 00:09:47,500 --> 00:09:52,550 is not necessarily a bad thing. And I don't know if, when it's at a hundred degrees, 132 00:09:52,550 --> 00:09:55,630 it's dropping down, but like, 133 00:09:55,630 --> 00:10:00,240 I didn't notice any problems in the game, although I also didn't play for a super long amount of time. 134 00:10:00,240 --> 00:10:03,660 Okay, we haven't started Crab Rave yet, but this kind of 135 00:10:03,660 --> 00:10:06,970 gets to my main problem with this laptop. 136 00:10:06,970 --> 00:10:11,740 Like, you can see that the display is like, what, nearly an inch taller 137 00:10:11,740 --> 00:10:17,780 than the one on the XPS 15, but you're just getting less screen than you have here 138 00:10:17,780 --> 00:10:21,502 on the 16 by 10. (Crab Rave) 139 00:10:23,410 --> 00:10:27,026 So this is, this is terrible. 140 00:10:27,026 --> 00:10:31,476 These are awful speakers, so, Alienware to Dell. 141 00:10:31,476 --> 00:10:36,220 (Crab Rave) It's not even not even close. 142 00:10:36,220 --> 00:10:39,400 The X15 is good at making noise, but not out of it's speakers. 143 00:10:39,400 --> 00:10:44,580 Oh, one thing that definitely should be noted, this has a MUX in it. 144 00:10:44,580 --> 00:10:50,040 So you are not going to be losing any of the performance from the GPU, getting to the display. 145 00:10:50,040 --> 00:10:54,180 The X17, which I complained a lot about in that review, 146 00:10:54,180 --> 00:10:58,800 also has a MUX in it, and they enabled it the day before review went up. 147 00:10:58,800 --> 00:11:02,620 Didn't tell us. So, I'm sorry, Alienware. 148 00:11:02,620 --> 00:11:05,840 You actually made a really good laptop that's super fast. 149 00:11:05,840 --> 00:11:09,550 So for the battery, we have an 87 watt hour version in here, 150 00:11:09,550 --> 00:11:14,320 it takes up a lot of space, and given how thick this thing is, 151 00:11:14,320 --> 00:11:18,070 I'm surprised they were able to fit that much battery in there. 152 00:11:18,070 --> 00:11:22,420 I have no clue how long this is going to last. 153 00:11:22,420 --> 00:11:27,130 It might be four hours, it might be eight. Aside for the battery, we have 154 00:11:27,130 --> 00:11:31,930 a Wi-Fi module that you can swap out, and two SSDs. 155 00:11:31,930 --> 00:11:36,380 No RAM though, that is soldered straight to the motherboard. 156 00:11:36,380 --> 00:11:40,970 We do get a glimpse at the cooling system in here. So we have our four fans, 157 00:11:40,970 --> 00:11:44,020 radiator goes all the way along here, 158 00:11:44,020 --> 00:11:49,473 fins just along the sides, also, all of the top up here is all fins. 159 00:11:50,370 --> 00:11:53,610 The cooling in here is freakin' sweet, 160 00:11:53,610 --> 00:11:56,960 as is, like, the build quality of this thing is exceptional, 161 00:11:56,960 --> 00:12:01,830 but I don't know how to feel about it, if I'm honest. What are you going for Alienware? 162 00:12:01,830 --> 00:12:05,430 On one hand, this is an exceptional gaming device, 163 00:12:05,430 --> 00:12:08,990 like, if you just want to game, put on some headphones, 164 00:12:08,990 --> 00:12:13,340 awesome. But on the other hand, it's so thin and light. 165 00:12:13,340 --> 00:12:17,280 I wish that they'd just sacrificed a bit of that gaming, 166 00:12:17,280 --> 00:12:21,730 and given me a little bit more of, like, productivity 167 00:12:21,730 --> 00:12:26,640 and general usefulness, like, this had just a slightly larger track pad, 168 00:12:26,640 --> 00:12:30,640 and a 16 by 10 display, I would be like, buy it. 169 00:12:30,640 --> 00:12:33,593 I would recommend it, but I don't know if I love it. 170 00:12:34,590 --> 00:12:37,900 Oh, I haven't talked about pricing, but the starting price is over two grand, 171 00:12:37,900 --> 00:12:40,980 so, like, R.I.P. your wallet. 172 00:12:40,980 --> 00:12:45,230 Well, thanks for watching guys, hit like, get subscribed, and just have a great ol' day. 173 00:12:45,230 --> 00:12:46,063 See you later!