WEBVTT 00:00:00.330 --> 00:00:04.180 - Sure, lots of gaming laptops have loads of FPS and 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. 00:00:09.540 --> 00:00:13.280 Super heavy. I want something more like this. 00:00:13.280 --> 00:00:17.220 The new Alienware X15, and well, I haven't seen it yet, 00:00:17.220 --> 00:00:19.723 so I guess we'll see if it's good or not pretty soon. 00:00:22.210 --> 00:00:27.340 Oh, fancy box. Can you see that? There's like an exploded view of the laptop. 00:00:27.340 --> 00:00:30.460 We'll open that in a second though. Here's the charger. 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, 00:00:34.950 --> 00:00:39.660 which is very impressive. Look at the size of this thing for 240 Watter, 00:00:39.660 --> 00:00:44.930 that is not bad. Oh, Alienware, strike number one. 00:00:44.930 --> 00:00:48.090 We have a USB type C two Ethernet adapter, 00:00:48.090 --> 00:00:52.290 which means there's presumably no Ethernet on this laptop, 00:00:52.290 --> 00:00:56.734 which makes me sad. Here we go. (smooth RnB music) 00:00:56.734 --> 00:01:01.370 Do do do do. (beep) (laughter) 00:01:01.370 --> 00:01:05.223 It's very fancy, more exploded view, but this time in black and gloss, 00:01:06.440 --> 00:01:12.420 and we get our laptop. This is quite thin and surprisingly light. 00:01:12.420 --> 00:01:16.490 The XPS15, just under two kilograms, 00:01:16.490 --> 00:01:19.962 where as the Alienware X15, 00:01:19.962 --> 00:01:23.370 2.3 kilograms. So it is a little bit more, 00:01:23.370 --> 00:01:27.780 that is rather light for a gaming laptop, especially given this has a 3080 in it. 00:01:27.780 --> 00:01:31.720 So right off the bat, the IO is not fantastic. 00:01:31.720 --> 00:01:37.210 We have full-size HDMI, like to see that. USB type C, mini SD reader, 00:01:37.210 --> 00:01:41.290 Thunderbolt, and USB type A, 00:01:41.290 --> 00:01:45.230 one USB type A and that's it. The most confusing part here 00:01:46.070 --> 00:01:50.720 is that it looks like there's lots of space where they could have put, like, 00:01:50.720 --> 00:01:54.150 if they had two or three USB type A's back here, 00:01:54.150 --> 00:01:57.640 that would be just so much nicer and so much more usable, 00:01:57.640 --> 00:02:00.960 because like right now you're going to plug in a mouse, 00:02:00.960 --> 00:02:05.003 and you're done, that's your USB right there. On the X17, 00:02:06.350 --> 00:02:09.933 we have two USB type A's, full-size Ethernet, 00:02:10.820 --> 00:02:14.330 and also mini DisplayPort. Was there one of those on here? 00:02:14.330 --> 00:02:21.920 No. What is definitely undeniable though, is that this is very thin for a gaming laptop. 00:02:22.200 --> 00:02:26.560 Okay. Oh, it just started up. 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Alienware did the same thing with the X17, 00:02:55.000 --> 00:02:59.390 where they sacrificed track pad size in the name of venting. 00:02:59.390 --> 00:03:03.580 So, vents along the sides, vent along the top, 00:03:03.580 --> 00:03:07.900 vents along the other side, vents on the back, 00:03:07.900 --> 00:03:12.100 and also there's a bunch of venting on the bottom. 00:03:12.100 --> 00:03:17.210 This apparently is very well cooled. Look, there's half my IO gone. 00:03:17.210 --> 00:03:21.530 Stupid. All right, we are downloading some games, 00:03:21.530 --> 00:03:24.710 and it's already a bit on the loud side. 00:03:24.710 --> 00:03:28.800 Let's go to hardware info and try and figure out just 00:03:28.800 --> 00:03:32.230 how hot it is getting, like we are just installing games. 00:03:32.230 --> 00:03:38.280 It shouldn't be too bad. Peak CPU temperature so far is 95 degrees. 00:03:38.280 --> 00:03:41.650 So, that's kind of hot. 00:03:41.650 --> 00:03:46.123 Actually, what I'm going to do, let's make sure that this is totally fair. 00:03:48.150 --> 00:03:52.583 I love these desk pads, but it's probably not great for the thermals. 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, 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. 00:04:03.040 --> 00:04:06.100 I was just using it and my finger stopped being on 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 00:04:09.180 --> 00:04:13.840 on the track pad, so, but it's RGB, 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, 00:04:18.680 --> 00:04:24.000 will you use the track pad all that much." Maybe not, but the Zephyrus M16 00:04:24.000 --> 00:04:29.583 has a really, really good track pad, and it's a similar size to this, 00:04:30.890 --> 00:04:35.080 so I want a big track pad. (typing) Keyboard is fantastic. 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, 00:04:39.750 --> 00:04:43.070 and they would give me their really excellent Cherry keyboard. 00:04:43.070 --> 00:04:47.383 It still is, like, A+ territory for gaming laptop keyboards. 00:04:48.280 --> 00:04:54.050 It's just not like the cherry one. One thing that is rather disappointing for me, 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. 00:04:59.860 --> 00:05:03.513 So like, there's loads of space here, like you can see 00:05:03.513 --> 00:05:06.540 there's bezel down here that could be not bezel. 00:05:06.540 --> 00:05:10.790 There's also a lot of hinge, that could be screen, and not hinge. 00:05:10.790 --> 00:05:14.080 The panel itself though, it is very good. 00:05:14.080 --> 00:05:19.120 I would not get this one. So this is the 1080p, 360 Hertz version. 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. 00:05:26.710 --> 00:05:30.563 There is a 1440p version that's 240 Hertz, 00:05:31.830 --> 00:05:36.830 240 Hertz is a lot of Hertz and 1440p is wicked, 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. 00:05:41.330 --> 00:05:45.890 So for the CPU, we have an i7-11800H, so eight cores. 00:05:45.890 --> 00:05:49.093 I think that's 4.7 gigahertz total. 00:05:50.030 --> 00:05:53.100 32 gigabytes of RAM, 3,200 megahertz. 00:05:53.100 --> 00:05:56.940 We have, oh, it looks like two, one terabyte SSDs 00:05:56.940 --> 00:06:00.760 in a raid zero config, super speedy. 00:06:00.760 --> 00:06:04.340 Oh cool. I was thinking our download was really fast, 00:06:04.340 --> 00:06:07.660 It's peaked at 140 megabytes per second, 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, 00:06:12.180 --> 00:06:15.940 but that's quite an awesome little adapter then. 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. 00:06:22.670 --> 00:06:25.970 I'm just going to say that, even if it is well cooled, 00:06:25.970 --> 00:06:30.140 you're kind of just wasting your money. It's 110 watt version, 00:06:30.140 --> 00:06:33.260 and at that point you might as well get the 110 watt version 00:06:33.260 --> 00:06:37.930 of the RTX 3070. I guess, do we just start some gaming? I want a game. 00:06:37.930 --> 00:06:41.110 One problem I've noticed almost immediately, 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, 00:06:46.470 --> 00:06:50.860 the keyboards move down, and my hand just is not comfortable. 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 00:06:56.970 --> 00:07:01.640 in a rather uncomfortable manner. It wasn't really a problem when I was typing, 00:07:01.640 --> 00:07:05.030 to kind of go like that, but when I hit WASD, and like, 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, 00:07:09.830 --> 00:07:15.173 not super comfortable way. Also, this screen is not particularly bright. 00:07:16.410 --> 00:07:18.910 Having trouble figuring out what's on the go here, 00:07:19.900 --> 00:07:23.460 but, actually Brandon, can we turn the lights down a little bit in here? 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, 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, 00:07:35.550 --> 00:07:38.413 the 360 Hertz of it is very nice, 00:07:39.350 --> 00:07:43.000 but the 1440p panel is 400 nits, 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, 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, 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. 00:07:59.780 --> 00:08:03.010 Right in the basement, we're getting like 30, 40 FPS. 00:08:03.010 --> 00:08:05.123 That's kind of about what I would expect. 00:08:06.250 --> 00:08:10.553 That's kind of all that you get in this house. 00:08:11.730 --> 00:08:17.260 Well, I just opened up Hardware Info, CPU's been hitting a hundred degrees Celsius, 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. 00:08:23.900 --> 00:08:27.370 So, maximum of 75.9 degrees, 00:08:27.370 --> 00:08:31.820 they have clearly preferred GPU cooling over CPU cooling 00:08:31.820 --> 00:08:36.430 in this chassis. You're not using open back headphones if you buy this thing. 00:08:36.430 --> 00:08:41.380 While we wait for battlefield to finish installing, let's check out the webcam. 00:08:41.380 --> 00:08:45.000 Testing, testing. I have no clue if the audio is working in this clip, 00:08:45.000 --> 00:08:48.883 but it looks okay-ish. 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. 00:08:55.390 --> 00:09:00.450 The one thing that is nice about the webcam though, is that, along with the webcam, 00:09:00.450 --> 00:09:05.040 you also get Windows Hello facial recognition. Awesome way to get into a device. 00:09:05.040 --> 00:09:08.680 Really like to see that. Wow, this is running incredibly well, 00:09:08.680 --> 00:09:14.410 so I'm an ultra right now, and we are getting 190 FPS. 00:09:14.410 --> 00:09:17.620 That is extremely good for this game. 00:09:17.620 --> 00:09:21.120 This is definitely not a super bright display, 00:09:21.120 --> 00:09:25.400 but at the same time, I wouldn't be incredibly concerned about it, 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. 00:09:31.690 --> 00:09:36.120 So again, in Battlefield there, we hit a hundred degrees on the CPU. 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. 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, 00:09:44.360 --> 00:09:47.500 a hundred degrees on the CPU in a thin laptop like this, 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, 00:09:52.550 --> 00:09:55.630 it's dropping down, but like, 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. 00:10:00.240 --> 00:10:03.660 Okay, we haven't started Crab Rave yet, but this kind of 00:10:03.660 --> 00:10:06.970 gets to my main problem with this laptop. 00:10:06.970 --> 00:10:11.740 Like, you can see that the display is like, what, nearly an inch taller 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 00:10:17.780 --> 00:10:21.502 on the 16 by 10. (Crab Rave) 00:10:23.410 --> 00:10:27.026 So this is, this is terrible. 00:10:27.026 --> 00:10:31.476 These are awful speakers, so, Alienware to Dell. 00:10:31.476 --> 00:10:36.220 (Crab Rave) It's not even not even close. 00:10:36.220 --> 00:10:39.400 The X15 is good at making noise, but not out of it's speakers. 00:10:39.400 --> 00:10:44.580 Oh, one thing that definitely should be noted, this has a MUX in it. 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. 00:10:50.040 --> 00:10:54.180 The X17, which I complained a lot about in that review, 00:10:54.180 --> 00:10:58.800 also has a MUX in it, and they enabled it the day before review went up. 00:10:58.800 --> 00:11:02.620 Didn't tell us. So, I'm sorry, Alienware. 00:11:02.620 --> 00:11:05.840 You actually made a really good laptop that's super fast. 00:11:05.840 --> 00:11:09.550 So for the battery, we have an 87 watt hour version in here, 00:11:09.550 --> 00:11:14.320 it takes up a lot of space, and given how thick this thing is, 00:11:14.320 --> 00:11:18.070 I'm surprised they were able to fit that much battery in there. 00:11:18.070 --> 00:11:22.420 I have no clue how long this is going to last. 00:11:22.420 --> 00:11:27.130 It might be four hours, it might be eight. Aside for the battery, we have 00:11:27.130 --> 00:11:31.930 a Wi-Fi module that you can swap out, and two SSDs. 00:11:31.930 --> 00:11:36.380 No RAM though, that is soldered straight to the motherboard. 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, 00:11:40.970 --> 00:11:44.020 radiator goes all the way along here, 00:11:44.020 --> 00:11:49.473 fins just along the sides, also, all of the top up here is all fins. 00:11:50.370 --> 00:11:53.610 The cooling in here is freakin' sweet, 00:11:53.610 --> 00:11:56.960 as is, like, the build quality of this thing is exceptional, 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? 00:12:01.830 --> 00:12:05.430 On one hand, this is an exceptional gaming device, 00:12:05.430 --> 00:12:08.990 like, if you just want to game, put on some headphones, 00:12:08.990 --> 00:12:13.340 awesome. But on the other hand, it's so thin and light. 00:12:13.340 --> 00:12:17.280 I wish that they'd just sacrificed a bit of that gaming, 00:12:17.280 --> 00:12:21.730 and given me a little bit more of, like, productivity 00:12:21.730 --> 00:12:26.640 and general usefulness, like, this had just a slightly larger track pad, 00:12:26.640 --> 00:12:30.640 and a 16 by 10 display, I would be like, buy it. 00:12:30.640 --> 00:12:33.593 I would recommend it, but I don't know if I love it. 00:12:34.590 --> 00:12:37.900 Oh, I haven't talked about pricing, but the starting price is over two grand, 00:12:37.900 --> 00:12:40.980 so, like, R.I.P. your wallet. 00:12:40.980 --> 00:12:45.230 Well, thanks for watching guys, hit like, get subscribed, and just have a great ol' day. 00:12:45.230 --> 00:12:46.063 See you later!