WEBVTT 00:00:00.240 --> 00:00:05.879 huge laptops have never really been my 00:00:03.840 --> 00:00:12.320 thing as many of you know my daily driver is a Razer Blade 14 but it's not 00:00:09.160 --> 00:00:14.679 like I haven't noticed that as marvelous 00:00:12.320 --> 00:00:20.160 as a thin and light with a GTX 970m still is it thermal throttles it's loud 00:00:17.680 --> 00:00:24.960 and it still falls short of the True Performance of a desktop computer 00:00:22.439 --> 00:00:31.480 something that many people desire in a mobile system so it is for those people 00:00:29.400 --> 00:00:38.920 and the on who just like over-the-top Tech that I say stay tuned because the 00:00:34.120 --> 00:00:41.360 Seer NP 9870 u2g is the fastest laptop I 00:00:38.920 --> 00:00:46.309 have ever laid my hands 00:00:48.920 --> 00:00:53.640 on Corsair's RMI series power supplies 00:00:51.960 --> 00:00:57.359 feature premium components for great performance with very low noise check 00:00:55.600 --> 00:01:02.280 out the link in the video description to learn more let's start with a look at 00:00:59.760 --> 00:01:06.280 the outside of this Beast of a machine on the top of the shell is a chromed 00:01:03.960 --> 00:01:12.040 plastic Sager logo and some software customizable lighting accents on the 00:01:08.320 --> 00:01:14.040 bottom is W that is a lot of ventilation 00:01:12.040 --> 00:01:18.159 holes there's one spot over here for the subwoofer but most of the rest of the 00:01:16.280 --> 00:01:24.119 bottom of the unit and even some of the front is mesh kind of like my Halloween 00:01:21.240 --> 00:01:30.400 costume that one year ioe I would describe as very good with dual killery 00:01:26.680 --> 00:01:32.560 2400 GB land ports 3 USB 3.0 ports and 00:01:30.400 --> 00:01:38.799 dedicated headphone mic Optical and line out audio jacks on the left SD more USB 00:01:35.600 --> 00:01:41.439 3.0 Thunderbolt 3 with a type-c 00:01:38.799 --> 00:01:46.920 connector yeah and a couple mini display ports on the right and finally HDMI and 00:01:43.840 --> 00:01:49.479 yet another USB 3.0 port on the back 00:01:46.920 --> 00:01:54.520 opening her up we find pretty much what we'd expect on a large all the bells and 00:01:52.000 --> 00:02:00.200 whistles gaming laptop the wrist rest and keyboard area are plastic but 00:01:57.159 --> 00:02:02.079 actually very sturdy the upward firing 00:02:00.200 --> 00:02:06.079 speakers are loud and actually sound pretty darn good and while I wish the 00:02:04.600 --> 00:02:09.319 touchpad was a little closer to the front edge the included fingerprint 00:02:07.719 --> 00:02:13.440 scanner is a nice touch and it tracks really well finally the keyboard with 00:02:11.560 --> 00:02:18.920 its software customizable RGB backlighting and macro functionality 00:02:15.959 --> 00:02:22.680 gets a solid B there's a bit more keycap wobble than I'd personally like and the 00:02:20.760 --> 00:02:27.840 travel action is a little mushy but it didn't affect my typing speed and it's 00:02:24.760 --> 00:02:31.560 very very quiet which brings us to the 00:02:27.840 --> 00:02:34.720 screen what can I say he nice this is a 00:02:31.560 --> 00:02:36.680 17in 60 HZ IPS panel with NVIDIA g-sync 00:02:34.720 --> 00:02:41.239 technology for a tear-free gaming experience and with a couple minutes of 00:02:39.000 --> 00:02:45.680 tinkering I had it running at 100 htz on this sample unit that Sager sent to me 00:02:43.400 --> 00:02:49.879 though your mileage may vary but if I'm going to say something outlandish like 00:02:48.000 --> 00:02:54.480 this is the most powerful laptop I've ever laid my hands on then I'd better be 00:02:52.519 --> 00:03:00.080 backing it up so let's crack her open and find out what treasures be inside 00:02:57.720 --> 00:03:04.519 first things first that is a desk top LGA 1151 socket hidden away under all of 00:03:02.640 --> 00:03:09.200 those heat pipes and connected to one of the three heat sink fin aays at the back 00:03:06.879 --> 00:03:16.560 of the laptop's Chassy friends and it is full of none other than a full desktop 00:03:11.480 --> 00:03:18.959 core i7 6700k Skylake quad core yep and 00:03:16.560 --> 00:03:24.400 the Holy balls doesn't end there prying up the keyboard reveals two 16 gig 00:03:22.040 --> 00:03:30.239 sticks of ddr4 memory giving this laptop a maximum capacity of 64 gigs portable 00:03:27.879 --> 00:03:33.200 workstation anyone and while I'm not a huge fan of systems that are 00:03:31.680 --> 00:03:40.000 preconfigured with the boot drives in raid zero that my friends is two of 00:03:36.640 --> 00:03:42.400 Samsung's Fancy Pants new 256 gig nbme 00:03:40.000 --> 00:03:46.680 950 Pro drives that are tearing up the benchmarks all over the Internet two of 00:03:44.400 --> 00:03:51.799 them I mean using this thing is noticeably faster and more responsive 00:03:48.840 --> 00:03:55.920 than even a standard SSD something that made more sense to me when I finally ran 00:03:53.799 --> 00:04:00.480 Crystal dis Mark and realized that it was putting out sequential read and 00:03:57.480 --> 00:04:01.680 write speeds of 2 to 3 gabt per second 00:04:00.480 --> 00:04:05.920 holy actual flipping this puppy over things 00:04:04.159 --> 00:04:09.319 get even better hiding away in this corner are a couple of 2 and 1 half inch 00:04:07.560 --> 00:04:13.519 hard drivve slots that you can use to either configure the laptop with more 00:04:11.239 --> 00:04:21.680 storage directly from Seager or upgrade later and yes finally the centerpiece 00:04:16.919 --> 00:04:23.919 the desktop class GTX 988 gig that Luke 00:04:21.680 --> 00:04:29.840 showed off back at NVIDIA's event has made its way finally to us this is a 00:04:27.600 --> 00:04:34.680 really cool Unique Piece of hardware Ware first there's the fact that it's a 00:04:32.320 --> 00:04:38.840 non-standard width which precludes any possibility of shipping an SLI 00:04:36.280 --> 00:04:43.280 configuration in this chassi anyway even if Sager could figure out some way to 00:04:40.800 --> 00:04:47.000 power and cool it and second is something that's not as obvious to the 00:04:44.880 --> 00:04:52.600 naked eye the fact that it's really up to the individual notebook manufacturers 00:04:49.680 --> 00:04:58.160 to determine how to tune the GPU for performance they can limit its power or 00:04:55.840 --> 00:05:02.400 allow it to Thermal throttle a scenario that will still result in better 00:04:59.720 --> 00:05:07.000 performance than a lesser GPU or they can throw six heat pipes at it like 00:05:04.479 --> 00:05:13.360 Seager did in hopes of taming the Beast to the point where it runs exactly the 00:05:08.960 --> 00:05:15.680 same as a desktop card so I ran it side 00:05:13.360 --> 00:05:20.919 by side against a desktop test bench with the same Hardware to see just how 00:05:18.160 --> 00:05:24.759 close they got and while it might be surprising to anyone who didn't see the 00:05:23.199 --> 00:05:30.440 massive cooling solution inside this puppy I wasn't exactly floored to see it 00:05:27.280 --> 00:05:32.759 perform literally exactly the same as my 00:05:30.440 --> 00:05:37.759 desktop which doesn't take anything away from how impressive this kind of 00:05:34.919 --> 00:05:43.720 performance is in what is certainly larger and heavier than a MacBook Air 00:05:40.080 --> 00:05:46.400 but still a portable device but there's 00:05:43.720 --> 00:05:51.639 more to a laptop too than its sheer FPS and I need to talk about the experience 00:05:48.639 --> 00:05:53.800 as well in our standard Crisis 3 Skybox 00:05:51.639 --> 00:05:59.240 thermal test sitting on the table at room temperature r980 hummed along at a 00:05:56.400 --> 00:06:04.240 mere 70° while maintaining a rock solid boost clock of 1228 MHz I mean no wonder 00:06:02.319 --> 00:06:09.240 this machine scores were so darn close to the desktop ones and on top of that 00:06:07.240 --> 00:06:14.039 while the rear exhaust vents are quite toasty the keyboard and wrist rests stay 00:06:12.319 --> 00:06:19.280 cool with the keyboard being the only part that's barely noticeably warm to 00:06:16.319 --> 00:06:24.160 the touch sounds like a dream right I wouldn't know my ears are broken which 00:06:22.160 --> 00:06:29.800 is a little unfair at least it's not the same high-pitched fan noise of the blade 00:06:26.080 --> 00:06:32.360 14 but this is no g750 one either either 00:06:29.800 --> 00:06:36.680 so if you were expecting the np98 7 u2g to be quiet! when it's under a 3D 00:06:34.440 --> 00:06:42.360 workload then you'd be a little bit disappointed with your purchase but if 00:06:40.000 --> 00:06:47.720 you were expecting a few hundred watts of thermal dissipation to sound like a 00:06:45.000 --> 00:06:52.039 few watts of thermal dissipation and adjusted your expectations accordingly 00:06:50.120 --> 00:06:57.440 would you be happy with this laptop I sure think so assuming you can 00:06:55.039 --> 00:07:03.599 afford it as configured this machine costs well over 3,000 Us doll but even 00:07:01.479 --> 00:07:08.919 if it's pricey what impresses me the most is that it's possible at all it was 00:07:06.599 --> 00:07:13.639 only a couple of years ago that my team and I marveled at being able to take a 00:07:11.080 --> 00:07:19.919 mini PC from shuttle with a core i7 3960x 16 gigs of RAM and a graphics card 00:07:17.000 --> 00:07:24.879 with us to CES in a duffel bag with a 23in IPS monitor in someone's suitcase 00:07:22.720 --> 00:07:29.280 so that we could edit our videos quickly and in high quality on the road and here 00:07:26.879 --> 00:07:34.680 we are a mere few years later able to do the same thing or better with a laptop 00:07:32.520 --> 00:07:39.680 holy crap right speaking of holy crap you know 00:07:36.879 --> 00:07:43.800 what's amazing for $10 off your purchase of $50 or more you guys can go to 00:07:41.280 --> 00:07:47.400 ifixit.com Linus and enter the code techtips at checkout hold on a second 00:07:46.039 --> 00:07:52.000 line what's I fix it why would I want to buy anything there ah great question if 00:07:49.280 --> 00:07:57.360 you've ever wanted to repair a tablet or a notebook computer or phone and you've 00:07:54.599 --> 00:08:02.000 been like best guide for repairing device X the odds are excellent that you 00:07:59.560 --> 00:08:06.319 ended up over on ifixit.com they've got all kinds of fantastic guides for 00:08:04.280 --> 00:08:10.280 tearing down devices and repairing them replacing batteries to get the most out 00:08:08.560 --> 00:08:14.360 of the stuff that you paid your good hard money for and the thing that most 00:08:12.919 --> 00:08:17.639 people don't know and where the offer code comes in is that I fix it not only 00:08:16.120 --> 00:08:22.800 has these guides but they've got all the tools you need suction cups prying tools 00:08:20.440 --> 00:08:26.879 tweezers magnets hard to find screwdriver bits all that stuff 00:08:24.759 --> 00:08:30.800 available on their site they' even got they even invented a tool to apply 00:08:28.599 --> 00:08:35.000 consistent Heat directly to adhesive Laden case components so you can get 00:08:32.399 --> 00:08:39.800 them apart it's called the eye opener ha cuz it's for opening eye devices anyway 00:08:37.360 --> 00:08:43.479 um anyway don't worry about the jokes or the product names worry about heading 00:08:41.240 --> 00:08:47.920 over to ifixit.com Linus and entering code techtips at the 00:08:45.680 --> 00:08:52.519 checkout so thanks for watching guys if this video sucked you know where that 00:08:49.279 --> 00:08:54.839 button is but if it was awesome get 00:08:52.519 --> 00:08:57.600 subscribed if you're not already hit that like button or even consider 00:08:56.160 --> 00:09:00.920 supporting us directly by using our affiliate code to shop at Amazon and 00:08:59.440 --> 00:09:04.920 instructions are up there by buying a cool shirt like this one link up there 00:09:03.360 --> 00:09:08.279 or with a direct monthly contribution through our community Forum which gets 00:09:06.560 --> 00:09:12.600 you a little contributor badge now that you're done doing all that stuff you're probably wondering what to watch next so 00:09:11.000 --> 00:09:18.120 check out that little button in the top right corner to see a video where I 00:09:15.040 --> 00:09:20.920 build an 8 core desktop gaming rig with 00:09:18.120 --> 00:09:26.399 a CPU motherboard and 16 gigs of RAM for under 00:09:22.440 --> 00:09:26.399 $150 it's real