all right so we're here in the Gigabyte Suite actually well we're only sort of in the Gigabyte suite and uh don't worry
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beautiful so we're actually on the aorus side of things that's a sub brand that
they have for gaming notebooks and they're showing off a couple of pretty
cool things so first up is the aus X7 DT
so the DT is for determination because aorus was
determined to take a desktop GPU and I'm
sure the DT has nothing to do with that in this case the GTX 980 and cram it
into not just any old 17-inch laptop because we've seen 980 based laptops
kind of all over the place at this point but to do it in their signature thinner
form factor so it also features a refreshed skyl processor DD R4 RAM m.2
storage it's got a 17-inch screen that same signature aluminum construction
that is as beautiful to the touch as it is to the eye but now with even more
performance now remember the thing about the gtx980 in a laptop is that we don't
know exactly how it's going to handle its power and thermal limits so maybe
we'll have to check this one out in the future let me know if you guys want to see that but I am definitely excited to
see where they're going with this one in terms of IO they've made some upgrades
as well so on the right side you've got your USB 3 you've got your HDMI you've
got your mini DisplayPort and yes that is USB 3.1 with a typ c connector
unfortunately not Thunderbolt however at the back is power as well as another USB
3 and over here on the left next to their G Keys those are programmable
macro Keys actually they've got some new macro functionality including like
profiles that you can create for different um EQ settings and all that
depending on applications that you laun so that's kind of neat then they've got gigabit Ethernet HDMI VGA another USB
3.0 and audio now the one thing that I
continue to criticize about a ORS laptops is the fact that they use a
glossy that is a smooth glass touchpad so they're half the way there glass is
good but I'd like to see frosted they've got another model here that's pretty
similar to the previous X5 as well but
with one key change now it's still available in the Dual 965m SLI
configuration but in addition to some updated iio so again we've got USB 3.1
type c this time over on the left side this puppy features up to a 970m single
graphics card if you prefer the non SLI
gaming
experience which brings us of course to the last thing here in the aor suite
that we're talking about and the reason for the get up here this is their new
well not new cuz it doesn't exist yet but whatever up coming limited edition
versions of the X7 X5 and X3 the main
difference between these and the other ones is they have severely downgraded
the specs and it is all about the
looks just kidding it's exactly the same laptop so you get the same aluminum
construction but they're using water transfer technology to use this like
Super Hyper thin film and then they take
the components of the chassis itself and they kind of like dip it into the water
that holds the film on top which allows this camo finish that they've developed
which is actually based on a multicam like legit military finish to be not
only on the flat surfaces like you'd be able to do with a traditional vinyl wrap
but also on things like even you know fan or speaker grills without losing any
of the overall pattern now each of these is basically hand done and they're not
no two are going to look the same but
with that said if you guys are like well I wouldn't want to look the same as that
anyway because it's like camo well actually you may have an opportunity to
influence future aorus designs so they actually allow you to submit ideas
through their form that's where this whole thing came from and if you're like yeah you know I'd love one that had like
a super like completely different design this technology allows them to do pretty
much anything it's really cool and depending on the region the specs of the
limited editions ones will vary but assuming that the specs were Apples to
Apples it only adds about $100 to the cost of the laptop and makes it really
freaking unique looking so guys thanks
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