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HyperX. Seems like every time we run into Gigabyte, they're showing off some
new thinnest, lightest gaming notebook
ever thing. And this time they're calling it the X5. So, this is a 15.6 in
laptop that's got up to three SSD
support. It's got a 2 and 1/2 in hard drive bay. It supports up to four so
dim. So that's up to 32 gigs of DDR3 memory. It's got an Intel Core i7
processor. It's got a 3K or optionally a
4K display. That's using an Exo panel. So we're not talking TN nonsense here.
And most impressively, it's got two GeForce GTX
965M graphics cards. This is one absolutely serious machine. It's got
their same macro keys on the left of the keyboard. It's got a chicklet keyboard.
It's got an aluminum construction that both helps dissipate heat and keeps it
extremely lightweight and strong. And if you've got the pretty pennies to put
together for it, might just be one of the most powerful compact gaming
machines on the planet. And by one of, I mean it might actually be pretty much it
at this point. In terms of IO, you've got three USB 3 ports, DisplayPort out,
HDMI out, audio ports, you've got a micro SD slot, and is that two HDMI?
Looks Look at that. It has dual HDMI. Pretty cool. Did I mention by the way
that those SSD slots are M.2? So, not
your typical M SATA. Now, speaking of having DisplayPort out, the X7 Pro is
not actually new, the one that's sitting right here. But what is new is that via
DisplayPort out or mini DisplayPort. This one is running an NVIDIA G-Sync
panel. That's not something that's officially supported G-Sync on mobile
GPUs. Now, I can't get any kind of confirmation from anyone in terms of
when we're or if we're going to see this feature actually implemented, but it's
definitely cool to see it running on hardware that is already out there. So,
that's 970M SLI in the X7 Pro. So, you
step down to a 15.6 in, then you get 965M SLI. That's those are 4 gig cards.
Not exactly a uh, you know, a loser option, that's for sure. But the premium
Aoris brand isn't the only one that's getting a little bit of attention from
Gigabyte. And this one, out of everything they're launching under the Gigabyte brand, is the one that
interests me most. I love powerful gaming notebooks. I love affordable
gaming notebooks and I love small gaming notebooks. And this looks like it's
going to be a pretty healthy mix of all of them. I don't have exact pricing and
I don't actually have exact specs. I just know, you know, it's got a Core i7
quadcore processor. It's dual channel DDR3 memory. It supports one M SATA SSD
up to 512 gigs. Realistically, if you could find a 1 TB one, I think Samsung
has one, you could put a bigger one in it. And it also supports up to a two TB
hard drive. So, it's got room for an SSD and a hard drive in this tiny form
factor. And the most impressive thing about it, other than how slim it is, is
that it has a GeForce GTX 970M inside
powering the 1080p nonTN panel up here.
So, if you're looking for I don't know like who exactly this is targeted at cuz
going along with the two USB 3 ports, HDMI, SD card reader and power in on
this side they've got another two USB3 ports, an audio jack, Ethernet which is
nice and VGA so it almost kind of looks like a business model but then it's got
a 970M in it. So, if you're like the traveling, you know, business person who
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