Top 5 Gaming Notebooks of CES 2015
Linus Tech Tips
·Linus Tech Tips
·2015-05-07
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so as a followup to our video showing some of the top gaming desktops that we
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saw at CES 2015 we wanted to do a top
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gaming notebooks one because actually I feel like some of the amazing notebook
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technology that we saw this week is even better than what we saw on the desktop
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so uh without further Ado here we go
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could this be one of our top gaming laptops of CES this year is this even a
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laptop I mean this thing weighs what 4.7 kg it's got a massive 18.4 in 1080p
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display and it is big like oh look at it
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it is thick look at this thing this is the gt80 Titan SLI and this is a whole
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new concept as far as gaming laptops are concerned it's got a core i7 4980 HQ
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processor dual NVIDIA GTX 980m 8 gig
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graphics cards did I mention that MSI is committing to offer mxm upgrade modules
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for at least two generations that are compatible with this as well as a
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cooling solution it supports up to four
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DDR3 modules for a total of 32 gigs of RAM up to four m.2 SATA ssds in raid
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zero in addition to a 2 and 1 half inch hard drive it's got their killer
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networking so it's got 2x2 AC as well as wired networking it's got a 1080p webcam
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but the real killer app for this one is aside from the upgradeability so you can
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actually access all those components I was talking about before the optical
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drive for m. MSA m.2 as well as two of
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the dims the other two are on the bottom and the 2 and 1/2 in Drive aside from
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upgradeability it is this guy right here this is a Cherry MX Brown mechanical
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gaming keyboard built right into this notebook and what is a true Marvel about
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this is it actually maintains the same profile off the desk as a regular
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mechanical gaming keyboard is this the most practical thing ever would it make
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more sense to carry around a mechanical gaming keyboard with you whenever you had to travel with your system I will
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leave that up to you guys but is definitely a oneof a-kind piece of
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machinery and something that will appeal to some folks out there I know this for
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a fact continuing our tour of the top gaming notebooks of CES 2015 out of
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everything that Gigabyte had on display this is the one that really stood out to
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me not only does it have a core i7 quad core processor and it's you know got
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this extremely slim form factor great mix of IO with four USB 3 ports dual
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HDMI mini DisplayPort out it's got a glass touch pad it's got actually a
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fairly nice chicklet keyboard with a full number pad and macro Keys over on
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the left it's got a 3K or optionally a 4K nonn that's an EXO display on top of
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all that stuff .9 in thin it's got
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GeForce GTX 965m graphics cards in SLI
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yes this is a dual GPU SLI notebook in an extremely slim form factor and it
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packs a bunch of other stuff in there too instead of compromising the way that we see thin and light gaming notebooks
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do a lot of the time it doesn't have any limitations in terms of storage you've
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got up to three m.2 ssds supported along
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with a 2 and 1 half in hard drive and it doesn't compromise on memory with up to
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four DDR3 sodium supported for a total of 32 gigs of RAM our next notebook is a
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little bit of an unusual one yeah it features a core i7 quad core 4870hq
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processor yeah it's got 16 gigs of RAM it can hold up to two ssds and raid zero
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13.3 in IPS display backlit chicklet
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keyboard beautiful super slim
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lightweight design and Iris Graphics well hold on a second
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lonus that doesn't sound like much of a gaming notebook well the real magic for
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this one happens in the box underneath it at the back of this notebook is a
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little flap that covers a full PCI Express 16x slot PCI Express 16x gen 3
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so this is desktop class connectivity to
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this box down below that not only has additional USB as well as killer
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Ethernet and audio ports but also a cooling fan a 450 W power supply and
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room for any desktop graphics card you
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could pretty much want MSI is saying you'll have support for any MSI GPU and
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any reference GPU from either NVIDIA or AMD and all you got to do is power down
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the system slide it into this locking
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dock right here power power it back up and boom you are outputting from what
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they've got in here is a GTX uh 980 if I
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recall correctly you output to an external Monitor and you are having a
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desktop grade gaming experience except when you want to pick it up and be on
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the go and then you have a super lightweight
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notebook did I mention it's called The gs30 Shadow I don't think I did but
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that's what it's called so we found our next sick gaming notebook in the Intel
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performance notebook Suite I mean imagine finding some high performance
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notebooks there this is the HP Omen 15 so it's a 15.6 in 1080P model with a
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full 10-point multi-touch touch screen for me personally that is something that
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I do really appreciate it's got a core I 7471 HQ it's got a GeForce GTX 86m SSD
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uh I think this particular one has 8 gigs of RAM and okay so those specs
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don't sound really that amazing for me this one is more about the look aside
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from the very stri in material choices
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that HP has made for this one with the textured back cover as well as the sort
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of the angular shape to the way that it sits on the desk you've actually got
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this is kind of cool lights that illuminate in the surprisingly loud and
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clear speakers along the right hand edges you've got a red back lit keyboard
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a super like Mega wide touchpad that is
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incredibly pleasing to use and then on the bottom itself let's go ahead and
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close this bad boy you've got basically an entirely perforated surface along the
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entire back of the notebook that keeps it nice and cool it's got a rubber ring
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around the bottom so it doesn't slip around when you're using it on your desk
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and this is actually something that I appreciate more than maybe even more
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than I should so there's two rear exhaust vents at the back in addition to
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power in four USB 3.0 ports HDMI out
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mini DisplayPort out and a headphone jack I really like having IO at the rear
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I find so many notebook makers put iio on the right especially USB ports like
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if they're only on the right then I find they get in the way of your mouse hand
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if you want to actually game with the thing by plugging in a mouse for HP the
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only thing on the right hand side is an SD card slot and other than that it is
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completely clean around the outside of the notebook now this little number
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right here is a pretty normal looking gaming notebook it's got a 15.6 in 1080P
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display it's got an Intel Core i7 4710 HQ processor that's a quad core it's got
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a GeForce GTX 970m or an R9 295 XM in
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there for the GPU up to 16 gigs of RAM an m.2 SSD for storage along with a 2
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and 1 half in hard drive and a pretty typical I/O configuration some lighting
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effects it's not like hyper thin or anything like that
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say at the back that's not a standard
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looking IO thing that is a port for alien wear's Graphics amplifier the box
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that's sitting right next to it so what this does is it's a proprietary
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connector that that features a PCI Express gen 3 Forex link as well as some
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other Tom Foolery to give your notebook both expanded iio so additional USB
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ports I'm pretty sure that's the only thing they got back here yeah some additional USB ports as well as a full
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PCI Express 16x graphics card slot
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inside the box that is powered by a 375 wat power supply so the demo they're
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running right here actually has this notebook running Shadow of Mordor with a
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GTX 9 80 desktop graphics card powering
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this 4K display and running through the system so the system is only acting as
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CPU memory storage actually everything except the GPU where this one takes over
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for whatever mobile GPU would normally have in the laptop well I hope you guys
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enjoyed our top gaming notebooks of CES 2015 I certainly did make sure that
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