Super Thin, Super Powerful Gaming Notebooks.. with Camo!! - CES 2016
Linus Tech Tips
·Linus Tech Tips
·2016-05-06
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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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I will explain this you know all of this
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by Squarespace build it visually attractive to the eye also known as
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beautiful so we're actually on the aorus side of things that's a sub brand that
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they have for gaming notebooks and they're showing off a couple of pretty
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cool things so first up is the aus X7 DT
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so the DT is for determination because aorus was
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determined to take a desktop GPU and I'm
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sure the DT has nothing to do with that in this case the GTX 980 and cram it
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into not just any old 17-inch laptop because we've seen 980 based laptops
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kind of all over the place at this point but to do it in their signature thinner
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form factor so it also features a refreshed skyl processor DD R4 RAM m.2
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storage it's got a 17-inch screen that same signature aluminum construction
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that is as beautiful to the touch as it is to the eye but now with even more
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performance now remember the thing about the gtx980 in a laptop is that we don't
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know exactly how it's going to handle its power and thermal limits so maybe
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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
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see where they're going with this one in terms of IO they've made some upgrades
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as well so on the right side you've got your USB 3 you've got your HDMI you've
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got your mini DisplayPort and yes that is USB 3.1 with a typ c connector
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unfortunately not Thunderbolt however at the back is power as well as another USB
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3 and over here on the left next to their G Keys those are programmable
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macro Keys actually they've got some new macro functionality including like
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profiles that you can create for different um EQ settings and all that
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depending on applications that you laun so that's kind of neat then they've got gigabit Ethernet HDMI VGA another USB
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3.0 and audio now the one thing that I
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continue to criticize about a ORS laptops is the fact that they use a
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glossy that is a smooth glass touchpad so they're half the way there glass is
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good but I'd like to see frosted they've got another model here that's pretty
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similar to the previous X5 as well but
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with one key change now it's still available in the Dual 965m SLI
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configuration but in addition to some updated iio so again we've got USB 3.1
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type c this time over on the left side this puppy features up to a 970m single
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graphics card if you prefer the non SLI
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gaming
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experience which brings us of course to the last thing here in the aor suite
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that we're talking about and the reason for the get up here this is their new
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well not new cuz it doesn't exist yet but whatever up coming limited edition
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versions of the X7 X5 and X3 the main
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difference between these and the other ones is they have severely downgraded
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the specs and it is all about the
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looks just kidding it's exactly the same laptop so you get the same aluminum
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construction but they're using water transfer technology to use this like
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Super Hyper thin film and then they take
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the components of the chassis itself and they kind of like dip it into the water
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that holds the film on top which allows this camo finish that they've developed
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which is actually based on a multicam like legit military finish to be not
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only on the flat surfaces like you'd be able to do with a traditional vinyl wrap
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but also on things like even you know fan or speaker grills without losing any
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of the overall pattern now each of these is basically hand done and they're not
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no two are going to look the same but
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with that said if you guys are like well I wouldn't want to look the same as that
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anyway because it's like camo well actually you may have an opportunity to
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influence future aorus designs so they actually allow you to submit ideas
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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
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a super like completely different design this technology allows them to do pretty
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much anything it's really cool and depending on the region the specs of the
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limited editions ones will vary but assuming that the specs were Apples to
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Apples it only adds about $100 to the cost of the laptop and makes it really
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freaking unique looking so guys thanks
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