GIGABYTE AERO 15-X9-RT5P Core i7-8750H NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 16 GB Memory 1 TB Intel SSD Win10 Pro 15.6" FHD LG IPS 144 Hz Gaming Laptop

Pros: -The screen is 144Hz & detailed for gaming & editing. *I get around 85 fps on Apex Legends with maximum settings -The battery is the best in among the competitors. -Very slim and modernized design. -AI edge & cloud is very helpful and have noticeable improvement compared to the stock one (AI disabled)

Cons: - Just one problem until now, the ram is single channel you need to upgrade it to dual channel (just add another stick of samsung 16gb ram) then this device will be the perfect laptop ever.

Pros: -extremely rigid and sturdy -one of the best build quality -Powerful to be this thin -Snappy

Cons: -Included software is something to be desire. No shame in uninstall everything -fan profile are loud. Undervolting the cpu would help slightly. -Major problem with battery drainage on my unit, that 94wHr feel like a 57wHr battery. -Control Center is a mess. It would occasionally not launch and have to attempt multiple time to launch it. Drivers versions of other components latest update are completely hit or miss and did not match with any official version on Gigabyte website. -The price does not reflect on how much you have to mess around just to get it running. -*OCD* I primarily uses white lighting on keyboard and I can tell you it is not the same white as the power button. Should of just make the power button RGB too Gigabyte.

Overall Review: -As stated above, out of the box the battery life can barely hit 4 hours from just using Word doc and Chrome. I'm seeing my battery percentage going down 1-2% every minute. I'm in the process of updating all bios and drivers. Nothing was in the background. I will update regarding to this issue i'm experiencing after tweaking around. -If you're updating drivers, avoid using it through control center and just use the one on Gigabyte website. -Install official verison of Nvidia drivers through Gigabyte. As far as I can tell, this might be one of the contributing factor in the optimus issue where the dedicated GPU constantly turn on and off. UPDATE: -After tweaking around, I manage to get 7-8 hours of battery life with screen brightness at 75%. I manage to undervolt to -0.150mv. The rest are drivers issue. I would recommend installing official driver from gigabyte website instead of through the Control Center App. I have increase the review score but will not be perfect due to the hassle of messing with the product.

Pros: Compact, light, 6 hours of battery life under normal usage, excellent 144hz IPS display, and great thermal performance.

Cons: Gigabyte's AI program doesn't do much and it messes up the RGB keyboard settings. The fans can get pretty loud on max CPU and GPU load. Cost me an arm and a leg.

Overall Review: I bought this because I needed a thin and light laptop that I could also play games on it occasionally. I wish it supported USB C charging, so I could travel with a smaller charger if I didn't plan on gaming.

Pros: -Core i9-8950HK, RTX 2070, DDR4, NVME is the best combination I've gamed with to date. -Load times are low, I'm able to play everything I want at max or near max settings -Great display panel, 1080p @ 144Hz is silky-smooth for both games and videos. Thin bezel = less wasted space. -Thin, small form factor is easily portable. I love how portable this laptop is, it takes up very little room in my bag when transporting it. -Speakers are much better than I expected for a thin gaming laptop. -The Gigabyte Control Panel is handy, much more seamless versus the MSI software on my last laptop which was very buggy.

Cons: -First one had BSOD out of the box, but Newegg and Gigabyte customer service came through and shipped out a replacement very quickly (which now works flawlessly) -Gigabyte's update software could use some work. It will only allow you to update one thing at a time. An "Update all" feature would be nice.

Overall Review: -The unit does run hot *duh* it's a THIN, LOW-PROFILE gaming laptop and not a desktop. I don't see this as a con because I expect it to happen, just worthy of noting in case others have unrealistic expectations. Don't get me wrong, it is not THAT hot. My last laptop was MUCH hotter, my MSI GT60 2OD would melt your face if you got too close to it. This Gigabyte runs cooler by far. -The unit could use another stick of RAM. DDR4 is fast, but it is only single channel on this unit. Not sure why it would ship with only one stick/single channel mode when dual channel has obvious performance benefits but this laptop is quick as it is. -Overall, I'd buy it again especially after receiving great support. Thanks Newegg and Gigabyte for coming through!

Pros: -Well packaged in GIGABYTE BOX -This unit seems to have minimal backlight bleed -Keyboard works without any issue -Mouse seems to be smooth

Cons: -Battery draining fast for being a 10h battery, I will have to inspect on reinstalling the os maybe. -The finish of the case seems to be suceptible to the oil of the skin. -The package from newegg is the worts ever. They put a thin box over the original one, not even a fragile label, I definitely wont buy again any expensive product from this website. -Their customer support is "we sent your unit, you are on your on" ..

Overall Review: I wouldnt recommend buy expensive stuff from here unless you are willing to hope dont need newegg customer support for anything related to your package in transist to your destination, something good to add is they have good offers and bundles, I recognize that.

Pros: Super fast gaming laptop. Well built: you can feel how robust the build is. Everything worked out of the box as expected. Boot times are lighting fast. Came with Battlefield 5 and a keyboard skin, although I'm not sure I'm going to use that skin as I'm not sure what the benefit really is.

Cons: RBG keyboard software is totally flaky. You set it do to one pattern and within a couple hours it's either off or doing it's own thing. Called their support and they had me uninstall their bloatware and reinstall from their website and no change. Def. not a deal breaker as keyboard lights are a secondary but it is a pain in the behind.

Overall Review: *updated on 5/20/19. As part of this laptop deal when i purchased this laptop. Gigabyte was offering a $20 dollar gift card for Steam for proof of purchase and proof of a 5 star review on the retailers website that you made this purchase from. I did these things and never recieved any Steam gift card. I tried to contact Gigabyte and they would not respond (on the email they list on the promotion) until I threatened to add this to my review stating they are not honoring their promo. They promtly responded to that saying my review was excepted and the card should be sent out in a week. That was a month ago. Buyer beware, Gigabyte is chinsing out on this promotion. I know it's only $20 dollars but the laptop was $2400 dollars. That's a pretty steep price tag on a laptop (which the RBG keyboard does not work right still, after updates they suggested, you program the keyboard for a certain light pattern and it just either shuts off completely or switches to another pattern at random times). I am taking a egg away for Gigabyte lying about this promo and not sending out these 20 dollar cards, basically bribeing their customers for a 5 star review and then not giving the bribe. It's no longer a 5 star (egg) since this company lies to it's customers. *

Pros: Fast, thin, light, great screen quality, nice conservative looking, rigid frame, good keyboard, and good battery. I got it on sale for $300 less than the current price. Great package too with a free game, a GIGABYTE 17" gaming backpack, a Gigabyte 7 button mouse and SAMSUNG 16 GB DDR4 (16 GB x 1) 2666 MHz 260-pin SO-DIMM. Easy to open-Torx T6 required. Installed the RAM and WD 500 Gb M.2 SSD with no problem into empty slots. Plan to swap the 500 to 2048 in near future.

Cons: None with the laptop. The Gigabyte Control Center App for Fusion keyboard was not intuitive but with some trial and error, lets one set your keyboard lighting just as you like.There should have been one setting for steady light without wild spinning, rainbow, or hedge effects etc. Maybe there is but I could not find one.

Overall Review: I looked at ASUS, with which I have 2 good experiences G71/G73). Looked a little at MSI, but the GT70 had a sticker to warn opening voided warranty and is the only notebook I had to return under warranty when the MB stopped recognizing a good HDD. My previous Gigabyte P35 works without problem and has been trouble free, so I trust them.

Pros: The Chassis is great- it looks professional and sleek and doesn't weigh much. The bezzels are small which is a plus. Taking this machine apart is pretty simple, and there is room for another M.2 drive and stick of RAM (more on that below) Personally I like the keyboard, it mirrors a mechanical kb in that the keys require a little more force than a standard membrane board, but those are so subjective anyways. The trackpad is nice too, it just takes a little getting used to after moving away from a Lenovo with dedicated left and right mouse buttons. The display is beautiful with the Pantone drivers and 144hz refresh rate, I could NOT be happier to look at that screen. I ran a benchmark on Rainbow Six: Siege with almost everything on Ultra and was able to keep the FPS above 144 so I'm pleased with its performance.

Cons: Camera placement sucks, but I never use it so I don't really care The cooling is less than stellar, causing both the CPU and GPU to thermal throttle. I will probably undervolt both of them to keep temps down and maybe squeeze out a little more performance and battery life. I probably could have gone for the i7 model instead of the i9 and gotten similar performance It only comes with a single stick of RAM, so you'll need to purchase another one to run in dual channel, which the hardware canucks did a video on using this exact laptop and the performance difference was actually shocking. Luckily I got a free 16gb stick for ordering this laptop but those can be expensive.

Overall Review: When I was setting things up on this laptop, the Nvidia Geforce experience app was causing BSOD for RTX cards, but I thought it was this laptop. Wound up doing a hard reset to try and fix it before I realized it was Nvidia's problem and had to reinstall all the drivers and things but that was really simple using the command center app. All the drivers are listed on Gigabyte's website and were easy to find there as well. Still not sure what the use of the AI system is but it doesn't seem like its hurting anything.