Slickdeals is community-supported.  We may get paid by brands for deals, including promoted items.
Missed This Deal? Get alerts when similar deals are posted.
expired
expired
StrategyFreak 59.7K Views
Jul 16, 2021 11:13 PM

Gigabyte Aero 15 Laptop: 15.6" 4K OLED, i7-11800H, RTX 3060, 16GB RAM, 1TB SSD

$1,400

$1,900

26% off
+ Free Store Pickupat Best Buy
Visit Best Buy
Good Deal?
125Comments
Save
Share
Deal Details
Best Buy has Gigabyte Aero 15 Creator Laptop (AERO 15 OLED KD-72US624SP) on sale for $1399.99. Select free store pickup where available.

Thanks to Community Member StrategyFreak for posting this deal.

Note: Only available for free store/curbside pickup. Availability may vary by location.

Specs:
  • 15.6" 3840x2160 4K UHD Samsung AMOLED Display
    • VESA DisplayHDR 400 True Black, 100% DCI-P3
  • Intel i7-11800H 2.3GHz 8-Core / 16-Thread 11th Gen Processor
  • Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Max-Q 6GB GDDR6 Graphics
  • 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 3200MHz Memory
  • 1TB M.2 NVMe Solid State Drive
  • Intel AX200 Wireless + Bluetooth 5.2
  • GIGABYTE Fusion RGB Per-Key Backlit Keyboard
  • Windows 10 Home
  • Ports:
    • 3x USB 3.2 Gen1 (Type-A)
    • 1x Thunderbolt 4 (Type-C)
    • 1x HDMI 2.1
    • 1x mini DP 1.4
    • 1x 3.5mm Headphone/Microphone Combo Jack
    • 1x UHS-II SD Card Reader
    • 1x RJ-45
  • Li Polymer 99Wh Battery
  • All Aluminum Chassis
  • ~4.4 lbs

Editor's Notes

Written by oceanlake
  • About this Deal:
    • This price is $500 Lower (26.3% Savings) than the list price of $1,899.99.
  • About this Store:
    • Best Buy Return Policy is found here.

Original Post

Written by StrategyFreak
Community Notes
About the Poster
Deal Details
Community Notes
About the Poster
Best Buy has Gigabyte Aero 15 Creator Laptop (AERO 15 OLED KD-72US624SP) on sale for $1399.99. Select free store pickup where available.

Thanks to Community Member StrategyFreak for posting this deal.

Note: Only available for free store/curbside pickup. Availability may vary by location.

Specs:
  • 15.6" 3840x2160 4K UHD Samsung AMOLED Display
    • VESA DisplayHDR 400 True Black, 100% DCI-P3
  • Intel i7-11800H 2.3GHz 8-Core / 16-Thread 11th Gen Processor
  • Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Max-Q 6GB GDDR6 Graphics
  • 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 3200MHz Memory
  • 1TB M.2 NVMe Solid State Drive
  • Intel AX200 Wireless + Bluetooth 5.2
  • GIGABYTE Fusion RGB Per-Key Backlit Keyboard
  • Windows 10 Home
  • Ports:
    • 3x USB 3.2 Gen1 (Type-A)
    • 1x Thunderbolt 4 (Type-C)
    • 1x HDMI 2.1
    • 1x mini DP 1.4
    • 1x 3.5mm Headphone/Microphone Combo Jack
    • 1x UHS-II SD Card Reader
    • 1x RJ-45
  • Li Polymer 99Wh Battery
  • All Aluminum Chassis
  • ~4.4 lbs

Editor's Notes

Written by oceanlake
  • About this Deal:
    • This price is $500 Lower (26.3% Savings) than the list price of $1,899.99.
  • About this Store:
    • Best Buy Return Policy is found here.

Original Post

Written by StrategyFreak

Community Voting

Deal Score
+57
Good Deal
Visit Best Buy

Price Intelligence

Deal History

Post Date Sold By Sale Price Activity
11/19/21Best Buy$1,250
Popular
9
11/14/21eBay$1,250
Frontpage
68
08/29/21Best Buy$1,300
Frontpage
84
08/02/21Best Buy$1,300
Popular
39
07/16/21Best Buy$1,400
2
07/11/21Best Buy$1,600
Popular
42

Top Comments

JohnS2672
442Comments
86Reputation
No, Not really. You will want to drop the game resolution down to 1080p for most demanding titles.
Go to Comment
max1001
14.4KComments
2.3KReputation
Not really. My desktop 3080 rtx barely handle 4k in AAA from this year.
Go to Comment
hcl777
531Comments
414Reputation
It's funny, I haven't been in the PC market for ages so I hadn't heard of Gigabyte until recently when they were attacked on the Chinese social media site Weibo by the Communist Youth League. You can read the story here [scmp.com] and here [notochina.org].

Gigabyte posted on its own Web site a legitimate marketing message that simply mentioned that their laptops were manufactured in Taiwan and not China, and that they were proud of the quality control there.

These impish young people in China, with the full backing of the Chinese Communist Party, were offended that Gigabyte would dare state that Taiwan manufacturing was better then China manufacturing. They swooped in to bully Gigabyte into shutting up. Sure enough, within days of them posting this to Weibo, Gigabyte laptops disappeared from all e-commerce sites in China, and Gigabyte had to issue a groveling apology, as if they had committed a mortal sin in talking about "Made in Taiwan".

For those of you who don't China-Taiwan politics,Taiwan is a tiny country where many of the Nationalists who fled China after the 1949 Civl War went after they were defeated by the Communists. While the Communists proceeded to murder over 65 million of their own citizens and engage in human rights abuses that continue to this day, Taiwan became one of the economic powerhouse in Asia.

Now that China is become an economic force in itself, it is brainwashing its citizens to view Taiwan not as the independent country it's been since 1949, but as a "renegade province" to one day be invaded and "reunited".

I don't know if you're offended by China's increasing dominance over manufacturing, but I sure am. When I see a deal like this for a Made in Taiwan laptop, I'm going to jump at it and I'm going to tell everyone to buy it, if only to prevent China from taking over everything.

If China manages to take over chip manufacturing and ODM production, that will be a death knell to this industry that America invented. Taiwan is the thin line that's protecting us from ourselves.

That's enough to get me to buy Gigabyte from now on (and thanks to the OP for bringing up this deal).
Go to Comment

Join The Conversation

Share your experience with the Slickdeals community

Share information with the community. Please follow our Community Guidelines and be kind!

125 Comments

Sign up for a Slickdeals account to remove this ad.

Jul 17, 2021 2:02 AM
1.4K Comments
Joined Jun 2010
IDAnonymousJul 17, 2021 2:02 AM
1.4K Comments

Our community has rated this post as helpful. If you agree, why not thank

nice price drop but ppl seem to say it has wifi extended drop out issues. I love oled and burn in issue is really not much of an issue on tvs. but I do worry about it on monitors.
1
Jul 17, 2021 2:24 AM
659 Comments
Joined Feb 2019
LazySurfer420Jul 17, 2021 2:24 AM
659 Comments
I saw this in morning today & was wondering if i should post this as a deal. Simply looking at the specs looks like a great deal. BUT, there's a big BUT!
QC issues & actual user reviews don't look promising.
If Gigabyte had a good after sales service, i would have jumped on this deal. Buying Geeksquad warranty will just kill the deal.
Might be a good gamble for someone ready to deal with Gigabyte after sales service (just in case).
1
Jul 17, 2021 2:53 AM
104 Comments
Joined May 2015
skylerdprahlJul 17, 2021 2:53 AM
104 Comments
Quote from IDAnonymous View quoted comment :
nice price drop but ppl seem to say it has wifi extended drop out issues. I love oled and burn in issue is really not much of an issue on tvs. but I do worry about it on monitors.
It has an nvme wifi card so you can swap to whatever you want but.. . Im not sure I would put much faith in people who say wifi drops out. Most of them don't know what they are doing or know how to take 802.11 pcaps to figure out what is going on. Hell half of them don't even know what frequency band they are running on. I've had an Intel ax200 that is in this for over 6 months and no issues. I exclusively use ax though, not b/g/n/ac. I bet most of the 'dropped wifi' people are on 2.4ghz g/n and that's just asking for trouble. No one should be using it for a device like this since it has been around since the late 90s, has been saturated by garbage IOT devices, Bluetooth interference, etc, and only has 3 non overlapping channels to choose from so there is no getting away from those devices crowding up the spectrum.
I totally agree on the oled burn-in thing. Plus who needs 4k on a 15 inch screen unless you are going to break out a magnifying glass..
1
5
Jul 17, 2021 3:33 AM
1.4K Comments
Joined Jun 2010
IDAnonymousJul 17, 2021 3:33 AM
1.4K Comments
Quote from skylerdprahl View quoted comment :
It has an nvme wifi card so you can swap to whatever you want but.. . Im not sure I would put much faith in people who say wifi drops out. Most of them don't know what they are doing or know how to take 802.11 pcaps to figure out what is going on. Hell half of them don't even know what frequency band they are running on. I've had an Intel ax200 that is in this for over 6 months and no issues. I exclusively use ax though, not b/g/n/ac. I bet most of the 'dropped wifi' people are on 2.4ghz g/n and that's just asking for trouble. No one should be using it for a device like this since it has been around since the late 90s, has been saturated by garbage IOT devices, Bluetooth interference, etc, and only has 3 non overlapping channels to choose from so there is no getting away from those devices crowding up the spectrum.
I totally agree on the oled burn-in thing. Plus who needs 4k on a 15 inch screen unless you are going to break out a magnifying glass..
Some reviewer actually swapped it and said it still had wifi drop out. Not sure why though
Jul 17, 2021 4:22 AM
741 Comments
Joined Jul 2004
ZaiakuJul 17, 2021 4:22 AM
741 Comments
Quote from SuperMario640 View quoted comment :
Have you seen the Steam Deck, maybe that will interest you more.
Already pre-ordered lol
1
1
Jul 17, 2021 4:24 AM
86 Comments
Joined Feb 2016
alex_shaikhJul 17, 2021 4:24 AM
86 Comments
Hmmm looks like a nice build...love that keyboard layout...hate the IO on the sides though...but for 1400 plus tax....if you can snag 10% cash back and the sum then this is not a bad deal at all
Jul 17, 2021 5:17 AM
4.7K Comments
Joined Nov 2005
LarkJul 17, 2021 5:17 AM
4.7K Comments
omg I've been eyeing this laptop forever... and this pops up... But I wanted at least a 3070.... and the wifi issues kind of put me off.... what to do... what to do....

and the USB-C port doesn't input power is ridiculous....

Sign up for a Slickdeals account to remove this ad.

Jul 17, 2021 6:21 AM
4.7K Comments
Joined Nov 2005
LarkJul 17, 2021 6:21 AM
4.7K Comments
omg... I pulled the trigger... I hope I don't regret.
2
Jul 17, 2021 6:24 AM
121 Comments
Joined Jul 2008
slickleadJul 17, 2021 6:24 AM
121 Comments
gigabyte seems to have quality issue at least with this series thru the years. But for the spec and components, this is pretty slick. The 4k AMOLED is more for creators who needs high quality screen on laptop. The 3060 at 105w is not bad, consider 3070 and 3080 only has similar power to spare, meaning you get more use of that 3060 than other config although they do get a little more frame rate at this power if that's what you are shooting for. Most laptop of this dimension can only provide 100w or so for the GPU due to cooling limitation. Not sure about the return policy, but I would try to test every component and see if anything is defective and get return/replace if needs to.
1
Jul 17, 2021 7:12 AM
366 Comments
Joined Sep 2016
gh0stxJul 17, 2021 7:12 AM
366 Comments
Quote from Lark View quoted comment :
omg I've been eyeing this laptop forever... and this pops up... But I wanted at least a 3070.... and the wifi issues kind of put me off.... what to do... what to do....

and the USB-C port doesn't input power is ridiculous....
Is it true usb c no power delivery?
Jul 17, 2021 7:15 AM
4.7K Comments
Joined Nov 2005
LarkJul 17, 2021 7:15 AM
4.7K Comments
Quote from gh0stx View quoted comment :
Is it true usb c no power delivery?
Thats what I read... Kind of a dealbreaker... Having to carry a brick. But I'm going to be using this primarily as a main desktop
Jul 17, 2021 7:16 AM
4.7K Comments
Joined Nov 2005
LarkJul 17, 2021 7:16 AM
4.7K Comments
Quote from slicklead View quoted comment :
gigabyte seems to have quality issue at least with this series thru the years. But for the spec and components, this is pretty slick. The 4k AMOLED is more for creators who needs high quality screen on laptop. The 3060 at 105w is not bad, consider 3070 and 3080 only has similar power to spare, meaning you get more use of that 3060 than other config although they do get a little more frame rate at this power if that's what you are shooting for. Most laptop of this dimension can only provide 100w or so for the GPU due to cooling limitation. Not sure about the return policy, but I would try to test every component and see if anything is defective and get return/replace if needs to.
Yeah I really wanted a 3070, but I lean more towards value. I don't think having just a few more fps is worth the price for 3070 or 3080...
Jul 17, 2021 7:21 AM
4.7K Comments
Joined Nov 2005
LarkJul 17, 2021 7:21 AM
4.7K Comments
The Newegg ones isn't a good deal compared to BB because you have to deal with rebates and it's half the storage too
Jul 17, 2021 12:43 PM
741 Comments
Joined Jul 2004
ZaiakuJul 17, 2021 12:43 PM
741 Comments
Quote from gh0stx View quoted comment :
Is it true usb c no power delivery?
Yes. Deal breaker for me as I trying to switch everything to have pd just for ready multi room charging around the house.
1
1

Sign up for a Slickdeals account to remove this ad.

Jul 17, 2021 3:02 PM
181 Comments
Joined Dec 2011
flesh_pileJul 17, 2021 3:02 PM
181 Comments
USB-C cannot handle over 100 watts at the moment. In the near future yes, but at the moment gaming laptops with power hungry GPUs will still have a power brick

Join The Conversation

Share your experience with the Slickdeals community

Share information with the community. Please follow our Community Guidelines and be kind!

Related Deals

Sponsored

Related Searches

ComputersLaptopsGIGABYTEBest BuyNewegg