Newegg has
GIGABYTE AERO 16 XE5 Laptop (AERO 16 XE5-73US948HP) for
$1289 when you apply promo code
SSCP2A35 at checkout.
Shipping is free.
Thanks to community member
Dr.Wajahat for finding this deal.
Note, includes AERO Hub (External Adaptor with HDMI, miniDP, USB 3.1 Type-A, RJ45).
Specs- Intel Core i7-12700H 2.30GHz Processor
- 16" 3840x2400 60Hz 400-nits AMOLED Display
- 32GB DDR5 Memory
- 2TB NVMe PCIe Gen4 Solid State Drive
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti 8GB GDDR6 105W Graphics
- Backlit Keyboard
- Intel Wi-Fi 6E AX210 (Gig+) Wireless + BT 5.2
- 99Wh Battery
- 5.07-Lbs
- Windows 11 Pro
- Ports:
- 1x USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-C Support DP
- 2x Thunderbolt 4 Support DP (one port support PD in 100W)
- 1x 3.5mm Audio Combo Jack
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It's a creator laptop with some moderate gaming capabilities.
I have a Razer 15 3070, MBP16 i9, MBP16 M1 Pro, Asus G14, G15, and M16 and owned several laptops as a hobby... The Build quality on this is very good. Maybe just a notch below Razer but par or better than Asus. It looks way way better in person than in photos. The contrast of the trackpad makes it look weird in photos.
Screen is to absolutely die for, content looks amazing. It's really the whole point of this machine. It's a unique 16:10 4k OLED that blows me away. Will play COD MWII at 60fps on most settings High at 4k with DLSS. 60hz is fine at 4k because most games this year won't run much faster than that at 4k on high settings. Very easy to upgrade the RAM and there's 2 NVME slots. Wish it had at least 1 USB-A but whatever, it comes with a very nice port adapter. The speakers are pretty meh but no PC comes close to Apple on speakers for some reason.
Flashed mine from 105w to 130w on the GPU, works perfect without even a repaste. Just google it and its very straight forward.
People complaining about the heat... have you ever tried a 3060+ laptop before? They all, all run hot and this is about par.
Fan works perfectly fine for me but I used the GB software to tame the fans a bit. Body can handle the heat of a watt upgrade.
Lots of posts on improving battery life, the culprit is their GCC control software.
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I just took a deeper look and oh my gosh, total lack of ports. there are zero old school USB ports on this machine. I think this is why I didn't like their previous model also. my current Lenovo has almost every port used regularly so I can't imagine using a device that has so few. docks are great but it's nice to just have the ports built in.
It's a creator laptop with some moderate gaming capabilities.
It's a creator laptop with some moderate gaming capabilities.
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