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Open Box Excellent: Gigabyte Aero X16 Laptop: Ryzen AI 7 350, 16" 1600p 165Hz, RTX 5070

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Best Buy has Open Box - Excellent: Gigabyte Aero X16 Gaming Laptop (Space Gray, GIGABYTE AERO X16 1WH93USC64AH) on sale for $1147.99. Shipping is free or choose curbside pickup where stock permits.
  • Note: Availability for pickup may vary by location. Select locations may also have lesser conditions at lower prices (Fair $1047.99, Good $1097.99), available for pickup only.
Thanks to Community Member Dr.W for sharing this deal.

Specs:
  • AMD Ryzen AI 7 350 8-Core / 16 Thread 2GHz (5GHz max boost) Processor
  • 16" 2560 x 1600 400-nits 165Hz IPS panel, 3ms, 100% sRGB Display
  • 32GB DDR5-5600 Memory (2 SODIMM Slots) RAM
  • 1TB PCIe NVMe M.2 SSD + Empty Gen 4x2 Slot
  • NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 8GB GDDR7 Graphics Card
  • Wi-Fi 6E 802.11ax 2x2 + Bluetooth 5.2
  • RGB Backlit Keyboard, 1080p IR Webcam
  • Windows 11 Home Copilot+ PC
  • Ports:
    • 1x HDMI 2.1
    • 1x DisplayPort 1.4
    • 1x USB-C 4
    • 2x USB-A 3.2
    • 1x USB-A 2.0
    • 1x 3.5mm Audio Combo Jack
    • 1x RJ-45 Gigabit Ethernet
  • Manufacturer specs page
  • 76 Whr Lithium-polymer battery w/ 150W AC Adapter
  • 13.98" x 9.87" x 0.65" (4.19 lbs)
Warranty: 1-Year Parts & Labor

Editor's Notes

Written by StrawMan86 | Staff
  • Open Box Excellent (Geek Squad Verified) condition description:
    • Works and looks like new. Restored to factory settings.
    • Includes all parts and accessories. Packaging may vary or be absent.
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Best Buy has Open Box - Excellent: Gigabyte Aero X16 Gaming Laptop (Space Gray, GIGABYTE AERO X16 1WH93USC64AH) on sale for $1147.99. Shipping is free or choose curbside pickup where stock permits.
  • Note: Availability for pickup may vary by location. Select locations may also have lesser conditions at lower prices (Fair $1047.99, Good $1097.99), available for pickup only.
Thanks to Community Member Dr.W for sharing this deal.

Specs:
  • AMD Ryzen AI 7 350 8-Core / 16 Thread 2GHz (5GHz max boost) Processor
  • 16" 2560 x 1600 400-nits 165Hz IPS panel, 3ms, 100% sRGB Display
  • 32GB DDR5-5600 Memory (2 SODIMM Slots) RAM
  • 1TB PCIe NVMe M.2 SSD + Empty Gen 4x2 Slot
  • NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 8GB GDDR7 Graphics Card
  • Wi-Fi 6E 802.11ax 2x2 + Bluetooth 5.2
  • RGB Backlit Keyboard, 1080p IR Webcam
  • Windows 11 Home Copilot+ PC
  • Ports:
    • 1x HDMI 2.1
    • 1x DisplayPort 1.4
    • 1x USB-C 4
    • 2x USB-A 3.2
    • 1x USB-A 2.0
    • 1x 3.5mm Audio Combo Jack
    • 1x RJ-45 Gigabit Ethernet
  • Manufacturer specs page
  • 76 Whr Lithium-polymer battery w/ 150W AC Adapter
  • 13.98" x 9.87" x 0.65" (4.19 lbs)
Warranty: 1-Year Parts & Labor

Editor's Notes

Written by StrawMan86 | Staff
  • Open Box Excellent (Geek Squad Verified) condition description:
    • Works and looks like new. Restored to factory settings.
    • Includes all parts and accessories. Packaging may vary or be absent.
  • Get 1%-5% cash back on deals like this with a cash back credit card. Compare the available cash back credit cards here.
  • Refer to the original post & forum comments for additional details & discussion.

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Written by Dr.W

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Yesterday 10:24 PM
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MagentaCorn9165Yesterday 10:24 PM
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This feels excellent.
Yesterday 10:33 PM
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TennyYesterday 10:33 PM
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Quote from MagentaCorn9165 :
This feels excellent.
Agreed, honestly this doesn't sound bad.

Compared to the HP Omen Max deals this morning...

This is significantly lighter (4.19lbs) vs (5.92)
.65" thick vs .9" (front) .98" (rear)
32gb by default
1tb by default

CPU is the same as one of those ones, GPU is worse (significantly) .

Of course these are used though. Not sure about build quality or anything else.
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Yesterday 11:12 PM
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PeteyTheStrikerYesterday 11:12 PM
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85W 5070 sounds very underwhelming.....
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Today 12:38 AM
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BrianH5624Today 12:38 AM
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This is the creator laptop with the low tpd. Heads up it's like a RTX 5060 mobile
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Today 12:51 AM
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jnemezisToday 12:51 AM
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85W TGP ... passed
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MostBased
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Today 01:53 AM
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Quote from jnemezis :
85W TGP ... passed
Don't be put off by lower number.

I own a Legion 7i w 5070 115W undervolted to 80W and it's a power sipping beast. 30% lower power consumption with only ~5% fewer frames - not noticeable with current DLSS frame gen.

My only complaint is lack of OLED, but can't really complain at this price.
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TechGuyBeauToday 04:59 AM
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Quote from PeteyTheStriker :
85W 5070 sounds very underwhelming.....
its not underwhelming. The 5070 actually peaks at 100w in real world performance

Losing 15w from that gives you like 94% of peak performance.

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Today 05:01 AM
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TechGuyBeauToday 05:01 AM
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Quote from MostBased :
Don't be put off by lower number.

I own a Legion 7i w 5070 115W undervolted to 80W and it's a power sipping beast. 30% lower power consumption with only ~5% fewer frames - not noticeable with current DLSS frame gen.

My only complaint is lack of OLED, but can't really complain at this price.
me who sees lack of OLED as a feature 👀
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PeteyTheStrikerToday 05:36 AM
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Quote from TechGuyBeau :
its not underwhelming. The 5070 actually peaks at 100w in real world performance

Losing 15w from that gives you like 94% of peak performance.
In real world gaming get a little over 10%-15% more frames so doubting your 94% peak performance, not to mention this being 8GB makes this pretty dead on arrival for anyone who actually wants to use this for gaming first....

Since I cant find a video to compare the 5070s at those wattage's I got the next best things the 5060s and results should scale accordingly.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m...mes?%20%7C

A lot of people saying the 5070 is pretty much the worst mobile card of all the cards in this generation...
Today 06:09 AM
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TechGuyBeauToday 06:09 AM
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Quote from PeteyTheStriker :

In real world gaming get a little over 10%-15% more frames so doubting your 94% peak performance, not to mention this being 8GB makes this pretty dead on arrival for anyone who actually wants to use this for gaming first....

Since I cant find a video to compare the 5070s at those wattage's I got the next best things the 5060s and results should scale accordingly.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m...mes?%20%7C

A lot of people saying the 5070 is pretty much the worst mobile card of all the cards in this generation...
I'll tell you what. Ill make a video for you
Today 06:13 AM
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PeteyTheStrikerToday 06:13 AM
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Quote from TechGuyBeau :
I'll tell you what. Ill make a video for you Wink
Please do because there isnt one comparing the performance of the wattage of the 5070, again the 5060s have a 10-15% FPS difference at the same wattage level so it should scale. At least I brought some proof to the conversation instead of just not supported opinions Wink.
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TechGuyBeauToday 06:15 AM
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Quote from PeteyTheStriker :
Please do because there isnt one comparing the performance of the wattage of the 5070, again the 5060s have a 10-15% FPS difference at the same wattage level so it should scale. At least I brought some proof to the conversation instead of just not supported opinions
[IMG]https://static.slickdealscdn.com/images/smilies/wink.gif[/IMG].
i test laptops for a living. But ill make some dedicated content for this exact conversation

in the interim Jarrod has already tested with a graph:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ilEkjmEO_s

But i can just make game testing explicitly for this with some side by sides. I already planned on doing hte 5080, 5070ti, and 5060 wattage scaling videos. ill add the ol reliable 5070 to it
Last edited by TechGuyBeau January 12, 2026 at 11:18 PM.
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UTjunkieToday 07:07 AM
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Given the state of computers right now, this is a good deal. But I did manage to snag one for $950 a few weeks ago (got lucky, price dropped for a few moments), but it was consistently around $1050 for about a week at that time too.
I'm pretty happy with mine. No major issues, and everything works as it should. My lcd is ever so slightly crooked but it is really really slight. The keyboard is not as good as my older dell, or a lenovo but it's good enough to code on. Trackpad is good enough to be considered premium, but not amazing. Gaming is good, performance is good, thermals are good. I know it's 85 watt tdp but given it's a 4070, it ends up performing closer to a fully watted 4060 which isn't bad either. It's very very light (4.2 lbs). No bloatware, the bypassnro microsoft account trick works on this laptop. It has real ram slots, and two ssd slots. Keyboard backlight colors are single zone, nothing fancy. I'm pretty happy overall.
Last edited by UTjunkie January 13, 2026 at 12:12 AM.

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