AORUS Gaming Notebooks with Pascal, RGB LED keyboards - GTX 1060/1070/1080 13.9"/15.6"/17.3"

Okay so I'm from the UK and pre-ordered an X7 V6 from scan.co.scan.co.uk and it arrived today.


Only had a super brief moment with it so far but on quick first impressions, this thing does genuinely feel very well built. It seems like a relatively heavy, solid, densely packed unit.


The screen flex is pretty minimal and the hinge does bounce a tad but I doubt it would be note worthy as it shouldn't impact anything when in actual use. It's 'loose' enough to open with one hand but it's not loose enough to feel crap.

Unfortunately my screen does seem to have this line issue but when comparing it to a pretty new hp envy 17, even that appears to exhibit the same horizontal line property. I guess only time will tell how annoying it will let or if it's something that I'd get use to and stop noticing. I have the 1440p screen by the way.

The keyboard has hardly any flex at all! Even less flex than the aforementioned envy 17. Compared to an envy 17 or my old Clevo P150EM, the keys have a shallower travel and the key caps are a bit narrower and therefore closer to each other. Despite this though, it feels good and nice to type on, will just take a tiny while getting use to.

 

Guys Gentech's review on the DT is out.



Edit: Mid 70s on all cores....Thats either a very cold room or they're really doing it right with the cooling solution. Although that thing sounds like a jet engine even through my laptop speakers at 20% volume

Edit round 2: I personally think that the way the heat pipes connect to the heat fin arrays are a key difference. In the DT, they go in to the heat-fin array akin to a air cooler on a desktop where both the heatpipes and the fins which conduct the heat from the pipes are actively cooled. I went back to Dave2D's vid on the V6 variant and found that the heat pipes are on top of the fin array rather than go through it resulting in active cooling for the fin array but the pipes are being passively cooled as they transfer heat to the fin array to be cooled rather than being cooled and transfer heat to the array as on the DT. Thoughts guys? This question on laptop cooling has bugged me for quite a while

 

This is info I'm looking for! I don't want a bouncy hinge, so I guess my question is does the screen shift angles when the hinge bounces? Or does it stop vibrations quickly and stay in the same place? Does it bounce because the hinge is a bit weak or because the screen is thin? I'm curious because I have one on order right now as well and screen angle/vibration is important to me because I bump into my desk a lot. Small spaces and klutziness, amirite? I know I'm sounding a bit OCD, but I used to have a GT72 and that hinge would cause the screen to vibrate if I started typing quickly. It annoyed me so much I sold it.

 

I had no idea that the

I had no idea that the x7 came with TPM, but I'm guessing the x5 doesn't? Aorus' site doesn't seem to mention TPM at all (even for x7).

 

I'm quite interested in the 15.6" 120Hz IPS panel - does anyone know what the panel part number is and if it can be purchased alone?

 

How??? That site claims pre-order on the items since last month and still says it now. So they actually have some? I was interested in the x3 but the price. Chose aw13 in the end. But I'm still keen on knowing about aorus. Especially the x3.


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Does the new V6 Aoruses support Windows Hello?

 

The X7 DT is too tempting... might go for it

 

Same hahaha. Originally i wanted to go for the -7V6 but Gentech's review showing such good temps is starting to sway me. Only the jet engine fans are a turn off


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Exactly lol.. I'm not too picky about the fan noise but my ears are a bit sensitive and it might get annoying..

There is fan control though.. with proper repaste might not be too bad I'm more concerned with the lines on the screen honestly..

 

You and me both. Hopefully Aorus can fix it before we pull the trigger on either model. Even the guys on their forums are constantly asking for updates regarding this issue. Fan noise...i dont mind it that much too. I will gladly trade a bit of extra noise for lower temps but it has higher pitch compared to a lot of the thicker brutes out there. Though it will be quite annoying in my household as it is quite echoey where my setup is


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I wouldn't worry, it just vibrates for a short period of time. the screen angle doesnt change. I havent had the thing on a desk while typing to see how the screen/hinge behaves but it seems robust enough.

 

On the Gentech review the Aorus DT X7 has 500Pts worse performance on 3dmark11 and almost 1k worse on firestrike than the MSI Titan with 1080GTX. It has a weaker power brick which might not provide enough wattage to run the system at full rage

 

They must of had a small batch of X7 V6's in since last week it was showing that they had some. Now its back to pre-order.

 

Does the 1080 require more power / generate more heat than the 1070 in "low power mode" like office applications?

Can the fans for the X7 V5 be controlled so that do not disturb in an open office environment when running normal office applications? What about the X5 V6?

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Maybe I should instead ask, what kind of build in camera does it have? I believe Windows Hello requires a 720p camera

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Just pulled the trigger on the Aorus x7-v6 PC3K4D from HIDevolution.com . Opted for the upgraded thermal paste option (Liquid Ultra on CPU and IC on GPU) and the upgraded 2666mhz Ripjaw RAM. Should have it in a week or two and plan on posting a full video overview and review if people are interested? Slightly nervous about the screen line issues but we'll see.

 

I would think that if the issue on your unit is quite noticeable, it would warrent you a refund or a change of machine. Especially since people have been reporting very varied amounts of striping on the screens


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From what i remembered from Dave2D's vid. It *should* be a 720p webcam. Dont quote me on that

Edit: yeap its a 720p webcam if the 'HD Camera' section on Aorus's webpage is to hold true.

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Here's a review of the same laptop, with a 1070 getting a *higher* overall Fire Strike score out of the box @ 03:30 15014 ( 1070) vs 14449 ( 1080)... not looking good for the GTX 1080 Aorus model - it needs tuning + 330w PSU!

AORUS X7 V6-PC3K4D - GTX 1070 Full Review


The 1080 got a 19081 Graphics score vs this 1070 Graphics score of 18623, not much of a difference for bumping up to a 1080 from a 1070...

 

Interesting. I feel slightly better going with the 1070 then, at least initially. The temps do look surprisingly stable you'd think they could draw a little more out of it.


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There is a user on Aorus forums getting 15700 in Firestrike out of 1080GTX which seems around the normal levels but I believe that's with the overclock functions ON.

http://forum.aorus.com/forum/gaming-laptops/39686-just-ordered-x7-dt-v6-should-arrive-tomorrow/page2

 

Thanks for the link

Here it is direct to the post:
http://forum.aorus.com/forum/gaming...t-v6-should-arrive-tomorrow?p=39760#post39760

Fire Strike 1.1 Total Score 15746 Graphics Score 20634 Physx 11468 Combined 7103

That's run at the top Aorus Graphic Overclock #4, but no mention of CPU OC.

Still not a big Graphics jump over the 1070... not enough to justify the price.

Here are the images:

Spoiler: Aorus v7 dt v6 GTX 1080 Tuning and Benchmarks

Fire Strike 1.1 Total Score 15746 Graphics Score 20634 Physx 11468 Combined 7103

 

Agreed. Looks like I'll be removing the DT from my list. All that remains is the Clevo P670RS and the X7 V6


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Yeah DT seems like it's a slightly higher powered X7... Shame. Could have been a great machine. Don't understand that power adapter choice..

Let's not forget about the Asus 701VI though.. Waiting for some reviews of it before I click though

 

But thats a 3.8kg beast as much as we all love powerful laptops, i think i'll end up with a few back issues if i lug it to classes everyday


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It's 3.5kg I am sure you mistook it for G752VS

Here you go:

http://www.hidevolution.com/asus-g701vi-xb72k.html

If you wanna take a laptop to classes you should look at 15" at most. None of the 17's are good for that. Look at AW13R3 or Razer Blade.

 

Strange. Notebookcheck clocks it in at 3.8. Unless they count the powerbrick. But they dont say


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Well then I don't know.. Anyway Aorus is over 3kg as well so it doesn't really make a difference.

If you want a portable 'take to school' laptop avoid 17" like fire.

 

Well as long as its lighter as my current clevo barebones i am very happy hahaha. But i guess its a YMMV kinda thing...???? As my situation is kinda like: i arrive at my campus pretty early, around the 6:45am mark and i camp at my usual spot next to the powerpoint till 9 ish. Then i unplug the lappy, go to class and i come out 1 and a half hours later to the same spot. I hook up back again and do work and stuff. But then again this is just how my college life goes so yea


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I have the X7 Pro V3 with 970M SLI. Anyone that happen to have gone from that to the new X7 V6 and can share some thoughts on it? I am especially interested in if the fans are worse in "low power mode" like doing more office type work (software development etc with out superlarge builds etc) and if the touchpad and keyboard is better? I don't really mind if it is loud on gaming as I mostly do that with headphones, but I don't want it to disturb in an open office environment. I'm guessing it mostly comes down to how well the 1070 is able to use low power and thus generete low amounts of heat when not using GPU heavy applications. The 6820HK I guess wouldn't be a problem since it would only have to perform at max for a few seconds like when starting new applications etc.

 

I will probably pull the SSD for a Samsung 960 Pro 2 TB drive if I get the X7 V6, any thoughts on that and if it will work? It should since it has NvMe m.2 but you never know.

What's the maximum speed of DDR4 memories that is supported?

 

The 6820HK *should* support up to 2666mhz. Regarding the drive, it should work fine barring any unforeseen issues. You will have 2 PCIe slots to play with


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Thanks- But does the memory slots support 2666 Mhz?

 

Any comments about the X5 V6 vs the X7 V6? I would imagine that the X7 has better ccooling due to bigger chassi and therefore being less loud?

 

Supposedly the X7 cools better due to as you pointed out, the big chassis and the additional air intakes directly above its fans. Noise is kinda bad on both (going on reviews) you get the high pitched sound associated with smaller, thinner fans


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Is it bad always or just when gaming? Not that I don't mind it when gaming, but in a quite office environment its a dealbreaker if it can't be avoided for normal office work use.

 

If you go off reviews from Dave2D and the such, both models have fans that are constantly working. Around the 40ish decibel range for normal work and web browsing use.


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That video is one reason I am asking as it seems to contradict with some other reports. Also, if I remember correctly, Dave2D didn't mention which fan profile he was using. My current X7 Pro is quite loud unless I put the fans into quiet mode. This is of course for office work (productivity work, non video).

 

What other figures were mentioned in those other reports? And yea i rewatched it, he did not mention any fan profile when doing his sound test


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More on the line like "inaudible at idle" which of course depends both on you definition of inaudible and idle.

"While idle, both fans run at 35 dB. If you want it quieter, you will need to manually adjust the fan settings. In quiet mode, the fans are turned off and the user can only hear the rasping of the HDD (around 33 dB). We did not notice any annoying or stuttering fan behavior. The 40 dB noise emission in the diagram only occurs while the laptop is booting."

http://www.notebookcheck.net/Aorus-X7-v6-Notebook-Review.182897.0.html

 

sweet notebookcheck's review is out. Also thanks for the clarification on the fan noise

 

So.....notebookcheck's stress test pushed the cores to 90 celcius....a wee bit concerning IMO. I hope a liquid metal repaste can help with this issue a little bit (or a more agressive fan curve plus some undervolting) Also, they did not mention anything about the screen striping issue that we and other people in the Aorus forums are discussing (also no updates so far in the thread dedicated to the issue). Other than that i personally think that the X7 is pretty damn good honestly. Though i do not think that its speakers can match my current Clevo unit.

Thoughts guys???? This review is pretty in depth compared to others that have been previously uploaded

 

Does the "stripe problem" with the X7 V6 screen also affect the X5 V6 screen? I believe it is only affecting the 120hz panel on the X7 V6

 

I've been following this thread with interest. Just pulled the trigger on an X7 v6 from HIDevolution. I'm having them repaste with CLLU on the CPU and IC Diamond on the GPU. I'll need to see the screen in person, but I think the 1440 screen with the 1070 is a perfect combination. That its thinner and lighter than the Alienware 17 R4 and actually seems to be having fewer thermal issues sold me. Great experience with @Donald@HIDevolution.


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Nice! I also went with hid and had Donald help me. Same thermal option too. We should definitely compare and contrast with our units when they arrive. Did he tell you when you'd get yours?


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Sounds good. Congratulations! He said that it's in stock. I opted for rush processing, so I'm hoping some time next week. How about you?


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I didn't opt for rush so you'll probably get yours first. He said most likely 2 weeks for me. Did you get anything else besides the thermal option? I also picked up the faster 2666mhz gskill ram and the intel wireless card vs the killer one.

I'm pretty excited for it. Definitely keep us updated when you get yours and how everything runs. Haven't seen anyone post benchmarks with a repaste yet.


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I replaced the HDD with an EVO 850 500 GB and also did the no dead pixel guarantee. I thought about the Intel card, hope I don't regret the Killer card. There isn't much to do on the X7!


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Xotics review of the X7 DT V6