Aorus X7 dt V8 thermal and hinge quality

Hi I'm currently considering Aorus X7 dt v8 and there are few things that are worrying me. (Other Laptop I'm considering is AW 17 R5 with i7 8750H and GTX 1070 which is a lot cheaper so comparisons are also welcome)

1) How is the hinge quality? I saw quite a few threads about failing hinges and this keeps me worried as there is no service center for Aorus in my Country.

2) How are the thermals? I know it runs quite hot but is it unbearable?

Thanks in Advance.

 

1.) Pretty sure its the same as for MSI, they sey the hinge qualityis terrible, but my GT 72 which I have since almost 4 years now still has no signs of wear and tear. As long yuou're not rough with the system hinges should not be a problem.

2.) Runs really cool thanks to good cooling design and 4 fans.

 

We have a Service Center for MSI here. Not for Aorus.

 

I’m considering the X9 DT. They look amazing and I know a few people who have sold their msi gt83’s and purchased these.


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I said its the same for MSI's. As long you don't do anything like slamming or ripping open the lid hinges wont break on you.

 

There was a post on reddit or something that kinda scared me off the MSI.
It directly said to stay away from new GE/GS series, which is the one I'm considering. Due to the hinge.

Found few in this forum also.

Same case for the Aorus but I assumed less number of threads due to less number of owners.

 

CES 2019 is coming up soon. Why not see if they're gonna be something new just around the corner?

And I didn't think you could get an Aorus x7 Dt v8 anymore? They've been out of stock in the US since october.

 

It is available in UK.

I will be buying in February or March. Let's see if they come up with something more interesting.

 

HInges tend ot be of good quality these days but it is the surrounding construction that can be a problem. For me a fist of rule is that hinges that are screwed directly onto a metal plate and in the metal screen hinge are far more durable than laptops who have hinges screwed onto plastic laptop frames. A hinge can be more stiff and or loose over time. But when they become more stiff and are mounted into a plastic frame, they tend to tear over time. So for each laptop I buy i try to find the disassembly photos and or videos to evaluate the construction.

 

I have the X7 V6 so I don't know if the hinge quality for the V8 has been improved but the hinge on mine failed just a month out of warranty this past Friday.

 

My right hinge on my x7 v6 failed this morning just out of warranty also (by a little over a month). What do you plan to do? I'm not sure if they can replace the entire screen panel because they don't make this model anymore. And with it being out of warranty, I'm not sure how expensive a replacement part would be even if they did have it. Let me know if you have any plans or figure anything out.

Thanks!
-Jason

 

Sorry to hear this happened to you also. Unfortunately replacement parts for this have pretty much been impossible to find anywhere online and the local repair shop were also SOL with their three suppliers. I've had some epoxy applied to the hinge to temporarily keep it together but mine is in really terrible shape so it's not a matter of if it'll fail again but when. I got my Aorus from XoticPC so I reached out to them for a fix estimate last week and they actually just got back to me this morning. It'll cost about $280 plus whatever it'll cost you to ship to Gigabyte.

Here's the breakdown
$90 Out of Warranty inspection
$30 Shipping fee for them to ship your laptop back to you after it's fixed
$54 Hinge (I'm guessing per hinge)
$108 Back cover