Experience with Aorus and this laptop?

Am thinking of buying the Aorus 17.3" AORUS X7 v6-CF2 from overclockers uk. How well does this laptop fare against the clevo p670rs-g and other laptops with a 1070 and an i7-6820hk?

Also how is Aorus for customer support etc?

Laptop link is: https://www.overclockers.co.uk/aoru...l-core-i7-6820hk-gaming-laptop-lt-02a-au.html

 

Hey thats the same model i'll be getting hahaha. Overall from all the discussion on the specified thread it seems to be pretty good. The OC settings really help push it further than other 1070 equipped notebooks. Manual fan control and per key lighting is great. The clevo is solid but suffers from a lot of EC and BIOS level issues. Check out its offical forum thread to find out.


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Ok so had a look at the Aorus x7 v6 cf1 and x7 v6 cf2. The cf1 is higher priced why is that? Just due to a better display? As in with the 120Hz?

 

Youre getting a much faster display with the QHD screen. 120hz and 5ms response time. Its not everyday that you see this combo on a laptop. Plenty of room for the 1070 to strech. Add that with a bigger 512GB boot drive. I dont really see a reason to complain if youre getting more for your money

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Hey Jared, I noticed in another thread you were trying to decide between this laptop and the Clevo P670RS-G. What drew you to this laptop in the end? The price difference is quite large so am finding it difficult to decide. Obviously the overclock option and QHD screen is very nice. Hard decision! Have you got your Aorus yet? If so what are your initial thoughts? Temps while gaming?

 

Hey man! Nope i haven't gotten it yet. Most likely getting it in January. Iplan to get the FHD 75hz version over the QHD. The tradeoff for more pixels over battery life and the possible striping issue doesn't really seem like a good trade off to me. I can simply hook up the X7 to my external monitor and get a 144hz refresh rate with an IPS panel to boot. The Clevo is still plagued by BIOS and EC issues. The Aorus will give me manual fan control (the desktop experience spoiled me quite a bit), a bigger battery, more M.2 slots which to me i find quite important, and if i dare say so, better cooling. The Clevo still has its issues with its ControlCenter utility and compatibility with Intel XTU which is the main tool i use to undervolt my CPU's so to me that is one of the reason's as to why i decided to go the X7 route over the 670RS. the Clevo is a great laptop don't get me wrong, but its bugs and issues don't really justify me dropping that much for something that needs to be updated with new EC's and BIOS versions every fortnight or so.

P.S I won't be using the overclock presets on a daily basis unless I run benchmarks and provide you guys the results. I live in a pretty hot and humid country so low temperatures are my number one priority. So stock speeds it is

 

Sorry am not very technical. What are BIOS and EC issues? Yeh I was looking at the FHD version of the Aorus and it sounds really good. I'd prefer it too, its just the price putting me off...and apprently it has heating and sound issues

 

I have also ordered a x7 v6 and am waiting on it to arrive. So, BIOS and EC issues mean cpu overclock and fan issues. The clevo model's fans are not tuned to keep the processor cool when it is overclocked, to put it simply. There is fan controlling software out there, but it is not necessarily intuitive to use and needing it can be seen as a hassle. The Aorus is more expensive, but the build quality is definitely better and it seems to be reliable out of the box. I think it also comes with a larger solid state drive, but I could be wrong. Temps have been managed well in the YouTube reviews I've seen so far, but if you're worried about them you can have your reseller repaste the laptop for you.

 

Definitely doesn't have heat issues. GenTech did a CLU repaste on mine and it barely got warm. CPU averaged around 70C under load and the GPU was at low to mid 60C. Without the repaste, people have been reporting CPU temps in the high 70's, almost 80, and the GPU between 70-75. Ambient temp also play a big role in core temps.

 

Ah that's really good temps! It does sound like the Aorus is a pretty reliable machine. What's the overclocking system like on it? Just click to overclock? Or do u have to undervolt etc? I'm a complete noob which is why I'm also tempted by this laptop as it sounds quite user friendly. How does it fare gaming wise?

 

The Clevo has issues like fan profiles being overridden, its Smartcharging doesn't work every time you boot it up from a hibernate or sleep session, getting GSync to work on the 1070 variant was a nightmare but i believe it was fixed, Intel XTU which is used by a lot of us for undervolting and overclocking had terrible compatibility with the control utility that comes with Clevo notebooks. Yet on older Clevos like my current P150SM, it works perfectly fine. So yea, those issues are whats stopping me from going with the Clevo. I've been spoiled by the desktop experience of having custom fan profiles that DONT screw up, I use XTU to undervolt my CPU to keep temperatures under check. I'm sitting on a -100mv undervolt on my CPU right now for instance

 

Definitely reliable. It has overclocking software that is just one click and done. Nothing else to it. It is awesome gaming wise. I played BF1 at Ultra settings at 1080p, and it was at steady at 75fps (no drops at all). Gsync was enabled so the FPS weren't allowed to go over the refresh rate which is 75Hz. I'm sure the FPS would be higher if I turned off Gsync.

 

Hey I ended up buying this FHD version. Seems like a very good laptop. Had a bit of a hiccup at the beginning in terms of the keyboard but now working fine. Is G-sync always enabled? Do I have to go to the graphics card control centre and disable/enable it?

 

I can't remember if Gsync was enabled on mine out of the box. Regardless, the setting is in the Nvidia Control Panel. Right click the desktop, click "NVIDIA Control Panel," click "Set up G-SYNC," and make sure "Enable G-SYNC" is checked. That's it.

Edit: I saw your post in the other thread saying it was enabled the whole time. You're all set.

 

It was enabled out of the box on mine.