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    Aorus X5 MD Gaming Notebook Now With GeForce GTX 1080

    Discussion in 'Notebook News and Reviews' started by Charles P. Jefferies, May 31, 2017.

  1. Charles P. Jefferies

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    Charles P. Jefferies, May 31, 2017
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    Dialup David Notebook Consultant

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    Realistically speaking, $2799 for a machine like this is actually quite reasonable. Considering the only real "competitor" is the $4000 Razer Blade Pro; it's in a market on its own. At least until we see the Acer Triton 700, which I think we all know will be a ways away. Plus, this would make it one of the only GTX 1080 15" machines on the market right? Other than the F5, which is nowhere near this form factor.
     
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    TyroG Notebook Geek

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    The new ASUS Zephyrus will get the 1080 too; and to be honest I think the ASUS will be better than both in term of cooling/noise.
     
    TyroG, Jun 1, 2017
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  4. Charles P. Jefferies

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    I put that as the minimum, I think the X5 MD will likely end up being mid-$3k.

    Charles
     
    Charles P. Jefferies, Jun 1, 2017
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    Is there any indication when they're going to announce the MSRP?
     
    speculator, Jun 10, 2017
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    Aorus usually announces a product well in advance, it will "appear" on the market at some point, and that's when you'll know the MSRP. I think this notebook isn't supposed to hit the market until Q3/Q4.

    Charles
     
    Charles P. Jefferies, Jun 10, 2017
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    Thanks for the update!
     
    speculator, Jun 12, 2017
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  8. Galm

    Galm "Stand By, We're Analyzing The Situation!"

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    What's the reason Aorus is sooo far behind all the time? They always launch their stuff way late missing a pretty big segment of the initial launch market. The only thing that makes sense to me is that they have like too small a team to get their R&D done in time. Because it can't be more profitable to launch near the end of a product lifespan (assuming Volta early-mid next year) or even mid lifespan if it takes longer.
     
    Galm, Jun 14, 2017
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  9. Charles P. Jefferies

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    I'm unsure the reason. I will say, though, that for a small vendor, they attract a lot of attention.

    Charles
     
    Charles P. Jefferies, Jun 14, 2017
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    Wasn't a rule of Max-Q to be 18mm or less with max 40dBA? I wonder if Aorus can stay at 40dBA.

     
    Dan@Dan, Jun 15, 2017
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  11. Beemo

    Beemo BGA is totally TSK TSK!

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    Nope. That so called new cooling solution they implemented on that laptop is obviously flawed just by taking a look at it...it's going to gather a lot of dust hence poor cooling.
     
    Beemo, Jun 16, 2017
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