The New Gigabyte ARO 15X: A Refreshed Gaming and Productivity Laptop

Hey guys, I'm Tom, the tech chap, and this is the new Gigabyte ARO 15X. I really want one! They've refreshed what I think was one of 27 teens' best and most underrated gaming and productivity laptops with faster eighth-gen processors, better displays, and a refined design. The ARO 15X comes with new six-core i7-8750H processors, which should be around 50% faster than last year's seventh-gen Core Eight chips. This is impressive, especially considering the processor upgrades.

The ARO 15X also features an NVIDIA GTX 1070 Max Q graphics card with eight gigs of VRAM and either a full HD or 4K 15.6-inch screen. I've got the 4K model here, which has a 60Hz refresh and covers 100% of the Adobe RGB color gamut. This 4K color-accurate model is ideal for me as a video producer, but if gaming is your priority, you're going to want to stick with the full HD screen, which now has a super smooth 144Hz refresh rate that's up from 60Hz on last year's model. I've only had a chance to play with this 4K model, and while Rise of the Tomb Raider was still just about playable with high settings at 4K, it looked incredible. That's impressive for 4K, but if you're a serious gamer, as I say, you're going to want to stick with the full HD 144Hz model and save a couple of hundred quid in the process.

The ARO 15X starts at $2,200 and goes up to $2,400 for the 4K model, but if that's out of your budget, then the slightly cheaper ARO 15 trades the GTX 1074-1060, which doesn't have a 4K screen option, but costs $200 less, starting at $2,000. There's more to a laptop than just raw performance, and Gigabyte has crammed in some seriously powerful specs into this laptop that's about the same size as the Dell XPS 15.

It's a little thinner and lighter than last year's model, weighing around two kilograms again, which is the same as the XPS 15. You also get a massive 94Wh-hour battery, which Gigabyte says will get you 10 hours of battery life, although obviously, the 15X is more powerful, so if you do go for that optional 4K screen, it'll reduce the battery life a fair bit. The laptop also has pretty much every port you'd ever want, including USB-A, Thunderbolt 3, HDMI 2.0, mini DisplayPort 1.4, an RJ45 Ethernet port, and a headphone jack. As someone who wants a powerful but relatively portable laptop for editing 4K videos, this laptop ticks almost all the boxes for me.

I also really like that it has a matte rather than a glossy screen, and little things like having a much faster UHS-C card reader that can transfer files up to twelve times faster than a standard card reader. I've had a short time with the laptop so far, but the chiclet keyboard felt really nice to type on, and you can fully customize the backlighting now.

The touch pads are something that Gigabyte laptops have been criticized about in the past, but I'll of course test them properly in my full review for first impressions were actually really positive. I'll also be testing the sound quality especially in games as the ARO 15X also supports Dolby Atmos sound. I've come away really impressed by the ARO 15X, can't wait to test and review it properly but already I really want more of this laptop, it is very expensive, but considering the specs and the surprisingly smart-looking design, I think it's not unreasonable.

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enhey guys i'm tom the tech chap and this is the new gigabyte arrow 15x and i really want one they've refreshed what i think was one of 27 teens best and most underrated gaming and productivity laptops with faster eighth gem processors better displays and a refined design so the arrow 15 X comes with new six core i7 8750 h processors which should be around 50% faster than last year's seventh gen cable eight chips an nvidia gtx 1070 max q graphics card with eight gigs of vram and either a full HD or 4k 15.6 inch screen I've got the 4k model here which has a 60 Hertz refresh and covers 100% of the Adobe RGB color gamut so this 4k color accurate model is ideal for me as a video producer but if gaming is your priority then you're going to want to stick with the full HD screen which now has a super smooth 144 Hertz refresh rate that's up from 60 Hertz on last year's model so far I've only had a chance to play with this 4k model although with the 1070 rise of the Tomb Raider was still just about playable with high settings at 4k and it looked incredible so that's impressive for 4k but if you're a serious gamer as I say you're gonna want to stick with the full HD 144 Hertz model and you'll save a couple of hundred quid in the process the aro 15 X starts at 2,200 pounds and goes up to 2,400 for the 4k model but if that's out of your budget then the slightly cheaper arrow 15 trades the 1074 1060 doesn't have a 4k screen option but it costs 200 pounds less starting at 2,000 pounds but there's much more to a laptop than just raw performance and gigabyte have crammed in some seriously powerful specs in a laptop that's about the same size as the Dell XPS 15 it's a little thinner and lighter than last year's model weighing about two kilograms again that's the same as the XPS 15 and only a couple of hundred grams heavier than the MacBook Pro 15 you also get a massive 94 what hour battery which gigabytes egg will get you 10 hours of battery although obviously the 15 X is more powerful 1070 and if you do go for that optional 4k screen then of course will reduce the battery a fair bit it's also got pretty much every port you'd ever want with USB a thunderbolt three USB see hdmi 2.0 mini DisplayPort 1.4 an rj45 Ethernet headphone jack and an SD card reader as someone who wants a powerful but also relatively portable laptop for editing 4k videos this laptop ticks almost all the boxes for me I also really like that it has a matte rather than a glossy screen and little things like having a much faster UHS to card reader that can transfer files up to twelve times faster than a standard card reader I've really had a short time with it but the chiclet keyboard felt really nice to type on and you can fully customize the backlighting now of course the touch pads are something that gigabyte laptops have been criticized about in the past I will of course test it properly in my full review for first impressions were actually really positive I'll also be testing the sound quality especially in games as the area 15x also supports Dolby Atmos sound I've come away really impressed by the area 15x I can't wait to test and review it properly but already I really want more for myself it is very expensive but considering the specs and the surprisingly smart looking design I think it's not unreasonable so make sure you do subscribe and also click that notification bell so you don't miss my full review coming soon but in the meantime let me know what you think of it in the comments below thank you very much for watching guys do click that like and subscribe button I'll see you next time right here on the tech jabhey guys i'm tom the tech chap and this is the new gigabyte arrow 15x and i really want one they've refreshed what i think was one of 27 teens best and most underrated gaming and productivity laptops with faster eighth gem processors better displays and a refined design so the arrow 15 X comes with new six core i7 8750 h processors which should be around 50% faster than last year's seventh gen cable eight chips an nvidia gtx 1070 max q graphics card with eight gigs of vram and either a full HD or 4k 15.6 inch screen I've got the 4k model here which has a 60 Hertz refresh and covers 100% of the Adobe RGB color gamut so this 4k color accurate model is ideal for me as a video producer but if gaming is your priority then you're going to want to stick with the full HD screen which now has a super smooth 144 Hertz refresh rate that's up from 60 Hertz on last year's model so far I've only had a chance to play with this 4k model although with the 1070 rise of the Tomb Raider was still just about playable with high settings at 4k and it looked incredible so that's impressive for 4k but if you're a serious gamer as I say you're gonna want to stick with the full HD 144 Hertz model and you'll save a couple of hundred quid in the process the aro 15 X starts at 2,200 pounds and goes up to 2,400 for the 4k model but if that's out of your budget then the slightly cheaper arrow 15 trades the 1074 1060 doesn't have a 4k screen option but it costs 200 pounds less starting at 2,000 pounds but there's much more to a laptop than just raw performance and gigabyte have crammed in some seriously powerful specs in a laptop that's about the same size as the Dell XPS 15 it's a little thinner and lighter than last year's model weighing about two kilograms again that's the same as the XPS 15 and only a couple of hundred grams heavier than the MacBook Pro 15 you also get a massive 94 what hour battery which gigabytes egg will get you 10 hours of battery although obviously the 15 X is more powerful 1070 and if you do go for that optional 4k screen then of course will reduce the battery a fair bit it's also got pretty much every port you'd ever want with USB a thunderbolt three USB see hdmi 2.0 mini DisplayPort 1.4 an rj45 Ethernet headphone jack and an SD card reader as someone who wants a powerful but also relatively portable laptop for editing 4k videos this laptop ticks almost all the boxes for me I also really like that it has a matte rather than a glossy screen and little things like having a much faster UHS to card reader that can transfer files up to twelve times faster than a standard card reader I've really had a short time with it but the chiclet keyboard felt really nice to type on and you can fully customize the backlighting now of course the touch pads are something that gigabyte laptops have been criticized about in the past I will of course test it properly in my full review for first impressions were actually really positive I'll also be testing the sound quality especially in games as the area 15x also supports Dolby Atmos sound I've come away really impressed by the area 15x I can't wait to test and review it properly but already I really want more for myself it is very expensive but considering the specs and the surprisingly smart looking design I think it's not unreasonable so make sure you do subscribe and also click that notification bell so you don't miss my full review coming soon but in the meantime let me know what you think of it in the comments below thank you very much for watching guys do click that like and subscribe button I'll see you next time right here on the tech jab\n"