4.0 out of 5 stars

Good laptop but the cord does not fully insert

This laptop is nice. The keyboard has colorful back lights which provides a cool visual! The battery life is good and it has relatively quick processing speed. The biggest issue is that the plug doesn’t fully insert into the computer. Thankfully it still charges but it worries me that it hangs out halfway.

5.0 out of 5 stars

Amazing hardware, well executed

I’ll start with the weird thing. The power adapter doesn’t plug in all the way to the end of the rubber part. I included a photo to show you what I mean. The power still works, it just doesn’t go in all the way. I don’t know why.That said, I love this thing! The processor and GPU are both very powerful. The keyboard types pretty well. Key layout is good overall. The biggest things I’ve had to get used to is that the right shift key has the up arrow to the right of it, and the End key to the right of that.I wish there were more USB ports, but it does have two USB A and two USB C. It has a headphone jack and ethernet. The headphone jack supports combined mic/headphone setup. The screen is very pretty. Colors are robust and the refresh rate is very good.Overall, a great value. I recommend this as a good machine for gaming and “regular” PC usage.

3.0 out of 5 stars

Good hardware held back by loud fans and poor software

TL;DR: It’s the title, basically. The look and feel of this gaming laptop is good, but because of unoptimized software and fans that can get extremely loud when gaming, it’s not one I can recommend unless available at a significant discount. Read on for more detailed impressions, broken down by category.Design/Build/Ports: The 2024 update to the Aorus line brings a nice, clean look with the deep blue finish a particular highlight. The metal and plastic chassis has a quality feel. The side air exhaust vents unfortunately push the ports toward the front of the laptop, which can be awkward. On the left from back to front are the power input (240W with a nice, compact adapter), Ethernet, HDMI 2.1, USB-A 3.2 10 Gbps, and a USB-C Thunderbolt 4 port that supports up to 100W of power delivery. The right has USB-A 3.2 10 Gbps, a second USB-C that’s 3.2 10 Gbps with DisplayPort video out, microSD card reader, and headphone/microphone combo jack. Removing the bottom panel reveals two upgradable memory and M.2 storage slots, along with the latest Wi-Fi 7 technology.Screen/Keyboard/Touchpad/Speakers: At 2560×1600 resolution and a 165 Hz refresh rate, the screen is sensible for the hardware. I don’t have the tools to do an exact measurement, but those who do report 100% sRGB color gamut coverage and around 70-80% of AdobeRGB and DCI-P3. So it’s more than sufficient for gaming, but content creators who do color-critical work will want to look for something else.Keyboard feel is just OK – better than most Acer and Razer laptops but well below Alienware, Asus, or Lenovo. Key travel is sufficient, but the bottom out sensation is rather mushy. Backlighting is separated into zones rather than per-key, which is disappointing given the somewhat premium pricing. There’s also lighting on the back that projects the Aorus logo, which I find pretty tacky. There’s no numpad but a row of dedicated home, end, page up, and page down keys on the right side. I appreciate having them, but this means the trackpad is off-center. Speaking of the trackpad, the glass finish is very smooth. It’s easy to manipulate and accurate. Because it’s off-center from the keyboard, it needs to have excellent palm rejection, and for the most part it’s true. I’ve had a few instances where I could see the mouse cursor move while typing, but it wasn’t enough to be a bother.The speakers are just sort of there – reasonably loud but practically no bass. They’re fine in a pinch, but you’re going to want to use headphones whenever possible.Software/Performance/Battery Life: This is where the Aorus 16X ultimately falls apart. It starts with the Gigabyte Control Center (GCC), the main software hub for the laptop. I’ve owned gaming laptops from most every manufacturer and can say with confidence that GCC is far and away the worst. It’s confusing/hard to use and bloated with unnecessary junk like stable diffusion image generation. What’s worse is pretty much everything you’d want to do in terms of controlling things like the power profile, display refresh rate switching when running on battery power, and more are completely reliant on the software. Other gaming laptops like the Lenovo Legion offer simple keyboard shortcuts to do these things without needing to touch the software. That’s not the case with the Aorus. Changing power modes requires opening the software, navigating menus, and several mouse clicks. Even being able to right-click the system tray icon to do this would be welcome.As for what this laptop is like to game on, my feelings are mixed. While the hardware can deliver solid performance, the fan noise is what will likely be a deal-breaker for most. Of course, putting high-performance components into a cramped space will generate a lot of heat that has to go somewhere, but other laptops can manage this much better than the Aorus.I primarily tested Cyberpunk 2077 at 1920×1080 resolution, ultra settings but with no ray tracing or upscaling. In the “normal” performance mode, I saw minimum and average frame rates of 60 and 75, respectively. I recorded the fans at 54 decibels sitting about 2 feet from the laptop, but their high-pitched nature made it seem like they were much louder than that. The maxed out “gaming” power profile increased frame rates to a 74 minimum and 89 maximum with the fans screaming at 58 dB. Dropping to the “power saving silence” option reduces the game to 49 fps minimum and 60 average, but fan noise is just 45 dB. So while it’s absolutely playable in the power saver mode, you’re leaving quite a bit of performance on the table, which kind of defeats the purpose. In the 3DMark stress test, the laptop got a passing grade of at least 99% across all performance profiles.For everyday use, as long as you keep it in the power saver mode, the laptop generally stays quiet, though the fans will spin up from time to time. Battery life is anywhere from 4-5 hours of web surfing, office, and video streaming with the display at 30 percent brightness and the refresh rate at 60 Hz. The left USB-C port allows for charging at up to 100W so for light use or for topping off the battery so you won’t need to bring the stock 240W adapter with you if you don’t need the laptop’s full power.Overall, the Aorus 16X is a laptop I wanted to like, but the excessive fan noise and terrible software make it difficult to recommend over comparably priced offerings from other manufacturers. Unless it’s available at a deep discount, you’ll be better off looking elsewhere.

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Muy potente

Al querer actualizar los drivers de intel con la herramienta oficial el windows de esta lap se echó a perder y tuve que formatear e instalar una nueva version de windows ya que la que venía instalada no arrancaba ni el modo recovery, pero una vez con windows 11 instalado de nuevo todo funcionó muy bien, la lap es potente y puedo jugar titulos como Resident evil 4 remake de forma fluida y con gran calidad, así mismo juegos como forza horizon 5 o elden ring son perfectamente jugables en calidades altas, muy buen equipo

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No tiene Thunderbolt y no sirve la suspensión del equipo

Muy buen equipo solo que engañan de que tiene Thunderbolt, ya que al conectar en el puerto tipo C, no carga la laptop, al igual noté que cuando quiero suspender no se reanuda el equipo, después de un rato que está en suspención y solo tienes que dejar presionando el botón de encendido como si se volviera a prender si alguien me puede aclarar todos estos con gusto los leeré.

Excelente

Muy buena máquina

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Gran laptop, empaque del transportista en estado deplorable

La laptop tiene un buen desempeño, rápida y buena pantalla. El teclado y touchpad son buenos, pero se calientan bastante aún en tareas básicas, como exploradores de internet y procesador de texto, con todos los settings para ahorro de energía.Fuera de eso la máquina cumple lo que promete y corre cualquier programa de ingeniería y disño sin problema.El detalle fue el paquete de la compañía transportista, que llegó en estado deplorable.El empaque no traía material alguno para absorber el impacto entre la caja externa y la interna donde venía la laptop. La caja externa venía notablemente abollada y aplastada. Se nota que abrieron la cinta adhesiva de caja externa y el sello de seguridad de la caja interna, supongo que en la aduana. La caja interna donde venía la laptop estaba raspada y desgastada por fuera, como si la hubieran deslizado/arrastrado bastante.A pesar de todo eso, la máquina llegó impecable, salvo algunas marcas de grasas de dedos en la tapa de la pantalla, pero no en la pantalla en sí.Al principio costaba conectar cualquier dispositivo al puerto USB A, pero después de unos días comenzó a ser más fácil y ahora sin problema.Aún no la uso para aplicaciones muy exigentes, pero hasta el momento he notado que es muy rápida para todas las tareas y la resolución y nitidez de la pantalla son muy buenas.

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Muy buena laptop

La uso para bastante para diseño y videojuegos, tiene buena ventilación, llevo 6 meses con ella y hasta ahora todo bien, el diseño minimalista me gustó mucho, es una laptop muy versátil.

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excelente

justo lo que queria

La calidad

Es un excelente equipo, cubrió mis expectativasGracias

5.0 out of 5 stars

Great quality

Good affordable gaming PC

4.0 out of 5 stars

Solid Performance Marred by Persistent Screen Glitches

After three months of use, this laptop has shown it can handle a variety of tasks, from gaming to surface modeling, with a commendable performance. The GPU is good, but not great. Perhaps I was expecting more from a 3070, but it’s important to note that it’s a mobile GPU, not a desktop, so it’s not an apples to apples comparison .While the graphics performance is satisfactory, the laptop is plagued by recurring screen glitches. When the laptop wakes from sleep, the screen often becomes distorted, necessitating a hard reset to recover. This problem is particularly frustrating when working outside the office without a secondary monitor. Despite having installed all updates, the glitch seems to be a driver issue that’s challenging to resolve independently. If it weren’t for the workaround of using an external display, this defect might have warranted a return. I give it 7 out of 10 stars.

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5.0 out of 5 stars

Pleasantly Surprised by the performance, runs games at 1440p very well without lowering settings.

GIGABYTE – AORUS 16X (2024) Gaming Laptop – 165Hz 2560×1600 WQXGA – NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 – Intel i7-13650HX – 1TB SSD with 32GB DDR5 RAM – Win11 Home AD (AORUS 16X 9SG-43USC64SH)13,165 3D mark time Spy score.I expect to always run on wall power, as the battery won’t last long in games.It does have a good amount of fan noise, but every laptop I’ve gamed with has the same issue.

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5.0 out of 5 stars

TODO BUEN

Todo bien

2.0 out of 5 stars

Disappointing product in many ways. Made in china.

This has been a bit disappointing in many ways. Nothing detrimental enough for me to want to return it and endure the restocking fee but I really don’t like it. Problems:1, Mediocre keyboard – yes it is one of the few 16″ laptops with a number pad but the 0 key on the number pad is half wide and my thumn which is responsible for pressing the 0 button always hits the right arrow to the left of the 0 key. The tactile feedback of the keyboard is also pretty bad but that may be a personal taste issue.2, With all the wizbang RGB lighting, there is no indicator LED for caps lock and num lock. Srsly? How much was saved by not having two cheap LEDs?3, The RJ45 Ethernet port in the back is poorly proportioned. It snags on every cable. I have to wiggle a cable up and down to get it unplugged.4, Gigabyte doesn’t sell its own PSU as a standalone item. If I want a second PSU, I have to get it after market. And Gigabyte’s output voltage and amperage are different enough from other mainstream competitors like Dell, HP, and Asus that I can use their PSUs.5, With all the support made in Taiwan hoopla Gigabyte makes, this thing is made in the people’s republic. I was all excited about having a laptop not make in china.The above aside, it functions as a desktop replacement well enough if I connect a real keyboard to it. But using it as a standalone laptop is really hard to tolerate.

4.0 out of 5 stars

Killer laptop, questionable translations

I’m always questioning validity when getting products from all gamer store and getting a Gigabyte product with such horrible translations make me very wary. I’ve had several Gigabyte products before with not-so-perfect translations before though, but this is a new level of poor. Luckily, these translations don’t matter much outside of the Gigabyte software part because everything else is regular Windows.The quality of this laptop is great; super nice finish with a subtle hologram eagle and Aorus on the lid. The lid hinges feel great and not too tight, so the hinges should have a pretty long life. The laptop is filled with RGB, from a projected Aorus at the back of the laptop, plus lights all over the outside to the lit-up keyboard.Luckily, the memory and drive space can be expanded. As seen in my picture, both the memory and current SSD are removeable, plus there’s an additional empty slot for another SSD. Though it doesn’t look like they want you opening the laptop up to do these upgrades, the screws are all star heads and two of them have stickers over them to look like you break warranty, though I’m not sure if you actually do.The performance is way better than I was expecting for a 4070. I’m not really sure what the other reviewers are complaining about, I’ve been getting over 60 fps at max settings in pretty much every game I’ve tested, including Halo Infinite and No Man’s Sky which can be pretty intense. Often it gets up to the 90s, which is great for this 165hz display. There were a bunch of default settings that needed to be changed over to performance, so maybe that’s where other’s issues were.The display is also nice and bright, and the audio is loud and sounds really good. There is tons of ventilation, and when the laptop really starts working, the fans can get very loud, but that’s a price you’ll pay with any gaming laptop. As a basic gaming laptop, this is a great buy, it provides a good amount of power for the price and should keep you gaming for a couple years until it becomes inevitably obsolete.Unfortunately, the keyboard is one of the downsides causing the loss of a star, because the WASD+QER are all clear caps with white text and nearly impossible to see when the lights are on.Another downside is the touchpad can be super unresponsive sometimes and acts like a connected device in Windows and will randomly disconnect and reconnect, usually after exiting a game. Half the times tapping doesn’t seem to work and the clicking doesn’t work. I think it might be that the touchpad isn’t actually able to clicked everywhere, and there are specific zones for left and right click that you can’t see on the touchpad itself since it’s blank. The tapping seems to be required to happen in the zones as well instead of one or two finger like any standard touchpad now. I’ve tried messing around with settings and downloading different drivers and can’t seem to improve it.Another thing I don’t like is the power plug is located in the middle of the side, and the barrel doesn’t go all the way in. It’s not very good if you’re using it on your lap, or somewhere not on a desk, because the risk of damaging the port could be very high.

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4.0 out of 5 stars

Pretty nice

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Arrived well packaged. Performance wise I haven’t had any issues as of yet. The fans can be a little loud sometimes but it doesn’t bother me much as if I am gaming I have a headset anyway. The look and feel of this laptop is nice and I really like the lighted back light and the options available to customize all the lights. I thought it was cool that the gaming keys were a different color, but quickly changed my mind on that. The letters are incredibly hard to see on the clear keys especially with the lights going. As others have mentioned the power plug doesn’t go all the way in to the laptop. It doesn’t seem to effect anything but I just simply don’t like that. I do like the larger cursor pad this one has compared to my old one. Overall it’s a decent laptop but feels a tad overpriced for my liking.

4.0 out of 5 stars

better than my old laptop

I haven’t messed with Gigabyte before. I compared my three computers, 2 laptops and 1 desktop. The only thing that put this ahead of my desktop, which has a 12700k and an A770 was DLSS. I pulled up Senua’s Sacrifice, this laptop got on average w/o DLSS about 5 more FPS than my desktop, with DLSS it just from almost 70FPS to 150ish on performance and 115 on balanced, it’s unfortunate when you have to lean on gimmicks/AI tools instead of raw performance. CPU, in Cinebench this laptop on single core score was 1854 and multi core was 19495. My desktop got 1811 on single core and 21188 multi core. I get comparing a laptop to a desktop may not be the best judge but as for my old laptop, it’s got a GTX1650 max-q and 10500h, literally the cheapest laptop I could find at the time, enough said. Oh, this laptop also passes the one hand open test, which is super satisfying. There is plenty of airflow, unfortunately tho when running Cinebench the max temp hit 96c and I even had it on a cooling pad. Overall, a nice laptop, lots of storage and RAM, GPU is ok, CPU is good, I just expected more from latest gen hardware. The portability is great.

4.0 out of 5 stars

Very nice laptop, but english is very roughly translated.

I needed a laptop for my work. I also like playing video games in my spare time. This laptop did both things perfectly. It’s very fast and efficient. The fans are pretty loud sometimes, but they do keep the laptop cool. It’s all plastic, so I do have to be careful when using it for my job. Battery life is great. The charger does look a bit weird because the barrel plug does not sit flush with the laptop. It works just fine, but looks cheap. My biggest gripe is the English translation. They translated it very rough. There’s a lot of text where it’s obvious that they just used a translator and threw it up there. Overall, this laptop is a huge upgrade to my old one, and I’m very happy with it.

5.0 out of 5 stars

Best gaming laptop I’ve had

This is the best gaming laptop I’ve ever had. The graphics and performance are peak, and it has so much more storage than I thought it would. The quality of laptop is super sleek in the packaging was amazing. My laptop runs better than my friends which is $3000 so I would say the value of money is absolutely amazing.

5.0 out of 5 stars

Amazing laptop but the 4070 is weak

Ended up returning this since the 4070 is pretty weak. Went with a 2024 17x with a 4080 instead and it’s much better. The fit and finish and looks of the Aorus laptops are second to none imo.

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5.0 out of 5 stars

Very good product. Would recommend

I’ve been using this laptop for over a month now. Minus the fact that it is only 512gb, it is powerful enough for any task given.

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5.0 out of 5 stars

Me encanta

La computadora fue un regalo y la usa para la carrera universitaria de arquitectura y juegos

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5.0 out of 5 stars

Una bestia

Una gran laptop yo la uso principalmente para modelado 3d y es maravillosa , súper rápido el envío todo bien empacado todo perfecto … muy a gusto con la comprá