Aorus X7 DT V8 Owners Lounge

My Personal Review Of The Aorus X7 DT V8

Specs:
17'' 144hz GSync 1920x1080
8850H 4.3ghz Boost (2.6Ghz normal) LM & Fuji Pads Installed. OC'able
64GB 3000Mhz Ram (Corsair Vengance) running at 2666mhz (No Bios options for timings or speed) Copper Radiators installed
1080 GTX 8GB GDDR5X (LM and Fuji pads Installed) OC'able
2X 960 Samsung Pro 1TB (in NVME Slots & Copper Heatsinks Installed used for game installs)
1 Micron 1100 2TB Sata Drive (Boot Drive)
9260 Intel Wifi Module AC/A/G/N 2x2 NGFF With Bluetooth 5 (Upgraded From Killer 1535 for Free pulled from another machine)
USB/Power Adapter (USA)
Windows 10 X64 Pro No Bloat 1803

You can install windows 7 if you unenroll the secure boot keys and set to legacy but it doesnt have usb drivers at all! I could not get them to work unless someone backs up the ones from win 10 and then disables driver signature and tries it that way. it might crash the system though.


Price 3049 USD
Shipping Included (Which Was Free)
Vender: HIDevolution Thanks @Donald@HIDevolution

Accessories:
Amazon Basics 4 Port 3.1 Type C replicator (USB 3.0) (Odd Shaped One Not Flat)
TopMate C7 17'' Cooling Pad (USB Powered) Doesnt Eat USB
External 3D Blu Ray Burner 6X
5TB External Hard Drive (2.5 15mm LaCie) USB C
Bluetooth Gaming Mouse (Rated 24 Month Battery Life Dual AA Battery Rechargeable 3000Mah)
Bluetooth Ultra Thin Keyboard (No Numeric Pad Rated 12 Month Battery Life Internal Rechargeable Battery)

Used With:
Alienware Ultra-Wide Curved G-Sync 3440x1440 120HZ (OC'ed) Monitor for gaming. (At Home)

After a lot of testing, I have finally come up with stable results.

CPU:
Undervolt 0.155mv Underclock Boost Only to 4GHZ
This Actually Lowered temps by 8C
Ranged from 58-67C Max Full load

GPU:
OC & Undervolted Boost clock to 2025Mhz (1972mhz Most of the time, Average)
OC Memory to 5514Mhz (Zero Artifacts or Glitches, Stable)
Temps- 75C Max Fans at 100% Full Load (80% if you dont care about heat keeps at 77)

Memory:
Still haven't figured out a way to OC The memory to the 3000mhz or to change timings
I know there is virtually no difference but tighter timings are better.

Cinebench 15:
1260cb At 4.0GHZ
166 Single Core
Open GL 110.06

Thoughts:
Let me start out by saying this is a great laptop. Its portable and light. It can hold down temps and can deal with the most demanding task you can throw at it (Mine was re pasted with LM and has Fuji pads) There's not much room for overclocking as the bios comes locked and the memory/CPU/GPU configuration cannot be altered at the bios level. CPU/GPU are overclockable in windows via software but the CPU can only be overclocked by 100 MHz (Max 4.4Ghz) GPU Wise it can overclock fairly nice if you know how to do it. Price wise I feel they should give better parts (memory, bigger NVME drive, camera,speakers, wifi card) but they do make up for some with the bag of goodies if you get it.

CPU:
2.6 Base 4.3 Boost

When i first turned this bad boy on and installed windows first thing i did was install the drivers and then get me XTU and MSI Afterburner. I wanted to monitor the heat from it and notice this thing ran very hot. CPU would hit sometimes 82C when it boosted and throttle down. I immediately started to mess with the voltages and got it down to 0.130 and noticed a 4C drop on max temps.That wasn't enough for me so I dropped the boost to 4.0ghz and dropped the voltage some more this time to 0.155 and it dropped it down and amazing 7C more for a total of 11C. For me it still wasnt enough so unfortunately AORUS doesnt have a fan controller that seperate from its all in one package of Command and control that works with this particular laptop so i installed it messed with the fan controller and set to 80% at 67-76C which keeps my CPU cool at a steady 59-67C depending on load.

PS If you install Command and Control youll have to load your XTU and MSI Afterburner profiles everytime you restart your computer.....I know sucks. Maybe someone knows a workaround??

GPU:
GPU Was straight forward on temps hitting 82C on full load with the fans at 80% (Reg. settings)until i undervolted it and overclocked it. Boosted the memory clock by 500Mhz and boosted the base to 2025mhz. Now the clock does not stay at 2025 stable but stay more at a 1972-2000mhz average (still working with my voltage) at 1050mv which is base. Im sure if i boost the core voltage a bit ill be stable at those numbers but normally i wouldnt boost it more then 2000mhz to be safe. The Gpu doesn't show any artifacts or glitches at these settings. Temps are now in the lower 70s to peak 77C its not much but the longevity of GPU life will be better at these temps. Fan settings at 80%.

Memory:
It can hold 64GB of DDR4 ram at 2666mhz. Ive seen an unlocked bios before on a X6 that did have 3200mhz ram selectable, XMP and timings but i have not gone as far as unlocking my bios yet. I hope a bios upgrade comes out to at least let us mess with timings. timings are not even settable in bios which is disappointing shame if you have really nice memory with good timings and you cant set them. This (My) laptop came with CL19 2666mhz Memory which is horrible, I have Corsair 3000mhz memory at CL16 installed. I installed Copper radiators that help keep these cooled a bit more.

Maybe it can be overclocked software based?? I dont know of a program that does this.

Drives:
NVME FTW!! Get yourself top of the line drive of course if your spending this kinda of money. Samsung Pro or Evo your choice. I had 2x 1TB Samsung pro drives and it hits the advertised speeds samsung states.

Has 2 Slots NVME (Samsung 960 Pro 1TB) Reads at 3175 and Writes at 2208.

Has 1 Slot SSD (2TB Micro 1100) Reads at 531 Writes at 508

Screen:
I feel is not bright enough for me. Size is great and the 144hz with G-sync is amazing. Colors are beautiful. Calibrated right out of the box.

Battery Life:
That 10Hr advertisement is no good. This thing at best gives you 3HRs if your doing heavy gaming and you have to do alot of tweaking to get this. Normal use i get about 4Hrs depending what im doing (surf web, playing non intensive games like solitaire etc...)

To maximize battery life dim down the screen, turn off wifi and bluetooth completely, turn off the keyboard backlit, dont use usb ports or any ports for that matter (unless its for a mouse).Use Ethernet for internet. I would even turn off the speakers in a extreme case. undervolt everything. underclock CPU for more voltage saving. Skip the 2.5 Drive.

Keyboard:
Its sweet. Per-key backlit. Many different settings and colors. Feels great when pressing keys for me but my fingers hurt after a while.

Trackpad:
Looks Tacky to me do to the Aorus Eagle on it. I wish it wasnt there. I also feel windows precision drivers would be amazing for this to give it the "premium" feel. ELAN doesnt cut for me and feels lacking. Pressing on the trackpad sometimes doesnt respond well. I use a external mouse.

Wifi & Bluetooth:
I opted for the Intel 9260 Offers BT 5. (Less Power consumption) it came with a killer 1535 but i had a 9260 laying around. Im thinking about installing my 18265 tri band intel card to have WiGiG Functionality.

Speakers:
They sound ok. Im no audiophile but the bass & treble on this is not so great. After i adjusted them with viper they sound a bit better. I wish they used the speakers MSI used on their laptops those are way better then these.

Camera:
720P....at least give us 1080P! Yet i dont ever use this.

Ports & Charger:
HAS LOTS OF PORTS!!!!
They did great with the selection.
Thunderbolt 3.0 x 1, HDMI 2.0 x 1, mini DP 1.4 x 1, RJ45 x 1, USB 3.1 Gen.2 (Type-A) x 1, USB 3.1 Gen.1 (Type-A) x 3, USB 3.1 Gen.2 (Type-C) x 1, Audio Jack : Earphone (HiFi / SPDIF) x 1, MIC in x 1, SD Card Reader (UHS-II) x 1
250W Charger comes with a USB port to plug a mobile device to charge!!! What a value. The adapter is long =/. Wire is good in size.

Fan Noise, Weight & Portability:
Fans are around 54-56db if they are ramped up(80-100%). Doesnt bother me as i wear headset or got speakers loud otherwise its very quiet if left on gaming setting in aorus fan setting but is hot if not undervolted. 35-45db depending on fan speed on reg settings.
7 Pounds and easy to hold in hand. Feels cool (touch) and very sturdy. LOVES FINGERPRINTS HAVE YOUR MICROFIBER HANDY.

Promotions:
If your lucky enough youll get the bag with all the goodies (mouse, mouse pad) These are a extra plus.






Pics for validation to come and benchmarks

Sorry still working on pics,

Add some screenshots more pics to come and going to re-do cinebench new curve and gpu speed

 

Here is a review that might help.

 

My opinion is: Do both.

Yeah, Windows 10 is a piece of trash. No question about that. Pure-dee unadulterated garbage OS.

But, you can do like I do and dual boot with Windows 7 instead of having to choose. There are roughly two or three things that Windows 10 does better and/or Windows 7 cannot do (like Time Spy). That being the case, I don't mind exploiting it when it is to my advantage or I have something to gain from it. I'm just not doing it their way, and that is how the cookie crumbles. It is expendable, and I treat it that way. If I had to choose just one one, then it's a no-brainer... W7.

 

So, since this has no Optimus, what battery times could we expect for lighter usage like web browsing etc if the GTX1080 is tuned for maximum battery rather than maximum performance?

 

1.25/1.5hr at best with undervolt and all power save options enabled

 

Thanks. My original question was a bit unclear so I updated it, guessing your reply might be about gaming on battery?

Any 17” alternatives to this (ie slim performance laptops) without GSync?

 

With gaming it'll probably be around 45 mins or less.

@Falkentyne can the GT75 (17" gaming DTR from MSi) be modded to enable the "lost" mux functionality?

 

The Bios has the options for switching displays in 'System Agent' but no one has tried to see if it works or if it gives a black screen or not.
Programming a "01" into EC RAM register F1, in RW Everything is supposed to flip the Mux (requires a reboot) on the GT73VR And GT75VR. No one has tried to see what happens on the GT75 Titan.

 

That sounds very low even without Optimus, does an almost idle 1080 really draw that much? Would have guessed at least 3 hours with ”battery friendly” settings

 

What about using ThrottleStop powersaver prodile and decreasing to 60 hz, any noticable difference in battery runtimes?

 

Yeah I hate the cheap clevo thin and light garbage.
I've heard a lot of interesting stuff about the gigabyte X7, when you get it, mind posting some benchmarks etc.?

Also I would love to guide you through everything in terms of optimization etc. so I can myself get to know the potential of your machine. Since they seem rather scarce.

 

Absolutely. Thank you

 

Thanks for the info

GT73VR program 01 to EC ram register F1 will do the same thing as MUX switcher feature/button?

Not much you can stretch
Without optimus it will be horrible regardless

 

All the SCM (MUX) switch even does is activate EC register F1 and reboot. It just doesn't tell you.

If you are on Nvidia:
Writing 01 into EC RAM register F1 will cause this to change to 02.
Then reboot and you will be on iGPU.

on iGPU, writing 01 into EC RAM register F1 will cause this to change to 06 (not 02).
Then reboot and you will be back on Nvidia.

On the GT75, there are three new options for graphics, all which say iGPU, SG, PEG and PCI. And a few other options. These settings don't exist in GT73VR and GT75VR Bios, but the option which did forcibly switch the GPU (probably by writing to the EC while in the bios? i dont know) " MSI GPU MODE" is not present.

No one has tested whether the EC trick (since no one except me knew it anyway) or the unlocked Bios menus in System Agent will force the iGPU and i dont own this laptop.

 

This is the Aorus X7 DT v8-CL4D Owner's Lounge...please stay on topic and don't hijack this thread.

 

94.24Wh Lithium-Polymer Battery Capacity for long battery life...up to 8 hours with normal computing.

Mobius must be shooting from the hip with these crazy answers!

 

I think the answer is going to be between those two; with a 94Wh battery and no optimus, expect 3-4 hours of battery life when doing 'regular' computing at 'medium' brightness. Up the cpu usage and raise the brightness and keyboard backlight and you're looking at 2-3 hours; lower the brightness, turn off keyboard backlight, and lock the cpu to lower frequencies (like power saver mode), and you're looking at 4-5 hours.

 

I talk about this in my review that Donald quoted. Very light usage gets about 5 hrs. Medium light gets 3-4 hours. Heavy usage gets 1-1.5 hours. I have the laptop in hand. It has a large 94 wh battery and these new chips can get very low watt usage when idling. LIke 4 watts, which is very good. GPU still takes a lot of power though.

When optmized for max battery, I think you could actually push about 5.5 hrs, maybe six if you're just taking notes in Word/writing docs. But how many people are actually just going to do that one thing? Students... maybe.

 

Yes, was a bit surprised about such low numbers, but since I dont have the laptop, I really cant test myself, but I would imagine that you have. Might I ask how you define ”normal computing”, idling att min brightness or is the 1080 that effective when not working hard?

 

Hey Everyone! Here's my review of the Aorus X7 DT V8 for those of you who are interested.



Intro

It features a 17” 144 hz display, packs an overclockable i7-8850H, a full GTX 1080 that is also overclockable, up to 64 GB of ram, 2 M.2 slots + 1 2.5” terabyte drive, as well as a plethora of ports. And the kicker is… it’s only .9” thin and only weights 7.05 lbs. There are very few laptops out there that are this thin and light, and still packs this much punch.

Now I’ve got this unit in for review from HIDEvolution, a 3rd party custom reseller who wanted me to check out this unit. Now this is not a sponsored video by any means, but I do want to thank HIDEvolution for sending this over for review. I’ll include a link in the video description down below if you want to pick one up. They’ve when ahead and upgraded this unit with Grizzly Conductanaut and thermal pads for increased cooling efficiency, which means that this Aorus X7 will run at lower average temps than your standard X7.

Ports

Along the left side we have a speaker grill, headphone and mic jacks, 3 usb type A, and a LAN port, lastly we have the exhaust. Along the back, we have exhaust ports on the sides, the power plug, and our forth USB 3 Type A. Moving to the right side, the other speaker grill, a super speed SD Card reader capable of hitting ultra fast read speeds with high speed SD cards, a USB Type C, Thunderbolt, HDMI, and Mini display port.

This is one of the most fully kitted out ports you’ll find on literally any laptop out there today, including when you compare it to the big beefy ones.

Overclocking

So how well does this thing handle overclocking? Shockingly well for both the CPU and GPU. First of all, I wasn’t expecting the i7-8850H to be fully overclockable since it’s not a “K” processor, which is normally reserved for Intel’s processors that allow for direct overclocking, but this 8850H allows for full manual control up to 4.4 ghz across all cores. If you can cool the CPU well enough, you’ll be able to get very similar performance to the i9-8950HK, maybe just a 5% performance decrease when overclocking both processors.

Out of the box, the processor is undervolted by .75 mv, but is power limited to just 63 watts. It manages to maintain only a 1140 Cinebench score and throttle down to 3.5 ghz across all cores. So you’ll need to raise your power limits and increase your undervolt if you want to have stable clock speeds at 4.3 ghz. I did this with Intel XTU no problem. Just by undervolting to -125 mv and raising power limit to unlimited, I saw a jump up to 1340 on average and stable 4.3 ghz across all cores.

Now I did overclock it up to 4.4 ghz stable with Cinebench R15 and it scored 1380, and it was drawing a consistent 101 watts of power at those speeds. And the great thing is it temps were hovering right around 82C, which is just fantastic. Ultimately, I settled on a 4.3 ghz stable OC with a 2 ghz AVX offset for when rendering in premiere, which means that the processor will automatically downclock to 4.1 ghz when rendering video, since that is such a tough task for a processor to handle.

As far as the GPU goes, out of the box, we managed a fire strike graphics score of just 20141, which is good for how thin this laptop is, but its quite frankly a middle of the road score for a full GTX 1080. But the good news is, I was able to undervolt it and overclock it with MSI Afterburner just enough to outperform the highest performing laptop currently available on NotebookCheck.com’s laptops with the GTX 1080. With the right tweaking, the GPU can boost to the 1932-2000 Mhz range, which is the just fantastic clock for a GTX 1080 laptop like this one.

Temps

I never saw the temps above 84C, even when running benchmarks in a loop, gaming, or rendering video, which is just fantastic. The temps typically stayed around 70-75C for the GPU, and 75-80C for the CPU, and that’s while overclocking the system to the max possible specs. If you lower the overclocks down a bit, you’ll see noticeably cooler temps in the lower 68-75C for both CPU and GPU.

You can also tweak the fan curve in the Aorus command & control software, so if you don’t mind the noise you can have it running a few degrees cooler, or if you want a queiter gaming experience, you can undervolt and run at stock clocks for very cool temps when gaming with low fan noise.

Gaming Experience

Gaming on the Aorus X7 is fantastic. I’ve been able to stream sessions of Fortnite for five hours straight comfortably without throttling or slowdowns, and averaging about 200 FPS on a mixture of settings between low and epic.

Other games have performed equally as well with PUBG averaging about 112 FPS in my run through the city of Yasana test.

Display

This laptop is obviously a beast when it comes to performance, but how does it handle when it comes to actually just using it for day to day use.

First, I will say that the display is quite good, I tested it to 308 nits brightness after disabling windows 10 auto brightness. The contrast and colors are there too, and to top it off, this unit had minimal backlight bleed as well.

So far, this has been the best high refresh rate laptop display I’ve used so far. Beating out the Razer Blade 15, GS65 Stealth, and matching very closely to the Aorus X9.

Keyboard

The keyboard is excellent. With a good overall feel, full size arrow keys, dedicated home, end, and numpad. The keys are also individually lit RGB, but unfortunately the software isn’t my favorite and could use some improvement to really take advantage of the individually lit keys and make for more usable presets.

Touchpad

The touchpad on this laptop is good, though I think it could be a tad larger. Laptops like the Razer Blade 15 are sporting larger trackpads on smaller laptop frames, and I’d like to see a 15% increase in size of the trackpad here. But the good news is that the drivers are good, movements are precise, the pad itself is just the right amount of clicky. Some people might want to upgrade the ELAN drivers to Windows Precision Drivers though.

Speakers

The speakers on this are solid, with a touch of bass, and okay mids and highs. But they are not as good as the Razer Blade Pro laptop I’ve been using, and they are far from the best when compared to the big and beefy systems.

Battery Life

This laptop comes with a very large 94Wh battery, almost the maximum possible size of 99Wh. But because this laptop features G-Sync, the laptop cannot utilize the integrated intel graphics card for increased battery life. That means that you’re always running on the GTX 1080, even when on battery, and so battery life is just mediocre. You’ll get about 1.5-2 hrs of high intensity load, 3-4 hrs of webbrowsing, and about 5 hrs of super light load in airplane mode just working on documents, etc. Overall, that’s just about average for a system like this, but it’s certainly usable. I do wish G-Sync wasn’t included though, since it doesn’t benefit a system like this with so much power.

I also want to mention that the Aorus X7 comes with a smaller than average powerbrick for laptops of this power capability, smaller even than the one that came with my Aorus X5 that I’ve owned previously.

Value

At $3089, this laptop is not cheap, but it does pack close to the absolute best performance you can find in a laptop period. Unlike many other laptops that are this thin, the Aorus X7 is actually fully capable of cooling down the CPU and GPU, even when overclocking the system. This thing really just doesn’t have any glaring flaws worth pointing out. It’s a rock solid ultra thin laptop.

When I compare it to many laptops that are trying to push the boundaries of the thin and light category, like the Razer Blade 15, I see a massive increase in performance for the Aorus X7 with a manageable increase in size.

And then when I compare this laptop to thicker laptops, such as the MSI GT75, I see the same level of performance, but the Aorus X7 is so much thinner. So in my mind, this Aorus X7 is right in the sweet spot between power and portability. If you’re looking for a high end gaming notebook, look no further. This is it.

Now I do want to mention a couple of additional options out there. If you really want the most performance, then I’d recommend looking at the Clevo P750 or P870 from HIDEvolution. If you really want something thinner and lighter, then I’d take a look at the Aorus X7’s little brother, the Aorus X5.

 

Check my post about battery life. 5 Hrs idle. 3-4 hrs browsing web. 1-1.5 hours doing really heavy tasks.

 

Ah, nice, was actually thinking about your review as well as the one from this OwnorDisown (something like that ) guy.

Would you consider using this machine instead of something like an XPS15 for more productivity use with some occational gaming or is it to much work? Not entierly sure I trust this optimus stuff 100%, ie it works but not sure if it has some downsides as well, DPC, driver conflicts etc...

 

I agree that "...up to 8 hours..." may be under optimal conditions, and so it will end up somewhere in between.

 

Will do, didnt show up on my feed until after I posted. Thanks.

 

Maybe because I run discord on battery


Without discord maybe 50-60% battery boost, this app is terrible on power optimization





In the past I've gotten below 1.2w idle consistently on a 7700HQ with optimus (dgpu not enabled). Your CPU goes up in power consumption if the dGPU is enabled because it has to maintain a PCI signal connection to the GPU.

GTX1080 idle is around 5-6w, and that's if the power efficient settings are selected within nvidia control panel. Someone here claimed 4w on the CPU. That's 9-10w (9.4~hr) for the CPU/GPU, but alone not counting the storage/pch/screen/fan/RGB led/etc.

 

This machine is fastly more powerful than an XPS 15, especially in the graphics department. Optimus can be a headache if its not working properly, but generally, speaking works 90% of the time from my experience. I would much prefer to have optimus in a machine for battery life purposes.

 

Yes, if this had optimus I would not hesitate to get it. I had a previous version of this laptop and really liked it but with dual 970Ms the battery life was almost none so using it for any kind of portable work was to impractical in the long run. Have an AW17R4 also with a 1080 but would be nice to just have one laptop for work and pleasure

Anyone happen to know of a reliable seller in Northen Europe? Seems to be very hard to find here...

 

Is it possible to hide/cover that ugly eagle that Aorus insist on putting on the TrackPad? Dont mind the one on the lid but the one on the trackpad is just tacky.

Anyone tried to use a TB3 dock with this laptop? TB3 charging is probably out of the question though

 

Regarding MUX discussion before...

I guess that you are refering to the MSI, not that there is a magic switch for the Aorus enabling the Optimus? AFAIK, its hardwired so I guess not but...

 

Hey anyway you could provide me a link to your no telemetry win 7 i cant find the usb drive i had it on? please and thanks


Update: NVM i found one just updated last month

 

will replace it in next-gen product, I mean the trackpad with AORUS logo

 

yeah MUX's good stuff however it's really not that easy to implement on the PCB - if there's quite limited space of chassy

 

Alright... I'm two weeks away (I think, possibly four) from pulling the trigger on one of these from HIDEvolution. Super excited!!!

I'm stepping up from a 2008 unibody Macbook Pro running Windows 7 and a desktop I built in 2013 with an AMD FX-8350 and GTX 680. That desktop is in storage for the next six months so I've had to get my gaming fix on the Macbook.

Let me tell you, nothing will get you more excited about a notebook with a GTX 1080 than trying to play Dark Souls: Prepare to Die Edition rendered at 512x384 resolution then upscaled to the native 1440x900 resolution, all at a wonderful 16 frames per second.

However, my desktop aged well I must say (before I banished it to storage, an unfortunate necessity of my job). I've been able to play DOOM and Witcher 3 at medium-high settings, 1366 x 768 and medium settings, 1920 x 1080. The GTX 680 was a decent card in its day.

Really looking forward to some Witcher and Dark Souls III on this Aorus! Not sure where I'm going with this post, just happy to be lucky enough to be able to afford a performance machine. Cheers!

 

Glad to hear that! Thank you for being with us!

 

Hey do any of the Aorus laptops have the option to disable to dGPU and use the iGPU? I picked up a used Aorus x7 v6 1080 and wanted to know if it's possible to gain some extra battery life if I find myelf on a plane or so. Thanks.

 

Hi cuz on AORUS X7 v6 it features dGPU-directly-output structure so there's no way could disable the dGPU (it's the only graphic connected to panel)

 

i cant wait to get mine its been in pre production for just over a week. i cant wait!!!

 

Shipped out yesterday arrives Wednesday

 

Anybody who already has this laptop have windows precision drivers for the trackpad??

 

Got my laptop tonight. Installed win 10 no bloat from major geeks. installed all drivers an most of my games. hwmonitor and msi after burner and xtu but i cannot get aorus command and control to work at all i keep getting an exception fault. i installed aorus command and control first it auto installed xtu. i tried to use it didnt work so i uninstalled the xtu and installed the latest xtu and it still didnt work. i uninstalled both reboot installed a different version and it dont work. any ideas?? win 10 64bit pro no bloat! i looked all over the internet too. so im calling all the greats. i even reinstall ms.net which i didnt want to but it was required

@Phoenix @Mr. Fox @Papusan @Prema

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Thanks for the reply. What are some things I can do to maximize battery life on an Aorus when I need that extra battery life (not gaming) ?

 

Skip the SATA drive. Lower your brightness on LCD and keyboard or Turn off backlit keyboard. Power saving mode in power options. Make sure bluetooth is turned off. Use the ethernet not wifi. Undervolt the cpu and gpu. Under clock it to 4ghz max. That's all I can think of.

 

I received my laptop v8 last Friday. So far so good. My 5 year old Clevo died and I needed an immediate replacement so I ordered from Amazon.

The machine is great. It boots up instantly and is very fast. I went for 32GB instead of 16. 1080 GTX sure beats my 780M SLI setup. Thinner and lighter than my old Clevo.

I almost always use an external monitor running at 25x16 and the Aorus powers through it with no problems.

The only complaint I have is about the noise. The fans get very loud when running under load. Much louder than my old Clevo. I always use a laptop cooler to help but the cooling solution on the Aorus is very close to the back of the laptop and most notebook coolers are designed to blow at the middle of the laptop. If anyone has a good cooler reccomendation for this model I would like to hear suggestions.

 

theres a common misconception that NVMe PCIE SSDs use less power than SATA due to smaller form factor and only at 3.3v while traditional SATA is at 5v. though it does depend on controller and firmware, in general, NVMe PCIE SSDs use a bit more power than SATA SSDs especially given fact that SATA has been around forever. when talking about high end NVMe PCIE SSD theres almost no comparison, some of the highest ones i've seen can go as high as 3A at 3.3v which puts it to 10w..

 

Undervolt it. While 4.4GHZ is nice it hits 76C max on my machine with an undervolt of -0.160. If you underclock the machine to 4Ghz Max and undervolt it. I found my machine stays at a cool 55C (Full load Max and 33 lowest in idle). No rev up on fans at all! Make sure you set its voltage to unlimited

 

Guys sorry I have put up anything about the machine I'm still tweaking and trying to get this damm app to work. My p870tm1g died last night one of video cards is dead and I think one of pci slots too. So I stopped working on the aorus till I get my main machine back on first. I'm experiencing uber lag on the second card but I think it's the pci slot. This would be my second 1080 replacement card...in 5 months. No oc on these cards or lm.

 

Small update. So far Ive UV (-0.160) and Underclocked my CPU to 4Ghz Keeps it cool at 55-60c on full load (I like quiet fans). GPU UV and OC to 1961mhz and 5556mhz on memory stays no higher 79C (average 77c) Full load (With NO CORE VOLTAGE INCREASE). Gaming mode set on fans so it stays quiet. If i ramp up the fans it stay at 72-75C at 75% Fan. So far im in love. Im still working on my clevo and taking screenshots and possibly a video. I also resolved the Command & Control issue i had. Seems gigabyte was aware and corrected it with a software update on their site. I still get a license error but the software is fully functional.

 

Switch the power scheme to quiet mode and make the display dimmer.... LCD panel is a huge power consumption unit on laptop

 

Just purchased one of these. To bump the ram up to 32gb from the supplied 16, is there any difference to having 2 x 16gb or 4 x 8gb?

 

The only advantage to 2x 16GB is that you would still have 2 slots available for future upgrade.