What I expect to See from the Next Aorus laptops.

I am thinking to sell my Clevo P870KM1-G since I do not play video game as much as I did and might buy a thin and light gaming laptop, that's also powerful enough to play games sometime. Here are few things that I expect to see for each Aorus laptops.

Aorus X3 series
- Better unibody RGB keyboard like Aero 15X
- Add anti-ghosting
- thinner bezel like Aero 15X (or at least use aluminum bezel for the laptop)
- Add Thunderbolt 3.0 port.
- Change the touchpad like Aorus X5 and X7, but remove the Aorus logo and add RGB LED like Razer Blade Pro
- Add Full HD and 4K version. Sure 2K is nice, but it does not stand out against Razer Blade 14. Maybe adding FHD version and drop the price might fix the problem, but again if they do that, the laptop compete against Aero 14.

To be fair, there aren't many things to fix, since it is such a small laptop.

Aorus X5 series
- Why don't we have three m.2 slots instead of 2
- Add anti-ghosting
- Change the touchpad like Aorus X5 and X7, but remove the Aorus logo and add RGB LED like Razer Blade Pro
- Add FHD 120hz version like v6, so that user can have better gaming experience.
- Add one more mDP port, so that user can actually use Thunderbolt port instead of using it as display port.
- For the Md version, they have to optimise the graphics card and the cooling solution, so that GTX1080 Max - Q can be actually worth it.

Aorus X7 series
- Why don't we have three m.2 slots instead of 2
- Add anti-ghosting
- Let's have 99w battery instead of 94.24w. Sure it's a minor change, but since Aorus is a premium brand, I don't think it's a lot to ask.
- Change the touchpad like Aorus X5 and X7, but remove the Aorus logo and add RGB LED like Razer Blade Pro
- Add one more mDP port, so that user can actually use Thunderbolt port instead of using it as display port.
- Add one more Thunderbolt port.
- Remove the macro keys, and put the audio next to the keyboard so that the user can have better audio experience.

What do you guys want from Next Aorus laptops?

 

I would like to see an X7 PRO added to the line with no logo on the touchpad, a smaller discreet logo on the lid, and nothing flashing anywhere at any time ever. Lighting will be keyboard, status, and power button only and a few subtle colors that will match everywhere everywhere a light exists and all will be infinitely adjustable in intensity. Anyone working on the X7 PRO that suggests otherwise should be immediately fired and uncerimoniously escorted to the curb by a couple thugs who will slap him/her around on the way to said curb. The keyboard as it is cannot accept unlimited registers which is unnacceptable on any rig designated and selling as a high end gaming machine, that should be changed. The PRO should keep the QHD option but the screen should be uprated to an IPS panel and keep the 120 refresh. Keep in mind the regular X7 can keep on going the way it is, go the way of the X9, whatever. The PRO is for people over the age of 12 that aren't impressed with flashing lights.

There isn't a huge amount of hardware updates available right now but the works should be updated to reflect the latest on the high end.

 

I'll be happy if they can ramp up production faster. They've underestimated their popularity two generations in a row. Extra rollover would be nice. That's about it for me.

 

I strongly agree. I bought Clevo P870km1-G because it took so long for Aorus to launch their v7 lineup.

 

I'd like to see the Aorus version of the Aero 15X.

 

I completely agree. Aero15x looks very mature, feels solid, perform really good. The only thing that holds me from buying the laptop is lack of upgradability compare to Aorus X7.

 

do you mean 3 additional? i have an x5 and it has 3x m2 slots and 1x 2.5" sata slot. it was one of the things that made me decide to get the aorus over anything else.

i have the x5 md, the 1080 maxq is totally worth it. the laptop is virtually silent at normal fan settings it tops out at around 40db which is nothing. i have a ceiling fan on right now and i can't hear that laptop over the ceiling fan. the first time i used VR on it i had to double check the fans were even working at all. it's quieter than my wife's lenovo, it's quieter than my old surface pro, i'd argue it's even quieter than my custom loop desktop. the gpu might not be a full fat 1080, but it outperforms the 1070. but the fact that i don't sound like i'm using a drone every time i fire up this laptop, and i have a 7820hk and a 1080(ish) gpu was the major selling point for me. temperature wise even though it's almost silent, i top out at around 83 degrees in PUBG which completely cooks my wife's laptop (7700hq/1050) at 97 degrees.


the one thing that i'd like to see, particularly in the maxq - get rid of gsync. i would rather have a laptop that i can use for more than 2hrs on battery because it has optimus instead of having gsync.

 

I personally think Current Aorus laptops don't look that bad - well.... except for the X9. I would like for Aorus to remove the logo on the touchpad for sure though since the design of the laptops makes a good balance between gamer aesthetics and minimalist design. However, I feel like the touchpad ruins that balance.

 

Yes, that's what I meant. The old Aorus laptops had three 3 m.2 slots and 1 Hard drive bay, which was AMAZING for the size. However, for some reason, they decided to remove one of the storage. Also, about the MD, I personally think it really depends on your preference. I would rather have more performance for more noise, especially if I am paying the same price, but some people have opposite opinion. That is totally fine. However, according to ultrabook review.com, Aorus X5 Md's GTX1080 max- Q underperform, even compared to Aorus X5 V7 that has GTX1070, which is a huge problem for the price of $2900.

 

i have 3x m2 slots and 1x 2.5 sata slot in the md. pictures i've seen of the v6 and v7 internals also have 3 m2 slots from what i can see, not sure where only have 2x m2 slots has come from.

i nearly didn't buy the md because of that review actually. there are other things to take into account in the additional cost of the md though, such as the ram and screen upgrade over the v7. fully aware that the GPU isn't a full powered 1080, but that's not the point of the maxq stuff. i get consistently higher firestrike scores that that ultrabook review as well, but at the end of the day it's just a synthetic benchmark.

 

I would double check that. It may look like you have 3 M.2 slots but I'm almost positive one of them is blank; the connector is missing. The MB for the X5 MD, V7, and V6 looks almost identical except for two pretty significant changes; the SD card reader was replaced with a higher speed version and the USB-C port was upgraded to TB3. I believe that inclusion of a PCIe X4 TB3 port necessitated the removal of one M.2 slot so the lanes could be reassigned. Every internal photo I've seen of the MD and V7 shows that M.2 slot closest to the battery being blanked - the slot is there (the blank is visible along with the mounting screw hole) but the connector is missing.

 

I'm thinking it was a good choice, most will find more use for the TB than a third slot and the extra speed on the card reader is a value add for those that use it.

 

X7 v6 had three M.2 slots but X7 v7 have only two, Aorus said that its the price they had to pay to add Thunderbolt 3.

 

Agreed, having the option for higher speed peripherals I think will be the deciding factor for a lot of people.

 

A lot of things you request are not doable simply because there are limited PCI express lanes on the current Intel chipset offerings.

Thunderbolt ports take up to 4 lanes, m2 slots if PCI express is used take lanes etc. Laptops with high end gpu's simply do not have enough lanes left. This is a different story in for example ultrabooks which do not need a minimum of 8 lanes for the GPU alone.

 

bugger. you're right.

it doesn't really matter though, 2x m2 and the 2.5" is plenty. i have a 1tb m2 in there so i should have noticed when i installed.. it's not obvious though because the wires for the wifi obscure where the connector would be so at first glance it looks like it's all there.

something they could add is charging over thunderbolt. i have a charging tb dock, but doesn't work. kind of silly having charger + tb plugged in.

 

The could've used CM238 chipset instead of H175 which has more PCI-E lanes.

 

This is a business chipset and in general PCI express lanes provided by the chipset have a lot of latency (the main reason why TB3 GPU's arent performing as well as a PCI express 4X slot. In general all M2 drives are hooked up directly to the CPU. Intsel shoudl stop beign lazy and implement more within the CPU though.