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Normally, the heat pipe is cooled via two heatsinks and blower fans that sit at the rear of the laptop. Inside the laptop is a heat pipe cooler that covers the CPU and both GPUs. Advertisementīut then, that would hardly be as interesting would it? The GX800VH's claim to fame is its external liquid cooling unit, which locks into docking ports at the back of the laptop with a satisfying clunk. There's an eight-cell, 76Whr battery inside too, although with battery life that barely scrapes past an hour and a half, I'd consider it more of a backup in case of power cut, rather than a means to actually use the laptop on the go. All that's missing is 10Gb Ethernet, which I'd expect to see at this price point. There's a 3.5mm headphone jack, a 3.5mm microphone jack, one Thunderbolt 3.0/USB 3.1 Type-C port, one USB 3.1 Type-C port, three USB 3.1 Type-A ports, gigabit Ethernet, one mini-Display Port, and an SD card reader. The bezel was easy enough to pop back into place, but such damage is hardly the most reassuring start to unboxing a six grand laptop.Īs you'd expect for a laptop that's 45mm thick, the GX800VH packs in plenty of ports. Unfortunately, my particular review unit suffered in transit, with the bezel becoming partly separated from the display. (Suffice it to say, this is not a laptop you will want to move around often, let alone actually use on your lap). While the GX800VH uses a mixture of plastics and brushed metal rather than the full-metal chassis you might expect at this price point, it still has a premium feel, which is helped by its substantial weight of 5.7kg. Still, the suitcase-which is filled a pre-cut foam insert for the liquid cooling unit and extra power supply-and bag do make carrying the whole setup around that much easier, should you want to lug it around to a friend's house or, if you're seriously committed to gaming, on holiday. Not only is the laptop itself physically large and covered in orange highlights, but it comes with both a backpack and a suitcase to carry the accompanying liquid cooling unit around-and the graphics on the suitcase are hardly what you'd call subtle. But as an example of what's possible on the bleeding edge when money is no object, it's one of the finest pieces of technological willy-waving that we've ever seen.īuying a GX800VH requires a commitment from both your credit card and your ego.

The GX800VH certainly isn't for everyone, then, not least those that want the most bang-for-the-buck.

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Specs at a glance: Asus ROG GX800VHģ840×2160 18.4-inch IPS G-Sync display 100 percent RGBĤC/8T 2.9GHz Core i7-7820HK (OC to 4.4GHz)Ĩ02.11ac WiFi, Bluetooth 4.1, Gigabit EthernetĨ Cells 71 Whrs Battery, HD Web Camera, Mechanical Keyboard Buying one costs £6,600/$6,300, which is an astonishing amount of money even considering the tech that's included. There are two Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 graphics cards paired in SLI, 64GB of DDR4 memory, and an 18.4-inch 4K display with G-Sync. Beneath its fully mechanical, RGB-lit keyboard is Intel's top-of-the-line mobile i7-7820HK processor, which is based on the same Kaby Lake architecture as the i7-7700K and is similarly overclockable. The Asus ROG GX800VH, a liquid cooled monstrosity of a gaming laptop, is one of those things that, like 4K phones or the Apple Watch, is wholly unnecessary yet awfully desirable.

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