They blend together pretty well, but there is a little bit of creakiness with some of the junctions, particularly with the lid and the rear vents.

There’s a tremendous combination of both metal and plastic throughout the laptop. The build quality feels decent for the most part, but there’s definitely room for some improvement. Overall though, it’s a pretty good design and I’m OK with it in general. If you’re familiar with the Aorus x5 design from last year, this model looks mostly the same, but there are some subtle differences that were made, both good and bad. 9” (h)Ģx speaker, 2x woofer, microphone with ESS Sabre Hifi DAC, HD webcam, SD card reader, Kensington Lock Nvidia Geforce GTX 1080, GDDR5X 8GB VRAM, Max-Q technologyģ2GB DDR4 2400Mhz SO-DIMM, 4 slots, Max 64GBĢ56GB M.2 NVMe SSD, 2 slots + 1TB 2.5” HDD The specs sheetġ5.6 inch, 3840 x 2160 px resolution, IPS, matte, non-touchħ th Generation Intel Core i7-7820HK 2.9Ghz, 3.9Ghz turbo, overclockable

But keep in mind that while I’m not overall happy with the x5 MD that I have in hand, I do like many aspects of the x5 v7 and think it’s a pretty good option to buy. So if you’re interested in learning more, please read on and see my findings. The good news is the x5 v7 in general is a pretty decent machine though and this review applies to that model in every way, except for the GPU and maybe another screen option. The x5 v7, which is the GTX 1070 version, actually outperforms this machine and is significantly cheaper in price. It’s a complete waste of money, and that’s a fact – not just my opinion. I’ll get right to the point – I’m not pleased with the x5 MD at all. Given my recent whirl with the Asus Zephryus, I decided to give the x5 MD a shot. But the MD stands for Max-Q design and that has been a concerning issue with many people out there wondering how worth it Max-Q really is. I did spend a short time with the Aorus x7 DT v6 and I really liked what I saw, so I was very interested to see that they crammed a 1080 into the Aorus x5 MD.

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