all right so what do we got here looks like two new computers yeah we have two
new computers this is a brand new Asus Zephyrus s of course you know the world
famous Zephyrus super thin but only in 17-inch version a su said hey a lot of
people like these 15-inch laptops we are going to make a 15-inch version that the
names air first belongs on and this is what we have this is a zephyrus s it's
got all the zephyrus like features I'm going to show you of course the
signature move check it out watch this if that little vent hinge
little vent hinge helps you suck in air keeps the laptop cooler keeps it thinner
in fact they say it's probably the thinnest one out there and let's find
out because I have next to it the razor 15 which razor of course says is the
smallest 15 inch gaming laptop I can believe them because it's tiny it does
have these pretty big thick feet though to keep it elevated so it cools off
do you count that or do you not count that I don't count it because you know
if you were to lay it up you get a better sense but it's a little tougher
this caliper because I'm not gonna get all the way to the middle of the body
what do we got there we got about maybe 17 point 8 millimeters all right is our
first same thing we're not gonna get all the way to the center but it's a fairly
flat design that's John you're not opening it up I'm not so it's fair it's
close so we're both close about sixteen point three millimeters since I'm all
around well I mean you know I think razor is saying we're smaller because it
depends on what the definition of smaller is because it is still smaller
it might actually be smaller by volume because it's definitely you have the
Zephyrs who is larger don't talk about the blade too much but I won't do point
out to people on the 1070 max-q version you get a bigger bottom what they do is
that the bigger bottom looks and put in the bigger GPU more cooling etc but
we're talking about the AC we are talking about the a seuss the Zephyrus s
back by not popular demand apparently but big Cup because they need to is the
side mounted trackpad personally I like the side mounted trackpad the original
Zephyrus it was like this you had the keyboard
here you had your side mounted trackpad but then on the Zephyrs m which was the
updated version with coffee lake the keyboard bat went back up to here and
the trackpad would here with the Zephyrs s hey sue said hey we need that space
for the cooling and the GPU and the CPU and all that so we're gonna move the
keyboard back so we got the trackpad on the side you of course do you get your
cool little 10 key for somebody so they need in accounting the keyboard self is
for zone for zone RGB so not perky inside of course Coffee Lake i7 a soos
is not gonna put iodine in here this is yeah we know we're not gonna play that
game i sevens great for gaming so six core coffee like H GPU options 1060 or
1070 max Q eight gigs in motherboard one single MDOT to slot inside not fun to
get into of course but it looks like there is some like kind of venting or
what's going on behind no so there's I think there's additional venting there's
some four speakers the other thing that's really kind of different with the
Zephyrus is people will turn complain uh we think the body shell is a little thin
so they actually made this check out we have really narrow bezels oh wait screen
1080p 144 hertz 3 millisecond gray to gray no g-sync
mostly for battery life of course right but let's get into this they say a lot
of people said oh the original is how far is little light weight we want
something heavier duty so what issues does with this as they start with look
at that that's pretty solid nice chunk of aluminum aircraft grade because
apparently all those aluminum cans in the world go somewhere else and then
takes about 17 minutes so many mills out from this solid piece of aluminum billet
to get this nice cover they don't actually have any drop spec mil spec
ratings yet but they are currently gonna get them they actually think they may
get this gaming laptop to get a mil spec drop rating you can see all the
intricate solidly milled details of the cover so the lesson is we heard you we
you wanted a thicker body on the Zephyr so the Zephyrs s actually pretty thick
so it's actually how much does it weigh there are some laptops so this is about
4.6 pounds okay not the lightest but it actually feels very solid the lightest
that I've seen of course is a GS 65 msi lovey-lovey laptop but you do wonder
about how it's going to hold up if you grab your by the corner this one feels
pretty solid does it feel like it's gonna fold up on me when I show off the
ports what do the poor people love the ports people oh the ports USB 5 gig I
believe a USB 10 gig in the USB see looks like DisplayPort as well on the
back HDMI 2.0 a Kensington lock then aside we get our pry terry or standard a
soos barrel charger I will show you the power brick in a second another USB 3
110 gig port and then to Taipei's in craz analogue audio port interestingly
there is no Thunderbolt 3 port on here they said we're not gonna put on there
I'm not sure why I guess it makes sense who's really using Thunderbolt 3 in this
gaming laptop form-factor should have enough graphics inside
already yeah should have plenty graphics and of course the reason is all of this
cooling they actually bought brought by this nifty demo unit of the cooling
that's inside this laptop let's not scratch it but put the fans in place
clearly this is the GPU side you can see the array for the gddr5 memory this is
probably for 1060 or 1070 max-q and then what we get is this array it's super
thin they actually said they added I believe 12 more blades into the into the
fans to increase airflow probably at a lower rpm also the fans here are 12 volt
motors so they said to hey we're using 12 volt motors so they they say they can
drive them at higher rpms in a 5 volt motor that other people might use and
look at that we get basically looks like three shared heat pipes for the CPU and
GPU and then each of the and then the GPU and CPU also get their own separate
heat pipe and of course on this side as we were seeing
the cooler for the memory so you get a little bit of heatsink on that other fan
on the right side I believe which actually is in here like this is that
right did I flip it over the wrong way no that's correct so this does have dust
channels a little hard to see but I believe they have these little dust
channels that dust is supposed to be blown out of in here today to lower dust
or dust bunnies yeah it keeps out you know cuz you don't want to take this
thing apart to service it to get the dust out of weed people do live in dusty
climates and it is a serious issue we all laugh about it but it's real so of
course that's a crapload of heatpipes crapload of copper that's what lets them
run at 1060 1070 max Q and a coffee like i7 in here I haven't tested it but I got
a good feeling it's gonna it's gonna beat up the core I nine MacBook Pro
pretty easily right let's let's let's be honest about that panel again 144 Hertz
three millisecond gray to gray no g-sync for battery life in Stingley battery
capacity is about 50 50 watt hours I want to make sure I get that right let's
look it up 50 watt hours which is a little bit in the small side so I like
on the gigabyte arrow 15 15 X they've put in 97 water our huge batteries some
of the other batters he are about 80 so I think the battery life of this is
gonna be it's real oh yeah not the greatest but you don't have G sink which
doesn't kill battery so it's probably reasonable you know you're playing this
one in there you're keeping it plugged in you keeping it plugged in and they
have the new armory crate control panel that lets you sync up all the LEDs you
got the LED logo and back if you have the brand new Asus head set it will also
sync up the College of that this power brick is pretty big though I got to say
this is a 230 watt power brick which is pretty normal in a 1070 max-q laptop but
it's pretty thick let's compare to the razor drastically it's more of an
optical illusion I gotta say they're probably about the same weight but it
just looks like oh this looks a giant but it probably pretty razor large yeah
they're both comparable so not that bad so 15 inches
you know how much it's gonna cost yeah so one thing I don't know is how much
it's gonna cost how much last year's last year's if you're in a ten seventy
max Q it's up over 2k I imagine it's gonna be very similar it is a premium
super thing gaming laptop I mean look at this let's just take this out again it
is I mean that is just super portable but if you can't afford this one and you
can't afford it a sue said hey we got this which is the brand-new GL 704 then
make sure I got that right here because I there's a lot of numbers Rivera yep
GL 704 discs Alex why is this one look nicer than this one a loss oh it's just
because it's an optical illusion from the color because you like it this way
it might not call it that dark or color it is looks like a brushed aluminum lid
I'm not even sure it is it may actually be a faux aluminum because this is
obviously a more cost-conscious gaming laptop 17-inch panel 144 Hertz three
millisecond greater gray it's a V a panel
it does not G sink as well it's not G sink again but is it the same panel as
the other one it's it's the rough au au panels made by a you optronics they make
that panel for both of those so they sue they work with them to get the that
response rate to just be just super excellent of course obviously you got
your Watson keys that are lit up the keys do you line up maybe we need this
thing so RGB keys as well or is it these are
this is own linings well it's not perky I believe I can't light it up one of the
problems is this is an early unit so all the functionality the software is not
quite there coffee laid six core up to 16 gigs one end up to 2.5 inch drive bay
and I'm gonna guess two sodium's for your ddr4 memory and with a keyboard up
to the top so it's a little bit different yeah so this is a more of a
conventional laptop as you can see it's thicker right about I can't like this up
because this looks like it lights up here it's about 6 pounds kind of a
standard issue you know you know aiming for factor for 17-inch and I got to say
for people who like don't like 17-inch gaming laptops
if your eyes aren't that great 15-inch gaming laptops are not fantastic to play
on it's nicer to get out of a bigger panel if you're a little bit older and
you don't have the vision for it let's do the ports again no Thunderbolt 3
maybe controversial micro SD or actually SD slot USB C 10 gig another USB type a
probably 5 gig Kensington lock courageous analog audio port 3 Taipei's
HDMI 2.0 mini DisplayPort 10 gig Ethernet and then of course your
standard barrel charger it is another 200 way it's not 10 gig Ethernet or just
regular sorry don't get me excited me excited it is it is Gigabit Ethernet we
are not to the days of 10 gig Ethernet on a laptop yet so it is plastic and
construction that doesn't necessarily mean it's bad it's not gonna have the
same premium feel as the Zephyrs s of course that is a nice laptop but you
know their pitch is like you're going to college your parents may not want to
drop 2 K on a gaming laptop for you to take no pricing on this one exactly but
what are you thinking I'm gonna think you know 1060 coffee like 16 gig 256 to
512 you know 12 probably you know 12 for
your bucks 1,300 bucks it's hard to say there it is only 1060 version but you
know concerning the size of this chassis you could obviously put a bigger GPU in
there if they wanted to but probably for costs the 1060 makes a lot more sense
ya know g-sync interestingly oh and sixty one hour battery so you're
gonna get slightly possibly better battery life than the zephyrus s but you
know it is a bigger panel all things not being equal it may get similar battery
life in the end cool when do you think they're coming out and they're gonna be
announced I think this week today and of course you know probably available for
order very soon which is not definite I can do my own work