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Oh, would you look at that
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Another shrouded unboxing experience, which Mo has been very sneaky about. He's like, okay, we're ready
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Everything is ready to go. It's square. Solid, surprisingly
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Whoa. We have like a box made out of wood here. And a number of kind of patterns and shapes
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This looks handmade. We've also got these little tablets. This is the way I have spoken
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Do these all say different things? They do. Navarro Naboo and one Starfighter
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this must have something to do it's another one of these puzzle situations
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on the box also states this is the way this is like I can feel
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the carving that's carved in there now obviously as I've told you in the past
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I have watched Mandalorian and that's the famous this is the way
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so I think there's a Star Wars aspect to this experience. Now this drawer is locked
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There's a hinge here. And another drawer. It's a two-drawer situation and they're both locked
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What do these tablets do? I don't want to put it too far in
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I don't want to lose it. Oh. Now, true, false. There's some sort of a game here
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This whole thing. I was looking at that hinge, but I thought that was just to set it up
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Oh, jeez. That is heavy. Whoa. Wow
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What a package. So this is going to be a trivia game
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And I'm going to need to complete it in order to unlock the new ROG gaming laptops
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of which there are two of them installed inside, but protected behind this glass
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I don't know if I know the answers to all these things. I mean, I watched the show, but I don't even remember that character
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What happens if I get it wrong? What is the catchphrase? It's either going to be, this is the way, or I have spoken
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I don't remember the character. I probably should. But, but, uh... Oh
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I have spoken. What is the Mandalorian's real name? I think Din Djarin, maybe
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Yes, that was right. What is the mythical creature in the Mandalorian
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Navarro or Mythosaurus? Mythosaurus. That seems too obvious. No, it is Mythosaurus
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Wow. What droid does Mando buy from Peli Moto? RSD-4 or IG-12
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RSD-4. Mandalorian's first ship is called Razorcrest or Naboo N1 Starfighter. Razorcrest
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Cobb Vanth is a true Mandalorian. False
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How old is Baby Yoda? 150 50 150 Hmm 50 50
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Baby Yoda's 50. What is Mando's armor made from? Beskar. I remember that
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Not Damascus. Beskar. Boom. So I discovered there's basically this little magnetic contraption in here
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that unlocks the drawer like a typical kind of drawer pull. The metal piece is lifted up and then the drawer itself is unlocked
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But you have to have the correct answers in each slot. And I realized that once I heard the sound when you insert it
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that, it's like a click and that's the magnet coming up to the top of the acrylic material and unlocking the drawer
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So check this out. Correct answers and you get a laptop. Pretty cool
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Oh, so this must be the new Zephyrus. Yeah, that's right. The new Zephyrus gaming laptop
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And then in the other drawer, that must be the Strix. So this looks like the 16-inch version of the Strix
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but it also comes in an 18-inch model. All right, so we have all the laptops set up now
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and there's a total of three because there's actually this Strix Scar
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which, to be honest, I've been using for a little while because I kind of like it
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And it does have the most power of the bunch and also this really nice 18 inch display, which on a laptop is, I mean, there have been bigger, but like that's pretty immersive in and of itself
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But let's start over on this side. So this is the new Zephyrus and this is the only one with this really cool dot display on the lid
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And this thing is capable of like custom graphics. There's a couple of presets in there. It's all controlled via software
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So this one has some pretty intense personalization. Now, as far as the specs on my unit that I've got here, it is 16 gigs of video memory
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It has an i9-13900H. Oh, speaking of video, we are talking about NVIDIA 40 series across the entirety of the lineup here
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from Zephyrus to Strix to Strix Scar. This also has 2 terabytes of PCIe SSD storage
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it's got two times 16 gigs of memory but of course that's also upgradable but the best thing to do is
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sort of check the website to see all the different configuration options there's different display
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options and lots to choose from this one is also going to be the most portable of the three that
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we're going to look at here today it has a 240 hertz refresh rate hdr 1000 display 100 dcip3
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coverage. NVIDIA Optimus, they claim that the CPU is cooler, 13 degrees Celsius. They kind of
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reconfigured some of the cooling, some of the heat pipes and fans and so forth on the bottom
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Here we can see the rather large feet that this stands on, including a kind of nice ergonomically
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pleasing type of angle that's created by default. Now, this Zephyrus is also famous for this kind of
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cool hinge which lifts up the deck of the keyboard to give you this really comfortable typing surface
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and it does so without you even really thinking about it you just lift the lid and boom we get
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this kind of ramp action actually this hinge is really cool it goes all the way down now how
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useful is that well I don't know maybe on your lap sitting on the couch you don't want to be
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restrained. So this is kind of a cool hinge design. Now it does send some of the cooling out the
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backside, this vent here. And so there's also a little bit of space created between the display
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We have a fairly trim bezel, especially on the sides, although we do have room at the top for
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our front facing camera activities. On the right side of the device, USB-A, C, and micro SD card
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expansion for storage, barrel style connector towards the back of the laptop for power
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a thunderbolt full size HDMI USB and a dedicated headphone jack og NVIDIA G RTX as mentioned 40 series available in here So this is a 16 WQXGA panel and it is as you can see like a matte finish
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So not very much glare and lots of pixels. And I kind of like the idea this year with the prioritization on cooling
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keeps the fan noise down. These are gaming laptops at the end of the day
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I mean, this thing is definitely not enormous, and the extra emphasis on cooling this time around keeps that fan noise down, probably helps with longevity and things like that, so I don't mind that decision at all
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Okay, moving over now to the Strix. This is the 16-inch model
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And the spec that I've been sent, 8 gigs of video memory on this model, i9-13980HX
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And this color is gray. It has like a kind of a brushed look
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It's a pretty matte finish on there. And instead of having the light-up features, you have like an etched ROG logo
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This one is venting out the back. It's a sort of more traditional gaming laptop hinge that's on here
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Some nice design details. Republic of Gamers along the back. Venting out the back
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I kind of like the way they've integrated these feet. Very solid, robust feet over there
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Some nice little Easter eggs on the bottom. ROG built into the vent design
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It looks like speakers here are going to be firing to the table
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Intelligent cooling. So barrel style connector for power. We're going to get a full size ethernet jack here, which is a nice touch
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Full size HDMI, a couple of thunderbolts, as well as a display port and a dedicated og headphone
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And then two more USB-A ports. So this one is going to win versatility
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or port diversity challenge up against the Zephyrus, but this is a bigger laptop as well
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Now, I really like this. So at the front here, we have this obvious grip point
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to really help you lift the display. It's a subtle thing. It's a small detail, but it is a nice touch
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and very obvious from a design perspective. Both are so solid, actually
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The deck has almost no flex on there at all. But if I had to pick one and like portability wasn't an issue and I was just picking based on keyboard, I kind of prefer typing on this one
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This one is the one that I like the most out of the bunch
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It's a gaming laptop at the end of the day. This is the Strix Scar
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So this has an 18 inch display on it. And resolution, still WQXGA, but 18 inches, it gives you a little bit more flex for, like, how far you sit from the laptop
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So when I was gaming on it, it's like, you know, I like to kind of configure my space in such a way where the laptop's maybe slightly further away from me
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And I have, like, an external kind of keyboard-style device that I'm using and an external mouse
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not all the time but sometimes and then having an 18 inch display kind of lets you do that while
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still being at a comfortable viewing distance. 1TB plus 1TB as far as storage it's PCIe as well
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16 gigs times 2 as far as DDR5 is concerned so 32 gigs of RAM but it's the same as the other
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models like as far as the GPU is concerned you can configure it with a variety of different 40
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series GPUs. You can see slightly different layout on the bottom. No Easter egg here. We have this
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gray panel though which is different than the other. Intelligent cooling. We have some down-firing
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speakers. Not necessarily ideal. I don't know how big of a consideration that is. On a gaming laptop
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anyways you have so many options for audio. You're probably using a gaming headset. You have dedicated
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audio out so probably not a massive deal. Another nice little touch. You have this kind of
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semi exterior just to give it some more uniqueness around the side of the device barrel style connector for power you still get that full ethernet full hdmi two thunderbolts
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and there's that headset jack that i mentioned other side two more usb as so similar to the
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non-scar edition and that semi-transparent thing but like in a smoked look happening at the top
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part of the keyboard deck i really like that look at this beautiful display i mean it's a big
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difference measured diagonally and so it just gives you look it's going to be tougher to travel
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with and for me if i'm going on a trip or something like that i'm probably not taking a gaming laptop
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and I realize that's kind of a luxury having different devices to choose from
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But I want something that's easy to move from one place to the other
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but not necessarily that I'm going to be carrying for hours on end where a pound difference is going to make a big deal
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So this 18 inch is kind of, I'm willing to make the compromise on scale
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RGB keyboard once again. Trackpad in this case is now offset because this unit is big enough to have a number pad
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if that's something that you're into. Keyboard comparison, extremely comparable. Hard to make a pick there
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Probably preference to this because I've been using it a little bit more. Maybe it's a familiarity thing
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Getting a phone call? Oh yeah, so that's another thing to mention. Zephyrus, no RGB light bar in the front
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whereas the Strix models do. This dude got mega power
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What a revive. It's like once you get a gaming laptop that's this big, it almost feels like you're sitting
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in front of a gaming setup. I think it's something to do with having the taller display as well
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Like it's more comfortable than, I'm feeling less of an inclination to kind of hunch
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I don't mind being back here. I just feel like the ergonomics are better with an 18-inch gaming laptop
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Now, the other thing that I noticed as far as the fans are concerned is that when the
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laptop is actively charging, obviously a lot of the time that you're using it, you're going to have it plugged in
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It's at 100% now. When it's actively charging, sometimes the fans can be a little bit louder
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but like this level of fan noise right here getting 240 frames in a game I like to play like
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this is totally acceptable to me and we already talked about how a lot of people when they're
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gaming they have their headset on anyways by the way this is all configurable via armory crate you
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have your gpu mode here standard eco optimized or ultimate these settings are for your cpu your cpu
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has windows silent performance turbo or manual so you can kind of dial it exactly as you please
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you want better performance possibly a little bit more fan okay go go that way you want more power
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saving more battery life you're using for productivity or windows okay toggle to that
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setting and you can have that automatically happen when you plug it in with your different preferences
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or when you launch a game all right so you can get the strix or the strix scar the scar sits at
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the very top with the premium price tag to match for those that just want the ultimate gaming
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experience and don't care about the price tag. However, it's important to note that for most
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people, they're going to get plenty of frames and a great experience on the other Strix models
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as well that start at a lower price point. And even if you want this 18-inch display
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you can dial it down to like a 4070, 4060, even all the way down to a 4050 in the regular Strix
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G18 non-SKAR model and the same applies for the 16 inch variants if you prefer a more trim
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form factor. So there's lots to choose from. You absolutely don't need the SKAR model
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but I'm not gonna lie it's a little bit of fun
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