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  • - Hey guys, this is Austin,

  • and this is one of the coolest

  • gaming laptops I've ever seen.

  • So this might not look like anything

  • all that special, right?

  • It's just like a fairly chunky, big gaming laptop,

  • but, if I flip it over,

  • eh, this one's just a little bit different.

  • And by little, I mean a lot different.

  • This is the ROG Mothership.

  • If you saw a video we did last year of the ROG G703,

  • you'll know that that was hands down

  • the most ridiculous overkill

  • gaming laptop we've ever taken a look at.

  • Well take a lot of what I said about that,

  • and put it into this form factor,

  • and we've got some fun stuff.

  • So this is a bit thinner than the G703.

  • What's interesting about it is

  • that they've really rearranged all the components.

  • So I flip it around, what you'll see is that

  • all main stuff like the CPU and the GPU,

  • they're all around back.

  • So as opposed to a normal laptop,

  • where you pretty much have the keyboard that's blocking it,

  • instead we have full airflow here as well as on the top,

  • and this has some serious specs.

  • We're talking like the Core i9 and RTX 2080,

  • I mean, this has got a lot of stuff

  • and is able to keep cool with a slightly unusual design.

  • There's even RGB underneath the kickstand

  • so that everyone can see just how cool you are.

  • Now I get that this is not a standard laptop form factor,

  • but honestly that's kind of okay, right?

  • I mean, you're talking about a very high-end

  • gaming laptop which is a little bit more portable,

  • but it definitely does not stop there.

  • So if you want, you could use the keyboard

  • and touchpad like a standard laptop,

  • or you can actually detach the entire panel

  • and then it will flip over to wireless mode.

  • So what's cool about this is

  • that you still have your keyboard,

  • you still have your touchpad, and of course,

  • if you want to, you could just put this away and you know,

  • use another set of peripherals

  • or you can even use this wire

  • because it does have a USCB port to charge

  • as well to use it wirelessly, or wiredly, wiredly?

  • Wired, wired.

  • This is a really good example of why this design

  • actually makes some sense right?

  • I mean of course, you could do a standard laptop

  • and have all the components on the bottom,

  • but because of this, I mean,

  • it's kinda like the most overkill two on one ever.

  • This is a big laptop.

  • It has a 17.3 inch panel that is a full 144 Hertz

  • with a three millisecond response time,

  • and on top of that, what's kinda cool about the keyboard

  • design is that we actually have

  • a ton of room for the speakers.

  • So I start cranking this up

  • and it's loud, it's super loud,

  • so it has four 4 watt speakers

  • that are all blasting directly at you,

  • and it even does have RGB,

  • because of course it does.

  • Of course it does.

  • Surprising exactly no one, this thing has ridiculous specs.

  • So it has an overclocked Core i9 processor,

  • 64 gigs of RAM, three 1 terabyte SSDs in RAID,

  • because obviously that's important,

  • and we of course do have that brand new RTX 2080 GPU.

  • Now this is as good as it gets for laptop GPUs right now,

  • but unfortunately, I'm not at liberty

  • to show you gaming on this particular system,

  • so, you'll just have to take my word

  • that it can definitely, definitely play Fortnite,

  • and like Crysis I guess,

  • or whatever the kids play.

  • Can we all just pause for one second?

  • This thing is ridiculous.

  • Like straight up, I've seen a lot of two on one designs,

  • and usually it's much more on the ultra portable side,

  • which is great right?

  • I mean, it's nice to have something that's super thin,

  • super light, but this is so like, it's cool right?

  • I mean look at this, so we have a kickstand.

  • You also have all the ports,

  • I haven't even gone over that yet.

  • So we have not only 2.5 gigabyte ethernet,

  • we also have Wi-Fi6, you've got Thunderbolt,

  • you've got USBA, you've got HDMI,

  • I mean, this thing is loaded with cool specs,

  • but I really appreciate that that's all loaded

  • into a chassis which is legitimately different, right?

  • I mean, of course I wanna actually get my hands on it

  • and spend some proper time to see how well

  • it thermal throttles, or anything like that.

  • But, you can look at just how much space you've got.

  • We were able to do a little bit of a once-over

  • on some of the components that are on the outside

  • to see kinda like the CNC aluminum, and the heat sinks,

  • and stuff, but I just really appreciate

  • that this is a gaming laptop,

  • which is obviously very powerful,

  • but it's actually really cool.

  • You might be familiar with the ROG Zephyrus S,

  • which came out a few months ago.

  • While this is a super cool 15 inch design,

  • they now have an updated 17 inch version.

  • So with it closed,

  • it's incredibly thin at only 18.7 millimeters,

  • but with the active aerodynamic system,

  • which is a very Asus name,

  • we do get a little bit of extra cooling,

  • thanks to the bottom panel opening up.

  • Now this is similar to the last generation model,

  • however, it has even more power inside,

  • with a full RTX 2080 Max-Q inside.

  • Like the other Zephyrus models,

  • it is a fairly understated design,

  • and that's something I appreciate in a gaming laptop.

  • Now sure, you've got all the RGB you want,

  • You've got per-key RGB lighting on the keyboard,

  • you've got the logo, the underglow,

  • but if you want, you can turn all the stuff off,

  • and you get yourself,

  • what's actually a fairly subdued laptop.

  • Especially considering that it does

  • have that full 17 inch screen.

  • As a laptop, with a Core i7 and an RTX 2080 inside,

  • it does come with a fairly beefy power brick.

  • What's cool is, it does also support USBC charging.

  • Now mind you, you won't be able to use

  • a brick like this for say, gaming,

  • but if you wanna get a little bit of juice on the go,

  • if you're not doing anything

  • all that intensive, this does work.

  • What's interesting about the Zephyrus is,

  • is that it does come with an external webcam.

  • As opposed to cramming a very small camera in the bezel,

  • instead this is something that is a full 1080p60 fps,

  • which you can not only mount to the laptop itself,

  • or if you wanted to, you can use the included stand

  • and put it off to the side.

  • Now RG was telling me a little bit about the idea that,

  • obviously, a lot of people are buying this

  • for something like say, Twitch streaming, or whatever.

  • So the idea is that you have a better webcam

  • that you can place off to the side

  • and it still comes with the laptop,

  • is a nice tough, although,

  • I don't know, nose cams are cool, right?

  • The 17 inch version of the Zephyrus

  • will be going on sale later this month,

  • and the refreshed 15 inch will go on sale

  • just a little bit after that.

  • I don't have a price for you,

  • but as you might imagine,

  • RTX is not gonna be particularly cheap.

  • Anyway, hope you guys enjoyed.

  • Definitely be sure to stayed tuned to the channel.

  • For lots more other CES 2019 coverage,

  • and most of 2018, 2019.

- Hey guys, this is Austin,

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