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hey how's it going HUD here and this is the review of the gigabyte saber 15 this is not a particularly well known laptop but it's in that thousand dollar gaming laptop market and I think it's pretty interesting so this is one of the first laptops at this price point that I've reviewed that didn't have some kind of color accents on it like there's no red there's no orange it's all black inside and outside there's still some edges and it's got a bit of an angular design but there's nothing obnoxious about this laptop I like that the build quality on this thing is decent it could be better the top panel has a bit more flex on it like chassis has some flex nothing out of the ordinary the keyboard deck itself is sturdy when you're typing and the hinge also seems to be good as a whole it doesn't feel delicate but I wouldn't want to drop this laptop the other thing is it's got a matte finish so fingerprints show pretty readily on this thing there's a good selection of ports there's Ethernet three display outputs an SD card slot four USB ports one of them being 3.1 type-c and lastly some audio jacks I don't like how the ports on the right are clustered on the bottom if you're right-handed and you're all connected up it can get a little jungly down there I like the key word a lot part of it is the backlighting the base model comes with a white backlight the upgraded models have RGB backlighting that's controllable in three zones not individually lit but it's a nice spectrum to choose from and honestly it's just nice to have options that aren't red now I might be laying it a little thick with the whole like I don't like red thing but seriously every single gaming laptop at this price point has red on it this is so refreshing to see ok the keyboard is also nice to type on layout it isn't bad it has a two millimeter stroke more than most laptop keyboards but I don't know if it makes that much of a difference mechanism feels a little soft but I like it overall the trackpad it's a plastic surface feel smooth and because it uses windows drivers the accuracy and gesture controls are great it uses dedicated physical buttons and I like them not everyone likes physical buttons but they do a good job when these ones the click feels good and it's not too loud or anything ok in terms of performance it's your standard issue KB Lake i7 and GT x 1050 or 1050 Ti combo if you want to see detailed benchmarks for this common nation there's a link below but if you get the 1050 TI it's a device that'll get you really solid frame rates on most triple-a titles light to moderate demanding games like overwatch and doom will break 60 frames per second on ultra graphics heavier games like Battlefield one will be in the mid to high 50s on high graphics it still looks really good though the heaviest games like watchdogs to rise of the Tomb Raider witcher 3 those need the graphics to be on medium to get really smooth frame rates but for the price this is great performance the screen is an IPS panel 1080p bezel arm too thick viewing angles are also pretty good it could get a little brighter though this is just bright enough for me at work and if you bring this outdoors it'll be tough to see the screen color gamut and accuracy aren't the best but it's on par for a laptop at this price point 720p webcam looks pretty average opening the device up involves removing a bunch of screws including some of the battery area inside you can upgrade or replace the RAM sticks they've included one stick of 16 gigs and you also have access to both drive bays the included SSD in this unit uses a SATA interface but it does support nvme drives the 47 watt hour battery is removable I'm actually surprised at this impacts 47 watt hours it's not very big the obvious advantage is that you can swap out batteries if you purchase spares it feels like something from the 1990s but for the right user this can be super useful battery life is short you're looking at around three and a half four hours of regular use with the screen at max brightness playing games it's going to be less than an hour the single heat pipes that they use aren't my favorite and for the GPU the he needs to travel quite a bit before it gets to the fins to cool down now when I play games I don't notice any kind of throttling I literally played four hours of overwatch one night and it didn't skip a beat but it gets hot GPU temperatures in game can get to around 85 degrees but on extended stress tests it's closer to 90 degrees external temperatures are fine even the warmer GPU doesn't make that part of the laptop uncomfortable fan noise is moderately controllable through their software with performance mode fans kick in frequently on idle it's noticeable but not too loud and then on full load the fans get a bit louder the speaker sound okay but they're not in a great location they're facing downwards onto the table and audio clarity isn't eight the volume gets reasonably loud though okay the Sabre 15 its gigabytes entry into that whole thousand dollar gaming laptop market it has a plastic build decent structural integrity but the exterior feels a little less dirty screen is about average for the price points of a gaming laptop slightly more color accurate but slightly dimmer the keyboard is good the RGB backlighting is particularly nice at this price trackpad and buttons are also both pretty good inside vkb like i7 and the gtx 1050 can deliver really strong performance but the thermal management on the GPU isn't the best the RAM and the storage are easily upgraded if you need and there's a user swappable 47 watt hour battery that'll give you a little less than 4 hours of battery life so with the saber 15 you're paying for a device that doesn't have black and red which is a win in my books but you're also getting a device that doesn't have the best thermal management or the best build quality now if you're looking for a device that has this type of look you won't be disappointed with this I mean you're not going to have the best thermals but they're pretty good and I think overall this device is a great performing laptop hope you guys enjoyed this video thumbs be liked it something you loved it see you guys next time