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hmm this looks like a custom modded ps3 I mean it really does to me at least but anyways let's cut to the chase and talk about this PC that's right my friends this is a fully powerful desktop computer it's loaded with specs so meet the Gigabyte Gaming GT if you recall we did get a chance to take a look at it during our time at CES and so now we finally have one in the studio so allow me to walk you through what gigabyte has done to the GT to make it a more compelling option for gamers right after this choose be quiet to join the silent revolution designed and tested in Germany they're meticulous passion for quiet PC components ranges from premium power supplies CPU coolers and fans and innovative PC cases all of which aim to achieve one thing is this thing even on that's right totally quiet power supplies even under load silent winged explains the other awesome airflow with noise that doesn't reach your ears all enclosed in the package designed to be quiet alright so the first thing that stands out about the gaming GT is its design just take a moment to gather your thoughts about it and don't forget to leave a comment down below personally I have mixed feelings about this PC it's quite distinctive especially when you look at the oval shape of the chassis from every angle you possibly can but they did lose me with those green fan grills its ugly in my opinion but you might not feel the same way in terms of build quality it's mostly plastic but it's put together really well and I appreciate gigabyte for approaching the slim towel route since this might fit in really well as an HTTP C given you're ok with the design it's only 10 liters in volume so it's slightly taller than the g20 ci but it packs some serious horsepower under the hood the model I have here costs $1,700 and it features a core i7 7700 K processor 16 gigabytes of ddr4 ram a 240 gigabyte m2 SATA based SSD along with a one terabyte hard drive and a gtx 1070 so for my price to performance perspective the GT competes head-to-head against the g20 ci from Asus also I feel like I'm repeating this every time I'm reviewing a compact desktop PC but guys I'm very much aware of the fact that you can build a much powerful rig for less but think about this way you can't flex the engineering muscle like gigabyte did to make this as compact as it is right now so with that out of the way let's move on the i/o situation is actually pretty interesting on the gaming GT remember gigabyte had to design their own custom motherboard to house the unlocked cabling processor but at the same time connectivity was a key concern and they didn't want users to be left out of the whole desktop class experience that being said there is a hidden cover at the back that once remote exposes three USB 3 ports a single USB 3.1 type A and type C port with support for Thunderbolt 3 HDMI 1.4 B for the onboard graphics chip and if you're wondering about display i/o it's actually located at the bottom in this case the g1 gtx 1070 features three DisplayPort 1.4 ports a single HDMI 2.0 port and a dual link DVI you'll also notice a Gigabit LAN port 7.1 audio jacks along with the AC power connector beside the video card so the power supply is actually built into the unit which is awesome now routing cables underneath the chassis might be a little concerning since not every cable can bend 90 degrees thankfully gigabyte includes a handful of adapters extensions and cables including this 90 degree DisplayPort adapter and this is something I have to give gigabyte credit for they've not only managed to make it relatively simple to plug in cables but also integrating a single cable cut out at the back for exiting them in my eyes is just awesome the front area was fairly limited you only get a pair of USB 2.0 ports dedicated headphone and mic jacks and a power button opening up the GT was pretty simple all I had to do was unfasten these screws at the bottom and gently pull out one of the side panels which then revealed the two two and half inch hard drive brackets with one of them preoccupied and the g1 gtx 1070 video card getting access to the other side requires additional screw removals as you see here but once that's done you can spot the two sodium Ram modules which by the way can be upgraded up to 32 gigabytes there's also a single inductance LAN which has already been populated but I wish they offered an additional one for faster storage expansion a little curious to see what gigabyte schooling strategy was for the 7700 K remember this is a desktop great processor with 4 physical cores that are hyper threaded and as you can see they've directed these aluminium heat pipes towards the top of the chassis for better thermal efficiency but we'll have to check that out in benchmarks so the gaming GT is a pretty flexible machine when it comes to upgrading components like the GPU hard drive the processor which I don't think you'll need to worry about for a few years plus kudos to you by for not including a warranty void in frame wood sticker its 2017 so PC vendors can't compromise on RGB lighting gigabyte has added a ring of LEDs at the top that can be controlled via software and it features seven different effects and the green fan grill mixes up the color output and the uniformity between the colors were inconsistent I also found something interesting while gaming with a GT see those top louvers well when system is undergoing a stressful scenario they lift up automatically in order to maximize airflow I found that to be really cool but let me know what you guys think about this implementation in the comments down below do note there is an option within the LED app to manually open the louvers apart from the weird design choice of the gaming GT I'm pretty impressed with the specs packed under the hood but how does that translate into performance I did put this up against the ACS g20 CI and the Corsair one so let's get started Cinebench r15 running these CPU tests we see that the GT scores right in between the Corsair 1 and the g20 while both the 1 and the GT feature the 7700 K the near 40 point difference between the two can be neglected due to the hardware combinations but they're really close switching to OpenGL and things start to get a little interesting you see the g20 sports a GTX 1080 and an i10 and 7700 non K CPU with lower clock speeds compared to the unlock 2 brother the 7700 K which is why it bottoms out of the chart the GT on the other hand features a gtx 1070 and a 7700 k which resulted in a 10 frames per second difference between it and the corsair one that boasts the same cpu and a 1080 surprisingly Premiere Pro rendered our standard 1-minute 4k h.264 video a lot faster than the corsair one and the g20 again these was rely heavily upon software and hardware optimizations and in this case the GT takes the lead the 240 gigabyte SSD inside the Kanan GT digital respectable read speeds compared to the g20 and the one but I was disappointed with its light performance the same story goes for its included one terabyte hard drive not thoroughly impressed with both the read and write speeds even though it's backed at 7200 rpm all right game time battlefield one at 1440p set to ultra averaged just over 70 frames per second overwatch at 1440p set to epic discharge aim rates any high 70s doom at 1440 peace to ultra using the Vulkan API completed really well against the g20 averaging just a tad over 100 frames per second finally Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon wildlands which is a heavily demanding title averaged around 56 frames per second with all that hype around the automatic louvers to maximize thermal efficiency the gaming gt-r and the hottest among the three as you can see under load the 7700 K got to a whopping 90 degrees Celsius while the idle temps remained around 36 degree C the g1 GTX 1070 was not choked up by the slim tower design of the GT luckily the crippled fans don't spend during idle situations but under load it ran neck to neck to the 1080 inside the g20 averaging 80 to C which brings me to my next point acoustic performance guys just for reference the microphone is right above the GT is actually right above the frame but let's take a look at how the GT sounds during idle so from that sound test it is very clear that this is not a quiet machine Minard load so definitely recommend headphones if you're planning on using this for heavy-duty purposes like gaming or your productivity in general so guys in conclusion I really have mixed feelings about the gaming GT it's an awesome machine in terms of performance of our performance especially since the GTX 770 is overclocked out of the box because it's a custom card the unlocked cable a processor might seem a little bit of a weird choice especially since you don't have an option to overclock the CPU and you know priced at $1,700 I think that you might be paying a lot more for what you're actually getting I would prefer gigabyte to include a 7700 processor that way they can reduce the price and also we could expect a much thermal efficiency from the 77th under K processor or the non 77th edit K processor so I want to hear your thoughts about the gigabyte gaming GT what do you guys think about the design and its performance packed under the hood most importantly I actually want to hear your thoughts about the automatically opening lowers do you think that's a cool feature and the gigabyte pick the right choice for putting a 7700 K inside this PC because first of all you really can't overclock this chip so that loses a lot of value and it just runs super hot like it goes all the way up to 90 C which I don't think is that great for a processor let us know in the comments down below I need more with how it connects thank you so much for watching and we'll see you in the next one