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this video is brought to you by NCI XCOM great technology selection and service hello everyone this is Dmitry with hardware conducts and today we're going to take a look at what I would consider one of the most appropriately complete mobile gaming machines and I say appropriately complete because the entire feature set of this eurocom m5 pro notebook hits all the right notes at an affordable price point of $14.99 with of course configurable hardware if you have the means of spending more cash so in our machine we are equipped with the i7 quad-core 47 20 HQ with 3.6 gigahertz in turbo mode eight gigs of ram a really powerful nvidia gtx 970m with three gigs of VRAM and the only bottleneck with this setup is the 500 gigabyte 7200 RPM mechanical drive i also want to mention how much I appreciate the inclusion of 802 11 AC Wi-Fi for better signal strength during multiplayer and this was the only machine in my possession that actually had any connection in the farthest spot away from my 5g router the eurocom m5 pro is not a particularly unique looking machine but this strikes a utilitarian approach with brushed aluminum body on the outside that does not hide handling at all and I would have preferred some rubberized surface or a non brushed aluminum I would consider this to be a thin machine given the specs as that 25 millimeters and a fairly light body - at 2.6 kilos the screen lid is perfectly balanced to open with just one hand without tipping over and this is where we find an anti glare math 15.6 inch display with 1920 by 1080 P resolution this is an IPS display with really good viewing angles and accurate colors high resolution models are available but I wouldn't consider them necessary for this form factor the brightness range is okay but a little extra brightness would have been nice and because the screen lid is so light there isn't a solid frame to reinforce it and you can see just how much flex the screen may experience and that makes me a little bit uncomfortable on the left side the ports are look for together would have liked to see them spaced out we find an HDMI out USB 3 with supercharged and dual DisplayPort 1.2 output with support of 3840 by 2160 at 60 Hertz on the other side there's a king's interlock killer LAN ethernet port 2 more USB 3.0 a SIM card slot that's a bit unusual a 6 and 1 card reader and lastly headphone microphone and spdf digital output the AC power plugs at the back that I initially thought might be uncomfortable however it suits the m5 pro well given the already loaded side ports and vibe aside it is an eSATA and USB 3.0 combo port for more stationary peripherals the ventilation system on this machine is pretty impressive with CPU and GPU cooling on different sides with two individual heat sinks and separate fans the CPU vents are on the left while a larger venting port at the back is for the GPU and I find that really awesome to separate where the heat is coming from plus make sure the fans are optimized for more silent operation the interior of the m5 throw to the most part is excellent without standing stereo speakers right below the screen with just a slide angle for proper projection for the user let's take a listen moving on the keyboard is backlit with a surprising amount of travel time and quick bounce with the wos the gaming zone highlighted with the red arrows and is extremely satisfactory to use for both typing and gaming really the only hiccup that I've discovered is a slightly loose backslash button below the backspace but as otherwise all the buttons are stiff and in place lastly the trackpad on this machine is one of the best windows trackpads that I've used the actual tracking surface doesn't have a physical click but recognizes a single and double tap just fine it's super smooth not exactly glass smooth but very close with responsive finger gestures and separate physical left and right clicks right underneath that are like to use do not require any hand readjustments and this is the first machine that I've used with a fingerprint scanner that works really fast actually faster than my iPhone I love it signing into secured Windows has never been easier if there is one thing that I'll change though is replace the brushed aluminum piece at the front where any contact is visible right away with perhaps the same metal chassis that is found on the rest of the Interior removing the bottom cover we are presented with customization options in case you'd want to upgrade your RAM with two slots available replace your two and a half inch drives that are stacked on top of each other it's an awesome space-saving technique or add up to two m dot two SSDs for this machine and once again I really love that the CPU and the GPU cooling is separated allowing fans to stay idle with life usage and during my gaming tests both the CPU and the GPU were well under control with maximum temperatures of 85 and 69 degrees Celsius respectively while on the idle we are looking at 49 and 38 degrees Celsius which means the Machine stayed dead silent and the fans kickin only if needed the thermal footprint of the m5 Pro looks excellent with most of the heat originating between the speakers and while it looks like the entire keyboard is also hot and then the rest of the body because the keyboard platform is slightly indented your hand never makes contact with the platform as the front portion of the body helps to isolate your hand from the heat it's an awesome chassis design and now coming on to the best part of this review that performance and I am genuinely impressed with what a single 970m can do on this scale launching into gta5 on very high at 1080p gets us an average of 51 frames per second and with 40 at minimum and that is totally playable battlefield 4 on ultra preset and depth of field at 85 we are averaging at 70 FPS and dipping into low 30s for our minimums Metro last light is a demanding title but on high preset with high tessellation and advanced physics on we are averaged at 50 frames that is playable but with occasional dips into the low 20s for less demanding titles like dota 2 getting the settings maxed out and we averaged at the solid 90 FPS with excellent minimum to at 74 frames per second and I have been playing natural selection too often just to test my reflexes and maxing out those settings gives us a 64 average and a bit of a low minimum of 33 but I rarely felt a dipping below 50 now as for battery life the m5 pro is equipped with a four cell 60 watt hour battery lasting me well over three hours for our standardized mixed usage scenario as this an impressive result for this form factor and throughout my time with the eurocom m5 Pro I've got to thinking that there will be always some type of compromise with today's gaming notebooks whether they're not thin enough they're too expensive or poor performance but the m5 pro is one impressive chassis that that's cooling right without jet engine fans it's totally loaded with i/o ports and I love the hardware customization that is available to the user the keyboard the trackpad I think is one of the best I've experienced on a Windows notebook and proper IPS display is a must although that is one compromise the framing of this display feels really poor performance is totally acceptable for gaming machine in this price range and we're giving it the Harwick nuts damn good award so make sure to subscribe for more similar content give us a like if you found this review helpful thank you so much for watching and we'll in the next