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so as a follow-up to our video showing some of the top gaming desktops that we saw at CES 2015 we wanted to do a top gaming notebooks one because actually I feel like some of the amazing notebook technology that we saw this week is even better than what we saw in the desktop so without further ado here we go could this be one of our top gaming laptops of CES this year is this even a laptop I mean this thing weighs what 4.7 kilograms has got a massive 18 point 4 inch 1080p display and it is big like whoa look at it it is thick look at this thing this is the GTA T Titan SLI and this is a whole new concept as far as gaming laptops are concerned it's got a core i7 4980 HQ processor dual nvidia gtx 980m 8 gig graphics cards that i mentioned that msi is committing to offer nxm upgrade modules for at least two generations that are compatible with this as well as a cooling solution it supports up to four ddr3 modules for a total of 32 gigs of ram up to 4 m dot 2 SATA SSDs in raid 0 in addition to a two and a half inch hard drive it's got their killer networking so it's got two by two AC as well as wired networking it's got a 1080p webcam but the real killer app for this one is aside from the upgrade ability so you can actually access all those components I was talking about before the optical drive for M dot M SATA M twos as well as two of the dims the other two are on the bottom and the tune half inch drive aside from upgradability it is this guy right here this is a Cherry MX brown mechanical gaming keyboard built right into this notebook and what is a true Marvel about this is it actually maintains the same profile off the desk as a regular mechanical gaming keyboard is this the most practical thing ever would it make more sense to carry around a mechanical gaming keyboard with you whenever you had to travel with your system I will leave that up to you guys but this is definitely a one-of-a-kind piece of machinery and something that will appeal to some folks out there I know this for a fact continuing our tour of the top gaming notebooks of CES 2015 out of everything that gay white hat on display this is the one that really stood out to me not only does it have a core i7 quad core processor and it's you know got this extremely slim form factor great mix of i/o with 4 USB 3 ports dual HDMI mini DisplayPort out it's got a glass touchpad it's got actually a fairly nice chiclet keyboard with a full number pad and macro keys over on the left it's got a 3k or optionally a 4k 90 N that's an EXO display on top of all that stuff point 9 inches then it's got geforce gtx 960 5 m graphics cards uh in sli yes this is a dual GPU sli notebook in an extremely slim form factor and it packs a bunch of other stuff in there - instead of compromising the way that we see thin and light gaming notebooks do a lot of the time it doesn't have any limitations in terms of storage you've got up to 3m - SSDs supported along with a two and a half inch hard drive and it doesn't compromise on memory with up to four ddr3 sodium's supported for a total of 32 gigs of ram our next notebook is a little bit of an unusual one yeah features a core i7 quad core 4870 HQ processor yeah it's got 16 gigs of ram it can hold up to 2 SSDs and raid 0 13.3 inch IPS display backlit chiclet keyboard beautiful super slim lightweight design and iris graphics well hold on a second line is that doesn't sound like much of a gaming notebook well the real magic for this one happens in the box underneath it at the back of this notebook is a little flap that covers a full PCI Express 16x slot PCI Express 16 X Gen 3 so this is desktop-class connectivity to this box down below that not only has additional USB as well as killer Ethernet and audio ports but also a cooling fan a 450 watt power supply and room for any desktop graphics card you could pretty much want msi is saying you'll have support for any msi GPU and any reference GPU from either Nvidia or AMD and all you got to do is power down the system slide it into this locking dock right here power it back up and boom you are outputting from what they've got in here is a gtx 980 if I recall correctly the output to an external monitor and you are having a desktop great gaming experience except when you want to pick it up and be on the go and then you have a super lightweight notebook did I mention it's called the GS 30 shadow I don't think I did but that's what it's called so we found our next sick gaming notebook and the Intel performance notebook suite I mean imagine finding some high-performance notebooks there this is the HP omen 15 so it's a 15.6 inch 1080p model with a full 10-point multi-touch touchscreen for me personally that is something that I do really appreciate it's got a Core i7 47 10 HQ it's got a geforce gtx 860m SSD I think this particular one has 8 gigs of ram and okay so those specs don't sound really that amazing for me this one is more about the look aside from the very striking material choices that HP has made for this one with the textured back cover as well as the sort of the angular shape to the way that it sits on the desk you've actually got this is kind of cool lights that illuminate in the surprisingly loud and clear speakers along the right-hand edges you've got a red backlit keyboard a super like mega wide touchpad that is incredibly pleasing to use and then on the bottom itself let's go ahead and close this bad boy you've got basically an entirely perforated surface along the entire back of the notebook that keeps it nice and cool it's got a rubber ring around the bottom so it doesn't slip around when you're moved using it on your desk and this is actually something that I appreciate more than maybe even more than I should so there's two rear exhaust vents at the back in addition to power in four USB 3.0 ports HDMI out mini DisplayPort oh and a headphone jack I really like having i/o at the rear I find so many notebook makers put i/o on the right especially USB ports like if they're only on the right then I finally get in the way of your mouse hand if you want to actually game with the thing by plugging in a mouse for HP the only thing on the right hand side is an SD card slot and other than that it is completely clean around the outside of the notebook now this little number right here is a pretty normal looking gaming notebook it's got a 15.6 inch 1080p display it's got an Intel Core i7 47:10 HQ processor that's a quad core it's got a geforce gtx 970m or an r9 295x2 GPU up to 16 gigs of ram and m2 SSD for storage along with the tuna 1/2 inch hard drive and a pretty typical IO configuration some lighting effects it's not like hyper thin or anything like that okay all that at the back that's not a standard looking IO thing that is the port for alien wares graphics amplifier the box that's sitting right next to it so what this does is it's a proprietary connector that features a PCI Express gen3 4x link as well as some other tomfoolery to give your notebook both expanded i/o so additional USB ports I'm pretty sure that's the only thing they got back here yeah some additional USB ports as well as a full PCI Express 16x graphics card slot inside the box that is powered by a 375 watt power supply so the demo they're running right here actually has this notebook running shadow of mordor with a GTX 980 desktop graphics card powering this 4k display and through the systems or the systems only acting as CPU memory storage actually everything except the GPU where this one takes over for whatever mobile GPU would normally have in the laptop well I hope you guys enjoyed our top gaming notebooks of CES 2015 I certainly did make sure that you're subscribed click that subscribe button if you want to catch all the videos from Linus tech tips and make sure you're subscribed even if you don't want to catch them all even if you maybe just want to catch I don't know 20% of them I mean I was never much of a completionist either so click like 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