tldr; RTX 4080/4090 in 17-inch chassis. Loud cooling but powerful. Competes with MSI Titan at lower price.
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Best praise vs top criticism for Gigabyte Aorus 17X (2023)
“hi, yes - that's true, there's 75ºC for highest CPU core temp (readings from TS) in Aorus 17X for CPU draw of 115W so its cooling can take a lot more wattage This laptop has nice cooling, but it's nothing special. Now I have also MSI GP78HX Vector also with 13980HX and its cooling solution (after CPU and cooling optimization) can take about 60 seconds of full 200W CPU power. Yes, 200W for about 60 seconds (35k+ points in single Cinebench R23 run). Then 140-150W sustained without throttling. Of course, there's not a lot of scenarios where to use it, but I I have paid for it so I want use it when there's need for that. If your Asus cannot reach 157W for single second, then it's clearly cooling issue. If you have factory applied LM, this is the reason - it's applied terrible wrong from factory and CPU is overheating instead of having better cooling (I have had also Asus ROG Strix 17 with Ryzen 7945HX and it was absolutely crap before reapplying liquid metal)”
“So I went through 2 Aorus 17x Laptops(2024 models)that were horrible. Both had issues with CPU power being capped super low and caused stuttering in some games. Performance vs the Legion I have now is night and day. You could always try this laptop and see for yourself, but as someone who ALWAYS does all Aorus builds for my desktops I will say I won’t touch another Aorus.”
7 Reddit opinions analyzed • Last updated 4/5/2026