Gigabyte's enthusiast gamer brand, Aorus, has never skimped on hardware for their top-of-the-line laptops. The brand new Aorus X5 v7 is no exception: it brings an overclockable Intel Kaby Lake CPU, powerful GeForce GTX 1070 graphics and even a high-resolution display to a sleek and compact chassis. While it doesn't qualify as an Nvidia Max-Q laptop, the extra size that pushes it just above Max-Q spec has ensured an uncompromised gaming experience.

For hardware, we?re looking at a quad-core Intel Core i7-7820HK processor; and yes, that is a K-suffix, indicating the CPU can be overclocked. GTX 1070 graphics with 8GB of GDDR5 is paired with a high-resolution G-Sync display: either 2880 x 1620 or, in the case of our review unit, 4K resolution. 16GB of RAM is standard, but again Aorus went all out with their review unit, kicking that up to 32GB. Storage comprises of an M.2 SSD and a hard drive.