This high-end laptop comes in a slim package
Although
not without its faults, the new P34G v7 with medium-specs boasts of some great
hardware at a reasonable price
The
Taiwanese component giant Gigabyte has been making its P34 range of high-end
laptops for a while now. They may not be the fastest and flashiest, but they
have got a few twists.
The
Gigabyte P34G v7 is thin and light, weighing in at 1.69 kg and a slender 22.2
mm thick.
Price and value
So, how
does the Gigabyte P34G v7 compare to other laptops price-wise? The entry level
Gigabyte P34G v7 is cheaper than most ot hers at $1,595, but you will get a
slower i5-7300HQ, a smaller 180SSD and no option for an extra HD. The Gigabyte
has 1TB of secondary storage included.
Design
The P34G
v7 looks a bit like a 1990s IBM Thinkpad. It's encased in thick black, with a
thin grey bar to mark where the lid opens. The Gigabyte logo is inset in
tasteful silver right in the center of a reassuringly solid black aluminium
lid. The base is plastic, but on the plus side, there are a number of Phillips
screws there to easily upgrade the RAM up to 32GB.
It also
plays it safe with the ports: a traditional round DC power port on the right,
along with an HDMI and a couple of USB 3.0s and an SD card slot.
On the
left, there's another USB 3.0, plus a USB C, network, com bined headphone mic
and a VGA dis play port. Pumping out of the rear of the machine are two large
fans, and they're part of Gigabyte's ex clusive Super cool technol ogy. One is
located ogy. One is located across the Esc and F3 keys on the left side and the
other under the F11 and Del on the right.
Twin heat
pipes join them together in the centre and they both draw heat from the CPU and
GPU. They are quiet, even when pushed and set to gaming mode within Gigabyte's
software. The cooling system also keeps the thickness of the machine down,
according to Gigabyte.
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