Gigabyte Aorus X7 gaming laptop confirmed for SA

Last week Gigabyte unveiled its latest entry into the gaming laptop market, and on paper, the Aorus X7 is quite impressive.

Now Rectron, distributor of Gigabyte products in SA, has confirmed we will be receiving the sexy aluminium number.

“The official South African launch date for the Aorus is April 2014, pricing will be confirmed closer to launch date,” a Rectron spokesperson told MyGaming.

The standout features of the X7 are its 17.3-inch Full HD display, 2.9kg and 22.9mm thick design, and powerful 4th gen. Intel Haswell Core i7-4700HQ CPU and dual Nvidia GTX 765M SLI GPUs.

The aluminium chassis features 5 thermal pipes, 4 vents and 2 fans direct heat to the rear of the laptop.

Gigabyte Aorus X7 thermal flow

The X7 is expected to hit US retail with a price of US$2,100 to US$2,800 (±R22,500 to R30,000) depending on configuration.

Check out the full specification below.

Gigabyte Aorus X7 laptop specifications
OS	Windows 8.1, Windows 8.1 Pro, Windows 7 Home Premium, Professional
CPU	4th Generation Intel Core i7-4700HQ Processor (2.4GHz-3.4GHz)
Display	17.3″ Full HD 1920×1080 LCD backlight
System Memory	4GB/8GB DDR3L 1600, 4 slots (Max 32GB)
Chipset	Mobile Intel HM87 Express Chipset
Video Graphics	NVIDIA GTX 765M SLI GDDR5 4GB
Storage	Supports Triple-Storage System: The storage size may differ between different countries and regions.
	mSATA 128GB/256GB, 2slot
	2.5” HDD 500GB/750GB/1TB 5400rpm , 1 slot
Keyboard Type	Backlit Keyboard
Optical Disk Drive	N/A
I/O Port	USB 3.0 x3, USB 2.0 x2, HDMI, D-sub, RJ45, Surround port, mini-Display port, SD card reader,microphone-in, earphone-out(SPDIF)
Audio	2 watt speaker2, woofer2, Microphone, AORUS Acoustic + technology
Communications	LAN: Killer LAN Chip
	Wireless LAN: 802.11ac
	Bluetooth: Bluetooth V4.0
Webcam	1.3 Megapixel
Security	Kensington Lock
Battery	Li Polymer 73.26Wh
Dimensions	392(W) x 263(D) x 22.9(H)mm
Weight	2.9kg (mSATA x 1 + SO-DIMM x 2 + Battery)