{"id":91779,"date":"2016-05-18T13:01:52","date_gmt":"2016-05-18T11:01:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/?p=91779"},"modified":"2016-05-18T16:04:06","modified_gmt":"2016-05-18T14:04:06","slug":"the-best-gigabyte-laptop-in-south-africa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/hardware\/91779-the-best-gigabyte-laptop-in-south-africa","title":{"rendered":"The best Gigabyte laptop in South Africa"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>MyGaming asked Gigabyte the question \u201cwhat is the best laptop money can buy in South Africa?\u201d and their answer was simple &#8211;\u00a0<strong>The AORUS X5 Prime.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Launched in 2015, the AORUS X5 Prime sports an Intel Core Intel Core i7-6700HQ Processor, and has 16GB DDR4 2,133MHz RAM.<\/p>\n<p>It has two hard drives &#8211; a 256GB M.2 SSD and a 1TB 7,200RPM HDD \u2013 and sports a Killer LAN Gigabit LAN Chip.<\/p>\n<p>The AORUS X5 Prime features an NVIDIA Geforce GTX 980M GDDR5 8GB graphics card, with a 15.6-inch UHD (3,840&#215;2,160) IPS Display.<\/p>\n<p>The recommended retail price for the AORUS X5 Prime is <strong>R43,499<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-91793 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Aorus-X5-21.jpg\" alt=\"Aorus-X5-21\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Aorus-X5-21.jpg 800w, https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Aorus-X5-21-230x130.jpg 230w, https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Aorus-X5-21-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Aorus-X5-21-640x360.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-91787 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Aorus-X5-2.jpg\" alt=\"Aorus-X5-2\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Aorus-X5-2.jpg 800w, https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Aorus-X5-2-230x130.jpg 230w, https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Aorus-X5-2-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Aorus-X5-2-640x360.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-91785 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Aorus-X5-3.jpg\" alt=\"Aorus-X5-3\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Aorus-X5-3.jpg 800w, https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Aorus-X5-3-230x130.jpg 230w, https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Aorus-X5-3-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Aorus-X5-3-640x360.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-91791 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Aorus-X5-back.jpg\" alt=\"Aorus-X5-back\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Aorus-X5-back.jpg 800w, https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Aorus-X5-back-230x130.jpg 230w, https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Aorus-X5-back-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Aorus-X5-back-640x360.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-91783 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Aorus-X5-side.jpg\" alt=\"Aorus-X5-side\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Aorus-X5-side.jpg 800w, https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Aorus-X5-side-230x130.jpg 230w, https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Aorus-X5-side-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Aorus-X5-side-640x360.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">More gaming hardware news<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/hardware\/91673-nvidia-unveils-geforce-gtx-1080-and-insane-new-technology.html\"><strong>Nvidia unveils GeForce GTX 1080 pricing and insane new technology<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/hardware\/91487-first-gtx-1080-benchmarks-published.html\"><strong>First GTX 1080 benchmarks published<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MyGaming asked Gigabyte the simple question \u201cwhat is the best laptop money can buy in South Africa?\u201d. 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