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Content Creator laptops is a rare thing to find, most content creators will use gaming laptops, cause they are the ones with decent enough hardware to do the job, well Gigabyte’s AERO 15 OLED is a game changer in this aspect, the Aero 15 OLED is one of Gigabyte’s slimed downed studio laptops that looks all nice and sleek but definitely packs a ton of horsepower underneath the body. Now the AERO 15 OLED has been around for a while now, but this one has the 10th gen Intel CPU’s and the super version of the 20 series GPUs.
Specifications/Price
So specs wise our review sample of the Aero 15 has a 8 core 16 thread, i7- 10875H that can turbo boost to 5.1ghz. Your GPU options range from a GTX1660Ti up to an RTX 2080 Super MaxQ studio. Then for memory you get 2x DDR4 SODIMM slots that are currently populated with 16GB of memory, but is upgradeable to 64GBs. For storage you get space for 2x m.2 NVMe SSDs. Then finally for pricing the Aero 15 OLED is about $2700 on Amazon and R56000 on Dreamware tech in South Africa.
Now even though that isn’t the cheapest, it’s very well balanced between all the other thin and light creator laptops on the market. Also all those specs in a laptop that is only 20mm thick and weighs 2kg is a content creator’s dream.
Design
So then for that thin body you get this very sleek matte black aluminum shell that definitely does not feel cheap. It still attracts fingerprints but not as bad as some others. At the back of the display you get the white Aero logo which does look very stylish. Something small but a nice touch is the AERO badge at the back of the laptop, that has 2 little LEDS shining onto it, like a car’s number plate
IO
3x USB 3.2 Gen1 (Type-A)
1x Thunderbolt™ 3 (Type-C)
1x HDMI 2.0
1x mini DP 1.4
1x 3.5mm Headphone/Microphone Combo Jack
1x UHS-II SD Card Reader
1x DC-in Jack
1x RJ-45
You actually get a good amount for this thin body and if you really wanted more you can always get a thunderbolt 3 hub for even more options. On the right hand side it does get cluttered as most of your ports including your power connection sits there. I do appreciate the FULL UHS-II SD card reader built in, as most companies are starting to take that out now.
Peripherals
When lifting up the screen which you can do with a single finger you get a per key RGB backlight keyboard. The switches do have a nice soft and silent keypress that I had no issue using writing numerous reviews on already. The more medium sized track pad was honestly pretty much perfect with smooth and precise tracking. For extra security you do get a fingerprint reader built into the trackpad and you can also log in using Windows Hello.
Cooling
Then Just before we get into the performance, let’s talk about the cooling because that’s usually a problem with these thin and light high performance laptops, especially if you don’t have an aircon like I do. For the cooling solution you have air intakes on the sides and exhaust on the bottom. The Aero 15 has 2 fans 1 for the CPU and 1 for the GPU.
On idle the CPU hovers around 42degrees and the GPU at 44degrees.
You can slightly hear the fans humm on idle, but it’s not loud at all. When on max fan settings though, they really come to life. As they get pretty loud, but we have seen that on previous Gigabyte laptops as well.
When running a CPU only blender workload, the CPU jumps up to around 70 degrees and drops clock speeds to around 3.2ghz on all cores.
Then for a GPU only Furmark stress test, the GPU reaches a max of around 68 degrees.
So in conclusion the new Aero 15 OLED is probably one of the best content creator laptops on the market right now. The screen is just amazing, making colour grading a pure delight. The i7 packed a good punch and I was glad to see that there wasn’t any thermal throttling. The 2070 Super did a decent job all around and I couldn’t complain about it at all. I must say that I was honestly impressed with this machine, especially the screen they used. I don’t think that there is a content creator laptop out there with a better screen right now. So if you are a photographer or animator or youtuber and need v
