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Videos for May 23rd - 29th

Just a couple of videos planned for this week, but lots more to come!

24th: ASUS TUF A15 Game Benchmarks (6800H + 3060)

27th: Razer Blade 15 Review

Although I don't plan on posting the reviews of the MSI GS66 and MSI GS77 for a while (I want to prioritize the A15 I bought while no one else has covered it), MSI needs them back at the end of this week so I still need to get all that work done.

I'm hoping to fit in a Blade 15 vs GS66 comp...

Videos for May 16th - 22nd

Another week with 3 videos!

16th: Aorus 17 Review

17th: A New Laptop...

20th: Legion Slim 7i Overview

The ASUS TUF A15 that I bought arrived today, so we're going to get stuck into that pretty soon. I still need to make the Slim 7i video, then after that I think I'm done with all the mid-year 'news release' style videos and will be getting back into working on reviews.

The Blade 15 review is done for next week, b...

Videos for May 9th - 15th

We've got 3 videos this week rather than 2 :)

9th: New stuff...

10th: More new stuff...

13th: Aorus 17 Review

Unfortunately I can't talk much about the first two videos as the content is under embargo! All I can say is there's some cool stuff on the way which will be clear once those videos go live.

This week I'm finally finishing testing the eGPU with the Z13 to compare with the XG Mobile. I've also been doing a...

BTS 17 - Gaming Laptop Overload!

New behind the scenes video showing everything that we've got going on at the moment!

Videos for May 2nd - 8th

Here's what's on the way!

3rd: 4K gaming on a thin laptop (Razer Blade 15 game testing)

6th: Gigabyte Aero 16 Review

I think both are interesting videos, I've been personally using the Aero series myself for years but with the new 16" model, I don't think I can recommend them anymore - more details in the video, but a combination of software issues, lack of ports and flimsy dongle.

The Razer Blade 15 game testing video has a bit of an ...

Videos for April 25th - May 1st

Here are the videos coming this week!

26th: Legion 5i Pro vs Zephyrus M16

29th: MSI GP66 Review

I've finished up with the Aero 16 and Aorus 17 reviews, both are being returned today, we'll probably have the Aero review next week and maybe the Aorus the week after.

We're still working on the testing of the Razer Blade 15, hoping to have the game benchmark video next week.

Otherwise we're commencing testing on a bunch of stuff that...

Videos for April 18th - 24th

Here's what's coming up this week!

19th: MSI GP66 Game Benchmarks

22nd: ASUS Zephyrus M16 review

I finished thermal testing for the Aero 16, Aorus 17 and Blade 15 over the weekend, so slowly working through everything needed for those reviews.

The full review of the GP66 should be done next week too, and I've also just finished a huge 27 minute comparison between the Legion 5i Pro and Zephyrus M16 which took far longer than I expected ...

Videos for April 11th - 17th

Here's what's coming up this week!

12th: 6850M XT vs RTX 3080

14th: ASUS Scar 15 Review

Friday's video is a day earlier than usual to avoid Easter Friday, and both videos are already complete and ready to roll.

This week I'm working on the ASUS Zephyrus M16 review for next week as well as MSI GP66 game benchmark video. So far the GP66 is performing very well, so that should be an interesting one.

My partner is working on benchmar...

Videos for April 4th - 10th

Here's what's coming up this week!

5th: Is G14 Soldered Memory Enough? Quad vs Dual Channel

8th: ASUS Zephyrus M16 Game Benchmarks

I've been spending too much time working on the 6850M XT vs 3080 comparison for next week. The GPUs need to be returned tomorrow so I've had to prioritize the testing of that video even though I don't plan on posting it for a bit. It's just taken way too long to do 14 games at 3 resolutions on both, but it's all ...

Videos for March 28th - April 3rd

Here's what we've got coming up for the week:

29th: Ryzen 9 6900HS vs Apple M1 Pro - 14" Laptop Comparison

31st: 2nd Channel - Legion 5i Pro

1st: Razer Blade 17 Review

I finished the first CPU comparison yesterday so it's ready to go. The Blade 17 is all recorded and filmed so I'll be editing that today and hopefully finishing it before doing a 2nd channel 5i Pro video.

While that's going we've got some more G14 ...

Videos for March 21st - 27th

There's some good stuff coming this week, but I'm probably biased!

22nd: DDR5 x8 vs x16 Memory Comparison

23rd: 2nd Channel - ASUS ROG Zephyrus G14

25th: Lenovo Legion 5i Pro Review

As mentioned in last weeks post, we'll be away from the 22nd to 24th, so I've been working hard to have all of this done before we leave. I'm on track to finish the 5i Pro review today and the other two are already done, so all good.

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Videos for March 14th - 20th

Here's what's coming up this week!

15th: Legion 5i Pro Game Testing

16th: 2nd Channel - ASUS Flow Z13

18th: Advanced Optimus

I'm finishing off the 5i Pro game testing video today, it was done with the stock memory which is x16 just like last year.

I've only just been able to get some other x8 DDR5 memory to test with, so we're starting to compare that memory on the 5i Pro today. This will hopefully be a video for...

3070 Ti Water Cooling Results

As mentioned in today's video (https://youtu.be/AmWAYlUtERo) it was too lengthy to post both 3070 Ti and 3080 Ti game graphs, so here are all of the results with the 3070 Ti laptop on both air and water cooling.

Please consider supporting my testing and joining our Discord community through here too :)

Videos for March 7th - 13th

Right now we're looking at a two video week, but lots of testing going on for future content.

8th: Air vs water cooling comparison with XMG Oasis + Neo 15

11th: ASUS Zephyrus G14 review

I'm working on the G14 script today, most of the testing is done but still a few random things to do. The XMG Oasis video is complete, however I'm planning on placing a sponsor spot in the video so it may depend on the approval processor for that, maybe it en...

Videos for February 28th - March 6th

Like last week, this weeks videos aren't yet fully locked in due to a couple of problems.

At a minimum, the review of the MSI Crosshair 15 gaming laptop will be up this week, likely either Monday or Wednesday.

I haven't heard back about approval on the sponsored Lenovo content that was meant to get posted last week, but hopefully that's this week too, ideally Wednesday.

Hopefully Friday I can get 3070 Ti vs 3080 Ti finally finished, we're retesting the 3080 Ti laptop today a...

Videos for February 21st - 27th

The plans for videos this week are a bit up in the air for now.

The ASUS Zephyrus G14 arrived this morning with Ryzen 9 6900HX processor and Radeon RX 6800S graphics. I was originally planning on dedicating all my time to this in order to get the game benchmark video out ASAP/Monday.

Unfortunately ASUS and AMD have advised of an issue with current drivers that may hold back gaming performance with the MUX switch, so I'm going to hold off a bit to find out what the deal is there. U...

Videos for February 14th - 20th

Here's the current video plan for the week!

14th: Intel i9 Comparison - 11980HK vs 12900HK

16th: ASUS Flow Z13 Game Benchmarks + XG Mobile

The rest is kind of up in the air. There's an embargo later in the week for something rather important, however I still don't have the machine here yet which makes it very difficult to properly schedule anything.

If this new laptop comes soon, there will be a video about it later in the week and the...

BTS 16 - New Gaming Laptops & Why I Bought a MacBook

After a slow start to the year (after CES anyway) we've finally got a stream of new tech to look at and test. Here's everything that we've been working on over the last week and what's coming!

Timestamps
0:00 Intro
0:05 Why I bought a MacBook Air
3:23 Upstairs Room
3:54 Lenovo Stuff
4:46 ASUS Z13 & eGPU Problems
6:00 Windows 11 HDR Testing
6:34 Laptop Pile Reduction
7:20 Liquid Cooled Laptops
10:05 Rambling Outro

Videos for February 7th - 13th

Here's what's happening this week:

8th: Intel i5-12400F vs AMD Ryzen 5 5600X

11th: MSI GE76 12UHS Review

I've got an AMD meeting tomorrow so I'll let you use your imagination as to what that's about.

I also just got confirmation the ASUS Z13 is now in the main with overnight express post, so that should arrive here tomorrow I think with RTX 3080 for the XG Mobile eGPU.

Today we've just been opening the 2x XMG Neo 15 laptops with ...

Videos for Jan 31st - Feb 6th

I've got a couple of videos planned for this week:

1st: MacBook Pro 16 Review

4th: i9-11980HK vs i9-12900HK

The MacBook video is complete and I'm working on the CPU comparison for the next few days so we can see how the best i9 11th gen and 12th gen laptop CPUs compare. Hopefully both at max power limit, and with both power limited to 45W.

Also might do some M1 Pro vs Intel 12th gen and Ryzen 6000 stuff in future as I ran a bunch of ot...

Videos for January 24th - 30th

I'm back from a bit of a break after the 11 or so CES videos!

Right now there isn't a solid plan in terms of video schedule for the week, there's just a lot of hardware under embargo being tested, however roughly speaking this is hopefully what will happen:

25th: MSI GE76 12UHS (12900HK/3080 Ti) game benchmarks

27th: RTX 3050 vs 6500 XT?

I have the RTX 3050, but not sure if the 6500 XT is going to turn up. It's meant to come this week,...

Videos for January 3rd - 9th

Alright first post in 2022, I hope everyone had a great Christmas and New Year :)

This entire week is going to be CES videos starting from Tuesday US time.

I've actually started going to bed a couple hours earlier and waking up a couple hours earlier each day so by the time CES starts I'll just be in that time zone, waking up as the first announcements go public.

Unfortunately all the information isn't being made available to me in advance, so I'll watch those streams just t...

Videos for 13th - 19th December

Just a couple of videos coming this week:

14th: The Current Tech I Use (laptop/desktop/phone etc)

17th: Comparing 5 Generations of Intel i5!

I'm going away for a couple of days today, when I get back I'll get to work on the MacBook borrowed from Hardware Unboxed.

Alienware also offered the x17 today, but it's with current gen hardware which seems a little late given there is likely new hardware coming at CES next month so not sure if I...

Videos for 6th - 12th December

Starting to slow down a bit after all the end of year round up style content complete, here are the 3 videos planned for the week:

6th: ASUS Vivobook Pro 16X Review

8th: Q&A - Ask your questions in Discord #questions 

10th: Comparing the Last 5 Generations of Intel i7!

In addition to that I've also got to film a spot for Hardware Canucks, as they asked if I wanted to be included in their 'best laptops of 2021'...

Videos for 29th Nov - 5th Dec

Here's what we've got on the way for the next week:

29th: Gaming Laptop Awards 2021

1st: The ULTIMATE Laptop RAM Comparison

3rd: 3080 Laptop vs Desktop

The first video is the last 'end of year round up' style content that I plan on making right now, I've got 17 different categories and pick winners for each.

The ultimate RAM comparison looks at 15 different laptop memory configurations in 11 games, so about 3 wee...

Videos for 22nd - 28th November

Here's what's on the way this week!

22nd: RX 6800M vs RTX 3080 Laptop Comparison

24th: Best & Worst Laptop GPUs - 16 GPUs compared in 14 games

25th: 2nd channel - Acer Helios 300 Review

26th: The Best & Worst Gaming Laptops of 2021

I was originally planning on doing some more videos, but going to take the week a bit easier. There's not a whole lot of new laptops in the pipeline, I have an...

Videos for 15th - 21st November

Still plenty more coming in November, 6 videos this week in total!

15th: RX 6600M vs RX 6700M Laptop Comparison

16th: Windows 10 vs 11 on Intel 12th Gen

17th: Acer Helios 300 Review

18th: 2nd channel - MSI Sword 15/Katana GF66 Review

18th: RTX 3070 vs RTX 3080 Laptop Comparison

19th: Ranking All Gaming Laptops I Tested In 2021

All of the videos are al...

Videos for 8th - 14th November

This is the week where November starts to get busy, here's what's on the way:

8th: 6700M vs 6800M
9th: Intel 12th Gen Laptops - Worth Waiting for or Buy Now?
10th: 12700k vs 5900x
11th: Top 10 Mistakes You're Making With Your Gaming Laptop
12th: MSI GF66 Katana / Sword 15 Review

The actual order might change a bit, because right now only the 1st and last videos are complete. My 12700KF...

Videos for 1st - 7th November

It's going to be a busy month, here's what we're starting off with!

1st: Legion 5i Review

3rd: Acer Helios 300 Game Testing

5th: 12900K vs 5950X

6th: 12600K vs 5600X

The last two might change, I'm still waiting for the DDR5 memory to arrive so haven't done any testing yet and not sure what other comparisons I may do. The 12700K I pre-ordered will probably arrive early the week after.

So far...

BTS 15 - Intel 12th Gen Testing & More!

Preparations for Intel 12th gen testing are underway! Here's what I'm currently testing and planning.