AERO X16, Copilot+ PC - 165Hz 2560x1600 WQXGA - Manufactured by NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 - AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370-1TB SSD with 32GB DDR5 RAM - Windows 11 Home - Lunar White - 2WHA3USC64DH

I’ve been using the Gigabyte AERO X16 (Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 / RTX 5070) for gaming, work, and travel, and it’s exceeded every expectation so far. Performance is top-tier — even during long gaming sessions, both CPU and GPU stay around the mid-60s °C with a cooling pad underneath. No throttling, no lag, and everything runs smooth and quiet for a machine this thin. The overall build quality feels premium — solid aluminum chassis, bright and color-accurate display, and a responsive keyboard and trackpad. RAM and SSD speeds are excellent, and system boot time is nearly instant. The fan noise ramps up only when gaming hard, but that’s expected with this much power in a slim body. I’ve had zero issues so far — no driver bugs, crashes, or overheating. Gigabyte’s GiMate software is easy to use for fan and performance control. This laptop feels purpose-built for creators and gamers who want desktop-level performance in a portable package. Highly recommend for anyone who values performance, cooling efficiency, and build quality in a premium Windows laptop.

I have had this Laptop for a month now and I must say this is a solid, fast, well built Laptop of high quality. I am extremely happy with my purchase. All I use is Gigabyte Products and I highly recommend this one! Great Gaming Performance, Battery life is decent, and it is very quiet.

Fast, dependable, long battery life on iGPU, screen is fine, could be better but it works 16GB upgradable DDR5 and it works fine Fan noise level on silent when non gaming is silent, while gaming it is loud but that's to be expected since it needs to cool down Gaming experience is fine, the gpu being limited doesn't perform insanely well but it is more than capable of running every game on atleast 60fps

This is the perfect laptop at the right price. At $1300 you get a 5070 with 32 gbs of RAM. Other places want to charge over a grand more for the same spec. Price to performance ratio is decent and with a full 5070 it will play 99.99% games out there at least at high settings. Let the fans be noisy when gaming because the decent audio would quickly over take the light swooshes of the fans. It does get hot for a moment but quickly expelled and cooled by cooling system. I'm sure I could get a few hours off the charger web surfing and doing light tasks which speaks to the battery life. Design is fine. I may not have put the ports where they were but it's fine. As someone who works in IT, usbc charging isn't all that it's cracked up to be. This particular design speaks to that and allows longevity to the port and makes sure it's easy to use.

The advertised battery life for this laptop is completely fake. The realistic battery life is approximately 1-3 hours depending on use. The AI software (Gimate) is what supposedly gives this laptop the advertised battery life. The issue with the Gimate is that is constantly disables the Main GPU and limited the clock speeds of the CPU. This normally wouldnt be an issue but the laptop becomes a laggy mess with the AI "optimizes" the performance by doing a bunch of unnecessary tweaks to the CPU, RAM and GPU. Gimate also constantly disabling the 165hz refresh rate to a default 60hz even when you go to play a game. If you manually enable all of the features that the AI software disables then they AI will randomly disable them without any notification. The laptop runs mostly better with Gimate uninstalled, but it is still a buggy mess. When waking the laptop from sleep, the laptop will occasionally crash and have to fully reboot itself simply by being woken up from sleep mode. The laptop is supposed to disable the main GPU when on battery power which is fine, but the transition between plugging and unplugging the laptop from a power source is horrendous. Black flickering screens with occasional crashes as well. You can leave the GPU permanently on by messing with the BIOS, but you do sacrifice battery life which I feel is much better than having the laptop crash because it's highly unoptimized and cannot handle switching from integrated graphics to dedicated graphics. If you're buying this laptop then simply do not install Gimate or uninstall it if it already comes pre installed. Gimate was fully updated before I eventually uninstalled it. Nothing but trash AI software.

Great laptop for the price its seriously amazing lasts around 7h when used for school. Gaming use it plugged in. I got around 45fps on max settings WITH raytracing on fortnite I was seriously impressed. On normal settings in fornite alone I got an average of 230. Battery is great screen is great obviously not oled but you wouldn't be paying 1700 if it was. The keyboard functions are great and I love the rob its minimal. No crazy hard to uninstall bloatware I cleaned it up in less than half an hour. Feels very premium and not too heavy but you will feel it.

My review of the Gigabyte Aero X16 After using the Aero X16 for several days, I can say I’m really happy with the laptop. Even though it’s a 16-inch device, it feels surprisingly light and comfortable to carry in a backpack. It doesn’t take up too much space and it never feels like a burden to transport. The screen is one of its best features: very sharp, well-lit, and the 165 Hz refresh rate makes everything look incredibly smooth—whether I’m browsing, working, or watching videos. For me, it makes a huge difference. When it comes to performance, it’s more than enough. It comes with a Ryzen AI 7 350 and an RTX 5070, and you can definitely feel it. Programs load quickly, I can work without any stuttering, and it’s also excellent for gaming. Even in demanding games it maintains good FPS and solid stability. For editing and multitasking, it handles everything without issues. The keyboard is comfortable, the build quality feels solid, and the sound is better than I expected. About the battery, I’d say it’s decent. Not amazing, but definitely not bad either; it holds up well for normal use and it didn’t let me down at any moment. Overall, I’m very satisfied with the purchase. It’s a powerful laptop with a great screen, perfect for anyone who needs performance for studying, working, or entertainment. I would absolutely choose it again.

This is a great laptop, but there are other options at the same price that offer significantly better cooling. That’s why I decided to switch. I am very big fan of the dedicated number pad. Felt a bit challenging using without it on a 16 inch laptop.