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...a great-looking system for anybody wanting to stand out from the crowd, yet we'd like to see Aorus take it a step further by adding military-grade ruggedness to the camo aesthetic...

Aorus has created some of the best-looking gaming laptops in recent years and is now bolstering its portfolio with the arrival of the X5S v5 Camo.

This new addition to the X5S range offers familiar hardware adorned in an eye-catching MultiCam camouflage that works surprisingly well. The use of a water-transfer printing process allows the laptop to retain its stylish appearance, and in a sea of all-black rivals, the camo pattern offers something unique and a little bit quirky.

It's a great-looking system for anybody wanting to stand out from the crowd, yet we'd like to see Aorus take it a step further by adding military-grade ruggedness to the camo aesthetic. As it stands, the price premium isn't easy to justify, and if it's high-end mobile performance you're after, there are plenty of similarly spec'd laptops available for less.

Price is a stumbling block and there are one or two other provisos to bear in mind. Heat and noise can be bothersome, battery life still leaves plenty to be desired, and though the 4K display is a treat, it needs a next-gen GPU in order to realise its full potential.

There's room for improvement, but Aorus continues to serve as a gaming laptop manufacturer to watch. The X5S v5 Camo is plenty fast, well-built and able to offer high-end mobile gaming in a unique limited-edition package.

The Good		The Bad
Camo design has a certain appeal Quad-core Intel Skylake CPU Sleek for a gaming laptop Decent keyboard and trackpad Ultra-high-resolution 4K display Fast NVMe PCIe storage		Heat and noise can be bothersome Needs a next-gen GPU to shine Steep £2,200 price tag Poor battery life

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Color and Design is so cool ! Heat and Noise not so cool… i guess the size can be compensated little bit for more effective thermal and noise management. And it is reasonable to expect a cool, less noisy stylish laptop for 2000+ money.

Would you please consider commenting on the ease of accessing the fans for the purpose of cleaning them in future reviews?
This aspect is often neglected yet pretty important. I find that most laptop would work well in the first one or two years but as the fan accumulate dusts, it gradually has to work harder, initially resulting in more noise and eventually in more heat, to the point where the CPU/GPU can no longer perform at 100%. It would be silly to replace an otherwise perfectly good laptop for that reason, yet I find that some laptop are much easier/harder to clean than others.

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Would you please consider commenting on the ease of accessing the fans for the purpose of cleaning them in future reviews?
This aspect is often neglected yet pretty important. I find that most laptop would work well in the first one or two years but as the fan accumulate dusts, it gradually has to work harder, initially resulting in more noise and eventually in more heat, to the point where the CPU/GPU can no longer perform at 100%. It would be silly to replace an otherwise perfectly good laptop for that reason, yet I find that some laptop are much easier/harder to clean than others.

We'll bear this in mind on enthusiast-class laptops - those specifically designed to allow easy access to the innards.

TooNice
Would you please consider commenting on the ease of accessing the fans for the purpose of cleaning them in future reviews?
This aspect is often neglected yet pretty important. I find that most laptop would work well in the first one or two years but as the fan accumulate dusts, it gradually has to work harder, initially resulting in more noise and eventually in more heat, to the point where the CPU/GPU can no longer perform at 100%. It would be silly to replace an otherwise perfectly good laptop for that reason, yet I find that some laptop are much easier/harder to clean than others.

This is an issue frequently overlooked. I've seen this account for lots of Laptops either dying or being consigned to the scrapheap when they are still capable machines.
Some laptops are incredibly difficult to access the fans for cleaning purposes, and some are relatively straight forward.
The hardware manufacturers would love you to replace your laptop every 2 years, so there's not a huge incentive to make this simpler to do, but at the same time, its not good for their rep if people consider their laptops short lived and or difficult to do the basic maintenance on.
Its a shame that the reviewer believes that only enthusiast Laptops warrant a consideration for this point. Realistically any review of any device with Fans (ie a NAS, Laptop, PC etc) should take this point into consideration

£2200 isn't that bad considering what you get. A mate of mine purchased a 15“ CrapBook Noob which was £1999, which is about as well spec'd as a 90's console – it's slower than my 3-year old MSI Stealth Extreme, which was rather funny.

ANYWAY, my point is that the price is hardly ”draw-dropping", is it? It's priced based on the high-end goodies within and the fact it is a limited edition. Compared to a the cost of a CrapBook, it's VERY good value for money! I bet the manufacturers mark-up isn't actually that high.

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