How "not sure this will fit in backpacks designed for 15 inch screens" didn't turn into an opportunity to show off the LTT backpack, even if it didn't fit.
@@j.d.8593 My gigabyte laptop is also made by Clevo and it's well made I have no major negatives about it, I'm not sure how much Corsair spent to personalize their model, Clevo Taiwan does great R&D and their chassis are easy to service it's probably the greatest laptop maker nobody knows they own.
Corsair coming out swinging. For the high build quality, high specs and Elgato integration it's not too bad. The price is the let down but it's their first and I'm glad they went for a quality product. Fix the speakers for general use. Improve the webcam and you have a legitimate portable streaming system.
The AMD encoder has come along way in the last year or so. Finding software that actually utilizes all those improvements is the real struggle right now.
It's unfortunately kind of ass on the Oculus Link using a Quest 2. I switched from a 5700 XT to a 3070 and it's night and day, I can now push over 350-400 mbps on the encoding bitrate and the bottleneck becomes the actual USB 3.0 bandwidth, not the GPU encoder. On the 5700 XT anything above 150 mbps would cause issues...
Additionally, you should be able to delegate the encoding to the Vega GPU that's in the onboard graphics if you want to completely free up the 6800M for rendering. I think a lot of times reviewers forget that AMD can use both internal and dedicated GPUs at the same time. (In the very few games that support mGPU it can do that too, at least in theory.)
The reason for having the option to disable the right side of the trackpad is the same reason why trackpads in general are often placed further left nowadays. It's so your hand can pivot from trackpad to keyboard more comfortably without moving your elbow. If the right side of the trackpad is disabled, there's less of a chance of hitting it with the palm of your hand during the movement. That's if your right-handed of course. If you're left-handed, everyone hates you and we all want to make your life harder. Go smear that trackpad some more with your ink-smeared palm, you animal.
That or someone over at corsair likes a lot of games that just feel better when played with arrow keys then wasd or just don't support wasd for whatever reason(eg older space shooters and the likes) or games that use qwasde and arrow keys for their controls(one game comes to mind instantly which is descent 2) if your control scheme is something like, pitch forward ,backward,turn left,right,slide on,slide left,right,up,down,bank left,right. Then at that point you kinda wand arrows keys for pitch and turning qw/qe for banking with sliding setup to wasd keys. There are plenty of smaller games out there that would benefit so much from mouse control but do not have mouse control or mouse control is just weird in them where as keyboard control is a lot better(once you master the piano that is their controller scheme) I for one love my laptops ability to disable the trackpad when i play space shooters like that just sit on the bus boot up descent or x2/3 or star wars tie fighter and spend the 30 min bus trip playing some fun games. I wish more laptops had the ability to disable part or the entire trackpack with a simple button press(Also really great against cat paws moving your mouse)
I'm still at the beginning of the video. I just want to make a point that ergonomically laptops fail most of us with the screen being too short, So anyway that the screen is taller is a very good thing
The taller screen, milled chassis, and macro bar are big additions and tweaks that set this apart for me. Corsair going well out of their way to not just rebadge a chassis and actually put out a really nice product to start is great. The price is obviously high, but this seems like a laptop that is on the premium end of things, and will outlast similar-specced but cheaper competitors.
"If I'm honest, I was expecting it to be a bit of a flop monster, because Corsair is never done it before, and they have what, 2500 employees a company like Dell has what 160,000? Like how would they possibly be able to match that?" and this is exactly the Story of the LTT Screwdriver
@@DevinRAR did I Compare a Screwdriver and a Laptop, or did I compare a 2500 employee company, that makes a Product competing with the product of an 160,000 employee company, to a 80 employee company with lets high ball it 10 people making a product competing with companies with 800 employees? from this perspective I don't see so much difference
@@Blockschrott the product was already based on another, they worked with a company, they finalized the design and handle. Does something this basic require so many people? No, it doesn’t. Therefore it’s goofy to compare it.
Having basically all corsair products I freaking love they are still pumping out solid gear.m Maybe one day I can pick this up still need a laptop so I can start traveling while working. Grate review Short Circuit never quit I love this.
The extra macros are nice but I’m not sure if they are 800 dollars nice compared to the ROG laptop. Will be interested to see if they stick with it maybe they can bring the number down. I do like how easy it is to upgrade though.
You guys really should do an expose on Windows modern standby. It is probably the most broken thing to happen to Windows computers ever and it's being shoved down our throats. You used to be able to disable it but that's being taken away in most modern computers. Really the only way to avoid it these days is to build your own desktop.
I seriously don't understand how these things slip by during development. Developers at Microsoft, even those that worked on the very feature must be using laptops with Modern Standby, do they not notice the issues it has? Are they using development builds that don't have these issues? Microsoft is notorious for doing internal dogfooding with their software, including Windows, yet there are so many tiny misalignments and obviously easy to fix issues *for years* that I really cannot fathom why they don't fix them.
@@XeZrunner just like the test that doesn't work on windows. The shutdown menu confirmation and time and notifications. Easily changing sound output or adjusting the volume of a specific program... Windows only survived this far because most software run on it.
@@XeZrunner Well the Microsoft employees that I know have described it as iirc "the most inefficient company they have ever worked for", so that might have something to do with it.
What exactly is it? Thing is, I myself never really used standby except for quickly changing rooms where I'd carry the laptop in my hand. In all other cases, or when I'm done for the day too, it's time for Hibernation. Hibernation is the most important tech for me probably.
Imagine if it were reviewed from the perspective of somebody buying it with their money? Typically, if I've dropped $3050 on a laptop, I'm going to feel out the features, apps, and controls it comes with. Especially controls for the one standout feature of the device?!
To be fair, ShortCircuit is more just for first impressions and general thoughts. Not that I'm disagreeing with you at all, this just isn't a full review.
Apart from the speakers (and the price) I really liked this. Liked the "bottom gap" where the streamer buttons are. If I am (as I am right now) have my laptop in my lap even with a fairly large screen it is not uncommon for the bottom to not really be clearly visible.
I'm surprised that Origin was not mentioned once on this video, Corsair owns Origin, that's where most of the stuff from this Laptop came from, they aren't complete strangers to making custom Laptops.
IT isn't talked about because Corsair is just a empty brand. If you take their name off the products you would instantly realize you were just buying cheap knock off crap.
@@ShortCircuit Wait r u actually saying it's not and ODM? Like, the chassis is probably designed by Corsair or at least drafted (it's so weird, has no HDMI/DP, and ungrounded crap barrel charger eeek), but the MB itself - I can't believe this was really designed by Corsair, must have been done by someone else. CPU-Z/GPU-Z should show it.
The macro keys are cool but I'm not sure it's worth the extra laptop size. I feel like a very similar result could be achieved with much smaller buttons
I suspect it is also a nice "excuse" to improve the cooling. There's a lot of wattage in there after all, and a bit more extra chassis space can make a difference between "insufferably loud for streaming" and "pretty loud, but okay"
@@J_Echoes true. I just think if they were going to have that large panel with the touch buttons on it it would have been really cool if it had been a screen. That's kind of what I expected to be when I saw the thumbnail and was a bit disappointed when it was just really big buttons
I like the fact that the screen is higher just for ergonomic reasons. Looking down so far usually hurts. Normally you'd have to put your laptop up on a box and use an external keyboard to help this problem, but this laptop helps it without the external keyboard thing. It's a good intermediate step at least.
@@Sythrin3 Most likely. But then it defeats the purpose of having the stream deck buttons. Of course you've most likely also bought a proper stream deck, Beacn mix/create or Rodecaster Pro.
Thanks for highlighting the terrible standby behaviour in windows. I’ve been forced to use a dell precision instead of a Mac, and every time it goes in a back pack it’s hot and flat when it comes out.
I bought one of their desktop gaming PC's a couple of years ago. I usually build my own and have done so for the last 15 years. But in 2021 I couldn't find all the parts that I needed for my new build so when I got a notification that Corsair finally had some of their machines in stock, I jumped on it. They sold out in about 20 minutes and I got one with a 5900X CPU and RTX 3080. I was completely impressed by the quality of the build...absolutely the best pre-built I've ever seen. Even the cable management was first rate. Becasuse of that experience, I'd buy one of their laptops without hesitation.
I was THIS many years old when I realized you could change the performance tabs on the gpu section of task manager @7:51 THINGS I COULD HAVE KNOWN YEARS AGO!!!!!!!!!! Thanks for this!!!!!
I'm wondering... Phone speakers have generally been great on high end models and take up tiny space (same with the camera module) and even though it's small, it boasts great sound clarity. How in the world do laptop manufacturers do not implement a speaker array for mid-high and lows instead of the large tin cans thats barely audible.
Maybe because phone manufacturers aren't in the laptop/pc industry? I mean other than Apple, other higher end phone companies aren't active in the high end laptop field as far as I know.
Funny, in my country, they are generally considered to be a shitty brand. They are often called Corszar (szar meaning shit in my language) due supplying PSU for a large government program 20 years ago. These government PC's were quite notorious for breaking and getting shorted, even catching fire sometimes. For me the actual background if quite fuzzy, I was unable to look up reliable information on these PSU's or how they were sourced. Being said that I have multiple corsair hardware and really like them also had great experience with their customer support. I have a 12 year old PSU and when the fan broke in it, I sent a mail to their CS asking if its possible to get a replacement. They said unfortunately they dont sell it anymore, but gave me the exact specs and even advised on which chinese OEM supplier should I look for. Absolutely amazing support, was honestly not expecting that and found the part with their recommendation in 10 minutes tops.
Corsair has really been improving their quality in recent times, back before their cases were bad and their products a bit low quality but now the really high end stuff outside of gaming headsets (which suck) are very nice and feel premium. I wish NZXT fixes their shitty monitors and put some competition on them as they are usually 2 of the most common brands for new pc users looking for switch from console or just upgrading from an old system.
IDK man, they've usually been rock solid when it comes to PC components. Still using 5+ year old Corsair ram(Other than one of the LEDS dying) and a 7+ year old HX750i PSU and ran their Corsair Vengeance case for a few years 7- 8 years ago. I even ran one of their old AIO's around the same time, pump lasted a good 3-4 years before dying. The only issue I've had with Corsair was when they first released their Maglev fans. It could be that I just got a bad batch, but the fan pitch and the noise was overall just worse than a good Noctua fan with SSO2 bearings. I have no first hand knowledge of their PC peripherals(Mice, keyboard, headsets, etc.) though. Good to see Corsair killing the laptop market too. Premium components for a premium price though.
@@TheMagnumload They're too expensive in general which is why I don't buy anything from them anymore. You're better off not trying their peripherals, expensive... again and gaming headsets might last forever but they're gaming so the sound is bad and mice are nothing to write home about if you want good gaming mice just go logitech and as for keyboards the software sucks I'd buy a logitech too or some other brand
@@cjbtlr No they don't a lot of other manufacturers deliver high quality products and don't charge that ridiculous premium. Did you even watch the video? Don't just say random stuff
I love people getting proved wrong by Radeon 6000 GPUs nowadays as I have a STRIX G15 AE and do record gameplay occasionally and it's fine. The scare in the market of AMD GPUs is pretty high because of the history but they have improved A LOT and it's gonna take some time for it to reflect in public perception as even ultra nerds like Alex here have the same mindset. Not to mention he basically has the best access to PC stuff on the planet at LTT, and still this is the case. Edit: I have had a 3060 desktop as well yes
I would love a radeon gpu. But I like ray tracing too much for games. Once their ray tracing catches up or surpasses nvidia. They will sell like hot cakes
I paid £1500 for the base model on Amazon probably due to a price mistake since it went back up to £1999 a few hours later, i had a few issues while downgrading to win 10 as reinstalling the drivers for the wifi adapter card turned out to be a bit of a nightmare, apart from that i am really happy so far.
"USB Type-C Gen 4" - that's just awkward, how about just calling it USB4? "And it has Thunderbolt 3 compatibility" - that's part of the USB4 spec so...
The USB Implementers Forum are terrible, that is why. USB4 has 5 ways it can be implemented with speeds ranging from 10Gbit/s to 40Gbit/s, and only 2/5 of those support TB3. Honestly impressive how convoluted they've managed to make it -AC
I actually like the height of the monitor on that laptop. If I'm ever using a laptop when it's sitting directly on a desk, it's always a pain ergonomically. But it's probably a "less" bad ergonomic position.
I have this laptop and and its a beast. Its an exceptional powerful computer and I think if you re ran the performance test with the fans at extreme full speed it would have preformed way better than the compared computer. Also while playing Elden ring full powered; temp was 80c which is very impressive, and that's without the cooling pad I have to prop teh laptop up. This computer is so worth it for the price though. Full aluminum chasse, uniquely mounted screen, high quality 240hz screen, massive too. touch pad is very big and quite useful, this think is a power house with video games, yes a little loud but honestly if your playing a serious game your going to have headphones on. Speakers are decent on this but not really audiophile quality, they get the job done and I've watched plenty of movies with them and there great. Also does have dobie software which drastically improves the speaker volume and their quality and depth of sound. Hence this might just be a software limitation of windows 11 for these speakers but again, its not a boom box, or ment to be a speaker system, use a Bluetooth speaker connected to the laptop if your playing music, or your headphones. The keyboard, Cherry MX board it is fantastic to type on. Its smooth and fun to type with, the lighting effects are endless on this board as well as the touch bar at the top that now allows you to load up PC status such as your %CPU usage and %GPU usage. The little screen shows all of this information for you so you can see these statuses while gaming. The touch bar is very useful and you can make multiple profiles for either streaming, work and more. Thus if you press a touch button it can open a website or any app or even preform an action for streaming and more, really fantastic. Also the overall look of the computer is very impressive, really think about it, your going to pay 1.5K - 3K roughly for a high powered gaming laptop, do you really want it too look like your work laptop or something generic or be a little more proud of something that just looks bad ass. Anyways, this thing rocks, I personally don't think its very loud, and you can control all the audio options. Corsair did a good job with this machine and if you get there full warrantee program ($300 bucks more) you get two complete replacement computers if anything happens at all, not refurbished just brand spanking new computer. That alone is worth getting this thing.
i would really like to know what OBS settings you guys use because i've NEVER seen OBS use the 3D on task manager when recording "really high quality" gaming footage with RADEON (1440p60 with Quality preset, H.265, CQ Level 14, 1 keyframe every 60 frames & HighMotionQualityBoost enabled).
Corsair gets it.. their new bendable oled monitor is proof of this as well. They innovate where it makes sense. Thank god whoever's in charge at Corsair isn't another disconnected asshole.
Watching this makes me so jealous. I have an M1 mac, and while I have really enjoyed using it, the 8gb of ram just hasn't been enough. Seeing how easy they make it to upgrade your ram or storage just makes me shake my head and ask myself why the fuck I went with Apple. Next laptop for sure is gonna be a PC laptop, fuck Apple bro, no idea why I did this to myself.
What are you using your M1 mac for? I use it purely for office work and media consumption and it has been great. Everything is very snappy with the base model and just 8gb of ram. Simple things like going full screen on youtube is instant as compared to my desktop PC which takes like 0.5sec. The battery life is superb and the speakers are amazing. I wouldnt use it to game though xD
as a busy folk, I was hoping "short" in short circuit might mean quick and concise videos, otherwise see it on LTT. Been here since it started so still love it but once you get to 15 mins, that aint short no mo'
I don't stream either, but the fact that the Streamdeck software supports F13 to F24 keys, which Windows also supports, adds so much options that won't conflict with existing keybinds. I got tired of having binds with existing buttons, only to get a new game one day and suddenly the map would change, or something else because that game happened to use that particular key as well. The streamdeck solved that issue for me permanently.
4:45 lol, having a macro column to the left of the keyboard actually works to center the keyboard, normally the center of the typing position is to the left of the center of the laptop
For me Asus is my favourite laptop brand with all their innovations and investments. The only thing i want them to do is make something which actually competes with xps15
I think some people have a rare condition where they use the left hand for most things. Including the mouse. So they would probably disable the right side of the trackpad.
From the thumbnail, I thought it had a handle so you could carry the laptop like a briefcase, which I liked more as a concept than the streaming buttons.
13:24 - they have heatsinks for m2s already on the backplate. Which is a massive benefit, compared to Zepyrus that doesn't have anything coming with it.
I like how tall it is, it's way more ergonomically designed than normal laptops. I can't help but feel if this wasn't a gaming laptop, it would be perfect for a tall screen aspect ratio.
Y'know, the G15 is a great laptop, but the difference in chassis construction quality is pretty darn big here. There aren't many CNC milled laptops out there, the ones I know of is Huawei, Macbook, Razer book, and now corsair. CNC milling is expensive! The plastic chassi of the Asus probably cost them something like $50 to make. I can promise you the corsair is vastly more expensive to make due to the CNC parts.
Zephyrus is not plastic it's magnesium alloy. And there are actually many cnc milled laptops around now they're just expensive so people don't know about them. An example is Studiobook by Asus
@@ShortCircuit Ah, then I was misinformed. Thanks for the correction! Magnesium is of course way better than plastic, but is still way cheaper than CNC aluminium due to being cast, and have some drawbacks as well (although obviously not close to as bad as plastic)
i like it being in software. makes it much more customizable. and its not even that complicated to use. i've been using my streamdeck for a while. and i mostly use it for normal stuff not streaming. its very useful.
how to disable modern standby, in an admin terminal... powercfg /h off reg add HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Power /v PlatformAoAcOverride /t REG_DWORD /d 0 the first command disables hibernation which also disables fast startup and features that use "hibernation" the second adds a registry key to change the system from s0 sleep to s3 sleep. this is technically for embedded use, but is useful on all laptops and tablets.
Elutronics 17 max laptop has the same track pad design and it works the same way but the alignment makes sense because it has a full keyboard with num pad. when typing your right thumb meat would rest on the right side of the the track pad.
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How "not sure this will fit in backpacks designed for 15 inch screens" didn't turn into an opportunity to show off the LTT backpack, even if it didn't fit.
i know right?
He's next to the getting fired list for missing such an easy segway to merch advertisement.
Was looking for this exact comment
@@jjcc8379 segue*
I think because ltt bag is set for 16 and even 17 inch laptops
stupidly impressive for being their first time, they clearly invested a shit ton of money on this project
They had some help, they own Origin PC 😅
@@j.d.8593 Origin PC laptop are made and designed by Clevo, as this Corsair, Clevo makes 90% of small manufacturers laptops
@@LaurentiusTriarius Then my comment still stands
@@j.d.8593 oh... xd
@@j.d.8593 My gigabyte laptop is also made by Clevo and it's well made I have no major negatives about it, I'm not sure how much Corsair spent to personalize their model, Clevo Taiwan does great R&D and their chassis are easy to service it's probably the greatest laptop maker nobody knows they own.
To be fair, most of Dell's employees are in the warranty sales division.
We've been trying to reach you about your laptop's extended warranty
BURN
So that’s why they can’t make a laptop with decent cooling. Makes sense
+1 for the milled chassis, those are actually quite rare in the most laptops.
*whispers* unibody MacBook
@@iBlancoUC *visibly gags*
I laughed out loud lol
aren't all Razers made this way?
@@yandan9499 Twice!
You know, I’m actually surprised that Corsair didn’t make a laptop until now.
They bought Origin PC years ago so that was their laptop division lol
@@ShimejiiGaming LOL, that answered my thought… i figured they outsourced. Thx, man :)
Slow and steady….
HOLY same reaction, i think id also feel the same for other big peripherals brand lol
im surprised how little RGB it has.
Corsair coming out swinging. For the high build quality, high specs and Elgato integration it's not too bad. The price is the let down but it's their first and I'm glad they went for a quality product. Fix the speakers for general use. Improve the webcam and you have a legitimate portable streaming system.
Heck I was interested in it and I don’t plan on streaming. I just like the extra buttons.
@@Platinum_Squid and then comes the price
@@johannesssssssss it’s like Corsair and razer being in the monitor market, they aren’t bad, but they cost too much.
I don't see why it can't just be extra macro keys.
It's terribly overpriced with too many flaws. Even if they cut a whole $1000 off the price, I'd still take the G15 over this.
The AMD encoder has come along way in the last year or so. Finding software that actually utilizes all those improvements is the real struggle right now.
OBS' most recent update utilizes it
This. Exactly this.
I mean you could also just use CPU encoding. An 8 core 16 thread CPU is perfectly fine to handle streaming
It's unfortunately kind of ass on the Oculus Link using a Quest 2. I switched from a 5700 XT to a 3070 and it's night and day, I can now push over 350-400 mbps on the encoding bitrate and the bottleneck becomes the actual USB 3.0 bandwidth, not the GPU encoder. On the 5700 XT anything above 150 mbps would cause issues...
Additionally, you should be able to delegate the encoding to the Vega GPU that's in the onboard graphics if you want to completely free up the 6800M for rendering. I think a lot of times reviewers forget that AMD can use both internal and dedicated GPUs at the same time. (In the very few games that support mGPU it can do that too, at least in theory.)
The reason for having the option to disable the right side of the trackpad is the same reason why trackpads in general are often placed further left nowadays. It's so your hand can pivot from trackpad to keyboard more comfortably without moving your elbow. If the right side of the trackpad is disabled, there's less of a chance of hitting it with the palm of your hand during the movement. That's if your right-handed of course. If you're left-handed, everyone hates you and we all want to make your life harder. Go smear that trackpad some more with your ink-smeared palm, you animal.
this is the funniest shit i've come across all week, thank you
That or someone over at corsair likes a lot of games that just feel better when played with arrow keys then wasd or just don't support wasd for whatever reason(eg older space shooters and the likes) or games that use qwasde and arrow keys for their controls(one game comes to mind instantly which is descent 2) if your control scheme is something like, pitch forward ,backward,turn left,right,slide on,slide left,right,up,down,bank left,right. Then at that point you kinda wand arrows keys for pitch and turning qw/qe for banking with sliding setup to wasd keys.
There are plenty of smaller games out there that would benefit so much from mouse control but do not have mouse control or mouse control is just weird in them where as keyboard control is a lot better(once you master the piano that is their controller scheme)
I for one love my laptops ability to disable the trackpad when i play space shooters like that just sit on the bus boot up descent or x2/3 or star wars tie fighter and spend the 30 min bus trip playing some fun games.
I wish more laptops had the ability to disable part or the entire trackpack with a simple button press(Also really great against cat paws moving your mouse)
Well, then it would totally make sense to have a central wide trackpad with the option to disable either side or all of it.
What's stupid is that you can't choose which side to disable. You wouldn't even need to use hardware, you could probably do it in the driver.
Yeah I just looked down and realised my trackpad is shifted to the left (I always have it disabled)
Screw you Asus, you a**holes.
I'm still at the beginning of the video. I just want to make a point that ergonomically laptops fail most of us with the screen being too short, So anyway that the screen is taller is a very good thing
I'm on a 2022 G14 and yes, 16: 10 is the way to go.
I love Alex’s ‘have a fantastic day’ at the end of shortcircuits. It genuinely makes me feel more positive.
The taller screen, milled chassis, and macro bar are big additions and tweaks that set this apart for me. Corsair going well out of their way to not just rebadge a chassis and actually put out a really nice product to start is great. The price is obviously high, but this seems like a laptop that is on the premium end of things, and will outlast similar-specced but cheaper competitors.
Can we just take a minute of Silence for those who are watching Tech Videos without buying anything
What about you bro ? 😉🤔
Just bcs i love Tech Videos
Doesn’t make you any happier owning stuff…
Let’s take a minute also for people buying tech stuff… and cry after that…
Most of those laptop reviews are antyadvertising for me.
To be fair they did a really good job for their first laptop, hoping to see more from Corsair in the future 👏
"If I'm honest, I was expecting it to be a bit of a flop monster, because Corsair is never done it before, and they have what, 2500 employees a company like Dell has what 160,000? Like how would they possibly be able to match that?"
and this is exactly the Story of the LTT Screwdriver
Daym that was hard
Screwdriver vs laptop, I can totally see how that’s a great comparison lmao 🤦♂️
@@DevinRAR they are both serious products and need serious research and development. Facepalm yourself.
@@DevinRAR did I Compare a Screwdriver and a Laptop, or did I compare a 2500 employee company, that makes a Product competing with the product of an 160,000 employee company, to a 80 employee company with lets high ball it 10 people making a product competing with companies with 800 employees?
from this perspective I don't see so much difference
@@Blockschrott the product was already based on another, they worked with a company, they finalized the design and handle. Does something this basic require so many people? No, it doesn’t. Therefore it’s goofy to compare it.
You’ve got to check out the new AMD Lenovo Slim 7 ProX. The specs on it for the price look nuts, a genuine competitor to the XPS I think!
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Having basically all corsair products I freaking love they are still pumping out solid gear.m Maybe one day I can pick this up still need a laptop so I can start traveling while working. Grate review Short Circuit never quit I love this.
The extra macros are nice but I’m not sure if they are 800 dollars nice compared to the ROG laptop. Will be interested to see if they stick with it maybe they can bring the number down. I do like how easy it is to upgrade though.
Yeah it's pretty damn good for their first laptop, would love to see an rtx 3080 in it or maybe a 4000 series card in the future!!!
You guys really should do an expose on Windows modern standby. It is probably the most broken thing to happen to Windows computers ever and it's being shoved down our throats. You used to be able to disable it but that's being taken away in most modern computers. Really the only way to avoid it these days is to build your own desktop.
I seriously don't understand how these things slip by during development. Developers at Microsoft, even those that worked on the very feature must be using laptops with Modern Standby, do they not notice the issues it has? Are they using development builds that don't have these issues?
Microsoft is notorious for doing internal dogfooding with their software, including Windows, yet there are so many tiny misalignments and obviously easy to fix issues *for years* that I really cannot fathom why they don't fix them.
@@XeZrunner just like the test that doesn't work on windows. The shutdown menu confirmation and time and notifications. Easily changing sound output or adjusting the volume of a specific program...
Windows only survived this far because most software run on it.
@@XeZrunner Well the Microsoft employees that I know have described it as iirc "the most inefficient company they have ever worked for", so that might have something to do with it.
What exactly is it? Thing is, I myself never really used standby except for quickly changing rooms where I'd carry the laptop in my hand. In all other cases, or when I'm done for the day too, it's time for Hibernation. Hibernation is the most important tech for me probably.
Imagine if it were reviewed from the perspective of somebody buying it with their money?
Typically, if I've dropped $3050 on a laptop, I'm going to feel out the features, apps, and controls it comes with.
Especially controls for the one standout feature of the device?!
To be fair, ShortCircuit is more just for first impressions and general thoughts. Not that I'm disagreeing with you at all, this just isn't a full review.
Apart from the speakers (and the price) I really liked this. Liked the "bottom gap" where the streamer buttons are. If I am (as I am right now) have my laptop in my lap even with a fairly large screen it is not uncommon for the bottom to not really be clearly visible.
I use the arrow keys all the time. Very important for any kind of text/code/spreadsheet editing.
Bigg same.
I'm surprised that Origin was not mentioned once on this video, Corsair owns Origin, that's where most of the stuff from this Laptop came from, they aren't complete strangers to making custom Laptops.
Origin has always gotten their laptops from an ODM like Clevo or Tong Fang. V different to designing a laptop yourself -AC
IT isn't talked about because Corsair is just a empty brand. If you take their name off the products you would instantly realize you were just buying cheap knock off crap.
@@ShortCircuit Wait r u actually saying it's not and ODM? Like, the chassis is probably designed by Corsair or at least drafted (it's so weird, has no HDMI/DP, and ungrounded crap barrel charger eeek), but the MB itself - I can't believe this was really designed by Corsair, must have been done by someone else. CPU-Z/GPU-Z should show it.
@@ShortCircuit th-cam.com/video/zcchDu7KoYs/w-d-xo.html You just confirmed yourself it's Origin. Congrats.
3:06 *"I USE THE ARROW KEYS!" Thank you very much, Corsair!*
The macro keys are cool but I'm not sure it's worth the extra laptop size. I feel like a very similar result could be achieved with much smaller buttons
I suspect it is also a nice "excuse" to improve the cooling. There's a lot of wattage in there after all, and a bit more extra chassis space can make a difference between "insufferably loud for streaming" and "pretty loud, but okay"
@@J_Echoes true. I just think if they were going to have that large panel with the touch buttons on it it would have been really cool if it had been a screen. That's kind of what I expected to be when I saw the thumbnail and was a bit disappointed when it was just really big buttons
@@DoRC Yeah, an Apple touchbar like thing would have been great.
The issue with the Apple touchbar was that it replaced the function row.
I like the fact that the screen is higher just for ergonomic reasons. Looking down so far usually hurts. Normally you'd have to put your laptop up on a box and use an external keyboard to help this problem, but this laptop helps it without the external keyboard thing. It's a good intermediate step at least.
and be cheaper too lol
That pricing is insane. I paid $3300 for Lenovo X1 Extreme Gen 5 with i9-12900H, 32gb DDR5 4800, 2 TB ssd Gen 4, RTX 3080 Ti, 4k touchscreen.
For being streamer oriented, that fan is crazy loud and is likely to be picked up by the mic unless you've got your gain and noise gate set right.
If your willing to spend almost 4k for this then you must've already got external monitors so just put it somewhere fairly far away kek
@@Sythrin3 nevermind a headset
Well that and the nvidia AI sound thingy is ludicrously insanely good, so not really a problem.
@@Sythrin3 Most likely. But then it defeats the purpose of having the stream deck buttons. Of course you've most likely also bought a proper stream deck, Beacn mix/create or Rodecaster Pro.
@@anthonyschroeder521 Except it's Radeon. I know you can use that feature without Nvidia control software now, but I don't think it works on Radeon.
Alex wearing a Flex Seal hat, this needed a segue to an ad with the Flex Tape guy so badly
Thanks for highlighting the terrible standby behaviour in windows. I’ve been forced to use a dell precision instead of a Mac, and every time it goes in a back pack it’s hot and flat when it comes out.
I recommend hibernate. Its not exactly instant but its a good middle ground between windows and mac.
Wow, all this time I thought it was my laptop, not flippin' windows... Will try "hibernate", thanks!
So, is Flex Seal a channel sponsor now? Alex is rocking that cap really well.
For a laptop aimed at streaming having a “passable” webcam seems like a huge oversight
I bought one of their desktop gaming PC's a couple of years ago. I usually build my own and have done so for the last 15 years. But in 2021 I couldn't find all the parts that I needed for my new build so when I got a notification that Corsair finally had some of their machines in stock, I jumped on it. They sold out in about 20 minutes and I got one with a 5900X CPU and RTX 3080. I was completely impressed by the quality of the build...absolutely the best pre-built I've ever seen. Even the cable management was first rate. Becasuse of that experience, I'd buy one of their laptops without hesitation.
cant wait to hook this to a external monitor and never have it leave my desk 👍
The trackpad not being a mini touchscreen is a missed opportunity; for a steaming laptop, you could keep chat down there.
9:21 LOVE IT! Keep talking about this in every video man!
This is what quality over quantity is. Thanks Corsair for doing what most others don’t, that’s being a jack of all trades.
I was THIS many years old when I realized you could change the performance tabs on the gpu section of task manager @7:51 THINGS I COULD HAVE KNOWN YEARS AGO!!!!!!!!!! Thanks for this!!!!!
I'm wondering... Phone speakers have generally been great on high end models and take up tiny space (same with the camera module) and even though it's small, it boasts great sound clarity. How in the world do laptop manufacturers do not implement a speaker array for mid-high and lows instead of the large tin cans thats barely audible.
Maybe because phone manufacturers aren't in the laptop/pc industry? I mean other than Apple, other higher end phone companies aren't active in the high end laptop field as far as I know.
Afaik, ASUS and Xiaomi does, but that should not be a problem for the laptop industry as speaker modules can be procured separately from fabs
The one floating hair
You guys need to add a 'can it fit in the LTT backpack' stat.
Random to have fallout 4 in the thumbnail, but you know what's more weird?
This settlement that needs your help, here I'll mark it on your map.
I' m so glad the RAM is upgradeable. I've always like Corsair stuff, and this seems like a decent laptop, but at that price I don't see the value.
cant belive they missed the opportunity to add a built in capture card to pair with the stream deck intergrations.
They only have 2,500 employees? In my experience, Corsair are the most consistently excellent brand of computer hardware.
Funny, in my country, they are generally considered to be a shitty brand. They are often called Corszar (szar meaning shit in my language) due supplying PSU for a large government program 20 years ago. These government PC's were quite notorious for breaking and getting shorted, even catching fire sometimes. For me the actual background if quite fuzzy, I was unable to look up reliable information on these PSU's or how they were sourced.
Being said that I have multiple corsair hardware and really like them also had great experience with their customer support. I have a 12 year old PSU and when the fan broke in it, I sent a mail to their CS asking if its possible to get a replacement. They said unfortunately they dont sell it anymore, but gave me the exact specs and even advised on which chinese OEM supplier should I look for. Absolutely amazing support, was honestly not expecting that and found the part with their recommendation in 10 minutes tops.
@@Debilinside yeah, in the US their reputation is an entry level manufacturer.
I love that an engineer is wearing a flex seal hat.
Corsair has really been improving their quality in recent times, back before their cases were bad and their products a bit low quality but now the really high end stuff outside of gaming headsets (which suck) are very nice and feel premium. I wish NZXT fixes their shitty monitors and put some competition on them as they are usually 2 of the most common brands for new pc users looking for switch from console or just upgrading from an old system.
IDK man, they've usually been rock solid when it comes to PC components. Still using 5+ year old Corsair ram(Other than one of the LEDS dying) and a 7+ year old HX750i PSU and ran their Corsair Vengeance case for a few years 7- 8 years ago. I even ran one of their old AIO's around the same time, pump lasted a good 3-4 years before dying. The only issue I've had with Corsair was when they first released their Maglev fans. It could be that I just got a bad batch, but the fan pitch and the noise was overall just worse than a good Noctua fan with SSO2 bearings. I have no first hand knowledge of their PC peripherals(Mice, keyboard, headsets, etc.) though.
Good to see Corsair killing the laptop market too. Premium components for a premium price though.
@@TheMagnumload They're too expensive in general which is why I don't buy anything from them anymore. You're better off not trying their peripherals, expensive... again and gaming headsets might last forever but they're gaming so the sound is bad and mice are nothing to write home about if you want good gaming mice just go logitech and as for keyboards the software sucks I'd buy a logitech too or some other brand
@@haste953 Thanks for the heads up so I can avoid them if I ever get that itch for some Corsair peripherals lol.
@@haste953 you complain that they're too expensive but applaud them for having high quality? you do understand those things go hand in hand right?
@@cjbtlr No they don't a lot of other manufacturers deliver high quality products and don't charge that ridiculous premium. Did you even watch the video? Don't just say random stuff
For a debut, this is actually insane. Well done, Corsair.
I love people getting proved wrong by Radeon 6000 GPUs nowadays as I have a STRIX G15 AE and do record gameplay occasionally and it's fine.
The scare in the market of AMD GPUs is pretty high because of the history but they have improved A LOT and it's gonna take some time for it to reflect in public perception as even ultra nerds like Alex here have the same mindset. Not to mention he basically has the best access to PC stuff on the planet at LTT, and still this is the case.
Edit: I have had a 3060 desktop as well yes
I would love a radeon gpu. But I like ray tracing too much for games. Once their ray tracing catches up or surpasses nvidia. They will sell like hot cakes
0:39
What a distinguish person
I paid £1500 for the base model on Amazon probably due to a price mistake since it went back up to £1999 a few hours later, i had a few issues while downgrading to win 10 as reinstalling the drivers for the wifi adapter card turned out to be a bit of a nightmare, apart from that i am really happy so far.
how do you find it now?
@@jub8891 still going good, running some pretty beefy games at 2k with good FPS
the high up screen is so so appreciated...
"USB Type-C Gen 4" - that's just awkward, how about just calling it USB4?
"And it has Thunderbolt 3 compatibility" - that's part of the USB4 spec so...
The USB Implementers Forum are terrible, that is why. USB4 has 5 ways it can be implemented with speeds ranging from 10Gbit/s to 40Gbit/s, and only 2/5 of those support TB3. Honestly impressive how convoluted they've managed to make it -AC
This reminds me of that big desk computer thing Captain Picard has in his ready room
Or the title could have been. “Corsair killed it”.
You guys uploaded right on my lunch, nice!
I actually like the height of the monitor on that laptop. If I'm ever using a laptop when it's sitting directly on a desk, it's always a pain ergonomically. But it's probably a "less" bad ergonomic position.
Priced 50% above the competition
Title: "Corsair actually killed it"
What they kill is what matters, to me , it is the corsair's first laptop
The problem with the great cameras you guys use is that I was distracted the whole video by a long hair stuck in his hair. 8:50
his corshair is driving me crazy. I cant look at him without seeing that rogue strand reaching for Marco Rubio's water bottle. holy hell.
Watch in lower quality if you get disturbed by that. It's a feature.
Alex should get more sleep. He looks exhausted
credit to editor to put the everchanging USB naming sense on the video, even we didn't know which one of which
This laptop looks almost like Corsair's dominator rams 🙂
Yeah I thought it was a really big ram at first sight. Guess Corsair really do love their rams.
Am i wrong on this... on amazon this is on sale for $1600 and at best buy.
So is Alex sponsored by flex seal (not ltt just Alex)?
I have this laptop and and its a beast. Its an exceptional powerful computer and I think if you re ran the performance test with the fans at extreme full speed it would have preformed way better than the compared computer. Also while playing Elden ring full powered; temp was 80c which is very impressive, and that's without the cooling pad I have to prop teh laptop up.
This computer is so worth it for the price though. Full aluminum chasse, uniquely mounted screen, high quality 240hz screen, massive too. touch pad is very big and quite useful, this think is a power house with video games, yes a little loud but honestly if your playing a serious game your going to have headphones on. Speakers are decent on this but not really audiophile quality, they get the job done and I've watched plenty of movies with them and there great. Also does have dobie software which drastically improves the speaker volume and their quality and depth of sound. Hence this might just be a software limitation of windows 11 for these speakers but again, its not a boom box, or ment to be a speaker system, use a Bluetooth speaker connected to the laptop if your playing music, or your headphones.
The keyboard, Cherry MX board it is fantastic to type on. Its smooth and fun to type with, the lighting effects are endless on this board as well as the touch bar at the top that now allows you to load up PC status such as your %CPU usage and %GPU usage. The little screen shows all of this information for you so you can see these statuses while gaming. The touch bar is very useful and you can make multiple profiles for either streaming, work and more. Thus if you press a touch button it can open a website or any app or even preform an action for streaming and more, really fantastic.
Also the overall look of the computer is very impressive, really think about it, your going to pay 1.5K - 3K roughly for a high powered gaming laptop, do you really want it too look like your work laptop or something generic or be a little more proud of something that just looks bad ass. Anyways, this thing rocks, I personally don't think its very loud, and you can control all the audio options. Corsair did a good job with this machine and if you get there full warrantee program ($300 bucks more) you get two complete replacement computers if anything happens at all, not refurbished just brand spanking new computer. That alone is worth getting this thing.
For 3k I am expecting a LOT from a laptop, like, definitely more than what the Corsair can deliver.
I’m excited to see what Corsair will do in the future. They have tons of potential, but hopefully they’ll make some less expensive laptops.
i would really like to know what OBS settings you guys use because i've NEVER seen OBS use the 3D on task manager when recording "really high quality" gaming footage with RADEON (1440p60 with Quality preset, H.265, CQ Level 14, 1 keyframe every 60 frames & HighMotionQualityBoost enabled).
Corsair: "Hey Linus... pretty nice backpack you got there............. anywayCHECKOUTOURNEWLAPTOP!"
Corsair gets it.. their new bendable oled monitor is proof of this as well. They innovate where it makes sense. Thank god whoever's in charge at Corsair isn't another disconnected asshole.
LTT has good cameras can see that extra long single hair hanging off of Alex's head in some shots.
Watching this makes me so jealous. I have an M1 mac, and while I have really enjoyed using it, the 8gb of ram just hasn't been enough. Seeing how easy they make it to upgrade your ram or storage just makes me shake my head and ask myself why the fuck I went with Apple. Next laptop for sure is gonna be a PC laptop, fuck Apple bro, no idea why I did this to myself.
What are you using your M1 mac for? I use it purely for office work and media consumption and it has been great. Everything is very snappy with the base model and just 8gb of ram. Simple things like going full screen on youtube is instant as compared to my desktop PC which takes like 0.5sec. The battery life is superb and the speakers are amazing. I wouldnt use it to game though xD
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as a busy folk, I was hoping "short" in short circuit might mean quick and concise videos, otherwise see it on LTT. Been here since it started so still love it but once you get to 15 mins, that aint short no mo'
Grabbed this on sale for 1,800 :) I had no idea it was on sale. Bought it on a Saturday, went back up to full price on Monday.
I don't stream either, but the fact that the Streamdeck software supports F13 to F24 keys, which Windows also supports, adds so much options that won't conflict with existing keybinds. I got tired of having binds with existing buttons, only to get a new game one day and suddenly the map would change, or something else because that game happened to use that particular key as well. The streamdeck solved that issue for me permanently.
All of LTT really needs to realize that nVidia isn't the only graphics card outside of benchmarking reviews.
4:45 lol, having a macro column to the left of the keyboard actually works to center the keyboard, normally the center of the typing position is to the left of the center of the laptop
also Corsair staying small and keeping the focus lockd is arguably what makes them soo good in comparison to dell.
For me Asus is my favourite laptop brand with all their innovations and investments.
The only thing i want them to do is make something which actually competes with xps15
I couldn't help but notice the Flex Seal cap. That thing is fire!!🔥🔥 😂
I forget that Alex is from Newfoundland but I was immediately reminded when he described something as a "chummy". It's such a Newfoundland word.
I think something worth adding to these unboxings is to see if these laptops fit in an LTT store backpack
I think some people have a rare condition where they use the left hand for most things. Including the mouse. So they would probably disable the right side of the trackpad.
What a weird disease. I thought it was there just so you could disable the whole trackpad if you want.
From the thumbnail, I thought it had a handle so you could carry the laptop like a briefcase, which I liked more as a concept than the streaming buttons.
The first 15 seconds of this video was just fantastic
13:24 - they have heatsinks for m2s already on the backplate. Which is a massive benefit, compared to Zepyrus that doesn't have anything coming with it.
Bang & Olufsen sound and Carl Zeiss optics would totally be worth it on a premium model
Loved the Flex Seal cap xD
I like how tall it is, it's way more ergonomically designed than normal laptops.
I can't help but feel if this wasn't a gaming laptop, it would be perfect for a tall screen aspect ratio.
Said "nice" right after the 69 before finishing the rest of the processor name. A man after my own heart. Nice
Wow a function row AND a touch bar on one device.
pfft, corsair lacks true courage
“I don’t know why you’d ever disable the right trackpad”
Me and other Lefties:
First ever laptop from a brand is an AMD CPU system... RESPECT!! I have ZERO interest using any Intel (mobile) CPU in any mobile device since 2020.
a moment of appreciation for the flex seal cap
there's a long hair hanging off his hat - can't unsee this.
The build quality impressions - could have been the exact same thing for the LTT screwdriver yet you guys made a good screwdriver.
Y'know, the G15 is a great laptop, but the difference in chassis construction quality is pretty darn big here. There aren't many CNC milled laptops out there, the ones I know of is Huawei, Macbook, Razer book, and now corsair. CNC milling is expensive! The plastic chassi of the Asus probably cost them something like $50 to make. I can promise you the corsair is vastly more expensive to make due to the CNC parts.
The G15 is made of magnesium and aluminum... likely not cheap -AC
Zephyrus is not plastic it's magnesium alloy. And there are actually many cnc milled laptops around now they're just expensive so people don't know about them. An example is Studiobook by Asus
@@ShortCircuit Ah, then I was misinformed. Thanks for the correction! Magnesium is of course way better than plastic, but is still way cheaper than CNC aluminium due to being cast, and have some drawbacks as well (although obviously not close to as bad as plastic)
i like it being in software. makes it much more customizable. and its not even that complicated to use. i've been using my streamdeck for a while. and i mostly use it for normal stuff not streaming. its very useful.
Corsair has a really nice design team, especially for a gaming focused brand
Hardware Canucks did a great in depth review about this laptop.
how to disable modern standby, in an admin terminal...
powercfg /h off
reg add HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Power /v PlatformAoAcOverride /t REG_DWORD /d 0
the first command disables hibernation which also disables fast startup and features that use "hibernation" the second adds a registry key to change the system from s0 sleep to s3 sleep. this is technically for embedded use, but is useful on all laptops and tablets.
Elutronics 17 max laptop has the same track pad design and it works the same way but the alignment makes sense because it has a full keyboard with num pad. when typing your right thumb meat would rest on the right side of the the track pad.