Sky X9 from Eurocom is more powerful with GTX 980
Eurocom launched its latest laptop with much competing high end features. The new model has been named as Sky X9 and is loaded with powerful Intel chipset along with Nvidia hardware, making it a high performance device. It seems that Eurocom has tried for a powerful desktop system in laptop case. Let us have a look on its specifications.
Processor and Graphics
The heart of Sky X9 functions on Core i7-6700K from Intel with a clocking speed of 4.2GHz. With the help of Intel Z170 chipset embedded in the system, theoretically the functioning speed is pretty high. You may have the doubt that with this much power and performance, the system may be heated up while functioning. Eurocom has embedded the system with 3 fans to maintain the heating of the system.The most important feature is the inclusion of Nvidia GeForce GTX 980 GUI, which will help the system to deliver the performance equivalent to a powerful desktop. This graphics card delivers a GM204 core along with 2048 CUDA cores. With the help of this powerful graphics card, Eurocom is able to give its lap a RAM of 8GB GDDR5 along with a memory clock of 7Gbps. This will help the lap to perform healthier and powerful compared to any other laptops in the market.
Display and Sound Specifications
Sky X9 comes with a powerful display of 4K with a resolution of 3840*2160 pixels with a screen size of 17.3 inches. This display is integrated with G-Sync support. With the help of this you can experience high-end games with 4K display in this system. Another option for display is available at 1080 pixels. You can experience better audio with the help of 2 inbuilt ONKYO speakers in addition to 2.5W subwoofer packed in the system.
Other Specifics
Inside the case, there is enough space to hold four hard drives – two2.5 inchednormal drives and two attached on PCIe SSDs along with the backing of RAID 1/1/5/10. The storage can be upto 64GB DDR4. The security features includes TPM v2.0 along with other features like Fingerprint Lock and Kensington Lock. External devices can be connected to the system with the help of one v3.1 port and one Thunderbolt port. The system also has 2 mini ports along with one HDMI v2.0 port and 3 USB ports of v3.0. Communication is possible with the help of LAN and WLAN ports along with Bluetooth connectivity.Another notable feature is that the keyboard is supported with backlight feature which will help you to type both in dim lights and nights.
Pricing
The system is tagged with a price of $2543. Of course with such high end features, we can’t expect a low cost for the device. The lap is worth is worth enough the price with its high end processor supported by powerful graphics. It is the first laptop to have GTX 980 with 8GB on board.
