XPG Xenia 15 KC

[cadaveca]

When is a NUC a NUC that's not a NUC? XPG's Xenia 15 KC is a laptop-based Intel NUC device with ultimate portability and ultimate performance. Built with an Intel Core i7-11800H and an NVIDIA RTX 3070 mobile GPU, this 32 GB packing, 1 TB toting magnesium alloy block of tech is thin and light, too.

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[Oasis]

Very nice laptop, I love the quick toggle power modes.
I also like the box
Thanks for the review

 

[Caring1]

Why is it so hot at idle, 60C seems a bit much.

 

[Oasis]

Why is it so hot at idle, 60C seems a bit much.

Probably because of the low fan speeds?

 

[cadaveca]

Why is it so hot at idle, 60C seems a bit much.

As mentioned above, low fan speeds. In fact, I'm not sure they spin at all at idle. Overall noise levels on this laptop are superb.

That is also after those tests, so once the load drops and temps fall a bit, that's where the system sits. Idle temps prior to extended load are lower. but then the heatsink is not heatsoaked.

 

[Timelessest]

Nice to see another laptop review in this site.
Too bad this laptop has really bad battery life. Imo, the lenovo 5 pro and 7 are the best ones. Powerful GPUs, good battery and is cheaper than others like Asus M16 S17.

 

[kanecvr]

I don't understand this product. They put a 94wh battery in a laptop with no switchable graphics that gets 2 hours of battery life while surfing the net? Why doesn't it have switchable graphics? You can enable that (sort of) on most desktops with on board video, especially intel ones! Also, what's the point of a 100w 3070? A 130w 3060 will be faster and cheaper....

 

[cadaveca]

Nice to see another laptop review in this site.
Too bad this laptop has really bad battery life. Imo, the lenovo 5 pro and 7 are the best ones. Powerful GPUs, good battery and is cheaper than others like Asus M16 S17.

Battery life gets boosted depending on the mode the laptop is in. in its standard mode, it's not great, but extended to 6-8 hours of net use should you really want it to.

I don't understand this product. They put a 94wh battery in a laptop with no switchable graphics that gets 2 hours of battery life while surfing the net? Why doesn't it have switchable graphics? You can enable that (sort of) on most desktops with on board video, especially intel ones! Also, what's the point of a 100w 3070? A 130w 3060 will be faster and cheaper....

I know, right? but then you push that little button by the power button, and it's a 125-140W 3070. OR push it again, and it extends battery life....

As to no switchable graphics... yeah, that's too bad.

 

[TheUn4seen]

That's a nice laptop. As someone who despises the "gamer" aesthetics I appreciate the matte look, and I really like what XPG is doing aesthetically. It is, however, fairly expensive and I personally couldn't justify the price or wasted performance, since I don't really play games on a laptop. I do have to say, XPG makes very interesting laptops lately and if my Thinkpad suffers a catastrophic failure, the recently reviewed XENIA 14 is a strong contender.

I don't understand this product. They put a 94wh battery in a laptop with no switchable graphics that gets 2 hours of battery life while surfing the net? Why doesn't it have switchable graphics? You can enable that (sort of) on most desktops with on board video, especially intel ones! Also, what's the point of a 100w 3070? A 130w 3060 will be faster and cheaper....

It seems to be aimed mostly at people who don't really care about portability all that much, like students who want to have their gaming machine at home and in their dorm room but not necessarily use it during a full day of lectures. A small desktop replacement so to speak. As for switchable graphics, they probably improved in the recent years, but I remember having a lot of problems with older games not using the proper GPU and suffering low performance on the iGPU. Maybe XPG didn't want to push the price further by using MUX or sacrifice performance by piping everything through the iGPU, who knows.

 

[kanecvr]

It seems to be aimed mostly at people who don't really care about portability all that much, like students who want to have their gaming machine at home and in their dorm room but not necessarily use it during a full day of lectures.

Even if you don't really care about portability all that much, why would you buy a more expensive and less capable machine? For example:

The Asus ROG Strix G713QY is a 17" machine with a 90Wh battery running a 5900xh and a 140W RX 6800M (goes up to 160W if you select Manual Mode from armoury crate and drag the slider all the way to the right) - typical gaming laptop - yet it gets up to 11h of battery life.

Don't want an AMD video card? There's the Strix G713QR with a 130W RTX 3070 (goes up to 150W if you select turbo mode from armoury crate). Both have great battery life for 17" gaming laptops. They are both matt black apart from the red plastic bit in the corner witch is is user replaceable, and you get a transparent black and a silver one besides the red one with your laptop (G713QY only, the G713QR comes with a black part only). As for the RGB, you can disable it from armoury crate. The G713QY has a magnesium lid and palmrest. The QR has a plastic palmrest and magnesium lid.

 

[TheUn4seen]

Even if you don't really care about portability all that much, why would you buy a more expensive and less capable machine? For example:

The Asus ROG Strix G713QY is a 17" machine with a 90Wh battery running a 5900xh and a 140W RX 6800M (goes up to 160W if you select Manual Mode from armoury crate and drag the slider all the way to the right) - typical gaming laptop - yet it gets up to 11h of battery life.

Don't want an AMD video card? There's the Strix G713QR with a 130W RTX 3070 (goes up to 150W if you select turbo mode from armoury crate). Both have great battery life for 17" gaming laptops. They are both matt black apart from the red plastic bit in the corner witch is is user replaceable, and you get a transparent black and a silver one besides the red one with your laptop (G713QY only, the G713QR comes with a black part only). As for the RGB, you can disable it from armoury crate. The G713QY has a magnesium lid and palmrest. The QR has a plastic palmrest and magnesium lid.

Not everyone wants an overly "gamer kid" Asus machine. Or 17 inches, or AMD anything, or ASUS' warranty service in their country is almost criminally incompetent. That's the beauty of a free market, you can buy anything you want based on your personal taste, not only benchmark numbers.