and that's quite an accurate summary of this machine as a whole. You get some basic illumination controls for the keyboard – you can pick a colour, a brightness level, and a timeout duration, so the customisation options are slightly better than basic but not up there with the most advanced gaming laptops on the market. You've got plenty of options for peripherals.Īs far as build quality goes, the laptop feels very well put together, from the display hinge right down to the power button.

On top of that you get three USB-A ports, an SD card reader, a 3.5mm microphone port, and a 3.5mm headphone port.

Gigabyte has been generous with the ports too: you get HDMI 2.0, DisplayPort 1.4 and Mini DisplayPort 1.2, so you can in theory hook up three external displays. If you're measuring out some room on your desk then you need to know that the laptop has dimensions of 361 x 256 x 31.8mm and weighs in at 2.1kgs. It's a reasonably bulky slab of black plastic, and it's really only the thickness and the oversized grilles at the side that give away the power underneath the hood here: even the Gigabyte lettering on the lid is subtle and straightforward. As gaming laptops go, the Gigabyte G5 is towards the plainer and more understated end of the spectrum, but that's not necessarily a complaint – it depends on how many colourful accents and flashing lights you like on your gaming machine.

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