BTO Notebooks X-Book Series

Processor: AMD Renoir (Ryzen 4000 APU) R7 4800H, Intel Coffee Lake i7-8750H, Intel Coffee Lake i9-9980HK, Intel Kaby Lake i7-7700HQ
Graphics Adapter: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Mobile, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti Mobile, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Mobile, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Mobile, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 Mobile, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Mobile
Display: 14.00 inch, 15.60 inch, 16.10 inch, 17.20 inch, 17.30 inch
Weight: 2kg, 2.1kg, 2.3kg, 2.4kg, 2.5kg, 2.6kg, 3kg, 3.9kg

 

BTO Notebooks X-Book 15CL71

Specifications

Notebook: BTO Notebooks X-Book 15CL71
Processor: Intel Kaby Lake i7-7700HQ
Graphics Adapter: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti Mobile
Display: 15.60 inch, 16:9, 1920 x 1080 pixels
Weight: 2.3kg
Links: BTO Notebooks homepage

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Average Score: 85% - good

 

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BTO Notebooks X-Book 15CL77

The BTO Notebooks X-Book 15CL77 is a 15.6” gaming laptop. It weighs slightly heavier than a regular 15.6-incher, but this is the compromise for its performance. The chassis is made of aluminum and plastic and looks very neat. The choice of material also makes the laptop very sturdy. The notebook comes with an Intel Core i7-7700HQ processor, which is enough for performing serious tasks and proper multitasking. By default, the X-BOOK 15CL77 comes with a 128 GB M.2 SSD. 8 GB of DDR4 RAM is mounted. The RAM capacity can be expanded to 64 GB. In this new X-BOOK series, there is a pair of Onkyo speakers installed to deliver quality high, middle and low tones. Onkyo has been providing top quality audio for decades. Thus, this is a major breakthrough for BTO laptops. The X-BOOK 15CL77 comes with a Full HD IPS screen. It is a mate screen, which makes working in the sun more enjoyable and it also gets rid of annoying reflections indoors by lamps and windows. The delivered screen is an IPS screen, which has better viewing angles and a more natural color display over a standard screen. Gaming on the laptop is very nice with this keyboard, which responds quickly and accurately. The keystroke has a good feedback for a laptop and it features an RGB backlight, which can be customized by pressing the FN button + / on the number pad. The RGB backlight can be set to one color, 3 zones or one of the following settings: Breathe, Cycle, Wave, Dance, Tempo, Flash, Random, or Custom. This alone puts a strong ‘Gaming’ image to the laptop. The Control Center software included is available via FN-Button + ESC and is very comprehensive, a user can adjust the performance, brightness, volume, fan speed. A user can also choose to switch the video card, so the notebook runs on the Nvidia GTX1060 graphics card. The user can also use G-Sync, which is very useful when playing games. Stuttering and tearing become the past with G-Sync. This configuration gives gamers a proper gaming experience even at Full HD resolution. On the left side of the housing, there are two mini DisplayPorts, an HDMI port, and a USB 3.1 Gen 1 port. At the rear, there are another USB Type A port and the power-in. On the right side there are two USB Type C ports, 1 USB Type A port, card reader and GigaBit Ethernet port. The audio card is also on this side and has no more than one line out, one microphone, and a SPDIF jack. The BTO Notebooks X-Book 15CL77 is a well-equipped gaming laptop for its price. However, with the amount of gaming dedicated laptops out there, it is uncertain if the X-Book is relevant without any special features unique to it. Hands-on article by Jagadisa Rajarathnam

Specifications

Notebook: BTO Notebooks X-Book 15CL77
Processor: Intel Kaby Lake i7-7700HQ
Graphics Adapter: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Mobile
Display: 15.60 inch, 16:9, 1920 x 1080 pixels
Weight: 2.6kg
Links: BTO Notebooks homepage

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Average Score: 95% - very good

 

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BTO Notebooks X-Book 17CL79

Specifications

Notebook: BTO Notebooks X-Book 17CL79
Processor: Intel Kaby Lake i7-7700HQ
Graphics Adapter: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Mobile
Display: 17.30 inch, 16:9, 3840 x 2160 pixels
Weight: 3.9kg
Links: BTO Notebooks homepage

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Average Score: 80% - good

 

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BTO Notebooks X-Book 15CL875

Specifications

Notebook: BTO Notebooks X-Book 15CL875
Processor: Intel Coffee Lake i7-8750H
Graphics Adapter: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Mobile
Display: 15.60 inch, 16:9, 1920 x 1080 pixels
Weight: 2kg
Links: BTO Notebooks homepage

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Average Score: 100% - very good

 

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BTO Notebooks X-Book 17X872

Specifications

Notebook: BTO Notebooks X-Book 17X872
Processor: Intel Coffee Lake i7-8750H
Graphics Adapter: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti Mobile
Display: 17.20 inch, 16:9, 1920 x 1080 pixels
Weight: 2.5kg
Links: BTO Notebooks homepage

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Average Score: 80% - good

 

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BTO Notebooks X-Book 17CL875

Specifications

Notebook: BTO Notebooks X-Book 17CL875
Processor: Intel Coffee Lake i7-8750H
Graphics Adapter: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Mobile
Display: 17.30 inch, 16:9, 1920 x 1080 pixels
Weight: 3kg
Links: BTO Notebooks homepage

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Average Score: 60% - poor

 

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BTO Notebooks X-Book 16X885

Specifications

Notebook: BTO Notebooks X-Book 16X885
Processor: Intel Coffee Lake i7-8750H
Graphics Adapter: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 Mobile
Display: 16.10 inch, 16:9, 1920 x 1080 pixels
Weight: 2.1kg
Links: BTO Notebooks homepage

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Average Score: 90% - very good

 

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BTO Notebooks X-Book 17X882

Specifications

Notebook: BTO Notebooks X-Book 17X882
Processor: Intel Coffee Lake i7-8750H
Graphics Adapter: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Mobile
Display: 17.30 inch, 16:9, 1920 x 1080 pixels
Weight: 2.6kg
Links: BTO Notebooks homepage

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Average Score: 85% - good

 

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BTO Notebooks X-Book 14CL77

Specifications

Notebook: BTO Notebooks X-Book 14CL77
Processor: Intel Kaby Lake i7-7700HQ
Graphics Adapter: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Mobile
Display: 14.00 inch, 16:9, 1920 x 1080 pixels
Weight: 2kg
Links: BTO Notebooks homepage

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Average Score: 20% - bad

 

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BTO Notebooks X-Book 15X990

Specifications

Notebook: BTO Notebooks X-Book 15X990
Processor: Intel Coffee Lake i9-9980HK
Graphics Adapter: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Mobile
Display: 15.60 inch, 16:9, 3840 x 2160 pixels
Weight: 2.4kg
Links: BTO Notebooks homepage

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Average Score: 75% - good

 

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BTO Notebooks X-Book 15X1187-AMD

Specifications

Notebook: BTO Notebooks X-Book 15X1187-AMD
Processor: AMD Renoir (Ryzen 4000 APU) R7 4800H
Graphics Adapter: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 Mobile 6144 MB
Display: 15.60 inch, 16:9, 1920 x 1080 pixels
Weight: 0kg
Links: BTO Notebooks homepage

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Average Score: 80% - good

 

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BTO Notebooks: This regional manufacturer focusses the Netherlands and Belgium. The market share is low.

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Modern games should be playable with these graphics cards at low settings and resolutions. Casual gamers may be happy with these cards.

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti Mobile: Mainstream graphics card based on Nvidia's Pascal architecture and successor to the GeForce GTX 965M. Is manufactured in a 14nm process at Samsung and the technical specifications are very similar to the desktop version.

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Mobile: Mainstream graphics card based on Nvidia's Pascal architecture and successor to the GeForce GTX 960M. Is manufactured in a 14nm process at Samsung and the technical specifications are very similar to the desktop version.

With these GPUs you are able to play modern and demanding games fluently at medium detail settings and HD resolution.

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Mobile: The mobile GTX 1060 is based on the GP106 chip and offer 1280 shaders. Compared to the identically named desktop version it features a slightly lower clock rate. Games in Full HD and maximum details should run fluently on the card.

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Mobile: Pascal based laptop graphics card using GDDR5 graphics memory. Should offer a similar performance to the deskto GTX 1080. However, there is also a more power efficient "Max-Q" version that performs worse than the normal GTX1080 and is used in thin and light laptops.

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 Mobile: Mid range to high end laptop graphics card based on the Turing architecture with raytracing features and 1,920 shaders. Compared to the similar named desktop card it offers reduced clock rates.

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Mobile: High-End laptop graphics card based on the TU106 chip with 2,304 shaders and 8 GB GDDR6 VRAM. Compared to the desktop variant, the GPU is clocked lower. The refresh version in April 2020 bears the same name, but is slightly higher clocked.

» Further information can be found in our Comparison of Mobile Graphics Cards and the corresponding Benchmark List.

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Intel Kaby Lake:

i7-7700HQ: Quad-core notebook processor based on the Kaby Lake architecture. Besides four CPU cores (including Hyper Threading), the chips also integrates the HD Graphics 630 GPU and is manufactured in an improved 14 nm process.

Intel Coffee Lake:

i7-8750H: On Coffee Lake architecture based processor for big and heavy laptops. Integrates six processor cores clocked at 2.2 - 4.1 GHz (4 GHz with 4 cores, 3.9 GHz with 6 cores) that support HyperThreading. Manufactured in an improved 14nm process (14nm++).

i9-9980HK: On Coffee Lake architecture based processor for big and heavy laptops. Integrates eight processor cores clocked at 2.4 - 5 GHz (4.2 GHz with 8 cores) that support HyperThreading. Manufactured in an improved 14nm process (14nm++). Offers an unlocked multiplier that allows overclocking of the CPU.

AMD Renoir (Ryzen 4000 APU):

R7 4800H: A laptop-grade octa-core APU with SMT-enabled Zen 2 cores clocked at 2.9 GHz to 4.2 GHz and a Vega series graphics adapter with 7 CUs clocked at up to 1,600 MHz.

» Further information can be found in our Comparison of Mobile Processsors.

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14.00:

14 inch display size represents a middle ground between the small subnotebook formats and the screens of the standard 15 inch laptops.

The reason for the popularity of mid-sized displays is that this size is reasonably easy on the eyes, provides good resolutions with usable detail sizes, yet does not consume too much power and the devices can still be reasonably compact. 

In the past, 14-inch devices were very rare, but now they are the standard for laptops after the 15-inchers. 

» To find out how fine a display is, see our DPI List.

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2 kg:

3.9 kg:

A laptop with this weight is comparatively heavy and less designed for mobility than for use at the desk. Therefore, the devices tend to shine less with battery life than with a large screen and higher performance.

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79.62%: This rating is not earth-shattering. This rating must actually be seen as average, since there are about as many devices with worse ratings as better ones. A purchase recommendation can only be seen with a lot of goodwill, unless it is about websites that generally rate strictly.

» Further information can be found in our Notebook Purchase Guide.

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