Aorus gtx 1070 gaming box review in Spanish (full analysis)

External graphics cards are a good solution to have a good extra power in our laptops when we get home, the problem is that it is very expensive since, in addition to the graphics card itself, we need to buy a special adapter to be able to use it external form. AORUS GTX 1070 Gaming Box solves part of the price problem by offering a solution that combines the card and its adapter in a single product.

AORUS GTX 1070 Gaming Box technical specifications

Unboxing and design

AORUS GTX 1070 Gaming Box comes perfectly protected in a cardboard box, the product is very well accommodated by several pieces of high-density foam to prevent it from moving during transport, the manufacturer has put a lot of care into reaching the hands of the end user in the best possible conditions.

While in the rear area we have all the most important technical characteristics of the external box. We continue!

Once we open the box we see the entire bundle that includes:

• AORUS GTX 1070 Gaming Box Cable Thunderbolt 3 (USB Type-C) Power Cable Installation Guide Driver CD Carry Bag

AORUS GTX 1070 Gaming Box seeks to revolutionize the use of desktop graphics cards externally, it is a box that serves as an adapter and includes a powerful GeForce GTX 1070 inside, so that there are no problems it comes with its own power supply, cooling system and all necessary connections. All this in a very compact size of only 212 x 96 x 162 mm and a weight of 2360 grams.

We leave you a view of both sides. As can be seen with a mesh type mesh to have the best possible cooling.

AORUS GTX 1070 Gaming Box is committed to a simple but elegant design, the entire box is made of high quality black aluminum, we can see that a dust filter has been included on both sides to improve the cooling of the graphics card, by Being a very powerful model generates a considerable amount of heat and must be eliminated. Gigabyte has included its RGB Fusion lighting system for an aesthetic that is second to none.

Communication with the PC is done through the advanced Thunderbolt 3 (USB Type-C) interface that is capable of offering a bandwidth of up to 40 Gbps, more than enough to cover the need for a card as powerful as the GeForce GTX 1070.

The AORUS GTX 1070 Gaming Box is not only an external graphics card, it also serves as a DOCK to connect our smartphone / tablet or any peripheral to our laptop or desktop computer.

This port is also capable of supplying an electrical power of up to 100W to charge the battery of our PD 3.0 compatible computer. The ports are completed with 4 USB 3.1, one of them with fast charge. Of course there is no lack of video outputs from the graphics card itself in the form of 2 DVI, 1 HDMI and 1 DisplayPort.

Inside it hides a 450W power supply with an energy efficiency of 90%, this is very important since it reduces the loss of energy in the form of heat and therefore the heating of the graphics card will be less.

As for the graphics card, it is a Gigabyte Geforce GTX 1070 mini ITX OC 8G ( GV-N1070IXOC-8GD ) that has a very compact design in which it is able to offer excellent performance in the most demanding video games .

This card includes 1920 CUDA Cores that operate at maximum base and turbo frequencies of 1556 MHz and 1746 MHz respectively, the graphic core is accompanied by 8 GB of GDDR5 memory with a 256-bit interface and a bandwidth of 256 GB / s.

Testing in Full HD games

Demo photo as it fits with a laptop. Example: Aero 14 (Does not have Thunderbolt connection)

First, the best possible image quality. The most important value for us is the average FPS (Frames per second), the higher the number of FPS the more fluid the game will go. To differentiate the quality a bit, we leave you a table to assess the quality in FPS, but we will also have the minimum Fps in the tests that were thus possible:

FRAMES BY SECONDS
Frames for Seconds. (FPS)	Gameplay
Less than 30 FPS	Limited
30 - 40 FPS	Playable
40 - 60 FPS	Good
Greater than 60 FPS	Fairly Good or Excellent

In our case we have used an MSI GS73 laptop (it is from a well-known;-), that so many laptops we do not have in the laboratory) that incorporates a 7700HQ + 16GB DDR4. Obviously it has a Thunderbolt 3 connection for its perfect operation with external GPU cases.

The results on a 1920 x 1080 monitor are as follows:

software

As with the Aorus graphics cards that we have tested these months, the Xtreme Engine software allows us to control, overclock and monitor the temperatures of our graphics card. In this case I was not going to make an exception. Good job Aorus!

Final words and conclusion about AORUS GTX 1070 Gaming Box

It is the first external graphics card box we have tested, and it has honestly left us with a great taste in these days of testing the AORUS GTX 1070 Gaming Box.

The biggest surprise is that you hardly notice the difference between being connected to your computer and having the graphics card connected externally. We recommend that you take a look at the tests in Full HD resolution.

It seems to us a great advance to improve your equipment, although we believe that it is somewhat late, since the Pascal desktop and laptop graphics cards take a minimal difference.

We recommend reading the best graphics cards on the market

But now we have to ask you a question. Does this product really compensate you? If you buy a laptop that is worth 1200 euros and you spend a high amount on this box or similar… Isn't it more convenient to buy a new laptop?

Its price may be somewhat high (669 euros) for some users. But considering that the graphics card has a cost of 400 euros and only the box is worth 350 euros, we have a savings of 81 euros, so its price is more than justified.

Also keep in mind that your computer or laptop needs a Thunderbolt 3 connection, which is very lacking in current equipment. So we must choose to install an expansion card or have a laptop compatible with this connection. Although we assume that it will become a standard from now on notebook gamer and workstation?

ADVANTAGE	DISADVANTAGES
+ CONSTRUCTION QUALITY.	- NOT ALL COMPUTERS OR LAPTOPES HAVE THUNDERBOLT 3.
+ REFRIGERATION.
+ COMPLETE PERFECT TO UPDATE YOUR LAPTOP OR PC THROUGH THUNDERBOLT 3.
+ PERFORMANCE.
+ SERVES LIKE DOCK: CONNECT KEYBOARD, MOUSE OR EVEN CHARGE YOUR SMARTPHONE.

And after carefully evaluating both the evidence and the product, Professional Review awards him the gold medal:

AORUS GTX 1070 Gaming Box

COMPONENT QUALITY - 90%

DISSIPATION - 95%

GAMING EXPERIENCE - 85%

SOUND - 80%

PRICE - 65%

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