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The Avant sports plenty of premium features of its own. G-Sync makes a huge experiential different in the latest games, and the desktop components offer superb performance. LED backlit keys and accent lighting really stand out; this thing looks the part of a true gaming laptop, and you'll certainly turn heads at a LAN party.

July 27, 2016

Derek Forrest

"Exceptional desktop-class performance and appears to be one of the least-expensive mobile powerhouses..." - Derek Forrest

The Avant sports plenty of premium features of its own. G-Sync makes a huge experiential different in the latest games, and the desktop components offer superb performance. LED backlit keys and accent lighting really stand out; this thing looks the part of a true gaming laptop, and you'll certainly turn heads at a LAN party.

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P870DM-G Core™ Processor, Intel® Z170, 17.3" Full HD LED IPS Matte, w/ G-Sync MXM III Graphics, Notebook Barebone

Clevo Intel-based Notebook Barebones

CLEVO P870DM-G Core™ Processor, Intel® Z170, 17.3" Full HD LED IPS Matte, w/ G-Sync MXM III Graphics, Notebook Barebone

Core™ i7-6700K 4-Core 4.0 - 4.2GHz Turbo, LGA 1151, 91W TDP, Processor

Socket 1151 Core i7 Skylake Desktop Processors

INTEL Core™ i7-6700K 4-Core 4.0 - 4.2GHz Turbo, LGA 1151, 91W TDP, Processor

GeForce® GTX 980 8GB GDDR5 Mobile Graphics Card G-SYNC for P870DM-G

Clevo Notebook Graphics Modules

NVIDIA GeForce® GTX 980 8GB GDDR5 Mobile Graphics Card G-SYNC for P870DM-G

16GB Kit (2 x 8GB) HyperX Impact DDR4 2133MHz, CL13, Black, SO-DIMM Memory

DDR4-2133 Non-ECC SODIMM Memory

KINGSTON 16GB Kit (2 x 8GB) HyperX Impact DDR4 2133MHz, CL13, Black, SO-DIMM Memory

Dual Band Wireless-AC 3165, 1x1 Wi-Fi + Bluetooth 4.2, IEEE 802.11ac, 433 Mbps, M.2 2230, Wireless Card

Clevo Notebook Wireless Network Cards

INTEL Dual Band Wireless-AC 3165, 1x1 Wi-Fi + Bluetooth 4.2, IEEE 802.11ac, 433 Mbps, M.2 2230, Wireless Card

250GB 850 EVO 2280, 540 / 500 MB/s, 3D V-NAND, SATA 6Gb/s, M.2 SSD

Promotional Items

SAMSUNG 250GB 850 EVO 2280, 540 / 500 MB/s, 3D V-NAND, SATA 6Gb/s, M.2 SSD

1TB / 8GB MLC Laptop SSHD ST1000LM014, 5400 RPM, SATA 6Gb/s, 64MB cache, 2.5-Inch OEM SSHD

SATA Notebook Hard Drives

SEAGATE 1TB / 8GB MLC Laptop SSHD ST1000LM014, 5400 RPM, SATA 6Gb/s, 64MB cache, 2.5-Inch OEM SSHD