New Asus laptop is so insanely fast and powerful, it comes with a piggybacking water cooling system

There are relatively little restrictions in the world of technology. If you can make something faster, then do it . . . more efficient, have at it . . . offer greater power, no one’s stopping you.

Now, I did say “very little” — this word choice has to do with the intentions of the technologies. If something’s branded a phone, the user should be able to use it to have a conversation with someone elsewhere in the world. If it’s a camera, it should be able to capture photographs. And if something’s called a laptop, well, it should be able to fit in one’s lap. 

Asus has defied this last restriction with its bold new GX700 laptop — a system so fast and powerful, it requires a water cooling system attached to its back that will make the system unlikely to fit atop even the most physically accommodating of laps. 

Specs are still coming in — the laptop was just announced last week at IFA2015 — but in addition to the water cooling radiator, Asus’ latest addition to its Republic of Gamers laptop lineup is powered by an overclockable quad-core Skylake Intel K-series processor, features 4K display on its 17-inch screen, and will come equipped with a high-end Nvidia GeForce GTX graphics card. 

One of the biggest questions about the GX700 is whether or not the water cooling system piggybacking the laptop is detachable, thereby allowing users to take the main system around as a proper laptop. If that’s the case, perhaps then the system’s internals will automatically return to stock settings so it doesn’t overclock the processor sans water cooling unit. 

Also left off the announcement — what GPU the system will be running. This is more of an exciting omission then a disconcerting one, as it could mean the laptop is being designed with an as-yet-to-be-announced card. 

The most obvious of questions — how much will the GX700 cost? Well, with so many unannounced specs, this too still has yet to be determined. Frustrating, sure, but it also positions the new Asus laptop as perhaps being the latest and greatest among its competition. 

Via PCworld