[section_title title=Closer Look]Â Closer Look
The Gigabyte P34 sticks with the same packaging as the P27 albeit minus a picture of the laptop itself. The box itself is relatively slimline and similar in size to the box of a PS4 for comparison.
Lift the lid up and you’re presented with manuals and some basic software to get you on your way. The PSU is tucked away at the bottom.
The included slimline case goes to show just how low-profile the P34 is.
The P34 itself comes presented in a cloth cover to stop any dust or blemishes getting on your new purchase during storage and transit. 
The P34 has a two-tone colour scheme where the lid an front of the screen is this gunmetal grey with the rest of the build being silver. I personally don’t mind the aesthetics but I think a solid colour would look slightly more premium. What is immediately noticeable is how well the P34 feels in your hands – the aluminium being particularly welcoming.
The underside of the P34 – complete with two exhaust ports with the CPU and GPU having on each – a massive improvement over the cooling on the P27.
 The screen itself is a matte screen meaning you can even enjoy gaming in the sun if you so desire.e
The right-side of the P34 houses the USB 2.0 ports, HDMI, power and SD card slots.
The left-side has the USB 3.o ports, dual-purpose headphone and microphone jack, ethernet and the ever-lasting VGA port. I’m not convinced such a high-end device needs a VGA connector and wonder if the end-user would be better served by a Display Port option instead.
Panning over to the keyboard and you can really feel where the quality oozes from the in the P34. The keyboard set within the aluminium frame is as good as you’re ever going to get on a laptop and is backlit to boot. The power button as a satisfying click to it and isn’t all just machined looks. The main part of the P34’s body really does look and feel great – more so when you consider what’s underneath.
From the outside it’s perhaps easy to see where the P34 differes compared to the P27 to contain size without sacrificing performance. The more rigorous exhaust ports complete with aluminium shell are the obvious points of interest, but can a slightly lower clocked CPU & GPU that isn’t as thermally constrained keep up with a higher-clocked and hotter system?
