There are some computer hardware products that are inherently destined not only to belong to the IT field, but also to the art field. ROG as a "hardcore brand" in the hardware circle of e-sports games, in addition to super performance and exquisite industrial design, in the pursuit of artistic beauty of the fashion trend is also at the forefront of the times, like this ROG fantasy 14 Alan Walker collector's edition can be said to be the perfect combination of the softness of music and art and the coldness of IT technology. For it, perhaps it is more appropriate to define it as an IT technology artwork.
As a member of the ROG Fantasy 14 family of products, the powerful and highly portable ROG Fantasy 14 Collector's Edition AlanWalker (hereinafter referred to as the Miramar 14 AW Collector's Edition) is a joint design between ROG and superstar artist, DJ and music producer Alan Walker.
The Phantom 14 AW Collector's Edition belongs to the ROG Phantom family, but in addition to its slim and stylish appearance, this laptop also has a unique design style that blends the essence of gaming and DJ culture. Even its packaging is stunning, including a DJ experience that allows people to actually experience the ROG Remix video box. Play, create and spawn your next hot mix on your laptop.
Compared with other family products of the Phantom 14 series, the special design of the Phantom 14 AW Collector's Edition in terms of appearance recognition is the most impressive, such a product that combines high-performance "violent aesthetics" with elegant and fashionable trend music art, which can really be called a work of art!
Product parameters
Operating System: Windows 10 Home Edition, free upgrade to Windows 11
Processor: AMD Ryzen™ 9 5900HS (16M Cache, up to 4.6 GHz)
显卡：NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Ti Laptop GPU
Video memory: 4GB GDDR6
Display: 14-inch IPS WQHD (2560×1440) / 16:9@120Hz
Memory: On-board 8GB DDR4+8GB DDR4-3200 SO-DIMM
Storage: 1TB M.2 NVMe PCIe 3.0 SSD
Interface: 1×3.5mm audio jack, 1× HDMI 2.0b, 1× USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-C, 2× USB 3.2 Gen 1 Type-A, 1× USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-C (supports DisplayPort / power transfer)
Battery: 76WHrs, 4S1P, 4-cell lithium battery
Weight: 1.70 kg
Dimensions: 32.4cm×22.2cm×1.99cm
Reference price: 14999 yuan
Cross-border joint name, DJ cell spawned the beauty of music and art
The Magic 14 AW Collector's Edition, co-designed with Alan Walker, is aesthetically unquestionable, and its symbolic aesthetic is very easy for people to fall in love with at first glance. The overall layout of the fuselage is based on blue light tones and subtle shades of gray, which makes the product as a whole create a unique appearance that is understated and unreasonably free. And in terms of outpackagment, it even designs the box as a debuggable DJ mixer, and the ROG's element embellishment highlights the digitally encoded computer world of 0 and 1 with a futuristic cyberpunk aesthetic.
The box design of the Magic 14 AW Collector's Edition can be said to be the result of the courage to challenge innovation. It's made of acrylic material with special conductive elements, and the top surface of the package has a unique built-in feature – the ROG Remix speaker box for a practical DJ experience.
The package comes with a ROG Remix sound box that can be connected to a laptop to start the show and trigger 18 effects by touching the conductive area. Players can start mixing with Alan Walker's hit single "Sorry" right away, or they can get creative with their favorite songs, which support customization of DJ tracks.
Optical matrix screen is not uncommon in the ROG phantom series family products, the phantom 14 AW collector's edition of the phantom blue AniMe Matrix luminous matrix screen can be lit with 1215 programmable mini-LED upper cover. Its presentation is inspired by Alan Walker's animations and real-time audio visualizations. Players can customize the display by programming, keep abreast of system status notifications, and play with virtual pets from the ROG world.
The Magic 14 AW Collector's Edition features a small heel hinge design, and when the screen is turned on to about 140°, the bottom of the screen will lift the notebook body up by about 15mm, creating extra space at the bottom of the fuselage. This design has three advantages: one is to increase the height of the keyboard, typing is more comfortable; the second is that the space at the bottom of the fuselage can strengthen the airflow in and out, thereby improving the heat dissipation efficiency; the third is that the formation of a larger space at the bottom of the fuselage is conducive to increasing the cavity reflection of the speaker and improving the sound performance.
The screen can be flipped about 140°.
In the upper lid, the metal colorful nameplate shows the logos of ROG and Alan Walker, with the signature of Alan Walker. In this part of the process, ROG adopts the advanced technology of physical vapor deposition PVD process technology, giving the magic 14 AW collector's edition A-side nameplate a stylish rainbow color appearance.
The A-side double fabric streamer is probably one of the most obvious identifying signs of the Phantom 14 AW Collector's Edition. These two streamers, woven from special materials, fit onto the A-side, giving the entire top cover a very unique combination of material and font shape. What is particularly interesting is that one of the streamers also has its own light reflection effect, which can highlight the dazzling effect of the ghost blue AniMe Matrix light matrix screen on the A side.
On the C-sided keyboard, the Phantom 14 AW Collector's Edition adopts a monochrome backlit ROG silent version of the shadow blade keyboard, which has the characteristics of low-noise design and is quieter to use, but at the same time it retains a series of features and advantages of the shadow blade keyboard, such as the key layout and desktop keyboard, with 1.7mm key range, 0.2mm keycap curve, the actual experience of the percussion feeling is more sufficient, the feel of the hand when tapping is also very good. The keyboard of this machine also retains the common intimate design of ROG game books, such as the upper left corner of the keyboard independently designed with volume control, mute and ROG Ultron Center special shortcuts; widened design spacebar. In addition, the boot key also integrates the fingerprint recognition function, which can wake up and log in to the system with just one button when booting, which is convenient and secure.
The "A, W" keys of the Magic 14 AW Collector's Edition adopt Alan Walker's unique signature design, and the Enter and Shift buttons on the right are also designed to be more recognizable light blue and different colors.
Self-expression goes far beyond the mixer design of the outer box. The Magic 14 AW Collector's Edition also comes with Alan Walker's stylish baseball cap and sports socks, which highlight the player's self-personality, which is clear and sufficient.
The bottom of the Magic 14 AW Collector's Edition is also designed with the Dark Flower Mark Logo jointly signed by ROG and Alan Walker, and unexpected surprises are hidden in these details.
In terms of scalability, the left side of the Magic 14 AW Collector's Edition is configured with an HDMI 2.0b interface for external display output, a headphone interface, and a USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-C support for DisplayPort and power transmission PD on the left side. On the right side are two USB 3.2 Gen 1 Type-A and a USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-C interface. In terms of scalability, it is enough to meet the daily use needs of the vast majority of users.
AMD Ryzen™ 9 5900HS with NVIDIA Ampere core activates strong genetic potential
In terms of hardware configuration, the Magic 14 AW Collector's Edition is also quite good. It incorporates powerful computing power into a 14-inch body weighing only about 1.7kg. In the processor segment, it uses the AMD Ryzen™ 9 5900HS processor, a processor with a TDP of 35W tuned for lower power consumption and heat generation, which can bring powerful performance to ultra-thin notebooks. AMD Ryzen™ 9 5900HS is a processor based on the AMD HS design standard, it uses a 7nm production process, Zen 3 processor architecture, has 8 cores and 16 threads, the base frequency is 3.3GHz, the maximum acceleration frequency is 4.6GHz, it has 16MB L3 cache, and the TDP is 35W. For this processor, ROG also designed a 5-phase power supply circuit for it, which can achieve higher performance release, easy load multitasking, and seamless game creation switching. It can effectively enhance the combat effectiveness of equipment, create in the universe of brain holes, and unleash your talents.
CPU-Z
In addition, the GPU part of the Magic 14 AW Collector's Edition can be equipped with the GeForce RTX 3050 Ti laptop GPU, which can release higher performance through the ROG Boost overclocking engine, accelerate games and creativity, break through themselves, and achieve more possibilities.
GPU-Z
The Optional GeForce RTX 3050 Ti Laptop GPU is based on the NVIDIA Ampere architecture and is equipped with 2nd-generation RT Core and 3rd-generation Tensor Core, delivering realistic real-time ray tracing performance and advanced AI performance.
In the memory section, the Phantom 14 AW Collector's Edition is configured with an 8GB on-board + 8GB SO-DIMM DDR4 3200 16GB dual-channel combination, which also injects a powerful booster into the performance of the Phantom 14 AW Collector's Edition. In today's NVMe SSD has become a mainstream trend, the Magic 14 AW Collector's Edition is naturally no exception, and the 1TB capacity M.2 interface NVMe SSD has laid a very solid foundation for the storage performance of the overall system.
The new Dynamic Boost 2.0 technology supported by Magic 14 AW Collector's Edition can automatically balance the functions between GPU, CPU and video memory, greatly improving the running efficiency of Magic 14 AW Collector's Edition and bringing excellent performance. The WhistlerMode 2.0 takes the noise control of the Phantom 14 AW Collector's Edition to a whole new level. It is redesigned and customized from the system level to the laptop. When the player chooses the noise level they want in the Magic 14 AW Collector's Edition, WhisperMode 2.0's AI-driven algorithm can provide players with good noise performance while ensuring excellent performance by managing the CPU, GPU, system temperature, and fan speed. Resizable BAR is an advanced PCIe-based feature that gives the CPU access to the entire GPU frame buffer at once, boosting the performance of most games. The Phantom 14 AW Collector's Edition naturally also provides support for it.
Like the ROG Phantom 14 2021 model, the Phantom 14 AW Collector's Edition uses a 14-inch IPS screen with a screen resolution of 2560×1440 and an upgraded screen refresh rate to 120Hz. In addition, the screen of the Phantom 14 AW Collector's Edition is also color certified by Pantone, which can meet the player's strict requirements for screen color. We used the Datacolor Spyder5 Pro color adjuster to measure 100% of the screen's sRGB gamut coverage, AdobeRGB gamut coverage of 89%, and DCI-P3 color gamut coverage of 97%. In summary, the screen quality of the Phantom 14 AW Collector's Edition is excellent, in addition to daily Internet access, watching movies, even if it is a professional design task such as retouching and editing videos, it can be competent.
In addition, with the help of GeForce RTX 30 Series laptop GPUs, players can take advantage of the Magic 14 AW Collector's Edition to greatly improve their creative creation level. Most of the common 3D authoring and video creation applications already provide acceleration support for RTX GPUs. Under the NVIDIA Studio creative application platform system, the Magic 14 AW Collector's Edition can leapfrog applications such as CG rendering output, video editing, and live broadcasting. For the anchors, the Phantom 14 AW Collector's Edition can also bring you amazing performance and effect improvements. The Magic 14 AW Collector's Edition supports NVIDIA Broadcast, which can enhance the live broadcast experience of the host with the help of powerful AI functions such as virtual background and noise cancellation, and show all the details of the live broadcast.
GeForce RTX 3050 Ti supports real-time ray tracing, which can bring extremely stunning visual effects, with the help of DLSS, players can use the Magic 14 AW Collector's Edition to experience the light chasing charm of most of the game masterpieces.
DLSS should be familiar to everyone, it can use AI rendering, without losing the quality of the premise to greatly improve the game frame rate performance. Especially after turning on real-time ray tracing, DLSS help provides enough space for players using the Magic 14 AW Collector's Edition to adjust the image quality settings and increase the resolution to help you get a better visual experience in the game.
Performance testing
How well does the Magic 14 AW Collector's Edition perform? Let's take a look!
In "Enhanced Mode", the machine's processor achieved a single-threaded 575pts and multi-threaded 5078pts in CINEBENCH R20. Compared with the 2020 AMD Ryzen™ 9 4900HS (single-threaded 484pts, multi-threaded 4227pts), this performance is a qualitative improvement - single-threaded lead is about 15%, multi-threaded is about 20%. It can be seen that the performance of amD Zen 3 processor architecture is indeed extraordinary. Don't look at the ROG Phantom 14 2021 model's small body, its processor performance is completely comparable to the standard voltage of 45W of traditional gaming models, the performance far exceeds the standard voltage of AMD Ryzen™ 7 5800H (single-threaded 552pts, multi-threaded 4800pts or so) processor. Similarly, it also achieved excellent results of 1463pts for single-threaded and 12636pts for multithreading in the test of Cinebench R23.
Cinebench R20 and R23 test results
In the actual application test of the processor, the Magic 14 AW Collector's Edition also showed strong performance strength. In the Blender 2.93.0 processor rendering test (BMW27 scene), the machine completed the rendering task in just 196 seconds, while game books equipped with core i7-11800H often took 210 seconds. At the same time, we also observed that when running the Blender processor rendering test, the processor package power consumption has been maintained at a high level of 67W, and the processor frequency has also remained around 4.0GHz, which shows that the processor performance release of the Magic 14 AW Collector's Edition is in place. Not only that, but these software also support RTX 3050 Ti GPU-accelerated rendering, and with the acceleration of RTX laptop GPUs, creative performance can be further released.
In the comprehensive performance test section of PCMark 10, the ROG Magic 14 AW Collector's Edition received a total score of 6479 points, and the test scores of each office sub-item were quite good.
PCMark 10 test results
3DMark FireStrike Extreme and Timespy test scores
At the same time, the Magic 14 AW Collector's Edition is equipped with 16GB DDR4 3200 dual-channel memory (on-board 8GB + slot 8GB), of which the slot's 8GB memory brand is Samsung M471A1G44AB0-CWE, from the AIDA64's cache and memory test results, the machine's memory continuous read speed is 45655MB/s, continuous write speed is 38494MB/s, memory latency is 76.8ns, the performance is quite good. In the test part of the SSD, the continuous read speed of the 1TB M.2 NVMe SSD is about 3195MB/s, and the continuous write speed is 1715MB/s, which is a fair performance.
In the game test section, the Fantasy 14 AW Collector's Edition also performed well. At 1080p resolution, we can turn on the "highest quality" to play in most games, such as the average frame rate of 62fps under the highest quality (RT high, DLSS open) of "Tomb Raider: Shadow"; the average frame rate of 66.56fps under the "RT high, DLSS open" setting of "Control"; and the average frame rate of 62.12fps under the "villain quality" of Borderlands 3. At 1440p resolution, we can also achieve a smooth frame rate of 60fps and above in the "high quality" of most games, such as 75fps at the high quality (RT high, DLSS open) of Tomb Raider and 62fps at the high quality of Assassin's Creed: The Temple of Heroes. In the testing part of 3DMark, thanks to the blessing of the GeForce RTX 3050 Ti, the performance of the Phantom 14 AW Collector's Edition is also very good, with a GPU score of 5677 points in Timespy, and there is not much problem in coping with general 3D games at 1080p.
From the overall performance point of view, the Phantom 14 AW Collector's Edition is undoubtedly relatively strong, and its performance basically inherits the performance of the ROG Phantom 14 2021 model (the two configurations are basically the same), whether it is used for family daily life, work or games, it has a good performance.
Heat dissipation and battery life
Compared with the ROG Mirage 14 2021 model, the Hardware configuration of the Phantom 14 AW Collector's Edition is almost the same, and the battery capacity has not changed, still 76Wh. In the "silent mode", 50% screen brightness, Wi-Fi/ Bluetooth normally turned on state through the PCMark10 "modern office" scene to test the battery life of this machine, the final magic 14 AW collector's edition achieved an excellent score of 9 hours and 36 minutes, such results and ROG phantom 14 2021 model is basically the same, enough to meet the use time during a day of work / class. Moreover, the USB-C interface of this machine also supports 100W PD fast charging, and it is more convenient to charge when going out.
In terms of heat dissipation, the Phantom 14 AW Collector's Edition adopts the ROG Glacier Heat Dissipation Architecture 2.0 heat dissipation system, the fuselage is equipped with dual fans and four heat dissipation tubes, and the processor part uses violent bear liquid metal thermal grease, so how does it perform under double roasting? At 24.8 °C, it was double-baked by AIDA64 and Furmark, and after 30 minutes of double roasting, the maximum temperature of the front surface of the machine was observed by the FLIR thermal imaging camera at 53.7 °C, located near the air outlet on the right side of the hinge, the temperature in the middle area of the keyboard was about 47 °C, the temperature of the WASD key and palm rest was about 32 °C, and there was no obvious hot feeling to the touch. After 30 minutes of double baking, the processor package power consumption is maintained at 36W, and the unique display power consumption is maintained at about 78W, which is good performance.
A delicate blend of violent performance and artistic aesthetics
If you simply think of the Phantom 14 AW Collector's Edition as a thin and light game book, it may still be too small to look at it!
Equipped with AMD Ryzen™ 9 5900HS, RTX 3050 Ti laptop GPU, 14-inch 2K screen, 120Hz refresh rate and other hardware indicators, whether it is processor performance, machine performance or graphics performance, the Magic 14 AW Collector's Edition has the same performance as the traditional high-performance game book, and is even more proud in the thin and light market. All in all, the Magic 14 AW Collector's Edition can not only play AAA games, but also design smoothly and efficiently, it is actually a very versatile laptop. In addition, another core highlight of the Fantasy 14 AW Collector's Edition is its unique appearance ID recognition and the fusion aesthetics brought about by cross-border cooperation.
After the in-depth customization cooperation with Alan Wlaker, this product actually reflects the taste of fashion trends all the time, and even the AniMe Matrix light matrix seems to have been infected by music, sublimating the original outstanding appearance of the Phantom 14 AW Collector's Edition. Such a product with a collection of appearance, strength, connotation and art, who wouldn't want to have it?