As CES approaches us, so the quest for the most innovative and interesting technologies to ring in the new year. As the largest technology conference of the year, CES is known as the perfect platform for companies to announce their biggest updates in technology, such as laptops, mobile gadgets, televisions, and smart appliances. Starting off with a nice product refresh, rather than a brand spankin’ new invention, we’ve got the lowdown on Asus’s announcement to incorporate Intel’s latest Kaby Lake processors into a slew of its desktops, laptops, and 2-in-1 devices. Most should know by now that Intel’s Kaby Lake is the most updated, seventh generation Intel has to offer (thus far), and any new device running the chip is pretty in with times. You might remember hearing of various devices, that released at the tail end of 2016, containing Kaby Lake, and others still stuck in former renditions of Intel hardware. Because many of these products were in formation prior to the announcement/release of Kaby Lake, the companies released them anyway, like the Aero 14 Gaming Laptop, for example.

The Asus devices included in this refresh are the new ZenBook models, the Transformer Pro 2-in-1, and three new versions of the Zen AIO all-in-one desktop. So, what is so important about these Asus models running the latest from Intel? Before we get ahead of ourselves, they won’t accrue the type of sizable leap you might be hoping for, as Kaby Lake’s architecture is essentially a modified version of Skylake (also considered “a second tock in Intel’s “tick-tock” chip strategy”), meaning only incremental upgrades are feasible. But don’t get too disappointed yet. Kaby Lake will still be showing users some nice, sizable and noticeable boosts, like reaching double-digit percentage point increases while running the internet. Furthermore, the newly released chip is ten times more efficient than Intel’s first-gen Core processor, making the incremental upgrades a vital and welcome aspect in the ecosystem at hand.

The Asus ZenBook UX510 for example, obviously taking advantage of the latest 7th gen CPU from Intel, also offers a nice NVIDIA graphics boost. These laptops, which are available now, include the UX330, UX310, and UX510 models. The UX330, starting at just $679, comes with a larger 13.3-inch 4K display (sporting Gorilla Glass), 8GB of RAM, a 256GB SSD, Bluetooth 4.1, and 802.11b/g/n/ac Wi-Fi. The device, with its aluminum chassis exterior, weighs a mere 2.6 pounds, is less than 6/10 of an inch thick, comes preloaded with Windows 10, and boasts 12 hours of battery life on one charge.

The rest of the Kaby Lake Asus models include the ZenBook Flip UX360UA 2-in-1, starting at $899, the Transformer Pro T304 2-in-1 ($999), as well as the the Zen AiO series, starting at $999, including the Zen AiO Pro Z240IE, the AiO ZN270IE, and the AiO ZN241IC all-in-one desktops. All of these devices will be available starting May 2017.