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An amazing laptop for the amount of money i paid (I got it at a reduced price) Works good with most games, it runs Fortnite on average 70-80 fps on custom high graphics, Rise and Shadow Of The Tomb Raider on 50-60 fps average on high settings, GTA V Online arround 70 fps on highest settings as i remember, I tried A Plague Tale on high settings, i got 50-60 fps average.

Amazing 144HZ screen, Amazing resolution. RGB keyboard, one zonem, feels good. It supports Windows 11, haven’t had an problems so far. Amazing design, it’s not thick or heavy for a gaming laptop in this price.

I always use it plugged in so i’m not sure about the battery but i don’t think it would be amazing, keep in mind you have a 144HZ screen. Fans aren’t loud in usual usage but when you’re gaming they’re pretty loud, it has a silent, performance and turbo modes.

512 GB hard disk, you might need more space to store all your games. Overall it’s a great choice if you’re on a budget, if you can put some more money try getting an RTX 3050 laptop.

Bought this 2 weeks ago after owning a ASUS TUF FX505DD with the Ryzen 5 CPU (which met an untimely demise in a house fire). I was quite impressed with FX505DD, but BB didn’t have it at a price point I was willing to pay.

So, I decided to give the i5 9350 version a shot. Initially, the laptop felt familiar and I was neither thrilled or disappointed, (as I had its AMD doppelganger as stated above), but any new user would be impressed at first glance with the black, sleek angular design, the multi-colored illuminated keyboard and robust mil spec build materials that went into its construction.

It booted up but took sooo long with the 1 TTB 500rpm Seagate HD, that I had thought it was uploading Windows updates from an old school 300 bps modem. I remedied that with installing a WD Black 1 TB SN 750 NVMe M.

2 drive and cloned the original HD to it. The laptop had an empty M. 2 slot, so the upgrade was simply unscrewing the 9 bottom screws and popping the bottom cover off. installing the M. 2 drive (looks like it only takes 2280s) It powered up and came up to Windows login screen in about 11 seconds as opposed to 1 m 34 sec from the old HD.

I kept the HD installed & configured as a data drive. The NVMe drive might be a bit of overkill, but you could get way with installing a M. 2 SATA PCIe drive or a smaller MVNe as well and still get better performance than the HD that it shipped with.

But one of the major performance bottlenecks is using that 5400 rpm HD, so ditch it if you can and with the M. 2 NVMe drive added, goodbye slow boot ups/shutdowns. As well, I played a few games from Steam that would test the 1650 GT video card ( 7 Days to Die, BF 5, etc.

) with 4 GB of video memory, it seemed to perform better than the GTX 1050 I had in my older FX505DD (as probably you’d expect). What did bother me was the cooling fans whirling away at a noticeable louder level.

It reminded me of a DC 3 engine at full throttle. It did allow me to adjust the fan speeds from the keyboard and you had a number of configurations for fan speeds. Another issue was the single stick of 8 GB of Micron PC3200 that came with it.

In order to hit that sweet spot, the laptop really needed another 8 GB (or more) to make the laptop a decent gaming rig. The laptop could run mid to lower tier games with 8 GB RAM, but you’d notice a significant performance drop and lag (< 30 fps in some games).

The MB has 2 slots, so when I installed the new NVMe drive, I put in another matching stick of 8 GB Micron memory that enabled the dual channel memory configuration to perform better. I think it is a So, with about $200 CDN of upgrades (an M.

2 drive of 250GB or more and an additional single matching 8 GB SODIMM), you have a very sweet and affective mid-ranged laptop that can compete with laptops that are in the $1300+ CDN range. I recommend it if you are an entry-level gamer or on a tight budget.

Started it up after it came nicely, & well packaged. It immediately had windows 10 ready to start up install – thanks #memventures It installed it but quickly recommended that I go ahead to Windows 11.

and so I did it! No complaints as of now; I do think it may be nicking perhaps borrowing ideas from the cooks at Apple and how to monopolize the quality music and app game. hope this works for all and they allow more competitive opportunities to get going! It helps Everyone to do that! You will (even if you founded the base company) eventually have someone in your direct field of influence, trying to make it work harder for cheaper! This is capitalizing capitalist Capetian I love the air fans laid out to cool both rear sides / bottom – fast as any of the ones out there if not the fastest 16GB DDR4 Ram is ; Ryzen 7 is best I would ask for in a gaming laptop platform so all-in-all this is the pc that may have had its eyes on me?.

This laptop is amazing, I had originally purchased the 5900HX back when it released and I returned it in edit due to the amount of issues it had, track pad was misaligned, overhearing because the liquid metal leaked and was not applied properly, a myriad of issues really.

Skip to August 2022 and I purchased the 5980HX model and I can honestly say I’m impressed, the unit I received is perfect, it has the fast ram and not the subpar one that came with the original version, the trackpad was perfectly aligned, no overheating issues.

Honestly the only issue I had at first was the speakers crackling and as soon as I updated the laptop with the myasus drivers that was fixed. I do recommend what someone else wrote on a review here, IMMEDIATELY download the amd adrenaline drivers and use those instead of the ones myasus provides.

That being said, this laptop runs all of my games at 1440p maxed out at least at 60fps on the really demanding ones, and way more on others. The 6800m sits in the middle of the 3070 and 3080 laptop GPUs, so the performance is really good.

Honestly at the price point I purchased this laptop, why anyone would choose anything else would be beyond me. The 1440p screen is beautiful, the performance is amazing. Honestly other than just getting a bigger NVME, and making sure the unit received has the good RAM timings, I find no issue with this laptop.

I play WoW maxed out and no issues, fps drops are not even felt because of the freesync on the rare occasions they may happen. The laptop truly is amazing, the price rivals those of 3070tis and 3080s.

Honestly if you’re in the market for one, now is a great time to get one, with the release of ryzen 6000 series, these laptops are a STEAL.

I would love to give this 5 stars but I’ve had an issue with the laptop that needs to be said because it seems to happen to a lot of asus laptops. Firstly this computer is a monster. It has no problem running games like arma 3, beam NG drive (it’ll run 60 FPS with higher settings), storm works, from the depths and gta V (I got 90 FPS with higher settings) it has no webcam which I do not care for, it’s a little loud and gets decently warm I’d recommend a laptop cooler if you game for a multiple hours a day.

The screen is nice, I’d only see you get 165 FPS in esports and indie titles. No mux switch but you can bypass the IGPU by using a USB-C to HDMI or Display Port which will increase your FPS. Yes it’s true this laptop comes with “slow” memory and you can see up to a 20% increase in power if you upgrade (32 gigs will run you about 100-160$ I’d recommend crucial) the charging brick is not a joke, it is a genuine brick and will hurt your foot if you drop it.

The keyboard is very nice and I find no issue. Compared to a MacBook Pro 2019 it is slightly more “mushy”. The laptop is amazing for the price that got it (1350$ after tax) so it’s worth it. Now the issue.

Asus has strange phenomenon where sometimes for whatever reason the GPU gets stuck in “Extreme Power Savings Mode” this doesn’t change when you restart, plug in, or manually change it in windows or Armory Crate.

You may ask, well if you still own the laptop how did you fix it? Well first thing I tried was reinstalling windows 10 (I had switched for a bit) that worked for about a day or so. I switched back to windows 11, still didn’t work then I went into the bios and boom my GPU was showing there so I saved and exited and it worked! Then it happened again did the same thing and worked again! It occurred a few more times then I started booting fr the bios and after a few more times the laptop just works now and I’m very happy! I have not had a problem since! So all in all besides strange software glitches and issues the laptop is nearly perfect!.

Pros: – Excellent price to performance – Color accurate 1440p display – Decent build quality – Solid battery life (for a gaming laptop) Cons: – GPU is poorly optimized for some professional tasks – Display may not be bright enough for some people – Horrendous QC issues from Asus ROG as a whole (read below) I wanted to love Asus Rog Laptops, I really do.

But EVERY single Asus ROG gaming laptop I have bought or recommended has run into one issue or another. The first laptop, Zephyrus G14, Bestbuy messed up so it was not Asus’ fault. Returned. Second laptop, Zephyrus G15, stuck/dead pixels right in the middle of the display.

Returned. The third laptop, Zephyrus G15 again, unresponsive space bar. Returned. I recommended a friend a Zephyrus G15. The plastic cover below the display started to fall off after 2 weeks. He decided to not return it.

Now this laptop. I’ve had it for around 3 months, but around 2 weeks ago, I noticed multiple stuck/dead pixels. I was a huge fan of Asus’ products. I wouldn’t have kept recommending/buying their laptops if I wasn’t.

But after receiving multiple faulty Asus gaming laptops, I cannot recommend an Asus product anymore. If anyone still plans on buying an Asus ROG laptop after reading this, I wish you the best of luck.

As for me, I’ll stay away from Asus products until they fix their QC issues.

See the title for my first impression. I will first say that the first one of these I received kept giving me BSODs (blue screen of death) every day or so in the middle of doing things. It would then restart and seem OK for a day, then it would do it again.

I took it back to Microcenter, and we switched it out for another one, switching the heard drive in the process. After getting the Bitlocker protection to let me into the moved hard drive, everything was OK from there.

No more BSODs. I did a little research with the MyASUS utility on the laptop and it may have been an incompatible video driver. I’ll add here that right after getting the laptop the first time, it upgraded to Windows 11, and win 11 may have added the wrong video driver.

I manually went in and updated the video driver the same night I brought the 2nd one home and haven’t had any BSODs. It’s been a week that I’ve had it with no problems. My recommendation is to immediately go into the Asus utilities and get your video driver updated.

Now that I got that out there, I am quite satisfied with the laptop with the two exceptions below. It boots very quickly, has a nice sized screen without being too wide like a 17″ screen seems to be for me.

The feel of the keys on the keyboard is nice. They’re chicklet style and fairly quiet, but not totally so. It’s backlit, which is nice, even if you’re in a well-lit room. The screen is OLED. That gives it nice, rich colors and deep contrast.

One thing to note, though, is that OLED screens can suffer from screen burn-in if you have a static image There are ONLY two things I don’t care for on it. One is the “new and improved because it’s bigger” touchpad, which gets in the way when typing.

While typing, it’s all too easy for your palm or the base of your thumb to momentarily touch the touchpad and move the insertion point up or down, sometimes into an entirely different paragraph. I can’t completely work around this, but a free utility called Touchpad Blocker helps some.

You can have it turn off the touchpad while you’re typing and have a time delay of like 1. 5 seconds (you pick the interval) before the touchpad becomes active again. It prevents most of these inconveniences, but not all.

The other thing I don’t like is that the number pad is a bit strange, as it’s squeezed horizontally but not vertically, so the relative distances between the numbers and +,-, /, etc. , is strange if you’re used to a standard keyboard.

This, along with the touchpad, could have been better implemented by eliminating the number pad and centering the letter keys over the touchpad, which would make it less likely to bump the touchpad by accident while typing.

The touchpad is offset in relation to the letter keys, making it likely your right palm or thumb will hit the touchpad while typing.

My previous two laptops were both made by Acer and lasted almost 10-years each. ASUS has a good reputation and I was very impressed with the $499 price of this 17. 3″ screen laptop! It arrived in two days and was easy to set up.

I thought I lost a lot of pics and documents on my last computer, but I was surprised to find my items transferred over via the cloud once I clicked on the import bookmarks option on the Microsoft Edge browser! There are a few things that I don’t like, the biggest being the keyboard is not backlit; apparently, it’s an option on the ASUS Vivobook K712E laptops.

If you have the backlit keyboard, there will be a keyboard icon on the F7 function key; if the F7 function key does not have the icon, then the laptop does not have a backlit keyboard. Having read one of the reviews that mentioned the backlit keyboard, I thought it was standard.

I was wrong! The letters, numbers, etc. , are VERY hard to see, especially with the keys, mouse and keyboard cover all being the same, silver color! The letters/numbers on the keys are not painted on, they are translucent and I assume they are so to let the light through on those with the backlight option.

It’s a real disappointment in design! Next, there is no optical drive, but I knew that when I purchased it and know it’s more “the norm” these days than the exception. External optical drives can be had for around $20, so not a deal breaker.

The User Manual provided with the laptop is just a few pages; if you want the full manual, you’ll have to go online to ASUS’s site and download it. Again, not a deal breaker, but it would have been nice to have.

This ASUS K1712EA comes with the Intel i3 processor rated at 3. 3 GHz and one of its two, memory slots filled with 8 GB of RAM, which is expandible up to 32 GB of DDR4 RAM, but that will add about another $175 if you do the labor, or, about a third of the cost of the computer.

That said, the processor speed and RAM is more than enough for all but those that do gaming. and if you want to have a gaming computer, I would not recommend this model if you want to do the newest of games.

I would recommend you spend a little more for a gaming computer. This laptop is good for work, education and most business functions. The screen displays well, but not on par with the best, however. The speakers are adequate for most tasks and on par with most average laptop speakers; you can always pair a wireless speaker like Sonos if you want better sound.

Battery life isn’t much, but if you’re like me and run your laptop off of the AC adapter 99% of the time, it’s not a big issue. If portability is a major concern, this may not be the best choice. I say this not that there is anything particularly wrong with this particular laptop, but any 17″ screen laptop might be a big clumsy for carrying it around and I would recommend a 14″ or smaller screen if you do a lot of traveling with your laptop (and something with a better battery life).

Not bad for $500!.

Four things that I hate about this computer: (1) The lighted keyboard is useless as it is not bright enough or the lettering on the keys does not conduct the light properly. (2) I have never had a laptop with a silver keyboard and I’d suggest that this is not a color that complements the background lighting and makes it difficult to see what the keyboard key is (for those keys that you use less frequently).

A dark keyboard (black) would provide a greater contrast and enhance the lighted keyboard feature. Tilting the screen forward helps, but it is the wrong direction for viewing as one typically tilts it back slightly.

(3) The mouse touch pad sensitivity is adjustable, but sliding your finger across the touch pad does not work well unless your finger is moist. If it is dry, it just slides across the face of the touch pad without moving the mouse correctly.

If you moisten the tip of your finger it seems to out more drag on your finger and the mouse responds correctly. (4) The battery life is the worst that I have ever had. The sticker on the keyboard says long battery life and that is misleading.

Anything with only 2. 5 to 3. 0 hours is pathetic. My previous Dell Latitude computer was 6+ hours and other computers are even 8-10 hours, so this is definitely at the bottom of the scale. worst of all, it is an internal battery and you can not replace it with one that has an extended life or greater mAh.

(Milliamp Hours) The price for this computer was good and I don’t want to go through the conversion process again, but I greatly regret ever making the purchase, and would not recommend it to anyone.

Asus has other models with a black keyboard and I would strongly recommend one of them and not this one with the silver keyboard. There are other features that I like about this computer though. The larger screen size (17.

3″) was achieved by having a smaller frame and the overall size of the computer was essentially the same as a computer with a 15. 6″ screen.

I can’t be more satisfied with this laptop, which I’ve had for a month now. I’ve had gaming laptops in the past which have run so hot it starts to throttle itself into bad FPSes. This one runs cool even on the most graphically intense games.

And it’s also far lighter than other gaming laptops I’ve had. The NVidia 2070 Super GPU is a powerful beast and while admittedly, the 3090 is all the rage right now, it’s simply way too expensive for my needs, and I wasn’t willing to wait for its price to lower.

The price is right for this.

It’s just like their phones. Super lightweight, although seemingly heavy for how big this one is, AND super fast. Very functional. And SUPER FAST!!! Anyways, I can’t think of anything wrong with it. and since the i9 is making up for not having a good build for a PC, we’re good.

I also need 64GB of RAM. I do not know if I need to call NEWEGG to get it in there, or what. I’d do it myself, but I don’t have time to really do it. And I can just kind of just hire someone else to do it.

I bought this and was amazed in a day. I had to do updates to the system per the usual when you buy a new computer. I had issues playing games which was a problem and I went to tech support was as helpful as they could be I eventually fixed the issue with the game crashing.

Tech Support helped me track down what was wrong and I was able to fix it. I would recommend this laptop to anyone who can afford it.

Good value for the price; however, the laptop is slow. the display has slightly too much white light and the keyboard is difficult to read due to the lack of color contrast between the key color and symbol color – or lack thereof.

The stock 1 TB hard drive is slower than expected, but probably fine for most users. The RAM is good in regard to it being 12 GB but you’ll need all of that just to run windows and a few basic apps. The network card seems to be normal in its performance without any obvious problems but I did not spend enough time on this area to make a true evaluation.

I cleaned up Windows by removing some of the preinstalled apps and changing some settings that are more of a resource hog rather than a true feature enhancement – fade in, fade out, etc. , in settings located in the control panel.

I also updated to the latest Windows 10 packs that I thought were ok – you should know if you’re not into tinkering, that not all updates from the mothership are actually beneficial – Google that for more insight.

I installed a new solid state drive to speed things up. Now the laptop performs. I also shopped RAM and searched for the best “timed” RAM for this motherboard and settled on Corsair that was the same spec as the replaced mod.

Even though the spec didn’t change, and even though the onboard memory wasn’t changed, there is a noticeable improvement in performance measured with benchmarking software. Each PC/Laptop will have different results as techies will know even when the components are the same brand, model and version.

So a side by side comparison will not be a good way to choose upgrades if your looking for optimal performance improvements. Be sure to research you individual components using the proper utilities (BIOS updates) to inspect your motherboard’s settings and how is actually operating rather than what it is touted to be.

Lastly, when it comes down to choosing Intel or AMD, do some research. I chose AMD because of the overhead factor. Each brand has its superpowers, but essentially I offer the following analogy: you can drop an apple from head height and it falls to the ground or you can drop the same apple from the same height with obstacles, or overhead, in its way.

Overhead is what it takes to run the chip and AMD has less overhead. AND its less expensive.

This laptop is perfect for school, as well as gaming on the go. I travel a lot for work, so I needed something that could handle my in-person classes well, as well as be small enough to fit in my bag that I use to travel, and be powerful enough to game on.

This is the perfect laptop, however, it has some issues that have caused me a ton of frustration BATTERY – When I go to my lectures, I’m usually in class for about 4 hours, I write notes using my BAMBOO pen, read powerpoints, use one note, and code in Visual studio, and I usually only use about 25%-35% of my battery in those 4 hours.

The battery is very good, and you can set it to stop charging at 60% or 80% to extend the battery life. This was my biggest concern, and I was pleasantly surprised with how good it was. In order to make it last tho, you should turn off the dedicated GPU in armoury crate (the laptops proprietary software) while on battery.

This will greatly extend your battery life and is a must for college classes GPU – I have yet to find a game that I cannot play at 1080p on low settings. It performs very well in every game I play, and I haven’t noticed any issues while gaming.

BUILD – Keyboard is really good, the trackpad’s very nice but a little small. The white back light makes it easy to see at night and isn’t too obnoxiously “gamer”. CPU – Very powerful, computer is super snappy, and I have yet to have any performance issues when working properly.

UGPRADABILITY – There is nothing upgradable except for the SSD. But the SSD is a 30mm m. 2 SSD, so there not really any SSD’s that size over 1 TB PEN WRITING – I use a wiacom BAMBOO pen, and it usually doesn’t have any issues, however, sometimes it will not write, and I’ll have to make the same stroke 4 or 5 times before the line actually writes.

When not in table mode, it always picks up my plan and messes up my writing/drawing. This is much better in tablet mode, but still occurs every now and then. ISSUES – Not sure if this is just my laptop, but I have experienced a couple of frustrating issues to watch out for.

Sometimes when I open the lid, the screen will be sideways and will not rotate. When connecting to an HDMI cable, the picture will be flipped, and again will not rotate. The only way I”ve fixed these issues is by continuously closing and opening the lid again, and it usually fixes itself.

Sometimes when booting up the PC, it won’t read my SSD. I opened that back and it’s not loose, the BIOS just won’t recognize it sometimes, as it doesn’t even show up in the bios. Once again I usually just have to restart my laptop a few times and it fixes itself.

My final major issue which hasn’t started occurring until recently is if the drivers are out of date, the PC will randomly blue screen, unless it is plugged in. Updating the drivers fixes this issue, but I’ve had a couple coding projects get corrupted and lost progress due to it.

SUMMARY – With great battery life and performance, this is great for a student who wants to take notes with a pen, needs a powerful computer, and wants to game on the side. When it works correctly, it is the best laptop out there, However, my old laptop has never had any issues, and I abused that thing viciously for about 6 years, where as this laptop has had issues after only a few months which include bluescreens, not recognizing SSD, and not being able to rotate the screen.

This little laptop has far exceeded my expectations. Even at full retail I think this laptop is worth it based on performance and build quality, but at its current $1249 price it’s a no-brainer. Full RTX feature support including resizable BAR and DLSS.

Gaming is smooth and enjoyable without sacrificing graphic quality. The screen isn’t large enough to warrant running most modern titles on “Ultra” or equivalent, so “high” settings work fine. On the new Final Fantasy XIV Endwalker demo, the 3050ti scored 10975 with avg frame rate of 76.

5 tested at “High”. For the sake of comparison, my OC’d i9-9900k with a FTW3 Ultra 3090 scored 15789 with an average of 109fps at 4k HDR “maximum” setting. The only other game I have really had time to play is Diablo 2: Resurrected, and it averages 75-100fps with graphics maxed and DLSS on.

The 120hz display is fantastic, no tearing or artifacts while gaming. There is a slight learning curve to getting Armoury Crate and the Radeon software configured, but it’s well worth the time investment if you plan to use the laptop on battery much.

In Armoury Crate it’s very easy to configure gpu power saving so the 3050ti shuts off on battery power, then turns back on when plugged back in. You can also assign through the Nvidia Control Panel what apps use what gpu.

and the radeon igpu is way, way better than intel iris xe. With a little tweaking you can get some nice battery life out of this laptop without any noticeable performance drop. For me, in normal unplugged operation the fans never even came on during a 4 hour stretch of work with 2 desktops running using Edge with 10 tabs open on each desktop, plus all the background stuff running in tray (Dropbox, Teams, Battle.

net, iCloud etc. ) And I still had 60% batter left with the screen being on 100% of the time. No issues with build quality either. it’s not quite as solid as a MacBook Pro (when doing a corner hold) but close enough.

Hinges are tight but not overly so, and no issues with flexing. Anyway, very happy with purchase!.

This laptop stands next to the M1 series of macs in nearly every aspect. Windows (ASUS) laptops have a marketing problem that holds them back from their true market potential. There is no reason this needs to be marketed as a gaming laptop and I honestly believe that is why this is the industries best kept secret! Great battery life paired up with a top of the line processor and dedicated graphics in a tiny package.

This is Apple’s bread and butter and why they sell so well to people in my industry (UX/Design) The only thing this laptop doesn’t match with the new M1 Pro mac is the screen specs (1k nits is insane) and unheard of battery life.

Otherwise this is the full package. I had the ROG G14 (felt chonky and cheap) Razer 14 (getting too close to the new Mac Pro price to not just jump ship – I use a 2016 macbook pro for work) and MSI Delta 15 (nearly had me) but I kept coming back to this laptop.

It is just so much more portable and versatile with its tiny usb-c charger and ultra-portable frame, not to mention the touch screen and 2 in 1 functionality. So why was it so hard to decide? 1. In my line of work I am always looking for a decent panel that has good colors and pushes out enough light.

The panel is not bad, but at 300 nits it pales in comparison to anything I have used in the last 5 years. 16:10 and 120hz should be industry standards but I would have spent another $100-200 to get a 500-1k nit panel.

External monitors fix this but still, give me a bright panel. 2. The idea that a game will pop into existence that makes me want to get into it again. I don’t play a lot anymore but knowing the 3060 in the Razer 14 (very similar footprint) can spit out another 30 frames made me hesitate.

The one thing that kept me from the Razer 14 was that the base model screen was an absolute disaster and required a jump to the 3070 model ($2200) to get the better screen. I watch as reviewers gawk over Macs like they are marvels of tech (the new M1 chips are) but a laptop like this comes along and has to be marketed as a gaming laptop because reviewers are sent the model with the 3080 hanging off the side.

I am extremely happy to see this laptop getting so much love in the BB comments section. If products like this are made more often and don’t have to be tied to the ‘gaming laptop’ standard it would be sitting next to the Mac with reviewers.

To the marketing team at Asus: You missed the mark. You made reviewers set this laptops benchmark at ‘how does this compare to a 6lb monster with a 3080 and 300hz screen’ as opposed to ‘the most powerful and versatile professional laptop in the Windows camp.

‘ To everyone still here: Buy this laptop. It has a ton of power in a tiny non-gamer chassis and it sips battery so it will last you the day if needed. Sure it would be nice to have a 3060, brighter screen, and a larger trackpad but not at the cost of a proprietary 2lb charger and an extra $500.

Ok, so I bought this about 3 months ago now. I bought this because I turned my gaming rig into a mining rig to help stay in the green during the pandemic. I still wanted to game so I looked up gaming laptops & this is the one that caught my eye.

This thing has a 2080 & I7 9750H with 16 GB of ram. Its literally just as powerful as my old 1080 ti gaming setup. Aesthetically, the laptop is dark, smooth, thin, & clean. The keyboard & track pad are both RGB.

RGB track pad you ask? Its a track pad that can turn into a number pad with the press of a button. It also has on the fly RGB control for the keyboard. I’m not to sure if you can change the number pad color or not at the moment.

Its default is red, so I just leave my keyboard red to match. The cherry on top, like most ASUS monitors, It has the glowing ROG symbol on the back, also in red. Once I got my hands on this bad boy, I immediately went into the Armoruy Crate & put her in turbo mode.

This mode is essential if you plan on gaming on this 24/7. This mode essentially overclocks the laptop & activates a secondary jet engine (cooling fan lol), only when plugged in. When I enabled that, I tried to “replace” my PC by connecting it to my ultrawide monitor.

And there was my first problem. This laptop only has one “Universal” HDMI port on the back of it. My ultrawide is one of the older ASUS ROG ultrawides that need a Display Port to display 100hz to it.

I looked around online & found a USB Type-C to Display Port adapter but that was only after I found out that’s what I needed to hook up my Oculus Rift S to this thing. Once I made sure my VR Headset could connect, I plugged it into my monitor & was able to enable 100hz in my windows settings & overclock my ultrawide in the onboard monitor settings.

Once I got my main monitor working, I decided to utilize the HDMI In the back to my 3rd monitor. Once I did that, it felt like I was just playing on my old gaming setup, with an extra monitor under my Ultrawide & my mining rig on my 2nd monitor now.

After I got all my monitors setup & running smooth, I hooked up my Logitech G910 because trying to hit crouch (CTRL) on this keyboard is a little awkward especially when your holding Shift (Ape hands BTW.

) I also plugged in my G502 into the Lightning USB port for faster response times. I used a Sennheiser GSP 500 headset on the jack under the left 2 USB ports but my wire stopped working, so for now I am using one of my old Logitech USB Headsets.

My only other current gripe with this laptop is no 4th USB port. And that’s only because I like plugging in my controller sometimes, & now that I only have a USB headset, I have to chose between them.

Just a heads up if 1 TB of Internal storage isn’t enough, you can run either a USB External SSD or a Type-C External SSD. I run a 1 TB GLYPH External SSD through the lighting Type-C port. If you want A LOT of storage for this laptop, I just recommend a 2 TB external for games & such.

But if you wanna go all out, get a 16 GB Seagate expansion tower for home & a smaller portable 1~2 TB SSD for on the go. This laptop has 2 Type C ports so. Overall, If you want to game at 100+ FPS on max settings, but don’t wanna build an entire rig, this is the laptop for you.

COD MW on max settings with Ray Tracing enabled runs at a smooth 100~120 FPS on the laptop monitor alone, & an even 100 on my 3440×1440 Ultrawide with the resolution cranked to 125% (Ray Tracing included.

) I am also able to stream to Discord for friends @60 FPS no issues (But, admittedly, I had to turn down some graphics to stay above 100 FPS on my end), so if you wanna stream, you should be able to.

My Final Verdict: Well worth it for a portable 2080 powered gaming laptop that just needs an outlet for max power output. JUST REMEMBER. If you want to run VR on this laptop, go for the Rift S & order a USB Type-C to Display Port adapter.

The Rift S is able to draw power from your computer for better graphic options such as anti-aliasing, & allows longer VR sessions compared to the Rift Quest. Once you have that Type-C adapter, you can connect this bad boy to almost any high refresh rate monitor in between VR sessions.

I recently sold the desktop gaming rig I built about 5 years ago. That same week, the ultrabook I purchased less than two weeks prior had a major hardware failure. I decided to combine the best of both worlds and get a compact gaming laptop instead.

After researching several different choices (MSI GS65, Eluktronics MAG 15, Razer Stealth, and even the MSI Prestige 14) I decided on the Zephyrus S. I like the rather unconventional design and the superior cooling that it provides.

Pros: Very solid build quality- In spite of the very slim chassis this laptop is comprised of, it is rigid and feels like a quality product in hand. The keyboard has a good feel to type on and is not loud or clicky.

The keys themselves do not jiggle or rattle. Great screen- It’s plenty bright for my needs, with a fast refresh rate and no PWM flicker that tends to give me a headache. I only have minimal light bleed on my particular unit.

Great speakers- My previous two ultrabooks had Harman Kardon sound, and the speakers on the Zephyrus S are much better in my opinion. Great performance- I have been able to play everything I’ve thrown at it, including current AAA titles with the settings maxed out with a pretty good (60ish FPS) framerate.

It makes me feel a little bit better for not splurging the extra cash for the RTX 2070 model. Cons: The touchpad sometimes isn’t very responsive- I think a glass pad would have helped here. The position of it, even though I’m a lefty, doesn’t bother me.

It does get loud- This is kind of to be expected though. Cramming this much performance into such a svelte form factor requires some thermal gymnastics to keep it all running smoothly. Overall, I’m quite pleased with this computer so far.

It looks great, runs great, feels great, and should last me longer than my previous laptops.

I bought this cmputer GX531gx for both work and play. I am a designer and programmer in the american firearms industry and I do it all myself. This beast helps e make a design with ease and then i use it to program it for manufacture on the cnc’s I run.

I am able to keep all of my parts perfectly in tolerance down to the level of. 0005 and this computer makes it a breeze. Simulation does not even come close to making this machine work hard. I can run the parts transparent and and it still flies.

That used to make my older machine really bog down and I would not be able to see the internal work being done to make sure it was exactly what I was needing. I honestly could not be happier with it.

When I finally get some free time I like to play graphically demanding games at the highest possible settings. Recently I have delved back into The Witcher 3. I can hit Ultra on all setting nd have AA turned up to its max and still this machine does not skip a beat.

I also enjoy playing other demanding titles such as Warhammer total war. With this machine, again, it is to incredible. Everything will be set to Ultra and I will have thousands of troops on the battlefield all with dissimilar or unique arms and armor and it is so fluid it seems to be not even a challenge for my New machine.

I have loved Aus computer for a while and I absolutely swear by them. I used to be a Paratrooper in The US Army. I sent a ton of time in Afghanistan and it has got to be one of this earth most harsh terrains.

Afghanistan ate all my other laptops alive until I finaly paid for my first Asus. Not only did the Asus withstand the Harsh enviornment of Afghanistan but it also was rugged enough to be packed around by an Infantry soldier.

That gave me a small comfort from home when i has free time. I still have the laptop today and just upgraded to the new GX531. i was happy to read about the Aluminum and Magnesium housing so I know it will be tough enough for what I do.

I have been nothing but impressed with it so far. I will always recommend Asus to my co workers, family, and friends as it has never disappointing me. I have outfitted everyone at work with an ROG laptop so there is literally no hold-backs on our computer work.

at all. Thank you Asus you have kept me entertained in very rough times.

I’ve been using this laptop for over a month now, so I feel a can give a decent review. I bought this with the intent of using it for 3D editing work at home, with portability in mind. Pros: – Its a powerful laptop, very high end processor, graphics card and the 2 tb storage is fantastic.

– given how powerful it is, its really quite compact and light, to my eye its more compact than the online photos make it appear. – USBC charging has been very useful for me, but isn’t included in the box -It runs surprisingly cool given how light and powerful it is and the fan noise is much quieter than I expected.

– Cons: – The coil whine on this laptop is really bad and can be distracting when using the laptop. You end up playing music to cover the noise. – Given how high end the rest of the specs are, the 16 gb ram is a bit paltry.

its a wall I’ve been hitting during use. because of the rgb lighting ribbons of this laptop its a less straightforward job to upgrade the ram. -The High refresh rate screen is more of a liability than anything, it can ghost, be streaky etc – I’ve been on the forums and they seem to claim its a windows issue.

When you disable high refresh the display ‘stutters’. – The asus armoury crate/lighting/numpad etc are all very nice but windows updates seem to have broken this on my laptop, from doing a bit of research this seems very common.

– There is no webcam and asus havent provided an attachable one in the box like previous years. -There is no fingerprint scanner/biometric to log in If you want this laptop to be at its best, consider factoring in the cost of a 100w usbc charger, cable and a biometric log in to the cost as well.

Overall I am happy with this laptop and it gives me a lot of power to use, whilst being light and giving me the flexibility of usb c charging.

Pros: Amazing screen and refresh rate (I definitely notice a pretty significant difference between 144hz and 300hz. ) Great overall performance (FPS, game development, multi-tasking, rendering, browsing) Build quality doesn’t feel cheap, keyboard feels nice to type on, good looking rgb With all the performance losses from lack of a mux switch and slow ram, it still outperforms the 3070 in most games and even the 3080 in some.

Cons: Battery power is not great, even after turning on battery saver, putting the plan into low power, turning down refresh rate and following extra steps to save it, it runs out after 3 hours, not as advertised.

I’ll try playing around with this more, perhaps there’s certain firmware draining it. CPU temps constantly maxing out at 95, but I’m not sure if that’s a problem as lots of reviews state that it’s normal.

I will be getting a cooling pad however because I personally don’t feel comfortable with that. Bad RAM timings C22, losing 10% performance, so I will have to upgrade that. 500GB for me personally is not ideal.

Lots of modern games are 50GB+. And for any work related content it also makes it difficult. Luckily there are two slots to upgrade the storage. No MUX Switch, another 10% performance loss. Connecting to an external display would fix this.

Horrid WiFI Card, disconnected every 10 seconds. I found a different driver version from a random user in a reply thread about this issue. Not from the ASUS or MediaTek site as they were not helpful.

The new drivers fixed all the wifi problems.

I got this laptop a month ago and boy, it was worth it. The laptop is super fast and can run the average game (Fall Guys, Among Us, Roblox, Valorant, Minecraft, Rocket League, Fortnite, Genshin etc. ) at the highest graphics level at 120+ fps (although I would cap it at your monitor’s refresh rate so the fans don’t get too loud).

The laptop has 3 USB-A ports which I use for my mouse, keyboard, and headset. The laptop also has a customizable RGB keyboard which you can personalize with Aura Creator (but I disabled it because it’s a waste of power).

The only downsides are that the laptop has no camera and the fact that the built-in monitor’s picture quality isn’t so good. If you already use or plan on using a standalone monitor, the laptop works just fine as a secondary.

I’ve already checked everywhere and this laptop is the best in its price range, and I wouldn’t suggest getting the higher-spec model unless you plan on playing Cyberpunk 2077 or something. Other than gaming, this laptop is also great for schoolwork (Windows 11, fast load times, etc.

). Pro tip: This laptop goes on sale every month-or-so so don’t buy it until then. TL;DR: Buy this laptop and you won’t regret it.

I have another ASUS ROG laptop with a 14″ screen and the screen is the main reason I don’t use it as much as I would like. This makes up with it with similar (and probably greater) performance while giving me a screen I don’t need to squint at.

My experience with ASUS ROG laptops so far has been pretty good. They don’t contain a ton of bloatware. There were a handful of windows crap I needed to remove (3 different Office products I needed to remove for whatever reason) but these are things that just come with Windows.

ASUS installs their support software (MyASUS), their performance monitoring/tweaking software (ARMOURY CRATE) and their RGB creation tool (Aura Creator). That’s about it. None of it is intrusive to me and I don’t really have any need or desire to remove any of it.

Setup was pretty easy but a little time consuming. This was my first computer with Windows 11 installed. The initial setup process seemed to be a little more lengthy but also pretty straight forward.

A lot of the setup time was installing updates both during the setup phase (where you have no control over the actual computer yet) as well as runningWindows Update a few times after the setup phase.

One thing I did like is that Windows Update itself seemed to take care of updating my computer’s BIOS. I’m assuming ASUS has integrated with the Windows 11 Windows Update system to provide their system updates without needing to use a separate application like usual.

Windows 11 seems fine. It feels like a prettier Windows 10 but doesn’t feel so different that it’ll take much time to get used to. The biggest thing is just going to be finding the settings that I like in the new control panel and such.

Performance is pretty good. It’s got a 3060 so it’s not top of the line or anything but it’s a pretty great card. I tested Cyberpunk 2077 with all settings maxed out (including all ray tracing enabled) and was able to get a pretty stable 30-40 fps with DLSS on quality mode.

But I was able to push it closer to 50-60 fps with DLSS performance mode on. Note that this was with EVERYTHING maxed out and just adjusting the DLSS mode so there’s a LOT of room for improvements with a lot of settings that can give you a nice performance boost without noticing much of a picture difference at all (especially on a 16″ screen).

I tested Elden Ring maxed out as well and it ran like butter. With a 1920×1200 display, you should be able to push most games to almost the max and still get great performance out of them. Downsides are minimal but they exist.

For some reason, they put the status lights (like power, hard drive activity and such) angled towards the monitor. It makes them hard to see or notice with normal use but when the screen is dark, they reflect pretty noticeable on the screen depending on the angle you’re viewing at.

It’s a really strange choice to me. The hard drive in this model is only 500GB. This is really tiny for this day and age with games. I installed 5 things and that was all I could get. You’ll definitely want a fast external hard drive if you want to load this thing up with things to play.

The keyboard has some nice RGB but not the individual keys. The Aura Creator software lets you do some cool stuff if you have multiple devices that support their RGB connected but if not, the keyboard acts as a single RGB device.

That said, when the computer is in standby mode, I almost noticed that the computer knew I was nearby and the keyboard would flash at me. It could be that the keyboard always flashes but I feel like it doesn’t unless I get close enough.

One of the best perks I wasn’t expecting is the Hello feature akin to Face ID. The webcam/sensors take a scan of your face and the computer unlocks with the press of a button if it can see your face.

It’s pretty quick. Not sure how secure or how easily it can be tricked but for a household where you aren’t constantly looking around your shoulder, it works really nicely. The wife and I are going to be using this laptop a lot more often than the 14″ I had before.

I’ll be moving that into a Stream PC roll since it still has a 3060 and nice CPU in it (great for encoding video) but this one has a great screen, good performance and plenty of nice perks to play games without being tied to a desktop PC.

When I think of gaming laptops, I’m use to 17″ screens, 8 plus pounds, thick body, and high heat output when gaming. Well this only has the usual high heat output when gaming, none of the rest. This is a thin and light (under 5 lbs) laptop.

It also has a WQHD (for the layman, more than 1080p of FHD, but less than 4k) display that has a native refresh rate of 165Hz. Well more than my eyes would be able to tell the difference. The only stat that is a bit low on the display is its nits brightness rating, which is fairly low.

I had no problem with the brightness and think it would only be a concern in a bright classroom with some natural sunlight or outdoors of course on a sunny day. This has a MUX switch, so you can turn on the MUX switch for Discrete Graphics through the Armoury Crate software, which will then prompt you for a reboot, and then your Nvidia RTX 3060 graphics card will be the only thing sending graphics straight to your screen.

This comes with 16 Gb of ram, 8 Gb soldered on the motherboard, and one 8 Gb ddr5 stick in the one and only memory stick slot. This amount of ram did fine on the games I played on this, the usual ones I am playing currently which is Forza Horizon 5.

I set the graphics on the game to match the screen resolution, and set it to preset of Ultra, which only Extreme is higher. On Ultra running in MuX Discrete mode and of course plugged in, when I turn on the Frames Per Second Counter, it shows consistently over 80 FPS during heavy action on the screen.

And this laptop handily beats my 3 year old mid range gaming desktop playing Forza Horizon 5, as you would probably expect. This thing gets HOT when going full bore at playing games. You definitely do not want to use this on a blanket on your lap very long when heavily gaming, you need to let this thing breathe :).

The way the display hinge works, it lifts up the back of the laptop a bit when opened AND some of the heat exhaust actually blows up on the bezel below the display screen through the gap between the main body and the display.

When turning the Mux switch back to Optimus mode and rebooting of course, this will greatly increase the battery life when unplugged, but will hinder the gaming performance by a bit, I’ve read 5 to 9 percent depending on the game.

Optimus mode tries to chose the use of the internal graphics or the discrete graphics depending on the mode you select or the apps you set up to match that mode. This works pretty well. I got about 7.

5 hours out of a charge when doing browsing, mixed with some video streaming, and some downloading and uploading of files. Pretty good. I love the form factor, this fits in any laptop backpack slot I have easily and even when toting the power brick with it, and a controller and mouse, only makes up about 8 to 9 lbs of gear.

Very portable gaming setup. I would really recommend this for a mid range gaming / coding laptop that can also do admirably as a day use / travel light use laptop as well.

The Asus ROG Zephryus 15″ gaming laptop is a versatile beast, with ample power not just for games but also as a mobile workstation, courtesy of its 8-core/16-thread Ryzen 9 6900HS processor. It has an attractive, understated (for a gaming laptop) design, solid feel and construction, and a very nice 165Hz, Pantone-validated QHD 15.

6″ screen. About the only thing I can detract–and it’s undoubtedly a result of the thin design–is that under load in gaming, the laptop can get hot enough that it might be uncomfortable for some. They keyboard gets quite warm, and the upper case near the vents is almost too hot to touch.

I’ll note this is seemingly only an issue in gaming; looping the Cinebench multicore benchmark notably didn’t cause nearly as much heat as a single pass of a gaming benchmark. This is probably due to the Ryzen being highly efficient as a CPU; while it’s architecturally no different than Zen 3 apart from DDR5 support, it is produced on a new 6nm process at TSMC.

RTX 3000-series GPUs are typically on Samsung’s less efficient 8nm process. Otherwise, the only thing that mars it at all–and in a gaming laptop, this is 100% forgivable vs. a productivity-oriented one–is the lack of a numerical keypad.

As said before, the laptop is really understated for a gaming laptop, with a dark metallic gray finish. Opening it up, the large 15. 6″ IPS screen dominates. With QHD resolution, it is razor-sharp, and the colors are vibrant (it supports 100% of the DCI-P3 color space, a nice touch).

With a 165Hz refresh rate, the screen is ideal for high FPS gaming, though to achieve anything like 100+ fps in games with a 3060 will require lowering the settings significantly. E-sports games should definitely be fine to hit that lofty number.

Connectivity around the chassis is very good; on the left side you get power, HDMI, ethernet, a USB type A and a pair of USB type C ports, plus a headphone jack. The right side features a microSD slot, another type A USB port, and the Kensington lock.

The keyboard is backlit and features a variety of RGB colors and is generally nicely responsive to type on as well as game. The trackpad is large and generally pleasant to use; I prefer hooking up a mouse for most things however.

The screen is surrounded by thin bezels; in the middle of the topmost one there is a webcam that does well with quick Windows Hello facial recognition logins. Under the hood, the stars are the Ryzen 9 6900HS, a 35W mobile part produced on a new 6nm process, and the RTX 3060, paired with 6GB of VRAM.

The Ryzen 9, in my CPU benchmarking, scored about 10,600 points in Cinebench R23 multicore. To put that in perspective, that is a bit faster than the desktop Ryzen 7 2700x, which was also an 8-core/16-thread chip, but which was rated at 105W! AMD has come a long way with their mobile parts, and this Ryzen 6000 series chip is very impressive.

In games, the 3060 is a good card for 1080p to 1440p gaming, with 4k within reach if you are partial to older titles. I personally don’t think the 3060 particularly powerful enough for heavy use of ray tracing, unless you can do in conjunction with a feature I consider far more important: DLSS, which can be a gamechanger in titles that support it.

One worry I have with the 3060 is the 6GB VRAM and the possibility of exceeding that limit over time, and DLSS does give an out on that front. I benchmarked Forza Horizon 5, which has a very good built-in benchmark that gives a decent indication of real gameplay performance.

Using the Ultra preset at 1080p, I got around 74fps. Sticking with the Ultra preset, QHD resolution returned a solid 60fps even. I honestly didn’t notice much visual difference between QHD and FHD on this size screen; this would be more obvious if output is sent to a larger monitor.

In that case, one could probably modify the Ultra preset to disable MSAA; on a 15. 6″ screen, the image is so sharp that I’m not sure it’s needed, especially at QHD resolution. I also benchmarked Shadow of the Tomb Raider, a still-demanding title that fairly recently received updated support for DLSS 2.

0. SotTR also supports some limited ray tracing, and the DLSS allows this to be turned on and still deliver excellent framerates. With all settings maxed out at QHD but DLSS enabled, the 3060 returned 73fps with ray tracing enabled, and 84fps with it disabled.

In short, I don’t think this will have any difficulty running modern AAA titles at high/ultra settings anywhere from 1080p to 1440p, and DLSS support will enhance that even further. As said before, though, only e-sports titles run at lower resolutions, or old games, are going to be able to push frame rates high enough to fully take advantage of the 165Hz panel.

The rest of the hardware is curious in that Windows and CPU-Z both report 16GB of system RAM, but it appears that 8GB is soldered onboard memory along with a single 8GB stick of DDR5-4800 RAM. I have not taken the bottom panel off yet, but CPU-Z does report there are actually two DIMM slots, so I’m not sure how that would be handled if a 2nd stick is installed.

Storage is provided by a 512GB SSD. Windows Device Manager shows it is as a WD SN735, a model that must be very new, as there was little info to find about it. Presumably it is an evolution of the SN730, a WD drive made for high performance and high efficiency.

Crystaldiskmark returned a read speed of over 3600MB/s and a write speed of 1927MB/s, which would suggest it be a pretty fast. Its 512GB capacity leaves a bit to be desired, as newer AAA titles routinely push 80-100GB, which means one must be judicious in installing games.

While I’ve not taken the bottom panel off yet, the predecessor model to this one did have a 2nd M. 2 drive slot open from what I can discern, so hopefully this one does as well. I don’t generally think any laptops have really great sound, but I do want to comment that I was really pleasantly surprised by the speakers on this laptop, to the point that I wouldn’t automatically reach for my headphones.

Dialog in movies was particularly clear, and music was as well, with a hint of some bass even. Power brick: It’s suprisingly small for a 200W power supply brick. It would get slightly warm to the touch over time, and the cord is ample.

I ran the laptop in a battery-preservation mode that capped its capacity at 60% to preserve its longevity. But this is the kind of laptop made to be run plugged in–why else have all this power? Final Words: Who is the laptop for? I think this is an ideal laptop for someone who needs power for productivity work but also likes to play the latest AAA titles and have them look good, or play e-sports games at high fps settings.

The Ryzen 9 CPU is a mobile powerhouse, with ample capacity to handle demanding CPU-intensive tasks like video rendering. The IPS QHD screen is really a treat, and with its Pantone validation and coverage of the P3 color space, it should be a great screen for accurate graphics work.

While those doing heavy Adobe Premiere video work might want more, 16GB RAM out of the box is good for most and is certainly still perfect for gaming. The storage is a little slight and an upgrade might in store for some, but it is fast.

The chassis has plenty of connectivity, including ethernet, though the Mediatek 7922 provides support for Wifi 6E. In the end, the only thing that really gave me pause in using this was the amount of heat put out when the discrete GPU is engaged.

I’ve never seriously thought about getting a laptop cooler before, but this one might tempt me to purchase one for lengthy gaming sessions. Overall, though, it’s an amazingly powerful, attractive system that is quite compact and easily portable.

Most gamers would be quite happy with it.

If you are looking for a good laptop that performs really well at a good price point this is a good buy. The gtx 1070 inside it will power most new games at around 120 fps even on Ultra settings. Nothing spec wise about this laptop is problematic and Asus didn’t cut any corners save the nVME drive which is significantly slower than newer drives like the 960 evo and pro.

My only complaint with this laptop is that the screen has a pretty poor response time and it shows. Even though it is 120hz with gsync the response time is greater than 15ms so it still doesn’t compare well to a full desktop gsync 1ms monitor.

I was hoping for the same feel as my desktop monitor (144hz, gsync, 1440p), but the slow response time caused significant ghosting. Even though this is a thinner option than other 17″ models like the gl752 and others, it is still really quite large.

I ended up opting for a Razer Blade Pro instead of this one even though it has a 1060 in it because of the thinner build and all metal construction. Other than the screen and the size it is a great buy, just beware that it is large if you are used to a 15″ laptop or another thinner laptop.

Those used to 17″ laptops will find it fairly smaller unless you use and Aorus or Blade Pro, which are better options for thinner 17″ laptops.

Did not want to put these in cons because different people have different point of view at such stuff and as for me, I was completely aware of these things. If you plan to purchase this laptop, one shall keep in mind that: 1.

It heats up fast in the middle top section (right at the GPU and CPU locations), so if you plan to use it extensively consider buying cooling pads. 2. Some can find backlit of keyboard a bit annoying due to sharp red light and I personally would expect ASUS to work on the light colors (would be nice to have some sort of color change as in other STRIX products, even though AURA is glitchy sometimes).

3. Do not forget that there is NO disc drive. I don’t know a lot of people still using drives but anyway keep it in mind if you need one. 4. Front camera is a bit cheap part of the laptop with only 1.

2 MP, but for the gaming machine it makes no difference. 5. I’ve seen a lot of reviews of gaming laptops when people complain about “weak” battery. It is ridiculous to expect gaming laptop to keep charge long.

If you need a device working 7-10 hours from battery consider buying something like ultrabook. Overall laptop is simply amazing and being a huge fan of ASUS I got one more reason to love their products!.

I use this at my business and home. It’s so good it’s made two other tower computers redundant. Pros: Love the professional feel it has. Lightweight. Very small power adapter for carry mobility. Handles well for online gaming.

Great size for working with. Includes a num-pad. Keyboard feels great to use. Professional feeling screen, no gloss or shine, very clear. No-bloatware! Keeps up with all my multitasking well. Feels future proof.

Love Asus products for their dependability. I enjoy this model so much I later added a 2TB SDD to make it my main PC; it comes with all the cabling etc you need to do so. Cons: Would advise upgrading up from Windows 11 Home to unlock nerd tweaks like gpedit.

Personal preference. Recommended. Very Happy.

Thank you Harvey Norman Tauranga for making this happened. My both children are so happy to receive a new laptop for school. This purchased was done through online as I’m currently in Malaysia and my both children are in Tauranga.

I could say I been to all of the NZ tech websites to look for the suitable laptops for my children but there are some online stores rejected my purchase because I made the purchase from overseas. But hey, online purchase means I could purchase anywhere on earth right? Unless I’m from outer space and it will be a different story.

Again, thank you Harvey Norman NZ for this purchase. Will surely my first choice next time for tech stuff.

All of these Asus Vivobooks have slight backlight bleed issue with the screen around the edges. This only affects black colours at night at high brightness. It is a common issue with IPS LCD panels, so don’t return it! Especially as IPS is still the superior monitor type, producing highest colour accuracy and viewing angles over the usual TN screens.

I have accepted this and am enjoying the otherwise bright colours and 1080p resolution of this gorgeous screen. Other than that, the laptop is a beast. The i7 CPU combined with M. 2 NVMe SSD and DDR4 RAM ensure you’ll never go looking for something faster.

And the 10th Gen graphics chip is now more powerful than many old graphics cards for basic games. There is a second drive slot inside (SATA) and accessories are included to add storage. Build is plastic, coloured to look like aluminium.

But it’s lighter, especially for it’s size.

I needed a lightweight gaming laptop for my upcoming travels, that’s when I found the Asus ROG Zephyrus. Weighing just under 4 lbs. it is easy to slip into my backpack for that lightweight and portability I needed.

I was concerned about the 14 inch screen being too small but the games looked and play so well that I didn’t even notice the size. I am amazed that Asus was able to fit a 3060, 16gb, Ryzen 9 and a 1TB into such a small unit and it runs quite and cool.

It looks great, plays top notch and I have zero complaints, I have already recommend it my coworkers. I am writing this review so I could receive a warranty extension, but if you are traveling I would suggest you do the same to protect you laptop.

STRIX is the most computer I could ever want. Typing is most comfortable probably by design and choice rather than having a mac. The Geek Squad set up my antiviral and malware programs which is mandatory for getting it.

The webcam needed a little piece of electrical tape. I want to resolve that with another piece of software should there be some. Tapes good nevertheless. You have to find your keyboard drivers. I’ve got a anti-blue light screen film and an orgone radiation neutralizer applied so I’m not uncomfortable from the irritating electropollution that comes off a laptop.

To be frank this computer has the least amount of that possible at any rate I suspect with it’s energy efficiency; it’s useful and great bonus technology for electronic equipment to complete it at any rate.

I’m writing my review 2 years after purchase and to be honest I love the laptop; it is sleek and a good deal for what your paying. My backspace key recently came loose though, and after contacting ASUS about possible repair options, I was told it would cost $500 (half the price of this laptop) to fix the issue.

One key. $500. Granted, you and even I could probably do this repair with a little know-how and the right tools/parts, but imagine what happens when something a bit above your expertise happens. Your options are to take it to a 3rd party and hope they can fix it, buy a new laptop, or pay who knows what to have ASUS try and repair it.

All in all, it was a good laptop when I bought it back in 2017 and it is starting to show its age a bit, but all things considered it IS a decent laptop at this price point, or at least it was 2 years ago.

You definitely won’t be pulling Ultra on any new games, but I have been able to squeak by playing games from 2018 on it, albeit at a lower graphics setting.

I bought this Notebook about a month ago in the search for a powerful yet easy to move around device and I have to say not only am I not disappointed, I am impressed. The laptop is amazing, the one that I currently have is one that for some reason I have not been able to find anywhere else, basically following the same specs line of the ROG Zephyrus M15, with some changes.

RTX 2070 with Max-Q design, 16 RAM, 1TB SSD and is open to upgrades. The computer is more than capable of running everyday tasks for school and work not to mention is completely capable of running high end games (COD:Warzone, high FPS Minecraft, The Forest, etc.

) to full resolution and in some cases at 200-250 fps while at the same time running other tasks as well. The screen itself is a 240hz so it is extremely smooth and high quality as well. The one detail that I have once or twice is that while connected to an external dual monitor the screen from the notebook won’t show up properly, just a gray type of color, it only takes a rebooting to fix this and it has never affected performance or image quality.

As with many gaming laptops that one sacrifice that you do have to make is the battery, and this one is no exception, as it can quickly drain if you are not plugged and apply the appropriate settings (between 2-3 hours depending on what you’re doing).

Nonetheless the laptop has a program called ARMOURY CRATE that allows you to quickly change between settings for a better battery performance whether you are plugged or not. A little not on these settings, there is one called TURBO, which as you might have guessed allows for the computer to use the most amount of power for when you’re doing heavy duty jobs, while on this setting the computer works like a charm although the fans ge fairly loud.

Talking about other aspects the speakers are fairly loud and high quality as well, although personally I don’t really use them. All the ports work perfectly fine as well and the keyboard is very comfortable to type in and has a very nice size.

The built of the laptop is also very comfortable to the touch, it gives this weird yet comfortable feeling of aluminum mixed with plastic, it feels very solid and sturdy. Trackpad is very responsive as well although just like the speakers I rarely use it.

Look, bottom line is I am not some sort of bait review here, I am a student that needed a high quality laptop that could support intense video editing, gaming and school work and this has work wonderfully for me.

In specs alone it is much better than other competitors around the same or even slightly higher price tags. Absolutely great purchase!.

I purchased this device, specced with the RTX 3060 and Ryzen 9 5900hs on July 14th, 2021. I am a casual gamer that plays no AAA titles. Majority of my gaming hours are spent on Path of Exile at max settings.

With this, i receive between 70-100 FPS at CPU temps less than or equal to 75 degrees Celsius and GPU temps less than or equal to 70 degrees Celsius. Day to day computing is extremely smooth and fast.

I am extremely pleased with the build quality: pre-purchase, i had concerns over the plastic but it has a premium feel and tends not to collect fingerprint/oils. The cons: fingerprint scanner is perhaps 60% accurate.

The 3060 doesn’t pair optimally with the 5900hs however it still offers great performance–just know you are leaving some FPS on the table. The bezel is prone to becoming unclipped, however, it’s a matter of popping the clips back into their sockets.

The track pad is off center, with about 55% of it’s surface area on the right half of the laptop which means the right hand tends to interact with it unintentionally. Overall, this laptop is a beast for $1999 CAD.

If you can get purchase it used at $1899 CAD or less, it’s a steal (assuming the issues did no compromise the integrity of the device). 10/10 for the price, 8/10 overall (there are better performance devices but for $3000 CAD.

I would say that this purchase was great). I am receiving a 90-day warranty extension for this review.

This laptop was purchased for its good sound quality reviews and for its 2nd m. 2 port. This is more of a 3. 5 rating for the reasons of lack of documentation and lack of transparency. Upon attempting to install a Samsung 970 EVO m.

2 drive, the screw was so tight, Best Buy had to help get it off (and had to provide a new screw). The installed drive (non-bootable) did not get recognized. Best Buy technician found that Optane memory is being used and assumed that it was rendering the drive port unusable.

Asus support was very responsive and polite. They informed me that the port was probably not working and the reason for the drive not being read because they ‘confirmed’ the Samsung drive met the specifications of the port.

I proceeded to escalate my ticket to an Asus manager which led to my question “How can Optane memory be turned off so that the port can be used?” getting sent to the engineers. I will say they promptly got back to me within days.

I learned that the Optane memory being used was the technology but not hardware driven so the port is active and should work. I then learned that I needed a Western Digital PC SN530 NVMe SSD BUT that is only for OEM and a consumer cannot buy it.

SO, I had to investigate further to learn that the WD Blue SN550 NVMe™ SSD is the parallel version. The WD Blue SN550 did work after losing days off my life. All this would not have been an issue if these specifications were publicly available and Best Buy customized configurations were documented.

The ROG Strix G15 Advantage Edition comes in slightly flashy package, with swappable accent trim, a mostly plastic case and a front oriented light bar & 4-zone, keyboard backlighting arrangement. Absent are a web-cam, a finger print reader and any type of ‘soft-touch’ surface treatment you’d likely find on a higher cost, boutique model.

Ventilation is seriously directed out of the back of the unit, aided by a big complex of bottom panel openings and left & right intakes, located on either chassis side, up near the screen hinge positions.

This is an important facet of this machine as most of the IO ports are located on the rear… so make sure any USB dongles or such have plenty of length to their cables or those ‘modules’ will get a constant blast of hot air.

Overall, I am pretty impressed with the 2021 Strix G15 platform. Coming from a 2019 vintage Zephyrus and knowing how the previous gen Strix machines can come of a tad bit ‘gamey’, this year’s models have a more understated and stealthier presentation.

Not monochrome mind you, just toned down. The display may seem a bit of overkill, at 300 Hz, but the resulting image @ 1080p is pretty amazing. It is bright in its 300ish Nit’s rating (give or take…) and the contrast rendering, uniformity and detail are right up there with most all the Asus serious gaming laptops I’ve encountered.

Could it be brighter? Certainly. I didn’t find myself wanting for more once I got to playing several gaming titles. It looks great. And really, who really expects to be competitive on a 15. 6-inch screen? The multi-speaker arrangement in this model is also right up there with other, strong performing Asus laptops.

The fans on this machine are well tamed (more on that later…) and gaming in Performance mode on the G15 Advantage is doable with just the internal speakers. Again, not competitively, but casually… it works just fine.

There is bass and easily adjustable mid-range and treble gain. Straight out of the box, I found the sound profile to be a bit crispy, but the speaker drivers need to be used for more time before I make a final assessment and the Dolby app assigned to the equalizer tasks is good.

So, about those fans. I’ve reviewed, demo’d, toyed with and purchased & returned my fair share of gaming tops over the past 24 months and one thing that still blows my mind is how poorly most companies do ‘fan profiles and skip the hard work to reduce or eliminate pure tones or pitchy sound in their fan designs.

The fans are pretty much undetectable in day-to-day mundane tasks and simple productivity activities. And when you game, the fans produced a well control ‘white noise’ character that I personally find more than just tolerable.

So, kudos to the Asus team for all that went into the fan complex, the cooling system and the use of liquid metal. Besides the utter beastly performance of this machine and the mind-blowing battery life, the noise abatement efforts are right up there in the top three facets of why I think this machine is the one to get and the one to beat.

The keyboard is good, not what I would call great, but not junk either. I preferring mechanical keyboards lately but the Strix G15 Advantage keyboard is still good. That said, the trackpad is top-shelf.

It’s smooth just the way I prefer and is the perfect size. The simplest description is that it just feels Premium. Initial Setup Now for some of the more painful aspects of getting this rig up and running.

The initial setup. Word to wise and those in a hurry; when first booting up this machine and personalizing Windows, let all the Asus configuration stuff happen first before going into Windows Update and forcing those installations.

I didn’t on my first attempt and all havoc broke out. What resulted was a machine that froze up and needed to be factory, re-imaged – which was a good test of that process – but still unpleasant. Gong back to square one was simple enough and that process worked without a hitch.

So, my recommendation is, make sure Armoury Crate, MyAsus AI (the support utility) and all the complimentary pieces are up & running [including the Ryzen/Radeon Software package) before you jump into focusing on obtaining all the latest Windows Updates.

I’m not referring to the Store App UWP’s, those will and need to be updated and should do so automatically. Just stay out of the Windows (action center) System settings until everything Asus is up-to-date.

And also make sure to update the system BIOS that may be available at the time… Repeat Setup Once the Strix G15 Advantage was set up and I was loading Steam and Blizzard came folders, I started to experience something else that was odd; the sleep mode.

One thing I’ve noticed on all the Ryzen based laptops I’ve had my hands on over the past 12 months or so, is that their Power Profiles are no where near the level of complexity of their Intel counterparts.

(See attached photo). What is strange and forced me to do a second, entire Windows setup to makes sure the problem was consistent, was how the Strix G15 Advantage won’t go into sleep mode via the Windows Start Menu button.

It will sleep on its own via the Power Plan timers but when I attempt to force a menu activated sleep, it simply returns to the Login In/Lock Screen. The same thing occurs when I attempt to us the dedicated “Z” (sleep) function key.

Doesn’t make sense to me why this is happening but I believe it is a result of the modified AMD structured Power Plan manifests and/or something funky with the BIOS/Drivers. Performance Now onto the good stuff… This machine is super quick.

Opening applications, messing around in Windows, browsing the web, opening up files; everything is just quick as can be. None of the vastly more expensive gaming machines in the $2000+ category I’ve tried in the last 12 months can hold a candle to this Advantage beast.

It smokes everything! And it also does it with nearly imperceivable cooling performance. Now that’s why we want Ryzen, right? I’d also like to mention that contrary to reputable review ‘venues’, the Strix G15 Advantage doesn’t have an Intel Wi-Fi module.

It has a MediaTek module and it IS Wi-Fi 6 Certified. No other laptop I’ve experienced holds onto and stays right up there with my rated broad-band speed at a distance of ~50 feet, through walls and a door way, like this machine can.

Who needs Intel? Who needs Killer? On wired connections, my average yielded speeds are round about 480 Mbit/sec and the Strix G15 Advantage hung in there – consistently – at around 450 wirelessly, no matter what else is going on in my home network environment.

So, hats off to MediaTek and Asus! A few words about the software environment. Armouy Crate use to be a real pain but it has gotten much better in 2021 (as experienced on my 2019 Zephyrus…) but on this all-AMD platform, it works really well and I haven’t noticed anything in the way of rogue Win Reliability Error events that were once all too common just a few years back.

A-Crate is also pretty straightforward for all the commonly used controls, including turning off that annoying start up ROG Sound and enabling the three-stage, Battery Saver mode for those that primarily use their laptops plugged in.

I’ve read complaints about no Mux switch. but honestly… there’s no practical, material benefit to it for most people in this all-AMD environment. Cinebench R23 scores consistently come in well above 14000 points for multi-core rendering and around 1500 for single thread.

That multi-core score level is twice the performance of my 2019 Zephyrus. Ryzen FTW! Gaming Performance Moving on to gaming, I’ve demo’d a varied set of titles: L4D, MW Remastered, Insurgency Sandstorm and CoD Cold War.

All were played at max or very high, game-controlled quality settings and all looked and played absolutely beautifully. Rendering was smooth and detailed, with no stutter or lock ups and the IPS-like panel popped great color gradation and dynamic range.

For those that are admittedly buying the Strix G15 Advantage for gaming as their primary use case … get the 1080p configuration. Summary Overall, I am completely thrilled with the Strix G15 Advantage.

It has that Asus build quality that is not easily equaled – even by many more expensive competitors; the bling is subtle yet fun; the audio system blows away most other laptops out there; the on-battery duration IS truly around 10 hours doing more day-to-day things and the cooling system/fan profiles are something to truly marvel.

I’m sold on the ‘Advantage’ program and believe it foretells great things to come – if these first gen models are any indication. This is truly a multi-purpose gaming laptop for those not needing critically important aspects such as high-end color accuracy or fine detail, as they relate to content creation.

As I’ve mentioned, I’ve been through a bunch of gaming notebooks and this is the first one that ‘ticks’ all my requirements, exceeded my expectations AND blows my mind in terms of raw performance – all at the same time.

At this point, for this amount of money, nothing even comes close to the feature set and performance level of the Strix G15 Advantage. Pros: Top tier Asus build quality Awesome non-reflective screen with minimal light bleed Fantastic cooling system and well tamed fan profiles – even when gaming Full fidelity speakers that do produce bass and can be used while gaming casually Just enough lighting bling to satisfy most Solid selection of ports and ideal port placement Stellar 10+ hour battery life for everything, non-gaming Best Wi-Fi 6 I’ve experienced to-date Notables: Make sure to let the initial setup process complete for all Asus related software & utilities before jumping in and forcing Windows Updates Cons: Skimpy Power Plan profiles and strange Sleep Mode behavior.

As the title says it’s serious bang for the buck but it does have some engineering oversights and drivers need to mature. The cooling for this needs to be improved first and foremost, it needs a thicker/ bigger heatsink and needs to do a push pull cooling system to help cool the ram and NVME SSD’s.

( shameless suggestion plug here for Asus, you could make a cooling upgrade with a taller base as a optional purchase. We all have to have it on a cooling base anyhow. ) This system is very stringent on RAM because you cannot enable XMP/ DOCP timings as of right now.

You are stuck with CL22 3200 ram, and cas latency lower with either down clock or flat out blue screen the system. Which brings me to the driver side of things, it’s heavily dependent on ASUS to create the drivers for this system as well as Armory Crate to optimize the performance.

AMD, Realtek only provide the reference driver, which currently can cause a conflict if you try and use AMD’s control panel instead of Asus’s Armory Crate ( the source of the random restart bug ) Asus you really need to work with AMD on this and try to implement many of the features that desktop counterpart has like ram timings, fully control your GPU’s graphics configuration and features so on and so fourth.

That aside, the system is well built, easy to take apart for upgrading which is very recommended, the ram it comes with is serviceable but you can get more out of this machine with faster ram timings.

The screen is nice, close to IPS quality which makes it great for gaming but for color accurate tasks it is a bit off. The performance for what this thing costs is very respectable, I replaced my old Ryzen 7 1700x / GTX 1070ti build with this machine and it handles what I throw at it better than what my desktop did at 4k.

I am honestly happy with this machine and know as time goes on the drivers will mature and it will become even better.

Got this machine as an early Christmas present, and freaking rocks! destroys anything i throw at it from PoE to Call of Duty to Warframe, hell it even mines Ethereum at almost 60 MH/s and stays under 60 degrees celsius when I am not gaming! Keyboard is very nice with individual key backlighting and optical mechanical switches.

not sure how i would feel about the other display option with this rtx 3080, I opted for the 300 Hz display in Full HD 1920×1080 and it looks amazing higher res may be even better looking but i like the high refresh rate so i went with that.

I mean whats the point in pushing 300+ fps if the display cant keep up with it? Overall a kickass machine, the first time I have ever had a top of the line laptop and i gotta say it’s like having a portable version of my desktop to take with me to game wherever i want (my desktop is a rog strix e-gaming II with a 7940x a 2080 super and this thing definitely is on par with it when it comes to gaming, if not better) the only negative thing i can even think of to say about it is that it gets pretty warm if i dont let it breathe when pushing it but thats to be expected, would be nice to be able to throw in a 2.

5 inch ssd just because i have a few sitting around but there is an m. 2 slot awaiting another drive when i need the space enough to buy one to toss in it. its also nice to know i have room to upgrade the RAM in the future but the 16GB it came with is plenty for now.

this thing chews through everything i throw at it from streaming music and/or movies while playing online games and downloading dirt from wikileaks to browsing the web for new drink recipes while over at my brothers’ poundin beers and grilling burgers watching the game and filling him in on all the research about the globalist trash that needs to be taken out.

and with the cold weather coming through i have a space heater the throw on my lap while wrecking the scourge on PoE when i get bored! This thing just keeps on winning!!.

When I set out to review this laptop, I wanted to truly put it through its paces. I also wanted to draw a direct comparison to my gaming desktop. My measurement for any suitable gaming laptop is its ability to replace my desktop if I am traveling or it is in use.

As I write this review we are locked down due to Covid-19, which means my desktop is in use while working from home or the kids doing their school work, so there was time to really run some tests. I also want to point out the tests below we all ran with the latest BIOS, Drivers, and Utilities installed.

Lastly, I want to point out you will want to perform the following actions before every day use. 1. Install all the latest Windows Updates 2. Uninstall McAfee, its garbage. 3. Install some basic tools, 7zip, CPU-Z, GPU-Z, HwInfo, HWMonitor, just to name a couple.

4. Install all the latest drivers and utilities. They can be found here. https://www. asus. com/Laptops/ASUS-TUF-Gaming-FX505DV/HelpDesk/. Please be aware in order to update the AMD package you first have to run the “amdcleanuputility” in Safe Mode.

5. Update the BIOS. This is a risky proposition, but it is advised as the bios installed by default is from 2017. Now on to the actual results. Asus FX505DV Results Ryzen 7 Mobile 3750H @ 3000MHz 16GB DDR4 @ 1866MHz 17/17/17/39 Asus FX505DV BIOS 305 Nvidia 2060 DRIVER 445.

75 Micron 2200 M. 2 SSD LG Display LP156WFG-SPB2 1920×1080 144Hz Windows 10 Home x64 Build 18363 Performance Test Results AS SSD Benchmark Seq Read: 1626. 11 MB/s Seq Write: 1003. 61 MB/s 4K Read: 36.

21 MB/s 4K Write: 62. 24 MB/s 4K-64Thrd Read: 456. 36 MB/s 4K-64Thread Write: 802. 97 MB/s Acc. time Read: 0. 049ms Acc. time Write: 0. 139 Total Score: 1935 Unigine Superposition – 19020×1080 Extreme DirectX Min FPS: 21.

36 Max FPS: 32. 87 Avg FPS: 27. 33 GPU Temp Max: 77c Total Score: 3653 Unigine Heaven – 1920×1080 Ultra DirectX 11 Min FPS: 8. 8 Max FPS: 136. 1 Avg FPS: 75. 8 GPU Temp Max: 76c Total Score: 1910 Cinebench CPU: 1715 CPU (Single Core): 384 Borderlands 3 – 1920×1080 Ultra Avg FPS: 43.

94 3DMark Time Spy – 1920×1080 DX12 Total Score: 5187 Graphics Score: 5897 Graphics Test 1: 38. 14 FPS Graphics Test 2: 34. 04 FPS CPU Score: 3084 CPU Test: 10. 36 FPS 3DMark Fire Strike – 1920×1080 DX11 Total Score: 12350 Graphics Score: Graphics Test 1: 77.

36 FPS Graphics Test 2: 62 FPS Physics Score: 10537 Physics Test: 33. 45 FPS Combined Score: 5167 Combined Test: 24. 03 FPS Desktop Ryzen 7 1700x @ 3500MHz 32GB DDR4 @ 3000MHz 16/18/18/36 Asus Crosshair VI BIOS 7704 Nvidia 1080ti DRIVER 445.

75 Samsung 960 EVO M. 2 SSD Dell 2560×1440 144Hz Windows 10 Pro x64 build 18363 Performance Test Results AS SSD Benchmark Seq Read: 2284. 69 MB/s Seq Write: 1308. 01 MB/s 4K Read: 39. 46 MB/s 4K Write: 91.

12 MB/s 4K-64Thrd Read: 617. 76 MB/s 4K-64Thread Write: 594. 77 MB/s Acc. time Read: 0. 067ms Acc. time Write: 0. 042 Total Score: 1935 Unigine Superposition – 19020×1080 Extreme DirectX Min FPS: 28.

8 Max FPS: 48 Avg FPS: 36. 22 GPU Temp Max: 72c Total Score: 4842 Unigine Heaven – 1920×1080 Ultra DirectX 11 Min FPS: 27. 2 Max FPS: 167. 7 Avg FPS: 101 GPU Temp Max: 70c Total Score: 2544 Cinebench R20.

060 CPU: 3344 CPU (Single Core): 346 Borderlands 3 – 1920×1080 Ultra Avg FPS: 87. 34 3DMark Time Spy – 2560x 1440 DX12 Total Score: 9032 Graphics Score: 9326 Graphics Test 1: 59. 02 FPS Graphics Test 2: 54.

91 FPS CPU Score: 7667 CPU Test: 25. 76 FPS 3DMark Fire Strike – 1920×1080 DX11 Total Score: 16714 Graphics Score: 18946 Graphics Test 1: 89. 15 FPS Graphics Test 2: 76. 56 FPS Physics Score: 18755 Physics Test: 59.

54 FPS Combined Score: 8166 Combined Test: 37. 98 FPS In conclusion. This is a average to good laptop overall. But it doesn’t do anything particularly well. It doesn’t have the gaming type software options installed out the box you expect.

It doesn’t have Asus Aura installed so you can properly manage the RBG keyboard, just to name one. It also doesn’t have any productivity tool licenses you would expect if its intended to be anything more than a gaming/homework PC.

Instead it has a trial version of Office that you can get for free from MS anyways. If you are in the market for a laptop you don’t have to rely on a long battery life are would like the added benefit of being able to play most games on High and pretty much everything on Medium, you might as well pull the trigger and get something in this laptops price to performance ratio.

And this one is a viable option. However, I personally would spend the extra $300 and get something that is going to have a longer viable lifespan as it relates to gaming performance, and hopefully a much better quality keyboard, monitor, and wireless adapter too.

Did I mention how bad the light bleed is along the bezel and how much worse the WiFi and bluetooth performance is?.

Good deal! Very powerful, great sound, thin, light. I did not find throttling. In terms of dimensions, weight and battery life, it is comparable to business notebooks, but much more powerful. What I disliked: it makes a lot of noise under load, the screen gives a little red, although it is calibrated at the factory.

I will have to calibrate it again. The keyboard backlight is annoying, by default it is red and shimmers with all colors, and you need to figure out how to make it calm. The screen cover is weak, made of thin cheap plastic.

It bends when you want to open or close your laptop. The screen resolution is redundant, it only makes sense if you are using an external monitor with the same resolution (4k), otherwise there will be problems.

Despite the shortcomings, I liked the laptop and I highly recommend it for the price.

I’ll start off by stating that1. – I really don’t know much about laptops/computers and all the tech behind it and2. I’m not a gamerso keep that in mind!I basically bought this laptop to play the Sims 4 on.

I had previously been using a cheap old laptop to run my game. I have all the expansion packs and quite a bit of mods – to the point where the laptop I was using was constantly crashing even when I WASN’T playing the game.

I splurged a bit and bought the Zephyrus m15 because it had good reviews and was about the lowest price you can pay for a quality gaming laptop (I paid $1,100), at least from my understanding. The quality of gameplay is insane compared to what I’m used to and I have absolutely NO issues running my game with all the expansion packs and about 7,000 mod files.

There’s no lag, the game doesn’t crash, I can play at the highest graphics setting, download speeds are super quick and I still have TONS more storage for additional add-ons to the game. My only issue with this laptop would be the fan & cooling.

The fan is incredibly loud, yet doesn’t really seem to be doing much. The computer gets VERY hot VERY quickly, to the point where I can’t keep it on my lap. It’s a bit jarring honestly, but I’m willing to deal with it because my gameplay experience has been SO much better than what I’m used to.

All in all, if you’re looking for a good laptop to play Sims, this is it!.

I think the reviews here are nonsense ,people complain about the noise. Fans on a tower are loud as hell and are under your desk ,these fans are right there so of course they can be heard. This laptop with a clean install of windows runs amazing and the asus gaming program runs easy once you reinstall it.

I think most would be grateful to have this computer. I am.

I bought this nearly a full year ago, so plenty of time to try it out. Here are my thoughts on the product: Overall, nearly everything about the laptop is perfect. I appreciate the thin bezels, fans are good, CPU and GPU perform well and it looks very slick.

Battery life is pretty darn good considering this thing has a 2060 in it (same idea for the 2070 model). Small things such as the mic and webcam are good as well and there is generally great ease of use.

The certain things I didn’t quite like were the webcam placement, specific parts of the RGB on the keyboard and certain features concerning “Aura” in the Armoury Crate. First of all, the webcam is at an awkward spot in the bottom right of the laptop’s “top side”.

When you use it the camera sees up your nostrils and no matter the angle it won’t be perfect unless you are 2’1 (0. 6349m) and are on the far right side of the laptop. As for the Keyboard, the keyboard itself is great but the bottom part of the LED strip facing you on the space key died after about 3-7 days after I received it.

I read about it online and other have reported that they never had it light up. Besides being a bit annoying, it doesn’t do much, so it’s not as important compared to the rest. Finally, the Aura section of the Armoury Crate has been working very strangely since about 5 months ago.

Before that, I had no problem changing through the keyboard RGB styles and brightness with either the keyboard shortcuts or the AC, but there was an update around 5 months ago (around the time they introduced the “Starry Night” style), where directly trying to change the RGB or styles wouldn’t work.

When multiple kinds of rainbow were introduced to the AC, they also would not change. Not sure why this is an issue. In Conclusion, the GL704GV is a great laptop for gaming and work, has a wonderful design, and is just a joy to use.

I would have given the product a 5 star if it wasn’t for the bad qualities, but in the end, the good outweighs the bad.

Out of the box, the IPS panel looked good and had typical IPS wide viewing angles. I found the color to be a little warm for my eye, but calibrating with my Colormunki fixed the image quickly. There were no dead or stuck pixels and the panel was very responsive with no discernable input lag.

Audio was nothing special; the speakers were certainly loud enough, but the sounds were a little dull and muted. I don’t expect much from laptop speakers due to their size and position, but this is not generally much of an issue as I use headphones to game and enjoy music.

Performance was amazing. The Intel 8750H has 6 cores and hyperthreading and runs at a maximum turbo of 4. 1ghz on one core and 3. 9ghz on all 6 cores. In my testing, under full load, using prime 95 all cores ran perfectly at 3.

9ghz and around 85C. Cinebench returned scores of 1228 multi core and 168 single core. For comparison my desktop 8770K running all cores at 4. 7Ghz scored 1483 multi core and 205 single core. The RTX 2060 is a beast and beat my desktop Vega 64 in all of the tests I performed at 1080p.

The 2060 has 1920 cuda cores, 6gb of GDDR6 memory a bost core clock of 1680mhz and memory clock of 1750mhz. During my testing the core boosted to an average of 1640mhz with a top boost of 1648mhz. The RTX 2060 introduces new technology including real time ray tracing and DLSS (deep learning Anti-Aliasing).

Ray Tracing made BFV look even more amazing but though the hit to framerates was significant. Without Ray Tracing I returned approximately 108fps and with Ray Tracing set to medium I returned 62fps (still very playable), setting Ray Tracing at high or ultra resulted in low frame rates and poor gameplay.

I tested Assassin’s Creed Origins at 1920×1080 using the built in benchmark, the laptop with the 8750 and 2060 scored 80. 9fps my desktop with 8770 and Vega 64 scored 70. 1fps! Using the built in benchmark in Far Cry 5 I returned 107.

2fps with the laptop and 105. 4fps with my desktop. Running Unigine Heaven at 1920×1080 at extreme setting the laptop scored 2179 and my desktop scored 2150. These were amazing results and clearly showed me how Nvidia mid-range graphic cards can easily compete with AMD’s best.

The NVME drive was very speedy and when tested with CrystalDiskMark returned a sequential read of 2398MB/s and write of 1872MB/s. The laptop supports a speedy 802. 11ac 2×2 antenna setup and when connected to my AC1900 router maxed out my current ISP speed of 100Mbps on both 2.

4 GHz and 5 GHz. I noticed no network drops when streaming or playing Battlefield V multiplayer. For best performance I still recommend using wired Ethernet and this laptop does come with an Ethernet port.

Battery life was nothing special, returning approximately 2 hours and 25 minutes gaming, 3 hours and 20 minutes surfing the net or streaming video using wifi. This is a gaming laptop and as such most people will use it connected to mains power in order to get best performance, so I am doubtful of how relevant battery life is here.

At full load or while gaming the fans ramped up considerably and could be heard, but the laptop felt cool to touch and performance was rock solid and stable. I really like the carbon fiber and camo chassis and the keyboard was actually one of the better laptop keyboards to type on, there was almost no keyboard flex, the keys were well sized and separated with an adequate travel to each key.

I scored 66wpm with this keyboard which is about the same as when I type with my desktop’s mechanical keyboard. There are dedicated media and gaming center keys. The touchpad was smooth to touch with accurate tracking and two physical keys for left and right mouse button functionality.

I really like this laptop, it looks amazing, the display is almost perfect, the hardware is well balanced and future proof. An RTX 2060 with Ray Tracing and DLSS, a six core Intel cpu, speedy 512gb NVME drive and 16gb’s of 2666mhz DDR4 finish off the package.

Speakers and webcam are my only gripe, but headphones and a dedicated webcam will solve these issues. 1 year warranty is a bit weedy, but industry standard. Asus products are well built and should last many years.

They have a good support team here in the USA and the one or two times that I have had issues with Asus products previously, they responded quickly and effectively to get my issues resolved. My time with this laptop has been limited because as soon as my 12 year old son noticed me using it, he decided to adopt it, telling me that I would only be wasting its advance technology working on spreadsheets and word documents!.

I have the GL704GW with the RTX 2070 but it won’t allow me to select that to leave a review. Don’t let the thinness of this laptop fool you. It is a beast. The construction is solid and appears high quality.

The display is crisp and sharp but does suffer from quite a bit of back light bleed which does take away from the quality. Due to the back light issues any dark scene will lose lots of detail dues to the bright zones.

The screen sharpness makes all my other screens look like cheap knock offs. I normally run a dual screen setup but I seriously need to upgrade my side monitor because it looks horrible compared to this one.

While this will run just about anything on the highest settings the fans can get quite loud and you can definitely feel the heat through the keyboard(mostly cool on the left side but hotter on the right and closer to the screen).

On Silent mode it is just that. You can still run most of your games but with a serious performance hit and no fan noise. If you have headphones you’ll probably not notice either way.

My last laptop crapped out on me, and I was looking for a replacement quickly – one I could use for work, personal use, and gaming all in one for a smaller office and desk space. This one covered all of those bases.

It moves quickly and handles multiple tabs and windows open at once well. It handles my games on ultra/epic amazingly (for example, I play League, Smite, Fault, Fall Guys, Genshin, and a few indie games among others).

The screen is also the perfect size since I can’t for a monitor on my desk at the moment. The brightness is really good for indoor use. The keyboard is also nice and bright, and the RGB keyboard is really nice.

The camera also handles my zoom and team’s calls well. There are a few downsides that I knew when buying this laptop. It does heat up a lot. It gets warm when browsing the internet, but does get really hot when I game.

Granted, I am able to run games at much higher graphics than I did before, so I believe it is worth it. It also has not-so-good battery life. It lasted about 5 hours off the charger with a mix of games and browsing the internet (gmail, docs, etc.

). I usually keep it plugged in when I’m using it frequently/for a long period of time. The speakers also aren’t the greatest, but they work fine. They sound a bit muffled, but I normally use headphones anyway, so it’s not too big of a deal.

Overall, a really good and cheap laptop to buy in a pinch. It functions and handles multiple tasks well, holds up with current games, and the price point worked perfectly for my tight budget.

I still have my Asus G73 17 inch laptop I bought 11 years ago. Still works but I have to be patient to boot up, shut down and occasional slow load of MS Office 365 apps etc. Therefore I purchase a F17 TUF 17 inch with 16mb RAM, 1T HD, Nvidia 3060 video.

I upgraded to 32 mb RAM. I don’t game but I want the speed configuration for file loading, photo, video editing. Really happy with the multicolor, bright, backlit keyboard choosing my favorite keyboard color.

The laptop boot is ready in seconds. I’m not a nerd regarding installed components. All I can say I am happy with the overall performance. What more can I ask for? 4K screen would have been nice for the photos and video at the price point I purchased.

Whether you game or want speed, you should be happy with a Asus TUF pc.

I’ve had an old ASUS laptop for about 4 years now and it was time for an upgrade. Liking my original ASUS I went on the hunt. I had only $1000 to play with, so started with Google, there are tons of options.

But again, due to having ASUS before, I wanted to stick with them. I opted for the TUF706QE-MS74 as it pretty much matches my old spec laptop, but better, AMD (not really an Intel fan), 16gb Ram, decent graphics card (GTX3050ti) and price.

So I bought it. Had it for a few weeks now and I’m happy with it’s results and what I need it for (it’s not my primary gaming machine, but had to ‘stream’ from my desktop to my old laptop. This one, I can pretty much chuck at it the games I want to play and get 60FPS if not better (even decent on Shadow of the Tomb Raider).

So, I figured this was the one for me, then I gets an email today asking me to give an honest survey and they’ll give me ninety (90) day warranty extension, so I thought why not, I’m happy with the laptop anyways.

If ya on the hunt for a new laptop, definatley give this one a look over to put it in your list of ‘possibles’.