I was hesitant to buy it since the seller priced it too low at $1300~ but damn, does this laptop tick all the boxes! The seller was a professional in delivering on time with no damage to my box.
I have been using this for 3 months now and here's my opinion so far
Pros:
+ Looks! No obnoxious "gAmEr" burning red aesthetics anywhere, the design looks cool and muted with a simple white glowing RoG logo...not something you would be embarrassed taking into the university or workplace
+ Amazing 1080p 300Hz screen
+ Ryzen 5 7800H + GeForce 3050Ti work fantastic together
+ No stutter on most popular games
+ No overheating in 3 months, the laptop got really warm even under full load underlying amazing thermal management
+ Fans at full blast are still less loud than competitors
+ 16GB RAM makes multitasking easy (I can open 5 Chrome tabs now!)
+ Battery** This is a gaming laptop, designed to be on AC power almost 24x7 despite that I could use this laptop for classwork on battery with heavy statistical applications and got ~3.5-4 hours which for a gaming laptop is really nice
+ Great port selection and placement with no cluttering on your desk with most ports, including charging being at the back
Cons:
- With such a thick bottom bezel, ASUS could have put in a webcam considering they included a Two way AI Noise Cancellation feature. No matter how bad, it would still be better than no webcam which, as a student, is really annoying
- ASUS bloatware is really clunky (but useful)
- Maximum screen brightness could be higher
- Charging brick is huge and a literal brick! Keep in mind if portability is your primary concern.
Conclusion: 9/10 laptop I would happily recommend anyone to buy for the price!
| Standing screen display size | 15.6 Inches |
|---|---|
| Screen Resolution | 1920 x 1080 pixels |
| Max Screen Resolution | 1920 x 1080 Pixels |
| Processor | 4.4 GHz ryzen_7 |
| RAM | 16 GB DDR4 |
| Memory Speed | 3200 MHz |
| Hard Drive | 1 TB M.2 NVMe PCIe 3.0 SSD |
| Graphics Coprocessor | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Ti |
| Chipset Brand | NVIDIA |
| Card Description | GeForce RTX 3050 Ti |
| Graphics Card Ram Size | 4 GB |
| Wireless Type | Bluetooth, 802.11ax |
| Number of USB 3.0 Ports | 4 |
