This laptop has pretty much the fastest laptop processor you can currently buy. I can’t think of a single one that is faster that’s under $3,000 or maybe even over. I really can’t think of one.. It beats out most desktop processors also. The RTX 2060 is perfectly adequate for any game currently out at max settings at 1080p for 60+ FPS. The screen is crisp and clear and the colors look perfectly fine. This isn’t a perfectly accurate display but if you need that you aren’t buying a $999 gaming laptop anyways. You could connect this to an external display and run esport titles at 144hz easily if you are into that sort of thing. Again if you are super super into that I doubt you are buying a $999 laptop. Corners had to be cut somewhere to get one of, if not the fastest laptop processor currently on the market and an RTX 2060 under $1000. The corners cut are the battery is smaller, while this may be a negative for most I view this as a positive, because with the extra space you get an empty 2.5” hard drive bay to add tons of extra storage. The screen is 60hz instead of 144hz. Again at this price point with the other high end specs, that just isn’t realistic to expect. Also this laptop only ships with a single stick of 8gb of ram. This absolutely needs 16gb. Luckily enough, a kit of 16gb dual channel 3200mhz is easily bought on most computer hardware websites for well under $70. (I recommend buying the kit and just reselling the stick that comes with it. But don’t get any slower than 3200mhz.) You could pay an extra $200-300 and get all 3 of these extra things. But that puts this in another pricing category and other brands become an option at that point. If you just want a laptop with the absolute fastest hardware you can get for the money, a price to performance ratio beast, this is the best you are going to do. The processor is down right ridiculous. 8 cores 16 threads of insanity that Intel can’t seem to match. This makes this laptop perfect for hardcore editing 4k and huge raw photos, rendering videos, etc. of course you will need to add extra ram but that’s simply a few screws and a click away. Ram is cheap enough. What you are buying here is the processor and graphics card. And you are getting it under a grand. The keyboard is great, the rgb is a nice plus, the speakers are about what you would expect. They work and that’s about it. Track pad is fine, of course you won’t be using it for much unless you are on the go. The build quality is actually good. It has a rugged look, the top cover is some type of metal and everything else is a tough feeling plastic. It says it’s military grade on the sticker inside the laptop, not sure about that. But it does feel tougher than average. TLDR. You sacrifice 144hz, bugger batter and a bit of ram. It for under a $1000 you get the fastest laptop processor available and a very respectable graphics card in the rtx 2060. This price to performance ratio can’t be beat. If your wanting these extras you have to spend more. Picture attached shows upgrade options.

I bought this for work/gaming @ $899 and really like it. The design is clean and visually pleasing. The system speed/performance is lightning quick across the board. I’ve played all my games at max settings with no problems including Sims 4, Doom Eternal, League of Legends, Valorant and MTG Arena. When I first started the laptop, the fan noise was incredibly loud but you can change to a silent mode in the Armory App that comes preinstalled. The display is okay. 144hz would have been nice, but it isn’t a deal breaker. It’s not really noticeable and doesn’t affect my gaming experience. Still worth the price imo. My only real complaint is the 8gb single channel memory. I went to Amazon and got a great deal on 16GB DDR4 3200 Dual Channel ram. Made a world of difference. Overall, I’d buy this again. Just the hardware and price is hard to match anywhere else, especially with what’s available due to Covid-19. Upgrade the ram for sure and you’ve got a powerful gaming laptop at a fraction of the cost.

I bought this PC to use with my Oculus Quest. I wanted something that could run VR applications and games. I know I could have gotten more bang for my buck going with a desktop, but needed a laptop because my computer room is too small to play VR applications, so needed something I could take to larger spaces, such as my garage. I am happy to report that this laptop has handled everything I've thrown at it. For less than $900, I couldn't be happier. Since I am using it primarily for VR, the 60 Hz screen is not an issue. The fan does get quite loud, and I use a cooling pad to further pull heat away, as it it does run very hot when using with VR. So far, I've kept it connected to power while gaming, so can't speak to the battery life, but I can't imagine getting more than an hour. For non gaming applications; internet, word processor, etc., the battery lasts for a little 3 hours with settings set to battery saver. I did replace the ram with a stick of 16gb and added a 1TB hdd. However, before doing it was already running solidly. Even with the extra money spent, still easily within my budget. My only complaint, as others have mentioned, is the track pad. It is atrociously inconsistent. I can be scrolling along, and then it becomes completely unresponsive, both to swipes and taps. I connected a USB mouse to it to bypass this issue.

The Asus TUF A15 is one of the most exciting gaming laptops that I wanted consider. This laptop is pack to the brim with powerful technology at an affordable price. CPU and GPU The TUF FA506IV Gaming Laptop comes with AMD’s latest mobile processors, the 4000 series. The 4000 series are cooler, faster, and more powerful than its intel competitors. It also comes with NVidia RTX 2060 graphics for ray tracing support at below 1000 dollars! A never seen deal in RTX laptops. Memory: This laptop is rocking an 8 GB single channel ram setup. I would recommend you upgrade the ram to 16 GB dual channel by placing another 8 GB ram in there. The benchmarks and game test I will be doing below is all with 16 GBs of ram. Storage: With storage, it comes with 512 GB Western Digital M.2 SSD. There is also another slot M.2 slot where you can expand your drive capacity. Crystal Disk Mark shows that this SSD can Read up to 2473.66 MB/s and write up to 1790.57 MB/s. Really Fast! Screen: The screen is a 1080p 60 HZ display with bright enough screen with a color accuracy of 62.1% sRGB, 43.2% AdobeRGB, 44.3% DCI P3. Really good for a powerful budget laptop! Battery This model comes with a 48 Watt hour battery. For battery Life I saw a 6-hour usage of watching YouTube and doing light tasks (night and day compared to my old laptop at 30 minutes). Gaming on this laptop with get you around one hour (AMAZING!!). Temperature and Cooling: A lot of people have problems with this laptops cooling. However, I did not experience this issue. When gaming on Turbo mode, I saw a max temperature of 87C on the CPU and 80C on the RTX 2060. These are well below the temperature limit of both. At idle, the laptop stayed around 37C for CPU and 42C for GPU on silent mode and the fans turn off too. Near the back you can see two exhaust and an air intake in the middle. The laptop has another exhaust on the right side of the laptop. The keyboard also acts as an air intake and the WASD area stays cool to the touch during intense gaming. Keyboard and Trackpad: The keyboard feels really nice like Asus’s higher tier ROG laptops, and the RGB on the keyboard is a single zone addressable RGB adjustable in Armory Crate. When plug in and in sleeping mode, the keyboard will produce an exciting light show! The track pad is high quality and the click buttons are dedicated with a very satisfying click This laptop does not gather finger prints and it is very easy to wipe clean. Design and ports: The back panel on this laptop is made with metal and have the TUF logo laser on the panel, it looks really slick and does not spit gamer when using It for work or school. Overall this laptop looks really tuf and could withstand a drop here or there in school or work place. For ports, on the right you get a single USB slot, on the left you get the charge port, Ethernet, 2 USB, one USB type c, and headphone combo jack. This is a really neat design choice as no wires will interfere with your mouse on the right side. On the bottom of the laptop you will see a really cool honeycomb design with air intakes designed into it. Lastly, this laptop is really light weight coming in at 4.73 LB for the laptop and 6.42 LB for the laptop and the charger. It’s easy to carry compared to my old laptop. Benchmarks (All in 1080p and Turbo Mode) Cinebench R20: 4,223 Unigine Heaven Tessellation: Extreme; Anti-Aliasing: x8; DX 11 Ultra: 2,060 High: 2,187 Medium: 2,341 Low: 2,991 Cyberpunk 2077; High Settings; DLSS Auto Ray Tracing On Medium: 45 FPS Average Ray Tracing off: 63 FPS Control: Highest Settings; DX12 Ray Tracing On: 32 Average Ray Tracing off: 57 Average Microsoft Flight Simulator: High-End 39 FPS Average Apex Legends: Highest Settings 119 FPS Average Shadow of the Tomb Raider: 78 FPS Average Battlefield V: Highest Settings; DX12 81 FPS Average Far Cray 5: Highest Settings 85 FPS Average Red Dead Redemption 2: Highest Settings; DX12 39 FPS Average Call of duty: MW: Highest Settings 77 FPS Average Fortnite: Highest Settings 120 FPS Average Overwatch: 148 FPS Average CS: GO: Highest Settings 201 FPS Average Rainbow Six Siege (My Favorite game): Ultra on Vulkan 121 Fps Average Division 2: Highest Settings; DX12 61 FPS Average Assassin’s Creed Odyssey: Highest Settings 49 FPS Average GTA V: Highest Settings: DX 11 89 Fps Average Ladies and gentleman, what you have been waiting for: Roblox???? Highest Settings 60 FPS locked 12 Percent GPU usage lol That’s all the game I have owned Overall this laptop packs a lot of performance at an affordable package. It will serve me good for years to come!

I bought the ASUS TUF A15 on sale, for $799. Which was an absolute steal considering the performance specs. For gaming and daily productivity, this laptop exceeded all of my expectations. (especially after easily upgrading RAM). It's fast, comfortable, great speakers. It does what a gaming laptop should. However, My only complaint is the build quality. Understandably, this is a "budget" gaming laptop. But in my own personal opinion, it is sub-par when compared to budget gaming laptops from Dell or Lenovo. There is a fair amount of flex to the whole laptop. I am very careful with my laptops so I was surprised to find that after removing the PC from my backpack's padded laptop compartment, that the lid had actually bent slightly, and the bezel had become unattached from one of the corners of the aluminum lid. The other issue also had to do with the lid. Due to the flex, when opening the laptop lid, the bezel unadhered from the screen panel in the bottom right corner. These aren't "end of the world" things, especially considering the price point, but it is definitely ironic considering the TUF branding, and" military-grade toughness" advertising.