Customer Ratings & Reviews

I am truly impressed with this laptop! I think Asus has hit the nail on the head with the features included on this laptop with everything down to including a full-size keyboard on this model to having USB-C PD available to be able to charge this laptop with any decent wattage USB-C charger while on the go! This creates incredible flexibility for students or people using this keyboard while on the go without having to bring the relatively bulky normal charger along! One con to this laptop is the built-in storage. This 512GB Sandisk NVMe SSD, while nice and fast with read speeds of 6600MB/s and write of 5100MB/s, does honestly feeling mighty limited on storage space for 2026 games. As I have shown in one of the pictures in the review, by the time I was ready to download my first Steam game, this only had 370GB or so of usable storage! What a huge amount of bloat that must be on this laptop to make it that the user only gets to use 370GB or so of storage for themselves, especially when considering game sizes of easily 80-140GB these days. The RAM is on a single 16GB stick with ready availability for adding another stick in the future. While peak framerates will tend to be achieved on dual-channel memory set ups, I can appreciate that with current memory shortages and prices, keeping it on a single channel allows a user to add another RAM module later when prices (hopefully) come down from out of the stratosphere. In the meantime, gaming and performance has been reasonably good on this machine and the upgradeability helps argue the relevance of its purchase. In terms of build quality and feel, I quite like this laptop from numerous perspectives. The metal laptop lid feels incredibly solid and leaves me confident that this laptop would hold up in a bag even with textbooks and school supplies stuffed around it. The keyboard deck has no flex at all and feels incredibly sturdy to type on. The keyboard has a great feel with quiet membrane switches that feel quite responsive but are not loud or distracting in quiet settings. I would not feel embarrassed to use this laptop in a lecture hall or library setting. I also love that it is a full sized keyboard with number pad, so using excel and doing my number crunching on the calculator is way easier with this laptop. I am sure those with math or number heavy classes will appreciate this laptop. The laptop as a whole does seem a little prone to picking up fingerprints, but they are not too terrible or obnoxious. While this laptop, with its CPU selection, is not as comparatively optimized as some recent gaming laptops for on-the-go use unplugged from the wall, it holds up extremely well with the right settings! I have used this laptop in the Armoury Crate directed “Silent” setting with it linked up to Windows settings to control the power setting of the laptop. This results in a quiet running laptop that will easily get a good 4-6 hours of use away from a charger with the variety of tasks I throw at it from multitasking in different chrome tabs, Windows Office products, all while the screen is at about 70% brightness. Gaming on this laptop matches what I would expect with a 5060 that has 8GB of VRAM. Most all of my tested games, like Doom: The Dark Ages and Arc Raiders are running well with frame rates in the high 90s to low 100s on mostly medium to high setting at 1920x1200p. Overall, I would rate this as 5/5 in 2026 for a newer gaming laptop. The inflation and price problems with these laptops is very hard to stomach, but I am pleased to see that as far as things are concerned with this laptop, no serious corners were cut, and optionality is in place for future upgradability on the important things like RAM and storage. Thanks for reading and I hope this review has helped you out!

PRODUCT ASUS - TUF GAMING F16 16" 165HZ 2K GAMING LAPTOP - INTEL CORE I7-14650HX 2024 - 16GB MEMORY - GEFORCE RTX 5060 - 512GB STORAGE - JAEGAR GRAY MODEL: FX608JMI-TF/F16_76 QUICK REVIEW A Solid Gaming Performance TUF Gaming Laptop REVIEW Just to address the “elephant in the room” right from the start. This is the “New Normal” of new laptop pricing. Thus, the definitions of Mid-Tier Gaming laptop have radically shifted over the past few years. This is a great laptop first released in 2025, now in 2026 with slightly reduced RAM and Storage. It was a very good laptop in 2025, it is still a good laptop in 2026. What I like best about this line of laptops from ASUS is that they can be easily expanded with more storage and more RAM due to additional available slots. I set up my laptop to run as a dedicated racing simulator. It is driving an ultrawide screen running top tier titles (like Forza and F1) without any issues. I also tested some other titles like Doom Eternal [Ultra Nightmare Setting - 80-90 FPS (1920x1080)] and CyberPunk 2077 – [Ray Tracing Low – 60-80 FPS (1920x1080)] Thanks to the RTX 5060 this is a solid performing laptop for intermediate gaming. The screen is plenty large and bright and the keyboard is easy to use for everyday purposes. The 10 key numeric keypad is a welcome addition to a larger laptop. The fans are well placed blowing air out the back and not onto your lap. PROS - TUF build and feel - Great Rugged Looks - Lots of USB ports - Ethernet port - Thunderbolt port - Numeric Keypad (small but usable) OVERALL EXPERIENCE The laptop is not maxed on specs but has a good balance of performance and value. It easily handles everything I have tried from casual gaming to video editing and more. It is well built (TUF) and should last a long time. RECOMMENDATION For all but the most power hungry applications and users I would recommend this for school, gaming, graphics, and more.

The Asus TUF F16 is a great, amazing Laptop. With all that said, there is one major issue I had with it. Where is the second USB-C port? The Thunderbolt 4 port is missing. I tried attaching my Thunderbolt hub to the only USB slot. It did not work. There is even a "Thunderbolt Control App" in the settings. The USB-C port does not have the logo. It only displays the 10GB logo. This laptop is almost 2,000 dollars but Asus removed the Thunderbolt 4? Many people use Thunderbolt 4 because it allows you to use only one cable for multiple things. While not having many cables sticking out of your laptop causing more clutter. Also, the screen is not 165Hz, it is only 144Hz. Outside of that, the Laptop is Great. The screen isn't the best looking, but it's fine. It's only 1080p and not 2k or anything like that. The keyboard is amazing which Asus is known for. The mousepad is even smooth for being a plastic mousepad. The CPU is still overkill and will be fine for most task rather it be gaming or Content Creation. The 5060 is the lowest I'd go for any task. For gaming I loaded up some Path of Exile 2, which can be graphically intense. While turning on DLSS 4.5, I was between 60-120FPS. There were a few stutters here and there but the gaming experience was enjoyable. The audio was good also for speakers that face down. While gaming, temps stayed reasonable. The laptop got loud but not anything crazy. The Laptop is built like a tank and is very Solid. I did upgrade the RAM to 32GB. I also added a 1TB SSD. This is a good mid-range laptop. But, and I mean but, if you need a Thunderbolt 4 port, this is not the laptop for you. If you don't use Thunderbolt 4, this will do. But I just find it unacceptable in 2026 that there is no Thunderbolt 4 port on a Laptop that almost costs 2,000 dollars...

We are a family of gamers, me being casual and my 2 kids being more "dedicated" or serious gamers. LOL. So take this review from a perspective a casual gamer's point of view. I was told that as far as gaming laptop goes, this Asus F16 is considered a mid to slightly higher level gaming laptop. Well, all I can say is this thing is absolutely awesome. The first thing for me is I really love is the looks. It doesn't scream gamer. I can take it out in the office and use it for work and most people would think it looks like a regular laptop. The keyboard has a nice comfortable layout and my palms rest comfortably on the computer itself. The keys feels nice, but obviously not the tactile feeling of a gaming keyboard on my pc. The RGB lighting on the keyboard is just ok and adjustable, nothing special. My personal feeling is 16" is the sweet spot for gaming laptops. It's big enough to enjoy the experience when gaming but not so big as to make lugging it around a chore. But I do have to say, the F16 is a hefty computer. The computer and charger in a backpack, you feel it. I wouldn't want to lug this thing around all day, but to and from the office isn't that big a deal. And the screen is really good imo, but in really bright rooms like a conference room, it can wash out a bit. But perfectly fine for regular computing. Speakers are usable but not the best I've heard on a laptop but I don't think most people would game using just the laptop's speakers. There is more than enough ports for me and I don't really worry about not being able to configure the f16 how I want. I can probably set it up to a full gaming computer on my desk if needed but I wouldn't. As a casual gamer, the f16 ran everything I threw at it without any problems. My kids on the other hand felt that it was a really good mid level gaming laptop but it's performance wasn't at a top tier level. In my layman's opinion, I couldn't tell the difference. I enjoyed everything about the F16 except it's weight. It worked flawlessly for me. But if you are a serious, serious gamer, maybe spend the extra money and get something top tiered. For me, this was a perfect combination of work and gaming.

Asus laptop came perfectly packaged from my local carrier except for it was in this really big box other than that unboxing was easy and set up was simple. I was interested in this gaming laptop because I usually use my laptop for boring work loaded with excel spreadsheets and multiple browsers with cloud based software etc those laptops didn’t really immerse me when I wanted to chill out and play some games. The biggest issues I’ve had is the screen glitches like these regular panels just can’t keep up with the refresh needed to play a game without being annoying. I personally love asus products and have several of their laptops so I expected to love this one as well and 100% i do. I causally played some grand theft auto and had so much fun being a crime boss on my new laptop. No glitching and amazing graphics made all the difference in the game being enjoyable versus just so bored I’ll pass time on my other laptop. I then turned to some MLB the show because I like this game however everytime the opposing team had a runner on base the pitch ticker would be glitchy and drive me nuts. Not with this laptop though it was awesome to play. I then threw some Red redemption at it to see how it would hold up and again, flawless movements and flawless graphics. Really fun laptop!

This is the second gaming laptop that I have owned and I must say it has met all of my gaming needs. My son and I use this to play games his are more sports themed while I’m into racing, war type games and this meets all of those needs. I love that it’s TUF, this thing is built like a tank. It’s a little hefty but with all the other things it has to offer I can deal with the weight. The graphics on this ASUS gaming laptop are unreal, I thought our older gaming laptop had great graphics, but this one is unreal. I love the clarity of the screen, I love the response of the keypad and attaching a wireless gaming mouse was simple. We opened it, charged it, and in minutes we had paired it w/ our home internet and downloaded some Apps and in not time we were gaming. I really like the keypad and the colors, I am grateful that it comes w/ an HDMI connection because I do use that in other situations at work that I can plug our projector into this as well. All and all this is a really well made, well thought out gaming laptop that I HIGHLY recommend.