So after some searching and deal hunting, I came across this piece. It has the minimum specs I wanted and the price was great. A big need outside of the interior specs was the screen size, listed at 15.6”, which was my minimum. When I revived it, it looked abnormally small. I measured the diagonal size and sure enough, it was 15.6”, but when compared to the toshiba I would be replacing it with, it was massively smaller. The toshiba screen measured 14” across and just under 8” tall. The asus measured 13 1/2” across and 7 3/4” tall. While that may not seem like much, the viewing display for something of those dimensions already is massively smaller. Very disappointed.

My wife told me that she needs laptop to get her photos, backups and files organized. This is simple task, any laptop for $300 can get the job done. I am a casual photographer and wanted to take advantage of this purchase and get something that I can use from time to time. As my post-processing is done in Lightroom, I wanted something with dedicated GPU. I have 1050 in my desktop and I know what it's capable of. I spent 3 nights doing my research and found this asus. The price is not as tempting as previous deals on Dell G3, but still OK. Asus TUF is kind of promising on durability. I found the RGB coverage for the display and decided to pull the trigger. First thing that surprised me that laptop did not come with load of bloatware, trial versions etc. I had my memory stick prepared with clean win10, but it was not really needed. Couple rounds of windows updates and everything was set. It almost feels like getting google pixel phone. Clean install. Keyboard... I am still getting used to that, since I have MS Ergonomic keyboard at home and at work, but did not make many typos during this review. Anyway, for my work, I am using mostly mouse. Backlight can be pretty well configured, so nothing to complain about. It took me a while to get used to the del/pause/home buttons, but it's gonna be ok soon. The only think that I am missing is spare black ASDW keys so it looks more like workstation then gaming laptop. But not a biggie. Touchpad... terrible. Response, scrolling... I did not get used to it. So disabled and got another G602 mouse. Screen - mate, brightness is great for our work (at home, all the time), I am honestly impressed. I have 3 full HD displays (U2415H) , 1x4k display, so I have something to compare it to. Really nice to look at. I have screen calibration device, so I am all set to work on my photos. Noise - not a problem, I switched to the silent mode and haven't hear fan yet. Size/weight: I wish I could get this in 14" package, but since we won't be traveling with laptop, not that big issue for us. TLDR; pros: price/value, display. keyboard, external GPU cons: size,weight (if it matters), touchpad, only 8GB RAM I would definitely recommend this laptop to anyone who is not into heavy gaming, but who can benefit from dedicated GPU and nice display.

I retired as a computer technician and closed my shop and re-cycled my 7 tired computers at 90 and that was six years ago. I built a new desktop with 4 SSDs and a 24 inch touch screen monitor. After two weeks research I ordered ASUS - FX505DD 15.6" Gaming Laptop - AMD Ryzen 5 - 8GB Memory - NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 - 256GB Solid State Drive, installed a 1 terabyte SSD in the extra drive bay! This ASUS was my computer of choice for my retirement.

I have used this laptop for gaming as well as for work purposes. It is extremely versatile and I have been using this laptop daily especially for gaming! I the graphics and the gameplay are really smooth. I just purchased battlefield 5 and this is the perfect laptop for this game. As a first time PC gamer I am now hooked and I also love the portability.

I am really impressed with this laptop. It is very fast and has better graphics than my desktop. I was a little concerned about only having a 256 GB drive, but then a little digging online found that it has an open m.2 slot to add a second drive on the motherboard. It is a tough and well built laptop. It is my first ASUS computer, but won’t be my last!

Far to many people will pass up this terrific PC laptop thinking its only for someone that has to play video games. It has a gorgeous IPS NON-Touchscreen display, also a non-glossy screen ! Not a two in one design ! Great keyboard look and feel, as well as the rest of the notebook. The "Gaming" branding is subtle, my only real complaint is the keyboard back-light color scheme, it can't be changed from its default cycle through red-green blue even though an ASUS rep on the Best Buy Q&A page claims it can be, not a deal breaker it can be turned off and brightness level can be changed, just not the colors. The value for money spent (on sale at $599 to $549) is outstanding, its built very well has dedicated graphics and I routinely get 6-7 hours of battery life in day to day use (not gaming) Honestly for a windows PC Glossy touchscreen two in one designs are simply not mainstream, this design works best for most people.

Everything works great, just as it was intended to. It performs well and is highly compatible. And for those wondering, Yes you can change the color of the keyboard.

Very Happy with my purchase, I was looking for something like this long time ago, I have a lot of respect for ASUS and this one until is awesome, I am not a great gamer but sometimes I like to play DotA 2 and looks really good and runs perfect, the movies and anime series they look amazing in the screen, I don't know why they don't put an USB type C in this laptop instead an USB 2.0 but besides that nothing, fast with windows 10 and the everyone loves the design. Thanks