ASUS - ROG Zephyrus 14" Gaming Laptop - AMD Ryzen 9 - 16GB Memory - NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 - 1TB SSD - Moonlight White

I researched gaming laptops for weeks and to be honest this was not my first choice. The rumors of it overheating while under heavy loads were worrisome to me. The rumors were true and I was gaming at around 85C which seemed too much for me. After finding the solution which was to turn off the automatic boost built into the laptop. Because of this, I can 100% recommend this product. This 14' laptop with extremely powerful components in it gets up to 12 hours of battery life on a full charge. Absolutely blown away.

Needed something for school and gaming because traveling around with a mid-tower is exhausting. :P I play a lot of Path of Exile which has a bazillion particle effects when you play with friends often crashing computers left and right. This laptop can really handle itself. I love the color of it too, makes it feel a little bit special.(who doesn't like feeling special sometimes) The screen actually lifts the base up off of the table leaving plenty of room for air flow, and if you're not the hulk with gamer rage, I think it doesn't have much chance of breaking. One thing that kind of sucks is you'll need a USB hub if you want to plug in all your own accessories. there's only 2 USB's on the right side of the laptop, so I use a hub for my keyboard, mouse and headset. HDMI port on the left along with the 3.5mm for headphones/headset. USB-C and charging port also on the left side. Haven't thought about upgrading it, I really don't have a reason to at this point. Nailing out my music homework using Ableton live and kicking some game req. butts. so I see no reason for upgrading at this time.

The ASUS ROG Zephyrus 14” is a no-nonsense laptop for the hardcore gamer on the go. First impressions of this laptop are how sleek and civilized it looks. The gamer aesthetic is subtle, looks and feels premium. ¼” thin bezels and minimalistic branding are also a big plus. Big fan of its notebook form-factor as well, making it very portable. Key stabilization is great on all keys and keyboard feels like any membrane keyboard. All keys have dimmable white backlighting which has customizable effects in the included Armory Crate software. Magnesium chassis has no deck flex with Dolby Atmos compatible, upward firing speakers. Another thing worth mentioning is the texture of the chassis feels comfortable when I rest my palms on it and will not attract smears and smudges. ASUS’s “AI noise cancellation” is advertised to block out unwanted sounds from the microphone array. Was not able to get this feature to work even after an audio driver update and reinstallation of the Armory Crate software. Next-gen RTX 3060 and Ryzen 9 5900HS shred through even the most intensive games at high settings. Paired with a 144hz, 1080p, variable refresh rate display, this trio creates a no-compromise buttery-smooth gaming experience. Don’t forget about workstation use, the Ryzen 9’s raw computing power is great for video editing, 3d rendering, and many more creative use cases. The SK Hynix NVME drive offers blazing fast read and write performance. Loads games in a heartbeat. During heavy workloads, the fans are significantly quieter than other gaming laptops I have used. All this computing power comes with a cost, heat. The laptop gets uncomfortably hot on the bottom and very warm near the keyboard during intense gaming. However, cooling system keeps the temps in check, peaking at 76° on the CPU and 71° on the GPU under load. This laptop has a myriad of thoughtful battery-saving features so you can enjoy longer cordless gaming sessions. For starters, Nvidia Geforce Experience has “batteryboost” optimized settings for games, which lowers the graphical fidelity of the games when on battery to save power while not sacrificing FPS. ASUS Armory Crate software also has preset “on-battery” and “performance” modes which automatically switch. Finally, the refresh rate of the display is locked to 60hz while on battery to greatly increase the battery life. Gaming on battery is still extremely smooth, even with all these features at work. One drawback of this laptop is the absence of an integrated webcam. In this day and age where video conferencing is the norm, this redaction blemishes what is otherwise a near-perfect laptop. Wi-Fi 802.11AX a big plus for future proofing or anyone who has latest AX (Wi-Fi 6) router. Incredible throughput with my Asus GT-AX11000 router. Synthetic Benchmarks: • 3DMark Timespy - Overall Score: 6404 (Great) - Graphics Score: 6161 - CPU Score: 8256 • Unigine Superposition (1080p High) - Score: 8494 - Min FPS: 52 - Max FPS: 78 - Avg FPS: 64 • Blender BMW Render (CPU) - Time: 03:38:86 • Blender BMW Render (GPU) - Time: 05:35:26 • Crystal Disk Mark - Sequential 1mb read: 3598 MB/s - Sequential 1mb write: 2844 Mb/s - Random 4kb read: 927 Mb/s - Random 4kb write: 359 Mb/s Real-world Gaming Benchmarks (All benchmarks were recorded with Nvidia’s optimized settings): • Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2019 - Min FPS: 79 - Max FPS: 139 - Avg FPS: 102 • Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War - Min FPS: 80 - Max FPS: 137 - Avg FPS: 104 • Escape from Tarkov (Customs Map) - Min FPS: 32 - Max FPS: 85 - Avg FPS: 47 • Rocket League - Min FPS: 202 - Max FPS: 251 - Avg FPS: 234 • Titanfall 2 - Min FPS: 55 - Max FPS: 146 - Avg FPS: 141 Hugely impressed with how much computing power and features can be packed into a small package. If you want to game all-out on the go, this laptop is for you.

Pros: - Plays all modern games I've thrown at it on Ultra (Doom Eternal, Microsoft Flight Simulator, Forza Horizon 4) - Has fantastic audio, much better than my macbook pro - The screen at 144hz is very nice - The keyboard is good and doesn't feel so chicklet-y - Overall build quality is great Cons: - Too few USB ports, and they poke out on the right side, so if you put a mouse on the right side it collides with wires from anything else - The keyboard is silver and lights up, in some lighting conditions it makes seeing what key is what very difficult. - This baby gets hot! I highly suggest a lap desk and a cooling pad - Although it has decent specs, clock speed on the gpu and cpu are clocked at lower frequencies likely for heat managment.

So this was bought for my girlfriends schooling. Perfect size, style, and performance. It’s Ryzen 9 is the best for multitasking and gaming. The 3060 provided enough power for an external 1440p 144hz 27” gaming monitor while playing Valorant and getting 144fps! Only reason for the loss of a star is about one month after owning the graphics card went out. The computer would be fine on an external monitor but when she would unplug it to take it to school, the screen would produce a rainbow error screen. We returned it and Best Buy easily exchanged it for a new one even outside of our return period. We ended up buying the one up from it with the 15.6” QHD screen and 3070 GPU. Other than this issue, we highly recommend this stylish yet powerful laptop!

Originally wanted this laptop, but I didn't want to pay the extra $600 at the time (believe it was $1499 at the time), so I bought a Dell Inspiron 14 7000 with a Ryzen 7. That machine crashed in programs so often and had issues with sleep mode, trackpad glitching out, and a poor quality display, that I did a return/exchange and was able to get this on sale for $1199. This is the best laptop I have ever tried or owned, and for the price I paid, it's a no brainer. Smooth 144Hz display, Wi-Fi 6, loud speakers, GREAT battery life especially for something this powerful, fast Ryzen 9 and RTX 3060 performs the same in titles as my custom built Ryzen 7 3700x + desktop 3060 build, and it's a 14 inch laptop, so it's not a large, heavy brick to carry around. Good keyboard solid trackpad...really have no complaints so far about this machine and hope it stays that way. Couldn't recommend it enough. Only minor complaint is the lack of a webcam, so that's something to keep in mind before purchase. But I don't use it often enough to care. Hope this computer will last me at least 5-7 years, and with how well built it feels, I believe it will. Finally found a machine worthy of retiring my old ThinkPad T460p.

This laptop is the definition of a beast. It runs games perfectly and it's great for handling any big programs without issue or lag. The laptop is physically amazing. It's the cutest size and the design really makes it stand out in the best way. I also think the keyboard on it is the best laptop keyboard I've ever used, and it has white back lights as well. Sadly, this laptop is not the one with the cute lights at the back of the screen like I saw in a YouTube video. However because of that it's actually lighter and the screen is slimmer. You wont have an issue with heat unless you're consistently using it on your lap, or if you're somehow in a desert. Battery life is not the greatest, especially if you're gaming and using the gpu. When the laptop is plugged in, it's almost a completely different laptop. Brighter screen, faster speeds and higher performance. * you can also log in with your fingerprint on the power button! I really love this laptop, I don't think another gaming laptop can top it.

I've used it as my daily PC for the past few months and here's what I've noticed. Pros: 1. Lightweight and sleek. 2. Powerful. 3. Excellent build quality. 4. Good amount of ports. 5. Value for money. Cons: 1. No Webcam. 2. Fans can get loud in turbo mode. 3. Wifi driver doesn't always work on Linux. The workaround is a shutdown instead of a reboot while booting into Linux system. 4. WASD keys get quite hot while gaming. Use an external keyboard.