ASUS - ROG Zephyrus G15 15.6" QHD Laptop - AMD Ryzen 9 - 16GB Memory - NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 - 512GB Solid State Drive - Eclipse Gray

Great computer, bad quality control. Came with a warped screen, will be returning.

Had this laptop for about 9 months. Picked it up this morning to work on some projects and the part that connects the screen to the left side of the laptop simply started coming apart. Did absolutely nothing to damage it, have treated this device like it were my own child since it was so expensive. Overall an excellent laptop, which is why i was so shocked when this happened. Still gets two stars because of the overall quality of the hardware. Hopefully this is an anomaly and it is covered by the warranty.

Should probably be a 5 on stars, it seems all laptops can have some sort of issue. You probably already know the pros, so I'll cover the issues I notice. One the screen I have also has light bleed on the top right area (the screen colors do look nice compared to other screens like my 2021 4k 7 series Samsung TV) , screen does have a curve to it at the top looking down the side and looks like a bit of a bend at that point. flexing it a bit doesn't help just moves the light bleed (they should have used metal for the backside). keyboard does get hot, the bar above it is almost hard to touch when it is really going, not really an issue for casual use but still warm there. My speakers seem fine but I'm not going to go past what I expect for loudness, did push it but not all the way. Some other trouble shooting led to me doing a fresh install of windows (delete partitions). I still get a AMD driver crash (can go awhile) when running a USB camera and my TV over HDMI for Zoom with OBS running to control the camera settings. Still crashing with all updates. Trying other settings and ways around it (also had a game running on the TV black out also), hoping there will be a driver fix for the problem. Had to turn on battery saving mode and make sure all the other controls for power (AMD, Armoury, Nvidia) were turned down to get the long battery life, or else it was going fast with only YouTube running.

Other than the fact that the speaker is not well-optimized (this seems to be a common issue with this line of product) -- it sounds blown up after a certain threshold of volume -- and that there are quite a lot of bloatware that comes with the device (excluding essential ones), this is a very good gaming laptop. The laptop also seems to get warm after a period of usage, even though the workload was not intense. However, some serious tweaking using the AMOURY CRATE might alleviate the issue. However, for the build quality and its amazing track pad & screen, I would say that this laptop is worth the price.

so yea my unit, ordered mid April 2021 has a defective speaker. The rest of the computer is fine. You hear what sounds like a blown out speaker. It can't handle low frequencies. Yes, updating drivers and using the included Dolby access app will re-EQ the sound so you don't notice it, but it comes at the cost of volume. This is a hardware issue. If we weren't in covid and BB actually had backup stock, I would return it tomorrow, but these things sell out so fast, I don't wanna be w/o a machine for a month or 2. Also my fear is the replacement unit will have a similar issue.

After doing a lot of research on new laptops, this was my first choice for replacing my old Sony Vaio, Asus had a great reputation for quality and service, and my Asus tablets were very good. There is still a shortage of chips and delays for many products, so waiting a few months for this toarrive was not unusual. When I received it, opened it and powered up, I noticed a terrible popping and distortion from the speakers, and after updating windows, all drivers and bios. It was still there. Asus tech had me try a few more things and even 2 restores, and after 3 days it was slightly improved, but not 100% as it should be. Some people may have been ok to accept the speakers being iffy, but the deal breaker was that there was bleed through on the top of the screen in a peculiar spot. I found the screen bezel was warped. I'm sure from rushed production, but not acceptable for a machine in that price range. No replacement was available, and after searching the web specifically for failures, found that this was a complaint several had on first or second shipment. I will have to move up one step and try the G15 above this one or wait to see if the Legion with Ryzen 7 5800 or 9 5900 is out soon. If I decide to give this model another shot I'll update my review.

Great laptop, haven't had any issues with it so far. I was excited for the 3060 variant of the G15 since the 3070 model is not only a little overpowered for my tasks, but also sold out. Runs pretty cool, I get about 8-10 hours of battery when doing regular tasks. I did hope this had a 1TB ssd rather than a 512GB but I can always upgrade down the road.

A bit about me: I am a software developer and casual gamer. Previous to this machine I did all my gaming on a PS3 and am thus new to the PC gaming plethora of options. Why I choose this Laptop: I like the idea of working on the go post pandemic and thus battery life and a slim form factor seemed important to me. On top of that I wanted a system that would last which means specs that are either relatively future proof or upgrade-able. The system had to be capable of some gaming so that I could play the games from the last decade that I have missed and wanted to play but at the same time does not get too hot or too loud. This laptop: This laptop fills many of the wants listed above. Only half the ram is upgrade-able but 16GB seems like plenty to me as most applications do not use more than 8 which leaves a further 8 for docker images and the like to run. I have added a second 2TB m.2 for a total of 2.5TB of memory, plenty for installing my small library of games. The GPU is capable of playing games at high settings for many of the tittles I have tried but gets pretty loud to combat this I often play games a medium to low at 1080o resolution which seems to keep the fans to 70% or so which is loud but not too in your face. That said the 2k resolution on this system seems like overkill as does the 165Hz refresh rate but this could simply be my PC gaming noob showing. pros: -slim, powerful, great IO, great software for altering fan speeds and lighting, long battery life cons: Gets loud/hot while gaming, no webcam, track pad is a bit too big for me, track pad is a little squishy feeling as is the keyboard, screen could is not bight enough for working outside much