A:AnswerThe Zephyrus G15 w/Ryzen 9 and a 3070 is part of the "G" lineup from ASUS. It's also from 2020, and the next step up from the Zephyrus G14. The Zephyrus M16 is the newest model out for the "M" series and is the newer version of the Zephyrus M15. They may be the same price due to performance, or simply because they are very similar aside from the core CPU & GPU as well as the screen and webcam. Both CPU's are very similar and it depends which tasks you want to carry out that make a selling difference.
A:AnswerI am pretty sure pcie3. Only the top of the line M16 with the 3070 comes with pcie4 according to the Asus website, and that model does not appear to be available on BB at the moment. Since it has two m2 slots, you can purchase a pcie4 as primary and swap pcie3 as secondary, but of course, that increases the cost. Pcie3 is plenty fast for most. Unless doing large seq file transfers, the real world difference is not as big as the performance specs appear. For example look at pcie3 vs pcie4 nvme drive comparisons for AAA game loading times. Closer to 10% faster vs the 50% on the spec sheet. Cheers!
A:AnswerThis unit comes with the following:
1x HDMI 2.0b
1x USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-A
1x USB 3.2 Gen 1 Type-A
1x USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-C support DisplayPort / power delivery
1x RJ45 LAN port
1x card reader (microSD)
1x Thunderbolt™ 4 support DisplayPort™ / power delivery
A:AnswerI originally bought the G15 and returned it for the 16. Build quality, performance, ports and decent battery life. I don't game too often but the 3060 is more than sufficient for the games I play. The downside to the 16 is you get slightly worse battery life although you can get 6-7 hrs on silent mode with battery saver. The fast charge is available so that helps. Also, the fans are louder in performance/turbo mode. Silent mode is similar to the 14/15 model. The 16 also gets hot in performance/turbo mode but the fans do a good job of keeping it cool.
A:AnswerMine does have the top bezel a bit loose. It is near the camera on both sides so my guess is it's loose because of how they fit the camera in there, but that is just a guess. It probably is fixable but i doubt this will cause any harm to the device
A:AnswerThis is the Asus ROG Zephyrus M16 GU603 2021 model. It does not support Windows Hello as it requires a IR camera sensor that meets Microsoft specifications.
A:AnswerThis model comes with two M.2 slots, SSD slot one supports Gen4 speed and SSD slot two supports Gen3 speed. Yes there would be a speed difference if a PCIe Gen 3.0 Drive is used.
A:AnswerYou will need a single 32GB DDR4-3200 SODIMM. There are videos online showing how to remove the existing RAM module and replace with the new one. I would stick with a good brand such as Crucial or G.Skill
