Customer Ratings & Reviews

​Works great, no complaints. I'm still using it even after more than 2 years.

Experience has been pretty good so far! Still needs some optimization for gaming performance and battery, but future software updates should help that. Great to have all my pc games playable on the go!

Overall this is a great little system and performed well. No issues and the size is comfortable. It did get a bit hot and it was hard to navigate using the touchscreen due to how small it was, but it was manageable.

Recently bought this as a gift for my girlfriend so we could team up on PC games together. So far it has been a blast and works amazingly well. I had reservations but decided to grab it anyways and I'm not disappointed. If anything it works so amazingly well that I'm considering a second purchase for myself. We don't use it much for its wireless portability so other people might find their expectations dashed after trying it out. But if you are using it for travel and can plug it in it works great and doesn't seem to get too hot. I would recommend getting a docking station with a cooling fan though if you intended to play for long periods of time as it is a compact device. That's what we did and it runs really low temps for the most part.

A very good purchase in my opinion. I will say that if you are looking to buy one get the Z1 extreme. Also if you buy one it’s not an open the box and play as soon as you turn it on. What I would suggest is turn it on set it up Then restart it for it to update the new bios update. I can play MW3 and warzone smoothly and 90fps on turbo. Fortnite looks really good and runs smooth at 120fps. You can buy docks to set up a monitor, keyboard, and mouse to have a pc setup. I would definitely recommend this to someone who is looking for a good mobile gaming device with the options of doing a gaming pc. This is a pricey device so I would recommend a screen protector and case as well. You can pair Bluetooth headsets and Xbox and ps5 remotes to it as well as Bluetooth speakers.

Bought this to try out, and loved it. Screen is amazing. Windows 11 works great on it. Super customizeable to fit any gamer's needs. Worls extremely well for xbox gamepass. Only downside: battery life, but, it does have fast charging. 0 to 100% in about an hour.

At first I wasn’t sure about the Ally but decided to give it a try. It was between this and a gaming laptop, however I am on the go a lot and travel a lot for work. I am so happy with this purchase and absolutely love the ROG Ally.

I really like ROG ally mainly because I can take the game with me without having to sit at my desk. It is powerful enough to run recent games wells. 900p setup is a must. You will not notice the resolution change from 1080p to 900p.

Great device if you game on Windows. I'd love to see better implementation of a physical keyboard and the SD heating issues fixed but these are relatively minor things to deal with for the portability. A custom fan curve seems to really help this thing run better with an SD card in but I still often face slowness with it. These complaints still didn't keep me from buying a 2nd for my wife though. As far as comparison to the steam deck, I think working around the quirks of windows is worth it to play any game versus only steam deck verified games. Armory crate could use better integration but maybe software updates will get rolled out soon. The choice seemed pretty clear to me.

I have a steam deck too and I personally like the ASUS Rog Ally more. The ASUS Rog Ally is a mini handheld gaming computer. I just like that I don't need to bring my gaming laptop with me anymore because I can just use the handheld now. Despite hearing that the buttons were bad, I've had no issues with the buttons yet. None of the buttons were stuck or hard to push when I used it. I heard that there is no sleep mode and the system goes into the lock screen when the power button is pressed or the black screen shows when the system is idle. I turned the settings on the lowest since I heard the battery does not last long. So far, the battery has lasted for a long time but I guess that is because I was just playing Left 4 Dead 2 for starters. I heard games like Resident Evil 4 Remake will drain the battery fast. I like the lights on the analog sticks when the system is turned off.

hardware: overall checks most boxes. current gen cpu, very good display, great controls, solid storage and ram offering. amazing heat/fan management, can barely hear it unless you really stress the system; even then, it handles most things like a champ. software: windows 11 is windows, so there's no real complaint there. armory crate is abit janky. sometimes pulling up the armory menu, there's lag. some of the settings didnt really make too much sense. overall: the way i see it, it's a great bang for the buck mini pc with controller attached. i think if armory crate improves and windows 11 creates a new ui for games like steam big picture, this will be a phenomenal machine!

Device works great, quick and easy in-store pickup. I got it to replace my LCD steam deck, and the performance gains have been noticeable, especially using the Turbo mode with an increased VRAM allocation. Though a bit awkward on a handheld device, I have appreciated having the Windows 11 OS as it allows me to easily do a lot of the non-gaming tasks that I normally have to do at my desktop PC at home.

I got the z1 extreme while it was on sale. 100 $ off. Highly recommend this version if your doing more than indie gaming. Amongst my vast steam and Ubisoft libraries of games only one game has not worked with the control pad and requires keyboards and mouse. I’m sure someone more familiar could figure it out. The build is good though I wish there was more palm grip. A bit more meat to hold onto. Fixing that with a case from skull n co. Hearing of the potential as card failure problems I immediately updated to the 2 tb max ssd. So no problems losing data. Highly recommend this. Fix was not difficult with a cheap tool kick with some picks to pry it apart gently. I enjoy the windows software so far. Not really any issues.

I bought this to br able to travel and take my games with me. This little device does run some gakes better than my Desktops. I wish it had a better battery life, but other than that I love it

I loveeeeee my Rog!! I can play PC games with my husband and am not stuck at the desk. Which is so helpful since we have young kiddos

I’ve had this a few weeks now and can say it was worth the money for me. I have not explored too much of the capabilities outside of gaming via Steam games and Epic. Typing on it has to be one of my biggest pet peeves. I’ve needed to force open the keyboard and have had other issues trying to type. Battery life is decent for the quality it can run off battery. While ok charge it runs very smooth when having settings turned more toward performance. Keep an honest view of it and I think you’ll be very satisfied.

Love the Ally. Works great. Like the title says I can play starfield. It plays well no stuttering or issues. You can't play at the higher graphic settings but it looks great on the 7 inch screen.

I can play destiny 2 at 720p around 70-90 FPS. Wonderful Playing older titles at 60+ FPS is nice as well. I would recommend upgrading the SSD at some point if you play a lot of different games, as 512gb is pretty lacking. You will need a 2230 NVME.

The rog ally works perfectly and has a very good quality on the screen, in practically everything the controls are perfect for playing and also for desktop use, I recommend it.

I do like the ROG Ally a lot. It is sleek and powerful and can play most of my games at decent settings. However, this first gen product from Asus has many flaws: 1) The SD card reader tends to fail very often (even with the latest updates) 2) The buttons sometimes get stuck 3) The joystick wears down quite easily because of the sharp edges of the RGB slot. You will find black paint in the RGB rings from the rubbing