Customer Ratings & Reviews

First, lets start with some cons. So this machine has a few software issues. After reinstalling windows and OEM Drivers becuase of an nvme drive upgrade and ram upgrade, I noticed that armory crate wouldn't show options for auto refresh rate, panel saver, or overdrive. Armory crate would also fail to switch gpu power mode to anything besides standard. After troubleshooting all day, with driver reinstalls and gpu drivers, I came to the conclusion that it wasnt a driver issue, but it was an issue with armory crate. I really hope asus can fix these issues becuase there are so many forums on this issue, even from years past. The solution I reccomend for this is to just install a third party app known as G-helper. G-helper is a pretty intuitive alternative to Armory crate with all the same features, but with way less bugs and glitches, although it freezes up at times. The app gets updated frequently with new features and the only thing it really lacks is more in-depth animematrix controls, which I find kinda tacky to begin with. Next up, we get to thermals. With the Rtx 4080 equipped version that I have, it gets HOT, like really hot, even with power limits. On AC in performance mode with 90 watt limit gpu and 65 watt limit cpu, The gpu regularly hits 85 degrees celcius and the cpu regularly thermal throttles. I hear that undervolting can help get those temperatures down even further, although your experience in that may vary by unit. On idle though, on battery in the silent profile, I was regularly hitting 47-55 degrees celcius, with 0 rpm fans. Now lets move onto upgrades. This laptop is upgradeable with some caveats. As you may or may not have heard, this laptop has only 1 upgradeable ram slot, with up to 48 gb of ram total. This machine is very picky with what ram you can upgrade it with, so for the best compatibility, I would reccomend a 4800 mhz cl40 ddr4 sodimm, especially the model from micron, although any brand would work as long as it meets those specs. The m.2 slot is pcie 4.0 x4 compatible for a max sequential speed of 7,000 mb per second, if you could get a drive that fast. The internal drive this comes with is essentially an OEM version of the Samsung 980 pro, so it is a pretty good quality drive. Now lets move onto some of the positives of this product. The display is the best I have seen on a laptop, the keyboard has good travel, and the trackpad is large and slick to use. Its battery life is great with my unit typically reaching around 7-8 hours of battery life, which combined with its silent fans for casual use almost makes me forget that this is a gaming laptop. The only thing that reminds me that this is a gaming laptop is that the fans really kick in once I start playing even moderately demanding games. Now lets consider the value lf this product in its price segment. Considering some of its only 14 inch performance notebook competition is the razer blade 14 (which costs more with lower end specs 2700$ for a 4070), this machine strikes a pretty good value proposition, if you can justify the price tag of over 2000$ for a laptop. Even compared to its other SKUS, like the g14 4090 which performs 8% better on average in games while costing 800$ more, or the g14 4070 which performs 50% worse overall for 650$ less, the g14 strikes the a good balance of price to performance, as long as you dont care about the marginal performance uplift of the 4090 (with limited thermals and power delivery, gimped pretty hard) and the mini led display (which eats at battery life). Overall, this laptop is what I said in the title, a portable powerhouse.

Geek Squad protection is the Best way to protect your electronic device. I've purchased Geek Squad many times and even used it with a complete replacement of the product - saved me re-purchasing a new product.

It was stated that within a year if anything happens my laptop could be replaced. I thought it was worth the price.

Spilt water my laptop and Geek Squad promtly sent it off to repair. Unfortunately it took over a week for them to determine it couldn't be repaired. Good: I got store credit in full Needs improvement: 1. I had to continually track, never got notofications of status changes, 2. I could only go back to the BB Geek Squad location it was dropped off at to finish the process. Which is a huge pain when traveling for work and had no time for the 24-48 process of getting an "exception" from BB. Even more disapointing is the squad members needed prompting even when i scheduled an appointment to close the case.

Peace of mind is absolutely worth it. Easy to understand coverage, helpful support, and reassuring to have accidental protection in case anything happens. Glad I added this.

Well worth the money!! I had a laptop like this from work and one day all of a sudden the hinge broke and the screen started pulling away. So disappointed but with my laptop I’ve got geek squad and don’t have to worry about such things!!

I always receive great service from them. You can tell the workers really care.

I dropped my laptop carrying it from the kitchen table to my chair in the living room. Of course I had it opened in landed on the top left corner and cracked the screen. The protection plan covered it. Well worth the money I highly recommend getting the plan.

My laptop fizzed out and could not be repaired after almost three years. I was given store credit for a new upgrades one! I also purchased geek squad 3year warranty for the new one.

This is a high quality laptop, decent battery life, beautiful screen and exudes high status. The sound is clear, the ports are sufficient. WIFI and bluetooth don't drop or provide issues. Ideally , more customization should be offered with "My ASUS" center, but they do a decent job. Asus makes quality products, but you really want to purchase a warranty with Best buy. Gamer's Nexus has performed the video's and Best Buy's warranty is something I've had to use in the past and have full confidence in. Between BB and Dell, they both have great warranties, you pay for them, but they're reliable. However, Dell's offerings in terms of laptops are limited bios that limit users so you never really feel like you own the product. I've used enough of their products to know, but overall Asus is nice, but do not trust them. Thus 4/5 despite being a 5/5 product. Time will tell, but if something goes wrong I know I can trust best buy.

I purchased Best Buy's Geek Squad Protection Plan for my Acer Predator Helios 18 Gaming Laptop (w/RTX 4090). I have purchased numerous products from Best Buy with the GSP, especially those that I would consider high ticket items. Their GSP is great and I would highly recommend it!

It feels very reassuring that if my thing brakes i cant ethier get a new one or fix my laptop easily, but so far I haven't gottten a chance to test out the process

Good options recommended is better have it and dont use and dont have it and need it

SO HELPFUL! Would absolutely recommend! I needed help connecting my pen and they got it up and running in under 3m!

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My laptop just stopped working one day. Went black. I took it to Geek Squad and they ended up having to replace a chip and the motherboard. With my 2 year protection planned it covered everything. I didn’t have to pay a cent. And they returned it before the 30 day deadline.

Never used on a computer, but used on a TV and it’s worth it. Got this for new computer and hopefully won’t need to use yet again.

You need protection for your laptop when it's this expensive (this much of an investment) and the fact that accidents can happen to anyone, anytime. It's a must-have.

Excellent service. The tech updated my service and cleaned up a bit to optimize the product. Nithing better than Geek guarantee.

I bought the 2-Year Accidental Geek Squad Protection on my Surface Laptop Studio 2 after Microsoft failed to repair a faulty IR camera—three repair attempts, zero fix, and no transparency on what they even tested. Thanks to Best Buy’s protection plan, I filed a claim and got a full refund without ever having to accept another broken replacement. Geek Squad made good on their promise when Microsoft wouldn’t. Highly recommend this plan if you’re buying high-end gear—you never know when you’ll need a real backup.