Customers commend the ROG Zephyrus M16 for its impressive performance, stunning display, and crisp graphics. However, some users report experiencing significant fan noise and heat generation, particularly during gaming. Concerns were also raised regarding battery life and the keyboard's design. While the lightweight design is appreciated, potential buyers should consider these trade-offs.
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Pros mentioned:
Performance, Speed
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Fast
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Posted . Owned for 4 months when reviewed.
This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.
Super fast computer, got it on sale and plays all the games at full spec.
I would recommend this to a friend
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Speed
Cons mentioned:
Fan noise
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Love it
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Posted . Owned for 1 month when reviewed.
This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.
screen is great. speed is great. can get noisy but you expect that with a gaming laptop.
I would recommend this to a friend
Cons mentioned:
Fan noise
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Great buy, very fast!
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Posted . Owned for 3 months when reviewed.
This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.
Had this model since Feb 2023, and has exceeded all expectations. Just remember that this laptop squeezes a lot of power into a small unit and can be loud when playing games in turbo mode (plugged in), however battery life is decent when running in eco mode surfing and doing word processing. But you can utilize silent mode for a extremely quiet experience. Great buy, lots of power.
I would recommend this to a friend
Cons mentioned:
Heat
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Just what I needed for Video/Photo editing
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Posted . Owned for 3 months when reviewed.
This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.
This is my dedicated laptop that I only use for Video/Photo editing.
The machine does not get too hot like the others ones I had doing the same rendering. Temps stay in the 80's even in turbo mode using a laptop fan cooler.
Keep it in silent mode and the temps stay in the 70's doing the same renders. I can upscale video or photos in silent mode without any noticeable slow downs.
I would recommend this to a friend
Pros mentioned:
Performance
Cons mentioned:
Fan noise
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Solid Performance with its acceptable flaws.
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Posted . Owned for less than 1 week when reviewed.
This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.
Other than the memory issue that is well documented at this point, this thing rocks. I use this as a DD and there is no fan noise during non gaming usage. When your gaming its a completely different animal. You better have good noise cancelling headphones. Performance is fantastic gaming so far. No light bleeding on mine. The surface is a fingerprint / smudge magnet especially if your on the oily/greasy side. SSD is PCIe 3 slow, but upgradeable.
I would recommend this to a friend
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Battery life
Rated 4 out of 5 stars
Battery life could be better
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Posted . Owned for 10 months when reviewed.
This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.
Decent gaming laptop for the price. Battery life will always be something to miss with windows laptops. You have to mess with multiple settings to save battery. Instead of having a overall battery saver mode.
I would recommend this to a friend
Cons mentioned:
Heat
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Great laptop that runs really hot during gaming
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Posted . Owned for 3 weeks when reviewed.
This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.
Part of this rating is because I happened to get it when there was a great deal going on ($1399). The specs are great for this price, and it's also got a great keyboard and screen. Webcam is just okay.
My big complaint is that it gets really hot when gaming, but it hasn't become a major issue for me so far. I'd give it 4.5 stars if they allowed half stars.
I would recommend this to a friend
Pros mentioned:
Speed
Cons mentioned:
Battery life
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Asus zephyrus
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Posted . Owned for 3 weeks when reviewed.
This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.
Pretty good gaming laptop. Pure speed. Not so great battery life
I would recommend this to a friend
Pros mentioned:
Performance, Speed
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Great peoduct
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Posted . Owned for 2 weeks when reviewed.
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Its really fast and runs games and apps in a very smooth way
I would recommend this to a friend
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Graphics, Performance
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Asus Laptop
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Posted . Owned for 3 weeks when reviewed.
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Perfect for gaming, easy to add memory and awesome graphics
I would recommend this to a friend
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Graphics
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Great
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Posted . Owned for 2 weeks when reviewed.
This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.
Fan keeps it from overheating. The graphics are nice. Im new to the gaming community but feel this is a well made nice laptop that suits my needs. Inly frudtrating thing ive run into is in chat gaming- it doesnt pick up my voice for games or xbox party. Im sure im overlooking a setting because im so new but i wish it was an easy find/fix
I would recommend this to a friend
Pros mentioned:
Performance
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Great laptop
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Posted . Owned for 1.5 years when reviewed.
This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.
Love this laptop. Even though I don’t play games with it a lot but when I do it’s more then adequate actually it’s great
I would recommend this to a friend
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Performance
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Great machine!
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Great performing machine! Highly recommend, handles everything I throw at it.
I would recommend this to a friend
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Speed, Weight
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Ram
Rated 2 out of 5 stars
Good but downgraded from actual Asus model.
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This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.
This is actually a great computer in a lot of ways. It is very powerful and I love the screen, keyboard, and weight. Unfortunately my requirement is that I need a minimum of 48gb of ram and since this an odd model for Best Buy with 8gb on board and 8gb slotted it doesn’t meet my requirements. It is too bad that Asus felt the need to give Best Buy a downgraded version of the laptop. I also have intermittent issues with the 3070ti when the laptop gets hot. I am very disappointed.
No, I would not recommend this to a friend
Brand response from ASUS Answers
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Dear Pieceofchum,
Absolutely, it is a great laptop that is powerful and really cool aesthetic.
We do understand your concern about thermal issues. It is normal for the laptop, with the same hardware configuration and regardless of the manufacturer, to generate more heat than normal while under heavy load especially during gaming. When system resource utilization is high, this will generate more heat than normal and tends to trigger the fan to spin at full-throttle. Please ensure the air ventilations are free from obstructions in order to have an efficient air flow for better heat dissipation. While gaming, please ensure no resource hungry applications are running in the background, this will definitely spike the temperature. The heat or temperature does decreases or normalizes once system resource utilization goes down. The laptop comes with 2 configuration with RAM onboard, 8GB which BestBuy only sell and a 16GB RAM chip soldered on the motherboard.
Should you need further assistance with the product, please email me at [email protected] and I would be more than happy to help.
Thank you for choosing an ASUS product.
Regards,
Rodel ASUS Customer Loyalty
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Graphics
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Amazing!
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Posted . Owned for 9 months when reviewed.
This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.
The ASUS ROG Zephyrus M16 is a powerful gaming laptop featuring a 16-inch 165Hz display, Intel Core i9 processor, 16GB DDR5 memory, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti graphics, and a spacious 1TB PCIe 4.0 SSD in an off-black design, delivering an exceptional gaming and performance experience.
I would recommend this to a friend
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Speed, Weight
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Amazing
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Posted . Owned for 1 week when reviewed.
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Love this computer. Very fast light and easy to carry
I would recommend this to a friend
Cons mentioned:
Battery life
Rated 4 out of 5 stars
Great laptop for the price.
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Posted . Owned for 1 month when reviewed.
This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.
I've been extremely happy with my purchase. Everything runs great and the rgb keyboard and custom screen options are pretty neat. Only complaint is the battery drains pretty quick if running games or similar programs.
I would recommend this to a friend
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Performance
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Awesome laptop Ever
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Posted . Owned for 1 year when reviewed.
This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.
This is the best laptop and reasonable price you can settle for. Smooth and can handle any software very well!!! If Value for money was a definition this laptop will be it!
I would recommend this to a friend
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Performance
Cons mentioned:
Ram
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
What the others have said...solid laptop.
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Posted . Owned for 3 weeks when reviewed.
This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.
The other reviews sum it up. This is a great balance of speed and form factor. It's almost exactly the same size as the current Macbook Pros. If I could, I'd take half a star off for the size of the power brick. It's still pretty small for how much power it puts out, but I wish it wasn't as bulky. The good news is you can run this laptop off of a smaller power brick that uses USB-C when just doing productivity work.
I would prefered to have Win10, but so far Win 11 isn't too terrible. The soldered 8GB RAM is unfortunate, but I knew it was a thing going in, so I can't really complain.
The little bit of gaming I've been able to do so far has been giving great performance, especially with an added 980 Pro SSD.
I would recommend this to a friend
Pros mentioned:
Display
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Great Laptop - Wouldn't Buy Open Box Again
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This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.
I agree about the quality control issues. I bought an open box model and the screen had terrible backlight bleed issues that was only noticeable in certain light. I returned it for a brand new one and so far, no issues. I'm giving it five stars because the brand new one is great, but I caution not to buy open box due to the quality issues.