Customer Ratings & Reviews

My mom bought this laptop when it was featured on sale in mid-October, and I have to say, getting my hands on this laptop for under $1,000 was a steal. However, it does have its fair share of problems, but I'd like to start this off with many of the positives this laptop has. With that being said, let's begin. For starters, this laptop has a pretty good keyboard. Not only is it full-sized, but it also features a number pad. It has good key travel, and it also has Aura-RGB lighting. By opening up the Armoury Crate app on Windows or pressing the function key together with the arrow keys, you can have it light up to your brightness preference along with different cycles. It was really nice to look at and it was a nice addition! Though, I think the arrow keys are a little too narrow and small since I end up either pressing the right CTRL key or the 0 key in the number pad by accident. But besides that, I do like typing on this thing. Performance-wise, this is a good option for anyone looking to get into PC gaming or just starting out. As a processor, it uses a Tiger Lake Intel Core i5-11260H meant for gaming laptops and mobile workstations. On top of that, it also has an RTX 3050Ti as its graphics card. Unfortunately, it only has 4GB of VRAM. Still, it doesn't actually stop it from actually performing well. I played a handful of games from my library and many of the games I've played were between medium to the highest settings. Valorant performed at the highest settings between 80-90 FPS with V-Sync on, GTA V performed between 40-55 FPS at Very High settings, and Phasmophobia performed at the highest settings with a few dips on the Asylum map. The laptop has 8 GB of DDR4 RAM, which is acceptable, but also very limited. Adding on to this, it also features a 512 GB PCI-e SSD for data. Booting up the laptop to Windows along with opening up programs was very quick and to the point. I managed to turn on the laptop on my way to the startup screen in 9.6 seconds, which is extremely quick. On the other hand, only 456 GB in the SSD drive and 7.78 GB of the RAM were usable. Still, you are able to upgrade both of these once you disassemble the laptop. In fact, there's room for another drive along with it being upgradeable to 32GB of RAM. I haven't had myself doing those yet for myself, but I'll definitely do it in the near future. The trackpad is pretty average. There's nothing really special about it since it's a plastic surface. The two buttons below it are just what I expected as well. It's usable, but sometimes the tracking would go in the opposite direction than I'd like, so I end up changing the speed and sensitivity to have it to my preference. I use a PS4 controller or a wireless mouse more, so this barely matters to me. As for the speakers, this is probably the worst part of this laptop. Not only are they faced in the bottom next to the I/O ports on each side, but they also sound pretty weak. Not a lot of bass and it was pretty muffled. Now, gaming laptops typically have this trait almost all the time. But I'd much rather use the headphone jack for my headset or just use my Bluetooth Beats. This is a factor that bothered me as soon as I unboxed and set up the laptop for the first time. The screen is fine since it has an IPS display and good viewing angles without it being reflective. Using the 144Hz option with Adaptive Sync was also a neat feature in this laptop. Seeing Windows 10 and 11 move and look a lot faster genuinely feels satisfying. However, there are two major issues that I'd like to address. First of all, the colors aren't as intensive or accurate as I'd hoped for. If you're a content creator, this isn't necessarily a bad option at all, but there are better alternatives. Another issue that I've experienced with the screen was ghosting. I only have one site where I saw this, and that was YouTube. Sometimes when watching videos, the playback would glitch out. What would happen is that it would move to the right side with black bars. It had some smearing when it was moving, which was a little trippy. Also, when I refresh the page when this happens, a visual glitch that kind of looks like 3D glasses will affect the lettering and the video itself. It lasts for about a minute, but it was really bothering my eyes. I'm hoping that Asus themselves can provide a patch to this in the future. The build quality is solid on this thing, definitely one of the better ones at this price point. It does have some screen and keyboard flex, but both of those didn't really affect me when using this laptop. It has some plastic, but it doesn't feel borderline cheap or unusable. I really like the metal top back cover and honeycomb pattern in the bottom of the chassis. Both of them feel very good to the touch and look visually interesting. In terms of the cooling and fan design, they're both pretty decent, as it features dual-blade fans. The sides and honeycomb chassis felt a little hot, but not to the point where it's burning me or thermal throttling. When a game is running, the fans can be heard, but nothing concerning at all with any rattling or buzzing noises. It is a little loud when you're playing intensive games, but I understand it's to help the laptop handle that type of software smoothly. What I'm not a big fan of is undoubtedly the battery life. Not only did it not last very long at 2.5 hours, but the size of it is also very small, coming in at 48Wh. Thankfully, the AC adapter comes in at 240V, which allows the laptop to do fast charging. Still, it sucks that I have to check its percentage when I'm in and out of the house. Bottom line, I think this is a good budget gaming laptop, with some hiccups here and there. It does have some fluctuations in terms of pricing, so I recommend that you watch out for price drops whenever it happens. I should also note that it features a free trial of Xbox Game Pass for a month, which is a really nice bonus when purchasing this laptop with tax. Thank you for reading!

Everything OK, battery not that long but OK. For design purposes works.

Great device, I love it, it is fast very fast, your screen is very clear

Decent battery. 5 hours active, 3 inactive. Decent storage. I dont know what graphics and pixels and stuff look like. I like to run a lot of crap, and it has only overheated once, and that was when i accidentally had the screen at max brightness. I am a clumsy doofus who is not good with electronics and i have had the computer for about a month, so very durable.

Excellent mid range gaming laptop. Easy to upgrade ram. Tuff as nails.

Great bang for your buck! Nice looking laptop and runs very smooth.

Great powerful laptop Great value Great valuable configuration

An affordable and enjoyable gaming laptop. Sturdy and customizable.

Very happy with this computer. It was definitely time to upgrade

Great deal for the price!!! The screen is in fact 144 hz (some of the comments mentioned that they received units that were only 60hz). Only critiques are the relatively low RAM (8gb), but you can very easily purchase and install additional ram (2 slots of DDR4 3,200 MHZ), and the integrated sound card lacks bass which is easily rectified with a headset.

Seems to be working fine so far, but the battery life is pretty low.

It is a great computer and provides for almost any game to run great!

Great!!! I love it. It has everything i needed. Totally recomend it

While I won't be as technical as some reviews can be I will say this, this ASUS laptop does not disappoint. It's fast, has great graphics capabilities and fairly ergonomic for a larger laptop. My last laptop was an ASUS ROG 17.3" screen laptop and it is over 10 years old but still going strong. I've found ASUS to be a solid company for gaming laptops.

Works super well for what i need it for plud it is great for gaming

My son loves this laptop, it performs beyond our expectations!

Decent laptop and surprisingly powerful after a ram upgrade

Great computer. Horrible battery life. Just about 2 hours....

Wonderful product, love it! It function well with its big screen

I picked this one for the light weight and large 17” screen.