Customer Ratings & Reviews

I really enjoy Asus gaming products. I have had several of their gaming computers and laptops over the years, which are usually ROG, this is my first TUF model. This is their budget friendly version of gaming laptops, but still capable of playing most current games. On most games I would range about 30 to 80 fps at 1080p with low to mid settings while plugged in. The default power saving mode while on battery would drop that down to 20fps and dim the monitor, which can all be customized to your liking. Just the more you change the less time you will have on the 48Wh battery. With the NVMe solid state drive everything loads blazingly fast. Makes the laptop feel real snappy and fast regardless of some of its limitations. I was shocked to see in my 3D Mark tests that the score was lower than my older ROG laptop with a GeForce 1070 card in it. However, at the time I bought that laptop it was 2.5 times the price of this one, so I guess it is expected. The good thing is that you can easily install more RAM and another M2 SSD for additional storage space. The fact that this doesn’t have a typical HDD does make it a little more durable to shock, but I wouldn’t be misled by their “military grade” claims. The MIL-STD they claim is just a process in which devices are tested for the environment they are intended to be used in. The laptop is still mostly made of plastic, which is good for keeping it light weight and still meant to be used in your typical computer environments. The 17.3” 144hz screen is pretty big for a laptop, which is nice for gaming, as well as clear and sharp. You can select some customizations of the color tone and brightness through the pre-installed Armoury Crate application. The keyboard is backlit with a single color LED, but is customizable in what color and changing pattern through Armoury Crate as well. The WASD keys are clear, so the LED shines through them, making it quick to locate. The speakers are under the laptop which works nicely if you are playing on a table or desk and not your actual lap. The reflection helps give a virtual surround effect, but lacks any lows. When playing games this laptop puts off some heat, but they have really improved on the sound that they create as it is barely noticeable. WIth Thunderbolt 4 USB Type-C port, two USB 3.2 Type A, a USB 2.0 Type A, RJ45 and HDMI 2.0b port you can expand from this laptop even more. Overall, this is a decent mid-range gaming laptop. It looks really impressive with a brushed metal style despite it being all plastic. Adding more RAM and even another SSD can make things a little faster, but depending on your expectations it is not needed as it is capable as is.

This laptop operates fine given the specs and has run everything I’ve thrown at it well enough. However, the subpar screen hinders the experience. The bleeding and blotches around the edges are awful. It is very noticeable when playing games or watching movies that have dimly lit screens. It’s too distracting to even consider keeping the thing. I had purchased 32GB of RAM and an additional m.2 SSD for it but didn’t even bother installing.

The ASUS TUF Gaming F17 Laptop is the ultimate in portable gaming. As a writer, web developer, and gamer, I wanted a laptop with a large screen, high performance, and the durability to handle life from a bag. The TUF Gaming F17 fulfills these requirements and more. Setup and Configuration Right out of the box, the look and feel of the F17 screams power and durability. I got the Black case design with the TUF etching on the top, beveled edges along the sides, and a honeycomb pattern along the bottom. With the 17-inch screen size and the full-size keyboard, the texture of the chassis allows for a firm grip when moving the laptop. The F17 comes with Windows 10 Home edition. The initial setup, installation of updates, and configuration with my Microsoft account went smoothly. The OS comes with the standard Microsoft applications and ASUS utility applications. I didn't have to uninstall a bunch of unwanted third-party programs. There are two graphics processors - Intel internal and the Nvidia RTX 3050-Ti. As default, the F17 will use the Intel graphics driver for the main screen. To switch this, I used the Nvidia Control Panel and selected the Gforce driver as the default. Although I like to use angled laptop support for keeping the hardware cool, the F17 has an impressive dual-fan cooling system with a self-cleaning design. Air is pulled in via the bottom vents and is exhausted through two rear-facing vents. A big complaint of many gamers is that a laptop is not expandable. However, the F17 has additional slots for RAM and another Solid State Drive. Armory Crate Software The F17 comes with the ASUS Armory Crate software, which provides the ability to configure the computer's performance, fine-tune the responsiveness of the graphics, configure the keyboard backlighting, and monitor the performance of the hardware. It also scans for installed games and has configurable profiles for each game. Armory Crate is convenient to have open for monitoring performance while working and gaming. Gaming My primary games are Microsoft's Flight Simulator and No Man's Sky. Both of these are graphics intensive and can work the GPU. With Flight Simulator, I can maintain a consistent 50 frames per second with high-quality graphics. The fans come on at a low rpm, and the computer stays cool. No Man's Sky has impressive graphics quality with this computer. Again, I get a slight fan hum, and the laptop stays cool. I'm a big advocate of using a laptop stand to give the bottom of the laptop more breathing space. Working and Writing As a work computer, the F17 does an excellent job. The screen is big enough to fit multiple code windows and a browser with debugger open. As a web developer, on average, I will have 10 to 15 different tabs open in my browser. The F17 has no problem with refresh rates and keeping up. The built-in WiFi 6 keeps up with the necessary network communications and is my primary connection method. As a writer, I generally utilize an attached mechanical keyboard. However, when I'm away from home, the F17 keyboard does nicely. It has a soft touch and is very quiet. My only complaint is the narrow keys on the numeric keypad took some getting used to. My Software I installed the following software on my F17: • Steam • Microsoft's Flight Simulator 2020 • No Man's Sky • Visual Studio Code • Adobe Creative Cloud • Apple iCloud • Snagit • Scrivener • Zoom • Microsoft OneNote, Word, Excel • Handbrake Hardware Configuration • Processor: 11th Gen Intel Core i5-1126H @ 2.60 GHz ○ 6 cores, 12 threads • RAM: 8 GB, Micron 4ATF1G64HZ • Graphics: Nvidia RTX 3050-Ti, 4GB GDDR6 • Drive: Nvme SSD, 512GB • Display: 17.3" 1920x1080, 16:9, anti-glare, 144hz Adaptive Sync • Keyboard: Full keyboard with backlighting • Sound: 2 2W speakers, DTS:X Ultra technology, array microphone • Military-grade (MIL-STD-810H) rugged build • Battery: 90WHrs, 3-cell Li-ion • WiFi 6 (802.11ax) connectivity • Ports: RJ45, HDMI 2.0b, 2 USB 3.2 Type A, 1 USB 3.2 Type C, 1 USB 2.0 Type A • 1 3.5mm Audio Jack • Camera: 720P HD • Bluetooth 5.1, 5.22135 UserBenchmark.com Performance Rating • CPU: 97.1% Outstanding • GPU: 66.9% Good • Drive: 261% Outstanding • Memory: 42% Average Summary Overall, the ASUS TUF Gaming Laptop F17 provides me with the perfect combination of graphics, processor power, ruggedness, and screen size for gaming and serious work. If you're looking for a portable computer with the ability to replace a desktop, I highly recommend this one.

I have a gaming PC and another gaming laptop as well as an Asus Tuff gaming monitor. This laptop is 17.3 inch which is the largest laptop I have. I personally find the built-in speakers acceptable for a laptop but I wish the screen would get a little brighter and the keyboard backlighting. The keyboard is top knotch quality as far as the keys go but I can not seeem to get them as bright as I would like. This laptop does very well with the games I play on it and I do appreciate the low lag high refresh rate screen. I love the Asus Tuff gaming series of equipment I just wish the screen and keyboard were a little brighter. I have it plugged in to the wall outlet and checked alll of the settings I just want it brighter. Other than those two complaints this laptop is very high quality and the keyboard feels outstanding and super high quality. My 27" 4k Tuff gaming monitor has no brightness issues so I will keep searching for settings and driver upfdates but I have gone through everything. It is a great-looking laptop with an outstanding feel to the keyboard. It performs well in games but to me it needs a brighter keyboard and a brighter screen to compete with other brands I have. This is in despite of the keyboard and build quality being top-notch and it being a great machine. I will keep .searching but I have tried driver updates and every possible setting option through all avenues of setting Right now it just barely gets bright enough for me to use it halfway comfortably. Which to me should not be an issue. It is a very well built machine and I love everything about accept for the lighting. Sorry but unless I find a way to increase it the settings or an update it fallls behind my other gaming laptop which is a 15.6 inch.

This laptop is just built for gaming. From the moment you pop it open and lay your eyes on the styling, you will be blown away. And then you turn it on, and both the screen and the RGB keyboard look beautiful as well. look amazing. The 144hz refresh screen is smoothness personified, and the RTX3070Ti can pretty much take anything you throw at it. As other reviewers have noted, this does come with a month of Xbox Game Pass, so you will have plenty to throw at it. There is a pretty decent selection of IO as well - an ethernet port, HDMI, 3 USB A, 1 USB C and a headphone jack. With the notable exception of an SD card reader. There is also a great upgradability path, with an extra DIMM slot for Ram and an extra SSD slot. There's 12 screws on the back, but it does not come off easy, you really need to pry it off. My suggestion, start near the screen hinge and work your way around. Inside, you'll see that ASUS has put a lot of effort in cooling. The heat sinks are pretty big and even the RAM and SSD have heat transfer plates over them. To be honest, its one of the more well laid out laptops I have opened, and it should be pretty easy to work around. My concerns with this laptop are minor but still - they are items I wish were included. A privacy shutter for the camera, almost all new laptops have built in shutters for your camera and some even have switches for your mics. Now, I will have to stick on a separate privacy shutter on the camera and ruin its looks. Also, I wish the USB-C port could be used to deliver power as well. Again, something most new laptops come with nowadays. I am so used to just carrying a single USB-C power brick that can charge all my laptops and mobiles. The power brick that comes with it is humongous and heavy and without it the laptop does not survive too long. Overall, its a decent gaming laptop, just missing a few items that would have made it perfect.

When I look at what this laptop can do when compared to its competitors I am often boggled. This brand has really stepped up when it comes to performance and reliability. I have been gaming since I was in my early teens and am now an every day gamer, I typically jump between console and PC but have been pretty into my PC set up as of recently. This laptop has blows me away in most categories when it comes to gaming, more specifically... comfort and processing. The design of this laptop is amazing, its wide both from a key layout but also from the screen as well being 17.3" inches. I am not a fan of the more condensed laptops layouts as they make me feel extremely cramped. On the other hand the performance of this laptop is better than expected, it has a RTX3050 and 8GB of ram.....I was hoping for a larger SSD but the stock 512 GB seems sufficient enough. 144hz makes the experience even better too compared to other lower hz models out there. All in all, for the price, this laptops really shows that the respective brand is stepping up their game, especially to those who enjoying elite gaming without needing an entire rig set up. I highly recommend.

My 8-year-old grandson and I like to bond over gaming. We were excited to try out this gaming laptop. We have currently been using a desktop and an older laptop. The first thing we noticed is that the keyboard is responsive and quiet. The colors change and I think that's cool- he was less impressed with that! The touchpad also has buttons that eliminate the guessing of where left and right click are. The buttons are also very responsive. It is also a clever design that the W key has a bump similar to the F and J to help align your fingers. WIth game play, the W/A/S/D keys are critical for movement. You can use the bump to quickly set your fingers up on the correct keys. I think what most impressed the 8-year-old was that we could get 200 FPS with really great graphics. One plus is that this laptop will be designated only for game playing so it won't get bogged down with other programs and apps which eat up memory and RAM. We will definitely be playing rocks/paper/scissors to see who gets to use the new gaming laptop and who is relegated to the desktop or old laptop! lol

This "gaming" laptop gives you good bang for your buck, but is lacking a bit in a few areas. The overall feel/build quality of this laptop is great. It feels like it would be able to withstand bumps and small drops better than the average laptop. The keyboard has a nice feel to it, and you can customize the backlight color. The processor is on par with other laptops in its price range, and isn't likely to be the issue if you run into performance issues when gaming. This model only came with 8GB of memory, which definitely bottlenecks this laptop's potential. Fortunately an extra 8GB of ram is an easy and fairly inexpensive upgrade. I ran a benchmark before and after I purchased some extra ram, and it scored significantly higher in multiple areas after I installed the ram. The RTX3050 Ti GPU isn't terrible, but a bit disappointing. The biggest issue with it is that it only has 4GB of vram. Assuming you've upgraded to 16GB of ram, the GPU's vram is likely going to be the weak point of the laptop's performance, and unfortunately it's not something that you can upgrade. Drawbacks aside, this is still a good laptop overall.

Let’s start by saying I purchased this on sale for 799$. It is not worth 1000$, simply because it has 8gb of ram and only a 512 m.2. I put 32 gigs of 3200 mghz in and wham. The laptop is super responsive and takes anything you throw at it. Runs battlefield 5 on medium with DLSS at over 100 frames. Back 4 blood on medium didn’t have the frames up but it seemed to run as smooth as BFV. It’s a shame they charge 1000$ retail for this when it’s worth 799 as is. Screen is great even though it’s only HD. 144hertz is smooth as ever. The battery is the other joke. It needs the 90 watt hour to be worth it. All in all if you are going to get this on sale, yes it is worth it. As long as you plan to dump another 200-250$ on it to make it right. I am happy with it as it is for my wife and I have my own desktop.

This isn't a top of the line gaming laptop, let's get that out of the way to begin. For a middle of the road laptop though, it is pretty solid. Let's start with the pros- -Incredibly fast boot time, consistently less than 30 seconds. -Amazing heat management, even running games that I've had other laptops exceed 70c with a cooling pad, this laptop never went over 56c. - The monitor is gorgeous, it promises FHD 144hz and it delivers. - The keyboard, aside from looking nifty, is actually really comfortable to type on (you know, when you want to also be productive from time to time). - It is very well packaged (I know I'm probably one of the few people who cares about that, but I feel it shows a level of thoughtfulness that I appreciate). Now onto the cons- - The SSD is very fast and I don't like complaining about it, but 512 GB just doesn't go as far as it used to. I'd much rather have seen a 1TB drive. - I hope that this is an isolated thing, but my laptop required a lot of "day one" updates out of the box. It was easily two days before I had finished all the updates and set up to be able to truly enjoy the laptop. This is the reason I gave 4-stars instead of 5. As I said, I'm hoping it is an isolated incident, but be aware that it is a thing that can happen.

I picked up this laptop as an open box when it was last on sale and paid ~$665.00. At that price I think it’s a fantastic deal. Performance, cooling, screen, keyboard are very good. Wifi speeds are surprisingly excellent. Audio is only OK regardless of how I adjust it and battery life is just ok, but for the price, I’m not complaining too loudly. RAM is single channel and the SSD is middle-of-the-road in speed and capacity. Despite this, for anyone who wants to upgrade, this laptop is very easy to open up and get inside. RAM may be single channel, but it is not soldered (so two upgradable slots). I immediately added a 2TB Samsung 970 Evo Plus SSD and 64GB of 3200 RAM I happened to have handy, and as you would expect, it’s made quite the difference. I would highly recommend this laptop, and I think at the sale price it’s really an outstanding value.

YOUR SEARCH ENDS HERE! There has been a major concern regarding the heating of this laptop and TUF Gaming in general due to restricted air from the bottom pannel. However, after an extensive amount of research and minor self testing, I can assure any buyer that this model does not have any of those issues (stay away from models with 1650ti) in fact, this model seem to have visably open bottom pannels for better cooling! ASUS must have addressed the heating issues with their new 3050ti+ lineup. Suggested Upgrade: Considering it has 3200 ram speed, it's a shame they didn't bundle it with 16gb of ram. I highly recommend upgrading to 16gb (x2 8gb of ram). DO NOT buy any 3200 8gb of ram and simply add it to the exsiting stick, make sure they are compatable first or it will hinder performance! I went with: G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) 260-Pin DDR4 SO-DIMM DDR4 3200 for $70 Hands down best 17 inch Gaming Laptop for the price with the ram upgrade. Most competitor start well above $1200+ with the same specs.

i bought this gaming laptop to replacing my old asus gaming laptop. the laptop shuts down when tasked with multiple graphics tasks. hopefully this laptop will hold multiple graphics tasks. the sound system is small compared to my old asus i.e. subwoofer 4 speaker set. but thats ok. i am in the technical specs of the laptop. it has the most specs you can buy in a budget price. labor day special of 849,99. black friday just maybe 50.00 lower. i am not much of a gamer but i love the quality fps/144 hz /2500 shader units. the screen looks so much smoother. i luv 4k 120 hz screens but the price is 3,000 and up. so iwill luv this laptop for now.

A good 1080p 60 FPS gaming laptop held back by an easy upgrade. This Asus TUF Gaming F17 (model FX706H) laptop features a 17.3" 1080p/144Hz IPS display with good colors, decent contrast, and plenty of brightness for indoor use. It's CPU is an Intel Core i5-11260H with 6 cores, 12 threads, and a base clock speed of 2.6GHz. The GPU in this laptop is an NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Ti with 4GB of GDDR6 video memory, and there is a single 8GB DDR4-3200 CL22 stick of system memory installed with approximately 460GB of SSD capacity available for use. Even after spending only a few hours gaming or web browsing on this laptop, it is apparent to me that there is a clear bottleneck occurring. The issue at hand is the 8GB of system memory - it's simply not enough for a gaming laptop in 2021. In games, the memory utilization encroaches upon 80-90%, and browsing the web with multiple tabs or windows open will see similar results. While the solution is easy and doesn't take too long to take care of, it's an extra step - and more importantly an extra cost - for the end user to deal with to get a pleasing experience out of this laptop, in my opinion. An additional 8GB stick of system memory (260-pin DDR4 SDRAM) will cost roughly $50-60, or for about double that you could get a 2x8GB kit (16GB total) and just replace the pre-installed stick. I believe that either option would work wonders for this laptop's performance. Other than the limited system memory, this is actually a fairly nice laptop. The display is nice, the keyboard is surprisingly comfortable to type on and has customizable RGB backlighting, and there is even a numpad and webcam (no privacy shutter though). The thermal performance is adequate with temperatures usually in the high 70's Celsius, and while the fans do get quite audible under load they do not have an annoying high pitched sound profile like some other laptops might experience. There are multiple performance modes in Asus Armory Crate to control fan noise and system performance. I am impressed that there was almost no bloatware installed when I setup Windows. No McAfee (thank God) or other anti-virus software, no travel apps or knock-off Candy Crush games. The only things that I uninstalled were MyAsus and an Office 365 trial. So overall, do I recommend this laptop? Honestly - no. Find one that has 16GB of RAM, especially if you aren't comfortable opening up the laptop and playing with the internal components, and even if it means compromising for a smaller SSD or screen size. 8GB just is not enough system memory in 2021. If you don't mind spending another $50 or $100 for a memory upgrade, or you get a really good deal like the $200 off promotion that I got mine from, then sure go for it. Otherwise, I strongly recommend that you heed my advice and look elsewhere.

I have had an ASUS X550VX-MS71 since 2017. It was a great mid-tier gaming computer that I also used for work. But as games have required more graphics/memory/cpu power in the past few years, it has slowly fallen behind. I could still play Rust, GTA V, Phasmophobia and a host of other games with my friends, but always on low-medium settings. I found this laptop as an open box return at my local Best Buy. It was $869.99 and after doing some quick research and comparisons, I bought it - and I am so glad I did. It handles all of my games on high settings. The laptop doesn't sound like a jet-liner on takeoff whenever playing games. Honestly I can barely hear the fans even with my headphones off. I LOVE the RGB keyboard and different Aura modes. The keys are fantastic and spaced perfectly to avoid the need of a gaming keyboard. Numpad is nice to have as well. I was lucky that mine came with Windows 10, as I don't want to be a guinea pig for Windows 11. It boots super fast and doesn't hesitate in anything I do on it. The only draw backs, had I paid full retail price ($1000) were the fact it only comes with 8GB memory and the SSD is a 512, which was eaten up quickly with todays texture heavy games. But because I saved $140, I can easily upgrade to 32GB and a 1TB M.2 and have it spec'd out better than factory for $1000 If you are looking for a VERY affordable gaming laptop, get this one. Yes...the RTX 3050 TI only has 4GB of dedicated VRAM compared to other laptops with the 1660 TI or RTX 2070, but you also aren't paying Lenovo Legion or Razr Blade 15 prices for it. I sold my old X550VX for $320 too, so that helped reduce the cost of my upgrade even further. Zero complaints here.

This laptop is extremely functional for 1000. I got mine on sale for around 899 and for the price you get far more value than any other laptop. The build is 5/5 (for the price) and the screen is very good (again for what you pay for). Dont expect a laptop at 1500+ range quality but the graphics, memory, cpu works without any lag for normal games at high graphics. If your a casual gamer, and work at home, I highly recommend this laptop.

I really wish I could give this 5 stars, like this laptop deserves it so badly from how good it's been to me for as long as I've had it, it is a major improvement from my last laptop. The only thing preventing me from giving it 5 stars is that the battery is sub par. On a full charge its like 2 hours of just idling. (This is of course with performance mode always on without battery saver on or anything like that) But I mostly use my laptop while plugged in. Regardless, it would be nice to have a longer lasting battery. But a nice feature included in the MyASUS app that comes preinstalled is a handy feature called maximum lifespan mode, where if you have your laptop plugged in, it will only charge 60% of the battery, so that way the remaining 40% of your battery receives a longer lifespan. All this though without even mentioning the amount of power you are getting for the price. An RTX3050 is gonna run any game you wanna play paired with the 6 core 11th gen i5. For only $1,000 (It went on sale for $900 right before I bought it and then went on sale again immediately after I bought it, so I had to spend an extra hundred) The only other gripe I could have with this laptop is it would've been nice to get maybe an extra USB port and an SD card reader, I mean it already has 3 USB ports but I have a lot of things I plug into my laptop so it just would've been nice to see even just one more. Overall, I would absolutely recommend this laptop. Especially if you can get it for $900 on sale.

This laptop is absolutely great for gaming and school, but there are a couple problems with it. For one, the battery life is mediocre, even running on the igpu and with the panel power saver option enabled. The second problem is the ram config- hypothetically, 8 gigs is enough for gaming, but most people will have background tasks like discord or chrome open, so it’s a good idea to upgrade to 16 gigs of ram. Last, the bottom panel is difficult to pull off, and you’ll need a butter knife(at the very least, something designed for disassembly like an iFixit tool would be better.) Otherwise, it’s nice!

Excellent computer for this price , i will recommend to add 1 extra 8GB ram and 1tb NVMe SSD to make it be a awesome computer you can really play all games in decent graphics and nice 17" display that works really nice with 144 hz of refresh !

Great product! The display is great and I haven;t had problems with this machine for at least a year. I waited on writing a review on this until I had some time with it. I did upgrade the ram to 32gb and I added another nvme ssd, which is great because there is a second nvme slot. The 3050ti can run red dead redemption 2 with ease on medium setting and the intel core i5-11260h is more than capable of many of the demanding titles out there. The lid is a brushed metal, while the rest of the computer is your typical laptop plastic. Thermally, it runs well and the fans can make a slight hum when there is a demand, but you don't buy a gaming laptop for low sound. For the price, you can't really beat what you get.