ASUS ROG Strix G16 (2023) Gaming Laptop, 16†16:10 FHD 165Hz, GeForce RTX 4060, Intel Core i7-13650HX, 16GB DDR5, 512GB PCIe SSD, Wi-Fi 6E, Windows 11, G614JV-AS73, Eclipse Gray

I wanted to buy another laptop for work purposes but also be useful for travelling and for gaming so I saw this laptop for sale during Black Friday! Excellent purchase! Here is my pros and cons after a week of owning this: Con: 1. 1920 x 1200 FHD 165Hz Display is very much an downgrade against my Legion 5 Pro 16" 2560 x 1600 IPS LCD 165Hz Display... But I guess with the parts offered, ASUS had to make some budget cuts somewhere I guess... (for the model I've chosen and not wanting to spend more than $1500 USD). 2. Automatic MUX Switching is annoying... it optimizes which option to best suit for your current usage at the time (e.g. if you ran an game vs closing the game and brings you to the desktop). The automatic switch seems like its great and all but it ruins the display setting and when an game is playing, it switches again and sends you back to the desktop and ruins the display setting/resolution once more... Its best to just set it on the dedicated GPU option so you dont have to deal with this... 3. Standard SSD Capacity is too low (again with cost saving measures but literally everyone these days just buy additional SSD stick anyways)... so snagged an SK.Hynix P41 SSD 2TB stick on sale to manually install for loading heavy application and games on there; really easy to install and easy to unscrew the back; there is an empty NVMe Gen4 M.2 2280 slot for you to install your SSD Works Great after installing correctly and no Issues now! (make sure after install of SSD, just load into Windows and open up disk management to reformat (quick format! never full on SSD!) No need to tinker with BIOS setting...Do not tighten the SSD screws too much where the stick bends! thats incorrect! screw in ever so slightly so that the stick itself wont lodge out or move at all. Pros: 1. RTX 4060 8GB - 140W Max TGP 2. i7-13650HX - beats my Ryzen-7 5800H on my Legion 5 Pro 3. RGB bar looks awesome! 4. Battery 90Wh Neutral: 1. RGB Keys - heard mixed reviews on ASUS's design on this; of course, the Legion 5 RGB keyboard design is the best of the best but this is just okay and its not too bad in my eyes. 2. Same weight and nearly the same dimensions as my Legion 5 Pro so portability is the same-ish but way better than my old MSI gaming laptop from 2017 where you can put this in your backpack and still have room to put other accessories and such. This is all I've noticed currently but either way, its a great mid-tier gaming laptop! I can run cyberpunk all max setting without issues or framerate drops and every other AAA game titles up to this point... This laptop should last an long time until AAA games becomes more graphically intense and requiring more processing power... but again this is the best you can get for your money and highly recommend!

I've had this laptop for years and it still works flawlessly. Highly recommend, and when I got it, it was on sale for about a grand! I recommend you swap the RAM for 32gb if the prices ever drop. Turns this thing into a beast! I edit videos for full-time work, and this thing handles After Effects and Premiere easily! (Besides windows being windows for these programs). As for gaming, yeah, this thing does just fine. Max out Diablo 4 or Elden Ring just fine.

Rceiving a warranty extension from ASUS for this Review* Right out of the gate this laptop is impressive. Everything I've thrown at it, it's played very well. The new 40 series graphics cards features really help with this. The laptop is sturdily built with no deck flex around the keyboard. The screen is 1200p which is a little more than FHD and in the 16" size it looks great. No lightbleed and a strong contrast ratio. Yes you can easily open it up and replace the memory and add another m.2 SSD. The memory is dual channel and the m.2 size is the full length size. Yes the thing is quiet even under some light load. Of course the fans will ramp up if you throw something very demanding at it BUT looking at temps for the CPU/GPU show that it's very well cooled. I haven't seen the CPU go over 85c nor the GPU over 65c as of yet. The power plug is in an odd spot though, it's in the center of the right hand side and with the power brick being so large that might cause trouble for some when trying to position it somewhere. There's an odd issue with the 3.5mm headphone jack where using an earbud with an inline microphone can cause some weird sound issues. Upon looking online I see that low impedance headphones might suffer from these sorts of issues on certain laptops. In my testing using expensive headphones with high impedance show no sign of this issue so that could very well be the issue. I also find the trackpad can be a bit funky, it will sometimes not register clicks and more frequently won't register two finger scrolling correctly. I've tried reinstalling drivers and tweaking settings for both the audio/trackpad issue but nothing has seemed to help. This is a new laptop after all so I'm hoping these issues can get sorted out soon.

Disclaimer: I am writing this review to avail 90 day warranty extension I am writing this review almost two months after I received this beast. It has been a smooth-ish experience. It is amazing for the price. I like that it can run all my games, and I have also used it for programming. It is definitely good as an all-rounder. The battery life is unexpectedly good. Once it reached more than seven hours, which is supreme for a Windows machine. I like the large trackpad. The RGB is also a good addition. Though the laptop becomes loud in turbo mode, I find myself keeping it on either silent or balanced mode, depending on the FPS I am trying to achieve. It runs Cyberpunk max settings with path tracing at 80 FPS native resolution with DLSS Quality at 70 FPS. I can confidently say it can run every game out there at max settings. The only downside is the SSD. Maybe it is just my model, or I am not sure, but the laptop becomes extremely slow while downloading games from Steam, Epic Games, etc. It is almost unusable. Task Manager shows disk at 100% while showing only 50 MB/s writes, which are initially 200, etc. I am not sure about this, but it is not much of a hassle. I only notice it when games are updating or installing. I guess they had to cut corners to make this such a great price. The Black Friday sale made this laptop even more worth it. I paid 1300$ because it had to be shipped to Qatar. It is much cheaper than the alternatives here, though, so worth it. Overall, I am giving this laptop a 5 stars. If only the SSD was better, this would be a perfect laptop. I guess I will probably buy a better SSD later, as this laptop has two NVMe slots.

I am writing this with a mix of frustration and genuine disappointment. In 2023, I invested in a high-end ASUS ROG Strix G16, expecting a premium experience. Instead, after just two years, the laptop is completely dead. The diagnosis from the repair shop was shocking: the liquid metal on the processor leaked out, causing a fatal short circuit on the motherboard. It is unacceptable for such an expensive machine to fail due to a fundamental flaw in its cooling implementation. Performance vs. Reliability: Raw power is useless if the factory assembly is defective. Having the thermal compound shift and destroy the motherboard is a sign of poor quality control by ASUS. Questionable Build Quality: A premium device should have failsafe barriers to prevent liquid metal leaks. My laptop became an expensive paperweight after only 24 months due to a manufacturing oversight. Wasted Investment: When you buy ROG, you pay a premium for reliability. ASUS has proven to me that a high price tag does not guarantee long-term quality. Conclusion: I cannot recommend this model, nor the brand, if this is the standard of durability they offer. If you are looking for a machine to last through your college years or a long-term gaming journey, think twice. ASUS has proven to me that a high price does not guarantee long-term quality.

Three months in using, Right off the bat I personally Got this on black Friday on a massive discount but even without that this laptop really gives you your bang for the buck, it came without even a minor scratch given this was imported from my country in South Asia(good shipping experience) everything so far has just worked except for minor rare crashes here and there while booting games(might be my external hard disk to blame) Runs well, haven't benchmarked it or anything but can assure anyone that if not defective this beast will run anything you throw at it with conveniently playable frames, does weigh quite a lot though( I know duh!) so keep that in my mind, screenns great, rgb has a lot of customization options, the battery is fine for a gaming laptop, really tactile keyboards, material used feels really premium, performance really takes the crown but just know that on extreme setting both on the game and on the armory(native performance control center) things tend to Get real loud real fast, so that is what I have to say about this, am really satisfied with my product and hope you will too( If you decide to buy it), have a nice day and peace be with you.

Better than I expected and bought it for $1,390. I chose between several brands and studied competitors for about 2 weeks. Many competitors had up to $1,500, had a poor quality of the screen, the case, or they did not turn on at all. Judging by the reviews, a large number of defective models were commonplace on 4060 and 4070 video cards. As for this model, the pros: The laptop turns on without defects! I was looking for intel i7 13 xxx and rtx 4060/4070 graphics card. Decent performance, excellent build quality. The screen is good, nvidia g-sync, 165hz, pantone + dolby vision certified (without standard HDR) The sound from the speakers is normal with dolby atmos. The keyboard is gorgeous with backlight in several zones and is pressed pleasantly. There is a MUX switch. The metal cover of the laptop. Quiet and cold compared to other laptops in this price category. Disadvantages: Inconvenient USB-A on the right side if you are right-handed and you have a wired mouse. (I bought a USB-C to USB-A adapter) Inconvenient charging port on the left side in the center (the wire is heated by the cooling system). The screen is 8 bits (without standard HDR). The absence of the numpad that is on the images. Overall, I am very satisfied, the rating for this price (under 1500$) is 10/10.

The only "could be better" thing is that all the USBs type A ports are on the right side, which means that if you have a wired usb-a mouse, it can become somewhat of a bother, specially for small tables. That and the optimus. When it switches the display input from the integrated graphics to the 4060 it causes a couple of seconds of screen freeze. Besides that, is PERFECT. Battery life lasted long enough to see one complete season of 12 25min episodes. Screen looks amazing. Gaming performance of course is amazing too, with stable FPS at more than 100fps in many games. Keyboard feels good too. Speakers could be better but lets be honest, this is a gaming laptop, not a macbook. Overall happy with this product. Maybe not as cost/effective as the Lenovo LOQ but still a solid product from ASUS.

The laptop performs well, with about 4 months of usage and it is still rock solid.

2 yıldır aktif şekilde kullanıyorum.Kargosu sağlam geldi.Ürün zaten şahane.Bütün oyunları en kötü ihtimalle yüksek ayarlarda rahatça oynayabiliyorsunuz.Render için bilgi veremeyeceğim çünkü kullanmıyorum.Asla ısınmasıyla ilgili bir sorun yaşamadım asus ekibi inanılmaz bir şekilde çözmüş diyebilirim.Tek sorunu el koyma yerinde touchpadin yanında ufak bi aşınma meydana geldi.Kasası rek verdi onun dışında cayır cayır çalışıyor.Orta segment bir laptop arayışındaysanız ve amacınız oyun oynamaksa bu cihaz sizi üzmeyecektir.

Después de usar la laptop unos días puedo decir que es una absoluta bestia sobre todo por el precio, he visto en muchos lugares laptops igual o más caras pero que ni se acercan a las características de esta lap, de entrada la calidad de la pantalla es excelente, se puede ver en la imagen la diferencia entre una pantalla FHD de una laptop de gama baja y la pantalla que tiene esta laptop, es increíble la diferencia, además el tamaño ligeramente mayor a una pantalla normal de 15.6 si se nota. La rapidez en que se desenvuelve en todo aspecto es impresionante, tareas simples de office, navegar y sobre todo en los juegos se desenvuelve de lo mejor, ningún juego AAA le da problemas incluso en calidad ultra. He visto gente que se queja de la pantalla porque tiene fugaz de luz pero en mi caso no he visto que suceda o al menos no que sea muy notorio. El volumen de las bocinas puede ser un poco bajo pero también depende del programa/juego en particular. Hasta ahora el único problema que he notado es con la app que usa la laptop para monitorear todo, se traba al querer entrar al apartado de sonido, quizá reinstalando el programa se resuelva, no lo he intentado aún. En general es un excelente producto, se siente muy bien construida y con materiales muy buenos, incluso los dedos se marcan menos que en mi laptop anterior. Y al final te acostumbras en un día a no tener el pad numérico, gente que lo utilice mucho por trabajo/escuela bien puede agregar uno conectado a usb y listo.

I like that's nearly the quietest laptop compared to its competitors with same specs. also I'm impressedwith the GPU performance. maybe there's some coilwhine yeah but very minor to notice. overall I really like it!!

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