Asus ROG Zephyrus S Ultra Slim Gaming Laptop, 15.6” 144Hz IPS Type FHD, GeForce RTX 2070, Intel Core i7-9750H, 16GB DDR4, 512GB PCIe Nvme SSD, Aura Sync RGB, Windows 10, GX531GW-AB76

It is amazing, absolutely the most portable, yet beast of a machine, I have ever owned or even used. The screen looks good, I have been using 144hz screens for years so no change for me. It games and video edits like a champ. I am not going to go much further into what is good, because 95% of it is outstanding. Here is the few things you should know about before you buy. There is one single M.2 slot....that is it... no 2.5 inch and no 2nd m.2. So you're most likely going to want to buy a 1 or 2TB drive and swap it. 8GB of the 16GB ram are Soldered to the MOBO...meaning you can swap the other 8GB stick with a 16GB stick to give you a total of 24GB, but thats it. It will not accept higher than 16GB sticks. Now for gaming, 24GB is more than enough, so again not an issue for me, but for others, who knows. oh and the battery life blows....but its a 6 core i7 and a rtx 2070 in a tiny chassis...what did you expect lol Thats it. The rest is near perfection. Just stuff you should know about before buying. 5/5 easily

Just gonna get the reasons I couldn't go for 5 stars overall out of the way: Fans are pretty loud, but if you're not super sensitive to noise it shouldn't be an issue, and the computer does have profiles where you can make the fans run quieter, but it throttles the CPU and GPU so they don't overheat, and even with the fans going pretty hard it hasn't been too much of an issue, but this is the first time I've had a computer with fans I can hear almost all the time. Other thing is the keys feel like they're alittle too close to the case. This is more of a personal issue than a technical one though. 16 gigs of RAM is a bit low for my taste, but being upgradable to 24 by swapping out the removable 8 gig stick with a 16 gig is in the plans for the near future and isn't too much more expensive. More hard drive space would be nice. But more on that later. Now for the good stuff: the CPU and GPU are absolute champs. Remember that this is a gaming laptop and this 2070 won't give you the same performance as it's desktop variant, and this is specifically the energy saving laptop version of the 2070 so it performs a little worse than a beefier made laptop 2070. BUT, it's still more than capable of running pretty much anything you throw at it and will likely still be a fantastic GPU to have for a solid portion of even the upcoming generation of gaming. I don't know as much about CPU stuff, but it's been doing everything I've needed it to do and so I'm happy with it. The RGB keyboard is pretty nice to have. Doesn't really have as indepth customization as I would like but it's really not that important to me. I specifically like how the track pad can be used as a number pad instead though. It takes a little getting used to, but once you make the adjustment it feels great and lets the track pad still get some use since most likely you'll be using a mouse with this. Despite only having 500gigs, the SSD is amazing to have. This is my first computer with an SSD and it's completely changed things for me, but I would heavily recommend having at least a 1tb external HDD. Luckily I already had a couple of 4tb externals laying around so space isn't an issue for me, but it could be for other people. I haven't really dug into how the speakers sound or anything cuz I either use my plugged in via HDMI for sound, or my studio headphones for found. I also don't anything with web cams so I haven't looked into that. Battery life if you're gaming obviously is gonna be pretty low, but having the option to only charge the battery to 60% is pretty nice so you put less stress on the battery and get it to last longer. My old laptop's battery only holds a charge for like an hour cuz I never looked into those options until it was too late. This was $1661 when I bought it, and for the money I can't imagine finding a single better computer.

Great speed, great usability, and even a decent battery life for general Windows usage. Runs games incredibly well, and has all the juice I need for development, running Eagle and Fusion 360. It's a great laptop. I bought mine as an open box from Amazon Warehouse. It was marked as in "very good" condition and I expected it to have some cosmetic damage or flaws. It was really in "like new" condition. Saved hundreds of dollars and can't even tell another human had seen it. This laptop for $1899 would've been worth every penny. For $1350, it was a steal.

I got mine from Amazon, not the third party sellers. If you're thinking about upgrading the RAM or storage, you'll need to unscrew the Torx 5 screw. I bought the ORIA Screwdriver set to disassemble the laptop. Place it on its side once you've unscrewed everything but the smallest screws and insert plastic openers. Be careful about the short cables inside before you open. You don't have a lot of room to work with. Will keep this updated if I get into any issues. The fans at high speed sounds like heavy rain. I had to buy an Ethernet dongle since this has no adapter slot. Take two or three hours of your time to fully update every thing. The Intel graphics command center can make the screen vibrant. The audio driver has some technical problems like the headphone jack won't register unless you manually change the Realtek Audio Console Analog advanced settings. The keyboard takes getting used to as they've got less feedback on your fingers compared to mechanical ones. It's a little difficult to use if you have a separate cooling fan below it. But the notebook thin size is definitely worth it. There are some devices that need to update to its latest version through the ASUS website like bluetooth, otherwise don't update unless it's prompted. First big problem. The RealTek PCIe Gigabit Ethernet Family Controller is disconnected, disabled, then disappears from the PC under very heavy Internet traffic. I am taking time just to reset the PC if there was a problem I overlooked. Update: Ethernet speed cannot exceed 350Mbps. I don't know if it's because the laptop was not built with an Ethernet port, but my gigabit Internet service cannot be reached even with a gigabit Ethernet dongle. Left a bad taste in my mouth. Second update: The external design is very beautiful but the internal components are difficult to disassemble and reassemble just so you could apply thermal paste. It is so easy to fry or short the motherboard even with the proper tools and that is the risk with expensive laptops. Please consider building a desktop PC. The one star remaining is for the efficient keyboard layout.

so i bought this on 2/25/19 almost 1 year ago and i got to say its great for gaming i can play any game at 60fps even heavy games like star wars battlefront 2 or GTA5 at high to ultra setting just to tweek the setting a little. iv been playing RDR2 and sometimes it does go down in fps but overall its not bad for a 2070 max q its not that powerful compared too a desktop gpu but it will do the job. now theres one thing that i dont like a lot about the laptop it gets HOT!!!!! very hot iv tried to use throttle stop turned off turbo under-volt it -200v and used Thermal Grizzly Kryonaut Thermal Paste and still getting 90+c. so if you are going to use it on your lap just a warning DONT you will regret it. oh and the other pics on the wire it was getting to hot and the black wire touched inside somewhere and fried the wires that go to the display i got it working again but needed a solder gun. and you might want to upgrade the paste and msata to at least a 2tb.

Update: Within the first 3 or 4 month, one of the fan is making noise. The noise sounds like bad bearing or fan blade rubbing on a wire, shaking and tapping could make noise go away. I RMAed it and told asus which fan is making noise and asked for a replacement. When it came back, they replaced my mobo saying not detecting audio device. WTF? Thet's not even the problem. Sure enough, the same fan is still making tons of noise. So I sent it back for fix again and specificly demand replacing the defective fan. This time, it came back stating fan replaced, and now works without noise. I thought I'm done with this nightmare but hell NO. Now, a couple more month later (out of warrenty btw), the same fan noise came back! I don't know if they ever put a new fan in or just dusted the fan and call it a day. Either way, I'm not expecting a 2 grand laptop to sound like a chain saw bacause of a stupid fan. Asus is either sourcing parts from junk yard or lying to customers about repairing. I use this as a desktop which sits on the table 24/7. It couldn't be my misuse and the other fan is working fine all alone the way without making any excesive noise. *Original review below* I want a thin and light but very powerful gaming laptop. So I compared this with Razor Blade and MSI GS65 Stealth. I heard Blade runs too hot and will throttle. GS65 just simply doesn't have the right configuration I want on Amazon. So I end up settled with Zephyrus. Pretty happy with the decision. The placement of the keyboard and wired lifting mechanism all worked out for me. I mainly use it on desk with power plugged in. It's a replacement for desktop but extremely portable; about same weight and dimension as my 2 in 1 Thinkpad. Here are some pros after couple days of using. Very good cooling as the metal frame and fans with the increased air intake all contribute to the cooling. When I play game, I pleasently found out it OC the 2070 maxq all the way above 1600mhz as the spec only stated 1200mhz from Nvidia. The ROG tax does pay off itself and awards me an awesome product. I also like the speaker that's placed on the bazel right below screen firing towards user's face. It really makes the audio a lot louder and more crisp compared to some other designs with speakers on the bottom facing downwards. I'm used to higher resolution such as 14'' 2k and 27'' 4k from my other devises, but the 15.6'' FHD screen here still looks very clear with great color and the thin bazel is quite gorgeous. Now about the cons I found out. Nothing is a dealbreaker tho. It gets quite loud under full load, so does any other brand so it's really not something to criticize about. I just pop in my earphone and it's all good (Yes, it has headphone jack unlike some fancy brand that doesn't LOL). Keyboard could take some time to get used to but works out pretty well if used on a desk. I fell great typing on it and it never gets too warm because it's away from hot components. I do prefer a full fat mechanical keyboard tho. I wish there is thunderbolt 3, but I really don't need (nor afford) an external graphics card that's stronger than 2070. I really want some kind of biomatric authentification for login (either face or fingerprint). This is one thing I feel really lacked in this laptop. (Yes I'm spoiled by my phone and thinkpad that both have fingerprint unlock). Overall performance of this gaming laptop is everything I expected and more. Very happy with the build quality. My friends are so jealous too.

mine came with a line in the screen. no idea what it is, but its annoying and i shouldnt see that for 2k. also keyboard is awkward although a good idea for the heat, its just not comfortable. nice try though

All in One =P : Portability + Design + Performance + Quality (Materials and Nice making) It runs every game in "Ultra" Asus did it again (before this laptop i had a MSI GS60 with GTX970m, so it was a great improvement.

La computadora es genial, y un excelente servicio por parte de la tienda ya que me respetaron un descuento aun después de que pasaran 3 días de que la compré, el único problema fue la paqueteria, si la pudieran cambiar por DHL o alguna otra estuviera mejor, ya que Fedex me quedo mal como 3 o 4 días seguidos, pero fuera de eso todo bien

Me encanta el diseño, los materiales y lo ligera que es. Lo único que no me gusto eso la posición del teclado, pero te acostumbras con el tiempo

Equipo nuevo y en excelente estado, gran precio, completamente recomendada