Asus ROG GL551JW-DS71 User Reviews and Ratings

Its wonderful. Looks beautiful, has great and clear quality. I can play games on this smoothly, no issue. The only downsides are the poor trackpad and meh speakers. Regardless, its a great item for the price.

Excellent and affordable gaming computer!One tip on swapping out the harddrive for an SSD: You will have to do a clean install of Windows 8.1 to do this. Your CD key is embedded on the laptop's motherboard, so all you do is burn a Windows 8.1 install DVD (off the internet), put the CD in, reboot the laptop, and install WIndows 8.1 fresh.

This laptop is amazing! I can't believe how thin it is and it is definitely a portable desktop that packs a punch. Whats even better is that it comes with the new nvidia graphics card the gtx 960. I've been able to run World of Warcraft, Red Dragon, and Heroes of the storm without any lag and i can run all games at high/ultra. I plan on testing Total War Attila and a few other games to see if it can handle those, but im sure it will.Pros:- Compact, thin, and light-Wonderful screen-Great performance-very quietCons:- no touch screen but no biggy-keyboard keys are ok, not the greatest- Lots of smudging on the laptop but not too bad.If you want a decent budget gaming laptop for gaming on the go and for a good price then I definitely recommend this. Its a small package that contains a powerful punch of hardware to handle any sort of gaming you throw at it. The price is the best your going to find for an optimal gaming laptop.

The laptop is good.But where is my mouse?Even the ASUS Support and asus web said this item include one mouse.But i didn't found my mouse.I want to konw where is it?

Great quality, nice looks, extremely nice performance, decent battery life (if not gaming), very nice cooling. I think this laptop is very nice for its price. I have absolutely no troubles with it and it runs modern games on highest graphics. Still waiting for GTA5 though, I wonder how it will do there. I highly recommend this laptop for whoever wants a light, nice looking, and performing laptop. ASUS, you have my thanks ;)

Excellent value for the price. I cant find anything bad to say about this laptop. Surpassed my expectations.

Very good laptop for an amazing price. Really hard to find the exact specs w/o paying alot more. No issues so far. Mostly used for multitasking and heavy multimedia usage. Have not tested games as yet but overall great buy.

Good laptop. Great job Asus!

This is the fourth laptop I have bought so far throughout my life and so far it is the best one. I use it for motion graphics and and it meets my expectations. You get a lot for the buck on this one.

This is the fastest computer I have ever owned... I had an alienware 11x before this one and it is just no comparison... I start up this computer and count to 5 and I can enter my password and bam its ready to go... It plays my video games faster with never as much as a glitch... Its brushed aluminum not only looks but just feels like a luxery sedan... Sweet!

Great Laptop! Best one out there for $1,099.

Bought this with prime and I received it the day it was expected. So far everything is going smoothly, the problem everybody seems to agree on is the trackpad and sound are kinda bad. Doesn't bother me much because I usually use headphones and a mouse so this gets a 5/5.If any problems come up I will add it to my review.

Awesome System! Even for the none IPS model this is the best laptop I've owned to date! The computer runs smooth and quiet. Its on Par with my gaming desktop as far as performance of video card. This laptop's i7 processor out performs my gaming desktop processor capabilities by about 35Gflops (almost double!)

Great Gaming pc, needed a portable one for a LOL tournament. ^_^

Excelent laptop for gaming, all max graphs, very low heating, no annoying noise... Awesome

Had to replace my older Asus since it finally died, it was over 4 years old and I was very very rough with it.So far this one is great, it runs all my games very fast and the sound is awesome. I play Minecraft, Guild Wars, League of Legends and a few other games.

Great laptop. I was a a bit afraid that it being a "budget" laptop would limit me to the types of games I could play on it. That being said, this thing runs even GTA5 on High settings perfectly fine. The design is nice and the light-up keyboard feature helps in dark atmospheres. I have no complaints as of yet.As with any gaming rig, it runs a bit hot when playing something with high-end graphics settings. I went ahead and bought the Cooler Master Ultra-Slim Laptop Cooling Pad with it and it helps to keep the temperature down a bit.

Excellent computar

The performance on this computer is better than I expected. I love this computer more than my desktop. The Graphics card is a champ, it runs World Of Warcraft on all of the highest settings, Black Ops 3, Battlefront you name it and it runs it. Out performs my buddy's mac book pro hands down.The Asus GL551 comes with an auto update for windows 10 which is awesome and completely makes this computer 10 times better. The cd drive could be a plug and play type, but it works and it is very fast at 5400 RPM. My computer rating for this would be a 9.9 out of 10. If it had a 4k screen it would be a complete 10 out of 10.

Excellent Computer and plays games like World of Warcraft and Minecraft at AMAZING Fps.

The computer arrived on time and I was excited to receive it. It started up much faster than I thought it would and updated quickly. I thought Windows 8 would be much more painful to learn to use, but it is not too bad and the computer runs everything that I have tried to use. I enjoy using my computer for work reports and also enjoy some gaming with family. This computer has been able to handle Star Wars Empire at War, World of Tanks and Marvel Heroes all easily. This is all that I have had time to install and try with the computer so far. When it arrived, it had trouble staying connected to the internet. It would stay connected for a bit, then it would drop connection. I did a little research and after going into my Internet managing options, I discovered that the laptop came with an option to turn off the wireless card to save power. I unchecked the option and the computer has been connecting fine. I also have had to play with the graphics card a little bit, but the NVIDIA control panel seems easy to use. Overall, I am really enjoying this computer and hope for it's longevity. Great computer.

Got it on 5/21/15. So far so good. Runs well and fast (after the million updates to windows). Witcher 3 looks gorgeous

Excellent buy, all of the features works like the description. I will buy 100 times again. Only bad thing its that my fingerprint are all over the laptop.

Awesome laptop just what I needed and meets all expectations

I have to say that this Pc it's a great deal indeed!Great performace, great pricing.Cons.keyboard feels a little sticky for my taste, but anyway this it's not a "typing" laptop so I can live with it.Carefull with the heating vents on the left, it pour a lot of hot air when Pc is working hard.Totally pleased with this item.

I bought this 2 months ago and it's working like a dream. I'm not a gamer, but I need good specs because I'm a researcher and run a lot of powerful software. The price is amazing for the specs this computer contains.The ONLY thing I dislike about it is that there's no "end" key, except when numlock is off. I use the end, home, pgup and pgdn keys constantly, and I use the numpad regularly, so this was a super annoying little detail. To fix it, I ended up remapping the context menu key (between the right-hand alt and ctrl keys) to be an end key instead. It's a little awkward to have it there, and I do occasionally miss the context menu key, but it's worth it for me.That, and like many people, I dislike windows 8. I recommend getting the classic start menu back :)

In ROG We Trust!I bought this computer primarily for video editing for my Youtube movie review channel (Drumdums). I use a pretty hefty program (Corel Videostudio X8) and had to return the Lenovo Y50 to Best Buy because it couldn't handle it. The Asus, however, had no issues (after installing all Windows automatic updates). Also, the ROG is very quiet and fast. I found myself zipping around at lightning speed.I've never had a computer that cost more than $500, but I needed one of this caliber for my editing needs. Now I'm spoiled and I can't go back. In ROG we trust!I posted an unboxing on Youtube for those interested: www.youtube.com/watch?v=yfS-2Hje0LM

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Best deal I have ever had in my life. Seriously soo cheap compared to stores and other websites. I also liked the warranty that comes with it. So far nothing wrong with this asus

Good deal and arrived on time