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Amazon Customer (Jan 26, 2017)
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Great machine, with a realy good price!
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pleased, update started over heating and shutting down.
Kindle Customer (Feb 4, 2017)
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Had this for a week. Have had many gaming laptops over the last 10 years. This one works as good as advertised. Very please with it and certainly priced well for what it is capable of. Will highly suggest for any gamer though. Go with the ssd. ssd vs hdd is like comparing day to night. Mine came with the hdd and I upgraded to ssd.Update. I noticed it felt a little warmer than usual after playing Guild Wars 2 I reduced the graphics in the game to low and set the fps to no more than 30, I also have this on a chill pad with 3 fans. Sometimes it would over heat and shut down at random and sometimes it wouldn't. But we all know if it starts over heating now after less than 2 weeks it will only get worse. I am returning this to Amazon. Wanting a replacement. I love the design and was very happy with this laptop. I hope it was just a fluke and they can either repair or replace and it doesn't over heat again. Will update again once I have a different one. If the over heating issue is resolved. I will certainly recommend this. If it is not resolved of course I cannot. I am still giving it 5 stars. Very impressed with the design and how light it is.
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Letsdothis (Feb 24, 2017)
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If I could afford it, I'd buy two or three more of these laptops as backups. I'm nota gamer. I bought it because it had everything I wanted: A LOT of memory, a fastvideo card with dedicated memory of its own, a NIC with the latest class of WIFI(802.11AC). The only thing I don't like about it, is I can't replace the battery. It alsohas a slight annoyance, at least for me. The left and right buttons on the touchpad,are actually a part of the touchpad; meaning, running your finger over the buttonsactually moves the cursor. And, the entire touchpad, including the buttons, pressdown as one, big left click. I've never seen a touchpad like this, before, and it'sbeen a little strange getting used to it. Oh, and it runs very cool and appears to bemade of aluminum, which would make it very durable.
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Wonderful but NOT for VR.
Osprey (Feb 20, 2017)
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Hard to know where to start with this thing. It is insanely fast, has an ultra big and ultra high quality display, and has handled everything I have thrown at it with just one exception which I will explain below.It is a bit on the hefty side, but that is typical for gaming laptops. Battery lasts about 4 hours on a charge; not something you are going to be using without a charger for days on end.Games look and run fantastically. That said, I had one issue, which is probably not really ASUS fault. I initially had some terrible game quality. After messing around with device manager, I saw that there was an error with the GPU and that it had been disabled. Rolling back the driver to two versions ago cured the problem. I updated all the drivers right after unboxing this thing, so it is possible that GPU would have worked fine out of the box (I cannot remember what driver it came with). After getting the GPU working, games started doing what they were supposed to do.While this was in the mail, I bought an Oculus rift. All the specs added up (processor is right, GPU meets minimum requirements, plenty of memory, etc.). But after getting the Oculus, I quickly learned that this cannot handle VR (or at least Oculus). The problem appears to be in the configuration of the HDMI port (and the minidisplay). Both apparently connect to the standard Intel graphics card, NOT the higher powered GPU. This means that oculus cant get a video signal. I tried and tried but could not come up with a workaround (aside from buying an expense external GPU set up). Note that this lack of VR is NOT a problem with the laptop. It is not advertised as supporting VR. But, the specs make it seems like it should work. I am here to tell you it does not. So if you are looking for a VR laptop and think you found one in this, please look elsewhere.In sum, for gaming and everyday use, this is a beast. It handles everything except VR with ease. Careful with the drivers for the 1050ti GPU.
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Squirtle Turtle (Feb 23, 2017)
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I just got this laptop a day ago and so far have not had one issue that anyone else has had with it. I started it right up and have been gaming with it since and honestly does not get warm or hot and is even quiet while playing. I really like all the Asus utilities that come with it are very nice and let you control everything from fan speed to clearing up memory. It lets you monitor heat source and all spots of heat on the CPU and GPU. I hope to have this laptop for many years and I will say if you are one of the people who have had a issue with your laptop, I would say to give it one more try and swap it for another one. It is a great system and all, BUT the only ONLY thing I wish was different was the case. My monitor case feels like it is made with steel but the rest of the system feels like hard plastic but looks like steel. Overall I highly recommend this and say for the price you will not get anything better.
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Doesn't get much better than this!
StillaYankee (Mar 16, 2017)
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Bought this for my son in college and he loves it! He originally bought something from Dell but that company doesn't seem to know how to ship things (took them over 2 weeks to issue a refund to his credit card!) anymore so after cancelling that I found this laptop & he's thrilled. Graphic quality is great & he hasn't found anything that slows it down yet. It does have cooling fans built in so be forewarned that it's not a silent device.
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Just ordered this, arrived the in 2 days and ...
Connor (Mar 22, 2017)
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Just ordered this, arrived the in 2 days and as soon as i turned it on, within 5 minutes, I got an error about MEMORY_MANAGER. I then ran the memory diagnostic tool built in to Windows 10. Turns out it found a "Hardware Problem". Requested a replacement, I will revise my review upon receipt of the new machine and some basic tests.EDIT: took a couple tries, but finally got one that works as advertised, and for the money it's a really solid machine capable of handling some very cpu and RAM intensive applications side by side.
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AtruDjentleman (Apr 3, 2017)
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Met, and exceeded expectations! Couldn't be happier!!
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Much better than other expensive laptops & Apple MacBooks
USMSUPPLY (Mar 29, 2017)
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Amazing laptop , wow graphic card . super fast hard-drive . Excellent for any type of graphic work without having slow down freezing / sluggish
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Howard M. (Apr 13, 2017)
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This laptop is amazing!! Fast very nice gaming system! I love this system
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Great speed, beautiful graphics
Missy Carr (Apr 7, 2017)
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My son is thrilled with his new gaming laptop. Great speed, beautiful graphics, plenty of poer to enjoy the online games he plays.
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... installing dual boot (Ubuntu partitioned with Windows 10) I love this laptop
Mark Michael Vejvoda (Apr 18, 2017)
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I'm a computer programmer and after installing dual boot (Ubuntu partitioned with Windows 10) I love this laptop.Put it through Future Mark tests and various others and it has excellent value for the money.I'm not convinced the 1050 card is operating at the same performance as a desktop counterpart but it works quite well.Meanwhile the hard drive performance is quite good (not as good as ssd but a lot better than many other laptop drives i've had)The wifi performance is decent and the backlit keyboard is perfect for dim programmer settings.All in all great value for the money.
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Drew192 (Apr 14, 2017)
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Great mid level laptop great graphics
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Shawn (Professional Reviewer) (Apr 24, 2017)
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Works like a charm
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Pedro (Apr 19, 2017)
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Pretty solid lap-top. I don't know how to maximize it's efficiency with windows 10 and removing the pre-installed software that I don't need. It is not bad for what it is. Sometimes I feel like it gets slow a little bit or has some glitches because of windows 10. I'm not sure if it's hardware or software. When playing FFXIV, the keyboard sometimes wouldn't register. I had to press the key several times before it worked. I think it might of been the program and not the keyboard itself. This is my upgrade from a macbook 2008 unibody. The 1080p is amazing. I love it. I play overwatch, eve online and FFXIV and quality of the graphics is superb. I am enjoying this laptop alot.
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overall perfomance is great for the price
Amazon Customer (Apr 25, 2017)
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everything came , fast shipping, well packaged, althought the laptop itself is prone to finger prints, overall perfomance is great for the price
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Amazon Customer (May 10, 2017)
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Fast, powerful, runs everything I have tried. A little on the loud side but that is expected with the 1050ti
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The computer worked great when using it.
Timothy F. Church (May 10, 2017)
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Derrick Harris (May 9, 2017)
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The laptop arrived on time and works beautifully.. I runs fast and has great video.. It also plays all the games that I love with no problems
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Driscoll (May 5, 2017)
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Extremely fast and excellent synergistic component selection!
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Best performance, no heating issues
Sufiyan K. (May 11, 2017)
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Its all what i wanted.. Best performance, no heating issues.. Suppprts everything...Overall it the best...
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Garrett (May 10, 2017)
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Awesome gaming laptop for the money, have had no problems so far, plays games really well would definitely recommend to anyone.
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Fast, light, good for all games ,high hdd, best sound system with Asus gaming app best price for gaming laptop
ALI NAHAS (May 9, 2017)
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Best of the best needs cooling system if you are going to play more than 8 hours non-stopping . Other things to do just play and have fun don't set up any antivirus just have windows defender
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Mehmood (Jun 18, 2017)
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Awesome laptop super fast and can handle any game. Great buy.
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FloriLucem (Jun 3, 2017)
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It's a great laptop. No issues, some bloatware to sort through. Plays my games with ease.
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Really happy with the purchased
Edy Purwanto (Jun 3, 2017)
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So far playing all games (dragon age 2 and inquisition, far cry primal, pillar of eternity, etc..) in ultra setting with flawless and no issues. Fast booting. Really happy with the purchased.
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Cinged (Jun 12, 2017)
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I love this laptop. It starts up quick, is fast in everything it does, and looks amazing. It does much more than everything I need it for, so it should last a long time too. There's only two things I've seen that can be improved: the touchpad occasionally doesn't scroll correctly, and there is no indicator for the number lock key. Most of the time dragging two fingers will scroll the page up or down, but sometimes it won't move the page until I tap on it after attempting to scroll. Most of the time I just work with it or use the pad to grab the sidebar and make the page scroll. If it really starts to annoy me I just plug in my mouse and use my scroll wheel. As far as the number lock, I use it often as I use the 10k and I use the home and end keys, but there is neither I light near the button or in front (where the caps lock indicator is) nor is there a popup or anything on the screen when numlock is pushed. I just either have to know or test it, which isn't efficient. Other than those two things it is perfect for my needs.
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Greg (Jun 8, 2017)
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been great so far
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Amazon Customer (Jun 23, 2017)
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Great product runs super well and is great for someone constantly on the go however I did get a defective battery with it that fails to hold its charge so that is an issue for me.
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Joe (Jun 23, 2017)
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Awesome laptop.
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