ASUS ROG Zephyrus S GX701 Gaming Laptop, 17.3” 144Hz Pantone Validated Full HD IPS, GeForce RTX 2080, Intel Core i7-8750H CPU, 16GB DDR4, 1TB PCIe Nvme SSD Hyper Drive, Windows 10 Pro - GX701GX-XS76

My Asus ROG g750jh was showing its age. After I bought that computer, which was extremely awesome for its time, I knew I could only stick with Asus computers. They're extremely good quality, hardy, and powerful. Now, my g750jh was uh.. a desktop replacer that weighed like fifteen pounds, so it was anything but portable. Six years later, while it was still running strong I had the money to get something else, so I did. I got this guy.I had been eyeing the ROG Zephyrus GX701 for a while now. The price made me cringe, but when I saw the black friday sale I hopped right on it. I now had the computer for a few days, and here's my verdict:For gaming, as well as standard everyday use, this thing is insanely powerful. Frankly, having access to such power in a PC is a little scary. For reference, in the simplest terms: I can run Minecraft with Ultra Shaders and x512 texture packs and it just doesn't hecking care. Still runs at like, 30-50 fps, depending on where I'm at. Now, I don't really play minecraft but I really wanted to see how far I could push the graphics card, and I was not disappointed.This thing is insanely fast. From shutdown to startup, it wakes up in less than 3 seconds.The size of this guy is nice, too. Yeah, it's a 17 inch laptop, but it's crazy thin and it feels super compact. I can sit down on the couch with it in my lap or fly with it and not worry about it being too heavy or cumbersome. The battery life is excellent, too. Lasts about four hours with my current settings, give or take. I haven't tried gaming without it being plugged in, though.This is a nice computer. The power of this thing, the compact nature of it, the DISPLAY (Oh god the display is amazing), and the little quirks like the volume nob are awesome.The one little complaint I have, though, is that this computer only has one headset jack - not a separate audio and headphone jack. I know this is a modern computer so I should expect it to be compact and all, but it forced me to have to buy a USB headset so I could actually talk to my friends. Not to say the computer doesn't come with its own microphone, but I'd rather not have to have my friends worry about the train going by a couple of blocks over. Still, I guess it makes sense for me to have to upgrade my headset into the 21st century, but I'm going to miss my old one since it obviously wasn't broken.All in all, awesome computer.

I waited 2 months to post a review to make sure there were no issues. So far the laptop has performed wonderfully. It can run any current game at max settings.The laptop is very well built. It did come with a lot of stickers on it, which peeled off fairly easily. If there are stickers on the fan area of your laptop, wait till it heats up and they will peel of much easier. The screen looks great and has thin bezels due to Asus removing the webcam and packing it separately. I didn't mind this feature as I don't have use for a webcam. To note, there is still a mic built into the monitor.I thought the keyboard placement would be weird but I actually don't mind it at all. It took about a day to get used to it and now I actually prefer it. I use a wireless mouse with the laptop, so I have no use for the track pad.I undervolted the CPU via throttlestop and also undervolted the GPU via a voltage curve on afterburner. My stable temps after an hour of so of gaming with the fans on balanced mode are about 80c on the cpu and 70c on the gpu which isn't bad for a laptop, especially considering how thin this one is. If you are curious on how to do this, just google "8750h throttlestop" and go from there.The fans do crank up to an audible "whoosh" after awhile but it doesn't bother me.Gaming laptops have come quite a ways. I definitely recommend the Zephyrus S in any configuration, solid laptop.

This is one of the lightest and fastest gaming laptops I have ever owned. Highly recommend this one. For now one of the best on the market bar none. Comes with a detachable 1080p camera.Update: After updating microsoft the crate armoury stopped working and the Aura can only be brightened or dimmed but can not change the effects of the keyboard lighting to anything but rainbow,no strobe etc. tried updating the armoury via the asus website, that did nothing. Contacting ASUS today to see what they come up with. i will Update soon.Updatearmour crate stopped working after microsoft updated. asus support was not able to help and asked that exchange it. doing so, but not happyEven after doing a restore Armoury Crate is still not working. I would not recommend this laptop.

I like this laptop. It's nice and how thin it is, is perfect for taking it on the go. I've been able to play every game that's come out just fine as well as VR (after buying a DVI adapter). This will definitely meet all gaming needs. It can run a little on the loud side when running on turbo to play games at the highest settings. The issue I have is after about 15 months the battery and DVI (that allows VR usage) stopped working. The laptop no longer charges and much be on A/C power 24/7 to power on. The best part is it stopped working just after the warranty ran out. So if you're looking to buy (even if you feel pretty tech savvy and delicate with your items), buy an extra extended warranty.Edit: Turns out the battery didn't die. Something to do with Windows ACPI-Compliant Control Method Battery caused the issue of both the battery and USB not working. Even still... Buy a long warranty if you're getting something this expensive.