ASUS TUF Gaming F17 Gaming Laptop, 17.3” 144Hz FHD IPS-Type Display, Intel Core i5-10300H, GeForce GTX 1650 Ti, 8GB DDR4, 512GB PCIe SSD, RGB Keyboard, Windows 10, Bonfire Black, FX706LI-ES53

It is an extremely fast laptop. Boot up time is mere seconds. It automatically switches graphics when starting a game - that takes a couple seconds. I have had few problems. Like any computer you need to learn about it and you can customize your screens, etc., however you like them. I preferred the older style of File Explorer. I don't like some of the windows apps, but I can disable or remove them. Those are software things. The hardware is working great! By the way, the speakers are not very loud. I use a headset for somethings, or I can use a blue tooth speaker to listen to things farther away. Older computers had much more control over the audio, but that problem has been going on for years.

No issues so far, great laptop for the price. The larger screen I love; I did do an upgrade to 16GB DDR4 and added 1T secondary m2, still have room for a standard SSD if I want.The upgrade wasn't a required upgrade just something I did to make it a bit more future proof and expand so I could also use it for work.Even with the upgrade the price is below 1100.00 for a very capable Gaming machine.Playing Fallout 4 before the upgrade I was using Ultimate settings and it never slowed down or stuttered.You do sometimes notice the fans spin a bit faster but that's to be expected. It doesn't get hot that I have found, it's heavy but again to be expected; it's built to be tough, to take the bumps and bangs a laptop gets and keep on going.Looks great to, I do notice some fingerprints/palmprints leaving marks but a quick wipe-down removes them.

Boots from cold off to on in ~5 seconds!Excellent gaming performance via STEAM CS:GOFans spool up to a loud state while gaming to keep GPU & CPU coolSystem opens via normal Philips 000 screws of the bottom plate, exposing the logic board & 45 WH lipo batteryOnce inside the machine you will find an extra space for a second M.2 NVMe drive, a second RAM slot open for upgrading easily & even a full SSD slot for adding an SSD to the machine!Excellent 17inch 144hz screen dims nicely & has many color modes including low blue night modesSound most excellent from two vibration isolated (rubber grommet mount) speakers inside that produce excellent volumes levels & surprising base output for their size & design, utilizing some kind of volume optimized acoustically tuned housing to enhance the speakers output & dynamic range.Power brick gets really warm when system running full playing video gamesBuild quality seems really good, including the heatpipe to heatsink fin cooling system on the left & right rear that blows hot air out the back of the unit near the base of where the display connects to the keyboard case. Air even sucked in from the keyboard in gaming specific zones to keep your fingers cool & dry while playing Esports etcValue most excellent given combo of hardware & build quality for $850 that's hard to beat in early 2021Battery life unsurprisingly mediocre given the 11.4v 4050mah 3S lipo inside the unit, seems like about 3.5-4 hours just browsing the web in Edge, or about 1 hours on battery when playing CS:GO with low settings //I really like the user upgradable design that's easy to open for cleaning or upgrading with simple basic tools nearly everyone has, a 00 or 000 Philips + style screw driver // only 1 corner screw shorter than all the others which are the same length! Thank you Asus!Comes with easy to remove bloatware & the factor M.2 drive really fast with file transfers.Wireless network performance exceptionally fast & low latency! Maxes out potential of my Comcast Xfinity serviceVery light weight or low mass of about 5 lbs which is really amazing given size of the display, making it easily portable & lighter to move around for excellent ergonomics.A full keyboard with number pad makes the IO a pleasure, though your going to want to use a mouse for gaming, since gaming with the touchpad not ideal for fast pace games //

Reading the reviews for this PC, I was expecting this laptop to sound like it's about to take off at mach 5, but it's really not that loud compared to a struggling older PC or an original PS4 pro whose fan is overworked on newer games. Sure it's not quiet by any means, but not nearly as distracting as I anticipated. Performs well but does get pretty warm during intensive gaming even with an additional cooling pad underneath, so definitely get one of those. The weirdest thing is that when you plug or unplug your charger, the screen goes black for a couple of seconds, presumably due to switching power settings. Shouldn't be an issue during gaming sessions however as of course you should have it plugged in for performance anyway, but something to be wary of if your charger cable ever starts to go out. Internal memory isn't huge so I did buy an additional 4TB SSD, which installed smoothly. Runs FFXIV without issues and scored an extremely high on the Shadowbringers benchmark and a very high on the Endwalker benchmark, so should be good for MMO gaming for another couple of years without upgrades.

I do not use this computer for gaming. I only use it for trading stocks, watching YouTube videos and occasionally browsing and uploading movies. The battery life is horrible! As for the sound…. I watch a lot of YouTube videos about stocks. The sound is VERY low. I have all sound cranked up to 100 and it’s STILL low! I would say this is NOT good for gamers. I would not buy this if you are looking for long battery life and loud speakers. The fan is also quite loud.