ASUS ROG Strix G16 Gaming Laptop, 16” Nebula Display 16:10 QHD 240Hz, GeForce RTX 4060, Intel® Core™ i9-14900HX, 16GB DDR5-5600, 1TB PCIe SSD, Wi-Fi 6E, Windows 11, G614JVR-ES94

Amazing laptop

It’s exactly what it stated for me specs n all no trouble ordering n receiving, runs great looks amazing. My first laptop was well worth the moneyi9 14900 4070Not bad

I don't have too much to say about it. It runs about as well as my PC at home, if not better.I've used it to play AAA titles and MMOs in the late evening while on trips out of town, to do work for college, coding & my job. It's a great laptop.A few things to consider. While the numpad that's build into the touchpad is neat at first... it's just a nuisance when your catch your hand on it while gaming & then you're hitting random buttons on accident. Also, the resolution isn't 16:9, it is 16:10. You're going to have issues getting the full screen to be filled for some games & you're going to lose 1-2 inches of screen to black-bars in games such as Elden Ring.However, I feel like the 16:10 resolution provides for a more compact laptop shape. I have a 16:9 laptop & it feels so lopsided to use or carry around. This one feels great. Plus you have more vertical space for say, writing a program in VSCode or the like. So it's a bit of a give & take there.PSA - I'm told ASUS customer service is horrible these days. If you have any issues with your laptop, please be warned you might be best off seeking other routes for repairs. Even if you are in warranty. There's plenty of videos on Youtube about it. Gamers Nexus is the one that alerted me to the potential issue.

Screen went wash washed with swirling colors the first day I got it, which is today. I shut the lid and when I open it it's white washed. I tried turning it on and off, nothing. So now I'm trying to reset it to see if that works. For the amount of money I paid for. 14gen gaming laptop that I was very excited to get, I shouldn't have to go through this 1st day. This is insane. Reset brought my screen back, but I am worried it's going to do it again. I'll keep an eye on it and see what happens. I hope I don't have to return it. To be continued.....edit: 9/12/2024I've had it for a few months now, and it's starting to feel like I've had it for a year with these tech issues, and bugs. I seem to be having some issues. Armory crate Aura sync I wouldn't be able to access it after my laptop sleeps or is restarted, and I would have to restart it a second time to be fixed. Even unable to change dynamic lighting setting would be stuck on one of them even if I click the others the light wouldn't change over, and I have to restart. Sims 4 keeps crashing no matter what I do. Sometimes my lockscreen picture would be met with no picture and a black screen, and I would have to restart to get it back. It just feels buggy.update. 4/13/2025I had to send it in to be repaired back in December 2024. It works fine now. The whole motherboard had to be replaced along with the hard drive and fan. Good thing this came with a warranty because all these issues happened way after the return date. For a brand new system this was insane. Do not get this product.

Good: Plays everything I have with great performance.Good: Great specs. Does everything I need it to do and will ever do.Good: The screen quality is great.Meh: Not a fan of all the bloatware that comes with this rig.Meh: Had a couple issues at first where the function keys just stopped working. Driver and BIOS updates seemed to fix that.Meh: Battery life is abysmal but Optimus helps with that. Also wasn’t expecting this thing to last 8 hours given its primary function and hardware.Meh: I can’t figure out how to properly wake up the laptop from sleep mode. Sometimes clicking the mouse works, sometimes pressing a key does the trick, and other times I have to press the power button to awaken it.Unsure: I hear frequent scratchy sounds from the board that almost sound like an old school hard drive on its way to total failure. Google suggests this might be coil whine, but I’m not really sure.

This thing is powerful. Definitely gets hot, so I'd recommend a cooling pad. Performs better than my desktop (3070ti, ryzen 7 3700x). Haven't seen any info on whether or not it has an additional m.2 slot, so I'd like to know that before cracking it open (did so on my 2022 version). Tampering with Armorycrate and power saving settings allows me to get a good 6+ hours of battery life, totally serviceable for school use though I keep the power cord and a battery bank close at hand anyway. Somewhat annoyed by the lack of USB A connectors, there's only 2. There are 2 USB C connectors which is nice, but I don't have anything to leverage those at the moment. I preferred having the ports on the back rather than the sides as they now interfere with the workspace, but understand the sacrifice for cooling. Haven't run into any issues as of yet, a month after purchase. Very satisfied.

The specs are great, it’s more than most gamers will ever need! Fast, responsive, the graphics & QHD screen resolution are beautiful. Built in speaker sound is just ok, you can make adjustments to improve quality or simply connect to a bluetooth speaker to level up your audio expedience. The fans do a good job keeping it cool but it does get very warm when running high performance, not bad though. Personally I spent way too much time researching for the best of the best gaming laptops in this price category and I can confidently say that I’m really happy with my purchase & selection! Honestly i’d give this ROG Strix an 8 out of 10!

Amazing capability for a laptop.