Black Asus GL502VM-DB71 15.6 Inches Laptop Review

ASUS ROG STRIX 15.6-inch G-SYNC VR Ready Core i7 2.6GHz Thin and Light Gaming Laptop [GL502VM] GeForce GTX 1060, 16GB DDR4, 1TB 7200 RPM HDD, Intel Core i7 6700HQ

The Asus GL502VM-DB71 laptop is a notebook computer, great for use as a personal computer. Packed with a large 15.6 Inches display and a powerful 6th Gen Intel Skylake Core i7 6700HQ 2.6GHz CPU processor. This Asus laptop model would work well for portability with its 4.9 Pounds lightweight design and sleek black look. Great for gaming, heavy duty processing or a work computer, this laptop is worth the price of $2099.

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ASUS ROG STRIX 15.6-inch G-SYNC VR Ready Core i7 2.6GHz Thin and Light Gaming Laptop [GL502VM] GeForce GTX 1060, 16GB DDR4, 1TB 7200 RPM HDD, Intel Core i7 6700HQ. This Asus GL502VM-DB71 laptop is a powerful computer that is great for more than the average usage. You can use it for development work, play the latest video games, video editing as well as watching movies online such as Netflix, visiting social media networks like Facebook and be able to communicate with friends and family online through programs such as Skype and much more! Store your important documents with ease using this laptops spacious 1024GB hard drive storage. Whether you need to write your term paper, catch up on work or create the family budget, this Asus GL502VM-DB71 mobile laptop allows you to multitask with 16GB DDR4 and the high end processing power of the 6th Gen Intel Skylake Core i7 6700HQ 2.6GHz.

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System Features
Unmatched Performance with 6th Generation Intel Skylake Core i7 6700HQ 2.6GHz Processor
Immersive Virtual Reality Ready and Stutter-Free Gameplay with GeForce GTX 1060 6GB GDDR5 Graphics Card
Boost your Gaming Experience with 16GB DDR4 Memory (supports up to 24GB with four DDR4 slots)
Ultra-Smooth and Lag-Free Gameplay with our NVIDIA G-SYNC 15.6-inch Full HD 1080p Display.The GL502's Ultra-Portable Thin and Light profile is just under 1-inch and weighs less than 4.75lbs
LCD panel may emit some degree of light ("bleed") around the edges of the panel
Laptop System Specifications
Processor6th Gen Intel Skylake Core i7 6700HQ 2.6GHz
RAM16GB DDR4
HDD1TB 7200RPM
GraphicsGeForce GTX 1060 6GB GDDR5
Screen15.6 Inches
OSWindows 10
Weight4.9 Pounds
Dimensions10.5 x 15.4 x 0.9 inches
USB Ports3.0 Ports (3)
Wireless802.11 A/C
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Average Customer Review

39 of 41 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Solid product, not perfect 4.5/5.0 *, February 23, 2017
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I've owned the ASUS ROG GL502VS-DB71 15.6" laptop for less than 6 months. I've encountered no significant problems.
All the complaints that others have posted are probably true, but they are also probably based on false expectations. Let me explain...
Laptops and "gaming" machines are polar opposites. From the ground up, laptops are built for portability and battery life. If you pack them with "gaming" features (graphics card, CPU, RAM, etc) they start to become heavy, power hungry, run hot and burn battery fast. So laptops that stay on for a flight to Europe will not be able to run your games, and the ones that do will run out of juice in 1h (and burn your crotch in the process, assuming TSA lets you on the plane with that monster as a carryon.)
As far as a compromise between the two opposite goals (laptop and gaming), this is a pretty good one.
I have had an MSI i5? 17" system and a Razer i7 14" to compare it to. I am super happy that... Read more
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245 of 270 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars faster SSD, September 11, 2016
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I'd like to start off this review by clarifying that this laptop does indeed have a M.2 256GB Samsung NVMe SSD, asus, amazon, and notebookcheck would lead you to beleive it has a M.2 SATA 3 drive. No, NVMe and it's very fast.

Next, the size of the device. it's alot larger than the photos would lead you to believe. it's height is about one inch, which is fine, but a little wide. as a matter of fact when I took the laptop out of the box for the first time, I thought it was a 17" model. nope, 15"6. Not bad tho if you take into consideration the performance... which leads to the next topic...
this laptop is very Powerful. it's crushes my 3 year old gtx 780ti. its maxing out my entire steam library with ease... just make sure you keep it plugged in, or else performance will drop significantly.

as far as build quality, its better than decent imo. plastic but a solid design.
I do have some complaints tho...

1. the touchpad is slightly less... Read more
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24 of 25 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Great gaming, video editor or desktop replacement laptop!, January 25, 2017
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I've been very pleased with the design and how this laptop performs.
With day to day tasks and video editing this machine absolutely kills it.
There is an occasional slowdown because of the 7200 RPM drive (not SSD) but an easy upgrade would be to add an M.2 drive.

The keyboard is a chicklet style which is very responsive and a pleasure to use for both typing as well as playing games.
Likewise, the trackpad is very smooth and responsive. It's offset from the center of the laptop, but centered under the "main" part of the keyboard (minus the number pad).

I've been using this with my Oculus Rift CV1 and it's been working flawlessly.
I have the headset, with sensor and the sensor for the touch controllers plugged in and there was space for all of them, but only the USB-C port is left unused so not much room to expand.

For non-VR games, I got some very good framerates:
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ASUS ROG STRIX 15.6-inch G-SYNC VR Ready Core i7 2.6GHz Thin and Light Gaming Laptop [GL502VM] GeForce GTX 1060, 16GB DDR4, 1TB 7200 RPM HDD, Intel Core i7 6700HQ