Black Asus ROG Zephyrus GX501 15.6 Inches Laptop Review

ASUS ROG Zephyrus GX501 15.6” Full-HD 120Hz Ultra-portable Gaming Laptop, GTX 1080, Intel Core i7, 512GB PCIe SSD, 16GB DDR4

The Asus ROG ZEPHYRUS GX501 laptop is a notebook computer, great for use as a personal computer. Packed with a large 15.6 Inches display and a powerful Intel Core i7-7700HQ 2.8GHz 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 $2699.

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ASUS ROG Zephyrus GX501 15.6” Full-HD 120Hz Ultra-portable Gaming Laptop, GTX 1080, Intel Core i7, 512GB PCIe SSD, 16GB DDR4. This Asus ROG ZEPHYRUS GX501 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 ROG ZEPHYRUS GX501 mobile laptop allows you to multitask with 16GB DDR4 2400MHz and the high end processing power of the Intel Core i7-7700HQ 2.8GHz.

ROG Zephyrus is a revolutionary gaming laptop born from ROG's persistent dedication to innovation. Despite being thinner than all previous ROG laptops, it has the hardware to rival high-end gaming desktops: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 graphics with Max-Q Design, a 7th Generation Intel Core processor...Click Here To Read More & Get Latest Offers
System Features
Ultra-thin and ultra-light with a thickness of only 0.7" (with the lid closed) and weighing only 4.9 lbs
Next-generation gaming performance with an Intel Core i7-7700HQ 2.8 GHz Processor (Turbo up to 3.8GHz) and GeForce GTX 1080 8GB with Max-Q design. Windows 10 Pro
Quiet and cool featuring ROG Active Aerodynamic System which improves airflow by up to 40% and reduces temperatures by up to 20% compared to conventional cooling. *Actual cooling performance varies due to system and environmental conditions
High refresh rate 120Hz wide view Full-HD display with NVIDIA G-SYNC technology
Fast SSD and RAM: featuring 512GB PCIE G3 x4 NVME 512GB M.2 SSD & 16GB DDR4 2400MHz. 802.11ac 2x2 Wi-Fi
Laptop System Specifications
ProcessorIntel Core i7-7700HQ 2.8GHz
RAM16GB DDR4 2400MHz
HDD512GB PCIE G3 x4 NVME + 512GB M.2 SSD
GraphicsGeForce GTX 1080 8GB with Max-Q design
Screen15.6 Inches
OSWindows 10 Professional
Weight4.9 Pounds
Dimensions14.9 x 10.3 x 0.7 inches
USB Ports3.0 Ports (4)
Wireless802.11ac
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7 of 8 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars What.., August 7, 2017
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Flawless performance. Unfortunately, i had to send it back for repair after 2 months since it did not want to turn on. This happened out of nowhere. When they sent it back to me it was still completely dead. Now I've been waiting for about two weeks and its still in repair. A little ridiculous that they sent me back a dead computer and it passed quality assurance team. So, I will update later..

Updatez:
It came back. Total time for repair approx. 1 month. Happy everything is back to normal. TF2 time!! COD WWII seems pretty good too.
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5.0 out of 5 stars I used to have a 17 inch thin gaming laptop for VR development and gaming but it was too big for a lot of bags and not good for airplane travel, October 27, 2017
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Fastest laptop I have owned in a small form factor. I used to have a 17 inch thin gaming laptop for VR development and gaming but it was too big for a lot of bags and not good for airplane travel. This newer small form factor is great.

The keyboard being all the way up the edge is not the best design but I understand why they had to do it. Hopefully next generation laptops will have the keyboard at a more ergonomic spot. Also the trackpad buttons are great because they are actual easy to click buttons. However I do sometimes press the arrow key instead of the left mouse button since it is right next to it.
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26 of 28 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars In love so far, July 19, 2017
This review is from: ASUS ROG Zephyrus GX501 15.6" Full-HD 120Hz Ultra-portable Gaming Laptop, GTX 1080, Intel Core i7, 512GB PCIe SSD, 16GB DDR4 (Personal Computers)
I undervolted my i7 CPU to get my temperatures lower. There was no drop in performance, fps, or throttling. Heat was also reduced a little bit compared to default voltage. Supposedly undervolting will also extend battery life but I haven't tested that. IC Diamond Advanced Thermal Compound was also applied on the CPU + GPU by HIDevolution which probably helped with thermals a bit. For testing I used Intel's ETU and just some games from steam.

30 Mins Default Volt
CPU Idle Test Average: 42-45C
CPU Stress Test : 70-72C

30 Mins Undervolting
CPU Idle Test: 42-45C
CPU Stress Test : 67-70C

1 Hour playing Fallout 4 and Neir Automata
GPU Idle Test: 48-50C
GPU Stress Test: 70-74C

Overall, this was a huge upgrade to my MSI 17" GE72 GTX960M laptop which got uncomfortably hot just browsing the web, burning hot when playing games, fan noise like a jet engine, heavy, thick and ran games at medium to low quality to get... Read more
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