14 of 16 people found the following review helpful Decent laptop, August 19, 2017 This review is from: ASUS ROG Zephyrus GX501 15.6" Full-HD 120Hz Ultra-portable Gaming Laptop, GTX 1070, Intel Core i7, 256GB PCIe SSD, 16GB DDR4 (Personal Computers) Amazing laptop with a few major cons - Can't control fan speed - It's only 238GB, which you can't even use all... To download games you will have to get an external HDD or upgrade the one in this laptop. - Terrible speakers. It sounds like you're playing music on a phone which you placed in a bowl... For a $2.3 thousand dollar laptop that is not something you want... - Terrible battery life... I spent a half an hour transferring files onto an external HDD, it took 40% of the battery down... (I had brightness at 30% and no keyboard lighting.. And I had nothing plugged into the laptop beside for the HDD, (no mouse)). I can barely use Youtube for an hour before it hits 50% when brightness is half. - Gets hot with moderate use (Youtube on chrome + Battlefield 4, for example.) (When doing just youtube it gets hot too, but it's not unbearable. - TERRIBLE customer support from Asus... I spent over 5 hours talking with them.. they kept transferring me, they... Read more 0 of 2 people found the following review helpful Two Stars, January 22, 2018 This review is from: ASUS ROG Zephyrus GX501 15.6" Full-HD 120Hz Ultra-portable Gaming Laptop, GTX 1070, Intel Core i7, 256GB PCIe SSD, 16GB DDR4 (Personal Computers) the device is broken after 2nd time turning it on 5 of 5 people found the following review helpful A powerful laptop that's perfect for the living room... if you have the right setup., September 22, 2017 This review is from: ASUS ROG Zephyrus GX501 15.6" Full-HD 120Hz Ultra-portable Gaming Laptop, GTX 1070, Intel Core i7, 256GB PCIe SSD, 16GB DDR4 (Personal Computers) I love it! My only real complaint would be that the screen is a tad dimmer than I'm used to, but it's a small price to pay for this much power in such a slim package. I actually really like the keyboard and palm rest setup since your palms won't get sweaty as they might while playing directly on a conventional gaming laptop, I would never use this thing directly on my lap. I feel the pro reviews were overly harsh on the design, though I'll agree that this laptop is not for everyone. This laptop is built for someone who wants to play PC games where they will always have a power hookup. + A beast under the hood, handling everything I've thrown at it. The g-sync display makes framerates between 60 and 120 seem seamless. I don't believe you'll miss the extra power that the 1080 model offers if you're wanting to save $500. Plenty of power here. + The keyboard is surprisingly nice to type on, coming from a Surface Book, though you'll need to get used to not having... Read more |