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expiredSuryasis posted Dec 27, 2021 11:48 AM
ASUS ROG Strix Laptop: Ryzen 9 5900HX, RX 6800M, 15.6" 300Hz, 16GB RAM, 512GB SSD
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Best Buy via eBay has ASUS ROG Strix G15 Advantage Edition Gaming Laptop (G513QY-212.SG15) on sale for $1,399.99. Shipping is free.
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Best Buy has ASUS ROG Strix G15 Advantage Edition Gaming Laptop (G513QY-212.SG15) on sale for $1,399.99. Shipping is free.
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Best Buy has ASUS ROG Strix G15 Advantage Edition Gaming Laptop (G513QY-212.SG15) on sale for $1,399.99. Shipping is free.
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Specs:
- 15.6" 1920x1080 300Hz (3ms) Full HD IPS-Level Display
- AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX 8 Cores, 16 Threads (3.3GHz Base / 4.6GHz Boost) Processor
- 16GB DDR4 Memory
- 512GB Solid State Drive
- AMD Radeon RX 6800M Graphics
- Intel Wi-Fi 6 (802.11ax) + Bluetooth 5.1
- Backlit Chiclet Keyboard (4-Zone) RGB
- Windows 10
- Ports:
- 1x HDMI 2.0b
- 1x USB 3.2 Type C (Gen 1)
- 3x USB 3.2 Type A (Gen 1)
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Written by oceanlake- About this deal:
- This price is $250 lower (15% savings) than the list price.
- This is $100 lower than the last time this laptop was a Frontpage Deal.
- About this product:
- 1-year manufacturer's warranty
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- Best Buy via eBay offers 14 day returns. Buyer pays return shipping.
- See the Best Buy return policy for returns information. When purchased now through Jan 2, you can return most items anytime until Jan 16. 
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Best Buy via eBay has ASUS ROG Strix G15 Advantage Edition Gaming Laptop (G513QY-212.SG15) on sale for $1,399.99. Shipping is free.
Additionally, select eBay Accounts Earn 8% in eBay Bucks. See our Frontpage Deal for the eBay Bucks offer for details.
Best Buy has ASUS ROG Strix G15 Advantage Edition Gaming Laptop (G513QY-212.SG15) on sale for $1,399.99. Shipping is free.
Thanks to community member Suryasis for finding this deal.
Specs:
Additionally, select eBay Accounts Earn 8% in eBay Bucks. See our Frontpage Deal for the eBay Bucks offer for details.
Best Buy has ASUS ROG Strix G15 Advantage Edition Gaming Laptop (G513QY-212.SG15) on sale for $1,399.99. Shipping is free.
Thanks to community member Suryasis for finding this deal.
Specs:
- 15.6" 1920x1080 300Hz (3ms) Full HD IPS-Level Display
- AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX 8 Cores, 16 Threads (3.3GHz Base / 4.6GHz Boost) Processor
- 16GB DDR4 Memory
- 512GB Solid State Drive
- AMD Radeon RX 6800M Graphics
- Intel Wi-Fi 6 (802.11ax) + Bluetooth 5.1
- Backlit Chiclet Keyboard (4-Zone) RGB
- Windows 10
- Ports:
- 1x HDMI 2.0b
- 1x USB 3.2 Type C (Gen 1)
- 3x USB 3.2 Type A (Gen 1)
Editor's Notes
Written by oceanlake- About this deal:
- This price is $250 lower (15% savings) than the list price.
- This is $100 lower than the last time this laptop was a Frontpage Deal.
- About this product:
- 1-year manufacturer's warranty
- About this store:
- Best Buy via eBay offers 14 day returns. Buyer pays return shipping.
- See the Best Buy return policy for returns information. When purchased now through Jan 2, you can return most items anytime until Jan 16. 
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Model: ASUS - ROG Strix G15 Advantage Edition 15.6" FHD Gaming Laptop - AMD R9-5900HX - 16GB Memory - Radeon RX 6800M - 512GB SSD
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Top Comments
No.
IFyou are willing to do this, YES.. but open it in store, turn on and make sure the dedicated gpu is working fine.
(I am typing on my G15 Advantage Edition now) these had a flaw of over applying the liquid metal which caused the liquid metal to work its way off the chip to the surrondings of the chip.. be cpu or gpu. Mostly GPU's.
So you would have people returning the laptops and stories that Bestbuy sold them as open box. (without poperly checking if GPU was shorted out).
What I did with my G15 Advantage Edition.. was straight after I took it out the box.. remove the back cover, disconnected battery.. removed ! sticker on the heat chamber and removed the head chamber. Exposing both CPU and GPU. then carefully and tediously removed ALL Liquid Metal. (there was a lot of it on the chips.. just flooded with the stuff).
Then I cleaned with rubbing alcohol 90 percent. Then re thermal pasted like a regular laptop desktop.
This swap out of Liquid Metal to regular thermal paste eliminates anything to do with over doing Liquid Metal. Problem solved.
Now, there were rebooting issues on these G15 Advantage Editions. After we (many forum threads including Discord ) finally got the issue passed onto the correct department of ASUS.. ASUS has put out 2 updates to resolve this issue. Yes, they are resolved.
One was " Hotfix " that installed a bios on the video card (vBios).. and the other was a Bios update.
After all this time from when the G15 Advantage Editions have been out, that has been fixed. Took a long time to sort out.
Now then, finally.. the RAM. You can get slow secondary timing RAM sticks, or fast.. luck of the drag. It was because of supply and demand and covid... ASUS put slow secondary timings in these models as well as regular secondary timing RAM.
It only has a 512 m.2 drive as well.
No dedicated MUX, BUT you can use USBc to Display port or HDMI cable to your external monitor. As long as you connect from USBc of the laptop, you are dedicated from the GPU 6800! So MUX switch results!
The battery on this is insane. 11 hrs just browsing web. You can dedicate programs to use the GPU like games.
There have been pictures of ASUS addressing the ' over flow of Liquid Metal ' issues by ' revisions' of protecting the surrounding of the chips by certain thermal tape applied. Looks slightly different then mine. Anyway, 100% remove the LM in either case.. it is only time where LM will cause an issue In My Opinion!
So, no, I honestly wouldn't recommend a open box.
Get the newer stock, chances are you have the revised thermal tape around the chips, and the secondary timings maybe faster on the RAM.
Discord for this laptop model : discord.gg/KXsnyjyD
IF I wanted a QHD, I would by the G15 zepherous. Top 5 Gaming Laptops of the Year (2021) [youtube.com]
There is Gizmo's spreadsheet of laptops and deals found HERE [google.com]
His review for this G15 Advantage Edition HERE [youtube.com]
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If you are gaming on an external monitor and do not care as much about mining performance to pay off the laptop, I would go this one.
No.
IFyou are willing to do this, YES.. but open it in store, turn on and make sure the dedicated gpu is working fine.
(I am typing on my G15 Advantage Edition now) these had a flaw of over applying the liquid metal which caused the liquid metal to work its way off the chip to the surrondings of the chip.. be cpu or gpu. Mostly GPU's.
So you would have people returning the laptops and stories that Bestbuy sold them as open box. (without poperly checking if GPU was shorted out).
What I did with my G15 Advantage Edition.. was straight after I took it out the box.. remove the back cover, disconnected battery.. removed ! sticker on the heat chamber and removed the head chamber. Exposing both CPU and GPU. then carefully and tediously removed ALL Liquid Metal. (there was a lot of it on the chips.. just flooded with the stuff).
Then I cleaned with rubbing alcohol 90 percent. Then re thermal pasted like a regular laptop desktop.
This swap out of Liquid Metal to regular thermal paste eliminates anything to do with over doing Liquid Metal. Problem solved.
Now, there were rebooting issues on these G15 Advantage Editions. After we (many forum threads including Discord ) finally got the issue passed onto the correct department of ASUS.. ASUS has put out 2 updates to resolve this issue. Yes, they are resolved.
One was " Hotfix " that installed a bios on the video card (vBios).. and the other was a Bios update.
After all this time from when the G15 Advantage Editions have been out, that has been fixed. Took a long time to sort out.
Now then, finally.. the RAM. You can get slow secondary timing RAM sticks, or fast.. luck of the drag. It was because of supply and demand and covid... ASUS put slow secondary timings in these models as well as regular secondary timing RAM.
It only has a 512 m.2 drive as well.
No dedicated MUX, BUT you can use USBc to Display port or HDMI cable to your external monitor. As long as you connect from USBc of the laptop, you are dedicated from the GPU 6800! So MUX switch results!
The battery on this is insane. 11 hrs just browsing web. You can dedicate programs to use the GPU like games.
There have been pictures of ASUS addressing the ' over flow of Liquid Metal ' issues by ' revisions' of protecting the surrounding of the chips by certain thermal tape applied. Looks slightly different then mine. Anyway, 100% remove the LM in either case.. it is only time where LM will cause an issue In My Opinion!
So, no, I honestly wouldn't recommend a open box.
Get the newer stock, chances are you have the revised thermal tape around the chips, and the secondary timings maybe faster on the RAM.
Discord for this laptop model : discord.gg/KXsnyjyD
IF I wanted a QHD, I would by the G15 zepherous. Top 5 Gaming Laptops of the Year (2021) [youtube.com]
There is Gizmo's spreadsheet of laptops and deals found HERE [google.com]
His review for this G15 Advantage Edition HERE [youtube.com]
No.
IFyou are willing to do this, YES.. but open it in store, turn on and make sure the dedicated gpu is working fine.
(I am typing on my G15 Advantage Edition now) these had a flaw of over applying the liquid metal which caused the liquid metal to work its way off the chip to the surrondings of the chip.. be cpu or gpu. Mostly GPU's.
So you would have people returning the laptops and stories that Bestbuy sold them as open box. (without poperly checking if GPU was shorted out).
What I did with my G15 Advantage Edition.. was straight after I took it out the box.. remove the back cover, disconnected battery.. removed ! sticker on the heat chamber and removed the head chamber. Exposing both CPU and GPU. then carefully and tediously removed ALL Liquid Metal. (there was a lot of it on the chips.. just flooded with the stuff).
Then I cleaned with rubbing alcohol 90 percent. Then re thermal pasted like a regular laptop desktop.
This swap out of Liquid Metal to regular thermal paste eliminates anything to do with over doing Liquid Metal. Problem solved.
Now, there were rebooting issues on these G15 Advantage Editions. After we (many forum threads including Discord ) finally got the issue passed onto the correct department of ASUS.. ASUS has put out 2 updates to resolve this issue. Yes, they are resolved.
One was " Hotfix " that installed a bios on the video card (vBios).. and the other was a Bios update.
After all this time from when the G15 Advantage Editions have been out, that has been fixed. Took a long time to sort out.
Now then, finally.. the RAM. You can get slow secondary timing RAM sticks, or fast.. luck of the drag. It was because of supply and demand and covid... ASUS put slow secondary timings in these models as well as regular secondary timing RAM.
It only has a 512 m.2 drive as well.
There have been pictures of ASUS addressing the ' over flow of Liquid Metal ' issues by ' revisions' of protecting the surrounding of the chips by certain thermal tape applied. Looks slightly different then mine. Anyway, 100% remove the LM in either case.. it is only time where LM will cause an issue In My Opinion!
So, no, I honestly wouldn't recommend a open box.
Get the newer stock, chances are you have the revised thermal tape around the chips, and the secondary timings maybe faster on the RAM.
Discord for this laptop model : discord.gg/KXsnyjyD
And the laptop list HERE [google.com]
One thing I would like to also mention is, this M.2 speed is PCIe 3.0x4 on this laptop. Other laptops have PCIe 4.0 x4.
So it is a budget type of killer performance laptop.. but if your willing to spend hundreds more, a lot of choices out there.
The keyboard is also not per key RGB it is zones (that do change in wave and pattern.. but not per key )
And no trackpad / number pad.
AND no web cam.
But, all these things don't bother me. ( I even had the older model with the origional LM protection, slow ram seconday timings)
As I mentioned, i just simply removed all the LM.
I also bought a WD SN850 1TB M.2.. I MIGHT buy RAM just for the secondary timings.. But in real world I won't really bennefit much for MY application with this laptop and that is to play an old game, web surf, you tube.
This laptop is really kind of over kill for me. 12 gb GPU that I won't utalize in games I play.
I had an MSI from costco with a 3060 card (in store now for $1400).. but the display really reminded me of buying cheap TV where if you sat next to yourself on the couch, the TV screen showed a quality change from the viewing angles. (17 on 1080 not good).
Had a new Alienware recently, out the box it was BENT. Refunded that quick.
My next laptop will be a QHD, this is why I included that youtube video of the top 5..
But this G15 Advantage Edition is fantastic for the price.
I've narrowed it down to things like the xps15, or a fullblown gaming laptop. I don't particularly like the latter choice, but it seems like it's the only alternative that gives me 2 ram slots; the thinner Asus laptops don't allow for a second memory slot afaik.
I currently run an older xps13, and it's been good for work stuff for a number of years, but I wouldnt mind going slightly larger now cuz I'm turning into an old geezer. (this coming from a guy who, when he bought the xps13, was relieved to not have to lug around such a big (15") laptop). but, needs change.
14" would be the sweet spot imo for portability, but I know that narrows my choices even further.
I'm trying to stay around $1.5k or less if I can help it.
side question-- should I just hold out for alderlake mobile chips? I'm on kaby lake.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8XCeAdF
Okay so this does have much better battery life out of the box than the Legion 5 Pro and by a lot, BUT you can tweak settings to bring them much closer. The G15 Advantage just does those things on the fly and has a bigger battery.
After years of crap battery life on gaming laptops I am amazed at the battery life on these beasts.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8XCeAdF
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