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expired Posted by DethBlade • Apr 6, 2023
Apr 6, 2023 10:36 PM
ASUS ROG Zephyrus Laptop: i9-12900H, 16" 165Hz, RTX 3070 Ti, 16GB RAM, 1TB SSD
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The QC with this laptop is very YMMV. I seemed to have slightly lucked out. I have minor backlight bleed that is un-noticeable in person that a camera would absolutely make worse and mainly just IPS glow. That said, other people have it worse than I do and you can find those testimonies just searching on Google.
If I really wanted a gaming laptop, I definitely would have opted for something thicker and had more airflow. I DEFINITELY would have opted for a Ryzen system but sucks for me that my workflow requires Intel.
I knew what I was going to get going into buying this laptop (It also didnt help that I watched Jarrod, Matthew Moniz, and Dave2D talk about this laptop and thought, "This is exactly what I'm looking for"). I needed a thin and light laptop with a Intel chip, moderately decent life off the charger (I am perfectly fine with USB PD charging), and can game with decent framerates if I wanted to. For the most part, I got that. I also sprang for Geek Squad 3 year considering the stories I've heard about Zephyrus QC. Personally I'm happy, but I'm not blind to the fact that other people have had a different experience than me.
Advice: $1300 is a killer price for a thin and light gaming laptop with these specs. That said, if you can find it in-store, get it and abuse (read: okay, not really abuse but more so use it liberally) the replacement policy. You will never know if you lost the QC lottery in some regard whether it be temps, IPS bleed, or speakers popping (I don't have that at all so I can't tell you what it may sound like).
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The QC with this laptop is very YMMV. I seemed to have slightly lucked out. I have minor backlight bleed that is un-noticeable in person that a camera would absolutely make worse and mainly just IPS glow. That said, other people have it worse than I do and you can find those testimonies just searching on Google.
If I really wanted a gaming laptop, I definitely would have opted for something thicker and had more airflow. I DEFINITELY would have opted for a Ryzen system but sucks for me that my workflow requires Intel.
I knew what I was going to get going into buying this laptop (It also didnt help that I watched Jarrod, Matthew Moniz, and Dave2D talk about this laptop and thought, "This is exactly what I'm looking for"). I needed a thin and light laptop with a Intel chip, moderately decent life off the charger (I am perfectly fine with USB PD charging), and can game with decent framerates if I wanted to. For the most part, I got that. I also sprang for Geek Squad 3 year considering the stories I've heard about Zephyrus QC. Personally I'm happy, but I'm not blind to the fact that other people have had a different experience than me.
Advice: $1300 is a killer price for a thin and light gaming laptop with these specs. That said, if you can find it in-store, get it and abuse (read: okay, not really abuse but more so use it liberally) the replacement policy. You will never know if you lost the QC lottery in some regard whether it be temps, IPS bleed, or speakers popping (I don't have that at all so I can't tell you what it may sound like).
The QC with this laptop is very YMMV. I seemed to have slightly lucked out. I have minor bleed that is un-noticeable in person that a camera would absolutely make worse and mainly just IPS glow. That said, other people have it worse than I do and you can find those testimonies just searching on Google.
If I really wanted a gaming laptop, I definitely would have opted for something thicker and had more airflow. I DEFINITELY would have opted for a Ryzen system but sucks for me that my workflow requires Intel.
I knew what I was going to get going into buying this laptop (It also didnt help that I watched Jarrod, Matthew Moniz, and Dave2D talk about this laptop and thought, "This is exactly what I'm looking for"). I needed a thin and light laptop with a Intel chip, moderately decent life off the charger (I am perfectly fine with USB PD charging), and can game with decent framerates if I wanted to. For the most part, I got that. I also sprang for Geek Squad 3 year considering the stories I've heard about Zephyrus QC. Personally I'm happy, but I'm not blind to the fact that other people have had a different experience than me.
Advice: $1300 is a killer price for a thin and light gaming laptop with these specs. That said, if you can find it in-store, get it and abuse (read: okay, not really abuse but more so use it liberally) the replacement policy. You will never know if you lost the QC lottery in some regard whether it be temps, IPS bleed, or speakers popping (I don't have that at all so I can't tell you what it may sound like).
The QC with this laptop is very YMMV. I seemed to have slightly lucked out. I have minor backlight bleed that is un-noticeable in person that a camera would absolutely make worse and mainly just IPS glow. That said, other people have it worse than I do and you can find those testimonies just searching on Google.
If I really wanted a gaming laptop, I definitely would have opted for something thicker and had more airflow. I DEFINITELY would have opted for a Ryzen system but sucks for me that my workflow requires Intel.
I knew what I was going to get going into buying this laptop (It also didnt help that I watched Jarrod, Matthew Moniz, and Dave2D talk about this laptop and thought, "This is exactly what I'm looking for"). I needed a thin and light laptop with a Intel chip, moderately decent life off the charger (I am perfectly fine with USB PD charging), and can game with decent framerates if I wanted to. For the most part, I got that. I also sprang for Geek Squad 3 year considering the stories I've heard about Zephyrus QC. Personally I'm happy, but I'm not blind to the fact that other people have had a different experience than me.
Advice: $1300 is a killer price for a thin and light gaming laptop with these specs. That said, if you can find it in-store, get it and abuse (read: okay, not really abuse but more so use it liberally) the replacement policy. You will never know if you lost the QC lottery in some regard whether it be temps, IPS bleed, or speakers popping (I don't have that at all so I can't tell you what it may sound like).
Speakers same thing. Just throw on a YouTube video or music, and listen for any crackling or popping.
Monitoring heat will be difficult to do quick and fast. If you really want to, I'd suggest to download something like CPU-Z or HWInfo and then run the laptop through your typical paces while monitoring your CPU temps in Performance and Turbo fan modes, gaming and whatever productivity work you do plugged in.
However, that will be probably require a couple days worth of testing in order to reach a consistent and conclusive confirmation on whether Asus borked the liquid metal application on your CPU or not (GPU is thermal paste).
Speakers same thing. Just throw on a YouTube video or music, and listen for any crackling or popping.
Monitoring heat will be difficult to do quick and fast. If you really want to, I'd suggest to download something like CPU-Z or HWInfo and then run the laptop through your typical paces while monitoring your CPU temps in Performance and Turbo fan modes, gaming and whatever productivity work you do plugged in.
However, that will be probably require a couple days worth of testing in order to reach a consistent and conclusive confirmation on whether Asus borked the liquid metal application on your CPU or not (GPU is thermal paste).
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Edit: This is GPU temps I'm quoting here.
I'd have to check for in general and CPU temps.