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ASUS ROG Ally 7" Gaming Handheld (White, Open Box/Excellent)

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Best Buy has ASUS ROG Ally 7" Gaming Handheld (RC71L-ALLY.Z1X_512, Open Box/Excellent) on sale for $615.99. Shipping is free.
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About this Product:
Access any game that runs on Windows across all game platforms, including Steam, GOG, Xbox Game Pass, cloud gaming services, Android apps and more. Play anywhere, anytime, using handheld mode or by connecting the Ally to a TV and linking multiple controllers to play with friends. The Ally even transforms into a gaming PC by connecting to ROG XG mobile eGPU and dock - supporting mouse, keyboard, monitor, and more peripherals.

Specs:
  • AMD Ryzen Z1 Extreme 8-core, 16 threads (3.3GHz Base / 5.1GHz Boost) Processor
  • 7" (1920 x 1080) FHD 120Hz 7ms 500nits Display
  • 16GB LPDDR5 RAM
  • 512GB PCIe 4.0 NVMe M.2 Solid State Drive
  • Wi-Fi 6E(802.11ax) (Triple band) 2*2 + Bluetooth 5.2
  • Built-in Fingerprint Sensor
  • Windows 11 Home
  • Ports:
    • 1x 3.5mm Combo Audio Jack
    • 1x ROG XG Mobile Interface and USB Type-C combo port (with USB 3.2 Gen2, support DisplayPort 1.4)
    • 1x UHS-II microSD card reader

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  • About this product:
    • Open Box/Excellent:
      • Looks brand new
      • Includes all original parts/accessories
      • Typically contains packaging
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Best Buy [bestbuy.com] has 7" ASUS ROG Ally Gaming Handheld (White, Open-Box Excellent): AMD Ryzen Z1 Extreme Processor, 512GB PCIe Gen 4 M.2 2230 SSD, 16GB LPDDR5-6400 RAM Memory, FHD 1080p 120Hz 7ms AMD FreeSync Premium 500-Nits Touch Panel Display on sale for $615.99. Select free store pickup where available, otherwise shipping is free.
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Model: ASUS ROG Ally 7" 120Hz FHD 1080p Gaming Handheld - AMD Z1 Extreme Processor - 512GB - White

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There's a reason why there are so many open box units. There's a well known defect with the micro sd card reader , it'll kill itself and the sd card with it. Plenty of reviews online about units with this same exact issue. I bought mine from BB open box excellent and it came kind of dirty but nothing return worthy. Sd card reader died within 2 weeks of normal use with aggressive fan curves.
For $80 buy the open box is like crazy. Don't buy Best Buy open box unless you are okay with the heavy use and potentially oil spray etc without any accessories sometimes even no charger.
I bought 4 open box excellent and 1 satisfactory in the past one month. Every single one of them is heavily used.
Be careful here with open box. The ROG Ally has a very known SD card reader issue. Asus has been very coy to address it. They released a fan curve update a few weeks back, but still have no communication to address/correct the SD failures. Most seem to think its a hardware design issue.

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08-07-2023 at 09:44 AM.
For $80 buy the open box is like crazy. Don't buy Best Buy open box unless you are okay with the heavy use and potentially oil spray etc without any accessories sometimes even no charger.
I bought 4 open box excellent and 1 satisfactory in the past one month. Every single one of them is heavily used.
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Quote from SlickCrayon1512 :
For $80 buy the open box is like crazy. Don't buy Best Buy open box unless you are okay with the heavy use and potentially oil spray etc without any accessories sometimes even no charger.
I bought 4 open box excellent and 1 satisfactory in the past one month. Every single one of them is heavily used.

I concur with this post. Excellent is not really excellent. You will need some alcohol wipes to make it like new. I am not sure about open box satisfactory though.
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08-07-2023 at 09:56 AM.
08-07-2023 at 09:56 AM.
Quote from LeviathanUltima :
I concur with this post. Excellent is not really excellent. You will need some alcohol wipes to make it like new. I am not sure about open box satisfactory though.

And even the alcohol doesn't always help. Satisfactory is close to excellent perhaps one or two chips or scratches. But I won't call them simple open box. I will call them returned after heavily used 14 days and eating on it or spray liquid anyway it's not my liability open box.
If it's not 60% of the price I won't touch one. Buying used electronics especially PC is very risky considering the potential damage.
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08-07-2023 at 10:20 AM.
08-07-2023 at 10:20 AM.
Quote from LeviathanUltima :
I concur with this post. Excellent is not really excellent. You will need some alcohol wipes to make it like new. I am not sure about open box satisfactory though.

I just bought one of these "Excellent" from my local BB. Not only it is cover with dust and fingerprints, the charger was swapped with a well-used, off brand 45w one. Not the first time I run into this when buying BB open box "Excellent."
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08-07-2023 at 10:30 AM.
Love my Ally. Such an awesome device
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08-07-2023 at 10:44 AM.
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I would not buy an Open Box unit from Best Buy. I just did this and returned immediately, it was listed as "excellent" what I got was a broken unit, analog stick was completely jammed at an angle and immovable, very obviously broken but tossed in a box and listed. Return was easy but it was a complete waste of time and gas to return this. Bright side is person who broke it and returned it left a SanDisk Extreme 256GB card in it so I'm currently using that for my roms on my New Ally lol
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08-07-2023 at 10:47 AM.
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I see some open boxes near me for $587.99. Bordering on temping.

I would suggested (based on the cases above)....manage your expectations on a used item and probably do not order sight unseen unless you are okay with having to return if unhappy with the product received.
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08-07-2023 at 11:04 AM.
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I got my Ally the day after launch, and it actually had malfunctioning left Joy stick. There was only one new one in stock and they exchanged it, and price matched it.
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08-07-2023 at 11:04 AM.
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Price aside, is this thing better than the deck? Im using my s23 with a gamepad attachment on the sides with steam streaming. Want something to take on the go
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Quote from SlickDealer282 :
Price aside, is this thing better than the deck? Im using my s23 with a gamepad attachment on the sides with steam streaming. Want something to take on the go

Id personally take the deck just for the better pause/resume features from SteamOS.
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Quote from SlickCrayon1512 :
For $80 buy the open box is like crazy. Don't buy Best Buy open box unless you are okay with the heavy use and potentially oil spray etc without any accessories sometimes even no charger.
I bought 4 open box excellent and 1 satisfactory in the past one month. Every single one of them is heavily used.

I had gotten a geeksquad geek squad certified excellent and when I saw them put it on big cart I saw the screen touching the cart. No packaging to protect it. Sure enough when I got home there was a big crack all the way through edit: it was for a lg c1
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It was 583 at one point when I was tracking this. My sweet spot is 550! Smilie
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Price aside, is this thing better than the deck? Im using my s23 with a gamepad attachment on the sides with steam streaming. Want something to take on the go
Depends what you are after. It definitely FEELS better than the steamdeck but it also has worse battery life in general. Also it outperforms the steamdeck SLIGHTLY but the real thing is that screen which makes everything feel better.

If you are looking for better performance/feel get the Ally. If you are looking for better battery life/3rd party support get the steamdeck.
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