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ASUS TUF A16 Laptop: 16" 1200p 165Hz, Ryzen 7 7735HS, RX 7700S, 16GB RAM, 512GB SSD

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Best Buy has ASUS TUF Gaming A16 Laptop (FA617NT-A16.R77700) on sale for $779.99. Shipping is free.

Thanks to Community Member Dr.Wajahat for sharing this deal.

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  • 16" FHD+ (1920 x 1200, WUXGA+) 16:10, 165Hz 7ms, 300-nits, 100% sRGB, 75.35% Adobe RGB, FreeSync Premium, MUX Switch + AMD Smart Access Graphics
  • AMD Ryzen 7 7735HS Mobile Processor (8-core/16-thread, 16MB L3 cache, up to 4.7 GHz max boost)
  • AMD Radeon RX 7700S, up to 120W (SmartShift), 8GB GDDR6
  • 16GB DDR5-4800 SO-DIMM, Max Capacity:32GB
  • 512GB PCIe 4.0 NVMe M.2 Solid State Drive
  • Wi-Fi 6 (802.11ax) (Dual band) 2*2 + BT 5.2
  • 720P HD camera
  • Backlit Chiclet Keyboard Single Light Touchpad
  • 90WHrs, 4S1P, 4-cell Li-ion
  • 2.20 Kg (4.85 lbs.)
  • Ports:
    • 1x 3.5mm Combo Audio Jack
    • 1x HDMI 2.1 FRL
    • 2x USB 3.2 Gen 1 Type-A
    • 1x USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-C support DisplayPort
    • 1x USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-C support DisplayPort / power delivery
    • 1x RJ45 LAN port

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Best Buy has ASUS TUF Gaming A16 Laptop (FA617NT-A16.R77700) on sale for $779.99. Shipping is free.

Thanks to Community Member Dr.Wajahat for sharing this deal.

Specs:
  • 16" FHD+ (1920 x 1200, WUXGA+) 16:10, 165Hz 7ms, 300-nits, 100% sRGB, 75.35% Adobe RGB, FreeSync Premium, MUX Switch + AMD Smart Access Graphics
  • AMD Ryzen 7 7735HS Mobile Processor (8-core/16-thread, 16MB L3 cache, up to 4.7 GHz max boost)
  • AMD Radeon RX 7700S, up to 120W (SmartShift), 8GB GDDR6
  • 16GB DDR5-4800 SO-DIMM, Max Capacity:32GB
  • 512GB PCIe 4.0 NVMe M.2 Solid State Drive
  • Wi-Fi 6 (802.11ax) (Dual band) 2*2 + BT 5.2
  • 720P HD camera
  • Backlit Chiclet Keyboard Single Light Touchpad
  • 90WHrs, 4S1P, 4-cell Li-ion
  • 2.20 Kg (4.85 lbs.)
  • Ports:
    • 1x 3.5mm Combo Audio Jack
    • 1x HDMI 2.1 FRL
    • 2x USB 3.2 Gen 1 Type-A
    • 1x USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-C support DisplayPort
    • 1x USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-C support DisplayPort / power delivery
    • 1x RJ45 LAN port

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Dr.Wajahat
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Really good deal on a capable gaming laptop with great display for the price. The previous popular FP deals (twice) were on this with the RX 7600S for $749.99.
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Yes, it's more or less equivalent to an RTX 4060.
On paper, it's 30% faster than the 7600S.
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Imo, it's not. Overall, this is slightly better and the RTX 4070 isn't a major jump from the 4060/7700s to justify a $200 jump; maybe a $50-$100.

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Dec 04, 2023 11:31 AM
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VLAN101Dec 04, 2023 11:31 AM
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Quote from RogerKangaroo :
Dang, I somehow missed this one when I was looking yesterday. Looks to be dead now -- just me?
Yes. It ended. They put a clock on the page that it will be for limited time only.
Dec 05, 2023 08:27 PM
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markkioDec 05, 2023 08:27 PM
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Chiming back in... Mine came, as well as a Lenovo legion slim5 with very similar specs. The difference between the Lenovo and this one were immediately obvious. There isn't one way that the Lenovo wasn't noticeably better in quality and appearance than the Asus. The screen was particularly different. Hate to say it, but I'm definitely going with my open box Lenovo
Dec 06, 2023 01:54 AM
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jmorrow1988Dec 06, 2023 01:54 AM
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Mine arrived today. Installed Spider-Man as a test. The fans were absurdly loud even at the title screen. I messed with both the ASUS and AMD utilities to try to adjust the fan curve without negatively impacting performance too much and was unsuccessful. It's just a really loud and hot piece of plastic. Just got home from returning it.
Dec 06, 2023 04:10 AM
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psychismDec 06, 2023 04:10 AM
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Quote from jmorrow1988 :
Mine arrived today. Installed Spider-Man as a test. The fans were absurdly loud even at the title screen. I messed with both the ASUS and AMD utilities to try to adjust the fan curve without negatively impacting performance too much and was unsuccessful. It's just a really loud and hot piece of plastic. Just got home from returning it.
Considering every reviewer and redditor commented on how silent it was I feel like this may have been an issue with your laptop.
Dec 06, 2023 04:15 AM
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psychismDec 06, 2023 04:15 AM
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Quote from markkio :
Chiming back in... Mine came, as well as a Lenovo legion slim5 with very similar specs. The difference between the Lenovo and this one were immediately obvious. There isn't one way that the Lenovo wasn't noticeably better in quality and appearance than the Asus. The screen was particularly different. Hate to say it, but I'm definitely going with my open box Lenovo
Not saying you are wrong but the Legion also gets roughly half the battery life so it depends on your use case whether or not it is better.
Dec 06, 2023 04:07 PM
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jmorrow1988Dec 06, 2023 04:07 PM
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Quote from psychism :
Considering every reviewer and redditor commented on how silent it was I feel like this may have been an issue with your laptop.
There isn't that much coverage on this model yet, but if you filter the Best Buy reviews for the 7600 model by the word "loud", you get several people reporting the same feedback. I can't imagine the 7700 would be much different in terms of fan noise. To be perfectly clear, it was in fact silent until launching the game.

https://www.bestbuy.com/site/revi...BEST_MATCH
Last edited by jmorrow1988 December 6, 2023 at 08:42 AM.
Dec 06, 2023 04:18 PM
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psychismDec 06, 2023 04:18 PM
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Quote from jmorrow1988 :
There isn't that much coverage on this model yet, but if you filter the Best Buy reviews for the 7600 model by the word "loud", you get 17 people reporting the same feedback. I can't imagine the 7700 would be much different in terms of fan noise. To be perfectly clear, it was in fact silent until launching the game.

https://www.bestbuy.com/site/revi...BEST_MATCH
Out of the hundreds of reviews that just would further indicate a defective one not an overall issue.

Without knowing on this model but knowing common gaming laptop issues I would guess detached or defective temp sensor that is causing it to think it's a lot hotter than it is and run the fans accordingly. Another common issue is just poor quality control on the fans so some may be louder than others due to age or damage before install.

It's still an issue but 17 people out of 443 doesn't indicate a problem with the laptop model.

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Dec 06, 2023 07:52 PM
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jmorrow1988Dec 06, 2023 07:52 PM
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Quote from psychism :
Out of the hundreds of reviews that just would further indicate a defective one not an overall issue.

Without knowing on this model but knowing common gaming laptop issues I would guess detached or defective temp sensor that is causing it to think it's a lot hotter than it is and run the fans accordingly. Another common issue is just poor quality control on the fans so some may be louder than others due to age or damage before install.

It's still an issue but 17 people out of 443 doesn't indicate a problem with the laptop model.
Sure, it could have just been my unit I suppose. I thought I did a decent job of isolating certain variables, but I'm not infallible. The TUF series has a history of poor thermal design, although the A16 supposedly improves upon this. Admittedly, it has been a while since I've tested a "gaming" laptop, so I don't have much to compare this one to. Maybe they're all this loud (or louder) and I've just become accustomed to my much quieter desktop over the years.
Dec 06, 2023 09:45 PM
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psychismDec 06, 2023 09:45 PM
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Quote from jmorrow1988 :
Sure, it could have just been my unit I suppose. I thought I did a decent job of isolating certain variables, but I'm not infallible. The TUF series has a history of poor thermal design, although the A16 supposedly improves upon this. Admittedly, it has been a while since I've tested a "gaming" laptop, so I don't have much to compare this one to. Maybe they're all this loud (or louder) and I've just become accustomed to my much quieter desktop over the years.
Mine just arrived. So far fans haven't even turned on setting up and updating windows etc. 10 minute FurMark put them at 30% with 100% GPU usage the entire test.

They don't seem loud at all so far and what noise they do make is completely consistent whoosh so just sounds like white noise with no whistle or uneven rumble.
Dec 07, 2023 12:36 AM
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jmorrow1988Dec 07, 2023 12:36 AM
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Quote from psychism :
Mine just arrived. So far fans haven't even turned on setting up and updating windows etc. 10 minute FurMark put them at 30% with 100% GPU usage the entire test.

They don't seem loud at all so far and what noise they do make is completely consistent whoosh so just sounds like white noise with no whistle or uneven rumble.
Again, it was silent until I hit the title screen of Spider-Man and it only got worse after starting the game. I'd be really curious to know if anyone who owns both this laptop and that game experiences the same thing. I'd really like to know if I simply got a defective machine or if that game is just very poorly optimized for AMD hardware.
Last edited by jmorrow1988 December 6, 2023 at 04:41 PM.
Dec 07, 2023 02:13 AM
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psychismDec 07, 2023 02:13 AM
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Quote from jmorrow1988 :
Again, it was silent until I hit the title screen of Spider-Man and it only got worse after starting the game. I'd be really curious to know if anyone who owns both this laptop and that game experiences the same thing. I'd really like to know if I simply got a defective machine or if that game is just very poorly optimized for AMD hardware.
Don't own that game but did just run for over an hour on FurMark. Took about 25-30 mins before the fans went to 100%. They weren't particularly noticeably louder on 100% vs 30% and ran that way for the next half hour with no increase in noise or temperature. Will let you know once I have a chance to play anything for a while but next day off isn't until Monday so could be a bit.
Dec 07, 2023 03:27 AM
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jmorrow1988Dec 07, 2023 03:27 AM
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Quote from psychism :
Don't own that game but did just run for over an hour on FurMark. Took about 25-30 mins before the fans went to 100%. They weren't particularly noticeably louder on 100% vs 30% and ran that way for the next half hour with no increase in noise or temperature. Will let you know once I have a chance to play anything for a while but next day off isn't until Monday so could be a bit.
Sounds good. I'll check back next week for your update.
Dec 11, 2023 08:51 PM
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psychismDec 11, 2023 08:51 PM
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Sounds good. I'll check back next week for your update.
jmorrow1988Sounds good. I'll check back next week for your update.
I think you got a dud. Granted my experience is also anecdotal but even after running for like 6 hours on benchmarks and various games the fans never got louder and it's a really steady smooth whoosh like a faucet running or something when they are at 100% so not really noticeable unless everything else is silent. When below about 30% fan speed the laptop is completely silent and the fans seem to not even need to turn on in most cases. Highest temp so far was 83 so the fans are doing their job. Granted it's not the middle of the summer but I haven't even bothered trying it a laptop cooler or anything it's just sitting on a desk.
Dec 11, 2023 10:58 PM
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jmorrow1988Dec 11, 2023 10:58 PM
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Quote from psychism :
I think you got a dud. Granted my experience is also anecdotal but even after running for like 6 hours on benchmarks and various games the fans never got louder and it's a really steady smooth whoosh like a faucet running or something when they are at 100% so not really noticeable unless everything else is silent. When below about 30% fan speed the laptop is completely silent and the fans seem to not even need to turn on in most cases. Highest temp so far was 83 so the fans are doing their job. Granted it's not the middle of the summer but I haven't even bothered trying it a laptop cooler or anything it's just sitting on a desk.
A running faucet is a good way to describe the noise level if we're thinking along the lines of a faucet on full blast (which IMO is too loud, but maybe unavoidable with a laptop). The fans ramped up to about 70% on the Spider-Man title screen and then 100% in-game. I remember reading stories about that game turning peoples' PS4s (which also use AMD hardware) into jet engines back when it came out, so there's still the possibility that I just picked a bad game to use as a test subject. I tested with the default/auto-calibrated graphics settings and again with a couple of the different AMD Adrenaline "optimizations", all with the same result.

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