expiredDr.W posted Oct 06, 2025 07:17 AM
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expiredDr.W posted Oct 06, 2025 07:17 AM
ASUS ROG Zephyrus G14 (Open-Boxes): 14" OLED 3K 120Hz, Ryzen AI 9 HX 370, RTX 5070 Ti, 32GB LPDDR5X, 1TB SSD $1503.99
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Pro's:
Beautiful 120hz OLED
Very nice build materials/quality
Up to 140w TGP with a vga bios flash
Fantastic speakers, seriously, wow.
Small/light. Can't really get much more in such a small laptop
Con's:
Mediocre CPU
Mediocre Wi-Fi 7, only one alternative and it takes some searching to get what's needed
Atrocious single-zone keyboard backlighting, particularly bad on the white model
Just let the slash lighting die already, it's pointless.
No pcie 5, no thunderbolt
Pro's:
Beautiful 120hz OLED
Very nice build materials/quality
Up to 140w TGP with a vga bios flash
Fantastic speakers, seriously, wow.
Small/light. Can't really get much more in such a small laptop
Con's:
Mediocre CPU
Mediocre Wi-Fi 7, only one alternative and it takes some searching to get what's needed
Atrocious single-zone keyboard backlighting, particularly bad on the white model
Just let the slash lighting die already, it's pointless.
No pcie 5, no thunderbolt
This has been a problem since a few years now. The G14 I bought a couple years ago had this issue. It's supposed to be mitigated a little bit if you uinstall Armory Crate and install G-Helper, but it's still flakey. I believe ASUS recently fixed the issue though and it's supposed to be released shortly for all models.
what was the price before tax? May just wait
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1/2 of these open box units are prob my returns. I went through 4 of them with random unexplained lockups (no BSOD or event log) before I gave up on Asus with AMD. Similar behavior was observed on a Razer 16 w the AMD 370. You have to force it to power off, and getting it to power on after such a crash is also challenging. The Wi-fi is complete garbage, plan on replacing that with the 1 other chipset compatible with AMD. Still, not a bad value if you can deal with some con's and really really "need" a 14" 5070ti. Pro's:Beautiful 120hz OLEDVery nice build materials/qualityUp to 140w TGP with a vga bios flashFantastic speakers, seriously, wow. Small/light. Can't really get much more in such a small laptopCon's:Mediocre CPUMediocre Wi-Fi 7, only one alternative and it takes some searching to get what's neededAtrocious single-zone keyboard backlighting, particularly bad on the white modelJust let the slash lighting die already, it's pointless. No pcie 5, no thunderbolt
I tried and returned both of these g14 AMD processor. Can't stand with overheating and terrible battery life (2hrs or less).
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1/2 of these open box units are prob my returns. I went through 4 of them with random unexplained lockups (no BSOD or event log) before I gave up on Asus with AMD. Similar behavior was observed on a Razer 16 w the AMD 370. You have to force it to power off, and getting it to power on after such a crash is also challenging. The Wi-fi is complete garbage, plan on replacing that with the 1 other chipset compatible with AMD. Still, not a bad value if you can deal with some con's and really really "need" a 14" 5070ti. Pro's:Beautiful 120hz OLEDVery nice build materials/qualityUp to 140w TGP with a vga bios flashFantastic speakers, seriously, wow. Small/light. Can't really get much more in such a small laptopCon's:Mediocre CPUMediocre Wi-Fi 7, only one alternative and it takes some searching to get what's neededAtrocious single-zone keyboard backlighting, particularly bad on the white modelJust let the slash lighting die already, it's pointless. No pcie 5, no thunderbolt
I tried and returned both of these g14 AMD processor. Can't stand with overheating and terrible battery life (2hrs or less).
oh geez reason I want this is because they said it had better battery life than other laptops
1/2 of these open box units are prob my returns. I went through 4 of them with random unexplained lockups (no BSOD or event log) before I gave up on Asus with AMD. Similar behavior was observed on a Razer 16 w the AMD 370. You have to force it to power off, and getting it to power on after such a crash is also challenging. The Wi-fi is complete garbage, plan on replacing that with the 1 other chipset compatible with AMD. Still, not a bad value if you can deal with some con's and really really "need" a 14" 5070ti. Pro's:Beautiful 120hz OLEDVery nice build materials/qualityUp to 140w TGP with a vga bios flashFantastic speakers, seriously, wow. Small/light. Can't really get much more in such a small laptopCon's:Mediocre CPUMediocre Wi-Fi 7, only one alternative and it takes some searching to get what's neededAtrocious single-zone keyboard backlighting, particularly bad on the white modelJust let the slash lighting die already, it's pointless. No pcie 5, no thunderbolt
I tried and returned both of these g14 AMD processor. Can't stand with overheating and terrible battery life (2hrs or less).
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Pro's:
Beautiful 120hz OLED
Very nice build materials/quality
Up to 140w TGP with a vga bios flash
Fantastic speakers, seriously, wow.
Small/light. Can't really get much more in such a small laptop
Con's:
Mediocre CPU
Mediocre Wi-Fi 7, only one alternative and it takes some searching to get what's needed
Atrocious single-zone keyboard backlighting, particularly bad on the white model
Just let the slash lighting die already, it's pointless.
No pcie 5, no thunderbolt
As for the WiFi chip, Intel does not let AMD laptops use the better Intel WiFi cards so you're limited to the crappy Mediatek ones.
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