ASUS TUF Gaming F16 Laptop 16″ WUXGA IPS 165Hz (100% sRGB, GSYNC) Intel 16-core i7-14650HX 32GB RAM 1TB SSD GeForce RTX 5070 (Up to 798 AI Tops) RGB Backlit Thunderbolt Hi-Res Win11 ICP Hub

Great laptop!
So far I’m really enjoying this laptop. I haven’t done much actual gaming with it – just opened Baldur’s Gate 3 and walked around for a minute, which did not lag, something I’m very grateful for and excited to test out more later. The people who said they couldn’t change the single color lighting mode didn’t click on the little red square to open the color picker. I was able to get my keyboard to glow a single color that I chose to match my wallpaper. One weird thing I’ve noticed is that because of the ASUS software to control some of the gaming things, some Windows Settings pages a slow to open. We’ll see if this is an actual problem but so far I’ve had a fine time customizing and controlling the computer to get it to where I want it to be. Another thing I’m concerned may be a potential issue is the hinges for the screen; they seem rather fragile, but I’m not planning on traveling with it too much. There are some nice little pieces on the bottom to keep it up off the table a bit for better ventilation. So far it’s been quiet and smooth to use. Moving my files from my old laptop with a USB went pretty quickly (comically because putting the files onto the flash drives on my old laptop was so slow and then it copied them onto the new computer much more efficiently). The Wi-Fi radio seems to be very good. I haven’t tried any online games where ping is vital yet, but at least when downloading BG3 it took less than 2 hours (may have only taken 1 but I wasn’t paying that close of attention). Steam kept trying to throttle my download because my laptop was connected so nicely to my Wi-Fi. The laptop is phenomenal for the price, easily half as expensive as other similarly specced models. Hopefully it’ll stand the test of time and prove worth the hype.

Blue Screen Of Death
I rarely write a review, but I felt it necessary to let people know my experience. I bought this computer and for the first 20 days, it worked just fine. Suddenly, I started getting BSOD left and right every time I started it, and even in the middle of doing things. I researched it, did everything I could do to resolve my issue, yet they persisted. Messaged a tech and ended up mailing it to him. He said it was and SSD failure and replaced the chip and even said this is a known issue. Within 2 days of getting my laptop back, I got 3 more BSOD. I would like to point out I was refunded completely, but all of this was a hassle and I wouldn’t recommend buying it. What really sealed the deal was that a co-worker of mine bought the exact same laptop just before I started having problems with mine and he experienced the same issues.

1-2 issues but great overall
Works fine but it has a couple things that drop it a star.One major one? Damaged pixels in a small 1 cm line in the center/right side of the screen. Like a small light colored line that is really easy to see on dark screens and while gaming. With people using dark mode for most things to help with eye strain, it’s right there all the time.No way to use multiple color styles for the keyboard. You can choose ONE color at a time for the whole keyboard. I’ve had other laptops that allowed you to apply different colors to different areas of the keyboard. If you can do that in this Armor Crate app, it’s hidden. I gave up trying.But, this laptop has handled all new games I’ve thrown at it. I still haven’t tried games like Cyberpunk 2077 with all the bells and whistles added on to test it out yet but the Monster Hunter Wilds benchmark program said it could handle it on high settings with no issues.Having issues with closing out games and it making the mouse stutter after closing some advanced games but I think that’s a Nvidia card issue.