An ALMOST Perfect Ryzen Ultrabook - ASUS ZenBook 14 Review

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The ASUS ZenBook 14 with AMD Ryzen 4700U processor is one of the best ultrabooks we've test. It has a super long battery life, amazing performance benchmarks for the 4700U and a pretty low price. But the Zenbook 14 UM425IA release date and limited availability might make it really hard to find and we also found some other problems with the ASUS notebook that make it fall just short of being the best Ryzen laptop of 2020.
TIMESTAMPS
0:00 - INTRO
1:21 - Zenbook 14 Lineup & Specs
2:58 - Size & Weight
3:38 - Built Quality
4:33 - Display & Webcam Performance
5:27 - Zenbook 14 Is Missing WHAT!?
6:15 - Keyboard & Trackpad
7:51 - Upgrade Options
8:29 - Mind Blowing Battery Life!
9:06 - Thermals & Noise
9:43 - Problems You NEED To Know About
10:54 - Real World Performance
13:22 - Gaming Performance
13:45 - Conclusion
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@createx1751 3 года назад

IT LITERALLY MAKES NO SENSE TO REMOVE HEADPHONE JACK, WHOEVER TOOK THAT DECISION SHOULD BE FIRED

@franklinbolton8730 3 года назад

Right its funny when a $1 part makes something a dealbreaker for me.

@VinnyGrant 3 года назад

IT LITERALLY MAKES NO SENSE TO REMOVE A FLOPPY DRIVE, WHOEVER TOOK THAT DECISION SHOULD BE FIRED. That's how silly you sound. Technology moves forward. Get used to it. Build a bridge and get over it.

@franklinbolton8730 3 года назад

@@VinnyGrant strictly better versions of floppy drives have been made (smaller, faster, higher capacity). Headphone jack still has uses at least until battery tech improves even more and unless i'm behind on current blutooth tech the quality is a little worse too.

@nafisulislam4376 3 года назад

@@VinnyGrant Gee, must be REAL convenient to carry a dongle to connect any regular pair of headphones or have 2 hours of downtime when your BT headset is charging up, right? Having a headphone jack that allows *literally any* headphone to work plug and play is sooooo last gen. I wonder how much Asus paid you to write that nonsense.

@VinnyGrant 3 года назад

@@nafisulislam4376 Boy I do wish I was getting paid for it. Most modern wireless earbuds have what, 48 hours of charge in their case, and 8 in the buds themselves. 8 Hours is an assload of time to be using headphones. Even if I manage to drain them down, my BT buds charge an hours worth of playback in like 5-10 minutes. So just dont be a noob and charge your shit overnight and you'll never run out of battery for more than 5 minutes at a time. So... yeah, your sarcasm was actually pretty spot on, it is incredibly convenient. Wires suck.

@gerard4441 3 года назад

theyre gonna put a full size hdmi, USB type A, micro sd card, then remove the headphone jack.....what the hell???????????

@kyoli9847 3 года назад

@Ron T Pushing you to buy the wireless earbuds :)

@00mario14 3 года назад

I have headphone jacks on all my devices but I never use them. I went wireless in 2015 and never looked back

@hienk48pdl 3 года назад

@@00mario14 Man, that is you. It is like many people complain about the lacking of manual mode on Iphone camera, but almost people dont need it.

@hienk48pdl 3 года назад

@lasest2 Totally agree. I think Asus just want to go ahead Apple something and they find out that is remove headphon jack on their laptop.

@user-wk2gi5cp9y 3 года назад

@@00mario14 better have small features that we probably dont need than not have these that we probably need

@ZefferZeffer 3 года назад

0:57 the mark it left on the laptop when he took off his hand 😂

@sushimshah2896 3 года назад

Nice cool metal

@WayStedYou 3 года назад

Condensation

@ZefferZeffer 3 года назад

@@WayStedYou no shit man😂

@mohawahba 3 года назад

Sharp eyes 👀 haha

@exoticjam7176 3 года назад

You stole my comment 😝

@tarfeef_4268 3 года назад

Ayy gotta love that initial D when showing off the display. A man of culture I see.

@ankurmishra4307 3 года назад

i too love that anime. good day

@anishvancer3089 3 года назад

Why would they remove the headphone jack on a friggin laptop? This is plain nonsense!

@yensteel 3 года назад

It's useful in clamshell mode when you're connecting it to a monitor and a speaker :(. A headphone jack is a lot more useful than a micro-SD slot.

@apocalypseap 3 года назад

Yeah why the heck would they not put an audio jack?? Bad move for sales.

@joanvicencvallescervera8871 3 года назад

I would argue that alot of people uses wireless headphones already in they phones so they will prefer using the headphones they already have in their next laptop

@castortoutnu 3 года назад

@@joanvicencvallescervera8871 Yeah well a headphone jack doesn't keep you from using wireless headphones -.-

@jayrap94 3 года назад

@@castortoutnu great - more expense and 2 things to recharge - plus the risk of the Bluetooth connection dropping out in the middle of the library when you walk away and come back, then you press play and make noise in the whole library.

@andytran93 3 года назад

There is a TON of space in this laptop that could house an audio jack, even on a daughterboard

@dewdew80 3 года назад

Yeah and then they could take that headphone jack off that daughterboard and replace it with something modern that still works with headphones like USB-C.

@saif7609 3 года назад

Daughter board 😂😂

@NatoriousGamePlay 3 года назад

@@dewdew80 or just hear me out, both 🤯

@theshutterbug5071 3 года назад

If apple managed to fit a headphone jack on the 2015 macbook back then.. I'm sure Asus could've done it with this laptop.. tbh I'm willing to give away the micro SD slot.. I can surely make use of a full size slot but not a micro SD.. I'd like to exchange that for a 3.5mm audio combo jack please if only one were to fit

@dewdew80 3 года назад

@@saif7609 It refers to a small board connected to the motherboard, usually by these little ribbon cable things. They're usually used to add more connectivity to a laptop motherboard. My argument is that if there is room for a 3.5 mm jack on a daughter board, then there is room to replace it with something superior that can still function as a headphone jack, like USB C. edit: Also the whole "just another dongle to lose thing" just fills me with so much contempt. Either get headphones with a modern connection on them, or be grateful that a company releasing a brand new laptop bothered to include an adapter so you can keep using your old headphones.

@gabrielaperesta 3 года назад

What a thorough, clear and professionally done review. Thank you! Still on the edge whether or not to buy this one though. I can only get it at 8 GB ram in my country and I'm worried about it not running smoothly during videocalls. Plus, the absence of a 3,5 mm jack is a bit of a shocker to me!

@DomnulFisk1 3 года назад

Thank you for providing metric measurements too. A small thing that goes a long way!

@CHUNGHO3 3 года назад

You really love Initial D

@lonzoformvp5078 3 года назад

$900 for all that?? AMD is literally rewriting the standards

@WarriorsPhoto 3 года назад

Good point AMD has always been a value based CPU brand. Now they bring value with performance again.

@maurice7017 3 года назад

@@WarriorsPhoto the fx processors were cinda trash. But since the ryzen era amd has been outstandingly good

@apocalypseap 3 года назад

Until you realize no audio jack. rip.

@WarriorsPhoto 3 года назад

some Random Krunker guy You are correct and this is great for all of us. (:

@maurice7017 3 года назад

@@WarriorsPhoto very true

@andrewjones6231 3 года назад

I love that your reviews tell me the specs but also the good and bad things I want to hear. The inclusion of opinions is important to me! Would you be able to do a review on the ASUS ExpertBook B9450? I've had trouble finding a review that is as in depth as yours. Cheers!

@RyuKyu316 3 года назад

4:33 Initial D 😍😍😍😍😍😍

@psedog 3 года назад

I see you're also a man of culture.

@atthelord 3 года назад

*Euro beat intensifies* - *Déjà Vu*

@WarriorsPhoto 3 года назад

I saw that as well and I believe Ebert is a big car fan as well. (:

@bacintom 3 года назад

NANI?!

@RyuKyu316 3 года назад

@@psedog yeap just see my RU-vid channel I think the content is to your liking😉

@tommihommi1 3 года назад

You can literally see enough empty space for a 3.5mm jack when you open this thing up, it could have been included without problem.

@ArtyShat 3 года назад

Same goes for a full SD Card, also without thunderbolt 3 its a big no for me. (i needed for audio interface)

@leopoldos3218 3 года назад

Anyway the usual sound quality for q laptop is crap, so i ended up using a dongle dac (hi fi or hi end quality you choose) for my xps 13. If the dongle that provides Asus is a decent one, then some people could find it more convenient. But that is no an excuse to remove de jack

@IrOnCuRtAiN61 3 года назад

@@ArtyShat and do you think Intel will allow their competition (AMD) to license and integrate Thunderbolt technology? I don't think so. 😏

@jullit31 3 года назад

@@IrOnCuRtAiN61 Well, AM4 mainboards with Thunderbolt exist... 🤔

@ArtyShat 3 года назад

@@IrOnCuRtAiN61 My AMD desktop PC have TB3, the motherboard is ASRock X570 Phantom :)

@noviyanaling695 3 года назад

When you struggled for searching review of Asus ZenBook 14 and then this video came up :)

@muhammaddaffaimamghifarri6472 3 года назад

Same with me

@iurigermanovix2186 3 года назад

Did you guys decide to buy it? If so, what is your opinion? The noise thing turn me off.

@noviyanaling695 3 года назад

@@iurigermanovix2186 no... I decided to buy Lenovo yoga slim 7, it has amazing features and I think it has a good price too. Also i love its thin body. ..you should check it out

@iurigermanovix2186 3 года назад

@@noviyanaling695 Oh nice choice! I'll keep on the search, the yoga series is a bit more expensive (at least here in Brazil) than what I can afford at the moment. Maybe I'll go for the ThinkPad T14, idk yet. Thank you for the response =)

@AH-bs5wr 3 года назад

@@iurigermanovix2186 I don’t recommend you to buy asus if your headphone isn’t Bluetooth, also I advice you to check acer swift 3 it’s pretty cool laptop with good brightness can be used to light gaming and studying overall it’s the best.

@user-cq5sn5hq4m 2 года назад

Wow awesome review. Simple, concrete, laconic and very informative. Thanks a lot. I'm planning to buy this zenbook one

@debojyotis 3 года назад

Loved the review, gives all the information needed by a potential buyer. Well done :) . Subbed.

@jccnguyen 3 года назад

6:36 "that's just another dongle to lose" LOL exactly, my house now is flooded with dongles, adapters, converters I keep finding them all day.

@imranfauzi7752 3 года назад

😂

@wisdomcube7789 3 года назад

Me:"this looks like a good laptop choice~" *no headphone jack* Me: "ok, now my opinion on this turned 180"

@rizkiyoist 3 года назад

Exactly

@KahviVelho 3 года назад

Makes absolutely no sense to remove it from a laptop.

@thinkoriginal8325 3 года назад

man is it really that challenging to get a usb to headphone jack adapter?

@wisdomcube7789 3 года назад

@@thinkoriginal8325 no, but you sacrifice usb port for that..

@VinnyGrant 3 года назад

@@KahviVelho Why? People like to use their personal experience and how often they use wired headphones for why they should be kept around. Thats like... your opinion man. My life is all wireless. Why would I want to pay even a few dollars extra for a port I'm literally never gonna use. I'm happy headphone jacks are going the way of the floppy drive.

@user-of9gh3nh1e 3 года назад

I LIKE HOW YOU REVIEW THE LAPTOP ESPECIALLY THE WEBCAM TEST. I'VE BEEN WATCHING LOTS OF REVIEW AND THIS IS THE FIRST I ENCOUNTER A WEBCAM TEST/REVIEW. YOU REALLY DID A GOODJOB! SUBSCRIBED TO THIS CHANNEL!! ❤️ I'M A STUDENT AND LOOKING FOR A LAPTOP FOR MY ONLINE CLASS.

@triplew_w_w 3 года назад

Great review, appreciate always point out hiccup encountered during review as it could be real breaker for some 👍🏻

@AlexSiby747 3 года назад

Even Apple kept the headphone jack 😂

@xmaverickhunterkx 3 года назад

Dumbest decision ever (removing it) 🤦‍♂️. I guess Asus has COURAGE.

@Cosplayinghuman 3 года назад

Apple has one??

@AlexSiby747 3 года назад

@@Cosplayinghuman I meant on the MacBooks. They reduced everything to Thunderbolt 3 but still kept the AUX port.

@Cosplayinghuman 3 года назад

@@AlexSiby747 hmmm they have it??

@AlexSiby747 3 года назад

@@Cosplayinghuman yeah ofc they do

@sighheinrich 3 года назад

Good review and nice looking shirt. He's always well dressed and looking clean!

@businessguide6219 3 года назад

Glad I found this channel! Your videos are so good!

@Chupanebre637 3 года назад

Been waiting for this one! Good review man. Just one thing I’m wondering. I’ve seen multiple reviews now where you’ve had trouble with Davinci on iGPU’s and been theorising why it hasn’t been working. I believe davinci is built primarily to rely on GPU acceleration for rendering and as such blackmagic only officially supports discrete GPU’s with 4GB VRAM or more for the application. Some have had success with iGPUs in certain scenarios but it’s touch-and-go with which ones will work since it isn’t officially supported and there is no VRAM for the export. Do you think this could be the issue you’re having? Cheers.

@tarfeef_4268 3 года назад

I have a benchmark suggestion related to full cpu load and battery life: I think a more interesting test than "how long does it last under full load" would be "how much battery does it take to accomplish x task", where the task is something like exporting a video in premiere or transcoding in handbrake, etc. That gives a more interesting picture of how much battery life you get when you're not just running an endless stress test, but actually trying to accomplish a task like you would IRL.

@LILEE376 3 года назад

Yes, that would be more fair comparison, because the full load power/performance is completely different between two notebook. For example, a Ryzen 4700u on full load does twice as work as a four core Ryzen or four core Intel alternative in a multicore optimised task, so it burns much more battery. When they compare two laptops in this way, they should weight in the finished workload too.

@playJONOS 3 года назад

how would this account for different battery sizes for different laptops?

@LILEE376 3 года назад

@@playJONOS You can adapt to the different battery size, but I would not compare such laptops, with too many different components. These Asus Zenbooks are almost perfect choice for this kind of comparison, but this is a rare thing. Usually the AMD version of a notebook models are paired to weaker components. Probably the Intel forces the manufacturers to make crappy AMD notebooks. I hope this "habit"/"tradition" comes to an end soon. (sry for my bad English)

@tarfeef_4268 3 года назад

@@playJONOS it accounts for it because you can say "I rendered this project and it took 20%. Therefore this laptop has 5 renders of battery life in it. That is better than this other laptop which only could do 2 renders before dying" Shit like that

@wepranaga 3 года назад

yeah putting microSd over 3.5mm jack is a weird move. who use microSd with their laptops anyway? either go SD card or 3.5mm jack

@FindecanorNotGmail 3 года назад

Yeah, I know. Should have been full-size SD

@superlativeb 3 года назад

@@FindecanorNotGmail full size SD are weirdchamp. PPl have tons of micro rolling around , you can bump a micro up but you can't make a full size smaller. use your brain.

@marvinjohn 3 года назад

@@superlativeb yea... But that would mean that it's smarter to go with full size sd card slot since an adapter can make sure micro sd works in the same slot. But with a micro sd slot you can't use a proper sd card. Also, you've already got a micro sd slot on your phone, so if somebody wants to copy something on the go, they could do it on phone and with USB OTG, they can copy it to a pendrive too. But if you need to use full size sd card, you always have to use a card reader if your laptop doesn't have that slot.

@superlativeb 3 года назад

@@marvinjohn no one outside of tech knows what OTG even means. BT is there for audio and everyone uses micros to the point when you say exp. storage or even SD they going to think micro. full size always hang outta the chassis too. 2006 called it wants its 1gb full size SD cards back

@marvinjohn 3 года назад

@@superlativeb Why should anyone has to know what OTG means? They just have to plug in the pendrive to phone,that's all.. also who's talking about audio? And idk what kind of work you are in, but lot of people who owns a camera uses full size sd card and it's much easier to have the slot on the laptop than in a card reader because the slot on laptop is usually much faster too.

@Thedatsuntech 3 года назад

Love the Initial D intro!!!

@laram.8074 Год назад

My best compliments for the first in many reviews that are clear and concise, thank you! I just purchased the AMD version of the Asus Zenbook 14 series UM425UAZ-KI004T 5500U Ryzen 5 for 535 Eur. I could not find a proper review of this particular version, which has 8gb RAM and 512 GB SSD but thanks to your review I'm more confident about it. I'll update the comment once I put my fingers on it 😁

@Intz51 Год назад

And, how is the laptop performing for you?

@suhassreenivas1878 3 года назад

Thank you Hardware Canucks for shinning a light on these amazing AMD laptops. I can pretty much count on you guys now to surface these laptops when not many other youtubers are doing it. I can't believe it's priced so well, this was not at all possible just a year ago. It blows my mind that not a lot more people are talking about this.

@vlogwithdefu 3 года назад

The pricing sucks in SG unfortunately. R5 model is at 1022 USD whereas R7 model is at 1168 USD

@MikeCatrone 3 года назад

I always use bluetooth headphones with my notebook so I can walk around the house and hear whats going on still

@michaelbarry7389 3 года назад

i was looking to buy but have changed my mind now thanks for the honest review

@princessshaman 2 года назад

Great review and looks like a great laptop. If I didn't need a laptop for video editing, I would totally look into possibly getting it.

@seireiart 3 года назад

4:33 "Hey, I'm having a DEJA VU here"

@arthurmcmarvinkunihira6738 3 года назад

Whats the name of the anime he anime

@s1m700 3 года назад

@@arthurmcmarvinkunihira6738 Initial D

@awoogaz 3 года назад

Bought this laptop with the same specs with 512gb SSD last week, and I really love it. I'm so glad that I didn't have the issue like your test sample. At first, I thought missing that audio jack is a deal-breaker but the more I use it the more I get used to it. Having a dedicated headset for my laptop use I just keep the dongle plugged to my headset so it's not a big deal for me. The build quality is beyond my expectation for the price point it does feel premium. On my unit, Asus includes the RJ45 dongle, the high res audio dongle, and the laptop sleeve. The only downside for me is on my unit it got a bit of backlight bleed.

@marvinjohn 3 года назад

Did you get the 16 GB version? With 512 GB? How much was it? With 250/400 nits?

@awoogaz 3 года назад

@@marvinjohn R7 4700u, 16gb ram, 512gb ssd, 250 nits. Bought it in Indonesia around 950usd. The price went up since the demmand is really high for AMD laptop nowadays.

@mzpedro1450 3 года назад

Nice info, im glad we can finally buy ryzen 4000 laptops in indo

@marvinjohn 3 года назад

@@awoogaz Thanks for the reply bruh.. 👍

@awoogaz 3 года назад

@@marvinjohn cheers 🍻

@sagnik6368 3 года назад

U took a thumbnail making course or what , ur thumbnails are so good man

@garywatkins9125 2 года назад

Great review

@FerralVideo 3 года назад

If I was in the market for an ultraportable this would be very high on my list. As it is, I'm definitely glad to see these devices coming out. I'm excited to see what happens by time I'm ready to consider buying a new laptop.

@bagustomos 3 года назад

*read the title: Hey! *see no headphone jack: Adios!

@deyvit25 3 года назад

Yeah they confuse with a phone xD

@kennymaster900 3 года назад

what for, its 2020 dude not 1999 anymore.

@bagustomos 3 года назад

Do you know that the audio quality is different between 3.5 jack, type-c, and bluetooth?

@kennymaster900 3 года назад

@@bagustomos almost impossible for anyone to make the difference

@ianmacdonald4163 3 года назад

@@kennymaster900 no. If I bought this laptop I would expect that I can use my galaxy buds and my Sennheiser hd6xx on this. Yes, if it had an audio jack it would not be able to power my sennheisers for maximum performance but a have a portable dac for that. not having an audio jack means that its a no from me, even if 75% of the time I would be using bluetooth. so long gay asus.

@DeepFriedLemonWedges 3 года назад

your voice is calming

@officialsterlingarcher 3 года назад

Honestly, this laptop would be amazing with some distro of linux on it. Also, where has your channel been all my life? Your review of this was outstanding, subscribed!

@WarriorsPhoto 3 года назад

Good to see AMD ultrabooks are doing well sir. Bummer about the encoder issues. I wonder if it's a driver issue or code not written correctly by Adobe?

@AchtungPakhtoon 3 года назад

Bought this Laptop based off this review for $849 during Black Friday. 4700U 16gb 1tb nvme and i am thoroughly impressed. The screen brightness was something i needed to get used to since i was coming from a XPS 13 4k touch display, but for the price and specs i think most people won't have an issue. I haven't had any crashes or blue screens or problems waking up from sleep, which i was afraid of. All in all very happy with the purchase. Audio jack dongle is a plus, i rarely use headphones.

@teeI0ck 3 года назад

showing an accurate and deep understanding; great perceptive. 💡 Muito obrigado for all the insightful information. 🤝

@iliyatochyoni6291 2 года назад

man had a spooky moment at 10:18 man i thought my laptop frozen or dying. i was listening to the review will working on something.

@beck4218 3 года назад

ESS Sabre is an amazing line of DAC chips... and isolates the processing from the noise of the board. The SQ is immensely improved.

@AdvKhaled 3 года назад

That logo placement on the top is triggering my inner OCD.

@aoncars 3 года назад

Build quality has always been great with Asus, especially Zenbook series, right from the UX31 around 7 years ago. I still have one that looks new. That model has metal all over, so it still looks shiny and new. Yes it has some dents after falling on the street a couple of times. Even the inside is similar, not much changed in the layout. They we're already giving that sleek leather case back then. Headphone jack? I use USB headset.

@ambersahni2219 3 года назад

Thanks for this video, I really enjoy your videos and work. Also, I would like you to have a look at HP envy 13inch, how it stands for video editing,specially Premier pro, and if you could make a video on it, and compare intel vs AMD as envy comes with both the processor.

@inessosa8429 3 года назад

I've been using this laptop as my work/study/entertainment laptop for a week and I love it. The headphone jack its kind of a bummer but I can stand it. I have not experience any of the issues you described. I am a little concern about the heat aiming for the screen. Do you recommend getting a laptop stand with a fan?

@danielcoronel6977 2 года назад

what about the battery? im thinking on buying it to my mon

@SubBronze 3 года назад

Until Bluetooth audio latency is completely solved on Windows, I can't justify removing the headphone jack.

@hwstar9416 3 года назад

even if it is solved I cannot justify it. Even apple didn't remove it on macbooks, at least for now.

@arpanbag6730 3 года назад

Latency is there in every OS. Bluetooth technology is simply not there to make high quality low latency audio. Removing headphone jack is a pure bs.

@chrisr8244 3 года назад

Just use a dongle. A good one that will be way better than any laptop built in is about 40 bucks. It will work on pc and phone as well. Does everyone forget dongles exist, and can sound better?

@hwstar9416 3 года назад

@@chrisr8244 "Just use a dongle" is the worst excuse I've ever heard.

@chrisr8244 3 года назад

@@hwstar9416 dude. They are cheap and offer better audio. When I'm on the go, I use one by default on my phone and laptop. Better audio compared to any built in, including my computer. But for my computer I use a separate dac amp, so then the dongle can't compete. Like, if someone is paying 900 for a laptop that is an otherwise great value, a headphone jack shouldn't be the dealbreaker. Something like a bad display should be a deal breaker. Obviously this is my opinion. I think people that think that headphone jacks are dealbreaker are wrong, but that's not my ultimate decision to make for them. I'm just making a case for the laptop that a dongle is not only easy to use, it will sound better. Unfortunately, so many people haven't even dipped their toes into the world of higher end audio, and thus many don't even think about the improved audio offered by a good dongle.

@nurbsenvi 3 года назад

Great coverage

@pedrosousa7254 3 года назад

Thanks for the review. Can you name one or two laptops that would directly compete with this Asus, in terms of performance, battery life and price? (upgradability would be a big plus)

@the_grim69420 3 года назад

I also had screen problems with my asus tuf, it stopped after i updated all drivers

@saswatmeher05 3 года назад

Now they are removing headphone jack from laptops.... Seriously 😠

@user-wk2gi5cp9y 3 года назад

uSe DoNgLeS

@ianmacdonald4163 3 года назад

@xOr ah yes, perfect solution. bring your shitty overpriced gaming headset everywhere if you want wired audio

@didian12 3 года назад

Maybe zenbook 14 gen 2 will feature jack and replace charging port

@sandraritah3346 3 года назад

Thanks for this review. I've been trying to work out what laptop I can use for avg editing . Looks like this comp doesnt cut it :( Do you have another recommendation

@user-em4zo2yf7t 2 года назад

I've just ordered the AMD Ryzen 7 5800H version and it has an headphone jack. I'm so hype about it.

@literaltoast7213 3 года назад

just bought one yesterday and i love it

@mohsin9390 3 года назад

You have any issues with sleep/wake like in this video?

@davidpinchao3474 3 года назад

Issues ?

@eszterhalas6363 3 года назад

@@mohsin9390for me no!

@eszterhalas6363 3 года назад

@@davidpinchao3474 not yet

@godarayudhvir 3 года назад

My dell has the same issues : it gets blue screen out of nowhere, and yah that freaking audio screech...

@VixerD 3 года назад

and recently Asus launched the new version of Zenbook 14 with tiger lake CPU, discrete graphic card and also a 3.5mm audio jack. looking forward to that review!

@mesayhello840 2 года назад

I finally found a review that had my laptop in it!!!!!!!!!!!!

@N.S.A. 3 года назад

Shut up and take-put it on my card. Not going through? Try this card. Oh, I’ll come back for it.

@mrrgb4954 3 года назад

13:30 from what I've seen, ryzen igpu performance is much better on normal Ddr4 than lpddr4x.

@HardwareCanucks 3 года назад

This is somewhat true but it really depends on if its the U-series or H-series

@mynameis______392 3 года назад

@@HardwareCanucks Where can you find the 400 nit vers??? the only one i found was intel

@hmmm5300 3 года назад

@@HardwareCanucks it's actually the cooling system that's limiting its performance. It's running below the typical 15 watts you see with this kinda laptops. The situation is even worse with the MX 350 model of the Zenbook 14 where it drops below 10 watts. Asus doesn't seem to know how to design a cooling solution on AMD laptops. The slower LPDDR4X is also another limiting factor comparing to the faster 4266 MHz LPDDR4X on some other laptops. DDR4 won't really impact the iGPU performance because it's mostly the CPU that's sensitive to letancy.

@rintoa8661 3 года назад

@@HardwareCanucks so ryzen u series good with lpddr4x?

@asdicmcodasdciasdjo7390 3 года назад

@@hmmm5300 So you don’t recommend me to buy this laptop? I’m considering buying ASUS ZenBook ryzen 7 4700 MX350 GB 16 RAM

@nurmuhammad1645 3 года назад

Wow. It is very informative review. Can you also make a video about Samsung Book ion?

@TarekMidani 3 года назад

If the usb c DAC is actually better in terms of audio quality compared to the tinny audio laptops are famous for, then yes I'm fine with getting rid the the audio jack

@mrrgb4954 3 года назад

Lenovo slim 7 next plz

@teteakhiangte6015 3 года назад

Always an awesome content nuclear nadal

@aidanb1271 3 года назад

I had a similar issue when closing the lid and reopening it to a crash. I believe it's a windows issue and not an issue with the laptop you're reviewing. I reinstalled windows on my machine and it's worked fine ever since.

@nemesistech 3 года назад

that headphone jack missing is a dealbraker... holy f***

@jamesbearpark3794 3 года назад

Yeah, and how hard would it have been to add it. Just a tiny hole on the side. They're just being dicks at this point

@nexusproductions2064 3 года назад

I feel like intel is paying OEMs to cheap out on the notebooks with amd. I mean imagine an XPS 15 with an AMD chip..

@hadifelani 3 года назад

@@nexusproductions2064 Time will only tell though. It's not that I disagree with you, it's also a possibility since they have done it before in mid 2000s. But speaking realistically, the Ryzen is still way much younger compared to Intel's core i series. Disclaimer, I am no fanboy nor I try to defend either side. I just speaking in the perspective of how companies think. So back to topic, The most possible things of why they does seem to "cheap out" on amd is because the track record. in the last decade intel dominates the laptop market, while amd laptops (pre-ryzen) are just bad. So the way those companies think will be they gonna cheap out on AMD's new CPU lineup to check out how thing's going (to see whether if they're going to make any profit) even if their desktop counterpart are in fact a success in recent years. Sadly this also applies to some of their desktop products too like motherboards or graphics cards. I mean, looking back at pre-Ryzen, it wouldn't strange if most laptop brands still sticking up to Intel. Because , it would be a daring move for a company that have already makes millions of dollars to suddenly 100% invest on anything other than Intel (in their perspective of course). And if that move fails then the loss they could suffer is definitely big. Its only natural that they're cheaping out first. They just chose not to spend a lot of budget on the manufacturing for Ryzen, just yet. Then, considering how the market (at least in my country) treats and see AMD products quality (both desktop and laptop), they're still known as the old n hot bulldozer cpu mess by some. Even people around me still tends to believe/chose in intel considering their products quality in the last decade. But that also perhaps because my country is a 3rd world, that made the info flows a bit later.

@chrisr8244 3 года назад

How tf is it a deal breaker lol. Dongles exist for 10 dollars. ASUS was giving one with an ess sabre dac, which will very,very likely better than the typical realtek.the headphone jack will not stop me personally from getting an otherwise incredible laptop at the price. Also, as a side note, getting a good dongle will sound way better than the built in laptop jack. About 40 for a good one that you can use anywhere with significantly improved audio. It can be used on pc, laptop, phone, tablet. It's what I use anyways. It isn't all wireless headphones.

@hadifelani 3 года назад

@@chrisr8244 well, everyone to their own. I see that you've found a suitable solution for you, but bare in mind your solution isn't always suitable for someone else. Disclaimer, I didn't meant to disagree with you, it's just how it is going.

@yourikhan4425 3 года назад

Was already looking for the laptop on local shops. Then I heard : "no jack" and my interest for it went down to zero.

@mahmed4696 3 года назад

Thank you very much for maintaining objectivity in your review. As a user of this laptop, I am highly satisfied with AMD 4000 series 7 since November 2020. For the headphone jack, you can use the USB port that I am using.

@polina4331 2 года назад

Is it comfortable with the port being at the back of the computer? I really want to buy this computer but not sure yet

@aidanstenson7063 3 года назад

Good luck finding them, I've only been able to find them on Newegg (planning to get one each for my brother and I), and they are already sold out.

@earthling_parth 3 года назад

now it's $1350 on Newegg 😔

@ianlee6416 3 года назад

I was so looking forward to this. But the lack of 3.5mm is going to make me look for another laptop instead. Even with included adapter it is still unacceptable

@valentinkalman6121 3 года назад

what laptop do you think is better in the same pricerange?p

@ianlee6416 3 года назад

@@valentinkalman6121 I went for the Thinkpad E15 Gen2 AMD. But this laptop cheaped out on usb type A port(1*usb2+1*usb3) and the base spec IPS is not 100% srgb. But I bought it for the extra Nvme slot and 1 stick of ram can be upgraded(1 soldered + 1 upgradable). IF you're doing graphical work professionally, you have to take into account price of the 100% srgb upgrade. Another warning, depending on where you are, the E15 G2 AMD is on a very long waiting list(estimated 2-3months shipping time). Edit: Extra warning, this laptop is currently overpriced so you may have to look else where. I paid about 650usd(2600 MYR) for it

@funker4213 3 года назад

@@ianlee6416 Hey man I'm planning to buy the same laptop ThinkPad E15 Gen2(Ryzen5 4500U) And I have some Q. How is the battery duration? Do you had any heat issues for using it long time? Is the screen good? I'm not planning to play with it just to use for Zoom clases, navigation and watch series & movies. Today is a good choise?

@ianlee6416 3 года назад

@@funker4213 For me battery duration is about 6-8hours(word document, browser, music player) on PopOS. Online meeting using google meet, I get 4 hours. My screen(got 3 options) is IPS(not 100% srgb, not great for colour work but good enough for me) and brightness not enough for outdoors. Max CPU temps is 89C(i think CPU will slow down to maintain this temp, but dont really see much performance drops) but even then the fan is not very loud. I dont see 89C a lot, only when transcoding video. For watching movies, some people say the 100% srgb will give you a better experience, so you might want to pay extra for the 100% srgb IPS option. DO NOT take the TN screen option.

@scharfzahn1005 2 года назад

? just use usb c headphones

@SeigoulenSingsit 3 года назад

Been using laptops since 2016 and I never felt the need to use the headphone jack lol. No problem for me.

@clint.mayer20 3 года назад

My biggest issue is the placement of the power button. I wish all modern laptops would copy the convertible design of placing it on the side. I much prefer that for when using docked on a desk. Combining with a fingerprint reader, the way Sony does on phones, would also be ideal.

@DatingDilemmaBreakdown 3 года назад

This review is great. I hope you'll review the new ZenBooks with Tiger Lake. I am looking for a portable device with which I can do very basic video editing & rendering. Looks like this one is a no-go because of AMD. Hoping Tiger Lake versions will kick ass!

@hoover91125_ouo 3 года назад

Since it’s an ultra book, I reckon that shorter battery time under high load and longer time in media editing/transcoding is acceptable. The huge advantage in light load can not be ignored. However, lacking a headphone jack is a big drawback. It is more useful than a SD card reader.

@joserubio3036 3 года назад

Would you recommend this laptop for data science, cybersecurity or programming purposes? I´m in love with this asus zenbook 14 design and specs.

@valentinkalman6121 3 года назад

i think yes

@goodmorning192 3 года назад

Absolutely!

@gaddamkartheek9833 3 года назад

Brother you've a great wonderful voice. I love it ❤️🤝👌👌👌

@why_tho_ 3 года назад

Are you guys going to review the HP Omen 15 ? Would be glad if you did for the Ryzen 4800H GTX 1660Ti model.

@christopherd7029 3 года назад

Halfway through the video: "Cool ultrabook" No headphone jack: "Meehhh! Next product pleaseeeeeeee"

@paper8nintendo 3 года назад

Just get the Asus Vivobook Flip 14! - Converts to laptop/tablet forms with touch/pen included - Has headphone jack - Ryzen 4700U - 20 Gigs of RAM! - 512 gb ssd - All for about 1k, or $700 for 8 gb ram version.

@saptarshisarkar8400 3 года назад

Can you give the details of what the 'high load' is when the temperature goes beyond 52 degrees Centigrade? Also, can you link some of these other reviews that you mention where the sleep-wake and the audio issues were not present?

@annechorix 3 года назад

I have an Asus Zenbook 14 for 4 months now and so far I have had zero issues. I honestly love it and it might be one of the best laptops I have worked with! Personally, I never for once needed the headphone jack because I use wireless earbuds anyway. So it really depends on your needs but overall for the price, it's incredible!

@jenifonh.6949 3 года назад

Did you get the 8gb one?

@excdnforces4035 3 года назад

in my experience windows has never been good at sleep, we always disable that feature at our company when we deploy laptops

@nomad6-1 3 года назад

It's common on a lot of laptops, but at least Thinkpads and XPSs always get that stuff right

@etmargallo 3 года назад

Agreed, such a simple function still acts like crap on many windows laptops, you need to go into power settings and mess with stuff manually unfortunately. Macs on the other hand have had this function working nicely for like forever lol

@nomad6-1 3 года назад

@@etmargallo Yeah, what gets me even more disappointed is the huge number of updates they released lately (which I had to download via cellular because I don't have a stable place in summer and public WiFi usually sucks). A few hours wasted and they didn't seem to release anything about most common functionality issues. At least I use a Thinkpad most of the time so I don't get any of those troubles.

@wesleyhyun 3 года назад

@@etmargallo I've seen plenty of people with sleep problem on their Macs on Apple's and Macrumor's forums. I have a Windows PC and MBP, get sleep issues for both also. You're misinformed mate.

@etmargallo 3 года назад

@Wesley I guess it’s just me then. All of my MacBooks, even my old ones, haven’t had any sleep issues. My windows laptops on the other hand, asus and hp, have issues. So not sure what to tell you

@johnnyxp64 3 года назад

this category is won by lenovo yoga slim 7, Ryzen 7 4800U. have a look at it guys!!! 😉♥️

@milkeyway7105 3 года назад

Do both of them have non upgradable SSD?

@TronciM 3 года назад

4700u*

@tristankordek 3 года назад

Could you please ask one of these fellow reviewers to do this test with the rendering of a video that was broken on your ultrabook?

@OTechnology 3 года назад

If its having bluescreens for no reason then maybe your sample just had a hardware issue thats making it unstable so the premiere and davinci results were problematic?

@izzurzuhri 3 года назад

does the issue still persist if you use other OS like Linux

@minhtrungtrancao3150 3 года назад

Still can't figure out why on eartg OEMs still try to squeeze in a MicroSD card slot, like if there's no SD card slot ppl are gonna use an adapter anyway

@meRyanP 3 года назад

Well if there is no 3.5MM headphone jack people are going to use an adapter anyway.

@TerrifyingBird 3 года назад

@@meRyanP The problem is as follows: if you are a photographer (the cathegory of people who uses the microSD the most, I assume) how long do you plan to actively use the MicroSD card slot? 1% of the time on your laptop? Now how long does the average joe use his laptop to listen to music? 10% of the time? Let's say half of that is with wired headphones. See the problem?

@carlogz 3 года назад

+1 for using Initial D footage!

@NikiDaDude 3 года назад

I was excited when you mentioned the pricing, but the lack of a 3.5mm jack is a deal breaker, what were they thinking...

@b1_ferg 3 года назад

7:52 "Getting into this laptop is a hassle. You have to remove the rubber feet and then remove the screws beneath that." ....that's it? I mean, c'mon. There are plenty that require just that. Lol

@michaurbanski2926 3 года назад

I dont remember when was the last time I uses Headphone jack on my laptop. In my opinion it is not dealbreaker. On the other side so much "air time" is priceless.

@tonyalias8175 3 года назад

Mallu represent. Keep up the great job.

@teancoffee208 3 года назад

I'm not buying another zenbook for a few years. I bought a zenbook (ux305ua) from Asus on amazon and I fell in love. Then I actually got it. The hinge mechanism isn't all its cracked up to be, battery life needed major work (i5/8gb/256gb), I had to choose either a matte screen or back-lit keyboard, I had to reinstall multiple drivers right out of the box- and again multiple times over the years, and I didn't receive the one dongle they promised (mini hdmi to ethernet, or regular hdmi) nor the case sleeve I saw in multiple unboxings. The laptop is the bomb- until I try my gfs slightly older MacBook, or her work laptop (hp latitude) and I'm reminded how smooth a laptop experience should be. What's even more frustrating is seeing all the old ports we're paying more to lose every year on newer designs, but modified to fit the new- wave sleek designs (ethernet port or regular USB port with a sliding hinge to keep things sleek-looking till you need the port).

@poeticsilence047 3 года назад

I'm curious how or when they take these surveys, plus who is to say those people aren't just trolling. Lol

@shadmansudipto7287 3 года назад

Yeah I mean sure people may not use headphone jack, but far less use SD card on a laptop, hardly anyone, yet somehow that's more important to them.

@idontwantachannelimjustcom7745 3 года назад

@@shadmansudipto7287 camera people and youtubers use sd cards alot on the road.

@onlyeyeno 3 года назад

@@idontwantachannelimjustcom7745 That might be the case, but I personally have a hard time seeing "RU-vidrs" and "Photographers" making up the majority of ASUS customers for this (or any) laptop. Best regards

@shadmansudipto7287 3 года назад

@@idontwantachannelimjustcom7745 camera people don't use this kind of hardware anyway.

@clickbaitpro 3 года назад

Laptop have ton of space to throw a headphone jack. Idk why they did that

@masterchiefcode117 3 года назад

4:33 did i see Initial D there? 🌝🌝

@hueyfreeman7810 3 года назад

The best downhill driver in Gunma.

@timothylu1349 Год назад

Its so hard to find specific models for asus laptops, I see a bunch of different models on best buy that have different model numbers. Do you know if other zenbooks will be similar to this one or is there big differences between different models? I'm looking at the UM3402 with a ryzen 7 7730u

@willdai 3 года назад

Mad respect for using Inital D 4th stage as b roll

@nathansomething4634 3 года назад

To everyone wondering about why they would not include a connector that costs almost nothing: Because that means there is no traditional audio section on the motherboard. You're losing the headphone jack and a whole bunch of extra circuitry, including capacitors and the digital to analog converter, lots of components. This makes for a lot of saved space on the board, allowing them to make it smaller and for more cost savings than just the connector. Bluetooth audio does everything through software and doesn't require the physical hardware to power a pair of drivers. Yes, there is room for a daughterboard, but that increases the costs A LOT. Having a whole 'nother board done greatly increases the costs. It is cheaper just to get a cheap off the shelf finished product like that dongle and include it; this also allows them the flexibility of including it or not including it depending on the market the laptop is being distributed in. Personally, I would have gladly paid the extra $4, and don't like this trend, but the reasons are understandable when you look at it from an engineering and cost standpoint.