I have this laptop and honestly, It's not worth it. I've had it for over 8 months and I game pretty much evergday with it, is just getting hotter and hotter. My cpu hits over 100 somtimes but usually remains around 90 celcius and up gaming. My games now throttle occasionally and get major fps drops. I had to underclock the cpu voltage so it can keep cool. Overall don't buy this, it not worth the money and i regret buying this laptop.
@@steamsalty7343 Not really dude, only thing I've noticed if you're in a hot environment or even warm you're laptop is gonna be in that shit state where it's frames are really bad sometimes. I also bought a cooling fan pad for the laptop but it barely helps. It just helps with airflow and the heat from being trapped on the surface you're laptop is on.
I have this and there are no overheating problems or thermal throttling at all. The CPU can get a little hot however the GPU reaches a little more then 60c while playing heavy games. It actually surprised me with the cooling performance. It runs way cooler than my way thicker previous laptop. Keep in mind to put it on Turbo mode though..
The previous version of this laptop, the GX531, has downshifted keyboard so that the cooling fan, CPU, and GPU sit beneath a metal plate with cooling vents; which helps tremendously with the temperature. Because of this GX531 afford to have the fancy metal back plate which raise. I personally think the raise metal back plate is much less efficient that just use a mesh for the underside. ASUS "improve" the design by still keeping the inefficient back plate, and move the keyboard back directly above CPU/GPU which blocks basically all air intake option for the CPU/GPU thus choking them (ASUS claim air can still go through the keyboard, but admittedly it's much less efficient). It make sense that this laptop runs hot.
Hey Briony, I know I am late to the party and a bit off topic but how much do you still love your chair. I have been waiting for the epic SK gaming version to be available again for the USA and it has been months so I purchased the epic white one that you did. Unfortunately it was not on sale and I paid north of $400.00. I can't wait to receive it. I ordered it the day I posted this.
24:48 Are those temperatures ok for modern laptops? Bought my GX502 this week, kinda surprized that 95° its like everyday routine. If it doesnt cause damage, let it be i guess.
Looks pretty good and the Zephyrus usually are very good laptops, the price is a bit on the high side but nice features besides the thermals.. Great review thanks Briony.
Seeing the other tons of reviews on this laptop about its temperatures I guess you had a lemon or something because your values are note close to the other tester.
@@Jaydies2049 The Difference Between Capacity and Speed You can measure RAM capacity in megabytes (MB), gigabytes (GB), or terabytes (TB). Increasing the size of your RAM reduces the likelihood of needing to use your hard drive for these temporary files. But once you have enough to meet your needs, you reach a point where adding more may not be the best way to get the speed improvements you’re looking for. You may benefit more from buying RAM that’s faster than the RAM you already have, even if it’s the same amount. Is Your Virtual Memory Too Low? Here's How to Fix It! Is Your Virtual Memory Too Low? Here's How to Fix It! Computer memory issues can slow down your computer over time. Here's how to set the virtual memory size and boost performance. READ MORE There are a couple of metrics that determine your RAM’s speed. Frequency affects maximum bandwidth, which is how much data can travel to and from your memory stick at a time. Latency affects how quickly RAM can respond to a request. Frequency is measured in megahertz (MHz) and you want a bigger number. Latency appears as a series of numbers (such as 5-5-5-12) and you want these to be lower. Once your capacity needs are met, increasing frequency and reducing latency may yield you a more noticeable result than packing in more RAM. As for how much of a difference you will notice, well, that depends. How Much (Or How Fast) RAM Do You Need? Having buckets of RAM is useful if you’re into professional video or audio editing. Yet even then, 8-16 GB of RAM should be enough to handle running several professional applications simultaneously. You likely won’t need to think about upgrading for several years, if that. If you’re a gamer, you may get some benefits from having 16 GB, but 8 GB can handle most games. Making the leap up to 32 GB is currently unnecessary. At that point, you may be better of getting faster sticks. Regardless of how you use your PC, speed won’t matter if your motherboard isn’t as fast as your RAM. A 1333 MHz motherboard will limit your 2000 MHz RAM to 1333 MHz. There are situations where more RAM is needed, but you’re more likely to encounter them if you manage servers. The demands of running applications, games, and websites simply aren’t that high to warrant packing your desktop with all the RAM you can muster.
its kinda hot and uncomfortable for me ..i live in south east asian n its always summer here lol... if you want to play triple aaa games assiasin creed oddysey full utlra better use keyboard ..the performance is awesome ..( ive own this one what she said is true )
Yeah the keyboard gets hot because it sits right on top of both the CPU and GPU. And yeah I noticed the hot weather also affect the laptop. Next to that is that the aluminium chasis helps to spread the heat even more wich might make it feel uncomfortable. The GPU tends to stay cool and at a normal room temperature at 20c it only gets a little hotter than 60c. The CPU can hit 80c. But that seems to be the case with many thin laptops as the MSI GS65 has that problem too. My older Strix Scar reached both 90c on either the GPU and CPU sometimes despite the fact is was thicker and way heavier. There are laptops that still get way hotter than the Zephyrus as the HP Omen laptops that also tend to hit 90c on either the GPU and CPU. But thin and light always has a downside but neither a thick desktop replacement laptop would work as I carry this thing in my backpack a lot.
I have the GU502, which is super warm on turbo mode fan. Turbo mode fan sounds like jet engine which isn’t acceptable for me. The silent mode would be way tooooo hot! I was only playing league of legends
I wonder what the issue is for some of you. Many reviewers show great temps and way above average gaming performance with undervolt. Manufacturers seem to be inconsistent with thermal pasting properly which maybe the problem? Either way, from other reviewers it’s obviously capable and not overly hot.
well the Cinebench R20 scores are highly mistaken. I did run thw same tets and got a score of 2843 which even higher than the Strix scar 3 i9. Your benchmaking database is poorly complied.
Had mine for a year, basically only play games from early 2000 and whenever I try to run chrome (1 tab) the computer reaches 100c, and sounds like someone switched on a jet engine. ngl. Currently writing on this on my GX502 so would have to keep it short before It sets my kitchen table on fire.
Debating between this and the Aero 15. The bigger battery on the aero is good, but these having usb-c charging could be a gamechanger, because i'm more likely to have a charger available for it without needing to keep the power brick with me. but I much prefer the aesthetics of the aero. Honestly, the zephyrus looks quite cheap to me. Like a razer blade knock off.
Razer Blade don't look cheap... the Asus maybe seems to ne cheap but I saw some videos where we could see that the aluminium is very weel made and seems to be very solide!
I have one of these and my battery won't charge past 81%. Id like to replace the battery but asus won't give me the info to order a new battery because they want me to pay them to do it. Any idea where I can get this info without having to open the laptop more than the 1 time ill need to swap it out?
Don't know if this will help after 4 months but there is actually a setting in the asus software that you can choose the option to charge up to a certain percentage and just hold it there while in use or to fully charge the battery
well, no it kinda needs CSM support and asus has removed it. But some people have managed to get windows 7 install with UEFI class 3 laptops (no CSM support in bios) But it's very annoying thing and a complicated process including driver slipstreamin to iso, disabling vga.sys etc.. it's hard but do able.. maybe..
Ugh! That’s almost two mortgage payments for me. Tell you what, since that excessive heat is too much to handle, I’ll be more then happy to take it off your hands, buddy!
@@husseinkhedr7307 Well I suppose you do not get out much and now you have, if you use the machine just for gaming then no thunderbolt is fine I guess and enjoy your 2.5K console, however if you also want to use the machine for other things thunderbolt is incredibly useful, 10Gb+ networking on USB 3 does not work particularly well, external RAID arrays work much better on thunderbolt and if you want to use multiple GPUs for serious compute work then with a machine like this TB3 is your only realistic option. The alternative is to have multiple machines, even then that would mean I would have to transfer huge files around and typically TB3 would be the difference between waiting 30 minutes or 5 minutes for that operation to complete.
Thunderbolt 3 is kinda usefull but not necesarry. You can still use the USB-C port to charge or connect displays with. Since it’s a gaming laptop, why would you even need to connect it with a eGPU? The whole video is kinda missleading tbh. Ofcourse it’s a thin and light laptop and the CPU gets a little hot but not too hot either like even other laptops I had. The GPU stays really well cooled. I wouldn’t ditch this laptop over any other thin and light gamig laptop though. Don’t go with Max-Q laptops.
i kinda agree with you, but i highly recommend you the Legion Y540 laptop. very good non gamery look laptop and very powerful. i have the Y530 with i7 8750h, 16gb ram, 512ssd, 144hz screen and gtx 1050ti. very good performer, specially the 144hz screen has 300nits of brightness witch is very important for outdoor use. almost all laptops will throttle, and you can fix it by repasting the cpu and gpu and apply a undervolt. but if you put the laptop under 100 load during a prolonged time, it will have a power limit throtlling. it never lowered the cpu freq below 3,5ghz under 100% load, wich is very good for a 6 core cpu
Well, none of the laptop LCD panel manufacturers are focusing on 1440 resolution. It's either 144-240Hz 1080 or 60Hz+ UHD, so Asus and everyone else can only use what's available.
@@sabishiihito You got an HDMI port you know... I know many people using a laptop but also another screen. Just more convenient when he has to moove somewhere
