Asus Zenbook 14 OLED (Q425MA) REVIEW - A HIDDEN GEM 

Why is the battery score only 8 out of 10?

I picked this one over the 120hz version for better battery life. The battery life is insane and comparable to my m2 macbook. Getting 11-13 hours easily

For a sale price of $799.99 over at Best Buy, the Asus Zenbook 14 OLED (Q425MA) is not a bad laptop and it's to be recommended if you're looking for something that won't cost you an arm and a leg so to speak. The 1080p webcam and internal mics are very clear and it also has an excellent battery life. Asus, like Lenovo, make great laptops which are usually reasonably priced or just wait until they go on sale before getting yours. Great work Andrew! 👍😁

You do a good job of presenting the significance of technical things for laymen. I'd love to hear more about the efficiency cores and who the NPU benefits

Like your content, without any flaws or water, just straight to the point. Short but powerful. Always a warm and welcom feeling when watching your video's. Hope you'll get the attention and the audience that you deserve or nevermind, the audience gotta deserve you)

I’m currently looking at the Slim (Yoga) Pro 7i with Intel Core Ultra 7. I’m in Europe so it’s available here, tho I didn’t find it in the US shop, so I assume not many large RU-vidrs will be reviewing it 🤔 Currently there’s some good deals for around 1300$ (1250€), with 32GB of RAM and 1TB of storage. Laptop sounds great as well.

This was a really useful in depth review. Would be interested to hear your evaluation of the 16" S5606

Hello Andrew! I'm from Brazil and have been watching your videos for a while. I've to confess as you usually say your work is "best in the class". I was just searching for which laptop to buy for my 2025 trip to the USA, and I ended up here. Thanks bro!

you really do give some of the most complete reviews. long time subscriber and, I must say, you've earned it.

Thank you for the heads up. I jumped online and just bought it right now. I've been looking for a long time so this was perfect timing.

Great review! Did you notice and coil whine (sound like a scratching cd player) in a quiet room?

Welldone Andrew! You always provide very informative review 👍 As for the audio comparison btw Zenbook and yoga slim, Zenbook sounds better with slightly better sound definition

Hey Andrew great video!! I’m a IT student and need a laptop. I’m going to be doing a lot of labs and it/tech based work on it every day. Would you say this model Or the 14x for what I’m trying to use it for. Or if you have another recommendation in this price range.

Thanks for the review very informative I’ll use your link!😊

We have the '23 Zen14 and I gotta say, as a casual user, it has been a fantastic performer. We keep it within it's limits but I would not hesitate for a second to run photo editing software or even CAD design software like Chief Architect on it. I understand that there would be limits to running applications like that, but it would only be on the more advanced rendering features, or deep editing sharpening or masking passes. So if the new Zenbook performs better than the last gen version, while still maintaining the features that made it so good in '23...then I'd pick another one up in a heartbeat.

Thanks! I've been looking this laptop and your review is really deep and complete. New sub here.

Hey Andrew, thanks for reviewing it briefly, I'm in confusion to buy it or not from past few days... does glossy screen will cause any discomfty while using it? or is it ignorable? the 799 offer is still active should I buy it tomorrow or should i go for Samsung galaxy book 4 650$, or is their any good deals? and one more thing if I buy this in bestbuy store how can I use your link?

hey Andrew, quick question: Which MB Pro do you daily drive? 14 or 16 inch? I wanted to know how it feels carrying it around, using it off-desk. I am thiking of returning my Yoga Pro 9 2024, not because it is bad but because of the numpad shifting everything to the left and throwing me off. Might opt for a MB or Spectre.

Excellent review. I just went to pick one up. It is charging right now. Will replace my Alienware R17.

What about the ultra 5? Would i miss out on. Lot between thr 5 and 7 ?

In Vietnam, the price of the Q425 model has been padded up quite a lot😢, if the dollar is about $920. One downside is that it's only 60hz, but that price range with ultra 7 is great 😊

Do you think it's worth the upgrade from the Q415MA ultra 5 with 8gb at $549? No gaming, primarily light editing, internet, emails, basic work related tasks?

Can you review some Expertbook models from ASUS ?

Hey Andrew, great video!! I’m a Software Developer (.NET Developer). I have to use at the same time several development tools (like MS SQL server, MS Visual Studio, VS Code), Web browser with multiple tabs and sometime MS Excel, word and others small software. Please let me suggest, does this Asus Zenbook 14 OLED (Q425MA) good choice for a software developer?

Just picked this up April 9th. Let’s see how it goes . I broke my surface tablet last week , For the price I couldn’t resist.

Hey Andrew, love your channel! Which is better - The older 14X which you reviewed before or this Q425MA? Not counting price in mind because usually the older 14x goes on sale for 699

Thanks for your review! It’s very thorough and I recently purchased one. It’s so far a great laptop and did not break my wallet too much with the deals you mentioned!

Love mine! Great battery life, amazing speakers and nice and light Steam game laptop. Using this more than my Deck OLED now.

Nice PC especially at this sales price. Camera and mics were very good. Speakers playing music sounded better than the Lenovo. Sounded a little richer. Agree that there was some screen wobble but not bad at all. Keyboard not the best but at this price point one cannot complain. For what you get for this price agreed it is a "steal" no doubt. With Best Buy always seemly run rotating sales on their products it is very possible we might see the higher priced model of this pc on sale in the near future. Who knows. Anyway another great and honest review of this pc.

Any plans on reviewing the alienware m16 r2?

I am considering HP Zbook Firefly G10 alptop, how does Zenbook 14 OLED stands against Zbook? Please advise.

Hi, do you know of any laptops with HDMI-IN? It is hard to find, because when manufacturers list I/O ports, they do not say it is only an input of this kind. Second, the Lenovo thinkcentre m90a pro has a thunderbolt 3 input functionality, so one can display the laptop on the thinkcentre and use one of the ssd inside. Also GPD Pocket 3 has a similar function, namely the KVM module, here display can be shown on the GPD pocket 3 and you can use the keyboard to control the other device, this is what I am searching for but in a bigger 14 inch size. So, I am trying to find this functionality in a laptop/desktop. Is there a way to get this? Does such hardware exist? (Some people recommend a capture card, but there must exist a simpler solution like GPD pocket 3. I do know that getting a display with KVM is also a solution, but I am in need of second OS which I can use for backup via WIFI) Thanks in advance, kind regards.

Can it run autocad or sketchup with the arc graphics?

Hi, everyone. I just picked this up. It's mostly great so far. But I wanted to ask if anyone knows how to set the backlight keyboard light to automatically turn off after a few seconds of no use? I cannot find that setting.

great laptop. great review

Why are they making these touch screens? Who is using touch in windows?

3 months after this video the 16gb / 1tb version is on sale for $799. I got a used excellent one for $650.

Can u make a review on the Lenovo Legion slim 5 Ryzen 7 8845HS 2024?

Really nice litte laptop. Looks great for doing work on the go.

Hey there I thought I might just add this but regarding the 60hz oled screen you don’t need to pay 1299 dollars for 120hz some older models have that 120hz smoothness for just about the same price or even slightly less😊

Literally just bought one from Best Buy open box excellent condition for $600! Appreciate the video!

Great performance for that price! Asus usually has a great price to performance ratio for sure. I wish we got some better deals in canada though. Same device at bestbuy here is $1600 lol

I can play emulators ps3 and switch? Can run steam games too?

HP has a Pavilion Plus 14 Oled sales (Ultra Core 5 125h 16GB for around $700; and the Core 7 155h 32Gb for $880). Do you recommend the Pavilion Plus 14 with those prices over the new Zenbook for $799?

*Asus came out with a couple interesting new 16" OLED laptops, the S5606 ($1099, Intel) and the M5606 ($999, AMD). Curious what you think of these.*

Are the usb ports 3.2 gen 2?

There is other model 14 OLED UM3406HA with 7 8840HS for the same price, compared to the Ultra 7 which one is the best?

Good value laptop for college students majoring in engineering. SSD speed: 5k Mb/s read speed RAM speed: 7467 Mhz Multi-core CPU speed: 14k according to Cinebench R23 GPU TFLOPS: 5-6 TFLOPS DCI-P3: 100%

It's a good pc for gaming ?

This or the amd version that is currently sold at walmart at 799 with amd 8840hs? Also waiting for the 32gb version to drop price. I hope it happens soon. Thank you for the reviews. I wonder which one has better battery life the intel or amd version?

So, for light video editing (4k) it will be okay for when I need it?

Spectre x360 14 or this?

I want to buy this laptop for cad work (beginner level) and Uni work (essays). Will this laptop be able to do cad ? And will the 16gb of memory suffice ? In Germany the prices are so ridiculous. Nearly 1900$ for 32 gb ram. Thanks for the review :)

Would you recommend this one or the 14X for 839 same ram and memory?

I'm curious. I just bought one of these yesterday, mostly based on your review, and did several runs of Time Spy. Your result was a score of 3815 (3478 GPU / 8436 CPU) which is was impressive. My best run was a score of 3306 (3093 GPU / 5425 CPU). Fully charged and plugged in with power profile set together performance. Any idea what I might be missing that is hurting my scores?

Great job as always 👍 I'm an Asus guy

Is this laptop able to run pc games ? I like to do a little gaming and will major in computer science in the fall

Inspiron 14 plus 7440 or zenbook 14

Just got this for my son entering Ohio State University honors Business College. The university has Microsoft full Office licenses for students and huge discounts for Adobe, etc. I think this miniscule laptop, combined with huge battery life will work great for him over the next 4 years. I held out for the Snapdragon reviews but decided against it due to potential compatability issues with college required programs, such as college wide network printing stations, and whatever light gaming he might engage in.

Please review lenovo yoga pro 7 2024 with AMD ryzen 7 8845Hs + 3050 6GB.

having wifi issues on mine unfortunately

155H have 8 xe cores 2.25ghz or 126eu gpu. raptor lake from 13700H have 6 xe cores 1.5ghz or 96eu

any ideas if a 14X version will be released? Prefer the 14.5" screen.

Just from curiosity, when you guys in USA speak of a price, in this case for example 799$, does it have a tax included?

HDMI port plus both thunder bolts all on the right hand side, is this laptop designed for left handed people (i.e. uses the mouse of the left)?

Hey do u think this game can run terraria and Minecraft maybe some Roblox?

I would recommend the zenbook UM3406HA instead of this. Its only for sale at walmart but its about $800 for a ryzen 7 8840hs 16gb of ram and 512gb of storage. Its the same chassis as this zenbook and the same screen but has a little better battery life and of course is just cheaper.

Hows this compared to the hp x360?

Dang, that $800 price tag is a great deal, but without that deal, you are only saving 200 for not having the upgraded resolution and and only 60Hz refresh rate. I think the extra 200 might be worth the cost in that aspect.

you just posted this video and i just bought it lol and it got delivered today. this is meant to be

Is this a region exclusive? Im still watching so if you mentioned it in the video, no need to reply!

How much Ram is used on your unit? My unit uses over 70% of the 16 Gb Ram out of the box. If I install and open any application like Edge browser, the usage is 80% and more. Do you have the same issue?

What difference between this model and zenbook 14 UX3405MA

great deal

just bought one, the cheap Mediatek Lan/Blueetoth card broke down and non functional after few days used😡

Is there going to be an AMD version for this laptop?

coming up!!!!... justt came for that.

Did you say premium quality? I have the Zenbook 13 OLED (which at least looks very similar) from a couple of years ago. Before buying it I saw "aluminium", "premium", ""military grade" and the price (1200 back then for i7, 16GB, 512GB SSD) and I thought ""this has to be close to my XPS''s quality". Then this thing arrived and oh my, I have never seen a laptop that creaks and squeaks more! Night and day with the XPS. So I've never been able to "love" the Zenbook (I am writing from it). So has this changed at all with this new model? Because if it hasn't changed drastically, then this cannot be called premium despite the materials. People beware!

The camera was ok, but the mic struggled with the spectrum of your voice. Choppy and low bit rate. Bad DAC or bad drivers?

Looks like comparing this back to the UX3405, even if I buy the stylus $99+32GB LPDDR5X $~100 total about $1000, for extra $300, I get 120hz refresh rate, window 11 pro, higher resolution (lower battery life?) fancy num pad on touch pad, sleeve, RJ45 adaptor, cool design and ponder blue color. Maybe UX3405 isn't that bad of a price, just fancier. Sort of getting a EX vs LX. 😂

Boom!

When is Surface Pro 10 coming (non business) ?

BTW a fingerprint magnet!

wtf why so cheap ? cant find same deal in germany, the price over 1,2k euro -_-

Please do the vivobooks, everyone sleeps on them, and with the discount one on Best Buy is a total steal, the creators

It would be nice to see a review on the surface laptop 2 ❤❤❤

I bought one yesterday but the color on it for both browsers Edge and Chrome, the images and videos have reddiilsh tints on people and look very oversaturated. For example you look like a ripe red plum, I've tried to turn off of the graphics acceleration on bith Chrome and Edge but no change. Sorry but it looks cheap. Everything else is fine on this. However the best display, build, keyboard and deal was with the ASUS14X Model:Q420VA 2.8K OLED Touch Laptop. That was terriric !

14" is way to small. Reflection on screen is pure punishment

Finally a Zenbook without those fking ugly lines on its exterior chassis

It would be so refreshing if the commercial sector would leave this ninetynine bs behind at last. 1 cent, really?

all asus slim laptops have worst sound