Why are you so into the screen and HDMI port but don't care about anything else?

It's a gaming laptop not a helium-cooled super computer.. of course it's gonna make a lot of noise!

Thanks for the honest review. By the way do you have any recommended other models/brands for people eyeing this laptop?

This is a good, unbiased review! I suspected the specs-to-pricing too good to be true - so they skimped on the HSF cooling, and the limited IO ports are just sad... I went with the Acer AN515-52-78AS instead.

I just came here to watch the review before buying it. But still goin to buy it.. hehe

This laptop is great bought before 6 months and it's amazing. This video is misleading.

I first bought it, then I watched the video... lol im dumb af

Mhmm watching this on the exact same laptop he is talking about

Your honesty is always appreciated.

I bought one of these that has the i5 8300 H, 8 gb ram, and a gtx 1050 with 2 gigs vram. Has a 1 tb hdd, and i love everything about it. It's the perfect gaming laptop for a beginner. I have no cooling issues when using overboost mode, and I am not bothered at all with the sound it makes. Although there may be a better laptop for around the same price, I got it for $300 off ($800 cdn). My only issues are there is no usbc port (minor), no displayport (minor), and no disk drive (very minor). Very good for the price I got it at!

Saw this laptop on sale for $73o and was thinking about picking it up and doing some upgrades. I feel like the complaints about the SSD, WiFi, and battery are non-issues. Those pieces can be upgraded or for energy you can simply plug into an outlet. Not having high end 4K support with higher Refresh isn't a big deal either, it's not a common thing in computing and 1080p is still holding strong as the standard. But it does seem like the overheating and cooling is a major issue with this model. Also personally I do not mind a loud fan, especially if I have a headset plugged in I probably wouldn't hear it even if the fan is blowing hard on max. But throttling is a big "no-no", and consumers / end users should not be expected to play around with voltages / undervolt their hardware. Thanks for checking it out and doing some investigative work. I appreciate your honest review.

For its price This video should be titled "get this reasonable gaming laptop, it packs quite some power for the price and it's TUF indeed".

Should I get this gaming laptop?? I’m thinking of getting it for Christmas, but I don’t wanna choose the wrong laptop so yeah, I need suggestions for laptops, under $1000

After undervolting, the temperatures was around 75-80°c while playing farcry 5 at high settings, I'm quite satisfied with this , and noisy fans are not really a problem when you play games cuz you add headphones, about sound , use the dts app which is pre installed in the laptop, it makes it louder enough that you can play games without headphones and they cover up FAN NOISE

Asus needs to work on quality control. The sooner the better. In their budget segments, QC is what brings them down.

Thanks for your advice 💖💕

Thanks chris for the unbiased review , I wonder why you don't review/benchmark graphics cards , these laptops have a limited appeal but graphics cards are very hot now , u must have seen geforce 's latest rtx series .....

I have this notebook for a year, I upgraded the RAM and added an SSD and it works flawlessly.

Thanks appreciate the technical review, as well as, giving us some insight on why some laptops getting burning hot where you rest your palm lol. :)

00:54 - SCREEN 01:29 - INTERNALS 02:19 - Cost cutting at its worst 03:10 - Keyboard & touchpad 04:36 - Build & Ports 05:53 - PSU & weights 06:31 - Perfomance & throttling 10:08 - Other benchmarks & camera 11:06 - Gaming @ 1080p 12:08 - Fan noise & thermals 13:29 - Recap 14:32 - Pros & Cons list I m just helping Plse don't strike a copyright on mee😆😆😆😆🤐🤐😉😉😆😆😆

I have the 705GM (next version), it definetly have a better cooling but I still had to use liquid metal to avoid thermal throttling.

This laptop took 2:51 for 1min 4k youtube render while 7700hq took 3:09 and 7300hq 3:51 so currently 8750H > 7700HQ > 7300HQ > 8550u/8250u correct me if i am wrong. I also want to know that is 8300H is worth upgrading from 7300HQ for gaming. And also was the 8750H undervolted while 4k 1 min encoding?

I have the 1060 version of this, and it randomly deadlocks while playing games like Destiny 2. There are no correlation between the deadlocks and not a single solution has worked.

Good presentation! Do you have an October 2018 list of recommended gaming laptops? Pls and ty.

I'm using this laptop for a month now, gtx1050 series without SSD, got it for 54k INR after all discounts, this is a very good laptop, just use a cooling pad, no hanging, no heating problem, best laptop in the range.

Been gaming with this for about 2 years now. I appreciate the thorough video, but I disagree... this is a fantastic performer, I just play on the highest fan mode, which I do not find to be extraordinarily loud for a gaming laptop. Now the hinges are another story... I have had to replace the factory hinges, but now no issues at 2 years going strong.

Hi. Tell me please, which one is better to buy for 4k video editing, this one or Macbook Pro 15 2015 Max configuration? Note: the question is about performance, not about screens.

This is a budget gaming laptop. Don't expect much at this price point. 🙂 Also cooling of TUF series is much better than Predator helios 300 series which is much more costlier than the TUF. 👍🏻😀

The latest bios fixed the CPU throttling issue. You really should take this video down or leave it up because I got a great deal on it because of people who don't do research. I've had zero issues

I have fx504GM and I don't regret :) 200 fps at cs go is enough for me ;)

Hello bro gr8 vid but can u do a review on the fx503 too

Thanks for the video, I had my eye on this model until I saw your video. Do you think the i5-8300H paired with a 1060 6gb will have the same overheating problem? The heating problem is really scary but there are not many other computers below 1k with a 1060 6gb and last gen cpu avaliable :\ The model also comes with a HDMI 2.0 and Intel 802.11ac Wave 2 wireless, wich corrects 2 of the negative points. Also mainly for gaming and light work (office) do you think the stretch of 100$+ is worth from an i5-8300H to i7-8750H? Once again, thanks for the eye opener!

gamer: "my laptop fan is too loud!" *goes home turns on giant gaming PC. beep beep ffffvmoooooOOOOOOOOOOOOO

do review msi gl63

Is Asus Rog Strix Scar GL703 a good choice? If not...what would be the best gtx 1060 gaming laptop to get? Preferably at around 1300-1400 Euro?

Great review thanks for that! What is your favourite gaming laptop at the same price?

Great stuff

No I have Gtx 1060 and i7 8750h version and it is giving me the best performance.No thermal Throttle.Only Sometime power limit throttle and temps are in control not going above 80 degree.note that i live in india a hot country.

What about Asus TUF FX504GD ? Is it any better or have the same issues as mention in this version?

I bought this laptop two weeks ago and now I'm trying to return it. Hope they take it back.

Got this laptop and temperatures keep stable (doesn't even hit 80 on heavy loads), no thermal throttling (or yes, but rare and very temporary). It does indeed get loud but I don't mind really, it's a gaming laptop after all EDIT: 25W TDP seems to be max, BIOS locked

The 25W power limit and lack of cooling were really disappointing, could have been so good! Pretty much same conclusion I came to 👍

I'm interested in buying this series but the FX504GD the ones with i5 8300H and GTX 1050 4GB DDR5 is it any good? My other choices is Dell G3 also with i5 8300H and GTX1050,which one is better ? thank you

Hello, Asus launched Asus TUF Gaming FX504GM with a Geforce GTX 1060 variant (rest same as your reviews). Is it worth getting?

The problem with asus is that they have a premium lineup and they try to sell it by making the rest of their line-up look less attractive!!! Happens to their zenbook line as well, even in 2018 they are releasing a usd 1.2k ultrabook with no PD charging and no thunderbolt(other than the cpu and ram the only upgrade over the 2017 model is the ssd where they finally use nvme instead of sata iii). For their vivobook lineup, they further handicap it by putting in a tiny battery. Honestly i no longer recommends asus to anyone anymore, as far as value goes they are now one of the worst in the market

You're the only reviewer I trust, thanks a bunch!

I have this exact model, it's doing me wonders quite honestly. Keyboard is amazing, although I'd suggest looking at their 505 or 705 instead

I'm planning to buy this laptop, with the i5-8300H, 1050ti, 120hz panel. Unfortunately only 4GB of ram and a 1TB hard-drive, so im planning to buy another 4GB stick and an ssd sometime in the future. Is it still worth it?

Then what do you suggest instead of this fx 504 for that budgest to get max gaming performance with low noise and heat

For those who have the 8750h and 1060, I recommend the 308 bios fw and undervolting. I can get my laptop working at 3.3 GHz full load without thermal throttling. Do not update to bios 310 if you want to undervolt. Cinebench R20 score should be around 2500

For the battery always drains even when it's off bug: Make sure you disable "Fast boot" both from the bios and power options. You can tell if it worked by using the task manager after rebooting and going to the tab: "Performance", it will show you how long the computer has been on. The laptop never really shuts down by default. It's set up that way for fastest boot possible.

Idk what to do i have the MSI GF63 8RC and idk if i whant to switch it for this one. Both have i78750H, GTX 1050, 256ssd and 16GB memory. The asus has 2 fans that are anti dust, a full keyboard. The msi only 1 fan but goes to 2 sides. The keyboard is more in the center. And has lan kabel and aux on the right... Idk what laptop is more worth to have. My gpu with msi is 93 in and stays that, cpu 65. What you guys think?

I'm gonna wait for your FX505 review :)

I have this laptop, i5 8300h, 8GB RAM, GTX 1050 TI, SSD 128gb m2, HDD 1tb. In games does not exceed 72 degrees, so the cooling system works perfectly!

Hey! so I bought this laptop as an offer in Black friday for 720 €. I saw this video after that... and I'm really worried about the fan noise which is a thing I care the most. I am in time to refund the laptop so would you recommend me to pick the MSI gl63 even if it is 800€ i5 instead? Do you have any suggestions? many thanks

I think you are right fx504 has small heatsink. Im curious about did asus reduce overheating on fx505. Looks like fx505 has a better heatsink than fx504

pls do a review of Asus TUF fx505 after it's release

Been using this laptop for 2 years now and gotta say its not that bad. When youre looking for a "gaming laptop" at this price range, ofcourse ur not getting the best features. But its "enough". Gaming has been smooth for me. im not a sucker for high fps so that is not an issue. Never had heating issue other then recently, playing heavy games like monster hunter world and forza horizon. But performance wise, it aint bad, downside is, the keyboard gets hot which makes it uncomfortable to play but that has not been a problem since i use controllers for these games and even if u need keyboards, u can just plug in an external one. Perfomance and speed has been great, the i7 cpu means i have no issue booting up chrome and what not. 8gb ram is sufficient. I can use photoshop, illustrator, chrome all at the same time. And again, im not a 24/7 virgin streamer who can only see things in 240hz and 120fps. I play games at a decent or below average graphic settings, as long as there are no lag spikes. Only issue i have for this laptop is yeah the screen is horrible. I dont usually care abt visual quality but since im a photographer, pictures look better on my phone than on this laptop which makes it hard to detect lighting and editing flaws. Second thing is the build. Its very cheap..well thats where they cut cost but after 1 year, the hinge is having problems and is breaking. The trackpad is having physical issue where the button is not working. But i think i can stay using this laptop for another year or so which is when i would buy a new laptop anyways. Honestly, for the price, i think this laptop is good enough for me. Note that i went here from a shitty laptop so its an upgrade for me. Thats why im praising it. But if ur coming from a better rig, then dont bother. And if ur looking for some serious gaming experience, you better off saving a bit more just to get an ROG I keep saying the price is affordable eventho u could probably build a better pc with this amount of money but this is a laptop, ofcourse its a bit pricey. But considering its a gaming laptop, the price is actually kinda good

the fan noise dont seem that bad for a gaming laptop. can you recommend a better gaming laptop in terms of reduced fan noise?

What about the version with AMD specs is it better ?!

Really waiting for your Poco phone f1 review and impressions, cheers mate,👍

waiting for this one, i hope she will come tomorrow :)

I was thinking of buying this laptop. Im seeing people that say the fans are an issue. I just need to know if the fans are loud or not.

I completely understand the limitation of this laptop and for the past 2 days I'm researching and watch all the videos of this laptop about Thermal Throttling and reads the other external links some YT reviewers mentioned in their reviews. My one and only question Is this Laptop capable to edit 4k videos with Adobe Premiere Pro? Also, I was going to use Adobe After Effects and Illustration for beginners stuff, nothing Advance or complicated though. After knowing all these shortcomings, Is this laptop can fulfill my requirements? Please let me know. I have zero interest in Gaming and last game (mafia) I played maybe 12-13 years ago. P.S - I'm going to use with the 32-inch external 4k monitor.

I had finalised FX504 (8th Gen i7 8750H model) and Acer Predator 300 with same configurations for my photo editing (lightroom and photoshop) and video editing(Adobe Premiere) work. But after seeing this video, I am a bit sceptical. Please let me know if FX504 will be suitable for Full HD video editing with Adobe Premiere or will it cause any problems. I do not intend to use it for Gaming purpose Thank you in anticipation

Your internet speeds are off the friggin charts and you're complaining about them? WiFi cards and even Ethernet are not an issue anymore, the cards are always faster than available internet speeds. I like your reviews but this always annoys me. Do you live inside a tower or something? Most people will never be able to max their net cards.

I apologize for the self-centered question, but this topic is quite relevant, personally. I am studying in a university and I'm looking for a great laptop for around 500€ max. The laptop should run all the Microsoft programs, internet browsing with multiple tabs open, music smoothly. If it could handle playing Max Payne 1-2, old Hitman games, San Andreas on good graphics, it'd be highly appreciated. Battery life also held precious. Is there such a laptop in existence with 500 euros? Any recommendations from knowledgable of the topic?

*Hi ! What is the price for this laptop in your country, please?* _(today, 2 jan 2019)_ In Romania we have the version with i5-8300H & no SSD (just 1tb HDD) for 715$. Should i buy it? I think the price is good. Thanks

I got this laptop and really love it, i use designing softwares for civil mining engineers and it works excellent. The one thing i find really annoying is that when you unplug, you go back to windows '95 cause it won't run a thing, i just use it always plugged in and no problems. Loved the keyboard, love the screen and the speed in general, it's the cheapest of the good laptops and can't really complain about a thing for the price. I ride my bike everyday with my laptop on my backback including books, a 4 pound U-lock and bike tools with no protection other than a t-shirt, if that isnt TUFF nothing is)

Thank you for posting this video. I'm glad that I'm no the only one pointing this issue on the UKposts community. Now I have more backup when people don't want to believe the fact that this is underperforming like crazy.

Will a coolpad help improve cooling ?

They did something new is it better? i7 8750h Processor 16GB RAM 1 TB+128GB SSD Storage GTX1050 4GB Graphics 15.6" FHD USLIM FX504GD-DM364T Is it good if so I'll buy :)

They must have fixed it. Mine is the same aside from having 16 gigs of ram, and it has been a great laptop. No stuttering. It has run every AAA title I've thrown at it on maxed settings with no stuttering. I'm very happy with my purchase.

This laptop started breaking down after 1 year of use, mainly for 3d modelling. I was mainly using Maya and Substance Painter, I also used Unreal too. It isn't very durable too, hinges started coming loose and cracked soon after. He's right. I do not recommend. DO NOT BUY THIS LAPTOP!

im standing on the fence with this... this is a laptop with compromise. if you are playing use the overboost fan, thats the concept of why there is a button for that. Second, if you are playing and doing something at the same time, this laptop is not for you. The compromise is this is a single channel memory and multitasking is very limited. Third is the network adapter is very slow and i notice a lot of skip frames from playing while downloading with steam. Since a bought it a year after...my budget is suited for this solution. I can live with a laptop with compromise given my budget.

Excellent review Bro ! Keep it up!!!!!

i got the same laptop. It's running pretty well! I think yours is defected.

Great review man. Keep up this work, we need these type of reviews.

I was about to buy the fx504 ge i7 1050ti 8750h .. are these models the same? Like does it throttle the same way like the fx504 gm or gd?

Is this laptop good for photo and video editing using adobe apps?

I've had this laptop for over a year, and yes, it is loud as f*** when you're playing videogames, but it is expected to be loud as the card is working on max power, I don't mind that since I'm using my headphones or headset while gaming, you can always set the fan mode on "silence" if you're using the laptop for other than gaming, besides that I have no issue with this laptop, for the price I paid for it, it has been a pretty decent product.

asus laptops are known to heat up a lot but the GL702 I have bought on amazon warehouse deals is quite nice with a core i7 6700hq, 8gb ddr4, gtx 1060 6gb 128gb nvme ssd and 1tb hdd, gsync 75hz ect for 886 euros xD.

Hello sir, I got same i7 8750H 1060 6GB with 120HZ refresh 130% sRGB TN 0r 94% NTSC. I got it for half of the price. Shall I keep it ? I see thermal throttling but its not the issue for for me as I am not hardcore gamer. Shall I go ahead and undervolt ? Only issue I face is of battery which 2 Hrs only on normal usage.

I have the gtx1060 6gb, 17 8750h and 16gb ram 256gb ssd. Should i return it? Thanks in advance :)

Can u do a review on fx505 that coming soon? I really like its design but i not sure is the problem still exist in fx505

4:56 i like having my mouse hand warm and cozy:((

Hello, I want to develop games in unity and android , should I buy this? If no then please recommend the other one. Thanks.

can you suggest any good laptop price in between $800 to $1000 for graphic and video editing.

I have Asus Vivobook S15 S510uq.I started to thermal throttle after the new windows 1803 build update (I don't know why).I know this is not a gaming laptop but Mx150 is a decent entry level GPU.Now I get much lower performance.Can anyone help me out? PS:I didn't had that issue before update.

Savage! The last few Asus laptops I've owned had bad build quality, won't be buying from them anytime soon.

How different is Asus TUF FX504GM-ES74 to the one you have. It has the following specs: Intel Core i7-8750H (up to 3.9GHz) Processor GeForce GTX 1060 6GB 16GB DDR4 256GB PCIe SSD + 1TB HDD Gigabit WiFi 15.6” 120Hz 3ms Full HD

So the same happens with Asus ROG? I have Asus ROG GL503GE With same configuration I7 8th gen and gtx 1050 ti So the same thermal throttling happens in my laptop also???

What a review.. A gamer will always use headphones. Don't worry about the fan noise. I never got annoyed 😂. The temperature at the right hand side of the key board is high, but left side is cool. A gamer knows which hand side of the keyboard is mostly used. Display is too bright sometimes, but there are so many third party softwares to adjust it. Many games run more than 60 fps. On holidays it can be played for long hours. What else do we need. It's a loving laptop.

I have this one and i love it

Bro, then tell me which is best to buy?for gaming..

Should I buy this if I don't mind keeping the fan at overboost while gaming and going to play for 4-5 hours at a stretch?

Chris you are marvelous internet resource, and a braaaave man :) Your candor really sets you apart from the rabble.

I have a GL502VS. While i experience no thermal throttle, they shipped it with a 180W power brick - which is not enough for gaming and charging. It drains power, until you hit 25-30% - and then it throttles CPU and GPU. Last Asus laptop i'll ever buy. What a piece of junk.

I’ve had it over a year and the only problem I’ve had with it is my graphics drivers became corrupt but I believe it is my fault.

So if were to buy the Asus Tuf Gaming FX503 i5-7300HQ that has a GTX 1060 would I be getting a decedent/better deal on a gaming laptop? Even though the model is the FX503? the games that I would like to play are SoulCalibur 6, Assassin's Creed Odyssey emulator'S like Dolphin, Rpcs3 etc. my $ range is just under $800,k can you please maybe recommend some laptop's I should consider buying for medium gaming fun, I have also read and looked up on the amd ryzen 3 2200G and amd ryzen 5 2400G are also good enough and capable to play games like Assassin's Creed Odyssey Soul Calibur 6 etc.. I hope you can help me out here please and thank you :)