ASUSROG Zephyrus S15 Gaming Laptop, 39.6 cm (15.6 Zoll), 300Hz FHD IPS Typ, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080S Max-Q, Intel Core i7-10875H, 32GB DDR4, 1TB RAID 0 SSD, Per-Key RGB, Win10 Pro, GX502LXS-XS79

Rating: ★★★★★ (5/5)The ASUS ROG Zephyrus S15 Gaming Laptop is a formidable gaming powerhouse that leaves no room for compromise. With its 300Hz FHD IPS display, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080S Max-Q graphics, Intel Core i7-10875H processor, 32GB DDR4 RAM, 1TB RAID 0 SSD, per-key RGB lighting, Thunderbolt 3, and Windows 10 Pro, this laptop redefines gaming performance and versatility. Here's why I believe the ASUS ROG Zephyrus S15 deserves a glowing review:300Hz FHD IPS Display: The laptop's 300Hz refresh rate and FHD resolution deliver incredibly smooth and detailed gaming experiences. It's perfect for gamers who demand high performance and immersive visuals.NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080S Max-Q: The powerful RTX 2080S Max-Q graphics card ensures that you can play the latest games at the highest settings with ease, experiencing ray tracing and AI-enhanced gaming.Intel Core i7-10875H Processor: The Intel Core i7 processor provides the necessary processing power for seamless gaming and multitasking, ensuring that you can tackle demanding tasks without a hitch.32GB DDR4 RAM: With 32GB of RAM, this laptop offers ample memory for multitasking and running memory-intensive applications, guaranteeing smooth performance.1TB RAID 0 SSD: The 1TB RAID 0 SSD offers lightning-fast storage and data access speeds, reducing load times and ensuring that your games and applications launch without delay.Per-Key RGB Lighting: The customizable per-key RGB lighting allows you to create a personalized gaming experience with stunning visual effects and personalization options.Thunderbolt 3 Connectivity: The Thunderbolt 3 port provides versatile connectivity options, making it easy to connect external devices, displays, and high-speed data transfer.Windows 10 Pro: The inclusion of Windows 10 Pro offers advanced security, management, and productivity features, making this laptop ideal for gaming and professional use.The ASUS ROG Zephyrus S15 Gaming Laptop is a must-have for gamers and power users seeking unmatched performance and versatility. Its high-refresh rate display, top-tier graphics, powerful processor, ample memory, lightning-fast storage, customizable lighting, Thunderbolt 3, and advanced OS make it a top-tier gaming laptop. I can't recommend this laptop enough; it has transformed the way I game and work, allowing me to tackle demanding tasks and immerse myself in the latest gaming titles with ease. Whether you're a serious gamer, a content creator, or a professional on the go, this laptop is the ultimate solution. It ensures that you can achieve peak performance and enjoy an exceptional gaming experience wherever you are.

Zephyrus S15, 32G RAM, 1G HD, 2080 S MAX-Q unboxing & first day reviewWell packed in a sturdy box. Unlike the accessories some reviewers in here say they received with their laptop, with this one I got the laptop and one charger. That's it. But for the price it was going for I can't complain.The laptop feels extremely sturdy, you feel like you're holding a metal chassis when you pick it up rather than plastic. Surprisingly small and light but I'm coming from a 2017 Alienware M15 which weighs like an anvil. Boots up quickly and the keyboard lights are beautiful. There is however one (and only one) problem I've found and it's related to the keyboard: as other reviewers have noted, the shift- superscripts above the number keys (not sure what those are called) are not visible in the dark. The number keys are, but the illumination doesn't extend to the superscript, so you have to have memorized that * is shift-8 if you're gaming in a dark room. I'm really not sure how a design decision like that made it onto a premium laptop like this.It's -almost- a dealbreaker, and it might be for you. It's not for me because yeah, I know where the * and other symbols are, it's just a habit to look for them, and the hardware configuration of this laptop is so unusual for the price ($2299 US). 32G ram is rare, and if you mod the crap out of games like skyrim, fallout4 or new vegas you can run out of memory on 8G, if you're playing a resource intensive game on one monitor and have steam, HWINFO, process explorer and a bunch of tabs in your browser open on the other one I felt like 32G would be a better option than 16 if I could find it. Most laptops come with one 512G SSD, and how suitable that is comes down to how much you intend to install, what kind of wallpaper/mp3/mp4 junkie you are, how bad you are about downloading large mods etc. I'm bad and my backlog of games on steam is huge, so 1G is the preferred option as it means less time policing up my disk usage. All in all the hardware in this laptop far outweighs the annoyance of the dim shift-key lights.The keys feel comfortable with a small range of travel that feels similar to my Alienware. Unlike what I read in other reviews (that seemed to be for different laptops in this family, make sure you read what device they're reviewing, does amazon stick them all together?) Armour wasn't missing, it was right where it was supposed to be in the start menu. I have the fans set for performance and the noise wasn't nearly as loud as I'd expected from reading other reviews. In fact I think my alienware fans were louder. I haven't yet played any resource-intensive games so can't speak to that, but I modded up skyrim with 100+ mods and some big texture packs and the GPU temps never got above 61 (but I wouldn't expect them to on that game). I don't buy high performance laptops for the battery (seems odd to me that some apparently do, knowing a configuration like this is going to eat the battery) so I don't care about battery life.It doesn't include a webcam. Good. If haxxors want to look at my pretty face they can haxxor my phone.Will post more after more use.edit: a few days laterCrossout, 76 degrees on the GPU, 235 FPS (three wins lol)Deep Rock Galactic, 77 degrees, 264-280 FPSFallout NV, heavily modded, biggest texture packs I could find: 56 degrees, 88 FPS (wtf bethesda)edit: a few weeks laterHardware top-notch, no complaintskeyboard lighting still consistently irritating (see above somewhere)Armory Crate is absolutely freaking maddening. Not that it doesn't work, it does, but it's got an annoying feature. It sets a profile for each game, which is fine, but there's a setting for volume. You set the games initial volume. It ignores whatever you have windows volume set at and pops it right back to the setting in armory crate. Now you have three places to go to dick with the volume in your game--the game itself, windows, and freaking armory crate. I'm tempted to uninstall the stupid thing except the fan control is good.Fallout3 & 4 do not run on this laptop (at least not mine). Something is conflicting and I haven't found it yet. No problems with newer games though. FalloutNV does run, which is weird as I think it came between 3&4.Less bloatware than my alienware had.All in all a great laptop, but quirky. I've considered sending it back for an alienware but those have their own quirks and the hardware was too good for the price. There are enough irritating quirks that I wouldn't pay list though. Wait until it goes on sale.edit: 9 months? laterThis remains a fantastic unit. No hardware or configuration problems at all, not a single hiccup out of this thing. I noted previously the keyboard lighting, but I use a reddragon mechanical keyboard so who cares. Laptop keyboard doesn't get blazing hot during gaming the way I get the impression it should from reading other reviews. Armorycrate is kind of wtf, I don't have much use for it but I ignore it and it seems okay with that. Fallout76 wouldn't run (black screen) but you'll start to notice a pattern there: all the games I have trouble with come from bethesda. On that note I stopped blaming the laptop.Highly recommended.edit: 2 years laterThis thing has run everything I've thrown at it (79 games in my steam library, lame compared to some of you lol) without a single problem. Not. One. Single. Problem. Fallout76 started working for reasons surpassing understanding, fallout3 still won't but who cares. HOWEVER!!!! THIS LAPTOP RUNS HOT!! I mean a lot of games will have you up in the high 80's/low 90's on the GPU in hwinfo. Modded skyrim (480 mods) easily hits 91, but modded skyrim is one of the heaviest GPU loads you can throw at a computer. It bugs me to see temps that high but the odd thing is this laptop doesn't seem to care. I would think problems would have surfaced after two years of those temps but nope. If high temps on the GPU bother you, you need to look elsewhere. You'll read laptop cooling pads aren't a good idea, I haven't tried. If they don't bother you, this laptop is a must-buy-on-sale. But understand that these models run hot, like temps that might freak you out. I've screwed with MSI afterburner but it didn't seem to make much of a difference, these units just run hot and are apparently perfectly happy doing so.

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Mostly echoing what other reviewers have written. Laptop has pretty great hardware and has worked well for both work and gaming for me so far. It does run hot (even when I have it connected to a cooling fan mat when in use) and the battery life is pretty bad. But I'm next to an outlet 95% of the time anyway.ProsHappy with performanceGood price for specs ($1,199)ConsRuns hot, loud fansBattery life

I was a little hesitant to buy this model because of its price but I have purchased other Asus products in the past and have been very satisfied with reliability and performance - so I decided to spend the money. After a month of use I am not disappointed. The machine is extremely well built and performance is exactly what I would expect from a high-end product. I do not use the machine for gaming but I do use it for applications requiring intensive calculations including running Machine Learning programs.The product runs a little warm/hot when working hard but the design incorporates a tilting base that elevates the keyboard when the screen is raised so as to allow good air-flow through the machine and to permit efficient cooling.Considering the power built into this machine, size and weight are are impressive.I would definitely recommend this machine to anyone that is looking for high performance and quality in a laptop computer.