ASUS G74SX-XA1 Republic of Gamers 17.3-Inch Gaming Laptop – Black
ASUS G74SX-XA1 Republic of Gamers 17.3-Inch Gaming Laptop – Black
- Intel Core i7-2630QM (2.8GHz with Turbo Boost);12GB DDR3 1333MHz , 4 SODIMM Sockets, up to 16GB
- 750GB HDD 7200 RPM;SuperMulti ODD;802.11 b/g/n;Illuminated Keyboard;8 Cell Battery
- Nvidia GTX 560M Graphics with 3GB GDDR5;Windows Home Premium 64-bit Operating System
- 17.3-Inch Full HD (1920×1080) LED Display;2.0M Webcam;1x USB 3.0;3x USB 2.0;Bluetooth
- 1Year Standard Global Warranty and 1 Year Accidental Damage Warranty Included
17.3″ Full HD (1920×1080) LED / i7-2630QM Quad Core (2.0GHz) / 12GB DDR3 RAM / NVidia GTX 560M 3G GDDR5 VRAM / 750GB HDD 7200 RPM / SuperMulti Optical Drive / Illuminated Keyboard / Windows 7 Home Premium (64bit) / 802.11BGN / 2.0MP Webcam / Bluetooth / 8 Cell battery / 1 USB 3.0 port / 3 USB 2.0 ports / 8-in-1 card reader / 1YR Global warranty / 1YR Accidental Damage Warranty / 30-Day Zero Bright Dot / 2-way FREE shipping / 24-7 tech support The Choice of Champions List Price: $ 1,549.99 Price: $ 1,349.99
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Good, so far.,
Very good laptop for it price, super fast, run high end game like a champ. One thing though, got my first bluescreen of death after 20 hours of having this laptop; first, everything went non responsive, then lag, then can’t even shut it down, then bam, bluescreen. But I have faith in this, hopefully everything will work smoothly from here on out. I’ll post an update after 15 days to tell you how it goes.
UPDATE:
After 15 days, well a little over 15 days, everything are still running smoothly. This baby is really bang for the bucks, seriously!
Will keep ya’ll posted if any issues arises.
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|Awsome while it lasted.,
I bought this computer after doing extensive research on some comparable machines for the price. Honestly, i couldn’t find one. It has all the power of a high grade desktop in a laptop. The design of the laptop is very well done with the way the heat flows out of the back. And the screen is a very large,very crisp display. It has an extra socket for another RAM card (only about a $30 upgrade). As far as gaming goes, WoW runs at 45 fps in Ultra (in org), CoD Blops runs at about 37-40 fps in ultra. There is no game that I have played that the machine can’t run.
The reason I gave this machine a 3 is because of the following. The camera didn’t work (not a big deal), The BIOS was out of date when I received it (easily corrected). Something a little annoying is the “NUM pad” is just duplicates of the top number keys which is bad for both games that need key binding and for people who need to use the Alt-code keys for other languages.
Now, this is more of a personal reason, but my laptop died after 2 weeks of use and I am currently awaiting it’s return from Asus. The support line was surprisingly fast at answering, but the turn around time is a crazy 14 business days (more depending on part replacement shipping) unless you pay to have it expedited. When i asked what happened to my laptop they told me “We couldn’t disclose that information to you.” That perturbed me a bit so I requested a new laptop. To no surprise they said they couldn’t do that. I hope I experience no more problems when I receive my laptop.
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|Beautiful Laptop, Incredible Value,
Pros:
First off I would like to start off stating this a beautiful computer; It is just an amazing design. While the appearances of the Notebook was quite important to me, it did not take precedence over performance; this laptop performs admirably in all applications varying from Games to benchmarks to everything else. All the games I play are easily maxed by this beast of a laptop (Or should I say desktop replacement). The thermals on the laptop are by far the best I have ever seen for any notebook of this class; the average cpu temp averages around 30 centigrade idle and reaches a max of around 60 centigrade when being stressed by Prime 95(Which is between 140 and 150 degrees Fahrenheit). The area above the hard drives do get warm when being used constantly (The hard drives are under and to the right of the track-pad, but the temperature actually comforts my hand and does not annoy me). The area above the gpu does get slightly warm, but it is un-likely your hand would be placed there (Between the main keys and the numpad). The cooling system is incredibly effective while being completely in-audible. The only thing I can ever hear is the Optical drive when being used (Which is very rare for me). The keyboard is also spectacular, I have yet to experience a missed stroke (I am an above average typist at about seventy words per minute); the track-pad is also nice, but I rarely use it. The screen which is Full Hd looks amazing and is incredibly crisp. The wireless is also superb for at home use or elsewhere. This is an amazing Portable Desktop that performs amazingly. I highly recommend it to any person in search of a Desktop replacement/ gaming laptop. This presents one of the highest values in this market.
Cons:
The biggest con is likely it’s shear size and weight, but that is also it’s most significant positive since you have the very large, crisp screen. The speakers are generally loud except in select programs where the volume is lower (Like Assassins Creed 2 even when the game and system volume is maxed). while the Thx Trustudio software does increase the volume somewhat, those quieter programs are still quiet unfortunately. One thing that a lot of people may dislike is that the screen is glossy, I personally do not mind since I rarely notice any glare because I am generally inside with my computers. No true cons exist for myself, this is an amazing laptop.
Other:
Great Laptop/ Desktop replacement. I use it for lan parties and vacationing and some home use, but I generally use my desktop. If you buy it and intend to move it I highly recommend a large backpack to Move it (Very large, the one I got struggles to fit it). It also ships with two partitions one main one and one for a backup, for some odd reason the partitions were set up so that the backup partition was about double the size of the main so I just used Easeus Partition Editor and corrected this. This reminds me, the laptop did not come with a recovery disk, so I suggest backing it up with the included partition or making a recovery disk. I hope this review was helpful.
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