★★★☆☆ Greetings,I purchased this laptop a few months ago. It has the i7 6 core mobile processor(10750H i believe) 2070 maxQ GPU with the 240 Hertz screen. I have built multiple computers and have some decent experience in overclocking, undervolting, and many of Asus's products. I am familiar with their bios. However, I am running into a huge problem with this laptop and I can't figure out what is causing it. I think it has something to do with my undervolt of -60 mlvolts.The Problem:The computer sometimes when i leave it idle and come back. It will have a BSOD. Upon restarting the laptop the fans are off and the clocks are locked at .78ghz. Looking at the fan profiles on Asus Armory Crate it doesn't matter what i set it at. The fans are locked at 0RPM no matter if im on manual, performance, or turbo. I've played with power settings and everything I can. The computer is insanely slow during this time and practically unuseable. My theory is that there was a new BIOS update that completely ruined the fan start up/set sequence during boot. In conjunction with the fan software?Second & third instances: Sometimes I would turn on my computer after a long night of the computer being completely shut down. Same thing happens where processor clocks are locked at .78ghz on task manager and fans are completely off. The solution i found was to restart the computer repeatedly until the fan miraculously comes back on and i get a boost back to 4.3ghz. I think there was one time where I went into the bios and it had reverted my undervolt. Usually from my overclocking and undervolting experience the computer just BSOD's when pushed during Cinebench R20. I will try to keep the computer at stock and see if the problem persists.Update: i can confirm it is the undervolt that is causing it. Its strange because i can benchmark the laptop fine, even at -80mv(the highest voltage you can undervolt it at). I can run cinebench r20 with the undervolt and it will run perfectly fine. Its only when i leave the computer idle afk from the computer for a few hours and come back when i come back with all the fans dead and cpu clocks stuck at .78 ghz. Overall i am going to adjust this review to 3 stars because if you dont care about undervolting then this computer works flawlessly. However, these intel chips are hot and id love to get as much boost and lower temps as possible.When i first purchased the laptop i went ahead and did a bios update prompted by the asus update software.Update: i ended up returning it because it started artifacting and glitching. Also the gaming performance is really disappointing. Id recommend for everyone to wait for the 30 series mobile gpus.
★★★★★ I'm a hobby gamer and I wanted something spiffy. I chose this one because the RTX 2060S was only a bit less $$$ on the other models I liked so I figured why not go for it. I don't want to have a separate desktop and laptop either so that's what makes this especially worth the money to me.Tl;dr this laptop is butter smooth, well rounded, and a good bang for your buck as far as parts and technical specs. Screen is lacking in shine and feels kind of dull. Triple A games will have your fans running pretty loudly but the CPU keeps a moderate temp in exchange. Feels good to hold. No 10-key.I put my recommendation for the cost to value, however, It's overkill for the games I use it for atm (see below) and I paid extra for the compact design, so if thats you you might be better off going for an RTX 2060 in the Asus TUF or ROG Strix.Expanded review:Pros: It plays Apex, Overwatch, Assassin's Creed Oddessy, and Cyberpunk 2077 all on ultra settings. No hiccups, smooth, good overclock control. Oddessy is a heavy game and it reported and average of 65fps where Overwatch would do around 120fps. I didn't check what Cyberpunk sat fps wise at but it looked to be in the 60 range as well. Where other computers might lag this one just screams it's fans on and keeps preforming. While playing I often had a browser running too and could tab back and forth with no lag and minimal impact to my framerate for having other programs up. I went for this unit for the hardware updates from my previous and I got what I wanted out of that, as well as a slimmer and lighter form factor. I expect this unit to remain technologically relevant for high demand games for a good long time, too. CPU stays cool (70c or so) on most of the mentioned games which is good for it's health. Physically the whole laptop feels sturdy when closed and if you like understated design this nice in that way. Eventually I'll be getting a new monitor to make the most of the power of this unit but tbqh it's dang powerful for its size and portability.Cons include: Wow oh wow can this thing get loud. On higher settings you'll definitely want headphones but with them you're basically set. I was running Cyberpunk on the quiet fan mode as I didn't want to have headphones and it preformed subjectively the same as having it on performance mode, and was appropriately quiet for playing without headphones. Screen leaves a lot to be desired. I may not have my settings down pat yet, I've had the unit for only a couple days, but the lack of streamlining for setup is a major drawback on top of the fact that the screen doesn't feel vivid enough as far as color and shine. Those who are used to things like retina display will find this falling short. Plugged into an external monitor it's hard to beat but that arguably puts the cost for a setup up a few hundred. Insofar as build the screen physically has a lot of flex to it and out of the box brightness disparities in the backlight. The lack of a numpad is a small bummer, as well as the key backlights can only be set to one color or a rotation of a few colors. The build also does not scream "I'm a $1500 laptop!". Understated, to say the least, with a completely plastic chassis in this model. Charger is plugged in on the left. Theres only one USB port on the left and the HDMI which might corner me into buying a wireless mouse since the other two USB ports are on the right.
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