If you can only get one computer, get this one. - ASUS ROG G14 (2024)
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Published 2024-03-26
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ASUS has been listening to our prayers and has given us a laptop that may be ticking all the boxes. Nice bright screen, capable GPU, long battery, and an accessible price. Is this too good to be true? Alex is here to find out.
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CHAPTERS
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0:00 The all-in-one laptop?
0:10 Unboxing and design impressions
3:08 Specs
5:44 LABS display test results
7:18 Keyboard and trackpad impressions
8:01 Gaming impressions and LABS performance results
9:53 Speaker and webcam impressions
11:24 Teardown and LABS battery test results
12:57 Pricing and overall thoughts
13:18 Outro
All Comments (21)
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This laptop costs about 3000 USD in Europe. What a bummer. But we also always include tax, so I don't know how comparable it is.
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The soldered ram is why I'm avoiding. 16GB of soldered ram for the asking price is absolutely insane.
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Duuude. That speaker is crazy. It sounds almost like it's playing from my phone.
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A lot of people don't understand that the thin-and-light gaming laptop segment of audience are different than those who are seeking for pure performance. They're well aware that there can only be so much wattage for the GPU in that chassis, and they're well aware that the biggest chunk of what they paid here are portability while still being so capable. Comparing thin and light gaming laptops with pure performance gaming laptop will never be fair & can never be called a scam.
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4:02 so according to someone with close contacts with the industry, Intel banned OEMs shipping AMD laptops from using Intel WiFi chipsets, so you’re either getting Mediatek or Qualcomm (which is even worse than Mediatek, from personal experience), this having upgradable WiFi is pretty important
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This laptop should be compared with Lenovo Legion Slim 5 14" or Razer Blade 14", which are in the same category. Comparing it with an 16" laptop in terms of performance is not fair. Comparing it with a laptop with an old inefficient Intel processor in terms of battery life is also not fair.
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"If you can only get one laptop" how many laptops am i supposed to have?
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Great, as long as you don't need to do a warranty return.
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180w AC adapter, no reason to reinvent the wheel, no excuse to not be a USB-C EPR Adapter that tops out at 240w
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Aren't you supposed to announce paid sponsorships?
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Almost 2 months ago, I got a Zephyrus G14 (2023) from Best Buy, when it was on sale for $999.99, and it was definitely worth that price. It's very nice. I got the Ryzen 9 7940HS/RTX 4060/16GB DDR5 4800MHZ RAM/512GB SSD. I upgraded the SSD by putting in a 1TB Samsung 990 Pro that I got from NewEgg sometime on a sale last year for about $65. It is usually worth it to wait until big sales go up to buy electronics.
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This is probably the first device I've seen that actually utilises the usb port labelling correctly, showing speed, power and video out
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I believe you guys mentioned in the video that the screen is updating 960 times every second, when it's actually 480, since the refresh rate is 120Hz. It's the Asus Rog Zephyrus G16 with its 240Hz display that technically updates 960 times every second.
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I am not sure about the comment on 7:50 about trackpads on previous G14's. Pretty sure since 2022 model G14's had an absolutely gorgeous (also glass-topped) trackpads, only a couple millimiters shorter than the one shown here. I'm pretty sure Alex even complimented it in the review of 2022 model :)
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I had the G14 2022 for my old job. Amazing laptop. It was running Ubuntu and was so amazing for developers
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I'm still using (and absolutely loving) my G15 from 2021. I don't expect to upgrade for at least another 3 years, but hopefully the Zephyrus line continues to improve by then.
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I bought my 2021 model around 800 usd 2 years ago. Paint is chipping, but still a great laptop. 32gb of ram, Ryzen7 5800hs, rtx3060. Still 11 hours battery life. Only dowside is I need to reapply liquid metal every 6 months, it degrades quickly.
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i love that Noisestorm is slowly making all of ShortCircuit's tests evolve to crab
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Great video! How is fan noise?
