ASUS TUF A17 FA707XI 17.3” Full HD 144Hz Gaming Laptop (AMD Ryzen 9-7940HS, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070, 16GB RAM, 512GB SSD, Windows 11, 90Whrs Battery)

Amazing gaming laptop, it runs almost every game on ultra 60+ fps in 4k and every game that I tried at 90+ fps on full hd and some in 2K as well, I'm aware that's not a graphics card made for 4K and is actually made for the 2k, but yet, pretty impressed with performance. In relation to noise it can be very noisy on turbo mode, but to be fair, I can't really hear it when I'm using my headset, so I don't mind, it runs very silent in the standard mode. I can't really say much about battery life, as I always have it plugged in for max performance, and when I'm out of home, I don't really play unless I have a power plug close to me, but it does last roughly 4 to 5 hours with everything optimized to extend battery life, I highly recommend adding an extra ssd, cause 512GB is to low nowdays. In general, go for it, you won't regret it!

Fantastic gaming laptop. Very powerful and able to play all my games on "Ultra" without problems.Good battery management with the option to only charge to 80% to preserve the life of the battery. Lasts and performs well on battery and can give a fair few hours of gaming when unplugged.Relatively compact and light for a gaming laptop.Would recommend without hesitation and will certainly look at the brand again when I come to update in the future (my last laptop lasted around 5 years of daily heavy use including travel for work)

Having had this laptop for around a month now it’s impressed me with its performance. Obviously it’s not as good as a desktop 4070 but it runs AAA games at high settings on an external 1440p monitor with enough frames to make it enjoyable.The included ASUS software for controlling performance is great. In ‘performance’ mode (basically balanced mode) it seems to perform better than ‘turbo’. In turbo it’s initially faster but it gets hot and actually runs games slower than performance mode.Maybe if you could control the temps with undervolting the cpu or a cooling pad it might work better.The reason I have it 4 starts instead of 5 is because the screen is pretty poor. 1080p and bland looking. I’d go for a 1440p screen if you can afford.I have the ryzen 9 cpu and while I’d of preferred the intel variant the amd version was £50 cheaper for me. I’ve had no issues with it and it seems very fast.Overall very happy

TL;DR: Very good CPU and graphics for the price, very bad keyboard and screen, it's good if you want a not-so-expensive desktop replacement that can also game well.The good things:- strong processor and an RTX4070 in a not-so-expensive package, so you can use it as a desktop replacement connected to a BT keyboard and external screen(s).This laptop runs exactly like a desktop with an RTX4060, it runs modern games at high settings on a 27" screen (I'm rocking Cyberpunk at about 85fps, CoD MW at over 100fps at 2560x1440, less demanding stuff like Doom Eternal runs at 100+fps with Raytracing). CPU is similar in performance to a strong desktop computer too.The bad things:- keyboard: you don't see the letters cause they're transparent, dark grey on black, you must have keyboard lighting on all the time, and during daytime even at max it's too low. Also, you can't use white cause it's too dim and doesn't provide enough contrast, you have to have keys lit in strong red, green or blue.- screen: very low brightness, very low contrast, bad colours, you must set it on "vivid" and still, can barely read in a well lit room.But it's £1.3k. If you need a desktop replacement that's not too big/heavy, this one is OK as long as you install some decent memory and SSDs, and use it with external monitors, keyboard and mouse.(I'm not talking about the completely useless 500GB SSD it comes with. If you're evaluating this laptop, you're already planning to upgrade to some fancy expensive SSDs anyway. If you go this route, note that the empty M2 bay is the fast one connected to the proc, the already filled one is the slow one. Still PCIe4 but slightly slower, gave me lower IOPS. Also, the BIOS is picky so, if after upgrade it won't immediately start, don't panic, give it some time, it will start)

I purchased this laptop at a bargain price in excellent, mint condition, even though it was listed as ‘very good’.Advantages:1. Strong graphics card: this laptop can run pretty much any game at the highest settings thanks to nvidia 4070 graphics card.2. Very fast processor.3. Excellent compatibility with Ubuntu.4. Charging battery is very fast.Disadvantages:1. Wi-Fi takes 20 seconds to connect to my router for some reason.2. The screen is not the best.3. Heavy laptop (understandable because it’s a gaming laptop and 17 inches).4. The provided SSD is less than 500 GB, which is not ideal. You would need to add/upgrade the SSD yourself if necessary.Non-issue points:1. Battery life: if you’re buying a gaming laptop, don’t expect long battery life. You should play games while plugged in. For non-gaming purposes, the battery life is around 2.5 hours, which is not ideal but not a major issue for me.2. Loud fan noise: while it’s noticeable, it’s not the loudest, and acceptable for a gaming laptop.3. Like most newer laptops, it’s practically impossible to install Windows 7 or lower.

Less than a year and the laptop MB and the vendor is no help thus far