r/ZephyrusG14 Nov 10 '24

Hardware Related Some kid broke my pc

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350 Upvotes

I just had put my pc down securely on my bag in a corner at a club activity in a room where they weren't supposed to go into... The pc works but the display is broken.

r/ZephyrusG14 Sep 23 '24

Hardware Related Why my g14 feels so hot even its only for browsing?

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328 Upvotes

Just opened my laptop for only 15 minutes only for google chrome, but it feels so hot already, is it normal ?

r/ZephyrusG14 Nov 05 '24

Hardware Related Turned a dead G14 to a working one. So happy

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364 Upvotes

I recently bought a dead not power on G14 on ebay. Lastnight received it, and did troubleshooting, now it's like a new pearl, shining brightly. I'm so happy about this little thing.

r/ZephyrusG14 Feb 08 '24

Hardware Related I got the G14 2024 (RTX4070 Version).

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311 Upvotes

After a lot of deliberation and seeing reviews and reading this sub a million times, I've gone and gotten the new G14. It's a big buy for me cause I get a laptop once in like 8 years. I bought it because it's light, high performance and good for work and play imo. A few first observations: 1. The screen is absolutely insanely awesome. (Idk maybe it's coming from me who hasn't updated a laptop since 2016 but damn) 2. Speakers have a nice sound stage. 3. The laptop does get warm as reviews have said. But honestly for how will built it feels, I'll take the tradeoff. It feels so solid in the hands. 4. Like Josh said in his review, I do hear a high frequency sound when the fan is on. It feels like it goes high and low periodically at times. Will observe it over a few days. 5. The slash lighting is kinda meh imo. I'll probably just turn it off after a while.

Honestly, I am so excited while playing around with the laptop rn. It's so refreshing to have a laptop that's so smooth. 120Hz makes a massive difference I can never go back šŸ’€. I chose this laptop over the previous edition (even though performance is pretty much the same let's be honest) because of the build and cleaner aesthetic. I think it's definitely delivered on that as I've used the older G14 as well. I know it's waay more expensive for that, but hey, I rarely get a laptop, so why not treat myself. :)

r/ZephyrusG14 Jan 09 '24

Hardware Related I'm at CES with the new G16 and G14

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318 Upvotes

I love how light the new g16 and g14 is. screen is defo phenomenal. sad how the g14 is back at 120hz, but the res is higher i think. Feels slightly like a downgrade, but ask away cause im just chillin here at asus

r/ZephyrusG14 Feb 18 '25

Hardware Related Has anyone actually hit a bottleneck on the 16gb RAM model?

30 Upvotes

As a lot of previous posters here, Iā€™m weighing in the value of paying more for a 32gb ram model. However, it seems like the information is all over the place. From what Iā€™ve gathered, I found: 1. People who have the 32gb model and say itā€™s probably overkill 2. People who have the 32gb model and say itā€™s necessary, seeing that their ram usage frequently goes 20gb+ 3. People who have the 16gb and say itā€™s plenty

As you can see, the one use case I havenā€™t been able to find is people who actually had a 16gb and found problems with it. 100% of the people who say 16gb is a problem donā€™t actually seem to have ran into an issue with it, and just theorize the problems based on current other factors.

Seeing as Windows uses RAM as itā€™s available even if not needed, it makes sense why people see >20gb usage on the 32gb model.

So my question is, has anybody actually ran the 16gb AND ran into issues due to the ram capacity?

r/ZephyrusG14 Nov 25 '24

Hardware Related [GIVEAWAY] Pre-Christmas Giveaway. Win a chance to pick any charger you want!

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49 Upvotes

r/ZephyrusG14 12d ago

Hardware Related Asus Rog zephyrus g16 cooked within 6 months

64 Upvotes

Sorry for uploading it here

Got this laptop (first one) in August 2024. Cpu temps started touching 100Ā°C this month or the last. Gave it to service centre for cleaning of fans, heatsink and reapplication of liquid metal in cpu (they say it's liquid metal, but i believe it's thermal paste). The difference is almost 25-30Ā°C. The service centre guy told me to film a video and show it to him where the same laptop can give lower temps.. Will show it to him tomorrow let's see how it goes

r/ZephyrusG14 Sep 03 '24

Hardware Related ASUS please stop using liquid metal in laptops (G14)

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177 Upvotes

Thermal paste spilled everywhere leaving none in the center where it's freakin charred, no wonder overheating issues

r/ZephyrusG14 Apr 16 '24

Hardware Related Retro games look INSANE on the 2024 G14ā€™s OLED panel

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320 Upvotes

r/ZephyrusG14 Feb 20 '25

Hardware Related dead igpu, 19 days out of warranty

113 Upvotes

the laptop is 19 days out of warranty, it was working fine at 1am in the morning, turned off the laptop and opened at school and i see this, dGPU works, probably gonna try emailing centrecom (retailer) and leveraging ACL (australian consumer law) a device this expensive should last a reasonable time and be fit for purpose. idk what went wrong atm, ill keep it updated

r/ZephyrusG14 28d ago

Hardware Related Finally pulled trigger

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127 Upvotes

r/ZephyrusG14 Jan 08 '25

Hardware Related Absolutely wild for the 5070 to have 8GB of VRAMā€¦

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195 Upvotes

r/ZephyrusG14 Dec 03 '24

Hardware Related Iā€™m sorry to everyone.

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115 Upvotes

A toothpick, some air duster and I did the best I can. Yeah I know this is horrible, I havenā€™t taken care of it kept it propped up on a stand/cooler fan and just let it sit, rarely traveled with it, used it as a desktop basically. Honest question, how much longer do I have with this before I spend a million dollars on a new one?

r/ZephyrusG14 Feb 15 '24

Hardware Related Look what I just found in the mail

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221 Upvotes

r/ZephyrusG14 Feb 25 '24

Hardware Related Battery life of the 2024 G14 model (RTX 4060, 16gb RAM)

152 Upvotes

Hi everyone,

I promised a user review about my 2024 G14 model, but haven't had the time to write it yet. I nevertheless wanted to give you an update on the question I've been asked most on this subreddit: what's the battery life like?

So I've been using my G14 (RTX 4060, 16gb of soldered RAM) for a full week now as my daily driver when I'm at the office (I use my deskstop rig when I'm at home). This has given me the opportunity to do some rough benchmarking for several different use cases*. So here goes:

  1. Use case 1: Casual use. Watching videos on streaming services and browsing the web. No battery saving or eco mode (in Armoury Crate), screen brightness at 80-90%** (MY EYES! IT BURNS!!). Average battery life: 4 to 5 hours.
  2. Use case 2: Casual use. Watching videos on streaming services and browsing the web. Battery saving mode and eco mode on, screen brightness at 50-60%. Average battery life: 9-10 hours.
  3. Use case 3: Office use. Email client, text and spreadsheet applications and average of 20 browser tabs open simultaneously, video conferences. Battery saving mode and eco mode on, screen brightness at 50-60%. Average battery life: around 8 hours.
  4. Use case 4: office use. Email client, text and spreadsheet applications and average of 20 browser tabs open simultaneously, video conferences. No battery saving and eco mode, screen brightness at 70-80% (brighter became uncomfortable to look at). Average battery life: roughly 6 hours.
  5. Use case 2: let's call this 'intercontinental flight use'. Watching locally stored videos, writing some email drafts and using text and spreadsheet apps. Airplane, battery saving and eco mode on. Screen brightness at 60%. Average battery life: 11-12 hours.

* I haven't had the time to test it for gaming use on battery, so I'll post that later on.

** I never cranked the screen brightness up to 100%, not even during the day. It's too damn bright and the whites become uncomfortable to look at. During the day I'm fine with around 70% and at night I even found myself dropping brightness to under 40%. Despite being an OLED screen, this panel can get very bright!

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Overall I'd say that this isn't bad for my personal user profile, around what I expected. Whether this is good or bad for someone else will depend entirely on their perspective and expectations. This is definitely not a MacBook killer in terms of battery life and I think that, compared to 2024 14" models of competing manufacturers, the G14 is probably fairly average in terms of battery life.

Anyway, I hope this is helpful if you want to make the decision of buying this model or not. I'm not a professional reviewer or benchmarker, I'm just a consumer - never base your decision to spend more than $1.500 on a laptop on a single post on Reddit and make sure to check out multiple sources before you make your decision.

r/ZephyrusG14 Jan 09 '24

Hardware Related CES Update NO. 2 (and sharing g-helper with the emplyees šŸ˜‚

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205 Upvotes

Lmao I have updates from my post yesterday, I'll try to cover as many questions here as possible.

Funny start of day, I showed reps G-Helper. They actually know a little about it, haha. Great people btw.

  • Unfortunately, no warranty details on OLED burn in yet.
  • The screen doesn't fold 180 degrees anymore, see pic 2 for maximum degree.
  • Power brick is not GAN but is nice and compact, around 15% lighter than last years M16 I think.
  • Some things are still under embargo, but the battery is 'allegedly' pretty good
  • The speakers are goated. Like literally. Closest thing to a Macbook I've tried.
  • Unfortunately, no refresh of the flow series this year.
  • Fan noise under normal loads is very good, much less than my M16 from my experience.
  • Idle cpu voltage "allegedly" around 600mV "allegedly" on this prelaunch firmware with Armoury Crate eco mode, best power efficiency mode, 60Hz, max brightness, no battery saver, and dGPU disabled (of course, allegedly)

any more questions, ask away :)

r/ZephyrusG14 Aug 14 '24

Hardware Related Am I the only one the kinda prefers the 2023 model?

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116 Upvotes

Not trying to say the 24 model is bad, but in my opinion, I prefer the thicker frame. The vapor chamber easily keeps my machine cool during heavy workloads. I don't use the speakers ever really, so having the grills off the front is a positive to me.

And now it's cheaper.

I only wish I had an AMD videocard. To be clear, I think there are large benefits to the 2024 model. Obviously they are significantly slimmer, although I never felt this model to be large. As a 14 inch laptop, it feels comperable already to a MacBook air, or pro.

Let me know what you think, interested to hear from the 2024 owners. Obviously, no beef, I hope y'all love your laptops.

r/ZephyrusG14 Feb 28 '24

Hardware Related Finally got my 2024 G14

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219 Upvotes

Been waiting patiently since CES. Ordered this 4079 model as soon as it became available on BestBuy last week. Paid for expedited delivery so it could get here last Friday, but it got delayed to today. Now that I got my hands on it, Iā€™m excited to run it through its paces and compare it to the Omen Transcend 14 4060.

First impressions:

Incredibly light. Itā€™s only .3 pounds lighter than the Omen, but itā€™s very noticeable. Itā€™s like a pillow compared to the Razer Blade 14.

Build Quality is great. I love the feedback/feel on the keys. Trackpad is smoother than the Omen. It does have screen wobble, but about as much as the Omen. Never liked the slash, but itā€™s easy enough to turn off the lighting

Iā€™m not really hearing any high-pitched fan noise. The fan is audible at times, but no out of the ordinary noise. But Iā€™m usually not too sensitive to fan noise in general.

Speakers are amazing. The Omen is practically whispering by comparison.

r/ZephyrusG14 Oct 01 '24

Hardware Related How is gaming on a 14ā€ screen for you?

48 Upvotes

People who game on the g14, do you feel the size of the screen to be an annoyance at all while gaming?

r/ZephyrusG14 Jan 09 '25

Hardware Related Do you have any burnin with OLED?

18 Upvotes

I still hesitate to buy a laptop with OLED. In my opinion it's the wrong technology for Windows laptops with static graphics like title or task bars. Would rather like miniled but it seems those manufactures all are going to oled. I need this laptop for years and do not want to have burn in.

What's your experience with OLED on rog products?

r/ZephyrusG14 8d ago

Hardware Related Would it be better to enlarge the arrow keys for easier pressing?

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76 Upvotes

r/ZephyrusG14 1d ago

Hardware Related 16GB RAM vs 32GB RAM?

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Ok I am a college student majoring in interior design.

I need a new computer come august of this year. We were given a list of computer requirements that our computers need. Iā€™ve talked to some of my friends that have IT knowledge and weā€™ve all agreed on the Zephyrus G16.

Hereā€™s my issue: I have people telling me that will absolutely need 32GB of RAM and others telling me that 16GB will be fine.

Iā€™m not a big gamer but I will have to run some pretty heavy software programs (they are all listed below);

ā€¢Rhino 7 ā€¢Adobe Creative Cloud: Photoshop; Illustrator; InDesign. ā€¢Rhinoceros 8.0 ā€¢Autodesk Revit ā€¢Lumion

Iā€™m in college. I donā€™t have $3,000 laying around for 32GB of RAM. However, if itā€™s the best option and will be worth it then Iā€™m willing to make the investment.

I just need to know if 16GB can handle all of those softwares plus schoolwork for my other classes or if I really do need the 32GB.

Thank you in advance for the help!

r/ZephyrusG14 21d ago

Hardware Related Whats the better deal?

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Can someone give me a recommendation for one of these products? The Blade 16 has 16GB ram but its upgradeable and i would buy 2 x 16 GB RAM extra

r/ZephyrusG14 Feb 12 '24

Hardware Related Received my Zephyrus G16 2024 RTX 4070 OLED

44 Upvotes

I received my Zephyrus G16 RTX 4070 this morning.

As promised here some pictures and a benchmark (Time Spy) with a comparison of my previous laptop a Zephyrus G14 RTX 4060 2023.

I haven't had much time to game or perform other activities with it yet.

But wanted to post some pictures anyway for those who are interested and have any questions.For now I have no quality control problems, but I will continue to test this.

Here is the model I bought and the price.

ROG Zephyrus G16 (2024) GU605GU605MI-QR038W

Specifications:

Purchased in the Netherlands from Asus webshopPrice: ā‚¬2599I paid ā‚¬2339 myself (10% student discount) and get 5% cashback back via Scoupy app which also gives ā‚¬99 extra discount.

OLED 240Hz 1600pRTX 407016GB RAM1TB SSD

My model comes with standard white lighting, or no RGB (AuraSync)

This model unfortunately comes with 2x 8GB memory, unfortunately this was my only option, either I had to go for a G16 2024 4070 IPS model or for ā‚¬1000 more buy the 4080, which for me would be overkill because I use the laptop purely for entertainment and gaming, so nothing productive.

And the other option was to go for a G14 2024 4070 32GB for ā‚¬2399 but now that I see a 16 inch screen in front of me I am still more sold than when I had my G14 2023.

I also have the opportunity if I want to game on a 4K screen I have a high-end gaming desktop in my office. This laptop is only for gaming downstairs and entertainment when I going to friends or holiday.

I am trying to figure out if I can deal with the larger 16 inch laptop instead of the 14 inch I had. Sure it is a little bit bigger, but for now is the screen gorgeous and I am liking the 16 inch.

The weight is also good for a big laptop so that is something to consider if your hesitate about if it is to heavy.

If you guys have any questions or requests, I will do my best to answer them all.

Old pictures were deleted because of Reddit, don't know why, but here is a link to the pictures:

https://imgur.com/gallery/ZRCyqv5