ASUS ROG Strix Hero II Gaming Laptop, 15.6” 144Hz IPS Type Full HD, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060, Intel Core i7-8750H, 16GB DDR4, 512GB PCIe Nvme SSD, RGB KB, Windows 10, GL504GV-DS74

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The design is superb, very stylish and eye-grabbing, without being tacky. The RGB keyboard is great, although I have to play around a little bit more with the settings to see if there is individual colour backlighting on these, the marketing materials do not seem to mention it. Its a spec beast, thats for sure. It feels super smooth while using most software for video editing and graphic design. Would have liked to see a GTX 1060 instead of a GTX1050 Ti in here to take advantage of the 120hz screen in more games, but it does the trick for the MOBA games I usually play. The screen is gorgeous, and quite an upgrade from most laptops in the price range. Colours are accurate and great for both work and gaming. Highly recommended if purchased at the right price.

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I know its a larger laptop, to fit a 2070 regular & improved air flow. Even then, the whole experience is pretty clunky. The gaming performance was worse than a side-by with a 2080 Max-Q Razer Blade (on paper 2070 regular outperforms 2080 Max-Q, so this shouldnt be the case). The touchpad loses contact with finger very easily, so youre vigorously trying to get the pointer from A to B. Bloatware sky-high! I counted 15 unnecessary ASUS apps (not including Windows bloatware, and not including ASUS Crate which is valuable). Im keeping 3-star because its fine for the price, other gaming laptops are ~3k. Im returning actually because the speakers dont work. Its barely audible 95% of the time, with spikes of regular-volume 5%. Likely defective product, if this was only issue Id return for replacement rather than refund.

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I was looking for a budget laptop to edit 4K footage. I hate the look of most gaming laptops but this one isn’t too flamboyant. This thing easily powers through any video I want to make in Davinci or Premeire Pro! The only things I dislike about it are the touchpad and the display isn’t the greatest! Great laptop for the price!

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This is a great MOBA laptop. It has just the right specs. The 1050TI is a perfect fit for MOBA Gaming. I like how the QWER keys are highlighted on the "Hero" edition unlinke the usual WASD. The 120hz is nicely done. This is a keeper. DOTA2 and Heroes Of The Storm HotS.

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This laptop is absolutely amazing - for the first 6 months. Please keep in note Ive had this laptop since December 3rd 2018 or around that date and I was putting a review on hold to test how long this laptop can actually LAST. I treat my laptops like children, I air dust monthly, wipe down with screen safe cloths, dont remove any of the components or overrun this beast. Its an excellent gaming laptop, but it can get a bit hot sometimes so I bought an extra fan to go under it to keep the interior dust free and more cool when I ran heavy games. Most of the time I dont run this thing to its max because its a nervous feeling hearing it give it all. I dont move this laptop much, if I do, I never, never drop it. So what happened? Well for starters, the laptop started to get a bit funky after 3 months, when I did add a little pressure to the system and play heavy games (Max settings on FFXV or Archeage, GTAV I never dared) it would unexpectedly blue screen and pop off. At first I was like "Well okay Ill just lower everything, keep it on resting modes and no run it as hard next time." Which worked, up until the next month where the CMD prompt would randomly spasm on the computer. Thought I had a virus and ran multiple security checks on it, turned out clean, left it alone. Finally, the 6th month comes around, the screen just loves to black out frequently. Everything else is working fine, it runs and I even hooked it up to another screen to see that the computer itself is all good but it was literally just the screen causing issues. This is the week that the screen never even bothered to come on, and I believe the screen is faulty after awhile for this particular laptop, as Ive been reading up on reviews myself. No, I dont have warranty for this laptop as I know that I treat my laptops with the absolute care and protection than I probably do other living beings. So here I am stuck with a dead screened laptop that I wouldve thought would last a year minimum and over a thousand dollars lost.

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This is a great piece of hardware, packing a hexacore i7 and an RTX270 with monitor running at 144Hz. This laptop outperformed my main gaming desktop and convinced me I needed to upgrade to a better GPU/Monitor setup. I used it for a weekend long LAN party. It ran everything (Apex, SC2, Overwatch, UT4 etc.) on highest settings without missing a beat. Its a great gaming machine that rivals the likes of Razers Blade at a significant discount. Opted to return this model in favor of the 17.3" version. For a weekend of gaming like I used it for, Ill be a lot more comfortable with the extra 2" diagonal. But everything inside is exactly what gamers will want. Not a fan of the "camo" print across half the keyboard area. Looks tacky, and definitely solicited snarky comments. Personal preference though.

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I dont know if I just had bad luck, but my D key came poorly installed , I only had the laptop for a month and the D key pops out constantly and does not stay in. I talked to ASUS about sending me a new key and hinge, they said I would have to ship my laptop to them, and that doesnt work for me, since I cannot be without my computer , because it is also for work. Other than that, the laptop does become extremely loud when gaming and very hot, but it runs most games on medium settings pretty ok.

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Have had this laptop for 1 day, I really like it. A 1-day review is usually frowned upon but Im going from a high end pc (1080 ti, 7th gen i7, etc) to this for work related reason and this thing is really impressive for a laptop. Its geared toward mobas but offers more than just that with the 1050 ti built in, and the 6 core i7 8th gen is a really great aspect. I can have a lot going on with a very slight lag that doesnt bother me (unclocked). I havnt played any games yet that are graphic intensive but my geforce program auto set a lot of my really nice games that are mostly about the scenario to mostly high settings with some being really high/ultra. Everything about the laptop feels nice. Im glad I bought it.

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So Ive had this machine for a few weeks. Overall Ive been pretty happy with it. It looks great, feels great, performance is fine. However, just a few weeks in Im already experiencing some problems. Ive blue screened a couple times while watching Netflix/Hulu (none while playing games), and now this morning I blue screened just on the desktop. On top of that, now my machine isnt even displaying my RTX 2060 in device manager and the fan is running at 100% speed even on silent mode. This is eliminating me from playing any games at the moment. Unfortunately Im more than likely not going to send off for repair. The thing is a few weeks old. Im more than likely just going to refund completely and look for a different machine at this point. You only get one chance to make a great first impression.. Only a few weeks in and having these problems? What about a year from now when all warranties are over? Im not getting stuck with a $1600 paper weight.

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I was an owner of the Lenovo y50-70 and after 3 years that gave out on me. I was hunting down a new gaming laptop and was struggling between a pc or a laptop, but knowing how well the Rog Strix 503 was going for I wanted something similar. I noticed that the Hero 2 was pretty good, with the light up led and the difference in color for the MOBA keys it was nice. The weight is pretty light and the size is great. No overheating and better yet it gives you an option when playing a game to record your game play. Ive had this for a month now and Ive had no regrets but instead more things that has blown my mind.

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