ASUS TUF Gaming Laptop, 15.6” IPS Level Full HD, AMD Ryzen 5 3550H Processor, AMD Radeon Rx 560X, 8GB DDR4, 256GB PCIe Nvme SSD, Gigabit WiFi, Windows 10 - FX505DY-ES51

Ive been testing this laptop out for a few days now, and overall its been great. My usage for this is 70% regular computer work (business, light Photoshop, web browsing, etc.) and 30% gaming when I travel as I have a full size gaming rig at home. I bought the FX505DU, which has the 3750H and the 1660ti. I like the form factor and aesthetics of the device, it doesnt have much flex or "creakiness" to it, and it looks great sitting on a desk. The RGB keyboard is a great touch, but wouldnt allow me to change the color until I downloaded an extra piece of software. It cycles through all the colors by default. Other than that everything worked right out of the box and the performance has been very good. The 1660ti is a beast and has destroyed anything and everything Ive thrown at it in 1080p. The 3750H cpu has been good as well, though as expected with Ryzen in some CPU intensive games it gets more than it can handle. Assassins Creed Odyssey is a great example. I can play at ultra at 1080p with a locked 30FPS framerate, but if I attempt to get a steady 60fps on any settings, including the lowest, theres just too much going on and it cant do it, even with plenty of GPU headroom. Athens just melts it. Having said that Athens pushes my desktop 9900k, so I dont consider it a negative, just something to keep in mind if youre wanting 1080p60 on everything. The only other games Ive tested so far are: The Witcher 3: Steady 60fps on ultra (had to dial back one setting, "foliage" to high, and no hairworks). Great experience. Doom 2016: All ultra locked 60 fps using less than 50% of the GPU and CPU. This title can play at 100fps, but it gets too choppy in some high intensity spots, so I lock it to 60 for a smoother experience. Thermals are great, GPU never exceeded 71c at 100% usage, no throttling that i was aware of. Make sure fans are on Turbo, which can be done with a touch of a button on the keyboard, which is awesome. The noise levels during normal usage are fairly quiet, and I appreciate that it has a silent fan setting that can dial things back in case you dont want to let everyone in the classroom or office know youre rocking a gaming rig. Noise levels during gaming were loud, but Ive certainly heard much worse from other gaming laptops. I also appreciate that the top of the laptop doesnt get hot, even after prolonged gaming sessions, so you can rest your hands on the keyboard without discomfort. The screen is decent, nothing amazing, but perfectly serviceable, especially considering the price. The 120hz refresh rate is nice for regular usage, but in gaming Ive found that the CPU cant get many games past 80-90fps before hitting its limit, so Ive been staying with a locked 60. Also be aware this screen doesnt have any type of adaptive refresh rate (Freesync/Gysnc) so make sure to use Vsync and a frame rate limiter if you want locked frame rates as very few newer games can hit the native 120. This model comes with 2 drives, an SSD and a mechanical hdd. I replaced the hdd with a Samsung Evo ssd, and it took about 5 minutes. The entire bottom comes off the machine after removing all the bottom screws and carefully popping the bottom panel off. I recommend using a plastic separator tool to avoid damage, the tabs were a bit too snug to pop off with just fingers. You also have access to the fans and ram in case you ever need to service and/or clean the dust out. Other than McAfee there isnt much bloatware and the preloaded Asus apps work fairly well. The keyboard and track pad are both comfy and work well. The track pad may turn some people off because it doesnt have separate left/right buttons, but its large and responsive which is all that I look for. Overall Im very satisfied with this laptop. It looks great, performs very well, especially considering the price, and feels very durable. My one criticism is the lack of adaptive refresh rate tech, but at this price point thats wishful thinking. Great laptop, definitely recommended.

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Ill be quick and to the point. This computer is not for those with little tinkering and software experience. You must properly update all drivers and remove any junk programs straight out of the box. Windows must be fully updated before installing the newest radeon software or otherwise the graphics card will crash causing a blue screen. Either way AMD warns of this happening on their site. Other than that this laptop is amazing for the money. SSD is very fast and the Ryzen 5 3550H plus RX560x combo is very snappy and loves to run games. Fans are noisy under Max load but what gaming laptop isnt? While unplugged you can set it on silent mode and the fans will literally turn off and be dead silent as long as you are doing casual browsing or utilizing simple programs like word. I would definitely recommend this to anyone that is looking for a budget option.

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Update!!!! AMD has a mobile app for Android/iOS that links and monitors your gaming PC laptop vitals with your phone as you play! AMD Link... check it out! Let me start with the research I have done. I purchased this laptop from research on the budget end of gaming laptops. A few reviewers thought this was the best value a gamer on a budget. Also from past experience, I wanted an AMD-powered gaming laptop. The unboxing surprised me in how lightweight the laptop was compared to my work laptop. Screen is bright and clear (1080p) and the mat screen finish keeps reflections and glare down to a minimum. The keys are brightly lit as shown in the pictures, the keys also are good quality and give a good tactile feedback when typing. The touchpad works very well which surprised me. Some touchpads give mediocre performance...ASUS did it right with this gaming laptop. The twin fans to keep it running cool are fairly quiet. When the fans go into high gear you can hear them but fan noise is not distracting. On the negative side, the battery does not last more than a couple hours under heavy game use. As a side note, it is very easy to open up the case to do repairs or upgrades. I unscrewed the eight screws holding the case together to add memory and upgrade to a 1TB SSD. Easy Peasy! I highly recommend going to the AMD website and install the software utility for the display for keeping all drivers and hardware up to date. the AMD Radeon software package has updated not just the software drivers in my laptop but also the BIOS for you geeks out there. Adrenaline 2019 will keep your AMD powered gaming experience at its best. And AMD Link to monitor your gaming stats in real time. WhooHoo! To summarize, a great gaming laptop for under $1000 US dollars. The AMD processor with RX560 AMD graphics is a winner...just as reviewers from magazines and YouTube stated. If you want something better, spend $1400 to $2600 for a serious gaming laptop. Dont waste time reading performance charts and benchmarks as some Amazon reviews state...they should have spent more money. Anyway RPGs, 1st Person shooters... everything from Candy Crush to Crysis runs well. I am playing BioShock and Farcry this month. Die villainous scum!

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I bought the metallic 1660ti version and ive had it for a week so far, here is my thoughts: Pros: 1. Noise: It stays pretty cool and quiet even in its loudest mode called turbo. Balanced is completely silent and still decently fast. 2. Display: Although small the display is pretty sharp and a nice 120hz. I do wish it had GSync but overall you cant get everything for this great of a price. 3. Speed: This thing is quite the monster, its fast with the 1660ti. Im quite impressed by it. Cons: 1. Silent mode: There is a mode called silent mode, In my opinion I think that mode is unusable. Its too slow for me. I bet it is good when you are trying to save battery life. 2. Now that leads into the next con, battery life. It seems it only lasts around 1 and a half hours even in balanced mode. Maybe im wrong about that but it seems very short. 3. Sleep mode: Sometimes when I close the laptop and try to open it back up the display doesnt start up again. I can still hear the error sound when I type but there is no display, seems like a small bug. I have to usually hard reboot to start it again. I contacted support and they seemed very responsive though. Hope it gets fixed.

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I would like to say, that this laptop for the price, its one of the best, mostly because in my country (Panama) this laptop would cost around like 2k dollars. Im going to compare this laptop with my old one (Acer Nitro 5 2017) Aside of better graphics and newer Intel, its pretty lightweight compare to the Nitro 5. A little to the downside is that it doesnt come with a lot of ports on the side (3 USB ports) (1 audio jack) (1 HDMI and Wlan port). All on the left side, right side does not have anything. The Nitro 5 has a C-USB port and a SD Card port. It doesnt heat that much, I played Apex and League of Legends and its pretty smooth. The gpu is Nvidia 1660 Ti. Apex settings in all high. Continuing my comparison with the Nitro 5, the Asus doesnt have a keyboard shortcut to pause, play next, play before, pause key for the music, a little bit awkward if youre playing and listening music and you want to go to the next song. Aside from that, its a pretty good laptop, it has a great design. I would recommend this laptop.

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Battery life: On light loads like browsing news sites on Edge or grabbing games on Steam, you might see around two hours on a full charge, and if thats a deal-breaker for you, youll want to re-evaluate your criteria for a laptop. The CPU and GPU in this laptop have been fantastic for my use case (Fusion 360, ZBrush, Blender, and all the games I care to throw at it), but the 48Wh battery in this means youll likely only want this if you only plan to have this plugged in most of the time, because that two hours I mentioned earlier is going to look a lot more like one hour or less when you start driving the CPU/GPU hard. Worth mentioning, btw, the battery is fairly easy to swap if you ever find the need after the warranty runs out. No way of knowing what kind of availability well see for replacements after this is EoLd, but if theyre available whenever that day comes, its just a matter of unplugging the battery, removing a couple retaining screws, and gently lifting it out. Unlike some devices, the battery in this laptop isnt held down with a giant mess of glue, so this has the potential to have a very long service life without being a pain to DIY repair. Gaming performance: Youll have to make sacrifices in most titles from the past few years to get this to hold 120FPS at 1080p, but those sacrifices are usually pretty minor (AA isnt that big a deal at this screen size), and if I cant hit 120, I have yet to find any game that didnt get some approximation of 60FPS with the settings maxed or some hard-to-notice sacrifices in quality. I am extremely satisfied with the oomph this thing brings. As a kinda average example, I was almost always seeing 120FPS in Destiny 2 before I just had to go in and screw things up by deviating from the auto settings. As for build quality, this thing is... well, kinda tough. Cant say Ive been tossing it around like a frisbee to really test it, but the screen is decently reinforced and has only a reasonable amount of flex, the hinges are solid and stay exactly where you tell them to stay, and the plastic used in the lower housing feels like either ABS or PA6. Im not about to put this under the knife to check for any fiber reinforcement, but I at least found it had a healthy amount of give to it when I opened it up to swap the HDD for an SSD. Itd probably handle an impact about as well as a laptop this size can. Noise: Odds are, unless youre doing light tasks or playing older games that the IGP can handle on its own, youre going to have fan noise. Some games, like World of Warcraft, are happy with a warm potato pushing pixels, so you can put the laptop in silent mode and actually enjoy silence. In situations where you have a high GPU load but nothing taxing the CPU, silent modes a little less silent due to the GPU having its own fan, but I still found it bearable. Balanced is where youll probably be most of the time, and while I can tell the machines running on the other side of the room, its not quite a jet engine. "Turbo" mode, at least until the hardware becomes questionably relevant, is more of a "hold my beer" mode, and is perfect for that jet turbine ambience, but a little dubious as a daily power mode. Thankfully, you can swap between all three of those using a function key. Ive also noticed that the power mode does have some influence over download speed on fast connections, but downloading a few gigs on silent mode still wasnt a terrible experience. RGB: Lastly, if you have this laptop or are about to have it, youll need to go into the device tab in Armoury Crate to change lighting settings on the keyboard. Just mentioning it here because I spent a dogs age trying to figure out why the Aura tab was only making my keyboard flash for a second before going back to rainbow puke mode. Btw, if rainbow pukes more your speed, its the default, and its quite vibrant, so youll be happy with that right out of the box. It does flicker a little between some color transitions, but it wasnt any worse than most of the other devices Ive seen with a color-cycle mode.

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for 599, this laptop is a steal... No lag , no slowness and I havent even install 8GB additional ram yet...I only play racing games, so , it play F1 2018, Project cars 2 , Iracing with no problems at all and screams.... What else is amazing... that it doesnt get hot , just warm..... Great job Asus and AMD>...

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The model TUF505DU-EB74 is way better than I expected , I dont think is fair for this model share reviews with the others models that are quite below standard compared to this one, this laptop hit the 5 star for sure, ryzen 7 3750H impressive almost as powerful as my desktop pc cpu i7 6700k, that is very very good for a laptop , and the gtx 1660ti as soon I read about it I knew would be prefect on laptop in price and power run all games ultra graphics. And for Asus I was really really happy that they didnt add any bullshit programs which they usually do , what a surprise when I turned on the laptop for first time and the only 2 app in the screen are recycle bin and Microsoft edge. Also 1 month free of McAfee not bad I guess. Overall super happy with this laptop!!

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