Insane Performance at This Price - ASUS TUF Gaming F15

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[@robertlawrence9000]

At the lower price it's worth it on the laptop but at $800 and MORE, HELL NO!!! Thanks for bringing a decent low end gaming laptop to our attention.

[@0opsyt]

i got one of these a few months ago for 800 aud brand new but im back home and dont use it but its nice

[@primebear3960]

Man I need your advice, Is it worth rtx4070 2k resolution display laptop? Can I play latest games at least at 60 fps ?

[@SeanIcy]

What motherboard does this use and can uou upgrade the processor on this bad boy?

[@Itsmy2cent]

What are you using for that motion background (astronaut in liquid)

[@griz3245]

I have this same laptop. Shoved a 1tb drive and another 16gb ram in it out of the gate. Plays everything i want it to just fine

[@hanspettersson2293]

I just got this laptop from BestBuy for the same sale price and it works great. I replaced the Memory with a Team Group Elite 3200mhz ddr4 2x16gb dual kit and the new results are phenomenal. Laptop ran Warhammer 40k Darktide at decent framerates and overall quality. Laptop gets a lil hot though like any other laptop.

[@skys8755]

3050 rtx with 16 ram would that run well?

[@hanspettersson2293]

@@skys8755 It plays Warhammer Darktide well on medium settings. Been playing that game and Battlefield V and it’s an enjoyable experience. Absolutely playable with no issues at decent framerates.

[@Techminat0r]

This laptop supports up to 64 GB RAM and 4TB nvme SSD in each slot.

[@jasongardiner5965]

Great video. I've been battling along with an older non gaming AUS laptop that surprisingly will run Fallout 4, Skyrim and Farm sim 22 in medium graphics modes. But today got myself an F15 and looks like it will be an amazing improvement on my current laptop.

[@alengheyvandiyan9430]

How is it after all this time? Still good?

[@jasongardiner5965]

@@alengheyvandiyan9430 Yep running Fallout 4 in ultra graphics mode!

[@deathcometh61]

I picked up a asus tuf 10300h 1650 ti for $300 at a pawn shop. With to bestbuy and grabbed 1tb m.2 and 2x 16gb 3200 ram sticks for $160. Probably the best laptop I've ever own.

[@meethindocha1824]

Ordered today. Can't wait for it!

[@arnokalliokorpi7048]

got this model but with 16gb of RAM about 6 months ago for a killer deal of 499€ new! Great laptop, have been writing my masters thesis on it and playing on work trips and for the price its amazing. There is an option to set -30mV CPU undervolt in bios which helps a bit with the thermals, mine can go way lower than that with throttlestop BUT having the throttlestop (see edit below) or hwinfo or anything that reads the sensors kills the battery so that doesnt help too much with the 48wh battery thing. Lowers thermals a ton while gaming with charger connected tho so thats good! Just a simple cooling pad also does wonders and helps with the ergonomics. Also it is possible to turn off windows modern standby and use regular S3 sleep on this machine. EDIT. Realized how stupid the throttlestop thing sounded. There actually is an option to stop data which fixes the battery drain issue completely while letting you keep the undervolt stuff. Increases battery life and also lowers temps under load, just set it to automatically start with windows and you are good to go!

[@naqib4235]

You mentioned about writing thesis. How is the heat with this one with long hours document typing? Do you burn your palms? I am planning to get this one for office work and light gaming tho

[@arnokalliokorpi7048]

@@naqib4235 the heat is very manageable, not a problem at all even when gaming. Battery life leaves a lot to be desired tho.

[@jusoutajail9185]

How well can it handle games??

[@arnokalliokorpi7048]

@@jusoutajail9185 I'd say Im pretty pleased. The temps are good and the GPU has 75W power limit so it actually has some room to boost. The performance is about as good as it gets for mobile RTX 3050, just take into account that it has 4gb of VRAM so you depending of the games you are going to play you might have to adjust textures etc a bit.

[@zamorajafv-wg2rk]

Hi, any feedback about the battery life? How many hours for office work? How about for gaming? Does it have a 80% battery life feature?

[@katieadams5860]

The Rog Strix G15 Advantage deal is also an insane deal, less than 1500 for a laptop with close to rtx 3080 mobile performance

[@Chemy.]

Not bad for the 600 USD price, with a few more buck upgrading RAM and storage it would be a great laptop.

[@soddit9311]

I just picked this up for 850 cad, looking forward to it arriving!

[@deszaras3]

$599, that's great, in my place they go for 700-800 Euros

[@maika8535]

Remember that US prices exclude VAT unlike inside EU!

[@TheIrishEgyptian]

UK they go for 999GBP 🤯

[@yukys1]

Malaysia is 3000sad

[@levedasafotei9548]

Hungary : 390 000ft

[@Olio.0]

@@TheIrishEgyptian really o got this for £629

[@itsdeonlol]

Happy New Year Brett to you and your family! ❤

[@Myhandle59]

I purchased the 3050 16b GB 1tb ssd for £700 with bag and mouse from Argos in the UK a few months back . And it plays games amazing I can't believe how good it is.

[@playerwith1664]

I also bought but not with bag bundle, man someone in house specially kids push the monitor screen 😢😢

[@playerwith1664]

I'm going to return my asus back to argos and get rog strix rtx 3050 ryzen 7

[@brodylockwood14]

Can you tell me is that dual channel memory or single? 2x 8gb sticks or a single 16gb?

[@greaterthanbut]

What was that awesome live background on the laptop ❤

[@tk-retroafps8753]

The Ryzen processors that come with these laptops are fast as well. The one I've got beats my water cooled 9900k at hammer compile, not a small feat despite the age of the 9th gen.

[@MuhammadHosny0]

still the Intel processors are a lot better imo

[@alexk3242]

@@MuhammadHosny0nope

[@MuhammadHosny0]

@@alexk3242 no, it's a fact.

[@Rex-rk8kr]

@@MuhammadHosny0can you please explain why?

[@Rex-rk8kr]

@@MuhammadHosny0I don’t know which to go for….either intel or amd processor?

[@RossClarke0]

I have the dash f15, 12650h, 3060, ddr5 with the same screen and it's great. When playing some games at home like death stranding or other "streamable" games I use parsec to my desktop and the intel video decoding means it can play for hours on battery.

[@JamieKitchens6]

Oh yea

[@opiumextract2934]

Bought my son the f15 11800h 3060 version for 885 a few weeks ago on amazon. Regularly is 1200 to 1300 USD. Granted it was amazon warehouse but thing was brand new when I checked it out. Should serve him well in college

[@Psych369]

Cool mom

[@mgf909]

A bit overkill for just college, but since he’s a guy I know he will be gaming in it so that’s a really solid deal

[@styleparth1]

A good friend of mine bought A17, overall nice laptop having Ryzen 7 and Rtx 3050, but Its speakers do not have any power comparing from my ROG strix G, its volume is about 20% on full volume

[@jean-michelb7290]

just bought the 16 gig of ram version.. i will have it tomorrow.. hope i can get ride of my pc with that one

[@zakaravich2192]

Got the 3060 version and placed an extra 16gb RAM and 1tb SSD internal. 😊

[@ImmortalFire7]

Bought this (1 year older version) nearly a year ago except it was a GTX 1650 with the other specs being the same for more than 1400 AUD which is quite expensive when comparing price to performance ratios. (I was in dire need if one for school and made a rash decision) The battery life as said is as said not good and I always carry my charger in my back pocket. If you have any questions let me know.

[@gaminggeneration6778]

I got this laptop but I have upgraded the ran to 32gb and I replaced the off brand paste with thermal grizzly aeronaut and the cpu temp on resident evil village went down from 86c to stable 78c

[@bludgett]

I wish the plastic casing had more 'holes' for bottom ventilation. I do have concerns about over heating and a noisy fan.

[@shegimmienerd]

same my cooling pad doesn’t help it much

[@EvaluationToo]

Hey! Question, I love this laptop and looking forward to buying it seeing it in my budget and is powerful only problem is rtx 3050 has 4gb vram and i’ve heard next gen games will need more than that so i have no idea what to do!!! Please answer 😅

[@user-mo1zi2pw4w]

i got this exact model for 799 2yrs ago and runs fine.

[@17-.]

eGpus still have a long way to go. Even Thunderbolt 4 has bandwidth issues for high performance cards. Neat idea for upgrade potential though.

[@StaceyAyodele]

I have the F17 model. I love it to death. It's a wonderful gaming laptop, even though I just play PS2 games with PCSX2 and 1080p XD LOVE it a ton! Runs Linux quite well.

[@repawn3610]

man i just remembered the linus joke about how we all (the viewers) only want to play ps2 games with our expensive systems I'm crying

[@StaceyAyodele]

@@repawn3610 yep. I ended up selling it for an M1 MacBook Air Plays Ps2 and GameCube games no problem with no heat

[@repawn3610]

@@StaceyAyodele i guess you weren't a RGB snorting Mt dew / Doritos gamer after all

[@StaceyAyodele]

@@repawn3610 No...I just didn't play modern games and the retro games I wanted (Dolphin and PCSX2) ran without issue. So an M1 MacBook Air made perfect sense for me.

[@repawn3610]

@@StaceyAyodele respect G

[@chavenyenketswamy1498]

If you set the CPU power settings in Windows to 95% instead of leaving it at the default 100% does the laptop run a bit cooler. Also can you switch off intel Turbo boost if you want to run it at the base clock frequency?

[@edwardwilliams3325]

How did you get that background in the laptop at the begging?

[@InspireCreativity2023]

Which background is that? i like it.

[@AngelinaLRnBMusicR]

what does the fan do? i can change from preformance to turbo. When should i do that? While playing warzone 2 i am using it as preformance

[@ruineka_one]

Can you show the process of disconnecting the battery on this laptop? I want to know if Asus is doing the same thing with new TUF laptops they started doing with the Zephyrus lineup. They use bare metal locking clips to lock the battery connector down that looks and feels sketchy even attempting to remove to disconnect the battery. Reports on reddit show that people who attempted to disconnect the battery saw sparks and killed their Type C ports etc. I saw this on mine and I didn't even bother doing anything, I just closed the laptop back up.

[@StainderFin]

This model in Finland cost now 679€ and even critcs think crazy good performance on its prize! next prize bit better goes 850-900€+ for cheap but still rtx tech what we need in 2023 and 2024 good to know true value is around this unit around 900 € too! ty for cool video! i gonna buy this next week!! XD shop has few left

[@lawrence.porter]

I purchased the same one on sale in the UK. Mines had 16gb RAM but only the 48wh battery. Strangely enough it doesn't have the connections for a sata drive which should be present in the smaller battery model.

[@mattwilson8843]

how you finding it? Very close to purchasing one today, 3050 16gb RAM 11400H

[@SCHNISLS]

Hey, ufdtech i'm currently deciding between getting the ideapad 3 with the components mentioned in the Video for 750€ or the asus tuf f15 wich the video is about for 715€ which one should I choose? Thanks in advance.

[@aleks-gv8nk]

Are those high CPU temps are problem in a long term longevity? How much temps drop on cpu when going from turbo to performance mode?

[@bennychan1102]

I buy it two years ago at £799, it is great

[@4funrc11]

Thanks! 👍 How about the FX506LH-AS51 (NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650) version? Tia! 😊

[@droidlife209]

Is this laptop able to play the new Xbox series X games? I’m split between getting a gaming console or a gaming laptop. I’m really interested in a gaming laptop for retro gaming, but still want something that is able to play the current gen games

[@omuleanu]

what's the max brightness on the screen ? the previous ones were pretty low

[@kodaloid]

I have an ASUS TUF that has an 8750h and a 1050ti that cost £800 back in 2019 on sale. Biggest issues I deal with are likely the ones you'd deal with on this laptop too. Inadequate cooling, very small battery (this one only had a 48wh battery) no GPU switch meaning the dedicated GPU is used all the time reducing battery life, loud fans, and mine only has a single video out, though I think the usb-c fixes that on this new one. You buy this kinda laptop to have it plugged in most of its life, but trade off is you get great performance, and gaming on a budget.

[@kshauryadwivedi]

newer models fix pretty much every problem that I have with my 2020 tuf

[@konolinkuda3586]

>800 >On budget lol

[@kodaloid]

@@konolinkuda3586 Gaming laptops are usually £1000+ so ye £800 is budget, especially now in 2023.

[@JCisAWESOME246]

is the 48whrs battery model worth it? or should i find a 90whrs model?

[@Raging_Gamer.]

He literally had the same laptop and the same live wallpaper like me

[@thearianmandalorian]

Got one my self, exact same model just with 32gb ram and 2 tb space. but man its a good laptop, im hella happy for mine

[@zamorajafv-wg2rk]

Hi, any feedback about the battery life? How many hours for office work? How about for gaming? Does it have a 80% battery life feature?

[@thearianmandalorian]

@@zamorajafv-wg2rk still doing same numbers as advertised, not something im keeping score on yo be real cause it works as it should and i use it daily. And yeah it got that feature as well, i cant do anything but give props to the laptop especially for the price and performance.

[@zamorajafv-wg2rk]

@@thearianmandalorian what do you mean by same numbers?

[@zamorajafv-wg2rk]

@@thearianmandalorian do you recommend this laptop for a student? I will use it for video editing, photo and studies.

[@zoso2809]

Hi is this enough to edit a 4k video? Its in sale in my local best buy

[@user-yu7sp9oh8r]

Was recommended this laptop as being a good model for video editing - is this the case?

[@pjusken4803]

How long the battery last? Around? For example schoolwork?

[@payback4189]

I have one but I can’t figure out how to turn in the led lights in the keyboard how do you do it ?

[@ace_Knows_Enough]

Would this be good to pair this with my ps5 for streaming ??

[@monchiabbad]

You forgot to mention the full-size SDCard port on the right.

[@aplaceinthesky82]

there is a version with i7 12700h but with 4060 rtx and 16 gb ddr4 ram is that one good for you?

[@Blahaj_Gaming]

i was about to not get this because i thought the keyboard was noly orange but now that i see its rgb ill definelty be picking this up

[@Engineer_Anton]

Hey UFD Tech is there a way I can upgrade the solid state drive aka gigabytes to a 1 TB?

[@Eleganttf2]

Please do more of these, mobile gaming is really going up now since both Nvidia and AMD sucks this generation on their desktop side

[@tehMaloWalo]

that’s not why mobile gaming is going up, lmao

[@Eleganttf2]

@@tehMaloWalo ???? Alot of people work in mobile or just college students

[@Pain-ww6ne]

How you managed to show gpu temperature. I have the problem that msi afterburner does not give me the option to show the gpu temperature. I have the exact same specs. (I deleted Amoury Crate software)

[@user-eo3bj8zo4t]

how do i get the spaceman swimming? is that an aura?

[@Derek_Dkickz]

Can you upgrade the battery on this?

[@WilliamJohnson-uj5wx]

Can I change the operator system to Linux Ubuntu with out any issues

[@thefourthchairman4151]

is it just me who hate the gap between the keyboard and the monitor in stand by position?

[@SeanIcy]

What motherboard does this use and can i upgrade my processor?

[@pakularcristi2451]

i recommand this laptop i have to suggest upgrading the ram it will make a huge difference in gaming get a 16gb ram stick and you are set

[@kd-03]

I’m about to buy the i5-11400h rtx 3050ti 16gb version

[@SixPixlPlayer]

Just wondering for ram upgardes, my f15 says it has 4 dimms. is that accurate or is it a bug?

[@davel4449]

Please someone, what background was the spacemen shown on the laptop I want it ?!!!!

[@zamorajafv-wg2rk]

Hi guys, any feedback about the battery life of this laptop? How long does it take for office work only? How about gaming? Does it have an 80% battery feature?

[@mrj4082]

I second this

[@athuldas4447]

Guys apart from gaming section / Can I run "Catia,Autocad,Mastercam, Seimens" Programming,Designing Purpose in it. FX506HC-F15.

[@maika8535]

I just grabbed TUF A15 with R5 4600H, 16GB ram and 3050 for 699€ (incl. VAT) Glad to hear that its good value!

[@Mbuzz03]

Yo I’m getting this for my birthday can the laptop run VR?

[@nickydonaldson670]

Thank god for revanced a sponser that took 2 minutes ridiculous

[@KevAldGames]

I found one for 600€ such insane! Im buying it immediately

[@Appalations]

ive seen the i7 4070 version for $999.99 at this point, good buy?

[@Sankara2000]

Hiw would tbis do for video editing and Maya 3d etc?.

[@brodylockwood14]

Hmm, the model i'm looking at comes with 16gb RAM.

[@taterzsalad9252]

i just bought this on amazon a few mins ago, they are on sale for 849 canadian

[@soddit9311]

How is it so far? I’ve just bought mine and waiting for delivery

[@tazz1226]

Got one with the gtx 3070 for 2000 nzd roughly 1500 usd

[@typerightseesight]

its hilarious I could get this for CHEAP like a third of what I paid for my current build and its an upgrade in all directions.

[@thatgamer-nc4ml]

super helpful

[@leroyjenkins0736]

I got the dash F15 for 800 euro main problem is screen damage over time because of the keyboard everything else is great

[@GbemigaKukoyi-on7zv]

Which one is better core i7 3050 graphics or core i5 3060

[@cvvxtp3878]

Just bought one yesterday for 1050 very good purchase

[@MultiSciGeek]

Is this better than the MSI Katana GF66?

[@dycars8443]

How many games can you install for this kind of gaming laptop?

[@shaxui]

1 month until I start Mechanical Engineering, would this be a better option than the (Lenovo IdeaPad 3i 15.6" FHD 120Hz 11320H)? Performance difference shouldn’t matter too much, looking for better intensive battery duration (Asus TUF Gaming F15 15.6" i5 16GB RAM RTX3050)

[@tornikedevdariani]

Asus will be better option if you buy 90whrs battery version, i think Lenovo IdeaPad 3i only has 45whrs. but if lenovo has bigger battery like 90whrs it will be better for you.

[@cannysrevenge6121]

How long does it last with a full battery 90w ?

[@LobbsTrucking]

The model of this laptop I found on Amazon, as of now, biggest card it comes with is a RTX 2050, all other specs are the same, and it’s listed for $649.

[@maxzimmer4338]

Oof

[@Elomentoplayz]

Found a HP unit on Microcenter that's 600$ with a 3050 6gb

[@dimiii1958]

Does this laptop have a good cooling?

[@Fartowski]

Bret. Do you know the max capacity of the m.2? I tried to find if there was a limit for the size of storage but didn't see anything.

[@jed2055]

8Tb

[@Fartowski]

@Jed Thanks & sweeeeeeeeeeet.

[@tylerwilliams1399]

so should this laptop be good for rpgs and emulators, also the one I'm looking at has 16GB of ram

[@cuzimsaif5307]

How there are 2 slots in ram and in 8:02 there is 1 of 4 slots Usage ? not 1 of 2

[@Tr1xx]

trying to find one of these for cheap bc my current laptop fan making noise

[@Sanjay28196]

msi bravo 15 vs asus tuf f15 i5-11th gen which is better?

[@iamnoone940]

Will I be able to run Project Zomboid on this?

[@SixPixlPlayer]

I have this laptop but mine says it has 4 ram slots😕

[@gamingrobot4883]

mine too is it a problem?

[@ahmedbalhawan7455]

Does it have overheating issue ?

[@fishingguy7]

You said the battery life wasn’t good. What if you keep it plugged in? I know that sometimes that can decrease the battery life when not plugged in, but would that help?

[@motionlimitz]

Battery life is determined whether how good or bad you use your battery from, for example, if you overcharge the laptop by plugging it in, it would potentially drain the battery life quite significantly. But if you use the laptop and let it drain to approximately 30-50 percent recommended, it should be fine and the battery life would be a lot better.

[@ZStraight]

I would recoment Asus Tuf 15 with Amd Ryzen 7 RTX 4050 with 16 GB

[@BotevT]

Can someone help me find this specific wallpaper that the dude has?

[@brokenedges763]

I bought thi 10:16 s for my son because he begged me for a laptop and i told him a desktop was better for his needs,anyway after a week of use he told me he didn't want it because it constantly had to be plugged in.So long story longer ...he got a new desktop and Dad got his laptop.I added 32 gbs of kingston Fury ram and a 1 tb Samsung 980pro...I havent had any issues with it and seems to run great.I payed around $630 USD

[@xaym3n]

Nice

[@dumbicey]

Can anyone please answer my question, it’s my second day with this laptop and my screen is like..? Bright itself but I tried to adjust the brightness and it changes but doesn’t do anything it’s like a brighter white than normal I don’t know how else to explain it, but my brightness works It’s just a screen inside that’s bright idk

[@forgottenvesra1464]

Is it still good with rtx 2050?