Hello everyone,
I just got my GL753VE about 5 days ago and have been using it full time.
Hard drives; SSD is good if a bit small but the HDD was terrible. Transfer speeds were painfully slow, had to swap the drive to make it usable.
Keyboard; Nice feel to it and the lights are bright. Easy to program lighting from the ASUS Aura Core App. Limited compared to Razer's Chroma or Corsair's lighting system but still very nice.
Touch Pad; I've had no issue with it so far but I've seen more than a few threads here that indicate some issues are known to exist. Nice sensitivity and double tap to click. Playing around with ASUS's touchpad writing app, fun but ultimately impractical.
Speakers; My left speaker is currently dead but if the right speaker is any indication... that's some good sound from a laptop.
Headphone Jack; The headphone jack is a TRRS 3.5mm single jack for a headset. This is the same port on most cell phones and on XBox One. Works great using my Astro a50s.
USBs; Nice and tight, speedy connection.
Screen; B-E-A-U-tiful screen, love the anti glare.
Processor; My processor gets a bit too hot for my liking but it never misses a beat. I do run all my laptops on a chill pad when gaming JIC. (around 80 degrees C when gaming hard)
Graphics; Runs For Honor, Ghost Recon Wildlwands, SWTOR, World of Tanks, etc on super high graphics and doesn't flinch. (78 FPS, 82 FPS, 121 FPS, 113 FPS respectively) My GTX 1050 ti doesn't get nearly as hot as my Processor. (Highest I've seen is 40 degrees C)
Weight; This thing is the lightest gaming laptop I've ever used and initially I was worried about losing so much cooling potential coming from a G753 to a GL753 but I was wrong to worry. This lil guy is a absolute beast.
The Look; This thing is one sexy slice of brushed aluminium. The orange accents initially turned me off a bit (lights on back of screen, fan vent shroud, rubber feet all orange) but they grew on me fast. So fast that I changed the keyboard lights to mimic them.
WifI; Good, no pros or cons, just WiFi
LAN; very last LAN connection. Not sure if its Gigabit but it feels like it.
Power Chord; The power chord cable from the wall socket to the brick is waaaaay to short for my liking but it is a fairly common chord that I already replaced. The chord after the brick is very long compared to other laptop charges I've used. I think the thinking here was to get the brick away from the user and allow a more freely moving chord. Good idea.
Short and Sweet; Its a good gaming laptop, with minor heat issues that are non-detrimental (likely designed this way), Lean and Sexy, hard to look away. I recommend it highly. GET IT.
-CombatDork
CombatDork
"Common sense is not so common." - Voltaire
