Asus Rog Zephyrus S GX701 - Review

Asus Rog Zephyrus S GX701 - Review

Asus ZenBook S13
Asus ZenBook S13

Asus announced a 17 inch thin and light gaming laptop Zephyrus s gx701. 

It has magnesium-aluminum chassis with 18.7mm of thickness and weight around 2.7 Kg.

Dimensions : (WxDxH)
39.9(W) x 27.2(D) x 1.87(H) cm
399 x 272 x 18.7 mm 
Asus ZenBook S13 Display
Asus ZenBook S13 Display

The Display is 17.3 inch FHD (1920 x1080 pixels) 144Hz IPS level Display with 3ms response time, 100% sRGB color gamut, 81% screen to body ratio and NVIDIA® G-SYNC™ support With ROG-exclusive GPU switch to change between G-SYNC™ mode for gaming and Optimus mode for battery life.
Asus ZenBook S13 Keyboard
Asus ZenBook S13 Keyboard

It has forward keyboard for better thermals with per key RGB lighting and 1.4mm key travel, the touchpad is on the right side with dedicated hardware buttons. There is also a rolling volume control above the left hand side of the keyboard. 

For the processor it has up to 8th Gen Intel® Core™ i7-8750H with 6 cores and 12 threads (2.2GHz to 4.1GHz). 

And For the GPU It comes with up to NVIDIA® GeForce RTX™ 2080 Max-Q with
8GB GDDR6 VRAM

Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2070 Max-Q 6GB GDDR6 VRAM
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 Max-Q 8GB GDDR6 VRAM
Asus ZenBook S13 Cooling
Asus ZenBook S13 ASS Cooling

For heat management it has 2 fans and 5 heat pipes with ROG Active Aerodynamic System (AAS). Lifting the lid opens a large intake for better airflow. 

For the storage, It comes with up to 1TB M.2 NVMe PCIe 3.0 x4 SSD. 

M.2 NVMe PCIe 3.0 x4 1TB SSD 
M.2 NVMe PCIe 3.0 x2 512GB / 1TB SSD

And For the ram, it comes with up to 64GB DDR4 2666MHz option.  

For connectivity, it has 

On the Left
Power
1 x HDMI 2.0b
1x USB3.1 Gen2 Type-A
1 x USB3.1 Gen2 Type-C™ with DisplayPort™ 1.4 and Power Delivery
1 x 3.5mm headphone and microphone combo jack

& on the right it has
2x USB3.1 Gen1 Type-A
1 x USB3.1 Gen1 Type-C™ & 
1 x Kensington Lock slot

It has Intel® 802.11ac (2x2) Wi-Fi
& Bluetooth 5.0
Asus ZenBook S13 External Webcam
Asus ZenBook S13 External Webcam

It doesn't have an inbuilt webcam but an external optional webcam can be attached. 

Audio and Speakers : For Audio it has 2 x 2.5W speakers with Smart AMP technology. 

For the operating system, it comes with Windows 10 Home and pro option. 


To power the device it has 76 watt hours battery with 230w adapter.

It is expected to come in March 2019 with the starting price of around 2,699 dollars. 

So Let me know What you think About this Asus Rog Zephyrus S GX701 in the comment section below. 
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