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Review on 15.6" Notebook ASUS TUF Gaming F15 FX506HE-HN012 1920x1080, Intel Core i5 11400H 2.7 GHz, RAM 8 GB, SSD 512 GB, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Ti, no OS, 90NR0704-M02050, dark gray by Momchil Ovcharov ᠌

Revainrating 5 out of 5

The ratio of price and quality is very pleasing, I will repeat the purchase.

I am happy with the purchase despite the information in the inadequacies (maybe some of them are missing if the laptop comes preconfigured with Windows). The performance is 100% sufficient for my games; the processor does not load more than 40% in games or 99% video. Initially, I wanted it for Ryzen7 and rtx 3050ti, but the price was good only for this configuration. As a consequence, I don't regret it. Of course, a ti would be better (and even better at 3060 or 3070), but according to gaming benchmarks, the difference in full-HD is typically + 10%, which is not particularly significant, and in terms ofcomst, the difference was over 10,000. Because the manufacturer failed to "report" the SSD driver during OS installation, the disk is not visible right out of the box in the Windows installation menu. When installing Windows using the driver download point available there, you must download the driver v18.0.4202246_irst_vmd_20h1, unzip it, transfer the driver folder to a USB flash drive (you can do this directly to the main folder of the installation flash drive), and then choose this folder in the media selection menu. I have screenshots here. Also, consider the immediate need for ddr memory expansion. After installing all the necessary utilities and drivers, the system consumes about 4GB out of the available 8GB. Of course, you can access the registry and services (in the task manager's autoload, it's simple to disable the extra, so it's necessary), but it's simpler and more accurate to add one more die (I installed Kingston ValueRAM 8 GB DDR4 3200 MHz SODIMM CL22 KVR32S22S

Pros
  • Cost, aesthetics, gaming performance, and a straightforward, certified procedure for removing the rear cover to extend DDR and SSD (simply loosen the bolts; a YouTube video is available for reference).
Cons
  • Quite noisy when playing video games (considering the speakers' relative weakness and the presence of DTS; you should use headphones:)). Installing the ssd v18.0.4202246_irst_vmd_20h1 driver before installing the OS is necessary when purchasing a laptop without a system (choice in the comments). The laptop not starting the first time after sleep or shutdown is the issue, however it is fixable. It can be fixed by adding the Intel VGA driver manually using the Graphic_ROG_Intel_B_V30.020220.9805_24161 file, which can be found in the MyASUS application. The warranty period starts to run down some time after the date of production (I have 2022-12, so I assume 12 weeks have passed) regardless of whether the laptop was sold, so on the ASUS website I have a 10-month warranty period. It appears that ASUS sets a hard deadline for the sale of goods for the seller. I hope I won't need to speak with anyone; if anything, I'll visit Amazon immediately. You could probably list the keyboard as a drawback. Long and a little sloppy keystroke. No criticism intended, but in contrast to the previous one! A functional Macbook and an ASUS N46VZ laptop both have "indistinct" keyboards.