Customer Ratings & Reviews

i would suggest this laptop to anybody that is looking for a gaming laptop and a school computer. it runs games great and i never have any problems with this one, you get what you pay for pretty much plus i got it when it was on a deal so i got out of a few Franklin lol also shipping as fast i waited 3 days after i ordered it and it was before the expected date, ps thank you best buy

With the nVidia GTX 1070, and even with the lack of similar RAM memory slots, because this laptop have one 8GB slot plus a 4GB, this laptop is a monster for games. Recommended. The NVme slot for new SSD drives is a bonus, that I appreciate by a lot, actually...

Just buy it! I purchased this computer a month or so ago and I love this laptop. I'm not an avid gamer like I use to be, but still like to play when I get a chance. I play Arma 3, DayZ Standalone, SkyRim, Stranded Deep and several others. You can look me up on Steam to see all my games. People complain of this laptop getting hot and Yes, if you have this thing sitting on your lap play a graphics intense game, It's Going To Get Hot In Your Lap. Duh! All the laptops I've ever had while playing games got hot. So really getting hot is not an issue to keep you from buying any gaming laptop. I keep the fans at max RPMs all the time. I never notice the sound of the fans. With headphones on, air conditioner going and any other noise in the general area, I don't think you're going to notice the fan noise as being the problem in the room. That being said, this computer pumps out up to 150 watts of heat. It needs a lot of fans blowing to dissipate the heat for sure. I play all my games at the High to Maximum Settings! Never a problem for me. Arma 3 might dip down to the low 20s in the FPS department, but I don't mind. I go for quality over FPS. I can reduce quality to Medium and I get over 50-60 FPS. No Problem at all in Arma 3. I love to look at the scenery in these games. Especially on Stranded Deep. I play on Max settings with no trouble. I've seen on forums that people are having trouble on desktop PCs at these setting and this laptop eats it up. I Love It. The screen is by far the best I have used in any laptop to date. I'm not into 4K, I thinks its a waste. 1080P is all anyone really needs (IMO) in games or work. Maybe a graphics designer needs 4K, but I do not. There is also no flickering that I have noticed while using this laptop. Very, very nice screen. The keyboard is a little more spaced out then I am use to. This being the largest computer at 17.3" I've ever owned, it is taking some getting use to. Most of the heat in this laptop is right under the keyboard, with the right side of the keyboard being a little hotter than the left. This is good because most games use the WASD keys when playing. The palm area does feel a little warm when gaming a long while, but not so bad I want to stop because of it. Everyone that sees the red backlit keyboard is immediately attracted to the computer. They love the looks of the keyboard. I like it a little better than the white backlit laptops. Full RGB would have been nice too. The pics I have included were taken in my work truck. I put one of my EGA badges on my laptop. It accents the computer nicely. I'm very fortunate to have this laptop. If you get one you will be to. On the screen you will see me running Virtualbox running Windows XP. I use this computer for work and some of the apps we use run best on XP. Bottom line is I highly recommend the GL702VS. Work, Home, or Play, it will do the job. Things I don't like about this laptop. 1. The front edges are way to sharp. After playing or working a while it tends to hurt my palms. 2. If you're not almost directly over the keyboard then you can see the LED lights under the keys. This is annoying to me. 3. A couple of the stickers on the palm area are really stupid. I mean really, putting a HDMI sticker on a laptop is really stupid. 4. No air intake in the front. This would have greatly lessened the heat at the front of the keyboard IMO. 5. No quick charge with any of the standard USB ports. Only the USB-C port is a quick charge port. Thats BS! 6. The bezel around the display has a edge on it the feels like I'm about to tear it off when I close the lid or my finger slides across it. 7. Sometimes if I let the laptop sleep by closing the lid, it takes a awfully long time to reboot. All you get is a black screen and the hard drive light whirling away. A hard reset after a few minutes and the after the hard drive light slows down is the only immediate remedy. If I shutdown the laptop, I do not get this trouble though. 8 The touch pad is hard to respond if your fingers are very dry or callused. You guys that work your tails off for a living will have this problem. 9. Bestbuy (I assume) put in two 6GB sticks of RAM using both slots. Why not just one 12GB stick? Then if you wanted to upgrade you could have purchased another 12 GB and been done. Things I Love about this Laptop: 1. It is F A S T. Very Fast. 2. Great Sound. I little louder than any other laptop I've owned with clearer sound. 3. Chews thru any game I install. I love this laptop hands down! 4. The top lid feels very secure and well made, other than the little bezel problem I mentioned above. One handed close from a corner feels a little flimsy, but closed nicely when done. I suggest only from the center or two hands just to be safe. 5. Dedicated Graphics + 12GB of memory is perfectly fine. Don't think second thoughts about the memory. It's good to go! 6. The hard drive is fast, but it no SSD. If you buy this laptop, plan on upgrading to a M2 SSD. I Am. 7. The style and design is top notch. People see this computer and figure I dropped a couple grand on it. 8. The bottom of the computer is easy enough to remove. Just make sure you have the right tools for the job, The bottom needs a spudger of some sort to pop the click-lock tabs after the screws are removed. Search YouTube on a howto video. Asus wants us to upgrade this puppy and has made it very easy.

I bought the ASUS GL702VS to replace my old G75. Great price for having an 7th gen i7 and 1070, relatively light, gets warm but doesn't overheat (CPU 83c under stress test). It plays WoW and D3 on max settings. The screen is bright but like most people I don't game outside in direct sunlight ;) The included hard drive is slow so an SSD is highly recommended. Without it boot times were almost three minutes. It has an M.2 NVMe slot so I added a 256 GB Samsung 960 EVO. The back doesn't have individual panels for RAM, SSD, etc (Cost cutting measure?) but it wasn't hard to take the entire back off to add it. Keep the screws separate because some are different length. Neither the computer or SSD comes with the SSD mounting screw so you have to purchase it separately. Unlike some ASUS models the keyboard back light is red and can't be changed. I've owned it for about a month now and I'm very happy with it. It's not a "top of the line" gaming laptop and some reviews complained that it should have come with an SSD or a better screen but it's all about cost. If it did the price would have been higher. At least this way you can get an SSD that fits your budget.

I've had this laptop for about a week now and put it under as much strain as I could and it's handled it like a champ. The first thing I did with it was put a few AAA, graphically demanding titles on it just to make sure I had purchased the right rig. I've played Mass Effect: Andromeda, Gears of War 4, Final Fantasy XIII and XIV, along with a few others and never had my FPS drop below 90 on maximum settings (and at a 4K resolution). I've come to the conclusion that this thing will last me well into the future. I game on standard settings for the most part anyway. The keyboard is very responsive and easy to use. I can say the same for the touchpad. Some of Asus's built in apps are kind of useless but overall there aren't many and they do have their niche uses. I like the one that'll show me CPU/GPU speeds and temperatures. Speaking of temperatures, this laptop has gotten a little warm for me to comfortably hold in my lap. That is the only reason it gets 4 stars instead of 5. A cooling pad may not be a bad idea (I've already ordered one). All of the apps, games, and even startup happen super quick compared to my Asus G75VW I got several years ago. Of course I was only sporting a 3rd gen i7 processor and a GTX 660m with that one. All in all, it's a really solid laptop that I expect to last me long into the future with easy portability with is 6lb weight and minimalistic exterior design which will make it easy to find a proper backpack or messenger bag for. Also, unless you're gunning for the GTX 1080 you WILL NOT find a better built and specced laptop at this price. There were no reviews when I bought this laptop and I hope this review will help anyone thinking of buying it.

Good performance, nice screen, the only downside is that it runs warm when it's been running high end games for a while.

This is a detuned and neutered version of the standard GL702 and the difference between the two screens is huge. No killer IPS 120Hz screen, no M.2 SSD or 16Gb RAM. The unit is acceptable at best for the $1140 I spent. If you do some research you'll find it can be upgraded easily. I'm installing a Seagate FireCuda 2Tb HDD, 1Tb Corsair M.2 ssd, 16Gb RAM Hyper X 2666 single stick (CAS 15 instead of 17), along with my external 1Tb usb 3.0 Seagate Slim and Bluetooth speakers. Now I can game or watch movies when not driving my Semi truck.

I needed a portable solution for video editing with a screen size that doesn't make me squint at a reasonable price. My previous unit was a Gigabyte P34W v4 which was plenty powerful and light but the screen size was at times challenging. I got this as an open box for around $1200 out the door. And the CPU/Video Card out class my previous unit. The screen is large and looks great. The build is sturdy. The look is a little cheap with the painted on faux brushed metal. Boot times were less than a minute but sometimes the apps seemed to take longer to load than they should. Swapped in my old SSD drive and fixed that right up. Video Editing goes quickly and even handles 4K footage pretty well. Render speeds in Premiere Pro are pretty fast as they usually render more quickly than the length of the clip. After Effects takes a bit longer than I'd hoped for. I'll be updating the Ram to 32Gb to resolve that. All in all a quality system. I wish it was less than 5lbs instead of 6.3lbs but that's a much higher price point that my budget does not allow for. Definitely worth the price I paid.

Pros: -Great Screen color, bright and although its refresh rate is only 75 hertz, you can bring it up to 100hz and it has vsync. -Powerful Graphics Card with a Nvidia 1070. Can run almost all games out there on Ultra with almost no hickups whatsoever. -Decent Amount of Ram -1TB 7200rpm drive instead of 5400 which is the average. Cons: -Does get very warm to the touch on heavier gaming titles although it allows you to control fan speed very well. I would recommend buying a good laptop cooling pad. -No SSD drive, however adding one is very easy. I plan on adding a M.2 2800 SSD drive to it soon. Overall I would highly recommend this laptop or really any ASUS gaming laptop. I mean hey...ITS ASUS!

Amazing performance awaits you when you purchase a laptop with the NVidia GTX 1070 GPU. This laptop can handle all games with max settings at 1080p on the built in 75Hz G-Sync display. It also can handle games at 1440p at 75Hz on a second display and 4K gaming around 30fps-50fps depending on the external display, game and graphics settings. Designed for gaming but great for photography and videography processing as well, with the Core i7 7700HQ being a quad-core CPU. I am not a fan of the build quality as the laptop seems to be quite fragile, made mostly of plastic and a flexible metal back side of the screen. The laptop is quite large and fairly heavy, making one realize that this is a seriously powerful machine. Have a Thunderbolt 3 port is great as well along with 1TB of storage. I recommend this laptop to anyone that is looking to have desktop processing and gaming power in a portable form factor.

I got this laptop about a month ago and have been pretty impressed. Its able to handle the games I want while traveling for business (Destiny 2, Overwatch, World of Warcraft). I wish it had an SSD but for the price we pretty good. It is a G-Sync screen but i do notice some screen tearing sometimes when i spin the character in my game really quick but for the price i cant complain too much.

I am using this computer for designing Cad models. Has well enough memory and running 2 different programs with no glitches. Don't think I'll ever run out of storage and with the GeForce graphics card I get clarity and speed. Very nice computer, real happy with purchase.

Still got this laptop after 6 years! Running great! Roblox easily handled! No issues since I bought it!

So many little features to this laptop, it is truly more than I probably need. The large screen is great for CAD work. The graphics memory was key to me to run a 3D engineering program and this more than delivers. Plenty of storage. Make sure you take the laptop with you when/if you buy a bag because it is slightly larger than most bags will handle. (I was fortunate to be able to use the previous bag I had for a 17" Sony laptop.) The back-lit keyboard is a nice feature to have and the ability to regulate the performance of the laptop with the built in interactive software is really an added bonus. The laptop is lightweight, the power supply is huge, so once again, make sure you get a bag with plenty of space.

The Asus ROG GL702VS is an awesome rig but still lacks certain things espcially for the price. What I mean by this is it does not have an SSD in it, it only has the HHD but is expandable so really not the biggest issue with it but you would think for $1500 it would I had been looking at a MSI that had everything i needed in it and was cheaper but i went with the ASUS because it had a better set up overall. Now dont get me wrong this thing is crazy fast and smooth runs every game i play on maxed graphics with no problem at all. I would recond it to anyone looking to get into PC gaming or prefers a laptop over a desktop.

I enjoy the speed and graphics from this computer. It is super fast and light weight. I bought this computer as a open box pc and I saved a ton on money. I was able to buy a 3 year service agreement and still keep the cost under the original cost

THE GOOD: - Enough power to play just about any game I can think of on High, if not the highest, settings (Wolfenstein: The New Order, for instance, runs on its highest settings without any lag; same goes for Overwatch) - Has an m.2 SATA port, which allows for upgrading to an SSD. - The keyboard and touchpad feel much nicer than previous ROG laptops, and unlike previous ones I've had, haven't had any issues with not working. - The screen is beautiful to look at, and the chassis is elegant yet sturdy. It has a much smaller profile than a previous year's edition of laptop would. THE BAD: - It gets hot. Really hot. I recommend getting a cooling mat if at all possible. The heat doesn't seem to degrade performance, but it does make the device uncomfortable to touch after periods of heavy use. - A laptop of this level really should come with a SSD. It booted a little slowly until I swapped out the hard drive. - Lack of a high resolution display. You're stuck with the standard 1920x1080 display unless you plug in a monitor. THE UGLY: - The case was not built with upgrades in mind. It is very difficult to open the laptop to insert more RAM or an m.2 SSD. All things considered, I'm glad I bought this laptop. It required some help in the form of an SSD upgrade, but it outperforms even my dedicated gaming desktop that I built, which cost almost $1000 more to assemble.

I've tried several newer gaming laptops before settling on Alienware 17 R4 Kabylake with 1070 Nvidia with 120 hz Gsync. My main bone of contention with the other brands was how hot they got when under load. The games I play are not all that demanding either. On these other brand laptops I could get the CPU and gpu up to 90C very quickly by playing a certain golf game. Also, the top of the laptops would get very hot to touch. Granted, they would cool down quickly after quitting the game, but I just didn't like it getting that hot. The R4 plays the same games and I can't get the temps up past 70C so the cooling on this R4 is really good. This Bestbuy version only has a 128g ssd Sata boot drive but does have a 7200rpm drive where a lot of competing brands use 5400rpm drives in their base models. I opted to buy a 500g Samsung evo pro 860 pcie nvme for $325 to put in the extra m.2 slot. This is where the games and other slow loading programs will go. The laptop is heavy at around 10 lb but built very, very solid which feels great when you type on it. Truly a desktop replacement. I move it around the house quit often and put it on a lap tray so the weight is not directly on my lap. pros: awesome lighting for the lids and the keyboard, great 400 nit tn monitor with gsync for smooth graphics with 120 hz refresh rate, great sound with the best speakers I have heard on a gaming laptop, great aw app for checking performance, changing lighting effects, sound control, and wireless/Ethernet control settings, etc. Also, extra m.2 full and half size ssd slots for Sata or Pcie cards and 1 type-c USB and 1 type-C USB with thunderbolt for future expansion. Also has a port to connect to a graphics amplifier that can contain other graphics cards. Killer wireless/Ethernet. Cons: monitor is not ips, ssd is only 128g Sata, laptop is heavy. Power supply is big and heavy also. Higher cost then most competing laptops. Only 2 regular size 3.0 USB ports. I highly recommend this model even though it cost a little more.

Bought a geek squad certified version for about $200 less which made this laptop a very good deal. They let me inspect it before purchasing it. It was like brand new! Only downside of this laptop is that there is no SSD. Definitely recommend purchasing one and installing it yourself. Screen looks very nice and rich in color.

For the price point and brand, this system is worth the money paid. Performance is great. All games running in ultra/epic settings work smoothly. Nice frame rates. However, g-sync not really effective. Would be 5 but it should come with at least 16gb or leave an empty slot of ram. Also, hdd should be hybrid.