ASUS TUF F17 Gaming Laptop - Intel i7-13620H(up to 4.9 GHz), NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop, 17.3" 2.5K WQHD 240Hz Display, Office Lifetime & Windows 11 Pro, Backlit KB, (64GB DDR5 | 4TB SSD)

I've owned this laptop for about a month now and I must say that I am really enjoying it so far. After a lot of deliberation and a lot of reading conflicting reviews, I decided to give this laptop a shot because my other computer is an ASUS ROG laptop that is still going strong seven years after its purchase.As a student, I need a laptop that is very portable and capable of doing a variety of work. I primarily use this computer for coding in Visual Studio and other platforms such as Unity. I am a game design and development major, so I spend a lot of time coding games and working on web development.The first thing about this laptop that I noticed out of the box is how lightweight it is. I can easily pick up up with a single hand and carry it in my backpack without even noticing it's in there. In addition, the size feels just right for me. The screen is easy to see and the keyboard feels nice to use. It fits my hands pretty well and none of the keys feel our of reach nor do they feel cramped together. I also like how the touch pad works, which is a must for somebody who doesn't want to carry around a mouse.Some people have complained about battery life, and I have noticed that I can work for several hours without needing to be plugged in. If you are playing games or watching a lot of videos on this machine, you will probably burn the battery quickly, but I've gone days without charging it- but I usually only use it in short spurts.People have also complained about low memory, but once again I haven't had a single issue here. I think some people expect, as my mom would say, a machine that can fly you to the moon and back without paying for a rocket-ship. It's a silly saying I know, but it's definitely a common attitude.My only complains about this computer are very minor. Other people mentioned the screen is a bit wobbly when you unfold it, and I've noticed that if you or something else bumps into the desk or table the computer is on, the screen wobbles pretty violently. I'm not a computer expert and couldn't tell you if this is an actual issue or not. I've learned through experience working with electronics that buyers often expect a products weight and sturdiness to be an indication of its value, when in reality most products simply add weights to the inside of a product to make it seem better without actually adding anything useful to the design, so maybe screen wobble isn't a huge deal- I'm not an expert.So in conclusion, if you need something fast, reliable, and portable that you need for working on moderately-demanding projects, this is your laptop. Don't expect to go gaming on it or binging Netflix for hours on end without plugging it in, but it can handle a lot of tasks very easily.If anything changes over time, I'll be sure to come back and edit this review.

I decided to replace an old windows 8 Dell that finally quit with this Asus. Being familiar with Asus and their tablets I like the brand. I wanted a SSD and reading reviews here I liked that I could add another hard drive as the SSD standard is a M.2. So that leaves a big ol’ slot for a 2.5 SSD (or HD.) Rather than use my old 250gb Samsung SSD because I wanted something new and shiny to go with my shiny new Asus I purchased a new Crucial 500gb 2.5 SSD and a Crucial 500gb M.2 SSD. Both on sale. Why not go all the way!Adding the 2.5” was easy. The only thing is to get the back off remember the screws hidden under the rubber foot pads. (Rear ones only if I remember right, front didn’t have any.) Next I used the software Crucial gives you Acronis to clone the stock M.2 to the new 2.5”. Then I changed the boot order in the BIOS to the 2.5” and swapped the M.2. Next I cloned the 2.5” back to the M.2. Don’t panic Acronis will say it has to restart and it will go into some safe mode looking thing while it clones. That’s it. I prefer the OS to be on the M.2. Maybe that step isn’t necessary? I figured the OS came on the M.2 so why not leave it there. To get windows to see either type “partition” in search and click it. Go through those steps so you see the drive under PC.Very easy to add a HD or swap both. I went to a larger M.2 only because it was on sale. The ONLY thing I don’t like about Crucial is BOTH were made in Mexico. Oh well. The one I replaced in the Asus was Chinese - even worse IMO. All this was very easy to do and if I can do it you can too. I would do a system image and create a restore USB thingy just in case. (Or Microsoft backup disks if you have an external DVD burner.)All in all a nice laptop though all in price wise it wasn’t cheap, but cheaper than anything comparable and Asus gives you a lot of ability to upgrade which I like. It all feels high end though not Apple high end (even with upgrades no Apple high end price.) and is very lightweight. With the upgrades (and even before) I feel like it punches way above its weight class performance wise.