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By the way, something I noticed with the 2023 G14 is that, for some reason, the battery life increased significantly recently. I guess ASUS did something with these products in the software department that helps battery life.

I just took note of the problems he mentioned without mentioning any positives so you can easily identify dealbreakers. 1. Some screen wobble 2. No more 180 degrees, 135 only hinge 3. Keycap lighting isn't perfect 4. Trackpad topside click pressure high 5. No fingerprint scanner on power button 6. Only 1 c port has USB 4.0 and charge support 7. Two screws covered by rubber bits so accessibility isn't as easy 8. RAM upgradability missing 9. Rear screen lift mechanism missing this year (might reduce airflow but temp check shows all good) 10. 8945HS CPU only has better NPU for AI compared to last year CPU 11. Minimal perf. hit on CPU compared to other ryzen laptops in exchange for higher portability 12. Minimal reflection even on glossy screen 13. OLED Burn in 14. 4070 gets beaten by 4060 laptops marginally due TGP - so the price of the 4070 might not be justified 15. No BIOS customization comparatively 16. Linux test gave speakers a hard time and some keyboard functions didn't work 17. Higher price compared to last year by a few hundred dollars

The 2023 base model in the US would usually go on a sale for $500 less than MSRP. It was 16gb RAM but wasn’t a problem since you could always upgrade it for just $40 more. Not with this you can’t.

That screen wobble though; noticed it every time Jarrod touched the desk or laptop.

I appreciate so much that you include brief Linux compatibility tests!

Magnificent review Jarrod sir. im glad that you released your review, at first i was kinda worried and actually couldn't believe those amazing temps for that slim design until you pointed the tdp. I think this laptop will be appealing for lots of ppl. i actually dont mind or feel any difference when i carry a bit ticker laptop. kinda feel like the g15 had the perfect thick to not slide from the hand by accident but that's a one in a 100 possibility, and just personal prefference. If i only had this laptop as a choice i have to say. its a fantastic choice. the tradeoff of less cpu power for more battery/betterthermals makes it good enough for me (i would still preffer the 2023 but man this one is prtty). because i know there are many thinner laptops out there also i dont like them that much for the thermals but if someone loves thin designs without wanting constantly 105 spikes and 89-95 avg temps.THIS is the laptop. i would gather more info from user experiences but atm and with this review, this laptop looks and sounds promising. I hope that the g16 and its vapour chamber does the trick, many thin laptops with nice gpus have bad thermals nowdays and some others have ultra spikes of 105 degrees but the laptop ultraUnderclocks so freaking hard to aggresively drop the temps to 30-40 not just to prevent damage but also to lower the Avg temps and make it look better than they actually are. cpus at 10w are actually performing really good now, glad to see that asus is not hiding anything and actually showing why they have those amazing temps and really nice performance and amazing battery AND Godlike speakers/Screen.

Looking forward to the G16 review. It has a higher TGP

Great review mate, very thorough

that looks really nice but my 2020 base model still going strong

Jared, you should recommend ghelper in these videos, as it makes these laptops so much better than stock.

I’ve been watching your video religiously for the last few months because it’s been 10 plus years since I’ve bought a new laptop. I tried out so many laptops but in the end, I just ended up with a gaming PC because let’s be for real, my old laptop just sat on my desk for its entirety of its lifetime lol

Hey Jarrod, always good to see your reviews as they are so in depth and helpful. Thanks to your testing methodology, I see from one video more than I can find out in a week. I got my one of these a week or two ago and was curious to see that UK models only have white backlight but are £2400. But all US models (I think) have 1 zone rgb and are considerably less. Aside from that I think it is a great unit overall. Speakers are absolutely magical, the screen is beautiful, keyboard is really pleasant to type on and makes me want to have excuses to type more on it. Basically a long way of saying thanks for your hard work, but thank you for your hard work 😂🤦

Amazing video as usual, and I really I appreciate that you included the 2021 G14 info as well, been on the fence on upgrading from my 2021 to 2023 g14 (I don't think I need a 4070 nor is it worth it and the 2024 460 variant isn't worth the extra money when the 2023 one constantly goes on sale and is basically the same spec) but honestly I think I'll stick with my 2021, it still holds up pretty well and meets all my game and work needs on the go as well as I'm still getting 8+ hours of battery life 2yrs in, maybe in another year or so I'll shoot for the 2023 version

Jarrod ! I knew you’d be honest in your review as always. Other reviewers take note. It’s okay to like a laptop but still point out the negatives, concerns, compromises present. I knew you’d be balanced for the viewer Superb review as always 👑

I was waiting for your review of this laptop :) Best reviews ever!

Thank you, Jarrod, for this useful video! I think in 2024 OLED is still a big scary issue with the possible pixel burn-in as a result of a static image being left on a display for a prolonged period...

Great in-depth review, as always 👍. Just got this new G14 with RTX 4060 and 32 GB of RAM. G14 2024 skews with RTX 4070 not available in Mainland China for some reason. Was considering between G14 and G16 a lot… Hope the review of this year’s G16 is coming soon also 😊.

Superb vid, waiting for the g16 review with a rtx 4080 or 4090

thanks for checking the linux distro on the laptop, it is the major thing I concern

Very cool, cleared your doubts. should we wait for a review on the 16 inch version with 4080 - 4090?

This is the first time ive been interested in a 16 inch version of a 14 inch laptop more since i always favoured or considered portability as a key factor. Any chances of a G16 review coming anytime soon? Great work btw youre the only youtuber i trust when it comes to buying laptops🙌👏

Hi Jarrod! Awesome video as always ❤️ Could you give any more insight into when and what causes the CPU to be limited at 12w? Is it when the GPU hits a certain temperature - or are there any other specific conditions that you noticed as a trigger for that limit? Certainly want to be able to optimize for best CPU performance when needed! Thanks!

Great improvements but still a shame about the keyboard lighting and screen wobble. I know these are small nitpicks but nevertheless they matter.

Thanks Jarrod!! I purchased a Legion Slim 5 14" based on your review, and after seeing this review, I have no regrets! The Asus would be $800 more than I paid with no real benefit other than G-Sync. I am surprised that the Asus w/ 4070 was only slightly ahead of the Legion Slim with a 4060.

I'm aware of the issues, but I'm hoping to get one for college in the next couple months especially if it goes on sale!! Just hoping for the black model to be sold in the US though.

Hey, Spanish audio translation is really helpful. Although i can speak English it's very uncomfortable having to translate to my brother all the time Big blessings from Cuba. As always god content on this channel

15:21 Hello to you too!

Would love to see you do a review of G16 as well, perhaps with a 32 GB RAM? Also, can you also include a view/perspective on these from an advanced productivity kind of work? Say as compared to Dell's XPS for that kind of use case?

Honestly despite initial high pricing, the performance tradeoff for a sleeker chassis and superior speakers is well worth it to me! As long as it can game more than decently I won't complain at all. Especially considering those temps.

That battery life, wow! And the temps are surprisingly good too. But then again, 12W at 2500MHz is a low wattage to run the CPU at. Seems to work decent in games though, maybe a better CPU bin like you said. Plus just AMD efficiency. Overall pretty impressive, and in the US it’s a similar price to last year’s model. Just a huge shame they didn’t make a slightly thicker 4080/4090 version.

Wow, fair review and some basic * Linux testing. I knew I loved this channel. Great work! (whoa, also, I have an idea for you - I could build you custom ISOs with latest kernels that boot into some benchmark / auto-demo - I have done this sort of thing lots of times)

Considering returning the 2024 G14 I just got because of fan issues. When one of the fans spins up a loud "clunk" noise is made. When doing productivity loads this is really annoying, as the fan will kick in every few minutes. I've seen several threads/comments discussing similar issues. Inexcusable for quality control on a premium product to be so lax.

for the linux support part of the video, the lack of audio option probably has to do with being a live image and not actually installed and for the shortcuts installing asusctl would most likely fix it

Hows its Battery performance on video editing compared to Macbook m3? Thanks!

that screen REALLY wobbles - eek. Not sure I want to deal with that. They spent the time and money upgrading to milled aluminum - why didn't they tighten up the hinge? So weird. Great review, as always.

Hi Jarrod! Great review as always. In the Linux section, I would suggest you to also test sleep/wake functionality on laptops since on some laptops its broken and you have to restart the whole pc to fix it

Any plans of reviewing Meteor Lake laptops?

Thankyou your work, especially linux test. I always need it but nomaly nobody do that.

18:13 and before too, but in this section for red dead redemption, you appear to be showing the 1080p numbers but saying 1440p out loud and vice versa. Little confusing though, but otherwise, very helpful and insightful video!

Hi Jareod if you put the G14 side by side with Razer blade 14 which one will be thinner? Specs says g14 have lower height at 0.64 than the blade 14 but looking at it in videos, it seems to be higher of the ground than a blade 14.

It's true abt the memory options mostly being 32 gig in some regions. Up here in Canada, preorders so far only seem to have that. It makes one wonder though: given the tdp, how different would the 4070 have vs the 4060? As always, thanks so much for testing all this and all this info.

Hey Jarrod, can you also review the problems with the Asus Tuff FX505? That's the only laptop within my range of budget right now

Just a question What do you do with all these laptops after you're done making a video?🤔

Banger video as always ! Any chance you'll get the new Lenovo Legion 7i for review ( the non-pro model ) and if so, when can we expect a review ? I'm really curious how the 14900HX behaves in a under 2 cm chasis. Thanks !

You're really putting the effort into your latest videos!!! It must be pretty hard to find something to be angry about 2024's best laptop to justify a clickbait title :P

You're the best in the business, Jarrod! G16 review coming soon? Interested in the impact of Intel.

If this ends up completely replacing the Zenbook Pro 14 2023 I hope next revision of the G14 has touchscreen, because that was my main interest when getting the ZP14

I wonder if you know whether I can replace my g14 2024's current 1x16 gigs ram with 1x32 gigs ram or not. Also, what should I be considering if I'm able to that? (dual-channel, max capacity etc.)

Great update to the chassis/design; shame about the lower performance from last year.

Legion - 13650h and Ryzen 7 7840hs - both regular and slim models have had price drops in India. Selling at around 130k INR. Good to purchase ?

Which is that laptop support? It looks cool

Watching on my new 2024 G14, audio from these speakers sounds 🔥

Hi Jarrod. Do you have recommendations for a non-mac equivalent for mac laptops? Basically thin and sleek with a good battery life? I am looking for something that's slim but want to avoid apple and gaming laptops/loud fans under load. Equivalent specs (as close as possible) of a mac, but its not a mac. Thank you!

Does higher brightness levels cause colors washing out? I’ve noticed this in other asus oleds.

Since you examined both computers, I wanted to ask you. There is a significant difference between the ASUS Zenbook 14 OLED and the price. Zenbook also uses the same processor in this computer, and the only difference between them is this graphics card. I am someone who uses Adobe Premier Pro to process videos. Do you think it will upset me in terms of rendering time if I try to process 8K videos on my Zenbook? It wouldn't be a problem if we say one is 10 minutes and the other is half an hour, but will I see times like one is 10 minutes and the other is 4-5 hours? I would be happy if you answer.

Jarrod makes the best laptop reviews!

Is it possible for you to publish the entire list of battery life that includes all the reviews you've done. I have a razer blade 14 (2022), so it's hard to figure out if my laptop is lower than the 2023 placement and if so, how low.

I want to use this to start streaming just for the beginning is it a good idea ?

I'm going for framework on my next laptop purchase. Modularity and upgradability matters more that form factor at this point.

Well this section looks educated on gaming laptops. So I have a question, I am planning to buy my first gaming laptop. My main purpose is watching content and occasional gaming. I thought of buying Galaxy book 4 pro but G16 excites me more. Any suggestions?

I'm not a fan of the diagonal stripe. I would rather not have it to look even more discrete.

I have time, I'll be picking it up during a sale. :) Loved the review btw! Very thorough!

...the screen is wobbling even with jarrod just sitting next to it talking. Thats really, really bad.

Which do you think would be a better buy in terms of gaming performance? The 2022 Razarblade 14 3080ti for $1799.99 or wait for a 2024 g14 4070 restock at $1999.99? I like the oled screen, design, portability and battery life of the 2024 g14 but am unsure how i feel about the 4070 8gb.. the 2022 razer 14 has a 3080ti with 12gb. I plan on playing mostly on the laptop itself but occasionally would like to play 4k on a 65" lg oled

Can you please review the g18 and put the thermals on a chart comparing all laptopts to see wich one is better than others

Hello, thank you for these videos, I'm looking for a notebook and I have chosen different models: Lenovo Legion Slim 5 14.5 vs Asus G14 2024 vs Legion Slim 7 with Intel (I couldn't find the AMD at a good price) all with 4060 graphics. Any recommendations? I like the slim 14 and the size is perfect but the sound is bad approximately 1500 euros the slim 7 has intel with better sound with a 16 screen it is not oled I think the version I saw at the price is the 240hz one 1800 euros and finally the asus G14 is about 2000 euros and has good sound thanks and regards

Are we going to get a review of the g16 with the vapor chamber?

can you do a video explian laptop displays, like the difference between wqhd and rog nebula displays?

Hey mate, sorry it's not related to the video, but I would appreciate your advice. I need a new laptop, and for my budget, I can get same spec machines with either a 3080ti or 4060.. The 16gig is great but the 40 has frame gen and runs cooler etc. I don't know what to do lol. Thank you

So slimmer, lighter and more portable but less powerful. I think people who got last year's model shouldn't upgrade unless you need those builds and super portability. The 2023 models at least got upgradeable RAM. Not a worthy upgrade but still cool looking considering how slim it is.

Are they making variations or there are old models of G14-16?

Still leaning more in to OMEN Transcend 14

Now this would be a perfect laptop for me but not having a 2nd ssd slot is a bit of a deal breaker for me but damn that battery life has got me second guessing

Will you do a reveiw on the G16?

just quick question - did you perform Latencymon on battery? and what power mode options you had? the reason I'm asking is because I'm planning to move to winbook and use it with Ableton Live and portable external audio interface with midi keyboard for making some music on the go. Want to understand whether is a good or bad idea to switch to this laptop because i.e. Razer Blade 14 with Ryzen 7000 only showed good values for latency with audio interface and without it only with connected power cable. Playing with power modes in Synapse didn't make much difference (was on latest official drivers and windows 11 pro version). If you have some external audio intefrace can you pls do this test on battery and verify whether LatencyMon is still "in green area" or not with Asio? You even cannot imagine how many musicians actually watching your videos, because at least me and 3 my good friends are both musicians and games ... and we ****ing struggle because we have to stick with Macbook for music produdction (because of very specific behavior of ASIO and audio interfaces on gaming laptops) and having PC/gaming laptop for gaming ... or haging just PC for both gaming and music production but you loose portability which gives you simple Macbook Air m1 16GB (which is pretty cheap option) as well as actually some performance in terms of music production i.e. in Ableton Live. So if you can make additional tests for musicians as well - that would be great. Or at least tell what you used during latencymon current test (which power profile in windows/asus software, was it on battery or not). If we speak about "on-the-go" case for musicians on battery this usually means: - laptop on battery - external audio interface with latest propreatary ASIO drivers installed - bitrate samplerate set to 24bit 96kHz for record sessions (or 48kHz for live perfomance, but actually nowadays many do live performances in Ableton Live using 96 kHz on macbooks without any problems) with buffer size about 128-256 (or any which will give latency about 3-4 ms) - 5-10 mins test in LatencyMon (of course you should disable laptop/screen sleep for this at least) P.S.: And yeah, GPU settings (optimus enabled or not) also matters in these tests, because i.e. on Razer Blade 14 with Ryzen it worked better with Optimus and power cable enabled, while without power cable (any, even powerbank with type-c 100W PD helped) and without Nvidia Optimus (Discrete Only) it gave problems in LatencyMon (with only exception with Discrete Only and original power cable on) :)

i dont know how you get basically 10-11 hours on youtube with the g14 2022, currently with this i only get estimated 2hrs 30 minutes from a 90% charged battery, with the device on silent and eco mode on

Nice review thanks without 64gb it is a no go for me unfortunately but great info.

Jarrod? When will you review Asus rog Zephyrus g16? Thanks ❤

Saw the price in my country and it's about 2.150 USD for 4060 model and 16GB soldered RAM. Definitely liking the sleek look, but the price is just.... (waiting for OMEN 14 price here)

Please review Predator Helios Neo 16 2024 build quality/touchpad/hinge and all that when it becomes available .

Thanks for the video! I think this is good for people who want a low profile and smooth experience for some graphic design and video editing. Maybe some gaming too. Nonetheless, 2023's model looks way more attractive now. Hopefully they'll be cheaper now that this one's out.

It's a fine laptop, if you don't look at the retail price. Those wanting these specs should wait for a sale, or look for last year's option or the legion 14" OLED if you have to buy now

It just feels a bit sad they removed vapor chamber, otherwise we may get lower temp with less fan noise

How do you think it compares to Legion Slim 5 14 inch model?

Given the fact that Lenovo 14 is only 1050 regularly, it's a much better deal as the only reason to choose the g14 was the expandable ram slot

where to get that beautiful wallpaper?

Hi Jarrod, i have a question. I am struggling to choose between the Lenovo Yoga pro 9i and the zephyrus g16. Any advice? I game, but not a lot. It will mostly be used for 3d je, foto editing and graphic work.

102W combined CPU and GPU? Where's the rest of 78W going? Can you unlock this limit? And can the CPU use more watts if you limit the GPU? Very important for competitive titles

Can you do an in-depth review for the 2024 Asus G16?

Jarrod:'just talking' Zephyrus: wobbling uncontrolaboly

For the same price you can get a Lenovo Legion 7i with the 4080, go for that. (you can get it on sale for $2100 often). Just ordered mine, waiting for it to arrive.

looking forward for high tier new G16 with 4090 gpu review

I'm looking for a new laptop for this summer and the G14 is shaping up to be my choice. Not only is it powerful enough for what I want to do, but it also looks like a professional laptop (none of the cheap-looking, over-the-top RGB lights on the back or angular graphics you find on most gaming laptops). A great computer.

Can recomend what brand themal paste is good??

is it possible to fix the screen wobble by tightening screws or is it impossible without changing the hinges?

This was a contender for my next computer, but the legion series has PHENOMENAL build quality, better specs for the same or less, better io layout, etc. I got the legion yesterday. Maybe this thing is more because of the slightly higher res screen and compact design, but I still think the legion series is better than this specific asus line

Any other AMD based laptop with OLED 14/15'' I should be aware of? Both dedicated and APU. I have been looking at Lenovo too but I can't decide.

19:29 For linux support test, i think arch would be better candidate because it's bleeding edge so maybe arch have drivers for unsupported things from Ubuntu.

Is the bottom panel aluminum this time or still plastic?