 Hey guys, Thunder E here and today we're going to be talking about one laptop that really has taken things by storm this year. I'm talking about the ASUS Zephyrus G14. Now the G14 is an incredible piece of hardware. We've seen a few videos out there. If you haven't seen Linus's video with his breakdown on that, definitely check it out because he gives some really good in-depth look at what this device can actually do. I wouldn't talk about it from my perspective as a gamer and the games I like to play. But this probably is one of the best 14 inch or even 15 inch laptops out there period because of what it gives you in terms of performance and balance side by side. So looking at the specs comes in either white or black. I like the look is slim and slick, simplistic. It's also lightweight. It's something when you carry around with you, even if you're going to say a coffee shop or you're working at home or going to work, you can easily carry this around. It's got enough ports as well. You've got a DC port for power. You've got a HDMI port. You've got a USB Type-C port and then you've got headphone jack all on the left hand side. On the right hand side, you do have two USB-A ports 3.0 and a USB Type-C port as well. So you have that. There is no thunderbolts just because it's running an AMD processor. But that processor is all about the performance and boy, does this thing really kick it. It is the brand new 4000 series of 4900HS from AMD and this thing is a beast. Just looking at the CineBank R20 scores, it comes right underneath the Threadripper 1950X. This is an eight core laptop CPU by the way. Just think about it. Just think about that kind of performance you're getting from there. Now this is paired with a GTX 2060 Max-Q which I think is probably where some of the downsizing performance in terms of gaming is what you'll see. But that being said though, it comes in a massive battery in there giving you 10 hours of battery life. Yes, that's what they claim and honestly they hit that mark. The reason I say that is because this is something where you can game fully and get some really great performance, but also you can use this for 10 hours of just use. I mean, it's absolutely amazing that you can spend time and use it that way. Plus, it charges via USB type-C also. Not while you're gaming, you can use that. But if you had a coffee shop, you forgot your charger, you lost your charger, take your phone charger, use it. I like that thinking and to me that is where this stands out. Now in terms of gaming, which is what we care about here, this performs well. So starting off with Tomb Raider, right in the benchmarks of the game on this laptop, we started at Ultra settings to see how well it would do at the Max settings because of course we've had how good this laptop is in terms of performance. And we got about 88 frames per second on average on the benchmark. It's actually pretty good. 120Hz display, highest performance level. That's nice. Now, how about on high? On high, we eked out an extra two frames per second, it's average 90 or so. So not too much and I think some of that limitation comes from the fact that the GPU is a 2060 Max Q. So, you know, that's just what it is. Now, playing Call of Duty Warzone, ran all the updates, updated my drivers to the game drivers and this thing performed well up to 100 frames per second to some point spots. 90, between 80 and 90 on average, it ran really smooth and really well. I like the performance lack of slowdowns from this device altogether. Now the one thing you know is that this thing runs loud and it runs super hard because the performance this processor gives is really great but the cooling is something that I would like to see improvements. Now granted, the events everywhere and when you look at it in the internals, you can see the cool piping everywhere to ensure that this thing stays as cool as possible. While even gaming though, I mean it runs up the temperature like 120 maybe 124 depending on how long I play and that's something that you just have to understand you're going to get with this device. So when you open up the laptop and we look inside, it's got a nice touchpad, nothing too crazy about that. The keyboard layout is good. It feels a little bit softer first ticks I'm getting used to but I do like the keyboard as well. When Matthew Monos were like this, the stickers are all aligned quite properly. Now on top of the keyboard roll, you do have a volume down, volume up button, a mic button as well as a ROG button which opens up the ROG software app which allows you to customize of course the performance of this laptop with ease by just hitting the button. You can go and change from windows to silence to performance to turbo. You can look at what your temperatures are doing. CPU temperature didn't go past 90 in just peak performance for me so that's something to take note. I do like that quite well. I also like the way the vents show up on the back of the device and on the side, trying to cool it as much as possible. Again, you're not going to hear much while you're gaming because the speakers get drowned out with of course the cooling so you might definitely have to use a headset. The other thing also to know that it does have to be at most when you're listening to music or video, they sound pretty good. So yeah, there are a lot of things to like over this laptop but there's some things that I don't necessarily like. For instance, the GTX 2060 Maxx use the only graphics card you can do with it, use with it, which is why I would have liked to see something like a 2070 or even a 2080 as well which would definitely showcase the full performance range you're getting. Also, it only comes with 16GB of RAM. You can expand it but there's only one dim slot to expand so be very careful of how you do that. Plus, you also have the fact that it doesn't have a webcam. Now, I am a proponent of not having a webcam on a gaming laptop. I think it's fine but today's DNA, everything's been going on, it's really important to have that and that's something that is definitely needed so that's a little bit of a negative on there. But I think overall when you think about it compared to any other gaming laptop, this is the only gaming laptop that lasts for 10 hours in terms of battery life. Only gaming laptop that also can charge with a USB type C port. It's the only gaming laptop performance wise in the 14 inch or even 15 inch category that the AMD 4900HS does a fantastic job. And top it all off, it's priced at $1,499. It is probably the most cost effective, powerful gaming laptop. So for me, I want to see more AMD processors in gaming laptops especially with this kind of delivery option that they've given. You know, more from Asus, I love to see that from the other manufacturers as well. I think this is a great starting point. And if you're looking for a laptop that games, but also will serve all your needs for a long time. I use, I talk about this with laptops a lot. And usually from the perspective of something that's not really a gaming laptop to give you gaming performance, this machine is it. So if you guys have any questions or any comments about the Asus Zephyrus G14, let me know. Otherwise, don't forget to like, share, subscribe and always enjoy your entertainment.