this is the Asus tough gaming laptop
F-15 and its price point its specs and
the performance all encapsulated is a
really good value if you can find it at
the right sale I got to test out this
laptop and I've thoroughly enjoyed every
single moment of it and we're going to
be going over the details of this today
especially since I just came off of
review fresh of the Lenovo IdeaPad
gaming 3. I have some comparative data
to go through on a laptop that's in a
similar price point with a similar spec
sheet and I can say that this one can
handedly beat it out however you do have
to keep in mind what the price is right
now and what the sale price will be when
you might consider picking it up and
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description in case you are thinking
about picking this thing up but looking
at the specs what we have in this
version of the F-15 because there are
multiple different iterations is the I5
11400h version that also has eight
gigabytes of ddr4 3200 megahertz Ram it
has a 5 112 gig nvme SSD as well as an
RTX 3050 but you also get a 1080p 144
Hertz adaptive sync display which
wrapped up into the total package I
actually bought this laptop myself for
the price point of 599 dollars which is
the exact same price point that I got
the IdeaPad Gaming 3 for however that
sale has since ended and is currently
running for 7.99 so it's a little bit
more expensive but if you can find it at
the right deal this thing is incredible
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today's video so I mentioned the spec
sheet on the Asus talk gaming F15 but it
doesn't just come down to that because
anybody can slap Parts into a laptop it
also comes down to the build quality as
well as the other features that laptop
tends to offer and this thing hits good
in nearly every single Mark besides one
which we'll talk about in a second but
the screen is actually surprisingly
bright and decent it doesn't get up to
HDR levels of brightness but again at
the price point 1080p 144 Hertz games
look smooth the response time is
impressive it's got an anti-glare
coating and has 62 percent of the srgb
color space which is not great for
professional reasons but will be
sufficient for a gaming laptop in case
you considering picking that up
additionally with the processor that's
in here the I5 11 400h it actually runs
at the full 45 watt spec whereas there's
a reduced version that Intel also sells
but you get the full performance out of
this one as far as connectivity and I O
there's plenty to go around you've got
Wi-Fi ax and a 2x2 setup with Bluetooth
5.2 then on the left hand side you've
got power in gigabit Ethernet HDMI 2.1
two USB a ports at five gigabits per
second and a thunderbolt 4 Port which
helps to open up a lot of opportunities
for this laptop right here as well as a
headset Port all on that same side on
the other side you only get one usba
port but you do have a ton of
connectivity options between the two
sides Thunderbolt allows you to
introduce docs as well as e-gpus which
the six core 12 thread 11400h will be
able to handle some decent high-speed
graphics cards in case the RTX 3050
that's in here isn't good enough for you
but also the build quality on this thing
is super solid it weighs in at about
five pounds so it's definitely Hefty but
it has a nice brushed metallic finish
it's got got gorgeous copper heat pipes
on the underside it's thick it's stable
it doesn't feel like it's going to break
under any sort of regular use so
transporting this to classes if you're
in college should probably be fun also
the keyboard's good to use it's chicklet
but it does have this nice RGB underglow
in case you're looking for that gamer
aesthetic in case you're not you can
turn it off but it does work well and
then the touchpad has dedicated click
buttons which I'm always a huge fan of
and I think definitely deserve to be on
a gaming laptop the speakers also good
you've got two two and a half speakers
located on either side of the laptop
they produce very good sound all the way
up to full volume it's Crystal Clear it
is lacking a little bit in bass but you
tend to expect that at this price point
the webcam and mic also serviceable take
a look the webcam and mic are good the
microphone is a little tinny but can
actually distinctly pick up your voice
even in a room scenario it does have a
little bit of noise when you're typing
on the keyboard but for just regular
video meetings it will work the only
downside I can see with the cam camera
is that it has a real hard time
adjusting to any lighting changes
eventually this will normal out and I
will not be horrifically Overexposed as
you can see the exposure is coming down
a little bit but it does take a little
bit make sure all of your changes are
done before you're in your meeting
because otherwise this laptop is going
to create a rough time for your visuals
and then Asus doesn't load this full of
bloatware either like certain other
laptop manufacturers you do have your My
ASU Suite which they try to get you into
as well as Microsoft 365 but other than
that it's a pretty stock Windows
Experience now the biggest downside of
this laptop is I have to say battery
life there are two different versions
there's one with the 48 watt hour
battery which is the one we have here as
well as one with a 90 watt hour battery
but the 48 watt hour battery just not
great in my battery life testing we only
got like three hours and six minutes
which is not a ton it's about an hour
less than the IdeaPad Gaming 3 with its
ryzen 5 processor so you probably want
to stay a little bit closer to the wall
with your 180 watt power connector but
this laptop doesn't stop at its spec
sheet if you look under the hood you
actually have some upgrade ability you
have two ram laptop spots so you can
upgrade the laptop to a higher Rim
capacity if you want this one's only
using a single stick so it's not in dual
Channel but you could potentially
upgrade that later on down the line if
you want to save some money right now or
you could pick up a 30 kit that's at
Best Buy with a link in our video
description additionally it has a second
nvme slot in case you want to add in
more storage and don't want to be
limited by that 512 gig option but
compared to the Lenovo IdeaPad gaming 3.
it's got double the storage capacity at
the same price and also has a faster
screen it is a little lacking the GPU
but I will mention the benchmarks in a
second and you'll find that that's
actually not a problem so now let's talk
about where this bad boy shines which is
in the gaming Department again compared
to the Lenovo IdeaPad Gaming 3 this
thing walks all over it simply because
of one reason and that is by default the
laptop does not take up two gigabytes of
RAM for the integrated GPU the IdeaPad
Gaming 3 has that issue so at eight
gigabytes you are getting significantly
worse experience because you're a ram
bottleneck so a ram upgrade is more
necessary however even though this
laptop has a slower GPU it beat it out
in all of the testing in Modern Warfare
2 a 1080p medium we average 72.9 FPS CS
go we managed 165 FPS in cyberpunk 2077
we hit 55.8 FPS God of War it was 55.1
Spider-Man was a little bit more tricky
and came in at 39.5 The Witcher 3
averaged 75.8 and fortnite in 1080P
performance mode hit 150 FPS taking full
advantage of the 144 Hertz display
that's on this laptop now the only thing
that this laptop does worsen is thermals
because the CPU definitely gets a lot
hotter than the ryzen 5 that's on the ID
idea pad Gaming 3 because we averaged
around 90 degrees Celsius on the CPU in
all of our testing and the GPU was at 76
degrees the fan noise honestly wasn't
really a problem it sounded just about
as loud as the idea pad Gaming 3 and it
can keep it relatively cool you're not
really going to burn yourself on it but
it doesn't really stay as calm and
collected as the IdeaPad Gaming 3 did so
you can see in benchmarks this 3050 beat
a laptop with a 3050 TI by 10 to 40 FPS
because it's not Ram limited now there
are ways to fix that on the IdeaPad
Gaming 3 but just straight out of the
box this thing is going to be faster I'm
incredibly impressed with the Asus tough
gaming F15 it provides nearly everything
anybody could need in a budget gaming
laptop High refresh rate gaming enough
cores on the CPU to do any sort of
professional application upgradability
on the RAM and the SSD 144 Hertz display
this is enough to get any gamer started
and going in what ever they want to play
it honestly can handle AAA titles as
well as esport titles and again if you
can find it at the price point that I
did it's going to be a spicy onion for
you so we'll have links in the video
just for you to check it out in case you
want to watch the IdeaPad Gaming 3
review that we did recently you can
check out that video right up there and
until the next video I'll see you
friends cheers