Good place to get a ASUS ROG Zephyrus G14 Laptop

BenEdwards

Amazon has good prices but I am a bit nervous regarding if they honour the warranty properly.  I would love to get it from John Lewis as I have had exceln support from them in terms of them replacing a Fitbit which was almost a year old. They just replaced it without any hassle.

So are Amazon good in this respect or is there anyone else I could try (who have great warranty support).

Ben

Neil_Jones

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/help/customer/display.html?nodeId=201819360 - "Some products sold directly by Amazon.co.uk and Warehouse Deals that are covered under a manufacturer's warranty may be eligible for repair by a third-party repair service provider authorised by select manufacturers to repair their products."

(need to check you're buying from Amazon directly and not the marketplace)

Cisco001

Just to remind you G14 do not have webcam...
Which spec are you going for?

BenEdwards

ASUS Zephyrus G14 GA401IV 14" Full HD 120Hz Gaming Laptop (AMD Ryzen 7 4800HS, Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060 6GB, 16GB RAM, 512GB M.2 NVMe PCIe 3.0 SSD

Seems like a sweet spot and is anyway near the top of my budget.

I realise there is no webcam but there is not a 14" anywhere near the G14 for price/performance.  going for the 2060 as I am using it for video editing.

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BenEdwards said:

ASUS Zephyrus G14 GA401IV 14" Full HD 120Hz Gaming Laptop (AMD Ryzen 7 4800HS, Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060 6GB, 16GB RAM, 512GB M.2 NVMe PCIe 3.0 SSD

Seems like a sweet spot and is anyway near the top of my budget.

I realise there is no webcam but there is not a 14" anywhere near the G14 for price/performance.  going for the 2060 as I am using it for video editing.

If you are serious about video editing then a laptop isn't the best choice of device, are you certain you need a laptop rather than a desktop PC? If you are in need of a 2060 for video editing then you must be doing some serious workload.

Encoding a large HD video will run the CPU/GPU at near 100% for long periods - it is more intensive than gaming:

• The heat generated in the laptop will make it really uncomfortable, reviews show your model hitting temperatures of 59C on some parts of the base
• And the fans will be really noisy at full pelt 
• The CPU/GPU will most likely throttle at some point - you might only get a few minutes at full performance before thermal throttling comes in cuts the boost speeds back - the review suggests the CPU quickly slowed from 4.2GHz to 3.4GHz then down to stock 2.9Ghz after longer periods on high loads.

The screen is a handicap:

• Video editing is optimal with lots of large screen space so you can have multiple previews, timelines and extensive tools bars on screen - 14" / 1080p is very cramped for all that.
• The screen isn't the brightest either - average 257 nits

Then some other factors:

• Running on battery will throttle everything back and then will only last about 1-2 hours if running high workload
• The disk is pretty small for video work - thinking of the high workload that demands a 2060 GPU could be looking at 100-200GB 4K videos files and there isn't an option for a second drive

I just think there are too many compromises being made and you have focussed on the 2060 for video editing when there are lots of other factors that make you more productive at video editing.

Much of the video editing process isn't CPU/GPU intensive, it is sheer hard work with hand/eyes using a large hi res screen /  good keyboard / mouse to do the cropping / splicing / effects etc with the final encoding job at the end being the most CPU/GPU intensive, at which point most users take a break and let the PC do it's work unattended or work on another video edit task so the time it takes to encode doesn't matter that much unless you are working to professional deadlines.

deannagone

In support of the above, I just don't buy laptops.  I always buy/build pc's because with a laptop if there are problems it has to go back to a repair shop and something major needs to be done to the motherboard.  Where as with a PC, I can just order a component and replace it myself - and much quicker.  I seem to see people having far more problems with laptops than I ever have with my pc.  My two sons have high end pcs and if I need to upgrade them its far easier.  No need to buy a new laptop every couple of years as long as the PC has some future proofing (can do more than you need right now).