ASUS ROG G750JH-DB71 17.3-Inch LaptopList Price :
Product Feature
- Intel Core i7-4700HQ 2.4GHz (Turbo 3.4GHz) Haswell
- 24 GB DDR3; HD Version
- 128GB SSD * 2 + 1TB 5400 RPM HDD
- 17.3-Inch Screen, Nvidia GTX780M 4GB GDDR5
- Windows 8, 3.5-hour battery life
- Amazon Sales Rank: #367 in Personal Computers
- Color: Black
- Brand: Asus
- Model: G750JH-DB71
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: .70" h x12.50" w x17.30" l,11.00 pounds
- CPU: Core i7-4700HQ 2.4 GHz
- Memory: 24GB DDR3 SDRAM
- Hard Disk: 1024GB
- Processors: 4
- Native resolution: 1920 x 1080
- Display size: 17.3
Product Reviews
63 of 66 people found the following review helpful.
By S. Davis
As I type this review on my new Asus G750JH-DB71 I can only smile. This is one bad boy notebook. While serious spec folks will scoff, it has a 7.9 Windows experience rating that means this laptop is at the top of the heap - for desktops. I am not a professional reviewer, just a hard core PC gamer, so bear with me. First off, the build quality has "Excellence" written all over it. It has the quality feel you would expect for a notebook of this caliber. No excuses, no compromise, just high quality. The specs are uber-impressive. All the ram you need, quad core badness and the best video card ever put in a laptop.
Gaming: All settings on high, frame rates of about 100 on the FPS games I play.
Heat: Incredibly good cooling through giant vents and you can just barely hear the fans kick on when they do.
Specs: Impressive for a gaming desktop, otherworldly for a gaming laptop.
Style: While I loved the orange and black paintjob on my old Asus G50-A1, this understated looking laptop won't pop as many eyes when you cart it into the coffee shop, but it is much classier.
Sound: This is important! The sound is the best I've EVER heard from laptop speakers. I've been used to carrying external speakers with me for movies, but that is no longer necessary. You can watch a movie and have incredibly loud sound with the built in speakers. The subwoofer is nice too.
Screen: Very nice. Clear, responsive and no dead pixels or other issues. Awesome.
Downsides: Windows 8. I installed a program called "start is back" on the pc and it looks just like Windows 7 while still keeping the Windows 8 features intact (if you're into that sort of thing). Only 4 USB ports. Come on laptop manufacturers, how about 6-8 USB ports? Everyone needs them you know. Battery life, but who cares? You can run this thing for about 3 hours unplugged which is pretty good for all the hardware you have packed in.
Yeah, this laptop is a little pricey, but for a Gaming Desktop Replacement it's right on the money. LOTS of extra features on this laptop compared to the less expensive models, which your average PC Gamer is going to LOVE! From the Killer Wireless to the Blu-ray burner to the twin SSD's running in raid and way more. Boots from cold in 24 seconds and resumes in 2 seconds. I can't imagine being without this beast - and I'm incredibly glad I bought it.
34 of 35 people found the following review helpful.
By Rizwan Wangde
I am a techie by profession. The only reason I wanted this machine was for Photoshop and for setting up multiple Virtual Machines and as my personal testing and training lab. I usually stick to my PlayStation when it comes to Gaming - but not anymore!
Firstly, let me share with you the saga of finally deciding to go for this Desktop Replacement Beast. I always wanted a powerful and a fast machine for my work.
Your computer is only as fast as the slowest component in it, which is usually the disk!
I first had a glimpse of the "MSI's GT70 Dragon Edition" which sported a "Super RAID 2" configuration which is basically 3 SSDs in RAID 0. I was sure then and there that this was something that will take performance to the next level (I am an Infrastructure related techie). Then there was the new Alienware ALW17, with many different configurations, also sporting an SSD (in RAID 0) config, but at exceptionally high prices (but I was ready to pay the price for the performance). And then there was ASUS G750 series, and the news of it's JH version which was yet to be released.
I waited patiently, till I could make a final decision - and what a painful time that was. I did a lot of digging on the MSI and ALW machines and made a pros and cons chart for them vs any of the existing ASUS G750 models at the time (JX). On it's release, I was immediately sold to ASUS G750JH and discarded the ALW17 and MSI GT70. Why?
1. I personally find the Stealth Fighter design of Asus much more sexier that ALW17 (100s of LEDs - not worth it) and the MSI (yuck)
2. The display on the G750JH is an upgraded version as compared to the JX version, and it scores more than the screens on both ALW17 and MSI GT70.
3. The best cooling system as compared to any of the others. Shockingly quiet even when I am playing games like Batman Arkham Origins, Crysis 3 etc.
4. Thunderbolt support, Great Sound, Killer™ Wireless-N
5. Perfect Value for Money. No nonsense stuff...
6. Sexy features - like the extended sleep mode...
Basically, you are getting the best of everything in one packed powerhouse. The ALW17 with the same specs was priced over 4000$. WHAAAAAAATTT??? :O
I cannot begin to express how fast and smooth the machine is. It's just soooo snappy, I click, and in the next milli second the action is complete. The other day, I was running 3 Virtual Machines (active) in the background, and playing Batman Arkham Origins at the same time. About the VMs, I created the 3 VMs in the same time I would create 1 VM on my older laptop. I am yet to work on Photoshop, but I am sure it will be a breeze...
In the end, I cant stop reciting the PROS here, and I am yet to find any CONS. Let me think hard.... 1 min... 5 mins... 10 mins... Nope, None whatsoever!!!
Great work ASUS!
11 of 12 people found the following review helpful.
By Rick
Having spent a few weeks researching and comparing this model to other GTX 780M equipped machines, I chose this model for the cost. It was less expensive then some of the competition for the included feature set. I read all the reviews here on Amazon and other places before making my decision. I will now share my experiences thus far with the system. This is the G750JH-DB71 non-3D screen (non 120Hz).
The machine was sufficiently packaged though I would probably have preferred it in some soft foam over cardboard to protect it in transit.
This machine replaced a ASUS G53SW machine and it is almost an inch longer, and a littler deeper (but it is a larger screen, so expected).
The machine is heavy, but this too, was well advertised.
The machine ships with Windows 8 and can be upgraded to 8.1 for free at the Microsoft store (which I did, no issues).
Screen: The machine's build quality appears ok with no apparent glaring issues from the onset. The screen is bright and clear with no apparent pixel issues. I do notice a tendency toward the cool side on the color temperature in normal settings. I have not noticed the banding others have mentioned yet, but have seen some flickering in certain areas in some programs (notably Amazon Cloud Player, in the dark grey areas).
RAM: 24GB of memory is more than enough (overkill for this machine for its intended purpose) so you will not have issues with needing extra memory for a while.
Disk: This is my #1 issue with the machine thus far. The RAID-0 mSATA array that the OS is on has a number of partitions on it for various recovery needs and other machine related reasons I am sure. The performance is exceptional. The usable partition on the machine for the C drive is 95GB in size and has only 40 or so remaining after preinstalled software and other things that one may wish to install. The remainder of this RAID-0 256GB chunk of space is assigned to F: and as 121GB free for you to install games or any other items you may wish on the SSD. I have found with Skyrim, Oblivion, and the ME trilogy installed on this volume, there is only 57GB free. This is hardly enough space to hold many more games which all are of significant size. The other installed disk is a 1TB 5400 RPM spindled disk that is partitioned into two 465GB chunks. The performance of this drive is relative to its design and not overly bad considering. I will be replacing it with an SSD in the future.
Graphics: Using FRAPS the machine constantly sits at 60FPS in all the games (I installed) except Skyrim where I was between 35-60 depending on scene. I know there are significantly more demanding games then I mention here, but these are my experiences.
Keyboard: Backlighting is good, and keyboard feels well constructed and does not flex when typed on (an issue I had with my previous ASUS model). That trackpad is huge and responsive with fairly soft switch activation on the buttons (but they have long travel). The offset arrow keys will be welcome to those who use them frequently.
Speakers: The speakers are decent sounding (better than my previous model) but not great. The subwoofer adds some presence, but again, not as rich as some have mentioned in reviews (at least in my experience).
Networking: In my testing I was able to mostly saturate my 25Mb/s broadband download speed with the Killer wireless adapter. I could not adequately test the range as I am close to my access point. The Gig Ethernet adapter also worked well and is what I use mostly.
Ports: There are 4 USB 3.0 ports which I have all used in my present configuration. The Thunderbolt port drives my 1440P monitor without issue, but performance out to this monitor suffers in frame rates (of what I use, mostly Skyrim). The HDMI port outputs 1080P to an LED TV or monitor and works well. The audio output jack is amplified and can be equalized with the Waves MAXX audio control panel that is preinstalled. The power adapter port is now near the rear and 90 degree angled to not get in the way (as in the old series, it did).
Battery: The battery will stay up for a few hours unless you attempt to do something to stress the machine, which without the power adapter attached, is throttled to not exceed the rated CPU speed (2.4GHz). The 780M consumes a lot of power under load and the 230W power brick provides what it needs.
The palm rest is nice and the addition of the Assassins Creed logo was not welcomed by many. I too wish it was not there, but I already do not notice it any more.
Overall, I am pleased with the purchase which Amazon delivered on time.
Why 4 stars only? The system disk is too small and the odd partitioning will be unwelcome to most of the techie crowd who buy this machine. I will eventually replace both the internal disks with normal SSDs.
I will be glad to answer any questions I can on it and follow up with more findings as I discover them though day-to-day use.
Hope this helps.
Update: 1/27/2014
Having had this machine for almost two weeks now, will update.
First I replaced the factory 1TB 5400 RPM secondary drive with a Samsung 840 EVO 1TB SSD. That made a significant difference in the overall performance.
Getting back to the machine itself, I neglected to mention the cooling system in my initial review. It is indeed as good as indicated in previous reviews and what you may have read elsewhere. The machine is near silent even when stressed on load and temperatures do not get anywhere near high limits.
In my earlier comments I made mention of the shimmering I noticed in grey areas of the screen. Upon closer examination, I am seeing that this shimmering is fairly global (across entire screen) when this moderate grey background color is on the screen. For Steam users, it is same as the background on the Steam screen. I am also seeing significant horizontal banding on the display at approximately 1/3" intervals top to bottom (I read other's reviews of this same issue). This is sadly a real annoying situation (especially the screen shimmer) and I am going to contact ASUS for guidance. Again, I only see these anomalies when the screen is displaying static neutral grey colors. I do not see it on full white or black situations, nor do I notice it during game play (too much activity to notice I think). I am also suspicious about the supposed 140 deg viewing angle, as I can move as little as about a foot off center and the display changes significantly.
I will update when I hear from ASUS.
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