Overheating almost to 100 degrees.... even after undervolting -80

2026-03-04    -Nikolay T.

Everything is amazing in the laptop, It run all games well and work good and look good as well BUT it keep overheating no matter what I do! I even got a thermal pad but it doesnt help it and even undervolting it doesnt really give me a lot differance other then games start to stutter! would be a 5/5 if not the overheating issue which I know how to fix.... BUT Repasting it will VOID WARRANTY! so I will not do it and suffer.

1.0 out of 5 stars Asus CS Fans not covered under 1yr warranty

2025-12-28    -Steven M

This review is not about the laptop but about Asus customer service. One the fans the bearing went out about a month or so after purchase. The fan is still operational but noisy. I contacted Asus and I was advised that fans are not covered under the 1 year warranty. For the price of this laptop this is BS. The laptop is not even 3 months old when this occured. It's a gaming laptop so it sits in a clean well ventilated area.Asus emailed me a link to buy the fan which was marked up already and with the shipping the replacement fan ended up being close to $60.00 to get the exact part from their recommended parts distributor. Just know, I will keep this in mind for future purchases from Asus. I own Asus monitors, routers, previous gaming laptops from Asus. So if you want to repair the damage done, Asus can send me a check for the cost of replacement fan. If not, that's okay to there are plenty of other manufacturers out there.

5.0 out of 5 stars Powerhouse 'gaming quality' laptop PC; $$(pricey)

2026-02-21    -Robin D

Decent, if overpriced laptop. This 2024 version has an Intel 14900HX CPU and the nVidia RTX 4080 laptop GPU w/12GB DDR6 video memory, 32 GB DDR5 SO-DIMM system memory; comes with 1TB SK hynix NVME SSD, I added a second NVME myself (Samsung 990Evo 2TB) for storage. The screen is nice, high refresh rate but only 16" so a come down from my desktop system's large 4K. Nonetheless, it looks great. Some minor scaling issues, but that was software based and seems to be solved. Heat has been an issue, so I got a laptop cooling 'pad' w/ 2 fans and it's doing better. Seems to run cooler, just noisy (but wearing headphones I hardly notice it). If it's throttling at the higher temps, I haven't noticed it in performance during gaming. I used it a lot at the beginning, but then switched to my desktop when I upgraded that (finally). Still, I'm glad I have it for when I have to travel. I've not had any failure so far.

Overheating almost to 100 degrees.... even after undervolting -80

2026-01-11    -Nikolay T.

Everything is amazing in the laptop, It run all games well and work good and look good as well BUT it keep overheating no matter what I do! I even got a thermal pad but it doesnt help it and even undervolting it doesnt really give me a lot differance other then games start to stutter! would be a 5/5 if not the overheating issue which I know how to fix.... BUT Repasting it will VOID WARRANTY! so I will not do it and suffer.

5.0 out of 5 stars Top notch performance

2026-02-12    -Fatt Matt

Runs fast and stays cool. Fans aren't too loud. Beautiful and bright display. It's very well built using high quality plastic. Super easy to expand storage and memory. Lots of RGB to play around with. Performs great even when running on the battery. Battery can last up to 6 hours with things like web browsing. Nice built in speakers, they get pretty loud for a laptop and have decent bass.

5.0 out of 5 stars This thing is gorgeous

2026-01-09    -Mr. Solis

The media could not be loaded. The whole machine looks awesome, it's a joy of colors especially in the dark, I got the scar 16 with the i9 14th gen and the 4080, it can handle everything, in games I play everything at max, I don't even bother to lower the settings, nvidia dlss and frame generation takes the experience to another level, the only game that I touch settings is fortnite so I can play always at 240fps, the screen looks amazing, it is very bright, even at daylight you can see it perfectly, at night I always have it at minimun since it's very bright, I know there is certain concern about coil whine in some units, but on mine there is not such thing, I kinda heard it a the very first days of owning it but now it is kind of heardless or gone.Recently I have seen some videos of complaints about asus's warranty and their products, but also they have some of the nicests and top notch devices, and they are always trying to be at the top along with other companies.So far I haven't have any issues with it, I used to have another asus laptop which I got like 10 years ago, and I never had any problems with it aside from getting outdated for the new games and programs.This new laptop it's quite expensive but the effort was totally worth it.

1.0 out of 5 stars Asus CS Fans not covered under 1yr warranty

2026-01-05    -Steven M

This review is not about the laptop but about Asus customer service. One the fans the bearing went out about a month or so after purchase. The fan is still operational but noisy. I contacted Asus and I was advised that fans are not covered under the 1 year warranty. For the price of this laptop this is BS. The laptop is not even 3 months old when this occured. It's a gaming laptop so it sits in a clean well ventilated area.Asus emailed me a link to buy the fan which was marked up already and with the shipping the replacement fan ended up being close to $60.00 to get the exact part from their recommended parts distributor. Just know, I will keep this in mind for future purchases from Asus. I own Asus monitors, routers, previous gaming laptops from Asus. So if you want to repair the damage done, Asus can send me a check for the cost of replacement fan. If not, that's okay to there are plenty of other manufacturers out there.

No power on battery.

2025-12-22    -Llama

As the title says. When unplugged it shut down. Returned it and they wouldn’t give me my money back. Had to get my bank involved. Would not recommend amazons terrible customer service.

5.0 out of 5 stars This thing is gorgeous

2026-02-08    -Mr. Solis

The media could not be loaded. The whole machine looks awesome, it's a joy of colors especially in the dark, I got the scar 16 with the i9 14th gen and the 4080, it can handle everything, in games I play everything at max, I don't even bother to lower the settings, nvidia dlss and frame generation takes the experience to another level, the only game that I touch settings is fortnite so I can play always at 240fps, the screen looks amazing, it is very bright, even at daylight you can see it perfectly, at night I always have it at minimun since it's very bright, I know there is certain concern about coil whine in some units, but on mine there is not such thing, I kinda heard it a the very first days of owning it but now it is kind of heardless or gone.Recently I have seen some videos of complaints about asus's warranty and their products, but also they have some of the nicests and top notch devices, and they are always trying to be at the top along with other companies.So far I haven't have any issues with it, I used to have another asus laptop which I got like 10 years ago, and I never had any problems with it aside from getting outdated for the new games and programs.This new laptop it's quite expensive but the effort was totally worth it.

5.0 out of 5 stars Powerhouse 'gaming quality' laptop PC; $$(pricey)

2026-02-14    -Robin D

Decent, if overpriced laptop. This 2024 version has an Intel 14900HX CPU and the nVidia RTX 4080 laptop GPU w/12GB DDR6 video memory, 32 GB DDR5 SO-DIMM system memory; comes with 1TB SK hynix NVME SSD, I added a second NVME myself (Samsung 990Evo 2TB) for storage. The screen is nice, high refresh rate but only 16" so a come down from my desktop system's large 4K. Nonetheless, it looks great. Some minor scaling issues, but that was software based and seems to be solved. Heat has been an issue, so I got a laptop cooling 'pad' w/ 2 fans and it's doing better. Seems to run cooler, just noisy (but wearing headphones I hardly notice it). If it's throttling at the higher temps, I haven't noticed it in performance during gaming. I used it a lot at the beginning, but then switched to my desktop when I upgraded that (finally). Still, I'm glad I have it for when I have to travel. I've not had any failure so far.