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ASUS TUF F17 Gaming Laptop, Intel Core i5-11400H 11th Gen, 17.3-inch (43.94 cm) 144Hz, (8GB RAM/512GB SSD/4GB NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2050/Windows 11/ RGB Backlit KB/Black/2.30 kg), FX506HF-HX018W




BrandASUS
Model NameTUF Gaming
Screen Size17.3 Inches
ColourGraphite Black
Hard Disk Size512 GB
CPU ModelCore i5
RAM Memory Installed Size8 GB
Operating SystemWindows 11 Home
Special FeatureHD Audio, Backlit Keyboard, Anti Glare Coating
Graphics Card DescriptionDedicated

About this Item:

Processor: Intel Core i5-11400H Processor 2.7 GHz (12M Cache, up to 4.5 GHz, 6 Cores) improving multitasking performance & Designed to handle high loads
Storage: 512GB PCIe 3.0 NVMe M.2 SSD with additional 1x M.2 Slot for SSD Storage expansion | Memory: 16GB SO-DIMM DDR4 3200MHz Support Up to 32GB 2x SO-DIMM slots
Display: 17.3-inch (43.94 cm) FHD (1920 x 1080) 16:9 250nits, 144Hz Refresh Rate, vIPS-level Anti-glare display, Contrast Ratio: 1000:1 with Adaptive-Sync;
Operating System: Windows 11 Homewith Lifetime Validity
Battery Average Life: 48WHrs, 4S1P, 4-cell Li-ion | Up to 6 hours battery life; Note: Battery life depends on conditions of usage 6.0 Hours
Keyboard: Backlit Chiclet Keyboard 1-Zone RGB;Design: 2.28 ~ 2.45 cm Thin
I/O Port: 1x RJ45 LAN port, 1x Thunderbolt 4 support, DisplayPort, 3x USB 3.2 Gen 1 Type-A

Review about this product:


Looking Tough: A Big Screen Means a Big Laptop

As both a jumbo gaming laptop and a member of Asus' TUF product line, the Gaming F17 looks the part—a big, dark, seriously styled laptop that aims to convey a beefy, muscular energy. Some more expensive configurations may live up to that image, though our starter model masks some pretty modest parts (more on them in a minute).


The design also looks less impressive the closer you get. Even given the limited expectations of an economy laptop, the Asus' plastic chassis feels pretty cheap. The lid and deck offer two different spins on textured plastic, both aiming to imitate brushed metal, but neither good enough to fool the eye or to feel especially solid. If I paid for a more expensive configuration of this laptop, I'd be pretty underwhelmed by the build, though at our test model's price it's acceptable.


As you'd expect, the TUF Gaming F17 isn't remotely what we'd call a portable system. It measures 0.92 by ‎15.7 by 10.6 inches (HWD) and weighs 5.73 pounds. Some 17-inch laptops are heavier still, but it's still a drag to carry. Of course, Asus doesn't pretend this machine is a daily travel companion, but a mostly stationary desktop replacement that can be moved from room to room. To its credit, the AC adapter is reasonably sized, better than the gigantic thick bricks we see with some machines.


The upside of a bulky chassis is a roomy 17.3-inch IPS display. The big screen delivers a more desktop-like experience, and with full HD (1,920-by-1,080-pixel) resolution and a 144Hz refresh rate, it's well suited to gaming at mainstream frame rates.


Productivity Tests

The main benchmark of UL's PCMark 10 simulates a variety of real-world productivity and content-creation workflows to measure overall performance for office-centric tasks such as word processing, spreadsheeting, web browsing, and videoconferencing. We also run PCMark 10's Full System Drive test to assess the load time and throughput of a laptop's storage.


Three further benchmarks focus on the CPU, using all available cores and threads, to rate a PC's suitability for processor-intensive workloads. Maxon's Cinebench R23 uses that company's Cinema 4D engine to render a complex scene, while Primate Labs' Geekbench 5.4 Pro simulates popular apps ranging from PDF rendering and speech recognition to machine learning. Finally, we use the open-source video transcoder HandBrake 1.4 to convert a 12-minute video clip from 4K to 1080p resolution (lower times are better).

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