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Asus TUF Gaming FX505GM-AL279T
ASUS
B07MWD86YZ


  • 849,97 £ / Cheapest Price on Internet


Brand: ASUS
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(Asus TUF Gaming FX505GM-AL279T)
  • 05 Feb 2020, Wed
Good budget gaming laptop
Reviewed on Amazon.co.uk

Purchased as an Amazon warehouse deal and was happy to receive one in what appeared to be as new condition.Upgraded the RAM to 16gb, although to be honest it is probably not needed. Yes, out of the box it runs hot but have downloaded Throttlestop (YouTube how to guides) which has helped a lot when gaming and bringing down those temps. Seems to handle everything thrown at it so far and I am very pleased with my purchase, especially as it was under £600.

Paul T
  • 05 Nov 2019, Tue
Great!
Reviewed on Amazon.co.uk

Great laptop, I use it for Destiny 2 mainly and get a solid 60fps at medium settings, has problems with over heating when playing for more than 2 hours but other than that it's amazing

Maher

  • 23 Oct 2019, Wed
To hot to handle
Reviewed on Amazon.co.uk

This is a nice looking laptop but many a rosey apple had a bad core. when I first opened the box I was so happy it looks cool and has such a wonderful spec. Sadly it gets hot very quickly (93c) playing wow, fans on full whack Yes you can play most games on this laptop but its going to thermal throttle to such an extent its not worth it. Its battery life mean it makes a poor daily driver I've read up and tried most of the cooling solutions I can find with little results. Short of purchasing a walk in freezer (Maybe if Santa is watching) its NOT and game machine.Given the choice I would not pick this laptop again.

Rev John
  • 11 Oct 2019, Fri
Great laptop overall
Reviewed on Amazon.co.uk

Laptop is great value for money especially after the discounted price from prime day. Good battery life on power saving mode with normal use. GPU and CPU great for gaming and general usage. Laptop does get very hot though. GPU would go up to 87 degrees C and CPU averages around 95 degrees while gaming. Would still recommend this laptop.

Divan
  • 20 Sep 2019, Fri
Buy CD reader separately
Reviewed on Amazon.co.uk

Great laptop, didn't realise it doesn't have a CD drive or SD card reader. Very fast start up and great graphics/colours.

Karpenter
  • 06 Sep 2019, Fri
Pleasantly surprised
Reviewed on Amazon.co.uk

There are more expensive options out there but I got this when Amazon had an offer on. More than good enough for the casual gamer, only the hard-core-all-settings-on-max folks may find it lacking. Fans are noisy and it gets rather hot when pushing it on the graphics front, but other than that I'm very happy with just how capable it is. I added another 8gb of RAM just because it was a cheap win to keep things running smoothly.

TallPaul
  • 31 Aug 2019, Sat
I love my new laptop!
Reviewed on Amazon.co.uk

I got this mainly for playing WOW and Overwatch. It runs everything so well and I am able to play many other games I couldn’t play on my old gaming laptop. I have had it for 2 months now and not had a single issue. It’s a really nice machine.

LisaMars
  • 23 Aug 2019, Fri
Battery
Reviewed on Amazon.co.uk

Mostly great but get a intermittent screen error on battery power.

Amazon Customer
  • 17 Aug 2019, Sat
Cheap and Powerful Laptop
Reviewed on Amazon.co.uk

I really like the screen of the laptop as it is 120hz screen. It has an awesome graphics card which can run most of the games that I play some including csgo, GTA 5, assassin's creed unity, AOT 2 and Fortnite all with good frame rate 60fps for high graphical games and 120fps for most e sports ready games

KaM1 神
  • 17 Aug 2019, Sat
It is good to me
Reviewed on Amazon.co.uk

I had one good review that was declined. So I am keeping it short this time. This is very good laptop and worth it’s price. Battery is drained fast but I will use it close to a socket most of the time and don’t think that will ever bother me

VesA.
  • 16 Aug 2019, Fri
This is one great laptop
Reviewed on Amazon.co.uk

Looks fantastic, with a red back light, we bought it for my Son as he needs a laptop for music production, as it has 2 fans it fits the bill for staying on a lot of the time, we saved money as well as was on Amazon Prime Day.

selena carey
  • 15 Aug 2019, Thu
4 Stars due to Heating concerns
Reviewed on Amazon.co.uk

I've come to discover temp issues when running at high specs on games, looking at temps as high as 92/93C - on the brink of damaging. Other than that it's a great piece of kit, and for the sales price I bought this at you won't find anything comparable at that price point. Another issue is the BIOS throttling when not plugged in, this is of course very common in laptops but the sheer noticeable significance is frustrating, even when I am not gaming.All in all a great laptop and the above issues are not enough to cause huge alarm but something to bear in mind for the real "techies" out there.

Marcus Carroll
  • 15 Aug 2019, Thu
Asus
Reviewed on Amazon.co.uk

Overall it is a great looking laptop but I hate having one note trying to back up all my documents and photo's - I blame Microsoft for this.I have having issues with a flickering screen and it is proving hard to resolve.

chimera

  • 06 Aug 2019, Tue
well built, good value
Reviewed on Amazon.co.uk

use for basic video editing in davinci resolve. Works well. solid built, quick enough for the price. does all I require

Amazon Customer
  • 05 Aug 2019, Mon
ONLY FX505GM-AL279T + Crucial CT8G4SFS8266 = Medium-high [email protected]+FPS
Reviewed on Amazon.co.uk

This model is the absolute sweet spot for medium to high gaming.When looking for reviews, ONLY check for the 17" or 15" version of the FX505GM. Other Models may not have a full 1060GTX, but either an AMD processor and Mobile GTX chip, or Mobile 1070 GTX with an AMD processor.This exact model has 8GB RAM and a Full 6GB GTX 1060. Adding another 8GB Crucial CT8G4SFS8266 to the spare slot (about £40, and confirmed compatible via Crucial website.), improves it to a 'Dual Channel Powerhouse', increasing all single channel review scores across the board by 10 to 20% dependant of workload.Not much diff between 17 and 15" other than power draw and weight. IPS screen colour is perfect for digital or fine print work. Three models tested. Acceptable bleed from all screens.Basically, anything with requirements under Witcher 3 Ultra+Hairworks + many HD texture mods will pump out a solid 60FPS. Apex Legends ran at 60. Dishonored, Slime Rancher, New Wolfensteins 1/2, Alien Isolation, AOE3, 60GB Bluray rips...Not my thing but: Fortnight and Apex hit 80 to 120. PUBG solid 60 with a few tweaks.GTA5 solid etc.Basic ports, basic sound, but perfectly balanced tech so nothing else is bottlenecked.Solid product. No regrets with this model +8GB.

Roughsleeper
  • 04 Aug 2019, Sun
Great Laptop Has Couple Downfalls.
Reviewed on Amazon.co.uk

The Pros:1: Great at handing 4k footage for video editing in primer pro and after effects (will probably upgrade the ram to be 16Gb though)2: The SSD, The speeds of the SSD are Blazing fast (Used Blackmagic disk speed test and was getting 1.4Gb Per second)3: Gaming on the laptop (Only played GTA 5, BO3 and Euro Truck Sim) GTA 5 on the Laptop runs around 60FPS give or take at high settings (No advanced setting touched) BO3 Was all High/Very High settings was getting 60/70FPS4: The Screen is Great panel found when doing any color work on it for photos/videos found it to be very accurate (not managed to test it properly with a screen calibration tools) but when viewing photos on other monitors and even prints they are very close.The Cons:1: BATTERY LIFE, while Gaming is less than an hour (video editing is around 2ish hours)2: SCREEN REFRESH RATES, so when I got the laptop and was unplugging the power I noticed the screen goes black for a couple of seconds same with plugging it in and I was confused by this then I notched the refresh rate of the screen seamed to drop so I opened the Intel graphics manger at it was dropping to 48Hz instead of 120HzSo whenever the laptop is on battery it drops to 48Hz which is very noticeable if it was going to drop wish it would drop to 60Hz min as 48Hz seems very laggy feeling but you can simply change it back to 120Hz but wish it would stay at that even after setting profiles in the Intel Graphics manager always drops to 48Hz on battery3. BLUE SCREENS, I have had this laptop blue screen 2/3 times over the last 2/3 weeks, not massive issue but is annoying found it blues screens if I was using the laptop and would go away and it would turn off the display I would move the mouse for it to come back and would blue screen HOWEVER after doing the newish windows update 1903 along with updating the Nvidia drivers (to update the drivers I had to reinstall them would not update with the default installed onesthe blue screen has seemed to of stop (from using it 1 week solid)4. TEMPERATURE, So

Darren
  • 29 Jul 2019, Mon
Decently priced for specification - Issues faced
Reviewed on Amazon.co.uk

-Overall verdict-The laptop is okay. The specification for both the sale and the original price (£899) for the i7/GTX 1060 version is insane, but plagued with hit-and-miss software issues such as blue screens, black screens and flickering, poor battery for even general browsing, and the limitation of a 1 year warranty with no possibility to extend it, leaves this laptop a volatile purchase. I returned my laptop to Amazon after 2 weeks.If you have any questions, right them in the comments of my review and I will try to answer them.-Background-I have been looking at buying a gaming laptop for the past 6 months, and have been looking at this laptop for around a month due to its combined CPU and GPU for its price. I managed to grab one during the sale for the discounted price from £899 to £779.This review is for the i7-8750, GTX 1060, 8GB Ram model, but there will be useful comments in this review that can relate to the other specifications.-Initial thoughts-It is light and thin. The structural materials despite the weight of the laptop being fairly standard. Most 15.6 inch laptops are around the 2.2k weight. Depending on what you are going for, this can be good and bad thing. For me, it does make me feel more conscious about using the device more freely as it feels prone to breaking versus my previous laptop that felt it was built like a tank. The screen specifically on this is /VERY/ prone to flex (bendiness), but the bezels are thin, so it is a trade-off for the price.The real value of the laptop - which is what I was seeking - is its specification. Take the specifications and put them into Google and you will yield some beefy results. Price-to-performance on paper, these laptops whatever the laptop specification you are looking at will be running good for the price they are going for versus their gaming laptop competitions such as HP, Dell, Razer, and ASUS’s gaming brand ROG. You will not find many GTX 1060 laptops - a 6GB version at that, not the underpowered 3GB version - under £1000 on the market, which is wha

Sam
  • 29 Jul 2019, Mon
Decently priced for specification - Issues faced
Reviewed on Amazon.co.uk

-Overall verdict-
The laptop is okay. The specification for both the sale and the original price (£899) for the i7/GTX 1060 version is insane, but plagued with hit-and-miss software issues such as blue screens, black screens and flickering, poor battery for even general browsing, and the limitation of a 1 year warranty with no possibility to extend it, leaves this laptop a volatile purchase. I returned my laptop to Amazon after 2 weeks.

If you have any questions, right them in the comments of my review and I will try to answer them.

-Background-
I have been looking at buying a gaming laptop for the past 6 months, and have been looking at this laptop for around a month due to its combined CPU and GPU for its price. I managed to grab one during the sale for the discounted price from £899 to £779.

This review is for the i7-8750, GTX 1060, 8GB Ram model, but there will be useful comments in this review that can relate to the other specifications.

-Initial thoughts-
It is light and thin. The structural materials despite the weight of the laptop being fairly standard. Most 15.6 inch laptops are around the 2.2k weight. Depending on what you are going for, this can be good and bad thing. For me, it does make me feel more conscious about using the device more freely as it feels prone to breaking versus my previous laptop that felt it was built like a tank. The screen specifically on this is /VERY/ prone to flex (bendiness), but the bezels are thin, so it is a trade-off for the price.

The real value of the laptop - which is what I was seeking - is its specification. Take the specifications and put them into Google and you will yield some beefy results. Price-to-performance on paper, these laptops whatever the laptop specification you are looking at will be running good for the price they are going for versus their gaming laptop competitions such as HP, Dell, Razer, and ASUS’s gaming brand ROG. You will not find many GTX 1060 laptops - a 6GB version at that, not the underpowered

Sam
  • 24 Jul 2019, Wed
Almost perfect
Reviewed on Amazon.co.uk

The laptop has nice designed looking and It is good to run most of my games in ultra high graphic quality, and worth the money. The only one problem, it’s easy to get very hot around keyboard when playing games in summer, so I am thinking about whether to get an gaming keyboard for it.

Hanhui Xie
  • 21 Jul 2019, Sun
12/10
Reviewed on Amazon.co.uk

really fast and beautiful. the only thing is the keyboard rack too narrow.

luke wong

Product Description

ASUS TUF Gaming FX505 will change the way you look at gaming laptops. It exceeds expectations, boasting impressive hardware and a compact, aggressively-designed chassis that's exceptionally tough. FX505 has a gaming desktop-inspired keyboard with red-backlit keys, a highlighted WASD key group, and Overstroke technology for fast and precise control. With a cutting-edge IPS-level NanoEdge display, and a MIL-STD-810G test certified durability, FX505 delivers an immersive gaming experience without breaking the bank!

Box Contains

Laptop Charger User Manual
Brand name ASUS
Item Weight 2.2 Kg
Package Dimensions 45.4 x 29.8 x 9.2 cm
Item model number FX505GM-AL279T
Series FX505GM-AL279T
Color Black
Screen Size 15.6 inches
Processor Brand Intel
Processor Type Core i7 8750H
RAM Size 8 GB
Hard Drive Size 1000 GB
Hard Disk Technology ssd, hdd
Graphics Coprocessor NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060
Wireless Type Infrared
Operating System Windows 10