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hey how's it going guys this is Dave 2d and this is my review of the Asus GL 5:02 so this is their thin and light gaming laptop we've seen thin and light devices from Asus before but this is the first one that's had a gtx 970m a more powerful graphics card starts at $1,400 let's take a look so the top surface is a black brushed aluminum with the ROG logo but this time instead of the ultra common red coloring it's a bright orange it's not obnoxious or anything because it's only an accent color but it does have some pop to it at least more than the red does now when you turn the laptop on the accent lights up as well the bottom surface is a reinforced plastic with some bright orange feet and if you remove some screws you can take a look inside and you'll see 16 gigs of ram 8 of which are soldered on and eight of which you can upgrade the base configuration also has a one terabyte hard drive 7200 rpm it's pretty standard hard drive speeds but you can always swap it out and there's room for a second drive in there using the m2 PCIe slot the screen is pretty rigid because of that aluminum panel the chassis has some flex it's more noticeable up top above the keyboard but on the actual keyboard itself and the palm rest area is pretty rigid the hinge tension is good one-hand open a bowl and the mechanism feels smooth and it's well built overall build quality is good finger prints show a little on the aluminum top surface but the brush pattern kind of masks it and then on the plastic inside and the bottom finger prints don't show it all four ports we have an Ethernet jack video outputs one USB C 3 USB 3s an SD card and an audio jack the u.s. PC port is not vulnerable 3 if we take a look at the back you can also see the exhaust vents and the fins of the heatsink are also that bright orange color on the inside of the laptop the material has a brushed finish to it it's plastic but it looks and feels a lot like the aluminum top surface the keyboard has that number pad layout so if you're new to these you'll need a couple days to get used to the positioning because everything is kind of shifted over to the left but once you're used to it it's a good keyboard one point six millimeters travel read backlighting orange WASD Keys the trackpad has a nice texture to it I think it's plastic but it feels like glass and since it uses Windows drivers like native windows drivers instead of third-party ones tracking and gestures work really nicely the button mechanism also works nicely I had no issues clicking around the speakers are on the side they're also bright orange and they look really small but they get loud and they sound good just wish there was more bass they sound a lot like the GL 5 v 2 speakers the screen on this one is a 1080p non touch IPS panel it also comes in a 4k option but this panel is really good it's pretty bright at 310 it's matte finish to reduce glare no significant light bleed good contrast good viewing angles and good color accuracy it's actually a very solid screen 720p webcam is okay image doesn't look super special or anything performance is great it's a 970m with a skylight quad core i7 it's got the same configuration as a new razor blade and it plays games really nicely light games will break 60 frames per second even on ultra graphic settings so something like Street Fighter 5 a game which I wish how is so much better at runs at really good frame rates they actually use Asus monitors at the big Street Fighter 5 tournaments that was kind of cool now moderate titles need reduced graphics settings to keep that frame rate so something like overwatch you'll have to drop it down to high graphics to keep it at over 60 frames if you want to play at Ultra or epic it's going to dip below and for heavier titles well it depends on the game but you'll have to reduce the graphics quality to hit 60 frames but it can basically play any modern title with nice looking graphics and video editing is also no problem on the GL 5:02 because of that second drive slot fan noise at idle is quiet and even under load it's not as loud as I thought it would be but the temperatures are a little bit hot now I'm not sure if the reading I'm getting here is higher because of the position of the CPU like maybe the heatsink is directly underneath the plastic here because the CPU and GPU temperatures look totally normal when I'm running benchmarks and there's no CPU throttling it's just pretty warm in this spot right here the power adapter is 180 watts the battery lasts around three and a half hours of regular use and about one and a half hours of gaming okay the ACS GL 5:02 starts at $1,400 it has a slim polycarbonate chassis good build quality the 1080p panel is pretty color accurate and it's great for gaming and content creation the backlit keyboard trackpad and the speakers are all pretty good actually the trackpad I would call very good because of the native drivers inside the i7 skylake chip and the gtx 970m are powerful but the temperatures on load can get pretty hot the 16 gigs of ram and both storage locations are easily accessible and upgradable and then powering this is a 64 watt hour battery that gets around three and a half hours of battery life now if you're looking at the GL 5:02 you're probably looking at its competitors but they're not that many of them the one that does come to mind is the MSI GSC so it's also thin and light and it also has a gtx 970m how do you choose between the two the GS 60 I think its advantages are a better keyboard a slightly cooler system and a thinner chassis so it's the same length and width but four millimeters thinner so if that matters to you get that if you're looking at the 5-0 - its advantages are I better screen a quieter system because it runs a little bit warmer and also a longer battery life so really you can't go wrong with either of them I think they're both fantastic I personally like the GL 5 sr 2 a little bit more that's the end of this video hope you guys liked it thumbs have you liked it subs if you loved it it's been nice see you guys next time you