To start, I am a field employee with Best Buy’s Geek Squad. I have been looking for a good gaming laptop for about a year now. I purchased a budget Lenovo laptop in November, and upgraded the memory, but it just would not cut it for my needs. I am a gamer from days of past, and I wanted something I could play some classics games on, along with something that could render my photo and video editing programs. This ASUS laptop is quite bargain for its price range. It features the latest mobile processor from AMD, Ryzen 7 4800h that just handles whatever program or benchmark I throw at it. And the pairing of the higher powered version Nvidia’s 1660 Ti is magnificent, playing many games like Civilization V and KOTOR2 at its highest settings. The addition of the 144hz screen is a great perk as well, I have never played games higher then 60 frames and I can tell why many other gamers want to make the switch. The fans can be on the louder side when it comes to a lot of other laptops on the market, but with the performance levels it can achieve, the airflow is necessary. It is not a bother for me, though, since my headphones drown out the noise. For the price this device is at, I am thrilled to have been able to pick this up before it became sold out. Truly a wonderful machine, and this Geek highly recommends.