WEBVTT 00:00:00.120 --> 00:00:05.759 this video is brought to you by CM Storm Preferred Choice of mice headsets and 00:00:03.919 --> 00:00:11.000 mechanical keyboards of curse gaming visit www. coolermaster usa.com teamor 00:00:09.760 --> 00:00:15.040 curse for more details welcome to another line of tech 00:00:13.360 --> 00:00:19.279 tips unboxing this time we're going to be checking out something that I 00:00:17.199 --> 00:00:26.000 personally am very excited about this is the ASUS Republic of Gamers 00:00:23.080 --> 00:00:30.240 g46 notebook so this is a premium notebook that comes with their 360 care 00:00:28.279 --> 00:00:34.440 package to your International waranty meaning you can take it anywhere zero 00:00:31.960 --> 00:00:39.079 bright dot guarantee two-way free standard shipping in the event of an RMA 00:00:36.640 --> 00:00:42.719 and 24/7 tech support it looks like this one doesn't include their accidental 00:00:40.920 --> 00:00:48.239 damage which only the very very expensive notebooks do but that's still 00:00:45.160 --> 00:00:50.199 a very strong included warranty compared 00:00:48.239 --> 00:00:55.039 to the offerings from other guys on the market and ASUS has been making it a 00:00:51.960 --> 00:00:56.719 habit to do that with their notebooks so 00:00:55.039 --> 00:01:02.519 why do I care about this notebook you guys might be asking yourselves well number one is that I like notebooks I 00:01:00.640 --> 00:01:06.880 like powerful notebooks I don't play as many games as I used to but what I might 00:01:04.600 --> 00:01:12.439 find myself doing is editing video on a notebook or just generally being a power 00:01:10.360 --> 00:01:16.680 user and wanting something that gets closer to the desktop experience that I 00:01:14.759 --> 00:01:20.479 can have we've got a nice protective paper sleeve here for the notebook 00:01:18.200 --> 00:01:24.040 itself just going to tuck that away and what a gaming notebook typically does is 00:01:22.360 --> 00:01:28.880 it delivers a bit of a thicker overall form factor but it is able to deliver 00:01:27.000 --> 00:01:32.840 better overall experience a better overall performance and a better 00:01:30.759 --> 00:01:37.240 experience for power users so check this out in terms of the thickness here's an 00:01:34.680 --> 00:01:41.200 HTC1 phone for size comparison you can see it's not that thin but it has 00:01:39.240 --> 00:01:46.200 powerful Cooling and that's part of the reason it has to be thicker you can see 00:01:43.040 --> 00:01:48.799 through these grills the huge heat sinks 00:01:46.200 --> 00:01:53.439 that are cooling the GPU and the CPU because this notebook does not skimp on 00:01:51.040 --> 00:02:00.680 the specs it actually uses a core i5 3230m which can turbo up to 3.2 GHz and 00:01:57.280 --> 00:02:03.159 a GTX 660m so what you'll notice about 00:02:00.680 --> 00:02:08.160 this is that unlike other sort of massive gaming laptops this one actually 00:02:05.600 --> 00:02:13.319 fits in my lap it has the same kind of style and aesthetic that we've seen from 00:02:10.280 --> 00:02:15.000 other ASUS Rog notebooks such as the g75 00:02:13.319 --> 00:02:20.360 so you can see we've got an illuminated ASUS logo on the back with a shiny ASUS 00:02:18.360 --> 00:02:24.400 logo so that's sorry an illuminated Rog logo the overall notebook has a matte 00:02:22.360 --> 00:02:27.519 finish so you can see I can touch it like this and it actually doesn't show 00:02:26.080 --> 00:02:32.160 any fingerprints which is great for something you're going to carry around with you which this one is actually 00:02:30.440 --> 00:02:37.599 possible to carry around I'd rather have thicker than bigger in this case um the 00:02:35.160 --> 00:02:41.640 hinge is extremely robust so you can see it's uh it's attached here not quite at 00:02:39.959 --> 00:02:46.120 the very edge of the notebook but that gives you a comfortable distance between 00:02:43.640 --> 00:02:49.519 the keyboard and the screen itself so let's just go ahead and uh give you guys 00:02:47.840 --> 00:02:52.840 sort of another angle of that uh we showed you the back and enough already 00:02:50.959 --> 00:02:57.319 so on the bottom you've got easy access to memory upgrades the hard drive that 00:02:54.959 --> 00:03:02.360 comes in this particular one is a 750 gig drive with an 8 gig SSD providing a 00:03:00.040 --> 00:03:06.879 caching functionality that gives it a boost in performance without uh without 00:03:05.560 --> 00:03:12.280 actually having to have two separate drives it's got an SD card reader on 00:03:08.920 --> 00:03:14.519 this side HDMI out super speed USB 3 as 00:03:12.280 --> 00:03:19.360 well as VGA this is probably the most flexible display output that I like to 00:03:17.400 --> 00:03:23.080 see on a notebook this is a this is the flexibility I like to see because 00:03:21.360 --> 00:03:27.920 between these two you can adapt to pretty much anything else that you need 00:03:24.640 --> 00:03:29.360 to run however things do get better so 00:03:27.920 --> 00:03:34.560 there's your power in there's your gig of ether there's two more USB 3 bam mini 00:03:32.400 --> 00:03:40.000 DisplayPort love to see that so you can actually drive multiple displays off of 00:03:37.120 --> 00:03:44.360 this notebook very very easily it's got microphone and headphone Jacks that are 00:03:41.799 --> 00:03:48.040 dedicated uh some some smaller thin and light notebooks are starting to 00:03:45.439 --> 00:03:52.439 integrate these into one I think what is it three three pole Jack uh so the ones 00:03:50.560 --> 00:03:57.040 that have both microphone and headphones on one and now that we've opened it up 00:03:55.120 --> 00:04:02.400 you can see it has a very Sleek look to it so the bezel of the monitor part is 00:03:59.799 --> 00:04:07.319 matte again which I think looks really clean really really good there's your 00:04:04.280 --> 00:04:09.400 webcam um but down here you've got what 00:04:07.319 --> 00:04:11.959 appears to be brushed aluminum now you guys if you've been watching my videos 00:04:10.640 --> 00:04:15.840 for a while will know what I think of brushed aluminum on places where you 00:04:13.879 --> 00:04:19.600 have to rest your hands because it will stain pretty much instantly but what 00:04:17.840 --> 00:04:24.520 isus is actually gone with here for the material is that brushed plastic that 00:04:22.280 --> 00:04:29.120 looks gorgeous it looks just like brushed aluminum except you can actually 00:04:26.840 --> 00:04:33.120 clean it unlike brushed aluminum so it'll come clean and it'll always look 00:04:31.440 --> 00:04:36.639 good whereas brush aluminum will look terrible pretty much immediately on the 00:04:35.080 --> 00:04:41.120 keyboard layout itself they haven't committed any cardinal sins so they've 00:04:38.759 --> 00:04:44.880 got long shifts long enter and long backspace meaning you'll be able to 00:04:42.440 --> 00:04:48.560 easily reach all of those buttons should you desire it and all of your usual hot 00:04:46.759 --> 00:04:55.039 keys are built into the top here so brightness up and down for the illuminated keyboard Wireless on and off 00:04:52.039 --> 00:04:57.000 that's Wireless AC so it has the very 00:04:55.039 --> 00:05:00.440 latest wireless standard brightness up and down for your screen itself as well 00:04:58.720 --> 00:05:04.000 as external display options turning the touchpad off which is an important 00:05:02.360 --> 00:05:07.680 option for gamers because the last thing you want is to be using your keyboard 00:05:06.280 --> 00:05:12.000 and then a separate Mouse which most people don't game on a touchpad and then 00:05:09.960 --> 00:05:15.759 accidentally brush the touchpad with your palm and then have that 00:05:13.479 --> 00:05:19.240 accidentally move you around inside the game other than that there's not too 00:05:17.960 --> 00:05:25.000 much to say about it it does feature NVIDIA Optimus which is basically uh 00:05:22.639 --> 00:05:29.160 NVIDIA and Intel's way of using their drivers well I guess NVIDIA developed it 00:05:26.919 --> 00:05:32.960 more than Intel but uh NVIDIA's way of using their drivers to turn the 00:05:30.759 --> 00:05:37.160 dedicated GPU off when you're not running a 3D application and then back 00:05:35.160 --> 00:05:40.759 on when you are running a 3D application that way you get the power benefit of 00:05:38.800 --> 00:05:46.240 using on the onboard GPU with the performance benefit of using the 2 gig 00:05:42.639 --> 00:05:49.600 GTX 660m GPU for actually playing games 00:05:46.240 --> 00:05:52.199 so here in summary this is what it'll 00:05:49.600 --> 00:05:57.080 look like when sort of a slightly small homunculus style person actually holds 00:05:54.400 --> 00:06:01.400 the device and it's just ah so much lighter and more portable than your 00:05:59.120 --> 00:06:06.280 typical gaming brick so I was really excited when I saw this at CES and now 00:06:03.840 --> 00:06:09.759 that I have it sort of in my hands in person I am no less excited about it 00:06:08.479 --> 00:06:13.120 well maybe a little less excited about it cuz I've seen it already but whatever 00:06:11.960 --> 00:06:16.639 I didn't get to show it to you guys in as much detail I didn't actually show 00:06:14.960 --> 00:06:20.639 the accessories so it comes with a power cord comes with a notebook warranty card 00:06:19.160 --> 00:06:24.440 which is important make sure you hold on to that keep that information cuz it 00:06:22.759 --> 00:06:28.080 does have as I mentioned before a very good warranty battery notice telling you 00:06:26.440 --> 00:06:33.400 about the warranty on your battery drivers on a disc 00:06:30.520 --> 00:06:37.440 as well as a user manual there you go and last but not least presumably ah yes 00:06:35.840 --> 00:06:42.160 the power brick so this is a little on the bigger side because even though ASUS 00:06:39.759 --> 00:06:47.720 has packed all that power into a small notebook form factor well it still needs 00:06:45.240 --> 00:06:51.080 to actually get the power somehow so you end up with a bit of a bigger bigger 00:06:49.160 --> 00:06:56.280 power brick so again this is a 4.3 in phone which should give you some idea 00:06:53.560 --> 00:06:59.879 how big that bad boy is don't forget to subscribe to lus Tech tips more 00:06:57.560 --> 00:07:03.960 unboxings reviews and other computer and I'll see you guys again next time so 00:07:02.360 --> 00:07:07.039 there's a couple things I missed there's some optional configurations it's 00:07:05.639 --> 00:07:12.199 available in a variety of different config so number one is you can either 00:07:09.000 --> 00:07:14.639 get it with a 1366 X 768 screen this 00:07:12.199 --> 00:07:19.639 particular model comes with a 1600x 900 screen which is definitely the one I'd 00:07:16.280 --> 00:07:22.319 prefer because at that 14in size, 1600 00:07:19.639 --> 00:07:26.160 by 900 delivers a compromise between a good gaming experience because you're 00:07:23.919 --> 00:07:31.240 not pushing quite as many pixels as 1900 by 1080 but also getting that desktop 00:07:29.639 --> 00:07:36.039 real estate that you need you can also change up the storage config so this is 00:07:32.960 --> 00:07:37.720 a 750 gig drive with an 8 gig SSD 00:07:36.039 --> 00:07:43.120 however you can get up to a 1 terab drive with a 128 gig SSD using a 00:07:40.639 --> 00:07:48.000 combination of the 2 and 1/2 in Bay and the M SATA spot that is available and 00:07:46.400 --> 00:07:54.199 another funny observation that I made that I didn't even notice when I was doing the regular unboxing is that 00:07:51.599 --> 00:07:59.000 there's no battery I couldn't find the battery it has a non- removable battery 00:07:56.479 --> 00:08:03.599 so my thinking for this cuz normally a chassis this thick you'd see a removable 00:08:01.280 --> 00:08:06.680 battery of some sort but my thinking is that what ASUS actually had to do in 00:08:05.159 --> 00:08:10.560 order to fit this kind of performance and this kind of heat dissipation in 00:08:08.440 --> 00:08:15.360 such a small chassis is they had to go with a non- removable battery that's uh 00:08:12.360 --> 00:08:18.080 that's built into the to the device so 00:08:15.360 --> 00:08:22.560 there you go now I think we're actually done thanks for watching this video was 00:08:20.560 --> 00:08:29.080 edited on a workstation powered by Kingston 00:08:24.919 --> 00:08:32.560 memory it actually uses a core i5 32 oh 00:08:29.080 --> 00:08:32.560 crap one more time