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ASUS ROG Zephyrus S (GX531-GX) Gaming Laptop Review

Acoustics & Temperatures

While looking over the design of the laptop, I did express some concerns over the apparent lack of any large banks of cooling vents. This is particularly to the underside which, basically, didn’t have any and, as a whole, the absolutely tiny profile size of the design. As such, when it came to temperatures and noise levels, I was expecting some pretty toasty results, or at the very least, some noise.

A quick cursory glance of the results does seem to back up these concerns.

CPU Temperatures

Achieving a maximum temperature of 89c, while this isn’t overly concerning in general laptop terms, it is (generally) a lot warmer than you would hope.

Even the idle temperature is quite notably warm and, as such, the lack of any strong passive airflow is clearly playing a significant role. Particularly since, as above, this is a very slim design.

GPU Temperatures

Fortunately, the graphics card temperature is significantly lower than the CPU and we can only presume that this component must be located closer to the intake/exhaust points.

Achieving a maximum temperature of 67C is, however, more than a little surprising based on the CPU heat.

Acoustics

With the CPU running so hot, it’s hardly any surprise that this is one of the noisier laptops we have encountered. While not unbearably so, you can be pretty certain that if you start asking your laptop to work, it is going to put a voice to the action.

While not obnoxiously noisy, it will definitely play a factor in general usage.

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Mike Sanders

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