The Best Gaming Laptop Unboxing! - ASUS ROG Zephyrus G14 Alan Walker Edition
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- Опубліковано 6 сер 2024
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Alan Walker is a UA-camr, DJ, record producer, and now ASUS ROG laptop collaborator. The Zephyrus G14 edition he made has probably the collect box we've ever unboxed as it not only protects it, it can also make pretty sweet beats.
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CHAPTERS
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0:00 - Intro
0:10 - Unboxing
3:04 - Trying out the laptop
4:40 - Making EDM music
6:53 - G14 Laptop specs
9:25 - Keyboard impressions
10:41 - Gaming impressions
12:35 - Laptop disassembly
13:45 - Conclusion - Наука та технологія
The sampler looks fun for about 7 minutes
yeah they chose like the weirdest samples ever but if you could use it as just regular midi controller thatd be super sick
More like 2 minutes
@@kushchopra4300 more like 1.5 mins
bought the laptop because of the design, never touch the box actually.
@@giorodriguez2291 more like 1 minutes
Alex: Do you know what else looks really good?
me: Your sponsors?
Alex: The inside of this laptop.
me: *confused disappointment*
Confused happiness noise
since rog is the sponsor so yeah technically ur right his sponsors looks good
Imagine if they knew that Alan Walker actually congratulated Linus for his 10 million achievement
really?
I personally don't think that person even exists and can't be convinced otherwise
@@RobertD_83 Imagine is an IA
yo where was that
@@ahnaf2tahmid yeah.. The custom rgb pc youtube playbutton video.
The linus face on the back on the laptop is so hecking funny, Imagine bringing that around you as a daily driver with sad linus everywhere you go
@noddy Are you trying to convert me to a religion after I posted about how sad linus was funny
xd
99% of people you meet won't get it. so it's not like it matters. what's there to imagine? sitting in Starbucks and everyone just staring with no context? they'd be more likely to comment on the lights than knowing who it's a pic of. then you awkwardly explain what it's a pic of and they don't follow at all and only you get the punchline.
@@SeraphX2 yea but if Alex daily drive it in LMG then everyone know the meme
So hecking funny?
when you said "you know what else looks really good?" and then didnt segway to the sponsor I was shook and felt a little betrayed to be honest.
It's okay. He hurt me too.
I mean, if there's no sponsor segway, what even is the point of a video?
I used to make the same mistake all the time but, it’s actually a segue, not a segway
@@Simonrosseel Oh gawd Now I cant wait for Linus to use a segway as a segue
@@pieterrosing6007 lit😂
I don't think I could possibly care less about any of the bloatware, the box or the 'seat belt' crap, but the color scheme is very appealing and the speakers sound decent and actually loud enough to use
The speakers on it are pretty decent.
Aren't the speakers the same ones on the regular version?
Asus have less bloat than other laptop brands.
@@technewb8241 To be fair, if you are paying for that software, then it's not bloat...
I mean, you are buying this laptop FOR that software and the other cool stuff....
This is a custom version of the laptop for fans.... you should check out the regular version instead....
I wonder if the Keyboard is available as a replacement part. Could buy the regular version and swap the keyboard out.
Alan Walker is one of those guys where you've definitely heard a song of his even if you have no clue who he is. Listen to Faded or Spectre and you'll recognize it from a CoD montage or something.
What about those of us who don't spend time watching "CoD montage or something"
I listened to both: unrecognisable drab smegma music
Faded was literally spammed in 2017 even in the radios and unfortunately I'm one of those people who can't listen to NCS artists who suddenly appear along those normie artists.
@@its_johnH My region doesn't play alan walker on the radio, so i wasn't bombarded with it, I think you might enjoy it if you didn't hear it everywhere
@@AtticusHimself Justin Bieber called. he wants you to suck him off again while listening to his music. Pathetic kid you are. Piss off and get a life. Alan Walker is a GOD. You're not, so shut up.
@@PlatinumEagleStudios you just told someone to get a life while unironically referring to a celebrity as a "GOD" in all caps.
Even though I don't really care about Alan Walker, I think PC makers and artist collabs sound pretty cool. I hope they'll make more stuff like this. Maybe it can create some neat looking features, like that led panel behind the screen.
I really hope they dont tbh, we need less of these god awful notebooks that look like a spaceship, can we just get a clean gaming laptops that dont scream HEY I PLAY GAMES with red accents, carbon texture or other bullshit like that.
@@Glade4 Understandable. I'm not even in the gamer laptop market either, I just like to see if they make something cool. I see it more like custom signature guitars than laptops that you'd actually buy.
I love alan walker
@Groobs reject flashiness, embrace thinkpad
The normal G14 also has the LED matrix on the back
I actually thought this was a WWE collab for a second.
Would've been a bit more interesting for sure
Please no WWE is terrible
if it were a John Cena collab, we wouldn't even be seeing it
If they did they would've probably gave it a red and gold accent
Same
Close! 0:51
The main LTT channel has 5 billion views. Faded has 3 billion.
But it does have more views than every secondary channel.
Watch time ltt would take a massive lead
@@unpersonableme1805 the first 5-6 vids that come up on searching alan walker on yt total ~6 billion views, so there's that
@@catto9694 But you've got to figure every WAN show would account for like 20-40 songs per view and while they're semi-low for views, they're weekly. Not to mention other long things with high views like Scrapyard Wars. The 8K Fireplace would also certainly work up a big chunk of time watched.
@@ragepoweredgamer I mean, Alan has live shows on yt as well, heck he streams games as well( most notably cod) plus he has more than 6 songs. His total views are 10.5 billion
8:57 , cant believe that even after paying $2000 for an underpowered machine, you still get a crooked Nvidia RTX sticker
Underpowered? What part of this machine is under powered?
@@himabimdimwim im speaking in relative terms here
For the same price I could get a laptop from ASUS themselves that would perform better than this
@@deadpoet566 your paying for the portability of the g14, the other option cost 18 hundred bucks :|
@@deadpoet566 'cause some people needs to bring a small but powerful laptop rather than a brick
@@himabimdimwim it's underpowered for the price, especially when you compare it to the other 2021 G14s. The top end G14 with the 3060 is 400$ cheaper and the only differences here are the gimmicky box, blue lights and differently coloured keycaps. So it's underpowered because the cheaper version is better.
Alex's reaction to the cool box is way more Canadian than Lew's from Unbox Therapy
The LTT channel has 5 billion lifetime views. But still crazy someone can get that close with one videoclip.
Probably add some more millions in there for the rest of the channels. Thats probably the smartest move they made was not to just make new segments or shows on the same channel but give each of them a fresh stab in the algorithm.
music videos can get a lot more views because many people use youtube to stream music and they put it on loop or whatever
A lot of people watch music videos more than once
Despacito and baby shark both have more views than humans on earth. That's what's really crazy
@noddy stop posting this shit
The instrumental to Faded is the background music every random compilation video uses.
"Alan Walker" grew up down the street from me. His hit was originally released as a CC/copyright free trance song for streamers. 3 billion hits later....
Man had the biggest nocopyright song of all time even before he went really mainstream. And he was only 18 at the time.
NCS still has very good tracks to this day and I think that's pretty cool, seeing someone grow so fast
go and hug him lucky you
Also worth stressing that the standard configuration also has the option for 32GB of RAM out of the box. That would be a much smaller deal if both kits of RAM were upgradable sodimm's, but half is soldered to the board. So buying a 32GB config for the same price or cheaper give you a better GPU and a better RAM config (which otherwise isn't entirely upgradable).
The lights on the back of the monitor alone would make me want to buy this. Wish more computer manufactures did that.
Honestly i would still buy one of the regular G14s since they also have the LEDs on the lid and can be speced out with better hardware
Warning to both of you, most G14s do not have the LEDs. It can be quite infuriating to find one that does. If you're getting it for a good price, do not expect to have the LEDs. The cost to have the matrix tends to be +1000$ from my experience (same exact specs, but with the LEDs).
The design is actually so cool, why can't more laptops be like this?
This is the first time I’ve ever lusted after a laptop design. Very cool
I saw this pop up on the ASUS store a while ago and fell in love immediately, I also had no idea who Alan walker is but I’m definitely getting this laptop for engineering collage
g14 and g15 are awesome laptops, but the location of DC connector is driving me nuts
Yeah, a super great laptop with one super dumb caveat
I feel like it being on the left is great.
@@kelvinle8662 it's not really it being on the left i think, more of it being in the middle of the left side. Usually it's on the rear or closest to rear on either side.
@@kelvinle8662 I have g15, I don't like that it's not in the rear but in the middle of left side, with hot air blowing at the cable. Just personally I would have liked it the most if DC port was in the back.
@@serceband oh....yeah. it being in the middle is kinda strange. Gets in the way of the HDMI cable.....
A Deadmou5 Legendary Edition would be cool. 32GB Ram, 3080 TI and 2x4TB M.2 SSDs @max performance... ah, dreaming is awesome.
It definitely wouldn't be a G14 then
@@enderduck4253 Nope, but it definetly would hit some G-"Points" *drum solo!* ;-)
That shit must be playing ghosts n stuff lol
"He's a DJ who is massive", no Massive is a different DJ ;-)
@Cole S Wow, you missed the mark, notice the winking smiley face at the end?!
more cool laptops like this, i love the glitchy leds on the back
He just butchered his own sponsor. I loved it.
If the G14 had a decent webcam and 16:10 screen, I'd be very tempted to upgrade my current Lenovo. As it is right now, it's not good enough for productivity. Asus is crazy for not refreshing G14 lineup with webcams during the pandemic where Zoom/Teams/Skype meetings is the norm.
teams IS skype....... skype no longer exists
Buy a Blade 14. Everything is better with that one. I’m amazed how they say this one has the best CPU in 14” laptops.
@@mad_bad_cat G14 won't break after 16 months like a blade would.
@@mad_bad_cat the blade has MUCH worse battery life
@@mad_bad_cat Blade 14 still does not have a 16:10 or 3:2 display aspect ratio, it's waaaay more expensive and Razer has atrocious track record for reliability. Those are not compromises I'm willing to take if I'm shelling out 3k+ EUR for a laptop.
This is really really cool. I hope laptop manufacturers do more stuff like this.
The box, and the cover lighting is pretty cool 😎
Those stickers for the CPU and GPU being off had me like " you can't even put the stickers on straight come on"
Lol
I could listen to this dudes voice for days.
Alan walker is great, cool to see a limited edition with him.
Best line ever!!! "Im not going to give Wiki Feet any foder!" LMFAO!!!!!
xd
“ this is SUCH a great laptop for like, using as a laptop….”
-shortcircuit 2021
It's a relevant thing. Before I got the last version of this I had laptops that were portable desktop replacements which are great for long visits to family or somesuch but terrible for school or work.
8:49 imagine buying a $2000 laptop and have one of the stickers not lined up properly
its a reviewer's copy. . they are made separate from the consumer ones
@@notcapnbloodbeard I bought a consumer one and my sticker is crooked.
@@himabimdimwim RIP then. . well i mean its pretty dumb to buy this model untill ur a very try hard fan cause the normal one has better specs
It looks really interesting that the design is so cool
Ay! I bought this laptop (normal edition) a little over a month ago, and I absolutely love it. I have it connected to a triple monitor setup, and man, it is nice.
i can’t afford it this time, but i hope there’s more collabs in the future because he’s one of my favorite artists and the g14 is sick
13:52 I'd probably get the one that's a lot cheaper and also faster
Asus notebook team: OOF
0:27 lmao that reminds me of when Twomad asked Linus if he knows Travis Scott
Watching this from my new G14. Thank you for justifying my purchase. :D
I would so love to get a g14 ... but 8gb of soldered ram is just an absolute no go for me
You can upgrade to 40GB though. It has one slot for expansion.
@@DSS553 Ryzen doesn't work well with single channel
@@dustojnikhummer it's not single channel...one 8 gig stick is soldered on...one is free to upgrade...so you would still be in dual channel
There's a version with 32gb, 16gb soldered on. My understanding is the ram doesn't have great timings, Jarrod's tech did videos on it, but there's plenty of capacity
@@DSS553 I don't think 40GB is enough. Sure, right now it is probably enough. But I keep my machines for a long time. Right now I use a 15W i7-5500u (dualcore) from 2015 and although I have 12GB installed (4GB are soldered on) I am running against the limit pretty frequently. And I am not even doing crazy memory intensive work. Right now with a browser and some clients 8.5GB are used. When I actually start doing stuff I'm at 11GB pretty quickly, at which point it becomes very noticeable that windows runs out of cache. Even this dualcore could run better with more ram.
My point is: Modern CPUs cores have twice the IPC of my current CPU. A modern 8-core will last me a long time. I currently have 6GB per core, barely enough. With a core twice as strong, I want to be able to feed it throughout its lifetime.
Right now it would be fine. But in 4-7 years I will regret not being able to upgrade to 64GB.
What's with asus doing soldered ram modules on basically every laptop they make nowadays?
Running different capacity rams not to say the timings and frequency will take a performance penalty...
Because if they weren't soldered, you could upgrade the whole kit.
got it, love it, I like to have something a little different that I use everyday. Great review.
The Zephyrus G14 is one of the better laptops I have owned.
It is super small, portable and functions great as an AAC device (but there is a missed opportunity for an added accessibility feature on the Anime Matrix display, displaying text from a Word-processor on the Anime Matrix)
I have the 5900HS/3060 G15 and it's pretty awesome from my experience. I haven't seen them available anywhere lately, which is too bad since I wanted to suggest it to some people
Yes, also call my standards low but I've never seen another laptop where I can play a game on max graphics running quietly ON BATTERY POWER for four hours at over 100 fps. After I optimized the battery life, of course
@@planefan082 razer blade also holds the job
Love my Strix G17 4800HS/3050 as well. Its not even that big and heavy for a 17 inch and even the battery is good. Asus is absolutely killing it with the Strix and Zephyrus lineups
Surprised razer didn’t do something like this when Deadmouse was using their laptops
Don't you mean Deadmow Five?
@@JasperCrowe I could’ve googled it… but I knew it was going to auto correct
I wish I could get this as my work notebook. This thing is it. The only other machine was the very modular one Linus showed not to long ago. Forgot the name of it at the moment
Framework
Couple of things the left USB-C is also DP on the standard one with the 3060 so I'm guessing it's the same with this one. Also if you upgrade the ram with a larger SODIMM the first 8GB of that add on RAM will run Dual Channel with the soldered onboard RAM. I thought long and hard before buying the 2021 G14, but glad I took the plunge.
Actually if you're making music, a 3050ti with a super fast processor makes sense. Because a fast CPU is the most important thing aside from RAM when you're making music.
IF you're making music, get a macbook.
@@JimmyZeng that’s what I did 😂😂
but the cheaper model still has the same cpu
Hey look at that, it's a Watch Dogs laptop. Neat.
That would be legit cool though
I can just imagine that box raising some eyebrows going through customs with that wiring job
Great unboxing video...very detailed! I remember back in the day however unboxing stuff used to be fun...it was like opening a Christmas gift. Is it just me or are companies getting either lazy or uncreative in their presentation? Great video though :)
“Math is hard” -Alexander
Wow that back display is the coolest and most unnecessary thing I’ve seen today.
Watching on the best buy edition of the Asus zephyrus g14 (2021). Epic laptop for the price you pay
unbox therapy gave some nice unbox experience as well
Kind of a mystifying branding strategy to be honest. I wouldn't have thought the kind of people who pay that kind of moolah for a gaming laptop are very likely to care about a not-even-that-trendy-anymore DJ-and actual music producers are pretty universally on Macs in my exp.
the song's "Sorry, by alan walker and ISÁK" incase anyone is wondering
Alan Walker was famous before even making money, Fade (Faded's instrumental) and Spectre could be heard everywhere back in 2015. 1st and 3rd most viewed videos on NoCopyrightSounds
I never miss a episode and like this one watched like 70 times 🔥🔥
Honestly I have no idea who Alan is but this color scheme is amazing
A famous DJ. That's how much I know
A DJ, some or many call him famous. That's how much I know from this video because honestly I have no idea who Alan Walker is.
@@JohnADoe-pg1qk Makes me wonder how famous he really is. He has a lot more views than some of the biggest music names right now like Travis Scott and The Weeknd, but I have never heard of this dude before
@@-SP. It's not my music. Travis Scott I don't know (as far as I can remember) and the name 'The Weeknd' I've heard but I cannot associate a specific song. Perhaps it is partly because I live in Europe.
I don't know Travis Scott, but I've seen a lot of interesting Tom Scott videos. 😁
@@JohnADoe-pg1qk The Weeknd is pretty big in Europe as well. Travis Scott has gotten popular in the last 2 years. The Weeknd had the most monthly listeners in Spotify history up until recently Justin Bieber just overtook him. Hi song Blinding Lights is the longest song to be in the top 10 as well as the top 100 in the Billboard charts. He's probably in the top 3 of the current biggest artists in the world
The Ryzen and GeForce stickers aren't on straight
that would annoy the crap out of me for 2 grand....
Who cares, you take them off as soon as you can anyway
Would like g14 chassi with the framework laptop sauce of being able to upgrade in future
I am using a rog strix II from 2018 and today i see this,this laptop looks so beautiful ♥️ rog nailed it in terms of looks
Yeah I dont need some DJ embedded into my laptop
Agreed. This guy is shamelessly forcing his name onto others. Alan walker? More like Alan Wanker.
Lol yah I don't like heavily branded stuff either. I try my best to stick with things that only have logos at most.
@@JawKnee86 I hate it when artists and musicians paste their names all over their merch like im not here to be your lackey, I want to represent your ideas, your meaning and motivation, not your name. It should be reflected in a design
Bruh just buy the regular version of the laptop then, lmao
Alan Walker, I know that name...
Oh yeah, NCS 'Fade' and 'Spectre' are really good.
Now bloatware comes in physical form as well.. and they charge you for it! xD
I was thinking of Alan Wake, and that they made a special edition laptop for that game series.
I like the fact that LMG has recently gotten into the habit of trashing their sponsors
Alex: I dont know who Allan Walker is...
me: Ough
So who is he.. ?
who is he?
@@Johanneslol11 Norwegian DJ, it appears
I think the only reason I know him is because much of the music i heard during middle school was EDM.
doubt alan knows who alex is, or even just ltt... lol
This is the earliest I've been to a ShortCircuit video.
This is really nice collab laptop since asus has been killing with the laptops
This is the most programmer-looking laptop I've ever seen
even if it's gimmicky, it's still really cool I think. I love what Asus does.
I feel like this is referencing his song "Alone" with this laptop. which is were the idea of walkers comes from
Ngl keyboard colour combo really looks nice
Anthony's response to this laptop. If it doesn't have Linux it's TRASH!! 😂
Not a lot of laptops come with Linux pre-installed, because there are hundreds of types. You always choose the one that's best for you and install it yourself.
@@enderduck4253 your right it would still be an interesting idea if they did come out with a Linux platform that would appeal to the masses.
Guess you're not allowed to show FPS in game demos even if just a reskin of an old device when sponsored... Just kinda weird hearing you say "1440p panel that is a 120HZ and it looks freaking fantastic" while playing at probably less than 60FPS. Not like we'd get any more than that the youtube video but you could at least make the script try and match what we know is going on, mind you.
Edit: Also you are probably missing a "best" in "has made the *best collect box we've ever unboxed" in that video description.
PS: Don't mind me that much, I could've probably woke up grumpy.
I was expecting you to test the speakers on this...It is after all made for music editing in a sense. Even though knowing you guys we'd have seen a Crab Rave instead of Alan Walker songs. xD
Great review Alex.
One of the best gaming laptops on the market? Umm, try again? $2000 for a Ryzen 4900HS and an RTX 3050ti, I paid all of $289 more for a Legion 7 with a Ryzen 5900HX and an RTX 3080, that G14 is a budget performance laptop nearing premium high end laptop pricing.
Bro chill I agree but no need to be so pissed
where are you getting that deal? still not even a close comparison the legion 7 is the size of a small country in comparison to this thing, this is also on a different plane of existence for battery life. PS from what I can tell you are quoting a $2700 laptop at $2300 whereas I can find the g14 for $1600 on best buy with a 3060 and 5900HS... (also that is still an AMAZING laptop just be careful what you compare.)
two very different laptops
@@DracoTorment $2289 is what I paid for it direct from lenovo's website when I bought it last week, the legion 7 really isn't that much bigger than the g14 tbh, from all reviews I've seen the battery life on the g14 is quite bad, and since they reviewed it a gaming laptop saying it's one of the best then comparing it to other gaming laptops is a fair comparison, and as I said before as far as a gaming laptop goes, the specific model they reviewed is downright awful for how much it costs.
Yeah, a normal G14 is cheaper, but that's not what they reviewed, they reviewed and overpriced under performing laptop that has someone's name slapped on it
@@sandrahiltz the statement hge made was the g14 is one of the best gaming laptops not that the alan walker one was I totally agree the alan walker one is a shit deal
Is it a good screen size for overall use especially gaming?
I'm sucker for the display on the back, but they made a collab with a 3050?
I am not at all a Laptop person, and I have no idea who Alan Walker is outside of what the video just told me. But I do quite like this laptop. Also, adding those features to the unboxing is actually pretty damn rad. From what Ive seen of laptops and the like lately, 2 grand really doesn't seem that bad at all, either. Well done ASUS.
Alan Walker's little logo is like identical to Australian pRon star Angela White's as well. So that fun. lol
You gave me a hernia when you pulled out the power brick by the permanently attached cord.
I have the previous iteration with a 2060 and aside from how hot the wasd keys get it's amazing.
Just got this brand new for like $700 on Amazon. The box will look great on my wall.
I always had the white one but I'm really starting to feel the gun metal grey color. It lookss nice but the only colors I was able to get on sale for the 21 and 22 models which I just got with ryzen 6000 and Radeon RX 6700s are the white colors from Best Buy. I guess if you really want the grey one you'll have to ask for them to order it for you and come get it when they get it in the store or either find it online on sale for around the same amount as the moonlight white version. I still like it though and would love to see how full performance is but I bought it open box and Best Buy forgot to put the 240 watt ac adapter in so I bought a 100 watt usb c ac adapter but need to hurry up and get the original because I heard constantly using a usb-c ac adapter is going to kill the laptop's extremely quick..
I am confused between the g14(ryzen 7 and 1660ti) and the macbook air.... When one should I prefer?
This laptop made me smile. Looking for good deal.
i just got the g14 today, unfortunately theres some coil whine so i might rma it, but at the same time im excited to use it
Alan Walker vs Alex Clark gaming and production contest confirmed “I don’t know who Alan Walker is”
Saw that logo and thought of the Angela White Edition. Enough internet for me for today.
That wiki feet reference was the best xD
give this sampler to Teran xD he will make it actually usefull :P
Matthew Moniz will fire the sticker guy at 3:20 LOL
Does the fingerprint reader still suck? Was my 1st thought for the g14
Just asking, why should anyone need a battery indicator in the totally opposite side of where are you using the laptop?
I have the one with the 3060 and it's absolutely amazing.
Why do i feel like i already watched this. Wasn't there a similar thing to this couple years back with Alan Walker?