Help me avoid the zephyrus g15 and pick another laptop

[MeatFox]

I've been looking for a gaming laptop that i could use for both programming and gaming while i'm away from my big boy desktop pc. According to my spec requirements i picked the Zephyrus G15 2022 but after 3 returned laptops i kind of want to give up on them because the keyboard had the same issue 3 laptops in a row, i'm either super unlucky or it was a problem on my end, but there were no problems with any external keyboards.

I just can't seem to find a good alternative because the G15 ticks all my checkboxes but the keyboard just gives me so many problems. (kept having input lag on all 3 units even with a fresh windows install with absolutely nothing else but the drivers on top of the already shoddy keyboard that likes to not register me holding the keys sometimes unless i release other keys despite the n key rollover that asus advertises, makes for a very frustrating experience while playing games)

 

must haves

1. Battery life of 7-10 hours on weak loads like browsing, vs code. (gaming always from a wall plug unless it's mini motorways)
2. 15.6 inch screen either full HD or 1440p preferably with a higher refresh rate
3. whatever a reasonable laptop processor is these days, the ryzen 6800HS did everything i needed
4. rtx 3060 seemed to get the job done on everything i needed on the g15 so at least a 3060
5. 3.5 mm jack
6. up to 2kg

 

not mandatory

1. 32gb of ram, will take an upgradeable 16gb if i must. Cities skylines with a mountain of mods really likes to eat my ram
2. windows hello webcam/IR is such a godsend to me so i'll pick any laptop with that over any laptop without it
3. at least one usb port on the left
4. hdmi port
5. i will reinstall it to win10 if it's not already win10

 

looking at a budget of up to 2000eur, will go up if it's too low for these requirements, because the zephyrus g15 was 1700 eur.

Location: Spain

 

Any help would be greatly appreciated

[Naijin]

26 minutes ago, MeatFox said:

I've been looking for a gaming laptop that i could use for both programming and gaming while i'm away from my big boy desktop pc. According to my spec requirements i picked the Zephyrus G15 2022 but after 3 returned laptops i kind of want to give up on them because the keyboard had the same issue 3 laptops in a row, i'm either super unlucky or it was a problem on my end, but there were no problems with any external keyboards.

I just can't seem to find a good alternative because the G15 ticks all my checkboxes but the keyboard just gives me so many problems. (kept having input lag on all 3 units even with a fresh windows install with absolutely nothing else but the drivers on top of the already shoddy keyboard that likes to not register me holding the keys sometimes unless i release other keys despite the n key rollover that asus advertises, makes for a very frustrating experience while playing games)

 

must haves

1. Battery life of 7-10 hours on weak loads like browsing, vs code. (gaming always from a wall plug unless it's mini motorways)
2. 15.6 inch screen either full HD or 1440p preferably with a higher refresh rate
3. whatever a reasonable laptop processor is these days, the ryzen 6800HS did everything i needed
4. rtx 3060 seemed to get the job done on everything i needed on the g15 so at least a 3060
5. 3.5 mm jack
6. up to 2kg

 

not mandatory

1. 32gb of ram, will take an upgradeable 16gb if i must. Cities skylines with a mountain of mods really likes to eat my ram
2. windows hello webcam/IR is such a godsend to me so i'll pick any laptop with that over any laptop without it
3. at least one usb port on the left
4. hdmi port
5. i will reinstall it to win10 if it's not already win10

 

looking at a budget of up to 2000eur, will go up if it's too low for these requirements, because the zephyrus g15 was 1700 eur.

Location: Spain

 

Any help would be greatly appreciated

I own a Lenovo Legion 5 Pro and I think it's everything you need. Mine even has a 165Hz 500 nits brightness screen with 2560x1600 resolution. It's a 16 inch screen in a 15.6 inch form factor. Not sure about the weight though. You should definitely check out the Lenovo Legion laptops.

[MeatFox]

1 hour ago, Naijin said:

I own a Lenovo Legion 5 Pro and I think it's everything you need. Mine even has a 165Hz 500 nits brightness screen with 2560x1600 resolution. It's a 16 inch screen in a 15.6 inch form factor. Not sure about the weight though. You should definitely check out the Lenovo Legion laptops.

that seems like a very interesting choice, thank you!

how is the battery life like?

[Naijin]

1 hour ago, MeatFox said:

that seems like a very interesting choice, thank you!

how is the battery life like?

I disabled optimus in BIOS, so integrated graphics is completely off. Jarrod's tech reviewed it with an RTX 3070 and got up to 580 minutes of battery life. 

[GamerDude]

I'll be getting a Lenovo Legion 5 Pro myself, later today. It's powered by an AMD R7 5800H (8C/16T) + 2x 8GB RAM + RTX 3070, and I'll prolly upgrade it with a 2TB M.2 SSD for storing games, usage scenario is basically gaming while I'm overseas. Even bought a pair of Creative Pebble V2 for better sound....