Asus ROG G551JK is a premium gaming laptop from Asus’s Republic of Gamers’ series. It has good configuration such as Core i7 processor, 8GB RAM and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 850M graphics processor. The price of Asus ROG G551JK in India is Rs.82,999.
The first thing you notice while open this laptop is its build quality and design. Like all previous ROG series gaming laptops, this also comes with Black and Red Colour combination. It has aluminum body with the top flap having a brush metal finish. This Asus gaming laptop has red-coloured backlighting chiclet keyboard which is very responsive and feels comfortable for typing. Trackpad on this device is large and works as expected. Overall interms of build quality and design, Asus ROG G551JK feels very good.
Asus ROG G551JK sports 15.6-inch full HD screen with matte finish which prevents background reflections from effecting the viewing experience. Though it has IPS display panel, it has few cons. The vertical viewing angles experience is not good. There is a bit of colour shifting happening when viewed from the sides of the screen. The black levels too not that great. Contrast on dark scenes or details in the shadow region were not clearly visible. Overall it is decent display panel, but it could have been better.
Asus ROG G551JK being a gaming laptop features high end specifications. The laptop is powered by 4th Gen Intel Core i7-4710HQ processor which is a quad-core hyper-threaded processor clocked at 2.5GHz with the maximum Turbo frequency going upto 3.5GHz coupled with 8GB of RAM. Asus ROG G551JK has NVIDIA GeForce GTX 850M graphics processor which has 640 CUDA cores, the GTX 850M is clocked at 936MHz and DDR3 2GB RAM. This graphic processor is ranked at 4. This Asus gaming laptop has Trinity display technology which allows one to send 4K UHD content to a 4K display via its mini-DisplayPort and HDMI port. Most of the games plays without any issues. But very high end games, needs to play in medium settings.
Asus ROG G551JK battery is decent considering it is a gaming laptop. While playing high end games, I was able to get around 1 and half hour to 2 hours battery backup. But when streaming videos,simple document editing and surfing web, battery lasted more than 3 hours. Other features of this Asus gaming laptop includes Blueray reader, three USB 3.0 ports, a LAN port and a 3.5mm audio jack. Our test unit box containes a mouse which is of good quality.
Let us summarize Asus G551JK review with merits and demerits of this laptop. This will give you an idea on this laptop performance.
Advantages and Disadvantages of Asus G551JK
Pros of Asus G551JK
- Good build quality: Aluminium body with the top flap having a brush metal finish, black and red colour tone, gives good astetic to the device. The screen lid which is made up of metal which gives sturdy feel.
- Good audio output: The output is clear and loud.
- Decent Battery life: Considering it is a gaming laptop, battery life is decent.
- Responsive Touchpad and Keyboard: Backlite Chicklet keyboard and touchpad are good.
- Value for money: G551JK is not a ultimate gaming laptop. We have much better laptops but their price crosses over 1 lakh. Considering the price, performance is good.
Cons of Asus G551JK
- Display could have been great: The viewing angles and deep black levels are just average.
- Fingerprint magnet: The backside of the display and handrest places attracts smudges. Needs to wipe oftenly to keep it clean.
Asus G551JK is priced in India at Rs.82,999. At this price, you get a full hd screen, Core i7 processor, 8GB RAM, 1TB hard disc, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 850M graphics processor and Blueray reader. The retail unit contains audio headphone and gaming mouse. It has its own few flaws which are mentioned on the Asus G551JK cons section. As said before, for the price, it justifies with performance and great looks. I have tested the unit with Windows 8.1. However, you can update Asus G551JK to Windows 10.
