PC manufacturers, laptops or desktops, are always making crazy offers for the start of the school year. And there, it is clearly linked for a few days. Today it's asus which offers nearly 30 references at dilapidated prices. From the low-budget office laptop to the gaming power monster, there is bound to be the one you are looking for. Here is a small in-house selection of these best rates.
First Prize: The ASUS C423 Chromebook
A computer rather dedicated to navigation and small word processing, the C423 is a Chromebook (under Chrome OS). Its 14″ panel displays a resolution of 1366×768 (HD) and its Intel Celeron N3350 processor supported by 4GB of RAM gives it excellent autonomy, up to 10 hours. Do not be fooled by its small technical sheet, Chromebooks are excellent laptops for basic use (office, web, video, music). The price is accordingly: 229,99 €!
The student: the ASUS VivoBook 17 R754
For a slightly more versatile use and better visual comfort while maintaining good battery life, the VivoBook 17 R754, its 17″ 1600×900 screen, and its Intel Pentium Gold 7505 CPU supported by 8GB of RAM and a good 512GB SSD, is a serious laptop for those who want to go a little further than office automation and surfing. The choice of components make it a well-balanced, high-performance, and versatile machine with its Windows 11 operating system. Its price, usually €699,99, drop to €469,99.
The pro: the ASUS VivoBook S17 S712
For serious professional use, with office automation, the web, photo/video editing and even a little 3D (excluding video games), the VivoBook S17 S712 is the ideal candidate. Its recent Intel Core i7 1165G7 and its 4 cores (8 threads) no longer has its proven track record. This relentless work consumes only 12W which gives this laptop a comfortable autonomy. The 16 GB of RAM and the 512 GB NVMe SSD that accompanies it gives it responsiveness and speed of execution. For the display, an Intel Iris X chipset takes care of projecting the image on the 1920″ FullHD (1080×17,3) IPS panel. A real no-fault that was once displayed at €1299,99 and now at 1029,99€, almost 300 euros off.
We get our biceps out on these 3 gaming laptops
On the gaming side, 3 configurations caught my eye, at 3 very distinct prices. It takes for everyone. The first is the ASUS TUF Gaming F17. A small scalable PC which owes its price to a low RAM capacity of 8 GB and its lack of an operating system. In short, nothing bad when you look at the rest of the technical sheet. A 17,3″ 144 Hz screen, an Intel Core i5 11400H CPU (6 cores), a 512 GB SSD, and above all an nVidia RTX 3060 6 GB. A great introduction for those who do not want to break the bank and play correctly to the latest games of the moment. Its price went from 1399,99 to….. 899,99€ !
We're going upscale. A more muscular CPU (Intel Core i7 11370H), a 15,6″ 144 Hz screen, 16 GB of RAM, 512 GB of SSD, an installed OS (Windows 10) and above all an nVidia RTX 3070 8 GB, I present to you the ASUS TUF Dash F15. A contained price of €1249,99. At this price, you can clearly play without real concessions to the latest games landed.
The TUF range represents the "accessible" range of Gaming at ASUS, but some players are looking for excellence, performance, ergonomics, whatever the price. That's what the ROG lineup is all about. And if it's a competition machine, a racing machine, that you're looking for, then it's probably towards theASUS ROG Strix G15 you will have to turn. And that's good, its price, in free fall goes from 2799,99 to 2199,99€ i.e. 600€ reduction! So for this budget what do we have? The crème de la crème here! A 2560″ WQHD (1440×15,6) screen at 165 Hz, and its nVidia RTX 3080 8GB. Everything is powered by an AMD Ryzen 7 6800H which is supported by 16 GB of RAM and a 512 GB NVMe PCIe 4.0 SSD. Windows 11 takes care of orchestrating everything. And again, that's for the heart of the technical sheet, because the rest is not left to chance: Bluetooth 5.2, Wifi 6E, 2.5 Gigabit Ethernet, Dolby Atmos sound, LED backlighting, in short it is heavy and it is even scalable since there remains a free RAM slot. If you have the budget, go head down.