Asus GL552JX Laptop Review – Pros and Cons

Asus GL552JX is the recently launched gaming laptop from Asus’s Republic of Gamers(ROG) series. With this, Asus has tried to provide good performing gaming laptop within the price of 1lakh.  The price of Asus GL552JX in India is Rs. 81990. However, you can get it for Rs.79,990 in online portals like Flipkart, Amazon etc.

Asus GL552JX comes with eye catching design and good build quality. The black and red combination which we have seen on other ROG series laptop continues here as well. The chassis is made from good quality plastic and it feels solid. The rubberized coating over the lid along with a metallic strip in the middle with an illuminated  Republic of Gamers logo looks very nice.

Asus GL552JX has 15.6 inch full HD IPS display screen with matte-black finish that eliminates glare for stunning visuals without distraction. The viewing angles are great and colors look vivid. As it has matte screen, it has very minimalist reflections which makes this laptop comfortable to use in different lighting condition.

Asus GL552JX comes with visually striking keyboard. It has black and red theme here as well. You can change the intensity of the backlight  or completely switch off. The keys are well placed and there is a dedicated numeric pad as well. The keys decent travel makes them comfortable for typing and gaming. Overall the keyboard experience in this laptop is excellent.

Asus GL552JX has decently large track pad. The button response is good and you will get all the usual gestures of Windows 10. Coming to ports, GL552JX offers three USB ports out of which two are USB 3.0, one HDMI output, Gigabit LAN, VGA, headphones and microphone ports, and a Kensington lock.  There is also a DVD writer and an SD card slot.

Asus GL552JX is powered by 2GHz quad-core Intel Core i7-4750HQ with a Turbo frequency of 3.2GHz and HyperThreading. It has 8GB of 8GB DDR3 RAM running at 1600MHz.  There is dedicated NVIDIA  GeForce  GTX 950M with 4GB DDR3 VRAM graphic card. For storage, out of the box, we get 1TB 2.5-inch hard disk running at 7200rpm from HGST. There is also a M.2 (2280) SSD slot with SATA3 interface if you would like add additional SSD.

Asus GL552JX ships wth 64 bit Windows 10 Home with some other useful pre installed softwares. Asus bundles some of its own software such as AudioWizard for tweaking the sound profiles for gaming, movies, etc. GameFirst III which also ships with its gaming motherboards, prioritises game data traffic to reduce lag during online gameplay. You also get a one month trial of Microsoft Office 365, 25GB of Dropbox space for six months, and a year’s subscription to McAfee LiveSafe.

Upgradation of RAM or hard disc on GL552JX is very easy. By sliding off upgrade panel, you can add bigger hard drive, M.2 SSD or more memory. There is a one empty RAM channel which you can use to add additional upto 8GB of RAM. This laptop cooling system is very good. Even when using for long times, palm rest and bottom part of the laptop remained cool. Coming to performance, general performance is snappy. High end games in highest setting struggles a bit. However, in medium settings, it played most of the games without any issues.

Advantages of Disadvantages of Asus GL552JX

Pros of Asus GL552JX

• Stylish design and good build quality.
• Excellent display screen.
• Easy to upgrade option.
• Good snappy performance.
• Good keyboard.

Cons of Asus GL552JX

• Average Sound output through built in speakers.
• Touch pad could have been better.
• Mediocre Battery life.