[Video Review] ASUS TUF Gaming A15 FA507 – award-winning gaming mid-ranger
ASUS TUF Gaming A15 FA507 in-depth review
ASUS was the first brand brave enough to embrace AMD as its major CPU supplier for its gaming series of notebooks. Apparently, it proved to be a successful marriage, and now they are doing it again. This time, it is the Ryzen 6000H CPUs that make a shared debut.The TUF Gaming A15 FA507 is the star of today's review, and it has a lot to prove. It has made a lowkey transition from a low-end gaming device, to a proper midranger. The major proof of that is the bump in the GPU power limit. The RTX 3070 gets a healthy boost from 95W up to 140W, which is as significant, as going to the next step[...]
Pros
- Tough chassis
- 2x SODIMM + 2x M.2 PCIe x4 (both support Gen 4 SSDs)
- Fast display options
- No PWM (Innolux N156HME-GAK (CMN153C))
- HDMI 2.0b (G-Sync)
- Adaptive Sync support (Innolux N156HME-GAK (CMN153C))
- Up to 14 hours of battery life
- The Armoury Crate offers a lot of customization
Cons
- No SD card reader and Thunderbolt 4 connectivity
- Covers only 53% of sRGB (Innolux N156HME-GAK (CMN153C))
- GPU
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti (Laptop, 140W) #35 in Top GPUs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 (Laptop, 140W) #41 in Top GPUs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 (Laptop, 140W) #79 in Top GPUs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Ti (Laptop, 95W) #134 in Top GPUs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 (Laptop, 95W) #144 in Top GPUs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2050 (Laptop) #175 in Top GPUs
- HDD/SSD
- up to 16000GB SSD
- M.2 Slot
- 2x 2280 PCIe NVMe 4.0 x4 See photo
- RAM
- up to 64GB
- OS
- Windows 11 Home, DOS, No OS, Windows 11 Pro, Windows 10 Pro
- Battery
- 90Wh, 4-cell, 56Wh, 4-cell
- Body material
- Plastic / Polycarbonate, Aluminum
- Dimensions
- 354 x 251 x 22.4 - 24.9 mm (13.94" x 9.88" x 0.88")
- Weight
- 2.20 kg (4.9 lbs)
- Ports and connectivity
- 2x USB Type-A
- 3.2 Gen 1 (5 Gbps)
- 1x USB Type-C
- 3.2 Gen 2 (10 Gbps)
- 1x USB Type-C
- 3.2 Gen 2 (10 Gbps), DisplayPort
- HDMI
- 2.0b
- Card reader
- Ethernet LAN
- Wi-Fi
- 802.11ax
- Bluetooth
- 5.2
- Audio jack
- 3.5mm Combo Jack
- Features
- Fingerprint reader
- Web camera
- HD
- Backlit keyboard
- optional
- Microphone
- Array Microphone with AI Noise Cancelling
- Speakers
- 2x Speakers, Dolby Atmos
- Optical drive
- Security Lock slot
- Kensington Lock