Question 1

how audible is the fan?

Accepted Answer

I have rarely ever once heard the fan on my laptop, even as I run Fallout 4 (graphic and mechanic heavy game) it seems silent. The piece that heats up fastest is the small power block that's part of the charger.

Question 2

what is the battery life?

Accepted Answer

Battery life is not great under a heavy load.  Gaming for about an hour and a half will run the battery from a full charge to completely dead.  As for something lighter like internet browsing, a full charge will last around 3-4 hours.

Might want to keep the charger close by at all times, if not always on the charger while in use.

Question 3

Does it have a backlit keyboard?

Accepted Answer

No it does not. The keys are very dark so don't plan on being able to see the keyboard at night without some sort of light.

Question 4

Why this laptop doesn't have dvd ?

Accepted Answer

That is a great question and i called newegg to ask this, but they could not tell me.  I asked my son and he thought it strange bc most to all have DVD player to install.  i had to buy a portable, not the ideal situation, but it works.  another response i received from my son was that most games are bought downloading them, so eventually you wont need it, but i think that is years down the road.

Question 5

does the I5 model come with an optical drive?? it shows it in the pics but not listed in the specs at all...

Accepted Answer

Dual hard drives. The second hard drives takes the place of the CDROM drive.

Question 6

Is this 100% supported by Asus (says its only at Newegg?).  I have two dell PCs I bought from Newegg which are not supported by Dell -- no windows 10 support or even windows 7 support from Dell.

Accepted Answer

I recently contacted newegg about this laptop. As soon as I asked them about Hardware they sent me to Asus. I've always had good experiences with Asus in the past and have always dealt with them directly when having issues. I have heard of people getting caught between Asus and Newegg supports, but if you just call back in at a different time and speak to someone new, I trust Asus to sort things out. If you have any doubts you can call Newegg support or Asus support and ask about coverage. Also, note that this laptop has no optical drive. If you want one you will need to purchase and external drive.

Question 7

What type of graphics card does it have?

Accepted Answer

Please read the product description.... as it already answers this question.....
NVIDIA GeForce 940MX.

Question 8

I now own this laptop. Any questions? Feel free to ask and ill answer aything I can.

Accepted Answer

if you want a hardware for your laptop where can you buy it ? and what's about drivers and support ?
Do you advise me to buy the laptop ?

Question 9

Can a blue ray drive be added to this laptop?

Accepted Answer

It looks like the existing CDROM drive bay is occupied by the second hard drive.
You'd have to get an external blueray drive.

Question 10

Is it possible to upgrade the RAM to 16GB? and is there an optical drive available for this laptop? I checked the manufacturer's site and google, can't find one

Accepted Answer

From what I read on Asus site, seems like can be upgraded up to max of 12. Not 16. But I'm not an owner of it (yet) so I can't tell for sure.

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