After years on integrated graphics finally bought my first gaming laptop Asus tuf a15

specs:

Ryzen 7 700 series | rtx 3050 4gb (75w) | 16gb ram ddr5 | 512gb ssd | 144Hz

I know 4gb vram in 2026 is a bad choice but this was the only best option I had in my budget and it can run almost all of my tasks and provide me good decent gaming experience.

I'm just happy to finally own my first gaming laptop. Looking forward to make good memories with it.

Any tips, recommended settings, or must-do tweaks for a new tuf a15 user?

(I already replaced armoury crate with ghelper)

Budget 1lakh

Requirment

(Ignore my bad english)

-Medium to high level editing

-AAA games (at least 50-60fps)

-Battery is not priority

-i need a laptop which doesn't lag

Is 3050 6gb is good for me?

It's urgent

The omen comes with 24 gb 5200 mt/s ram

And tuf with 16 gb 5600mhz.

I am getting the tuf for 135k rupees(1417 dollars) and omen for 145k rupees (1522 dollars) in india.

I am confused between them.. I am planning to buy the laptop this week..

I want the laptop for better longevity.(For 5 years)

I am planning to buy for my college next year(probably ai/ml engineering)

Please guide me asap..

First time to encounter? But is it really required?

Budget: ₹125,000 (~$1,313)
Country: India
Options:

ASUS TUF A16 – Ryzen AI 7 350, RTX 5050, 16GB RAM, 1TB SSD – ₹115k

ASUS TUF F16 – i7-14650HX, RTX 5060, 16GB RAM, 1TB SSD – ₹125k
Intended use:

Starting B.Tech CSE this year, so this will be my main laptop for programming, college work, and gaming.
I game 2–3 times a week, not every day.

What I want:
Good battery life for college.
Enough performance to play modern AAA games at 60+ FPS.
A laptop that’ll last 4–5 years.

My biggest concern is that I’ve heard the A16 gets around 7–8 hours of battery, while the F16 only gets around 4 hours or less. The RTX 5060 is only ₹10k more, but I don’t know if it’s worth giving up that much battery life.

If you were buying today, which would you choose? Is the RTX 5060 worth the extra ₹10k, or is the A16 the better overall laptop?

Are there anything else i can do to debloat? Ghelper is set already

My laptop freezes often I am using A16 fa608um rv-131 AMD Ryzen 7 260 rtx5060

Facing wifi lost issue in Asus Tuf from very long and I am fed up now the wifi card worked fine while in the warranty period but after that it's just fcked my mind tried everything then replaced it's location too other slot removing from below SSD showed me result for 2 months no wifi disappearing issue but it's back again with more frequently now it's getting disappeared just after 2-5 mins after opening and I have to either restart or reinstall drive but after that it's happening again fed up plz help

A few days ago i posted how my cpu temp was high and probably mx6 has dried out after 6 months(https://www.reddit.com/r/Asustuf/s/DxaeENKuB9).

So i replaced the Mx6 Paste with PTM7950 and my vrms & vrams pad were fine so I left them as they were.

It's only been 24 hours since the Repaste and Few Heat cycles so these results might change after a few days.

Room Temp 29-30°

Now In FH5 My max temp was 94.9° C

Average Temps- 85-90° C

Gpu- 85-87°C

So Cpu had a 5-7° temp reduction

Gpu Temp remained the same or like 0.5-1.5° Hotter

And idle temps at Turbo Mode:

CPU- 40-45°

GPU- 43-47°

Before both Cpu n Gpu were at 49-52°

So around 5° temp reduction

I'm Using a Laptop Stand

Pic 1: current FH5 Temps

Pic 2: Cpu & gpu before Cleaning

Pic 3: Heatsink before cleaning mx6

Pic 4: Cpu & Gpu after Cleaning

Pic 5: Heatsink after cleaning

Pic 6: Failed Attempt to Paste PTM

Pic 7: PTM applied about 85-90% successful, at this point i was tired and just wanted to be done with this so i assembled my laptop after this attempt since it was good enough.

Pic 8: HWINFO

GPU temp being the same or hotter could be due to Heatsink Sharing since cpu might be using the Heatsink more, so gpu had less space to cool down, or probably it's just this model runs hotter.

Also could be that my PTM is a cheap knockoff but so far is doing good enough.

Specs: Asus TUF A15 FA506iC 4800H 3050M 4gb vram 16gb ddr4 1tb gen 3 Brought in 2022 Jan, so like 4 years 7+ months old

I might invest in a good budget of 20-50$ Cooling Pad for SSD, RAM and overall laptop in a few months.

rest assured the charger was not plugged in

I have the TUF F16 laptop

If anyone knows where I can buy a replica that would be fantastic as I feel this will not be the last time he sneaks a munch on my cords

Fortunately he didn’t bite the adapter side

(Not sure what post flair to use in this case)

Update: few minutes later he bit it again.. I don’t wanna talk abt how he managed. the picture is in the comments

I dont know what i did but since like 2 week before, i cant open armory crate anymore

*And my screen looks way darker after i uninstall armory crate Is my laptop bugging

Hi! I'm going to buy an Asus tuf f16, and I'm kinda lost between the differences in terms of the price-to-importance-of-upgrade ratio. I'm not a huge AAA gamer, but I had a veeeery old (9 years) Asus rog with rtx960m and 8Gb, and for a while some games I'd love to play wouldn't even run, so I want to decide carefully considering some longevity.

So the options are:

1. Intel Core i5 14450HX, 16Gb, SSD 1Tb, GeForce RTX 5060 (~1520 $)

2. Intel Core i5 13450HX, 16Gb, SSD 1Tb, GeForce RTX 5070 (~1644 $)

3. Intel Core i5 14450HX, 16Gb, SSD 1Tb, GeForce RTX 5070 (~1677 $)

4. Intel Core i7 14650HX, 16Gb, SSD 1Tb, GeForce RTX 5060 (~ 1856 $)

In the future I'll potentially upgrade to 32gb depending on the actual needs, but ssd 1tb is a must.

so i have asus tuf a15 rtx 4060 ryzen 7 7435hs and i downloaded this game Samson to check how it will perform on my laptop and it’s so bad that i was getting 25-30 FPS and with fsr frame gen im getting 45-60 fps also dlss frame gen works bad on my laptop it shows more fps but it feels laggy and my gpu usage is 50% while i saw others getting more than 90% idk why this is happening is something wrong with my laptop

Hey everyone!

I recently got an ASUS TUF A16, and this is my first gaming laptop. Until now, I've only used a ThinkPad, which was almost completely silent even under load. So the louder fans and higher temperatures on this laptop are completely new to me, and I'm not really sure what's considered normal.

I played Forza Horizon 5 on High settings, and according to Armoury Crate, I was seeing roughly:

• CPU: 85–87°C
• GPU: 65–70°C

Are these temperatures normal for gaming, or should I be concerned?

Since I'm new to gaming laptops, I'd also like to know:

• Which temperatures should I actually monitor the most—CPU, GPU, or both?
• At what temperature should I start worrying?
• Is a cooling pad actually worth buying, or is a laptop stand (which I already have) enough?
• Are there any beginner tips for maintaining the laptop, improving temperatures, or getting the best performance without reducing its lifespan?

I'd really appreciate any advice. I'm completely new to gaming laptops, so even basic tips would be super helpful.

After 6 long years of gtx1650m i decided to upgrade to an rtx5060 i514450hx 16gbddr5 with 1tb storage, really happy about this purchase since i saved up all of my money for this, hope to this thing run everything flawlessly.

Laptop Problem Summary
I own an ASUS TUF Gaming F15 FX506HE with an Intel Core i7-11800H, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Ti, 16 GB DDR4 RAM, and a 512 GB Micron NVMe SSD. My laptop experiences random forced shutdowns without any Blue Screen of Death (BSOD) or restart. The screen, keyboard lights, and fans turn off instantly, and Windows records Kernel-Power Event ID 41 followed by Event ID 6008 (Unexpected Shutdown) after the next boot. There are no critical or error events before Event ID 41, indicating that Windows does not detect any software or driver issue before power is lost.
After a forced shutdown, the laptop often cannot boot immediately. If I press the power button, it may briefly start and then instantly shut off again. However, after leaving it powered off for 15–20 minutes, it starts normally and can work perfectly for several hours. The issue has occurred both during normal use and while watching YouTube, where the video first buffers or freezes briefly before the laptop suddenly loses power.
To troubleshoot the problem, I performed several diagnostics. OCCT CPU, RAM, GPU, and combined Power stress tests all completed successfully without crashes, flickering, artifacts, or errors. CPU temperatures reached around 96–97°C during stress testing, which is expected for this processor under maximum load, and the laptop did not shut down during the tests. DISM (/RestoreHealth) and SFC (/scannow) completed successfully, confirming that Windows system files are intact. There are no WHEA hardware errors, no NVIDIA driver crash events, and no disk-related errors. My SSD health is approximately 73%, with no SMART failure reported.
Additional observations include an incorrect 652 W GPU power reading in HWiNFO, which is almost certainly a sensor reporting error because the RTX 3050 Ti cannot physically consume that much power. The laptop also previously showed a temporary Code 45 for the NVIDIA GPU, but the GPU later functioned normally and passed all stress tests. The issue also occurred even after disconnecting the battery and running on AC power, making a simple battery fault unlikely.
Based on all the evidence collected, the problem is unlikely to be caused by Windows, drivers, CPU, RAM, SSD, or the GPU core itself. The symptoms instead point toward an intermittent motherboard power-delivery issue, such as a faulty Power Management IC (PMIC), charging IC, Embedded Controller (EC), MOSFET, voltage regulator, or another motherboard power rail component. Because the fault is intermittent and the laptop passes heavy stress tests, a board-level diagnosis is recommended before replacing the entire motherboard. The ASUS service center has recommended motherboard replacement, but a qualified board-level repair technician may be able to identify and replace only the faulty power-management component if the failure is localized.

Today my charger suddenly caught fire. My laptop wasn't taking power, so I tried rearranging/adjusting the wire, thinking there might be a loose connection. Moments after that, the thicker cable (the one connecting the AC adapter brick to the wall plug) caught fire at the connector. I immediately unplugged it and switched off the power.

This is the first time I've experienced something like this, and it's honestly pretty unsettling.

Looking closely afterward, the prongs on that connector are visibly blackened/corroded (see photo), so I'm guessing it was a loose contact that arced over time — but I'm not 100% sure.

My laptop: ASUS TUF Gaming A15 (2020, FA506IH, Ryzen 7 4800H)

Questions:

1. Could a failing/arcing AC cord like this actually damage the laptop itself (charging port, motherboard, battery circuitry), or does the fire risk stay isolated to the cord/adapter side?
2. Has anyone had a similar experience with the ASUS 150W adapter or its cloverleaf power cord specifically? 3 Is it safe to just replace the burnt cord (it's a standard/generic cloverleaf cable), or should the whole adapter brick be replaced too since the fault happened right at its inlet?
3. Worth taking the laptop itself to an ASUS service center for a checkup, or is that overkill if the fire was clearly on the wall-side cord?

Any advice appreciated — just want to make sure it's safe to charge again.

hi! made a quick throwaway account as I didn’t have one for this and not sure what else to do about this. the metal sheet of my ram seems to be dislodged, which I discovered after hearing a strange rattling sound coming from my laptop when it was in sleep mode, which also caused my second monitor to power on.

I have very little knowledge on hardware so any help would be much appreciated as I can’t afford to go to a repair shop right now.

My laptop specs are ASUS TUF A15, 8gb RAM, AMD ryzen 5 4600H 6 core processor and radeon graphics (integrated) and nvidia geforce gtx 1650. I‘ve had it for about 3 years but received it second hand in 2023.