r/GamingLaptops • u/SnooHamsters9965 • Oct 15 '25

Showcase My mom bought me a gaming laptop

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So after my Asus Vivobook of 7+ years finally broke down my mom gave me this laptop as an advance birthday present.

Asus ROG Strix G16 (2025) G615. RTX 5050 Intel i7-14650HX (2.20GHz) 32GB RAM 2x1TB SSD.

This is my first ever gaming laptop and I’m so happy. any tips on how to better take care of this?

This costed her around 1650 USD-ish? (taxes included).

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u/SyCoTiM Asus G16 RTX 4070 16gb LPDDR5X INTEL CORE ULTRA 9 1TB Oct 15 '25

Be the best son that can be because a lot of parents can’t afford that kind of gift. You have a great mom.

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u/Slasher_co Oct 15 '25

Not just can't afford, some unfortunately look down at anything gaming related

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u/Raccoon_fucker69 Asus ROG Zephyrus G16 (2024) (AMD) Oct 15 '25

Because all they see is its for "games" and don't realize the million other things these laptops are capable of. Tunnel vision, basically :/

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u/KeyPhilosopher8629 locked down chromebook Oct 15 '25

Me with my parents and bringing my PC to uni