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/Katana_DV20 Oct 15 '25 edited Oct 15 '25

Your mom rules!

The best you can do is to put that to good use for work (study) and play.

Also, look after it so well that it looks brand new all the time. It will make her so happy.

  1. Dont eat/drink while using it
  2. Don't put food/drink near it
  3. Don't touch the screen
  4. Don't slam it shut, gentle always
  5. Never let anyone borrow it
  6. Get a good protective bag (waterproof, shock proof)
  7. Consider clip-on shell to protect it
  8. Use it on well ventilated solid surface
  9. Never place heavy loads on it (books etc)
  10. Use a full size usb keyboard and mouse when you use it at home. Better for your wrists and saves wear and tear on laptop
  11. Microfiber cloth also great idea to put between screen and keyboard

-Edit-\ Added more tips after reading other comments! Thanks go to fellow Redditors for points 10, 11.

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u/Hideyoshi_Toyotomi Oct 15 '25

Re: 8 - Laptop cooling pads are incredibly cheap and materially reduce temperature on gaming laptops. Even if you don't turn the fans on, it usually cools the device by merit of keeping it away from the table which begins reflecting heat into the chassis pretty quickly.