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ASUS ROG Flow Z13 Gaming Laptop: 13.3" WQXGA 165Hz, 13th Gen Intel i9, GeForce RTX2050 $1398 + Del ($0 C&C/ in-Store) @ JB Hi-Fi

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ASUS ROG Flow Z13 Gaming Laptop: 13.3" WQXGA 165Hz, 13th Gen Intel i9, GeForce RTX2050 $1398 + Del ($0 C&C/ in-Store) @ JB Hi-Fi
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RegentHoney on 17/10/2024 - 14:05 jbhifi.com.au (1990 clicks)
Last edited 17/10/2024 - 14:09 by 1 other user

Personally not too fussed up about these but seems like it’s not a bad deal for those interested in the Z13.

DESCRIPTION
Key Features

13.3" WQXGA (2560 x 1600) 165Hz touchscreen display

13th Gen Intel® Core™ i9-13900H 14-core processor (2.6- 5.4GHz)

512GB SSD M.2 storage with 16GB RAM

NVIDIA® GeForce RTX™ 2050 4GB GDDR6 graphics

1 x USB-A 3.2 port

1 x USB-C 3.2 port

13MB Webcam

Bluetooth v5.2

Wi-Fi 6E (802.11 ax)

Keyboard and Pen included

Backlit Chiclet Keyboard 1-Zone RGB

Up to 9hrs battery life

Windows 11 Home OS

SPECS
Computer type
Laptop
Display size (inches)
13.3
Screen size range
13" to 13.9"
Resolution (Pixels)
2560 x 1600
Refresh Rate (Hz)
165
Display type
WQXGA, IPS
Processor Type
Intel Core i9
Processor Model Number
13900H
Processor Cores
14 Core
Processor Memory Cache
24MB
Processor Clock Speed (GHz)
2.6
Processor Max. Clock Speed (GHz)
5.4
RAM (GB)
16
RAM type
DDR5 SDRAM
RAM module configuration
16GB RAM (1x16GB)
Expandable memory slot(s)
No
SSD storage
512GB
SSD form factor
M.2
Total Storage
512GB
Expandable storage type
NVMe
NVIDIA graphics card series
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2050 Series
Intel graphics card series
Intel Iris Xe
Graphics memory
4GB
Gaming PC
Yes
PC Gaming Device
Gaming Laptop
USB 3.2 Ports
1
USB Ports
2
USB-C Ports
1
USB (Type-C) Port
3.2
Headphone port (3.5mm)
Yes
Webcam
Yes
Bluetooth
v5.2
Backlit keyboard
Yes
Wi-Fi
Wi-Fi 6E (802.11 ax)
Battery life
Up to 9 hours (typical device usage)
Battery WHr
56
Battery cell count
4
Operating system
Windows 11 Home
Colour
Black
Product Height (mm)
14.2
Product Width (mm)
302
Product Depth (mm)
206
Product Weight (kg)
1.18
Lightweight
Yes
Manufacturer's warranty
1 Year

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Comments

  • jsediv on 17/10/2024 - 14:12
    +11

    The 2050 will struggle with modern games but for older/less demanding games or use as a non-gaming laptop, the specs look good.

    • CookieJacker31 on 17/10/2024 - 14:24
      +1

      I'm not sure it'd beat some of the newer igpus ie 890m. Maybe on par with a 780m?

      • Kazusa on 17/10/2024 - 14:40

        Usually better than the 890m when the vram doesn’t choke it out

    • Homr on 17/10/2024 - 18:33

      how does 2050 compare to AMD 880m?

  • Naigrabzo on 17/10/2024 - 14:33
    +1

    HODL. I am waiting for 1050 or god forbid 1030 GPU to come out.

  • acAgenCy1 on 17/10/2024 - 14:41

    I think the 2050 won't live up to most gamer's expectations when they buy a gaming laptop, but agree for non/light gamers this is a good deal

    • dyziplen on 17/10/2024 - 17:14

      Where are they digging up these 2050s from? Are they still making them, or did they find a box of them somewhere?

  • Sam nick on 17/10/2024 - 14:42
    +14

    1.4k for a 2050 4GB GPU? Surely better deals elsewhere

    • diesel93 on 17/10/2024 - 15:10
      +3

      Highly recommend anyone in the market for a gaming laptop to keep an eye out on the Lenovo outlet website, picked up a legion 5i pro with 4070 for $1670 a couple of days ago. It was a return, the specs sent out weren't what were selected.

  • kaikor on 17/10/2024 - 14:43
    +1

    I guess if everyone trashing 3050, this 2050 will be a lot worst …
    And Lenovo Yoga Pro series are much better value. Don't waste your cash

  • serpserpserp on 17/10/2024 - 14:49
    +2

    Sneaky to put an i9 in there and pair with a physically limited gpu

    • JTayzer on 17/10/2024 - 15:08
      +3

      The i9 will be heavily bottlenecked by thermals anyway, this whole system is extremely niche. Plus 13th gen isn't known for its efficiency so the battery life will barely compare to Meteor Lake, Lunar Lake, Strix Point, Snapdragon Elite/Plus.
      I don't really know who this is for tbh. You'd have to really want a convertible tablet laptop and "want to game" with not a dollar more to spend. That said a 4GB 2050 will be much worse than Intel Arc/Radeon 880m/890m paired with 24/32GB ram long term - similar performance but VRAM bottlenecked to hell. So it's not good for gamers and certainly not a good day-to-day machine - worse ergonomics, worse battery life etc.
      Not English but who needs it when there's FPS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1kmfN9EIy-U

      • heef on 17/10/2024 - 15:50
        +1

        Made to be used with the super expensive, terrible proprietary XG Mobile eGPUs ASUS made. Would be ok if it was Oculink, but that wouldn't benefit ASUS.

        • JTayzer on 17/10/2024 - 15:58

          I actually daily drove an X13 with the 3080 XG Mobile for 2 years - the main hassle was activating/deactivating the eGPU every single time you needed to unplug/replug etc. Managed to resell it for cost price though, the demand for it is surprising.
          Thankfully there's an open-source 3Dprintable adapter now - though you'd need knowledge on how to order PCBs, flash the board, and run some code.
          https://github.com/osy/XG_Mobile_Station
          Having it be Oculink native without proprietary software would have been amazing if not for Asus' greed.

  • Opaquer on 17/10/2024 - 14:55

    Out of curiosity if my SIL wants to start a course in cyber security and needs something for programming/light gpu stuff, would something like this be ok, or would it be better to get an AMD instead of an intel chip? Or does it not matter?

    • Kazusa on 17/10/2024 - 15:02
      +6

      Doesn’t matter, don’t need a good cpu/gpu for learning programming

      • Opaquer on 17/10/2024 - 16:03

        The only thing is if she wants/needs to get into things like VMs/docker etc, would it not be better to have a better CPU for that? I'm not 100% sure what programming/cyber courses teach so not sure what's needed, but just planning for the future as a just in case. And she'll probably do some light gaming, but nothing crazy, hence the small GPU?

        • Kazusa on 17/10/2024 - 16:30

          Doesn’t matter, cheap quad core cpus like n100’s run docker fine, all modern cpus are way overkill for students anyways

        • gmatht on 17/10/2024 - 17:28

          RAM is generally more important for VMs. "Light GPU" Stuff is vague, but TabbyML works fine with a 1B model, which would work fine with this, and anyway running LLMs on the cloud is fine. The RAM on this isn't upgradable but 16GB should be fine for running a couple of VMs. Win 11 has built in support for running VMs which might be convienient, but weight, ruggardness, and battery life may be more important. Heck this $250 16GB machine should be able to run a 1B LLM on the integrated GPU if the battery holds up: https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/335153817864

    • heef on 17/10/2024 - 15:48
      +1

      Waste of money, no.

      • Opaquer on 17/10/2024 - 16:04

        Do you have any recommendation for her? As I said in my other reply I don't really know what stuff they teach in cyber/programming courses, and I'm not very tech savvy so I don't know what's good atm, but she'll want some light gaming, so thought something like this (though maybe not this specifically) could be good?

        • heef on 17/10/2024 - 20:49
          +2

          One of the new Intel Meteor Lake chips are excellent for battery life. As good as macbooks. Slightly better perf on the AMD chips but slightly less battery life is the trade-off.

          For AMD, I'd get her on to the Lenovo Education Store (just need an .edu email) and have a look at the Yoga Pro 7. Great hardware, especially the keyboard. It isn't the latest release, but that really doesn't matter for a study workload, already plenty fast.

          Here's on the regular store, good price for what you get anyway

          • Opaquer on 17/10/2024 - 22:14
            +1

            @heef: Ah, the lenovo education store isn't a bad idea once she's got her email - thanks, we'll check it out if there's any good deals there! Also we'll keep an eye out for some of the new meteor lake chips and see if there's anything there that pops up that might be good too, or some AMD stuff that's similar! Thanks again!

    • JTayzer on 17/10/2024 - 16:09
      +1

      Something like the following laptop would completely thrash the Z13 https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/871841. You'd gain OLED, an extra 16GB RAM, +4-12gb VRAM by extension, and of course more battery life.
      The CPU on the Z13 is a few generations behind - mainly lacking in efficiency, so poor battery life https://www.notebookcheck.net/Asus-ROG-Flow-Z13-ACRNM-Review…
      It's not a question of AMD vs Intel at all. It's a question about the exact chip you're buying - e.g. if you're comparing Lunar Lake to a Ryzen 6000 of course Lunar Lake would look better. Same goes for the Ryzen 9 HX 370 vs the i9 13900H, the Ryzen would easily come out on top.
      The CPU SKU naming from all the major players other than Apple is absolutely atrocious, so it pays to do some research. Nanoreview is somewhat reliable, you can usually compare CPU scores with them. Never ever touch Userbenchmark as they're complete Intel shills.
      Don't go Qualcomm Snapdragon as Windows ARM is still experimental and there's a lack of app support.
      A decent laptop with an Intel Core Ultra 7 155H or above, or a Ryzen 7 8840HS or above, with at least 16gb RAM are good places to start if your SIL is planning to keep the laptop for ~5 years.
      Edit: For longevity's sake I would recommend 24GB of RAM but that's if she'd do gaming on the side or needs the extra ram. 16GB on Windows in 2024 is looking sadder and sadder.

      • gmatht on 17/10/2024 - 17:29

        We don't often see a discrete GPU in the 13" form factor though.

        • JTayzer on 17/10/2024 - 17:45

          Asus Flow X13 and ProArt PX13 are both better laptops, so it's better to get those on sale imo.
          Otherwise there are many 14" laptops that aren't that much heavier with discrete GPUs.

          • gmatht on 17/10/2024 - 22:51

            @JTayzer: Hmm, there is currently a pre-owned X13 with a 3050ti for $1200: https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/365128371501

            • JTayzer on 17/10/2024 - 23:04

              @gmatht: I'd steer away from that model specifically as it has a 5900hs, this was before AMD honed in on efficiency.
              At the bare minimum I'd get a Ryzen 6000 but that's been surpassed quite a lot by 8000 (refresh of 7000 but with better efficiency tuning) or Ryzen "AI". On the flipside both Meteor Lake and Lunar Lake perform better and have even better battery life than Ryzen AI. Meteor Lake isn't ideal for heavy tasks though as it used ultra low power cores to cheat idle battery life. The P and E cores are still as inefficient as previous gens. I hear the E cores on Lunar Lake are much improved efficiency wise, but it's lacking in multicore performance vs Ryzen AI.
              Hope that clears things up a bit.

      • Opaquer on 17/10/2024 - 22:12

        Thanks for the suggestion and in depth review of things, this is perfect! I'll keep an eye out for a good laptop that has everything I need - even if it's bigger than a 14", that may not be the worst idea. There's a lot of laptops with 13th gen intel but it seems like there's quite a big difference between that and the new ultra 7 155H, so I'll have to keep an eye out for those instead! Thanks again, I really appreciate it!

  • MauTauAja on 17/10/2024 - 14:59

    Hi Guys, Can you use the screen on up side down position?

    The reason I'm asking is it may be compatible with my GameSir Galileo gamepad with USB C connector.

  • hishaken on 17/10/2024 - 15:02
    +1

    will be good if it is 4050

  • butwhy on 17/10/2024 - 17:16
    +3

    People have missed the point (and JB has incorrect advertised it). This is technically a tablet - not a laptop. The keyboard is detachable. It has a stylus compatible touchscreen. It's 1.18kg so there are going to be compromises.

    Yes it's a niche product, that probably can only manage light gaming. But it's in the same category as a Surface Pro, but miles better in all regards (maybe except battery life).

    However their older ones had keyboards that regularly died - not sure if the newer version has fixed this.

    Beware it may use a 2230 SSD if you plan to upgrade.

  • Metre on 17/10/2024 - 17:39
    +1

    Imho worth extra for a 4060 laptop.

    • Farmacist on 18/10/2024 - 13:43

      Is $2000 worth it for the 4060

      • Metre on 18/10/2024 - 14:55

        4060 with amd cpu can be had for 1.4k plays all recent titles.

  • kingmoron on 17/10/2024 - 18:16

    2050 refuses to die

  • nigel deborah on 18/10/2024 - 10:58

    Be so much better with a modern iGPU. 2050 is a pointless card, especially in this tablet form factor.

  • Farmacist on 18/10/2024 - 13:26

    Is it worth getting the 4060 for 2k? also on "Clearance" as well

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