Asus N551JQ

34 reviews

Apr, 2024

Positive
performance (45)
price (31)
screen (28)
keyboard (19)
usability (16)

Negative
durability (9)
reliability (9)
portability (9)
battery (6)
energy (4)

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alaTest has collected and analyzed 34 reviews of Asus N551JQ. The average rating for this product is 3.2/5, compared to an average rating of 4.0/5 for other products in the same category for all reviews. Views about the sound and usability are generally positive. The keyboard and price also get good feedback. Opinions about the size and screen are different, while many are less positive about the battery and energy efficiency.

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We analyzed user and expert ratings, product age and more factors. Compared to other products in the same category the Asus N551JQ is awarded an overall alaScore™ of 78/100 = Good quality.

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Consumer review (newegg.com)

Horrible. Started getting Blue screen of death Driver errors within months

The gaming potential was great before the errors started happening.

Literally less than 5 months after I bought this laptop I started getting the Blue screen of death errors telling me "ERR_Driver_Power_State_Failure". Now it happens every day and it has cost me TIME and MONEY. I've lost school reports, essays, and...

May, 2016

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Consumer review (newegg.com)

Fine until the hard drive failed

Fairly fast and plenty of hard drive space

After four months of use Windows started giving me hard drive errors. Running check disk and rebuilding Windows 8.1 didn't work. I requested a new hard drive via support but they want the whole laptop to be RMA. The laptop isn't a hard item to replace....

Apr, 2016

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Consumer review (newegg.com)

Best GAMING LAPTOP for the price!

Got it for $670 about 4 months ago. Now it is $200 more, I must have got a deal!

Fast i-7 processor 4110HQ (On high-performance power mode, jumps the clock to 3.4GHz.) Video card is pretty good, plays most new games still at med-high settings. 8GB ram -- all I need for now. 7200 RPM hard-drive Cool keyboard with lights. All silver....

Power button next to PGDN key is annoying. None

Mar, 2016

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Consumer review (newegg.com)

Good but not great

Overall, it's pretty nice, even with the drawbacks mentioned above. All the same, I'm considering selling it and getting something with 11ac WiFi. Battery life isn't the greatest, but that wasn't my main concern and certainly given the processor I...

It's a fast machine. For compiles of 18,000 lines of C++, it's about 10-15% faster than a desktop 3.1 GHz Sandybridge Core i5. I like the feel of the keyboard. The touchpad is passable, but I resort to using an external mouse. Screen is nice for my...

Came installed with Windows 8-something. Immediately ditched that for a SSD and installed Linux. However, it's not well-supported under Linux. Asus should really provide support for such things as the function keys (screen brightness, especially), and...

Mar, 2016

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Consumer review (newegg.com)

Cheap Mid-end Gaming Laptop

I am buying an SSD to go with this Laptop. It does take a while to load up, but it is fine after I get it starting.

-Can play Starcraft on High with 60 FPS -Works great for school -i7 Processor

-If I had more money i'd buy a laptop with a better video card -Windows 8.1 (Upgraded to Windows 10)

Feb, 2016

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Consumer review (newegg.com)

Run away!

I've just order a ram upgrade to get it to 16G and I've order an upgrade for the wireless card as well. The speed with the built-in wireless card is way too slow for the file transfers I need to do over my network, but I knew this going in. More...

None.

Update: DO NOT PURCHASE THIS LAPTOP. I am having constant driver power state BSODs. I updated my Nvidia driver as was required to play a new game. I'm now having constant crashes from the two graphics cards trying to hand off graphics duties to each...

Jan, 2016

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Consumer review (newegg.com)

These laptops should scream with the specs they have

Looking at NVIDIA's user forum, they're obviously experiencing systemic engineering issues with this software. I would not recommend nor buy another NVIDIA product- they are not what they were a few years ago. Going with ASUS was a gamble- but for the...

2 gig dedicated GPU RAM NVIDIA Lit keyboard On-board Intel graphics 4600 subwoofer surround sound system sleek appearance

Graphics drivers are from 2014 and no update from ASUS. AND they don't let you update them easily- you have to work around a block to install Intel's latest. The NVIDIA drivers update easily, but are horrible. The update for the 845m to run Star Wars...

Jan, 2016

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Consumer review (newegg.com)

Unfortunately, not the best experience for me...(After 1 month of usage)

- Unfortunately, I would never recommend this laptop to anyone. My experience with it was just that bad.

- The graphics for gaming was good for the price. Not spectacular but it got the average gaming experience done. It was better than my last laptop so I am happy with it. - The keyboard is fantastic. The back lit keyboard is a great plus. I don't...

- The mouse pad was unresponsive 60% of the time. On of the worst experiences I have had with one thus far. - The IPS Panel was a complete lie. The picture quality was absolutely dreadful as the colors were washed out and viewing angles were nowhere...

Jan, 2016

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Consumer review (newegg.com)

Does NOT Have an IPS Panel

Like many others, I've been questioning the panel, is it truely IPS or not? Based on input from others I was able to determine from the hardware ID that is was highly unlikely my laptop (as shipped & received) used an IPS panel. I reached out to...

I like the spec's, everything except the spec's for the Panel

I wish the keyboard key colors were black.

Jan, 2016

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Consumer review (newegg.com)

Do not buy this laptop if you're planning to use an external mic!

Had I realized or tested this combo audio jack problem sooner, I would have not bought this laptop, or returned it right away. Now I can't proceed with getting my work done when I'm unable to record audio from my condenser mic. I can only hope a...

Upgraded from an older laptop that wasn't able to record 1920x1080 resolution gameplay from elgato or HDPVR2. Now I'm able to record higher resolution gameplay.

Combo audio I/O jack does not recognize or pick up on audio from external mic when plugged in. When plugged in, it only recognizes it as an audio out device. Older slower laptop had a dedicated mic in jack that worked just fine for the past 3 years...

Jan, 2016

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