After introduced not too long ago, ASUS Indonesia finally brought the Zephyrus G14 variant to Indonesia. The laptop has a 14-inch display with a light body. ROG Zephyrus G14 is claimed to be the world’s thinnest and most powerful laptop. How did it earn that title? One of the answers is by equipping the latest AMD Ryzen Mobile 4000 series processor.

The processor with the codename Renoir may not be the newest product but it comes with the latest Zen 2 architecture with 7nm FinFET semiconductor. Meaning, Ryzen Mobile 4000 series uses a smaller transistor compared to the previous generation.

The smaller semiconductor makes ROG Zephyrus G14 come with a better performance a lower power consumption. It’s also the reason why the latest gaming laptop from ASUS has a thin body, far from the conventional thick and heavy gaming laptop.

Not just for a gamer

What separates ROG Zephyrus G14 from other ROG Zephyrus series is its design. The laptop is both minimalistic and futuristic at the same time, making it a great gaming machine for your home.

ROG Zephyrus G14 comes with two color variants. The Moonlight White has an elegant white accent for those who want to be seen. While Eclipse Grey comes with a dark accent for gamers who desires a classic beastly-looking gaming laptop.

ASUS moves the ROG logo to the bottom right corner. The logo was presented so ROG Zephyrus G14 doesn’t lose its identity as a part of the ROG family but needs to retain its minimalistic design. In the cover, there are small dots that diagonally split the cover into two. The minimalistic design was the first to be implemented in a gaming laptop.

For the size, ROG Zephyrus G14 is not like most gaming laptops. It has a 14-inch display that’s rarely used in a gaming laptop and weighing under 2kg (1,6kg to be accurate), something that’s rare for a premium gaming laptop.

ROG Zephyrus G14 has a thin body that it can compete with a mainstream ultrathin laptop. With 1,79cm thickness and 32,7 x 22,7 cm dimension, ROG Zephyrus G14 can be carried around with ease and can be placed inside a sling bag like most mainstream laptops.

Looking at the design, ROG Zephyrus G14 is marketed not just for gamers but also for those who are looking for a powerful laptop as a daily driver. The minimalistic and low-profile design of ROG Zephyrus G14 allows the user to be mobile but also fits the office environment.

Comes with the Best Features

As a premium gaming laptop labeled Republic of Gamers, ROG Zephyrus G14 comes with the best features in its class. The features used in the laptop are not just for gaming, but also for daily use. These are the features in ROG Zephyrus G14:

Display for gaming and Content Creation

ROG Zephyrus G14 comes with a 14-inch display designed for gaming. That’s why the panel has a 120hz refresh rate. The animation in video games will look smooth because ROG Zephyrus G14 has a high framerate.

Its ability to run at a high framerate is crucial for gamers that play action games. It’s because the high framerate allows every action to appear smoother, allowing gamers to react faster.

For those who put forth content creation and more concerned with screen resolution, ASUS also provides a ROG Zephyrus G14 variant with WQHD res. Unlike gamers, content creators are more concerned with a high screen resolution to create better contents.

Both variants (high framerate or high resolution) has been calibrated for an accurate color display and bags a PANTONE Validated Display certificate.

More Flexible with a Complete Port

ROG Zephyrus G14  comes with two USB Type-C that supports the Power Delivery feature. Meaning you can recharge the laptop with a 65W power adapter that’s smaller than the 180W charger that the laptop has. Fyi, the 180W adapter will present an optimal performance for ROG Zephyrus G14. 

Besides charging, the USB Type-C port in ROG Zephyrus G14 also supports display output. All monitors that support Display Port 1.4 can be connected to this laptop with a USB Type-C cable. Additionally, with an HDMI 2.0b port, the laptop can be connected to two 4K resolution monitors at once.

Faster Connectivity

ROG Zephyrus G14 comes with the latest WiFi mobile (Gig+) or known as 902.11ax. WiFi 6 has a faster data transfer rate compared to WiFi 5 (802.11ac), up to 2,4Gbps. WiFi 6 ensures ROG Zephyrus G14  to be connected to the internet with the best signal.

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Fingerprint Login

ROG Zephyrus G14 in the first gaming laptop with a fingerprint reader in the power button. Not just that, ROG Zephyrus G14 is the first gaming laptop with an SSO Power Button (Single Sign-On).

The technology allows the user to enter Windows directly after pressing the power button because of the fingerprint reader in the power button. The SSO Power Button utilizes a special memory space that can store the user’s fingerprint and it’s integrated to Windows Hello.

Special Keyboard

Although the body is small, ROG Zephyrus G14 comes with a regular-sized keyboard like other ROG laptops. The keyboard in ROG Zephyrus G14 is specifically designed to provide comfort for both working and gaming thanks to the spacing and the travel distance.

The gaming feature is not removed. The N-Key Rollover technology makes its comeback in ROG Zephyrus G14 making all input can be translated accurately. Additionally, ROG Zephyrus G14’s keyboard has the same layout as most desktop keyboards to make things easier for gamers to interact in-game.

Advanced Cooling System

ROG Zephyrus G14 comes with the latest hardware for better and faster performance. To stabilize the performance, ROG Zephyrus G14 comes with a specially designed cooling system. Besides stabilizing the performance, the cooling system of ROG Zephyrus G14 is the reason why ROG Zephyrus G14 has a high performance.

The colling system in ROG Zephyrus G14 has several features, one of them is ErgoLift Hinge. A premium feature introduced in several other ASUS laptops that lifted the main body of ROG Zephyrus G14 when the screen is lifted up or when being used. With this feature, the gaming laptop has an extra air cavity to allow better airflow in the system. 

Not just ErgoLift Hinge, ROG Zephyrus G14 also has a special cooling module. ROG Zephyrus G14 has a thinner heatsink fin. This allows more heatsink to be installed on the surface for better heat dispersion. The fan also has more blades compare to other laptops, making ROG Zephyrus G14 have better airflow and cooling system as a whole.

The user can also configure how the cooling system works. Via the Armoury Crate, the  ROG Zephyrus G14 user can choose the profile scenario presented or manually configure the settings. ASUS gives the freedom for the user to configure the performance of ROG Zephyrus G14 as they see fit.

Unique AniMe Matrix 

The main advantage of ROG Zephyrus G14 is its AniMe Matrix Feature. The feature consists of 1.215 mini LEDs that can show animation, text, and other effects on the cover of ROG Zephyrus G14. the user can configure them as they wish.

AniMe Matrix can not only show text or display battery notification or equalizer that’s synchronized with the audio. The user of ROG Zephyrus G14 can also input picture or animation for a varying display. Thanks to the special LEDs with 256 levels of brightness, the animation can be seen clearly with ROG Zephyrus G14 AniMe Matrix.

The Fastest 14-inch Gaming Laptop

ROG Zephyrus G14 is powered by AMD Ryzen 4000 Mobile Series with the latest Zen 2 architecture and 7nm semiconductor. The latest processor doesn’t just have the latest architecture and features, but also more cores and threads. Thanks to Ryzen 9 4900HS, ROG Zephyrus G14 is the first 14-inch laptop with 8 cores and 16 threads processor.

For the graphics, ROG Zephyrus G14 uses up to NVIDIA RTX 2060 that supports the latest tech such as real-time ray tracing. ROG Zephyrus G14 supports up to 24GB of RAM configuration type DDR4 with a speed of 3200MHz, that’s faster than most gaming laptop today. For the storage, ROG Zephyrus G14 utilizes a 1TB M.2 NVMe PCIe SSD.

Take a look at the test result using ROG Zephyrus G14 using Ryzen 9 4900HS, GeForce RTX 2060, 16GB RAM, and 1TB SSD.

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