The ASUS Zenbook 14X ultrabook with a 14.5-inch touch OLED display, a Core i7-13700H CPU, and 16 GB of RAM has been discounted by US$300 at Best Buy (via slickdeals). The 30% discount brings the ASUS Zenbook 14X price down from US$999.99 to US$699.99, a 60-day low rate according to Honey’s price history tool.
For US$699.99, the ASUS Zenbook 14X is an excellent value, as shown by our 89% rating for the laptop. The Core i9-13900H version we reviewed impressed us with its durable chassis, an FHD webcam that supports Windows Hello facial recognition, and stellar inputs. Additionally, the 14.5-inch OLED display also proved to be a delight to use, as it boasts a 2.8K resolution, 120 Hz refresh rate, 2 ms response time, and a 16:10 aspect ratio. The panel on our review model displayed 99%, 100%, and 95% coverage of the DCI-P3, sRGB, and AdobeRGB color gamut respectively.
On the inside, the ASUS Zenbook 14X on sale packs a Core i7-13700H CPU featuring 14 cores, 20 threads, and a P-core boost clock of up to 5 GHz. In our testing, the CPU appeared to be an upper mid-range chip with the average Cinebench R23 Multi-Core score in line with the last-gen Core i9-12900H. So, the laptop shouldn’t have any issues in day-to-day operations as well as during intensive workloads.
Finally, the ASUS Zenbook 14X has outstanding battery life as our review unit with a Core i9-13900H achieved a runtime of 10 hours in our real-world web browsing test.
All in all, if you want an ultrabook with a powerful CPU, excellent build quality, a great display, and long endurance, the ASUS Zenbook 14X fits the bill perfectly.
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slickdeals, Best Buy (linked above)