https://www.techradar.com/reviews/asus-tuf-fx504-hands-onhttps://www.laptopmag.com/reviews/laptops/asus-tuf-gaming-fx504https://www.cnet.com/reviews/asus-tuf-gaming-fx504-review/https://www.ultrabookreview.com/19725-asus-tuf-fx504ge-review/I used one of these for half a day, the owner needed help backing up the WinOS and installing a linux.
The FX504 is quite inexpensive (in Canada, anyways), actually a great bargain in terms of hardware for the money. But that being said, it's a low-end "value gaming" laptop, it can probably run lightweight 3D games/engines/etc but don't expect spectacular performance, there will be compromises and bottlenecks and limits. If you're a casual gamer then it's a fair deal, if you're a budget gamer then you'd do better with a desktop, if you're a heavy gamer then you won't regret spending more on something better.
The unit I had seemed to have amazing battery life and very low temps (in a hot ambient), but I never put any stress on it so I can't say how these things would turn out when the machine is pushed hard. I always hate laptop keyboard/touchpad interfaces - but in this instance the touchpad seemed particularly frustrating to use, very imprecise and unresponsive - I basically couldn't tolerate operating the machine without attaching an external mouse.
The screen resolution seems a little small for the money. The reviewers describe it as "thick and bulky" but that's an exaggeration - it's not a slick panel of glass like the latest tablets, but it also seemed nicely sturdy and robust, not a flimsy fragile thing which bends whenever you type on it.
I wouldn't buy a variant with HDD system drive(s), it would be much slower on daily tasks and it would suck the battery faster. 8GB would be fine for web browsing/surfing, social media, YouTube/Netflix video streaming, etc (in which case you'd be better off buying a tablet), 16GB would be fine for gaming, anything more would just be a waste of money on this platform.
It's ASUS TUF-branded, which suggests it's basically built with robustly overkill hardware and to last forever, 5-years minimum. And this is true of TUF desktop motherboards, but I have my doubts about TUF mobile devices lasting much longer than the usual 2-3 year expected lifespan; I suspect it will suffer all the same hardware faults any other (non-TUF) laptop will experience after 2-3 years of use or after a few unfortunate spills/drops/impacts/etc.
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