I bought this gaming laptop primarily for my astrophotography needs & after 6-weeks of use have not been disappointed. Got it at black Friday/cyber Monday pricing which made it a great bargain. I spent many hours researching laptops before selecting this one. Made a bad choice a couple of years ago & didn't want a repeat.With it having a separate GPU, the graphics are superb. Some of the best I've seen on a laptop. An excellent match for my photo processing needs! I also opted for the Intel processor as I wanted more horsepower & it zooms!Was pleasantly surprised to see open room for another hard-drive which I quickly filled with one I had on-hand. Maybe I overlooked this in the specs but don't recall seeing it. I also added another 8-GB of ram as one of my photo apps needed more room to work.My only negative comment is with regards to the battery so subtracted 1-star. It only lasts about 3-hours from the 80% charge which is recommended by Asus in order to maximize long term battery life. Being a gaming set-up it does have 2-fans so that is somewhat expected but thought it would do a little better. Haven't tested yet from a 100% charge. Think I'll bump it to 100% with the included Asus app for any planned outings where I won't have access to power.