Promo €929 Asus ZenBook 14 UM3406HA-DRQD032W, 14″ OLED laptop PC DCI-P3 Aluminum Black High Fidelity multimedia nomad creator 9h Ryzen 7 8840HS SSD 1TB

Our opinion on the Asus ZenBook 14 OLED UM3406HA-DRQD032W

Nomad with its 9-hour battery life suitable for studying the High Fidelity laptop Asus ZenBook 14 OLED UM3406HA-DRQD032W versatile aluminum features a 14-inch 16/10th Full HD OLED DCI-P3 Full HD screen. But also fast SSD storage with a substantial capacity of 1 TB which reinforces its responsiveness and accelerates multimedia processing like the efficient AMD Ryzen 7 8840HS Hawk Point Octo Core processor with Radeon 780M graphics for playing modest games and 16 GB of RAM. This discreet black compact thin and light easy-to-carry laptop that runs Windows 11 is also equipped with a backlit keyboard, Wi-Fi 6E and USB 4 Type-C connectivity as well as an Infrared webcam for authentication biometric facial.

Features of the Asus ZenBook 14 OLED UM3406HA-DRQD032W

The Asus ZenBook 14 OLED UM3406HA-DRQD032W faces the competition

The Asus ZenBook 14 OLED UM3406HA-DRQD032W is currently sold by Boulanger and positions itself as one of the only ones in its category to offer such a recent and high-performance processor and graphics solution (AMD) with a screen with such faithful colors but also a numeric keypad module in such a light aluminum case.

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Chassis, connections, screen of the Asus ZenBook 14 OLED UM3406HA-DRQD032W

Rechargeable to 60% in 49 minutes, this robust laptop PC due to its compliance with the American military robustness standard MIL-STD-810H adopts an elegant and discreet appearance with its slim and light compact black aluminum Jet Black design.

In terms of connectivity, this laptop is well equipped with its 2 USB-Cs including 1 USB 4, its Bluetooth 5.3 and Wi-Fi 6E ax wireless modules for communicating and connecting remotely, its practical HDMI video output for connecting it easily to a TV or a monitor for example, its audio port without forgetting its unique USB 3.0 (USB 2.0 compatible) providing transfers up to 5 times faster than USB 2.0 if you connect a USB 3.0 device.

A biometric authentication solution is offered, through the infrared functionality of the webcam allowing facial recognition and Windows Hello technology.
Good point for those who are most concerned about their privacy: they can close the webcam when they are not using it.

When it is difficult to distinguish the keys, you can activate the backlighting of the chiclet keyboard.

To better grasp the numbers, we will activate the NumPad technology which in this case transforms the touchpad into a tactile numeric keypad.
A welcome system when handling numbers when, like any model smaller than 15 inches, this laptop PC does not have the space necessary to accommodate a physical numeric keypad.

Thanks to its OLED DCI-P3 specifications, the screen will delight those who wish to obtain great colorimetric accuracy with very deep blacks, reduced latency as well as significant viewing angles, both horizontally and vertically.
The Full HD screen also adopts a 16/10th format that is higher than the classic 16/9th and therefore displays more information.
Due to its OLED technology, the screen has a glossy treatment which gives punch to the colors but is subject to reflections in a bright environment (eg outdoors).

Performance, battery life of the Asus ZenBook 14 OLED UM3406HA-DRQD032W

The Asus ZenBook 14 OLED UM3406HA-DRQD032W may be of interest to those looking for a compact, elegant, portable, multimedia-oriented High Fidelity laptop PC offering a powerful processor as well as large storage capacity.

Its autonomy is around 9 hours on battery in light use, which nomads will appreciate, including some on a quest Student laptop efficient, easy to transport. Because this model is compact, thin and light, and therefore as easily transportable as an Ultrabook.

However, demanding users will be seduced by the good overall power provided by this laptop which is based on 16 GB of RAM as well as an AMD Ryzen 7 8840HS Octo Core Hawk Point processor in which the Radeon 780M graphics module is housed.

This core is entirely suitable for performing multimedia processing that is intensive in RAM and processor resources using multi-core. We are thinking in particular of video editing or photo editing, areas in which we benefit from much faster processing than if we were dealing with 8 GB DDR4/5 as well as a Quad/Hexa Core processor and 8 GB DDR4/ 5.

This laptop does not offer graphics acceleration, however, since it does not have a dedicated GPU.
However, watching photos and HD videos or playing light to modest games is possible thanks to the Radeon 780M.

In any case, if you create, you can calmly store your production on the large, comfortable storage space of 1000 GB provided by the SSD, which can also accommodate quantities of software.

The SSD provides processing, starts/stops and software launches much faster than a hard drive, or even faster arrival on online game cards.

Generally speaking, the SSD ensures much better fluidity and responsiveness on a daily basis than a hard drive.
Because an SSD is much faster, in addition to being silent, more energy efficient and more robust.

Finally, expect heat and noise when this versatile multimedia-oriented laptop PC is pushed hard (e.g. processing).
If necessary, we can associate it with a ventilated support to limit its temperatures (remember to check the dimensions carefully!).