FWIW, I'm using an X13 for some standard gaming, but mostly VR and it performs as advertised for about a year and half now. I'd have sent it back immediately if it stuttered every 30 sec with cracking sound.

I won't defend Asus, they have a crowd of skeletons in the closet and need to pay more attention to feedback, I'm just saying there will be a set of use cases were issues won't be plagging the experience.