ASUS ROG Strix 17 G713PV 17.3" Full HD 144Hz Gaming Laptop (AMD Ryzen 9-7940HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060, 16GB RAM, 1TB PCIe SSD, Per Key RGB UK Keyboard, Windows 11 Home)

So if you’re looking at this laptop, you’re looking for top tier. Sure the MSI titan manages to squeeze a tad more performance out of the same components, but flying that close to the sun comes at a cost, financially and reliability. So with only a few others hitting this sweet spot, why should you choose this?Intro:My nearly 4 year old Alienware Area51 2080ti is starting to show its age. It’s fast enough, but struggles on the latest ray tracing titles, the call of the newest and bestest is getting stronger. I chose that laptop as really at the time it was the king of the big desktop replacement laptops. I travel a lot for my job so I wanted performance as close to my high end desktop as possible on the move. I was close to pulling the trigger on the Alienware M18 with the same hardware as the ROG, but after reviewing everything, it seems it, like many of the current gen top end laptops has thermal issues. Not so with the SCAR 18. It’s almost magical how this thing can perform and keep performing under load without hitting any thermal throttle! The 13980 i9 and RTX4090 is an awesome combo! The SSD is lightning fast, and the 2tb is generous compared to others! Out the box it’s already as fast as my previous gen i9 3090 desktop, which is silly for a laptop. The fans kick in and ate a bit noisy, but no more so than my old Alienware. It’s also a lot thinner. And it might be strange to say this, but despite the massive screen, this thing is sleek and comparatively light, next to that old thing! I’d happily carry it in a rucksack!Performance:Make sure you update the bios and you can unlock the under volt offsets and really get some performance out of it! I’m talking silly speeds! Frame rates well over 100 in any game on ultra is reasonable to expect. No longer do you need to worry about slowing down. This thing can even play star citizen at max settings with very high frames, which is nuts! It’s never going to be as fast as a desktop 4090 best, as it’s s fraction of the power available, but it’s benchmark is on par with some high end 4080 i9 desktops. So not bad for something you can pick up in your hand!Lighting:The RGB lighting is the best I’ve seen on a laptop, loads of presets to choose from and awesome knight rider like effect when it goes to sleep! The screen is beautiful and the keyboard is nice to use. I’d use this thing to work on too frankly.Sound:So most people will probably just get headphones on for this kind of machine, but the speakers are really impressive. Very crisp and good base. If you want to sit in a hotel room and turn it into a cinema, this thing does the trick. That said you’d need it loud if heavy gaming as the fans will need to be drowned out.Downsides:The power brick is a bit big, but nothing like the two lumps from the Alienware I used to have to carry. The track pad is a bit crap too, it feels nice, but been a bit funny to used, but I’d rarely not use a mouse. And you have to mention the fan noise on any gaming laptop. When you crank this thing, it kicks out a lot of air… no worse than others I’ve tried, but none are good! That said, you can use a quiet mode for reduced performance, which is still good… oh and it might be a laptop, but this thing eats power, it’s not going to last long not plugged in. And those are my only cons.Conclusion:If you want what could easily be considered one of the best, that continues to improve from bios updates, then this is the one. I have zero regrets! Unreasonable power, great screen and design and a fantastic package overall.

If you've got the cash I would definitely recommend it. It can play all modern games at ultra settings with good fps. It's also very well built and feels very sturdy. GPU/CPU temps are also exquisite (especially for the price). The aesthetics of the laptop have obviously had a lot of thought and care put into them, though the laptop might be a bit 'loud' for some. It's definitely a good purchase if you've got the wonga, m8['s].

ASUS ROG Strix G16 G614JZ 16.0 WUXGA 165Hz Gaming LaptopIntel i7-13650H, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080, 16GB RAM, 1TB SSD, Windows 11These builds are seriously amazing, great value for price and the overall quality of Asus is so far unparalleled in my experience.The Intel processor/Nvidia graphic card combo is the most powerful I have seen on a laptop with an affordable price(below 3k pound/euro).Temperature control is flawless, fans are almost really silent despite being 3 and components have a special paste to further reduce overheating.This is the first laptop I ever owned that doesn't actually overheat on me after a few hours of intense activity, and without a pad underneath, the Nvidia latest 40xx graphics card series offers incredible performance, control and customization features, so far all the AAA games I played on it at max setting with ray tracing(like Elden Ring to name one, which my last laptop used to struggle with) had a stable framerate and dashing lighting particles effects.The 16'' size and the light weight are just perfect to truly benefit from portability, this machine can follow you in your backpack and operate literally everywhere for a few hours, I'd recommend keeping it plugged in to avoid energy saving modes which are anyway great for any activity on the go other than gaming.Get something similar in the 3k pound/euro range, if you want to stop worrying about weather or not your portable rig can play that last game you purchased or pre-ordered in 2023.

2 hours after getting it, games ran fine, no issues, all games would open. Mandatory BIOS update occurs, and now 2 games refuse to open, no matter what troubleshooting ive done, no matter all the loopholes i tried to do to get it to open, they DO not work anymore. and guess what? theres no rollback to previous update, so now i can forever not open these 2 games. great.