The Fastest Asus ROG Strix SCAR 17 Special Edition Laptop is now available. People said this is the most powerful gaming laptop in the world nowadays.
From the shell side, this device is dominated by black color with colorful ROG logos, diagonal lines, and ROG's signature ornate which makes it look like a promising gaming device.
Meanwhile, the overall body of this laptop has a black color and uses metal materials that make it feel sturdy and premium to the touch. But my fingerprint stains easily stick to the shell and body so we need a special liquid and a rag to make it clean again.
With a weight of 3.1 kg, this gaming laptop feels heavy when lifted. Although it is still easy to carry, if we carry this product in a bag, it will make our back sore.
On the inside of the ASUS ROG Strix Scar 17 Special Edition, I found a keyboard that is equipped with the AURA Sync feature so that the RGB light can be adjusted per key.
The RGB light setting on this keyboard can certainly enliven the atmosphere of excitement while the game is in progress. While this light can also be used to type documents, social media, or other activities when it is in dark conditions.
For me who is an ASUS laptop user, a keyboard with a chiclet design makes me very comfortable when typing on the ASUS ROG Strix Scar 17 Special Edition. Not only that, AURA Sync can also be used to adjust various light ornaments on this gaming laptop.
ASUS ROG Strix Scar 17 Special Edition is equipped with a 17.3-inch screen with WQHD (2560 x 1440 pixels) resolution, 100% DCI-P3, Adaptive Sync, and IPS technology that makes my eyes free when watching streaming videos, opening documents, viewing photos, or playing games.
The presence of a refresh rate of 240Hz and a response time of 3ms, allows me to see the transitions between menus and game animations look very smooth so they are pleasing to the eye.
I also feel that the performance presented by ASUS ROG Strix Scar 17 Special Edition feels smooth without lag when I do some activities. This can happen thanks to this gaming laptop powered by an Intel Core i9-12950HX 16-Core speed up to 5 GHz which is one of Intel's flagship processors.
The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080Ti graphics card that is present on this device is also able to handle operating system graphics, applications, and games with good quality so that it is comfortable to the eye.
When I run applications multitasking on this gaming laptop, it feels smooth without a hitch caused by 2 x 16 GB LPDDR5 RAM. Besides being fast, the M.2 2230 NVMe PCIe 4.0 SSD that is present on the ASUS ROG Strix Scar 17 Special Edition has a capacity of 2 TB so that it can accommodate a lot of data at once.
With a 90Wh battery, you can go action for about 4 to 5 hours when used for typing documents, viewing photos, browsing, or chatting.
Actually, it's better if the ASUS ROG Strix Scar 17 Special Edition is connected to a charger if you want to get excellent performance when running heavy applications or playing AAA quality games smoothly.
Having this fast performance, ASUS features many air circulation holes on the sides and back, a Vapor Chamber cooling system, and an Arc Flow fan with 84 blades so that this laptop doesn't heat up quickly when played for a long time.
This number of air circulation holes makes the ASUS ROG Strix Scar 17 Special Edition not have a port on the right side. While on the left side there are two USB 3.2 Gen 1 Type-A ports and a 3.5mm Audio jack.
There is also a red Keystone II which is a multipurpose key for customizing functions, launching applications quickly, operating modes switch, stealth mode, logging out or logging in, restoring system configuration, and presenting an encrypted Shadow Drive.
Plugging in Keystone II allows me to bring up the various privacy that users have on the ASUS ROG Strix Scar 17 Special Edition. For privacy maintained, then I can remove the Keystone II from the laptop.
The other ports on the back consist of Thunderbolt 4 (supports DisplayPort and compatible with USB4), USB 3.2 Gen2 Type-C (supports DisplayPort and PD Charger), HDMI (2.1), RJ45 LAN jack, and charger.
Overall, ASUS ROG Strix Scar 17 Special Edition is able to offer powerful performance and a variety of interesting game and entertainment features.
This laptop also has other variants with NVIDIA GeForce RTX3070Ti and 1 TB SSD which has a price of USD 3,300 and USD 4,560 for RTX 3080Ti & SSD 2TB.