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- What's up, guys? Saf here on SuperSaf TV
and I've partnered with ROG
to bring you their latest gaming laptops.
We've got the ROG Strix SCAR 17 Special Edition.
As well as the ROG Flow X16.
These are offering some big improvements
with some unique features.
Let's go ahead and take a closer look.
So first up, we're going to be taking a look
at the ROG Strix SCAR 17 Special Edition.
Now this is the most powerful gaming laptop to date
from ROG, and it really maxes out the performance
when you compare this to the regular Strix SCAR 17.
So inside the box,
as well as the Strix SCAR 17 Special Edition,
we do get some paperwork with a key chain.
There are also two additional armor caps
which you can easily switch.
You can also get these 3D printed
and get them completely customized if you'd like.
There's a UV torch
which looks a little bit like a lightsaber,
we'll come back to this later.
And we also have the power supply with cable.
Now this is a 330W power supply
which is 34% smaller and 27% lighter.
This does support fast charging,
so you can get 0% to 50% in just 30 minutes.
And, here it is.
So we've got an aluminum lid
with cyber-text accents
that have invisible UV reactive ink
and they do glow up with UV light
which you can get from the UV torch that's included.
There's your RGB ROG logo here at the back.
And, if we open this up
you'll notice we've got
a transparent element here on the base as well,
which looks really cool.
And then we have this beautiful display.
This is a 17" display
with three milliseconds response time with adaptive sync.
And it's available in two options, full HD 360Hz
or Quad-HD 240Hz.
I also really like how thin the display is
but what we really need to talk about is the performance.
So you can get this
with up to the 12th Gen Intel Core i9 HX Series,
which has 16 cores, eight performance cores
and eight efficiency cores
with a boost clock speed of up to 5.2 GHz.
The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti laptop GPU,
with a base TGP of 150W that's bumped up by about 20%
and a max TGP of 175W.
So ROG have used pretty much the maximum wattage available
for the CPU and GPU.
You've also got up to 64GB of DDR5 RAM,
2x 2TB PCIe 4.0 SSD in RAID 0.
And we have ROG's intelligent cooling
with a very large vapor chamber
which covers around 48.8% of the motherboard.
Now this is using second generation liquid metal
and temperatures are up to 15 degrees cooler.
We also have nickel plating
and all of this means that
not only will you have cooler temperatures
in the short term,
but also in the long term, many years on.
For the battery, we do have a 90Wh battery
with the 330W power supply which is smaller and lighter,
and supports fast charging.
Now you also do have USB Type-C charging, up to 100W.
So if you're not going to be using the power supply,
say for example, if you're on a plane,
you're still going to be able to get 100 watts,
which is pretty good.
And for the keyboard, we do have
per-key RGB lighting with around two millimeters of travel.
And the surface temperature is also lower
compared to other equivalent gaming laptops.
Right, now for the ports,
we do have the Keystone on the right-hand side,
this will allow you to apply things
like lighting effects and sound effects customized to you
and allow you to quickly just slot this in.
On the left-hand side
we do have two full size USB Type-A ports
as well as the audio combo jack.
And then at the back, we have the Thunderbolt 4 ports
with display port supports,
a USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-C ports,
an HDMI 2.1 port,
a 2.5G LAN RJ45 jack,
as well as your power-in.
So if you are after a fully maxed out gaming laptop
then the ROG Strix SCAR 17 Special Edition
may just be the one for you.
But if you're somebody
who wants something that's a bit more flexible and compact
but still does pack a punch,
then you might want to check out the ROG Flow X16.
So the ROG Flow X16
gives you a larger version of the X13,
which allows for not only a larger display
but for additional performance.
So inside the box, as well as the ROG Flow X16,
you do get a piece of card, which you can fold up
and use as a bit of a base to tilt up the X16.
There's also some paperwork,
as well as a power supply and some cables.
Now with this power supply you can get fast charging,
so 0% to 50% in just 30 minutes.
And here it is.
Now this is very compact
especially for something with a 16" display.
It's just around 2kg in weight
and just 19.4 millimeters thin.
And we've got this really nice sand blasted finish
which does give it some more grip.
Right, now let's go ahead and take a look at this display.
This is a 16" Gorilla Glass 3 touch screen
with Quad-HD resolution, 165Hz refresh rate,
three milliseconds response time,
100% DCI-P Pantone validated,
a 16x10 aspect ratio
so you've got some more vertical real estate.
And this is also available with a Mini LED option.
This will give you ROG's Nebula HDR
with up to 1,100 nits of peak brightness.
Now, not only is this the touchscreen,
but you also do have pen support on this display
and that becomes even more useful considering the fact
that we've got a full 360 hinge.
So we can just go ahead
and fold it back on itself and use it in tablet mode.
And when you are in tablet mode,
then using the pen
is going to make this so much more versatile.
So in your day to day, if you want to use this in laptop mode,
you're going to be able to do that just fine.
You can use this in tablet mode.
And if you want to watch a movie or even game
then you can just prop it up like this,
maybe use a controller and see this at a distance.
This is very, very flexible.
Now compared to the X13,
having this larger size
does allow for some increased performance.
So you can get this
with up to the AMD Ryzen 6900HS Series CPU,
the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti Laptop GPU
with max TGP of 125W,
MUX Switch,
64GB of DDR5 RAM
and two PCIe Gen 4x4 SSD slots.
You've also got Frost Force Technology with Pulsar Heatsink,
which allows precise airflow with its ultra dense fans
to direct air towards GPU.
Now if you want to increase the performance even further
or maybe you want to go with the base 3050 Ti model,
then this is compatible with XG Mobile.
So you'll be able to connect the X Mobile, external GPU,
which is around 1.2kgs.
And that will give you up to an AMD Radeon RX 6850M XT,
with an integrated 330W adapter and increased I/O.
Now if you do go for the 3070 Ti model
this might be something that you just have as an option,
maybe to future-proof this.
But if you do decide to go for the more affordable 3050 Ti,
or even the 3060 Ti
which will be more than enough for your day to day,
when you do want to plug in
and fully take advantage of gaming,
then it's great to have the XG Mobile support.
Now we do have the same speakers as the G15
as well as the M16. They're loud and crisp.
And for the ports,
on the right-hand side we do have two full size USB-A ports
as well as a MicroSD card slot.
And on the left-hand side we have the DC-in,
we have an HDMI port,
a USB Type-C port,
the XG Mobile port, which also has a USB Type-C port
so if you're not going to be connecting this to a XG Mobile,
then you can still use that USB Type-C port.
As well as an audio combo jack.
We've got a 90Wh battery included
which does support fast charging.
So you can get 0% to 50% in 30 minutes.
And I think the X16 is a great, flexible option.
Something that you can use in your day to day,
but also has capabilities to game.
And with the 360 mechanism
it just allows you to also use this as a tablet if needed.
So that is the ROG Strix SCAR 17 Special Edition
as well as the ROG Flow X16.
We've got something for everyone if you're a gamer here.
What do you guys think of these? Which one would you go for?
Do drop me a comment below, let me know your thoughts.
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or picking one of these up,
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