Asus
ROG Strix Scar 17 is unashamedly a gaming laptop with all of the gregarious design you'd expect.
And it comes with some of the most powerful hardware too. Let's take a look.
The Asus Strix Scar 17 is the most powerful 17 inches gaming laptop you can get right now
with AMD Ryzen 5000 hardware an Nvidia RTX 3000 graphics. Compared to the previous generation,
this is silent and friendly to us with daily multitasking and casual tasks. It is 10 to 20%
faster in games and workloads and significantly quieter but there's still a catch which we
will get to later in this video. Our reviewed laptop specs are 17.3 inches Full HD IPS panel
300 hertz refresh rate with three millisecond response time. However, I must say the laptop
is also available in QHD with 165 hertz refresh rate and full HD in 360 hertz refresh rate.
The processor is the latest AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX. The built in memory is 32 gigabytes,
but it's expandable to 64 gigabytes while the storage is one terabyte NVMe SSD.
The new Strix 17 comes addressing the shortfalls of the previous generation like hot thermals high
noise levels with gains and the small battery. It not only addressed these complaints, but brought
in redesigned chassis new screen options and an updated keyboard with optical mechanical switches.
Another significant thing about this laptop is that it offers an
AMD processor unlike many premium 17 inches gaming laptops released this year that run
on Intel processors. It packs a punch with AMD's latest Ryzen 9 5900HX paired with Nvidia RTX
3000 series graphics card. Let's now talk about the design. Firstly, I would like to mention that
this 2021 ROG Scar 17 is up to 10% more compact and lighter than the previous generation and get a
more compact power brick as well making the whole package easier to grab for mobile game players.
This time Asus went with a cleaner black theme and subtle branding elements that focus on the ROG
brand. The latest metal and mostly matte, while the interior and the bottom are both plastic,
a rugged kind for the underside and a smooth soft kind for the interior.
This feels nice to the touch but it's extremely prone to showing smudges and fingernail and it
looks kind of gross if you're not wiping it clean every day. The other particularity of this plastic
interior is that the top right part is translucent and lets you peek at the internal components
underneath and that is quite cool. The Strix Scar 17 has lots of RGB lights include RGB light bars
around the front edge and half of the laterals all controlled via the armory crate software.
The bezels are thin with no webcam and all the IO ports are located at the back. The keyboard
is properly spaced with good traveling time. The numpad is a bit weird and will require some time
to get used to because there are no dedicated keys for home and page up page down or insert. Overall
this 2021 Scar 17 is a fine piece of craftsmanship and design more portable and more refined than the
previous generation. As for the screen Asus offers the following screen options all in 16
by 9 aspect ratio, full HD 300 hertz three mili second with 300 plus nits of brightness and 100%
sRGB colors Full HD 360 hertz, three millisecond with 300 plus nits of brightness and 100% sRGB
colors QHd 165 hertz three millisecond with 300 plus nits of brightness and 100% DCI-P3 colors.
Active sync is supported on all screen choices which handles tearing in gains
and seamlessly commute between the AMD GPU and Nvidia GPU based on the task at hand.
performance wise This is a beast that can do anything you throw at it,
packed with the recent AMD Ryzen 9 CPU that was announced at CES 2021. Together with Nvidia RTX
3080. This machine is poised to give you the ultimate gaming experience. As for the RAM
and storage options, the laptop still comes with two accessible memory slots and two m dot two SSD
slots. Here are some performance results for our RTX titles under different stock power profiles
with regards to thermals Asus have slightly updated the thermal design of this 2021 Scar
17 in comparison to the previous generation. It is equipped with an updated fan blade design meant to
increase airflow and reduce resonance as well as a dedicated heat pipe that is no longer connected to
a radiator this time around. Asus also mentioned they've put higher quality voltage regulator
modules on this series as well as liquid metal on the AMD CPU overall, giving the laptop an optimal
cooling solution. The Strix Scar 17 has a plethora of ports including USB C and HDMI amongst others,
but lacks an SD card reader and Thunderbolt port. The battery life at 90 watts is great and can last
up to six hours on light use like browsing with Wi Fi on and up to one hour playing games on
performance power profile settings. The pros are smaller, lighter and cleaner looking than before
powerful hardware and solid performance across the board. long battery life fair audio quality
with the updated quad speakers and the cons are no card reader, Thunderbolt camera or biometrics.
The clicky mechanical keyboard might not be for everyone. The Asus Strix scar 17 is one of the
most powerful full size performance gaming laptops you can get right now with AMD Ryzen 5000 hardware
and Nvidia RTX 3000 graphics and that alone will put it on many maps. It is quieter and friendlier
to use with daily multitasking and casual tasks 10 to 20% faster in games and workloads and
perhaps even more in those applications that can benefit from the GPUs extra CUDA cores and V RAM.
If you're looking for the best Ryzen gaming laptop of 2021 This is the Asus Strix Scar 17
for those of you who will prefer the 15 inch option, you can go for the Asus Strix Scar 15
and that pretty much wraps up our review. What do you think of the Strix Scar 17? Is it going to be
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