Asus always finds a way to surprise me. It\u2019s a company that can produce the elegant ROG Zephyrus G14 and G15 gaming laptops \u2014 up there with the best in the business in terms of design and thinness. It can also make the Flow Z13, a thin gaming tablet with powerful specs inside. Then, it can go completely in the opposite direction to make something like the Strix Scar 17, a powerful but far less refined laptop that starts at $1,999 and goes up from there. I would say that it\u2019s a device made explicitly for gamers, but I know plenty of gamers who wouldn\u2019t want to be seen using this thing.<\/p>\n

Its thick chassis is partially translucent, with multi-colored LEDs shining through, and the enclosure for its display has an angular cut out \u2014 just because! You can even swap between a few included \u201carmor caps\u201d to give your laptop a different look from the back.<\/p>\n

The 2022 model of the Strix Scar 17 is merely a refresh, with very little of its exterior changed from its predecessors (it still doesn\u2019t have a webcam, for example). Most of the focus was on making significant upgrades to its internals. It\u2019s a speed machine, with 32GB of fast DDR5 RAM, a powerful Nvidia RTX 3070 Ti graphics card, and Intel\u2019s Core i9 12900H processor built-in. And to see all of that power on display (well, depending on the games you play), its 17.3-inch QHD panel has a fast 240Hz refresh rate. <\/p>\n