ASUS Laptop ROG Strix G16 G614JV 16.0” WUXGA 165Hz Gaming Laptop (Intel i7-13650H, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060, 16GB RAM, 1TB SSD, Windows 11, 90Whrs Battery)

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.

No complaints about it so far.

There was a discount when I bought it and it was the lowest price I've seen so instant buy! I was afraid the model was not actually miniLED but all specs were as advertised (yes the display is amazing). Saved me around 1000€ compared to buying from a local retailer because of the sweet "premium swiss tax"... thanks for shipping to Switzerland ASUS!

So overall it's an absolutely perfect laptop but currently I have been faced with an issue regarding the discoloration of the pixels on the top left because spec's wise it's absolutely amazing but what I've done is because it's within the 30day window and stuff I'll try get it fixed and repaired as soon as possible which I just have done I've just have sent the laptop in so hopefully by next week or the week after they should give me a full repair of the laptop because of those pixels keep in mind I've only I only got the laptop like around a week ago it's fairly new fairly recent so I would love to give it 5 stars but yeaah Update.... I just received the laptop today in the mail so the repair is successful the blemish the mark is no longer there they pretty much replacing to screen itself if I go to settings and check the refresh rate should be now back 165 hertz the mark is no longer there they fix the screen they replaced an entirely which I'm extremely happy about the early thing which I'm not happy about right is that when they packaged you the back to me they didn't give me back the original box where they gave me a different box so so I guess that's pretty funny pretty amusing but otherwise now since the update is done since the laptop deserves a full five stars now thank you very much

This laptop with 4080 and the mini led hdr is an absolute animal. Great upgrade from my 2022 model with 3070 ti. The screen is mega in HDR mode. Very happy. Also bought this from the warehouse section as said it had a few marks on, however the one I have received is faultless. Very happy