ASUS ROG Strix Scar 17: The FASTEST Gaming Laptop and it's by AMD!

[@MatthewMoniz]

Really impressed what the Ryzen 9 7945HX can do. Hopefully we see it more high end laptops. What do you guys think?

[@mglsj]

power consumption?

[@aurumquantum]

Please double check the frame with GAMEPLAY stats. There are some numbers which are messed up with the length of the progress bars (for example at the bottom the one with 98 fps is longer than the one with 104 fps)

[@Sini_s_piciouse]

Totally with you, i always thought that AMD on laptops is better than Intel, don't know why but i always enjoy it more

[@SBMToxic323]

What price is this

[@Sini_s_piciouse]

@@SBMToxic323 it's 2300$ it seems very expensive, but the performances you can get are priceless (actually they're not but it's a gaming beast) you can find some big deals on best buy soon and for black Fridays + in few months the price will decrease so you can buy it with a good deal or a second hand for maybe 1900$ or less if you're really interested and always check the market

[@senaysoftmedia]

0:36 "It's so thick that it reminds me of my fat days", got me rolling on the floor laughing 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@kpcvids]

5:47 98 fps bar is higher than 104 fps, thought i was tripping mushrooms when i noticed that

[@swiss_crypto6596]

considering the other reviews I saw about the Titan, he accidently switched the numbers. 98fps without DLSS seems legit for the titan this year

[@joelconolly5574]

Now we'll wait for an all AMD Strix.

[@MatthewMoniz]

That will be interesting!

[@dragonalfaata]

I think we had that 2 years ago G15 advantage was it? We could still see something like a scar 17 SE like last year maybe. But that's not happening any time soon

[@nileredsexperiment834]

Last generation had a Strix G15 with a R9 5900HX and a Radeon RX 6800M.

[@joelconolly5574]

@@dragonalfaata hopefully. There weren't many Advantage Edition laptops last year either. Not even in the higher end.

[@anilnair2911]

This year we have an all AMD advantage edition of tuf series. Not sure about Rog strix

[@MistaJaaay]

I picked up one already, but I just settled with the 4080 instead of the 4090. Bench marks I got were really good. I'm very impressed with this laptop. Thanks for the quick review sir always appreciate it.

[@MatthewMoniz]

you're welcome thanks for watching!

[@jonahjameson272]

HOw are the speakers? I tried playing something at microcenter but it seems like wayy too low, more low than my cell phone is that the case? I want a laptop with like semi ok speakers

[@MistaJaaay]

@@jonahjameson272 speakers do the job but I think they are lower than you would like.

[@umunnacharles5372]

What are the temps like?

[@MistaJaaay]

@@umunnacharles5372 haven't had any issues, gamed on it for a few hours then other night and in all it's a pretty awesome laptop.

[@lars2894]

3 hour battery life and 300 nits display are my biggest gripes especially for this egregious price. Bump that up to 7 hr battery + 500 nits display and yeah, i'll consider spending $3000 on a "premium" performance laptop.

[@sajalbhatnagar16]

Scar 18 does that

[@tharunkumarp3110]

yesterday I got the 4080+7945hx scar 17. it's good. my laptop was faster than the 12900k+RTX3080ti desktop by 15 percent! Edit:it around 30 percent gain both cpu and gpu. great Review!😀

[@majinboo6377]

15 % for much more price ? lmfao.

[@TexasPoonTapa]

​@@majinboo6377 lol sit down kid you ain't affording either

[@tharunkumarp3110]

@@majinboo6377 I travel a lot.

[@xxedfusionxx1979]

​@@TexasPoonTapa u can make the desktop for 1500 🤷‍♂️its better than paying 2000k plus for jus 15% more

[@tharunkumarp3110]

​@@TexasPoonTapabro, some people just don't understand. I know desktop is better. You can't carry a desktop everywhere, the desktop replacements are portable.

[@bryans8656]

Thanks for the review Matt. I think ASUS does a great job of meeting consumer needs while keeping their products relatively affordable.

[@MatthewMoniz]

You're very welcome! Thanks for watching Bryan

[@SirCosmin]

Just watching this review from that laptop, yes, it's a beast, love it! Absolutely fantastic! 4090 paired with this AMD processor and 32GB of ram does the job really good!

[@leandrobezerril6184]

Hey @SirCosmin, how much did you pay for your laptop? I'm eyeing an amazon ad for 3,299. Do you think it's a good price?

[@iced8erg]

you experience coil whine like most of the g16/18 and scar16/18 did?

[@Cenot4ph]

considering, but it seems the Legion is better engineered in terms of hinge and general design

[@user-qh9qb2kt7f]

In case of adding another m.2 to the laptop, it would support raid 0?

[@colors5108]

No AMD No Buy, the return of the glorious debuted of the 2020 zephyrus G14. Love it!

[@oldbot64]

Matt you should also specify the time parameter for the CPU clock speeds and Temperature graphs. it's hard to get the complete picture without it.

[@MatthewMoniz]

15 mins

[@tendybendy5930]

Great review as always! I'm very excited to see lenovos 40 Laptops this year

[@Phat_trick910]

AMD is fucking up their GPU department. Now we don't have RX 7800M (900 series performance because of false naming) this year

[@alisheikh1582]

Hey Mat, Based on your Experience, Which Gaming laptop is Best for Professional After effects Work till date? Just going to pull the Trigger on Buying decision and Want to hear from you.

[@volkano6991]

Price?

[@monicaflbarbosa]

Matthew Moniz , Please help me decide!! between this and the Scar 16 , 4080-12gb or 4090-16gb ? display is a bit different quality too ...

[@osricen]

I believe in 2024 this is still the best desktop replacement...

[@AllergicFungus]

I just bought this and it's arriving today. I can't wait.

[@otrOptions]

Soooo, how are you liking it?

[@AllergicFungus]

@@otrOptions It's on par with most desktops. I got 11k score on 3dmark time spy extreme, and nearly 23k on time spy (non extreme). It's up there in performance, and the cooling is so well made you can get away with overclocking it, unlike the intel version.

[@otrOptions]

@AllergicFungus the only thing holding me back from ordering is the cpu temps. In some videos, it's 95 degrees and others around 85, so I really am on the fence.

[@AllergicFungus]

@@otrOptions that's because they're overclocked... AMD is the only one that allowed overclocking on this laptop. The Intel cannot. I never broke 80 celsius on the CPU and never broke over 70 on gpu in time spy extreme. I'd send the link but KZbin flags it

[@otrOptions]

@AllergicFungus I appreciate the replies. What are your cpu temps while gaming on average?

[@karmelnijem]

Hello! I noticed that there is no port Thunderbolt 4! Does one of the C port replaces this thunderbolt and does the same function? As connecting an external GPU to the PC?

[@ReaperPwnsGhost]

Compared to my ancient 2012 ASUS ROG G73SW with a Nvidia 460m GPU that barely does 29 FPS this will be a great buy for me. this thing is ultra small and light compared to my ancient gaming computer. Note it was the last birthday gift I got as I became an adult I am now financially well off enough to afford a major upgrade I've been thinking about it since 2021 lol

[@HHaziq-pe5wr]

What's up with the battery life? AMD was known to have a longer battery life.

[@avetruetocaesar3463]

They took ancient Scar 17 chassis with the worst aspects of every Asus Strix laptop in recent years, and produced the cheapest & ugliest looking hunk of a machine of the year imaginable. Bottom of the barrel keyboard and deck; plastic interior and bottom for a fingerprint magnet, with sharp edges and corners that hurt your skin; chassis that flexes, bends and sometimes even cracks around the ports; creaky hinges and wobbly display; unoccupied interior space that could be used to house a bigger battery, a better designed main board, better cooling or expanded PCI-E interface. Lenovo have also taken the same route for their Legion laptops and turned their Legion Pro line-up into not-so-Pro. And both Asus and Lenovo have kept the prices low considering the hardware you get, especially in comparison to top of the line Intel machines. I hate these manufacturers who treat their customers like dirt, simply because people don't want to pay the same Nvidia & Intel taxes they pass onto the customers with inflated prices, and want to buy the best they can offer on AMD platform. Why is it that 99% of AMD laptops, regardless of the tier of a product and branding, have the worst build quality than the rest? If I'm to pay a hefty price for a top-tier desktop replacement, I wouldn't want to think like I'm treated different from Intel & Nvidia owners from the same company, with the same branding, similar pricing and such.

[@YOUNG3VITY]

If i replace the liquid metal with normal thermal paste will the temperatures be lower? Because the new Ryzen 9 with 3D is using thermal past and it runs like 20 Celsius cooler while being more powerful.

[@Sini_s_piciouse]

The notifications of your videos doesn't work for me😢 anyway, nice video❤

[@Ibe678]

How good with VR ? Thanks

[@agentk9857]

Will Matt be reviewing the 2023 ROG Flow X13? Plan to buy that when it's available.

[@namevcudiyet]

3:20 Pure Joy. Made my day

[@XGiveMeLibertyX]

It’s cool but still gonna go with the razerblade 15 this year. I’ve had three asus gaming laptops over the last 12 years. I’m so tired of big thick, heavy laptops. These companies aren’t gonna sell me on the power this time around. I want thin and light.

[@marc-andrevoyer9973]

your razer battery will bloat after a year (speaking from experience)

[@XGiveMeLibertyX]

@@marc-andrevoyer9973 that’s why I will buy from Best Buy plus razer does 2 years warranty on the battery

[@7aemr]

idk man, will you be reviewing the framework laptop or have you already?

[@lil_brumski]

Yes

[@NaqqashLatif]

Obviously here for the awesome content, but also here for the sticker guy 😂

[@khalifa6413]

Why I'm here? I am too broke to buy this 😂

[@lil_brumski]

Me too 😂😂

[@Hokie2k11]

Ugh. Found one for $3150 with 2tb and 64gb. Was hoping this video would convince me not to jump on the deal. You did not help lol. That said, I love it!

[@emegan5723]

Hey Matt, what do you recommend for upgrading a laptop for CAD drafting (inventor, autocad, and revit specifically?)

[@christianpaulroldan4010]

Do we need usb c becausw im thinking of getting with intel only because of usb c. Whats is the advantage of having and disavantage of not having it?

[@omarcortes5754]

The construction feels a bit cheap but the performance is really good.

[@MatthewMoniz]

agreed! price is better too but of course with a few cutbacks

[@SpinStar1956]

Just bought one and I really like it! Got a Cinebench Score of 34800 in Turbo mode with RTX-4060! So faster than the video's score with a lowly 4060? (Did he use Turbo mode?) Mine came from Amazon that they stock directly from ASUS.

[@blkspade23]

Cinebench isn't a GPU bench. Your score is only a difference of 0.89%, which is margin of error. If there is any effect in the difference of GPU on Cinebench it's from a GPU idle power difference allowing slightly more budget to the CPU.

[@SpinStar1956]

@@blkspade23 yeah, I finally figured that out but thanks for your comment. Have really been enjoying this with my CAD SW; leaves my 1950X in the dust!

[@admz5513]

Hello good morning I need good gaming laptop 💻 with small price please help me choose which is better for gamin like Acer or MSI or Asus or HP or Lenovo or Dell and other laptop 💻 thanks

[@chrisgmag22]

Is this 17 inch model better than the 16 inch one ? Considering they might have the same specs

[@niko1even]

depends on what you mean by better. the Scar 16 has a mini-LED screen and a newer chassis. I'm not sure if the build quality is better on the Scar 16, but most reviewers have said that the 16 has pretty solid build quality. The Scar 16 also has a mini-LED screen, a bigger trackpad, a bit more RGB, and thunderbolt 4. Performance-wise, it should be around the same with the Scar 17 probably performing better is some cases and running cooler due to the bigger chassis. I'm about to receive a Scar 16 myself, so I'll be finding out how the build quality is pretty soon.

[@md.aktarulislammojahidul9806]

Can you please suggest me a laptop around 800-1000$ ??. I wanna buy laptop for my civil engineering purpose only.

[@ameermashruf]

5:44 what's wrong with the cyberpunk 2077 graph for 1440p?

[@traindawg21]

You can't add a 2.5 SSD in this?

[@jayyy88]

too bad the battery life in this scar 17 is so much worse compare to scar 18 and it's still using the old scar design not the new one they used on scar 18.

[@村のアホ]

4080+7945hx scar 17 only cost 16999rmb in china. but with lots of defect unit.

[@MatthewMoniz]

Oh ya, whats defective about them?

[@村のアホ]

@@MatthewMonizI was relly shocked by CPU performance and a nice chassis colling the GPU+CPU really will.But my first unit get really strong coil sound when put in GPU heavy task., and I asked for a new one, only get a dead pixel and the CPU temp shoots up to 100 under stress.(the first one is arond CPU85°GPU80°）and both of 7945hx stay at 3.7Ghz idel generates heat and the fan starts spinning quite frequently.

[@natinaga82]

I'm in market to buy my first gaming laptop. Im I'm debating between. 2023 msi gt 77 4090 titan or the. Amd 4090 asus scar 17 2023. I want most powerful don't care abut Mobility.

[@Itscharlie_hr]

Could you do a review for the 16” rtx 4060 version please

[@zubzero304050]

ay mans that barbie movie looks hella good I didn't see the new trailer

[@Rihaan_Thakkar]

You still didn't review scar 16 and 18

[@M_AbdullahArif]

Matthew Moniz reviews are pure quality! 🤌🏻

[@MatthewMoniz]

Thank you so much ❤️

[@youngsimba6702]

Is the display Mini-Led panel like this year's Scar 16 or not like this year's Scar 18?

[@MatthewMoniz]

No it’s not mini led

[@nickivankevych9722]

But what about the thermals ? Can it keep cool and maintain the fps ? Is the cooling better with the chamber and 2 fans ? Or 7 pipes and 3-4 fans better?

[@oldbot64]

Didnt you see the benchmarks? It can run faster at load for longer periods of time so the cooling is not a problem.

[@oldbot64]

Also where will you got 7 pipes and 3-4 fans in a laptop? This is not a desktop

[@nickivankevych9722]

@@oldbot64 scar 18, gt77

[@nickivankevych9722]

@@oldbot64 longer is ? 5 min, 10 min, 2 hours?

[@oldbot64]

@@nickivankevych9722 hmm I checked the graph but Matt has not specified the time it ran for.

[@str1k34]

5min 45 sec, your graph is wrong for Cyber Punk. 98 FPS is not faster than 104 FPS. Intel shows 104 fps but has a smaller graph value than 98 for AMD. Or have you mixed the AMD and Intel results?

[@degenerate_kun_69]

I just want a g17/18 with an 8 core ryzen 9 and rx7000/8000 is that too muxh to ask for😭😭

[@ashrafurrahman8297]

Amd cpu have heating issues what about this one?

[@bhaskarjyotideka9243]

Waiting for the review of the Zephyrus G14 2023, which after seeing the price I'm dead.

[@dabb4ushoot992]

I'm worried about the battery life. You seem to not really go into detail about the battery life.....

[@dabb4ushoot992]

@Matthew Moniz scam

[@Qimchiy]

Matt! What's your choice for a laptop that can game and last long on battery? Last long enough with good portability for school while being powerful enough to game at home. For reference I have a Ryzen 3 3300x and a 1070 in my desktop pc so anything as good or better is preferred.

[@Ghost-cd9zk]

Can it play vr games

[@colonelkassad16]

Would a laptop of its specs play 4K games smoothly on a connected monitor?

[@lil_brumski]

Yes

[@vzuzukin]

Waiting for 2023 ASUS ROG G14 AMD/Nvidia

[@Meczox]

Just wanna know if you will check out the legion slim 5i/7i?

[@MatthewMoniz]

yes when they are available

[@Meczox]

@@MatthewMoniz LETS GOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!

[@ytisforbackup]

I have a ryzen 7 4800h, which scores 7k+. So this is 5 times powerful? Wtf! In less than 3 years processors have become so much powerful! I know ryzen 7 would be less powerful but still!

[@egegl]

5:45 the cyberpunk chart is looking rather sus

[@MatthewMoniz]

Oh ya how so?

[@pranavdupati9164]

@@MatthewMoniz 104FPS is lower than 98FPS lol. U mustve mislabeled it

[@cnnlegendary7444]

Your hand gesture tho 😬

[@ditroia2777]

Why is the RAM so slow.

[@NoName-zf6nr]

What software and settings were used for the noise values?

[@MatthewMoniz]

Performance mode

[@NoName-zf6nr]

@@MatthewMoniz Your values have been: Turbo 54dB, Performance 48dB, Silent 38dB. They cannot all be in Performance mode:) My previous question remains: What software and settings were used for the noise values?

[@MatthewMoniz]

@@NoName-zf6nr running prime 95 as mentioned in the title. Then switching between the different profiles to measure fan noise.

[@Cerbyo]

4000 dollars!???!?! How do I justify that much purely for performance especially when it looks the way it does. I'd get tired of looking at it after a week. The display and other basic features are lackluster compared to what you can get for 2000, no? JUST PERFORMANCE is worth 2000$ in and of itself? Really??? Would anyone care getting 300 frames instead of 200 frames if you get a much nicer display to see those 200 frames? I'm open to the idea I'm missing something here. I had to spend 20minutes just determining what all the different STRIX models are....it has an inferior G series to confuse people into buying lesser products it seems.

[@marshallcarter3282]

Yes

[@Mobiltelekomnet]

insane price, should be at least %30 percent cheaper

[@GamePassGamerBR]

ASUS will dominate the high end laptop market

[@tvthecat]

bro i would probably sacrifice my first born to get that laptop lmao (joke btw)

[@GingeBreadBoy]

It'd be awesome if you can add in some ML benchmarks as well for developers! Especially for these top tier GPU laptops

[@MatthewMoniz]

Any specific test you'd like to see?

[@shanto8385]

That sticker guy😑

[@OlegKOWALSKI-rp6vi]

ASUS decided to keep AMD laptops in old cases? No 3 fan cooling and 18' 16:10 screens?

[@dragonalfaata]

The only 16:10 amd laptop they're selling is the tuf a16. But that comes with radeon graphics, and up to 7940HS. And I can't call it a new case despite the screen being taller

[@danman1287]

Can u do a review of strix g17... Cheaper thx

[@Ayush_Gupta124]

I think this year 14 inch laptops like g14, blade 14, etc going to smash it using amd cpu's

[@MatthewMoniz]

Depends on which AMD cpu they use. A lot of them are Zen 3+. If it has the number 4 in the name its Zen 4.

[@Ayush_Gupta124]

@@MatthewMoniz yeh I was talking about that only But this year naming scheme of amd is so bad 😔. For the layman is so confusing

[@blkspade23]

@@Ayush_Gupta124 To be honest most people that are going to consciously pick the AMD option are probably going to do some research. You only really have people that pick Intel because of brand recognition/loyalty, people that know what they want from AMD or get one because of the typically lower price tag. Otherwise most people don't really know what they're buying, or even put that degree of thought in to it.

[@alexthomas3622]

My dream

[@angguephraim6026]

Can anyone help me ship laptop from usa to india. Laptop here in india is very costly and all good laptop are really out of my budget..sos help me please

[@bemutatoktesztek4163]

Az én laptopom ugyan ez de nekem 5200 mhz a ddr5 ram benne :D

[@I-PixALbI4-I]

Not bad not bad AMD

[@GarrettTobyC13]

I bought an Asus G15 on your recommendation. Ended up somehow fraying the power cable. It was impossible to get an OEM power brick replacement from ASUS. Just a heads up to anyone looking at buying one of these laptops. If you fuck up your brick you're shit out of luck just gotta get some sketchy chinese knock off brick. Let's just say I sold that laptop and am enjoying my 4070ti desktop now.

[@cameronbosch1213]

7:50 No, it's mostly because OEMs don't give two 💩 about competition. And I don't want one CPU brand being the only option, especially for the money! Then again, with all of these brands using Intel CPUs AND now the 7945 CPUs having not as good battery life, I feel justified in waiting for the Framework Laptop 16.

[@Cenot4ph]

the design is just so dated and honestly ugly. Hinge design is another thing that would make me pause buying this, it doesn't look well engineered at all.

[@salvadoresutton1793]

mux switch?

[@MatthewMoniz]

Yup!

[@picklerick7953]

Team red #1

[@galiplecter]

The Best gaming laptop

[@interceptor001]

Sorry but the strix looks as shit as the titan. Also plastic on a laptop of this class? A bit ridiculous.

[@HDRPC]

Soon this year meteorlake is also coming but in limited stock but still better availability than amd.

[@NatPage]

HAHAHAH 0:33

[@cameronbosch1213]

Too bad ASUS hates AMD and won't put them in 16/18 inch premium laptops this year! I'll be waiting for the Framework Laptop 16!

[@Blackstar-ti4py]

Cant run wow on decent fps on it 😂 great

[@the_otd_arash2128]

👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻

[@kshitijrajpoot9165]

Lmao, can’t wait for this gaming laptop to get outdated in less than a quarter of a year.😅