price wise, if the laptop cost below 2.4k with good specs, i think still not so bad. I got it for 2.2k and top up another 260sgd for 1tb evo860 SSD from amazon, still less than 2.5k
The Strix II series is expensive, but u have to know that it has a ips 144hz monitor, which work well with 1060/1070 gpu. The temp is high while gaming but u only feel it if u place your hand at the top hand corner of the laptop. Your right hand also wont feel the hot air ventilate out.
Using 144hz ips panel as a justification for overpricing the series is a joke. Dell G7 also has 120Hz IPS panel. Lenovo also has it. Acer also has it. Aftershock also has it. What makes the Strix line so 'special'? Nothing. Roflll. If you can find it on the cheap, good on you then. But the general pricing Asus's mid-low end range laptops are absurd, and really not worth the prices.
And that 144hz panel isnt rlly crucial unless you get the 1070. On all AAA titles the 1060 barely pushes past 50-60 fps on high-max settings. You wont ever feel the diff with a 60hz panel because the 1060 simply isnt powerful enough. The newer games are even mlre demanding. On MHW high settings i barely hit 60 fps. Might as well have stuck to a 60hz panel
Lightweight fps games ofc are another story.
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