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ROG Strix SCAR II bit.ly/strixscarii

A decent gaming laptop that isn’t the price and size of a small flat is something of a rarity. Asus’ ROG Strix SCAR II might have an ostentatious name, but it’s remarkably subtle when it comes to design and form factor, the first laptop of its kind to come in at under 400 millimetres wide. The 144Hz super-narrow-bezel display, set in a compact 17-inch chassis, helps reduce input lag, ghosting and motion blur. It’s powered by a beefy 8th Generation Intel Core processor with up to 32 gigabytes of memory, and there’s even a choice of a GTX 1060 or 1070 graphics card. It actually looks rather slick, too, with customisable RGB lighting that can sync the colour of the light-up logo, lightbar and keyboard.