Asus ROG today announced the new 2022 ROG Strix Scar 17 Special Edition gaming laptop. This upgraded Strix Scar houses the latest hardware and improved cooling solutions to power better gaming experiences. a custom vapour chamber, paired with Conductonaut Extreme liquid metal applied to both the CPU and GPU, is the most major change with this laptop that allows the Scar 17 SE to push its hardware further than before. The Scar 17 SE also features a distinct cyberpunk aesthetic, with its invisible ink applied directly to its metal chassis.
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ROG Strix Scar 17 Special Edition pricing and Availability
Asus ROG Strix Scar 17 SE will be available from 17th June in UAE from Select retailers and etailers and it will be priced at AED 17,499.
Asus Rog Strix Scar 17 Special Edition specs
At CES 2022, ROG introduced the 2022 ROG Strix Scar, delivering top-tier gaming performance with the latest components from Intel and Nvidia. For Computex 2022, ROG is releasing the Strix Scar 17 SE, a special edition variant with even more power under the hood.
The improvements start under the hood as the special edition laptop comes powered by the new Intel Core i9-12950HX, a very powerful 65 W laptop CPU. The Scar 17 SE was able to achieve a score of 22,257 in the Cinebench R23 multithreaded test when in Turbo mode which made it rival desktop performance. The Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Laptop GPU also has a maximum TGP of up to 175 W with dynamic boost, the laptop is also equipped with a QHD 240 Hz panel. The other components in the laptop are high-end. The Scar 17 SE features up to 32 GB of fast 4800 MHz DDR5 RAM, PCIe Gen 4 storage in a RAID 0 array that makes loading times low. WiFi 6E and a 2.5 Gbps Ethernet make the ping time as low as possible.
New cooling system
The ROG Strix Scar 17 SE has also witnessed a drastic change when it comes to cooling, the laptop comes with Thermal Grizzly’s liquid metal compound equipped, which reduces CPU temperatures by up to 10°C compared to traditional thermal pastes. This year, ROG’s engineering team collaborated with Thermal Grizzly again to develop an even higher performance liquid metal formula called Conductonaut Extreme, which the Scar 17 SE uses on both the CPU and GPU. Asus claims that the improved thermal paste will offer around 5°C lower temperatures than standard liquid metal thermal compounds.
Design changes in the Asus Rog Strix Scar 17 Special Edition
The ROG Strix Scar 17 SE also comes with a refreshed design. While the chassis features the same RGB lighting and customizable Armor Caps as the standard Strix Scar, but with an extra secret: specially developed invisible ink. ROG’s research and development team created a substance that perfectly blends in with the Scar 17 SE’s metal lid. In normal lighting, this substance has a matte metallic texture, but with a UV flashlight, the ink appears green and blue.
