Rog Strix 18 vs Scar 18 

Hopefully soon

Cooling is identical. I'll cover that in the full review

Strix laptop comes with thermal grizzly conductonaut extreme on cpu only whereas on the scar it comes on both cpu and gpu because they are higher end and they have 4080 and 4090 graphic cards. Other than that they both have tri-fan technology and same number of heat pipes.

Buy 4080 variant

No vapor chamber this year. Last year on the scar 17 SE had one.

The displays are gorgeous and comfortable to watch 24 hours because they are matte displays same line zephyrus but miniled is only difference

Rog has Zephyrus Line-up Laptops for the Office environment

Legion 7 is cool too for office set up, and ai always bring mine at work. Judt turn orff the rgbs ur good to go

You mean like ROG Zephyrus series? G14, G16, M16 & Duo 16..

LENOVO LEGION 7 series also elegent + stylish

Yeah there's other brands out there like the zephyrus line but you have to sacrifice performance. I do agree with the legion line once you take off the RGB. I'm hoping Asus revives the S17 because that fills that void of being a premium professional looking gaming laptop

Hmm.. that one is tough because of the screen. I don’t know how many frames you’ll get on apex to warrant going with the 300hz

Mainly bells and whistles. Performance seems identical

Not in games. Temps are well controlled.

It really is!

Bro, You meaning white light on black screen? If yes, just try to touch lower panel of screen and by this You will adjust

I think you're talking about backlight bleed. Yeah they all have it so far. Hopefully that will be addressed in later production runs

The displays are gorgeous and comfortable to watch 24 hours because they are matte displays same line zephyrus but miniled is only difference

Yeah. Asus has been using a dust filter since last year. I've never tried cleaning it TBH

The scar is better but they are more similar than different. Go with the specs you want

Yeah at 1080p the difference will be noticeable. The displays are identical between the scar and strix

I heard that too. But no. They are identical. More SSD space yes.

SSD space increases the cost so much. 4TB costs like $800 more here in my country. It's like the price difference between a Rtx 4080 GPU and 4090 GPU.

They call it an armor plate or something. It’s cosmetic and comes in like 3 colors.

Well the 4090 is about 10% more powerful than the 4080.

@@consumertechwarehouse Ah, so Strix 4080 vs Scar 4080 will have basically no difference? Do you know what the difference between the Strix G16 4080 vs Strix G18 4080? Presumably cooling is better and therefore performance?

Cooling is the same but for whatever reason I'm getting higher CPU performance on the scar versus the regular strix. Not really showing up in real life stuff though just benchmarks

@@consumertechwarehouse So temperatures and noise should be the same? I honestly prefer the looks of the Strix... It's hard to decide. Thank you for the answer!

Temps and noise seems identical to my ears. If it sounds like there’s a difference I would take a decibel reading. But didn’t need to. But unless you want the best of the best, you’re getting 90% of the overall power at $2499 vs. $3899

Okay, tell me I'm a genius! I'll order both, disassemble them, switch the better parts from the Scar to the Strix like the screen and the mouse pad, then send the Scar back and profit! Hehe, just kidding. But I wish they'd offer a way to get the best of both worlds. Thanks for the video, you deserve more clicks, I'll recommend you wherever I can.

Thanks. Btw that’s theft and you just left a paper trail on my comment section. Lol.

I'm not sure. I've never played half life alyx. I haven't owned a VR headset since the first oculus rift. Been meaning to get one and get back into it though

In terms of visibility being able to see an enemy in the distance I don't think either of them have a compelling enough advantage. But the OLED screen has a faster response time which will

What is Nebula screen option on Asus? Is it miniLED or OLED?

@@vzuzukin miniLED

It seems like the 4080 is a big jump over the 4070. So unless it's much cheaper to go with the 4070

@@consumertechwarehouse sadly asus company in my country didn’t bring the 4080 so I have to force to buy the 4070 🥹 however there’s seem like the g18 4070 is the best opinion in my country already so yeah since I don’t really game that much however I’m just a little regret about my decision and still mad that they don’t bring the 4080 version.😅

theres a video on youtube that compares 3070ti and 4070 laptops and they perform pretty much the same, so I say go for 4080 if you can

Should be. It’s called the strix g18. Best Buy has a 4070 and a 4080 version

​@@consumertechwarehouse Ok, I have chosen a 4080 version, but what I am worried about is that this notebook uses liquid metal for heat dissipation. Liquid metal will become fluid at high temperatures. After a long time, will it Offset on CPU because of streaming?

No. Both MSI and Asus have been using it for a few years now and there aren’t any reports.

The strix 18 I got from Best Buy US was per key RGB. The images were wrong

@@consumertechwarehouse I see looks like the one I got only has 4 zone lighting thanks

Oh wow. Where did you get yours from?

@@consumertechwarehouse got it from Asus Taiwan, I wonder if the All Black is different from the Neon Green I got. I wish I got the Per Key rgbs though 😅

Only on the scar

@@consumertechwarehouse nah bro i saw it on a G18 4070. the official asus specs also have aura sync rgb logo in their spec sheet ROG Strix G18 (2023) G814 G814JI-N6119X and ROG Strix G18 (2023) G814 G814JU-N6078X

@@shanratnayake2239 there’s a chance the spec sheet is wrong or it only light up in one color. Also these things vary by region too. So I guess I don’t know.

@@consumertechwarehouse the spec sheet is not wrong. i visited an ROG store and inspected the 4070 version of the G18, and it did have RGB logo

Oh yeah. This is why I try not to get into specs too much. Our g18 doesn’t have it. Man we don’t even have an ROG Store

I will

Yeah man. The 18 inch screens never get the same attention as the 16. I'm guessing 16 inch laposell way better

4080 is a waste of money

The displays are gorgeous and comfortable to watch 24 hours because they are matte displays same line zephyrus but miniled is only difference

​@@MrRepsie how so?

@@MrRepsie For you that may be true, not everyone has the extra money for the 4090. That aside, I got the 4080 and I have some issues with it, but performance is not one of them. Windows 11 sucks (got no choice here) Had to buy a USB C to USB A adapter and a USB C to USB C cable to plug my mouse and phone up on the left so I wasn't constantly hitting the cords with my mouse. The power adapter plugs into the laptop and covers the left vent. The power adapter cord that plugs into the laptop is not as long as others so I can't put it on the floor. All of these are just personal nit picks and have nothing to do with the quality of it. Comparing the Strix vs the Scar the slight performance increase is not worth the $1400 extra dollars for the 4090 to most people and is a massive waste of money. Especially price/performance.

Yes definitely. I'm thinking about doing a video on asus's quality control in general this year. I've had a few units come in and out and all of them had coil wine. The trackpad was wonky and batting of backlight bleed to where is distracting. But nothing that's a deal breaker but it's just frustrating for me because I'm not seeing those issues with any other laptops I've used this year

Not available on the 18 inch. Only 16 which is a bit disappointing

The displays are gorgeous and comfortable to watch 24 hours because they are matte displays same line zephyrus but miniled is only difference

Maybe not. I’m thinking the differences will be around the same

@@consumertechwarehouse ok 😭

Hopefully soon. They have 17 inch only it seems.

@@consumertechwarehouse yes i have gs75 not bad but after i saw asus 18inch , i felt i want bigger screen, but 4080 gpu is very expensive

Both are made out of plastic though the build isn't bad

Both have coil whine too. The strix is much worse

Not sure about India. Seems like a lot of people are asking about that

@@consumertechwarehouse can you guess....bec i can't wait.....i need to buy

@@biologyjamatia-ty9cg Yeah Iam waiting as well. But it would definitely so costly than here in US. Like the G18 costs 2.1L and I think it will cost 2.6 or 2.7L. And oh boy don't mention the Scar with 4090 with 4TB SSD. It will be like 5L.

Performance is pretty much the same except for the 4090 vs 4080. I didn't open up to see the inside but performance wasn't affected.

wrong, do some research. The only difference is 4080 vs 4090, additional RGB, and 4 speakers vs 2.

They are actually identical on the inside. Same cooling solution.

Nice. The 4090 I’m guessing.

@@consumertechwarehouse yes ;)

Plastic and rubber. We need that S17 or s18 from Asus this year

Nope I agree!!!

Yeah you're saving $1000 USD

You’re wrong dummy

Dude I just bought it with 4060 😂

@@nameless98 4060 the beter choce for price/perfomance then 4070,for this 4000 series best choice will be 4060 or 4080,this is the best 2GPU by price/perfomance!🤷🏻‍♂️

@@user-cr3ix9pm5j I mean if it wouldn't be used as prop in store for such a discount. I paid 1780€ for the best variant of 4060 bcuz of it. Without it would be around 2100€ and rn for 4070 its 2400 which 600€ for 5-20 fps is way too much. But 300€ difference isnt that big still not worth but I would really be thinking about it. At first I wanted to grab acer predator helios neo 16 with 2k display i9 13900hx and 4070 for about 1760€ but I was too late. Wanted 4070 so badly but like this its not worth it. If its used prices are pretty good but new is overshoot.

@@user-cr3ix9pm5j and I wasn't lookin for price/performance necessarily. Just wanted to have the best possible configuration for my budget which was 1800€ and I hope I won't regret it

My videos are reaching douches who leave negative comments now. That means my channel is growing. Thanks for that.

@@consumertechwarehouse TURN DOWN FOR WHAT!!!

It's not really gay, just nerdy which adds to his cred. Think of him as Ben Shapiro for computers. Jeez, it's not as if he stole your car and killed your dog.

@@AbsitInvidea my ears were assaulted.

Theres nothing wrong with his voice. Maybe you got issues. Might be drinking too much bud light or something. You should probably see your local priest and tell him your hearing voices...might be good for you.