ASUS ROG Strix Scar 15 with Ryzen 9 5900HX and GeForce RTX 3080 drops to its lowest price ever on Amazon

Initial benchmarks of AMD's current-gen laptop processors are a mixed bag. Unfortunately, one won't be able to purchase them anytime soon, with the first models slated to go on sale sometime in Q2. Even the last-gen Ryzen 6000 models are few and far between. Thankfully, Asus has an exciting deal on some Ryzen-based gaming laptops.

The ASUS ROG Strix Scar 15 has dropped to US$1699 on Amazon, which is the lowest it has gone for on the platform, according to CamelCamelCamel. It packs a powerful AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX processor, an Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 (130 Watts TGP) graphics card, a 15.6-inch FHD (1,920 x 1,080) 300 Hz LCD panel, 16 GB RAM and a 1 TB SSD (both expandable). The high refresh rate and beefy hardware make it ideal for fast-paced esports titles such as CS: GO and Valorant.

Our in-depth ASUS ROG Strix Scar 15 review tested the 165 Hz QHD variant with the same internals. It lauded the laptop for its revamped design that kept its power-hungry internals cool, although one will need to manually switch power plans when not gaming to keep the fans in check. While there is an all-AMD variant of the laptop as well, one is better off with Nvidia for now, given the state of AMD's drivers.

Buy the ASUS ROG Strix Scar 15 review for US$1,699 on Amazon