Deal | Big Asus ROG Strix G16 (2025) price cut: RTX 5070 Ti-powered gaming laptop is now $400 cheaper at Best Buy

While they are bulky and hard to carry, large-screen gaming laptops often make stellar desktop replacements. Take, for example, the Asus ROG Strix G16 (2025). Featuring an expansive 16-inch display, up to an RTX 5070 Ti laptop GPU, and top-of-the-line CPU options, the laptop has more than enough power under the hood for gaming and content creation. Moreover, courtesy of its large footprint, the notebook also carries a robust cooling solution and a large 90 Wh battery.

In other words, if you need a gaming laptop to replace your desktop or a powerhouse that you can take with you, the Asus ROG Strix G16 (2025) is a beast of a machine and you can now get it at a great price.

Best Buy is now offering the ROG Strix G16 (2025) with an RTX 5070 Ti laptop GPU and a 16-core Ryzen 9 8940HX CPU for just $1,599.99. This new price represents a $400 discount.

In addition to the RTX 5070 Ti laptop GPU and the Ryzen 9 8940HX CPU, the ROG Strix G16 features 16 GB of DDR5-5600 memory, 1 TB of PCIe Gen 4 storage, Wi-Fi 6E and BT 5.3. The RAM and storage can be upgraded down the line, as there are two SO-DIMM slots and two M.2 slots. One of the M.2 slots even supports PCIe Gen 5 drives.

Thankfully, Asus takes full advantage of the large chassis to offer a full-size per-key RGB keyboard, a big touchpad, and a three-fan cooling solution. The cooling solution is aided by plenty of vents, copper heat pipes, and Liquid Metal thermal paste on the RTX 5070 Ti laptop GPU.

The cooling solution is welcomed here, as both the RTX 5070 Ti and the Ryzen 9 8940HX are quite fast and, therefore, will produce a lot of heat. Our testing of the RTX 5070 Ti laptop places the GPU in the same performance bracket as the last-gen RTX 4080 laptop GPU. So, it can play modern AAA games at high/ultra settings at FHD/QHD at or more than 60 FPS. The 16-core CPU will also complement the RX 5070 Ti rather well, as it is one of the fastest mobile processors on the market.

Display seems to be the one area where the Asus ROG Strix G16 (2025) on sale is a bit average. The 165 Hz 16-inch panel on the front is just FHD+ and covers 100% sRGB. So, while it should be plenty good for gaming, serious content creators should look to get an external monitor. Thankfully, with two USB 4 ports and an HDMI 2.1, the laptop has multiple display output options.

Long story short, the Asus ROG Strix G16 (2025) on sale offers beastly hardware at a pretty enticing price. If you are in need of a powerful gaming laptop, this is a deal worth checking out.