The Best 17-inch Office Laptops

The LG Gram 17 (2022), which is very light at 1.35 kg, takes first place in our top list. The 17 incher in 16:10 format finally gets a matt display, which is especially advantageous in outdoor use. Once you have the LG Gram with the dimensions of 380 x 262 millimeters in your hands, the low weight feels surreal. However, light plastic is not used here, but a light metal construction made of magnesium.

The price of €999 (~$1,053) for the Legion 5 17, with a strong AMD Ryzen 5 5600H, 144 Hz screen and the quiet operation is decidedly good. It can be used for office, gaming and multimedia, not least thanks to the matte, calibrated screen.

Currently, the Legion 5 17 AMD (Ryzen 7 5600H, RTX 3060) is available on Amazon for $1,999.

The Schenker Work 17 does well in office use, thanks to a high-quality display and good input devices. Furthermore, it offers a long battery life, Thunderbolt 4 and can be upgraded easily.

Schenker's devices are not yet available in the North America.

Not a typical office workhorse, but still meets the usage criteria of our 17-inch office top list. Not only the looks are a bit unusual for the office desk, but the inner values are also perfectly suited for gaming during lunch breaks, as an Nvidia Geforce RTX 3060 with ray tracing technology is installed.

While we took a closer look at the configuration with the Intel Core i7-12700H in our review, we unfortunately also found negative points, because the 31, kg 17-inch laptop gets very loud under load.

The matte Full HD IPS display of the Acer Nitro 5 offers 144 Hz, but it lacks brightness and color fidelity. The RGB-illuminated keyboard is good, and the battery life of 6.5 hours is average.

A variant of Acer Nitro 5 AN517, which is equipped with a Core i7-12700 and a RTX 3050 Ti, is available on Amazon for about $1,300.

The Gigabyte A7 X1 is bulky, but it offers an extraordinary performance, a high-quality 144 Hz display and good input devices for a relatively low price. In return, the 17-incher can get quite loud.

At the time of writing, it seems to be hard to find out the Gigabyte A7 X1 in the US market.

The maintenance options of the Asus TUF Gaming F17 are just as decent as the performance, but the display is too dark and the arrow keys are small, including the narrow number pad of the RGB-lit keyboard.

The touchpad is a bit small, but has dedicated keys. The color space coverage and color accuracy are also on a low level, while the response times of the matte FullHD IPS display are slow. WLAN speeds are also slow, and there is no card reader. The emissions are also quite high.

It costs around $1,199 for a variant of the ASUS TUF Gaming F17, which is equipped a Core i5-11260H and a RTX 3050 Ti, on Amazon.

The 2.8 kg HP Pavilion Gaming 17 is already a good choice for the low list price of 980 euro. Many aspects are on an average level, but the matte FullHD display with just under 320 nits of brightness, a 144 Hz refresh rate and fast response times is well equipped for both office tasks and gaming.

The emissions are kept within limits and the keyboard is also good for everyday office use, only the arrow keys have been realized in a small version. Thunderbolt is not available, but USB-C with Power Delivery and DisplayPort, as well as an SD card reader and Gigabit Ethernet.

The performance of the Core i5-11300H is more than sufficient for office work, while the installed RTX 3050 Ti can also handle somewhat more graphics-heavy tasks. 

While the not-so-bright display is sharp, the letters and symbols are all the more difficult to read due to the grey lettering on the silver keys. This makes it difficult to work in the dark or outdoors. In addition, you should always stay close to a power socket, because the 32 Wh small battery in the 17-inch case only lasts a scant 4 hours in WLAN mode.

At the time of writing, our review configuration doesn't seem to be available in the United States.

The decisive factor for MSI Katana GF76 is the good price-performance ratio. Because you get a very high performance thanks to the latest Core i5-12500H from the Alder Lake generation and an RTX-3050 graphics unit for only 900 Euros (in our detailed review, it is equipped with an RTX 3070 Ti and a Core i7-12700H).

The MSI Katana GF76 offers high system performance at a small price, but you have to make concessions especially in the important points for an office notebook, the display, the keyboard and the noise development.

The 2022 MSI Katana GF76 is available for example from Amazon for $1599.https://www.notebookcheck.net/MSI-Katana-GF76-12UGS-review-Is-one-of-the-most-affordable-RTX-3070-Ti-gaming-laptops-worth-it.619922.0.html

Let's return to a pure office notebook in the 17-inch laptop class for a change. The HP Envy 17 is related to the HP 17 and HP 470. The case of the office laptop, which is only 19 mm thin and weighs 2.7 kg, is made of sturdy aluminum, an SD card reader is present, but no LAN port.

The HP Envy 17 is a classic office notebook in the 17-inch class and offers a good keyboard, low emissions and a good 60 Hz display, which is however highly reflective.

The Lenovo V17 G2 is a classic office notebook and offers a good, crisp keyboard, a 300 nits bright, matte IPS FullHD display and low emissions. Thus, the most important points for an office device are already fulfilled. The plastic case is sturdy, the Tiger-Lake processor's performance is quite high, an SD card reader is available and it is easy to upgrade.

The 2.15 kg light and 20 mm thin Lenovo V17 G2 meets the most basic requirements for an office notebook with a 17-inch screen, and the battery life is still okay at 6 hours.