Asus ROG Strix Gaming Laptop with 7th Gen i5 quad core, 12gb RAM, 256gb SSD, and GTX 1060 3gb with a FREE GAME, all for under a grand - £999.99 @ Amazon UK

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Asus ROG Strix Gaming Laptop with 7th Gen i5 quad core, 12gb RAM, 256gb SSD, and GTX 1060 3gb with a FREE GAME, all for under a grand! £999.99 @ Amazon

£999.99 Amazon UK30 Mar 17

Source: HotUKDeals | Deals > Technology

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lump

29 Mar 17

A while back I posted in Ask about any Nvidia gtx 1060 equipped laptops being available for sub £1000. This appears to be the answer to that question!

This is a very good spec laptop for £999.99, which will be very good at playing the most recent games at close to, if not at max detail.

You get:

i5-7300hq
12gb Ram
256gb SSD
Full HD 15.6 inch screen
Nvidia GTX 1060 3gb

This is probably the best value pascal equipped laptop at under a grand so far. I'd be tempted if I didn't pick a warehouse deal up on a 17inch version last week.

Don't be discouraged that it is the 3gb version of the 1060. From the benchmarks I've seen, there isn't too much difference between this and the 6gb version.

You can also redeem a free copy of For Honor or GR:Wildlands

Top comments

snappyfish

29 Mar 17 8 #10

Will this run youtube? Facebook? Twitter? Jobs seekers website ect?

Anil90

29 Mar 17 5 #3

For that price would want a i7

foxxes

29 Mar 17 3 #11

Makes total sense you entering a deal about a laptop then :confused:
Or was it so you could give us your amazing knowledge/insight lol

EagleUK

29 Mar 17 3 #2

Wish people would stop posting fake sellers as better deals. Have some common sense people!

To clarify there were some scam posts above mine that got deleted..

Latest comments (44)

lump

31 Mar 17 #44

Yes this is a UK model and keyboard. The picture I uploaded was a screengrab from the web page.

Leepox

30 Mar 17 #42

will this play minecraft?

JMC19 to Leepox

31 Mar 17 #43

Yeah it'll play it no problems - I bought this one before it went on deal (sigh) and it plays it no probs
Also it is UK keyboards, I saw a comment further up saying it wasn't but just seems the picture is US layout but seems that's just a picture confusion

iDealYou

30 Mar 17 #41

We're going back to imperial units in 2 years time. :wink:

snappyfish

29 Mar 17 8 #10

Will this run youtube? Facebook? Twitter? Jobs seekers website ect?

albert0_frog to snappyfish

30 Mar 17 #29

I think you should be OK mate. Just don't try them all at the same time.

coventgamer to snappyfish

30 Mar 17 #40

Also pron hub

padamowicz93

30 Mar 17 #39

Any good for video editing in Adobe Premiere? If not what should I look for as far as specs go? SSD, plenty of ram, fast CPU, is that it?

Anil90

30 Mar 17 #38

What the **** you on a about I have a life not sure if you do

brilly

30 Mar 17 #37

not for describing screen sizes we dont, the actual size isn't even particularly relevant any more its just guide as to its relative size almost!

all the deals they have posted are for consoles, nothing for pc which is a bit unusual imo

Kristisn

30 Mar 17 #36

We use cm in the UK too. Inches are a thing of the past

Joshimitsu91

30 Mar 17 #35

Something doesn't quite add up here...

hugekebab

30 Mar 17 #34

You've got to source that bottleneck claim. I really can't see how that i5 will cause a bottleneck. Might be wrong.

CowPuncher

30 Mar 17 1 #33

why do you hate punctuation so much?

Nutkin

30 Mar 17 #32

I bought one of these in blackfriday last year the GL702VM and it was absolutely awful, the trackpad had a mind of its own, sent it to get repaired and the customer service from ASUS is appalling.

Took 3 weeks and they sent it back completely formatted for a track pad change and with the trackpad fitted crooked in the body. Installed BF1 and within 30 mins it was overheating to the point the laptop thermally cut out. Thank god amazon have a great returns policy, 100% do not recommend this level of ASUS laptop.

iAmLegendFam

30 Mar 17 #30

i5?! Nah.

Spod to iAmLegendFam

30 Mar 17 #31

It's a proper quad-core i5 and you don't need any more than that for most programs. An i7 would give you hyperthreads, but that's only about 15-20% performance boost for quite a lot more cash - and a lot of programs can't multi-thread well enough to see any difference anyway.

ather7851

30 Mar 17 #28

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/offer-listing/B01JG1BPCA/ref=olp_page_1?ie=UTF8&f_used=true&f_usedAcceptable=true&f_usedGood=true&f_usedLikeNew=true&f_usedVeryGood=true&startIndex=0

for £650 this is not bad guys

lump

30 Mar 17 #27

I did a bit of reading about the i5. Mine is actually an i5-6300hq, and from what I've seen it isn't as much of a bottleneck as you'd think. The GPU does most of the work for gaming, and even though it's an i5 it's still adequate.this will vary by game though. Forza Horizon brims along at 70fps on ultra for me.

Also, this has a spare slot for a 2nd hard drive, although I couldn't tell at a glance if that is the m2 slot spare or the standard slot. Depends what the 256gb drive is installed in.

brilly

30 Mar 17 #26

depends on your needs, more storage can be easily added but better graphics capability cant

DontBlameBen

30 Mar 17 #25

A couple of considerations (this is still a good deal): This is a gaming laptop with only 190gb of usable space (when you take windows, plus the fact SSD's wear quicker if under 25% capacity) so you're going to need to buy and fit another hard drive if you're looking to do anything like Gaming e.g. Witcher 3 is like 60gb.
Plus, the i5 will be a bottleneck to the 1060.
I'd strongly consider this one for £200 less - https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B01N33JP9R/?tag=ho01f-21 or https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B01N9AS5YR/?tag=ho01f-21 for the bigger screen

Ross87

30 Mar 17 #24

Cold, I got one a lot cheaper. I paid a homeless child a pound to cause a distraction and walked out with all of PC World, including some floppy disks son!!!!

brilly

30 Mar 17 1 #23

i would assume that those have been deleted :smirk:

re:us vs uk, you may have a point as picture does show a US keyboard but may just be a stock photo as others show us keyboards but 'answers' section replies UK

Spod

30 Mar 17 #22

Do these come with UK keyboards or are they USA sourced?

Spod

30 Mar 17 #21

So what makes you think this is a fake seller? It says "Dispatched from and sold by Amazon."
Usually the fakes want you to call them direct so that they can bypass the Amazon and Paypal protection.

JMC19

30 Mar 17 1 #18

Looks like Amazon are pushing some fairly cheap pricing on a handful of ROG Strix laptops

https://www.amazon.co.uk/ASUS-GL553VD-FY047T-Notebook-i5-7300HQ-Processor/dp/B01N33JP9R/ref=sr_1_1?s=computers&ie=UTF8&qid=1490857971&sr=1-1&keywords=B01N33JP9R

https://www.amazon.co.uk/ASUS-GL753VD-GC082T-i5-7300HQ-Processor-Keyboard/dp/B01N9AS5YR/ref=sr_1_1?s=computers&ie=UTF8&qid=1490858440&sr=1-1&keywords=B01N9AS5YR

https://www.amazon.co.uk/ASUS-GL702VM-GC182T-17-3-Inch-i7-7700HQ-Storage/dp/B01N7R4J3Y/ref=sr_1_1?s=computers&ie=UTF8&qid=1490858489&sr=1-1&keywords=B01N7R4J3Y

brilly to JMC19

30 Mar 17 #19

some lower spec cheaper models also if those out of range

lump to JMC19

30 Mar 17 #20

Looks like they've had a sweep of cuts across the range. The source of this deal is an Asus ROG employee on twitter. Thought this was the pick of the bunch!

Fleabum

30 Mar 17 #17

Cold just because Amazon posted the screen size in cm... we use inches in the UK. Thank god for Article 50! :wink:

Joking aside, not too bad price for a semi decent gaming laptop.

Regards
Flea

kitana8

30 Mar 17 1 #16

So all you wanted to do is boast... seriously need to get a life than troll.

callofdute1

29 Mar 17 1 #1

will this play the witcher 3 at 60fps?

Picard123 to callofdute1

29 Mar 17 #15

Try Googling next time, but the answer to your question is yes.

http://www.notebookcheck.net/Mobile-NVIDIA-GeForce-GTX-1060-Laptop-Benchmarks-and-Specs.169547.0.html

Sin_of_nature

29 Mar 17 #14

Its a scorching deal but that soldered RAM stick would be a show stopper for me. What company does that in this day and age?!?

Bertz99

29 Mar 17 #13

Cold from me for the 12gb - 8gb soldered onto main board and 4gb in single socket available to expand. I just do not get why you would limit memory bandwidth when the rest is so well specified.

brilly

29 Mar 17 #12

looks good
http://www.notebookcheck.net/Asus-ROG-Strix-GL502VM-Notebook-Review.187341.0.html
slightly different spec there, one ram slot is soldered on oddly - hopefully an 8gb :wink:

foxxes

29 Mar 17 3 #11

Makes total sense you entering a deal about a laptop then :confused:
Or was it so you could give us your amazing knowledge/insight lol

deepu25

29 Mar 17 #9

good spot.. I was myself looking for this model this afternoon after considering the hp omen posted here (lack of usb 3 ports etc.) and alienware (over 3.5 kg weight)

Anil90

29 Mar 17 #8

No idea again don't need a laptop seems expensive for me you can buy it feel free :wink: I have dell alienware Area 51

EagleUK

29 Mar 17 2 #7

But it is cheap?

Anil90

29 Mar 17 #6

Don't need a laptop just saying 1K is not cheap;)

Anil90

29 Mar 17 5 #3

For that price would want a i7

EagleUK to Anil90

29 Mar 17 1 #4

Where can you get a branded laptop with the i7, 12GB ram, 256gb SSD and a 1060 for under 1k?

lump to Anil90

29 Mar 17 1 #5

Find one and post it here. I've looked for ages and not found any, even used or refurbished from reputable sellers.

EagleUK

29 Mar 17 3 #2

Wish people would stop posting fake sellers as better deals. Have some common sense people!

To clarify there were some scam posts above mine that got deleted..

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