Rog strix gl702zc, asus launches the first laptop with ryzen 7

The ROG STRIX GL702ZC is the world's first Ryzen 7 laptop, and marks the beginning of the end for AMD as the “budget” choice when it comes to portable solutions.

ROG Strix GL702ZC is the starting gun for Ryzen on laptops

ROG STRIX GL702ZC features a 17.3-inch FHD IPS anti-glare display with FreeSync, controlled by a Ryzen 7 1700 CPU along with Radeon RX580 graphics (the GB version) and 16 GB of DDR4 memory (expandable up to 32 GB). The system can be additionally configured with an M. 2 SSD (up to 256 GB) and / or a hard drive of up to 1 TB (5, 400 RPM).

AMD's Ryzen CPUs have been released with great success and have kept that momentum going. In addition to democratizing core counts and SMT (Simultaneous Multi-Threading), these AMD chips brought with them a revolution in energy efficiency. The fact that Zen architecture made its way to laptops was just a matter of engineering, design, and testing, which typically translate over time. Since we learned that ASUS was working on a Ryzen 7 laptop, expectations were high. And now, they have finally introduced the ROG STRIX GL702ZC.

Among other specifications we can talk about a chiclet-style keyboard, a multi-format card reader, an HD webcam and dual-band 802.11 a / b / g / n / ac Wi-Fi connection (plus Bluetooth 4.2). As for connectivity, there is a 1x USB 3.1 Type-C connector, 3x USB 3.0 ports, 1x Ethernet connector, 1x HDMI, and 1x mini display port. The Windows 10 Home operating system. The total weight of all the equipment of 2.9 kilograms.

The Asus ROG Strix GL702ZC is available right now starting at $ 1, 499.99.

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