Asus announces new ROG Strix GL554 compact gaming notebook in India
Asus Republic of Gamers has announced the ROG Strix GL553 which is the company’s new gaming notebook in India. The company had announced the product at CES 2017 at Las Vegas.
The 15.6-inch notebook features Asus’ ROG gamer styling and the company plans to showcase the notebook at its Bangalore ROG Store launch scheduled later this month.
The GL553 features the latest 7th Generation Intel Core i7 processor with Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050Ti/1050 graphics and a gamer-friendly keyboard with Asus Aura which offers four distinct lighting areas, 30-key rollover and 2.5mm key travel.
Other features include a brushed black aluminum finish with an illuminated ROG logo and Cooling Overdrive system which gives customised fan speeds for thermal management. The laptop can be configured with a Core i5 or Core i7 processor with upto 32GB of RAM, 1TB 7200rpm HDD as standard with an option of SATAIII 128/256GB M.2 SSD.
Peter Chang, regional head – South Asia & Country Manager – System Business Group – ASUS India commented, “The product is aimed at the young professionals who enjoy regular-through-heavy gaming sessions and premium entertainment when on the go, and in their spare time. In order to ensure this, we included a powerful, yet efficient set of hardware into a highly portable device that is easy on the battery as well.”
The notebook is priced at Rs 94,990.