Asus's ROG Strix GL553W is Meant for Portable Gaming

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Want a gaming laptop but can't afford to drop two grand on it? Asus just announced the ROG Strix GL553VW, which trades high-end specs for portability.

At 15.1 x 10 x 1.2 inches and 5.5 pounds, the ROG Strix GL553VW is easier to fit into a backpack than some other laptops, but you're not getting a 7th Gen Kaby Lake processor from Intel or Nvidia Pascal graphics. You can get the Strix with either a sixth-gen Intel Core i5-6300HQ or i7-6700HQ CPU, up to 32GB of RAM, up to 512GB SSD or 2TB HDD and a 15.6-inch 1080p display.

The laptop also comes with two USB 3.0 ports, a USB 2.0 port and a USB Type-C port, alongside HDMI , Ethernet, audio jack and a 2-in-1 card reader.

There's no word on price or release date, but we've reached out to Asus for comment and will update when we know.

Update, Sept. 9, 7:52 p.m. ET -- Asus tells us that this model won't be released in North America. If you're in the United States or Canada, you can still take a look at the ROG Strix GL502.

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Andrew E. Freedman

Andrew is a contributing writer at Laptop Mag. His main focus lies in helpful how-to guides and laptop reviews, including Asus, Microsoft Surface, Samsung Chromebook, and Dell. He has also dabbled in peripherals, including webcams and docking stations. His work has also appeared in Tom's Hardware, Tom's Guide, PCMag, Kotaku, and Complex. He fondly remembers his first computer: a Gateway that still lives in a spare room in his parents' home, albeit without an internet connection. When he’s not writing about tech, you can find him playing video games, checking social media and waiting for the next Marvel movie.