ASUS ROG Strix SCAR 18 (2025) Reviews

Their 2025 SCAR 18 with Core Ultra 9 275HX and RTX 5090 feels CPU power limited under combined loads and too heavy to carry to lectures daily, so they feel it was not worth the price.

Bought the 2025 model from Best Buy, hit freezes and USB disconnects with an external monitor with no fix, and returned it within days.

The 5080 model, bought new in October 2025 and used hard, began thermal throttling even at idle with the performance of a low-end chip.

Had the 5080 model with multiple problems, to the point that Best Buy took it back and they switched to another laptop.

Just received a new unit and noticed a tiny gap where the display panel meets the hinge cover, feeling not fully flush and slightly flexing under pressure.

Bought the 2025 model and returned it after a week because of grey screen crashes.

The 5090 unit crashed after two weeks and could no longer complete a Windows 11 install; it was returned for a refund.

Their unit runs fine for about an hour of gaming, then USB peripherals freeze and the keyboard stops responding, forcing a reboot, with or without a cooling pad.

Their unit also ran very hot, and they were told the liquid metal was applied wrongly.

Their RTX 5090 SCAR 18 kept crashing in games with black or grey screens and a screen that turned brown, so they returned it despite loving it when it worked.