<div>Asus started venturing into gaming laptops and peripherals a few years back with its ‘Republic of Gamers’ series and ever since it has been providing some quality products to gaming enthusiasts. One of their finest machines is the Asus G751J gaming laptop which can give a high-end gaming desktop a run for its money.</div><div> </div><div>Made for the geeks, this bulky machine has definitely taken inspiration from Alienware with its dark grey design and a backlit ROG logo on the lid. The whole construction is mostly plastic but it is very solid and feels sturdy. It comes with a full sized backlit keyboard with red LEDs that work great and provide an excellent coverage around the whole keyboard. The track-pad is large and very responsive, but somehow the buttons at the bottom are a bit flimsy. The area around the keyboard and track-pad has a matte finish which gives you a good amount of grip for those long Call of Duty sessions. The display measure 17.3-inches and has a full HD (1920x1080) resolution which feels great and sharp and since it is not glossy you don’t get those annoying glares.</div><div> </div><div>There are plenty of ports onboard including 4 USB 3.0 ports, an SD card reader, an HDMI port, a display port, a VGA port, a Kensington lock, your usual set of line-in and line-out ports and a LAN port. You also get a DVD-RW drive sadly no option for a blue-ray drive. The design is definitely quite striking especially the soft matte finish combined with a brushed metal accent on the lid. The exhaust fans are at the back throwing all the heat away, although it does warm up a bit if you keep it on your lap.</div><div> </div><div>The notebook runs buttery smooth as it is powered by an Intel Core i7-4710HQ clocked at 2.5GHz with a whooping 24GB of RAM and 1TB of hard disk space to store your latest gaming titles. To power all the games the laptop comes with an Nvidia GTX860M, which is not top of the line, but it still lets you play on highest settings on 30FPS. The battery backup is pretty decent as a full charge can provide about 3 hours of non-stop gaming. </div><div> </div><div>With such high end hardware and a large screen size, the weight doesn’t make the laptop very portable and is a best fit for a desktop replacement.</div><div>The laptop is also heavy on value with a price tag of about Rs. 1,23,000 and it comes bundled with ROG branded gaming mouse, gaming headset and a backpack which sweetens the deal. The price might seem a lot but comparing to the 17-inch Alienware with a similar configuration, it can set you back at Rs 1,95,000. Clearly the Asus G751J is the better option if you really are looking for a chunky gaming laptop. </div><div> </div>