ASUS ROG Zephyrus G16 GU605CR-QR102W Intel Core Ultra 9 285H Laptop 40.6 cm (16") 2.5K 32 GB LPDDR5x-SDRAM 1 TB SSD NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti Wi-Fi 7 (802.11be) Windows 11 Home Grey

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The Zephyrus G16 (GU605CR) is one of those “almost too good to be true” gaming/work laptops where the hardware is clearly high-end, but the real question is whether you’ll actually benefit from it at £2,505 ex-VAT. For the right buyer, it makes sense: if your team needs a portable machine that can handle heavy creative workloads, serious data/engineering tasks, and modern gaming without feeling like a toy, this is aimed right at them. The appeal is the balance—enough performance headroom for demanding software, plus a premium build that generally holds up better than cheaper gaming boxes in day-to-day office use.

That said, I wouldn’t recommend it broadly across a business fleet. If this is mostly for email, spreadsheets, light reporting, or VDI/remote desktops, you’re paying for power you won’t use, and that money could buy you more devices (or better docking/monitor setups) with better ROI. Even for power users, make sure your use case actually needs a machine at this tier—especially if you care more about battery life and office silence than raw compute. In short: buy it for a specific “need it now” power user or a small team where performance and portability matter; don’t buy it just because it’s fast.