ASUS G74SX-A2 Review – www.amazon.com ASUS G74SX-A2 Review – After a season of wafer-thin ultrabooks and pocket-sized ultraportables, there’s nothing quite like a giant desktop-replacement gaming rig. Despite making a name for itself with the original Eee PC Netbook and the new Zenbook, Asus has always had a solid line of gaming laptops (sometimes marketed under the “Republic of Gamers” subbrand), the latest of which is the G74SX-A2. While that jumble of letters and numbers may not be very illuminating, the system it refers to is a strong performer that has the added benefit of not looking like the typical ugly gaming laptop. The 49 G74SX is an angular black box, and its muted matte finish helps it from feeling as massive as it actually is. These days, two grand is really an astronomical amount to pay for a laptop, and generally only Apple gets away with charging that much. In this case, you do get some serious hardware for the money, including a quad-core 2.0GHz Intel Core i7-2630QM CPU, an Nvidia GeForce GTX 560M GPU, a 160GB solid-state drive (SSD) coupled with a 750GB hard-disk drive (HDD), and a whopping 16GB of RAM For more information visit: www.amazon.com